Aruna Jayanthi is an Indian businesswoman and managing director of
Capgemini
Capgemini SE is a multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company, headquartered in Paris, France.
History
Capgemini was founded by Serge Kampf in 1967 as an enterprise management and data processing company. The com ...
's Asia Pacific and Latin America business unit. Previously, she held roles as their
CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especiall ...
of Business Services and
CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especiall ...
of Capgemini India. Jayanthi joined
Capgemini
Capgemini SE is a multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company, headquartered in Paris, France.
History
Capgemini was founded by Serge Kampf in 1967 as an enterprise management and data processing company. The com ...
in 2000 and was part of the core team that initiated and set up the firm's offshore capabilities in India, eventually heading up their global outsourcing services. Jayanthi has been chairperson of the
board of governors
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of
National Institute of Technology Calicut
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since November 2014.
Education
Jayanthi holds a
master's degree
A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice. in Management Studies in Finance from
SVKM's NMIMS in 1984.
Awards
Jayanthi was listed among
Fortune India
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's 'Most Powerful Women' in 2011 and 2012, and
Business Today's 'Most Powerful Women in Business' in 2011-2015 and 2017-2018.
She received an 'India Today Woman Award' in 2013. Jayanthi is also an executive council member of NASSCOM.
See also
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Roshni Nadar
References
External links
Aruna Jayanthi
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1964 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Mumbai
Indian chief executives
Indian women chief executives
National Institute of Technology Calicut chairpersons
Businesswomen from Maharashtra