Chander Prakash Gurnani or C. P. Gurnani (born 19 December 1958) is the former

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& Managing Director of

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Early life and education

Gurnani was born in

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, a small town in

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. He spent his early life in

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, Kota, and

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. He has a degree in chemical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela.

Career

Gurnani was appointed Nasscom's chairman in April 2016 for a one-year term. He has held several positions with HCL, Hewlett Packard Limited, Perot Systems (India) Limited and HCL Corporation Ltd. In December 2023, Gurnani stepped down as CEO and managing director of Tech Mahindra, where he started in 2004 and was on the board of directors for three years.

Awards and honours

*Gurnani was chosen as the Ernst and Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year anager��, CNBC Asia's ‘India Business Leader of the Year’ and Dataquest ‘IT person of the Year’ - for the year 2013. *Gurnani has also won the 'CEO of the Year' Award for year 2014 declared by Business Standard *He was awarded Dataquest IT Person of the Year in 2014. * Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (''Honoris Causa'') to Shri C. P. Gurnani for his outstanding contribution to the field of Technology and Management in 2016. *In 2018, Gurnani was ranked 488 of the "Best CEOs In The World" by the ''CEOWORLD magazine''.

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Tech Mahindra Board MembersCP Gurnani
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