Awards

Mr Rajendra S Pawar is Chairman and co-founder of the NIIT Group that encompasses two businesses – NIIT Technologies Limited, the software and services arm and NIIT Limited, the leading Global Talent Development Corporation.

Set up in 1981, NIIT pioneered the computer education market in India, creating a completely new industry segment and taking it to consolidation and maturity. Mr Pawar has played a leadership role in nurturing NIIT and building it into a leading Global Talent Development Corporation.

Mr Pawar is a member on the Prime Minister’s National Council on Skill Development; has served on the Prime Minister’s National Task Force commissioned to develop India into an IT Superpower; is an advisor to the Hunan Province of China and has been a member of PIAC (Presidential International Advisory Council) of the Government of South Africa for IT. As a member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum, Mr. Pawar is deeply engaged in addressing issues of global significance.

Actively involved in India’s key Chambers of Commerce, Mr Pawar has led several ICT industry initiatives, giving voice to the sector’s aspirations and goals. He has been a Founder Member of NASSCOM (The National Association of Software & Service Companies) and is currently the Vice Chairman of the Association.

He was conferred Fellow of the Computer Society of India and the Institution of Electronics & Telecom Engineers, in recognition of his services to the Computer Society of India and sustained efforts for the promotion of excellence in the field of Information Technology and Computer Education.