Rajesh Gopinathan is a business leader with over 25 years’ experience in the global technology industry.  He is a public interest director on the board of the National Stock Exchange India and is a Professor of Practice at IIT Bombay.  His current interests are in strengthening the academia-industry interface to enable translation of academic research to real world solutions and working with startups to scale their business models and operations sustainably.  In his prior role he was CEO & MD of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., one of the world’s largest technology services firms and was responsible for driving growth, strategic transformation, and long-term value creation. 

Rajesh believes in creating diverse and inclusive teams that encourage creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.  He is passionate about driving change in organizations through a culture of self-respect, continuous learning, and market focus.  He believes that the nature and pace of change sweeping across the world requires greater collaboration between all stakeholders to ensure equitable and sustainable progress.