As President, Digital Business and Technology (DB&T), Rajesh Nambiar brings together the industry’s most compelling technology vision, strategy, roadmap, capabilities, solutions, partnerships, and subject matter expertise into a single integrated powerhouse that runs all of the IT services for Cognizant. As Chairman of Cognizant India, He leads our India associates and enhances relationships with the government and key policy-making bodies.
Prior to joining Cognizant in November 2020, He served as Chairman and President of Ciena India, a leading network solutions partner. He joined Ciena from IBM, where He led an $8 billion Application Services practice. He also served as IBM Global Delivery Leader and led a team of 90,000 through the company’s next generation of globally integrated delivery capability. Before IBM, He led the eastern region in the US and spent over 18 years at Tata Consultancy Services.
He serves on the Executive Council of NASSCOM, the premier trade association of Indian IT and BPO companies. He chairs the Cognizant Foundation in India.
He holds a master’s degree in Statistics from the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.