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| Senapathy "Kris" Gopalakrishnan | |
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 Gopalakrishnan at the World Economic Forum India Economic Summit in 2011 |
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| Born | 1956 Trivandrum, Kerala, India |
| Occupation | Co-Chairman, Infosys |
| Salary | $100,000 USD (Infosys)[1] |
| Net worth |  $1.3 billion USD (2010)[2] |
Senapathy Gopalakrishnan (Malayalam: സേനാപതി ഗോപാലകൃഷ്ണന്), popularly known as Kris Gopalakrishnan is the Co-chairman of Infosys Technologies, a global consulting and IT services company based in India. He is also one of its seven founders.
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[edit] Early days
Kris Gopalakrishnan spent his school days in Govt.Model School,Thycaud,Trivandrum. Kris obtained M.Sc. (Physics) in 1977 and M. Tech. (Computer Science) in 1979, both from IIT, Madras. He started his career as a software engineer with Patni Computers, Mumbai in 1979.
[edit] Career at Infosys
In 1981, Gopalakrishnan co-founded Infosys with six other entrepreneurs. His initial years at Infosys included management of design, development, implementation and support of information systems for clients in the U.S. consumer products industry. From 1987-1994, Gopalakrishnan headed the technical operations of KSA/Infosys (a joint venture between Infosys and KSA in Atlanta, GA).
In 2007, Kris took over as CEO and Managing Director of Infosys Technologies Limited from Nandan Nilekani. Kris previously served as Chief Operating Officer (since April 2002), and as the President and Joint Managing Director (since August 2006). His responsibilities included Customer Services, Technology, Investments and Acquisitions.
Kris is currently the Chairman of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (IIITM), Kerala, and Vice Chairman of the Board for Information Technology Education Standards (BITES) set up by the Government of Karnataka. Kris is the Vice President of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) National Council. He is also a member of ACM, IEEE and IEEE Computer Society.
[edit] Awards
Civilian awards:
- 2011 – Padma Bhushan[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Infosys' new CEO faces tough road, fewer books, Reuters.com
- ^ The World's Billionaires, Forbes.com
- ^ "Padma Awards Announced" (Press release). Ministry of Home Affairs. 25 January 2011. http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=69364. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
