Srini Raju
Srini Raju | |
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| Born | 1961 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra |
| Occupation(s) | Co-founder and Chairman of Peepul Capital (successor to iLabs Venture Capital Fund) |
| Spouse | Jyothi Raju Chintalapati |
| Children | 2 |
Chintalapati Srinivasa Raju, widely known as Srini Raju, is an Indian Entrepreneur, and Private Equity Investor. Srini Raju was the CEO of Dun & Bradstreet Satyam Software ,[1] the in-house technology unit of Dun & Bradstreet, established in 1994, which focused on implementing large-scale IT projects for Dun & Bradstreet businesses.[2][3] DBSS was later renamed as Cognizant.
Srini later became the Co-founder and Chairman of Peepul Capital (successor to iLabs Venture Capital Fund), a Private Equity (PE) firm based out of Hyderabad and Chennai. Besides funding and mentoring next generation entrepreneurs, he plays an active role in building educational institutions of higher learning.[4]
Philanthropic activities
Besides investing and mentoring young professional and entrepreneurs, he is continuing to make large contributions to the cause of building Institutions of Excellence in the field of Management and Technology.
- Member of the Executive Board of Indian School of Business.[5] Srini Raju pledged to donate Rs.35 crores towards developing a Research Center in the areas of Information Technology and Networked Economy.[6][7] Indian School of Business (ISB) named the IT research center as Srini Raju Centre for Information Technology and Networked Economy (SRITNE) at ISB.
- Member of Governing Board and Governing Council; Founding Member and a Donor of IIIT Hyderabad. In 10 years, IIIT has become India’s leading Technology Research University. IIIT-H is a non-governmental Public Institution set up on Public-Private Partnership Model by Leading Tech Companies and the Government of Telangana.[8]
- Srini Raju is also a visiting Faculty at various universities like ISB, IIIT Hyderabad, IIT Madras,[9] IESE Business School-University of Navarre[10] etc.
- Srini Raju was also the member of the Steering Committee for conducting conferences by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) jointly with Government of Andhra Pradesh during IT Mega Event "GitexHyderabad 2003".[11]
References
- ^ "Guiding Light". Business Today. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "No modest ambitions for Cognizant". Express Computer. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ Swati Anand & Ishan Srivastava (6 November 2010). "'Cognizant is like a $4-billion tech startup'". Times of India. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ Silvia Sansoni (14 June 1999). "The contrarian". Forbes.
- ^ [1] ISB Executive Board Members List
- ^ [2] Rs.35 cr. iLabs grant for ISB Source-The Hindu on 1 Apr 2008
- ^ [3] The people who matter-Source-Business Today People, Story dated 1 April 2008
- ^ [4] IIIT Governing Council Members
- ^ [5] Srini Raju giving lecture at IIT Madras.
- ^ [6] Visiting Faculty at IESE Business School-University of Navarre
- ^ [7] Information Technology & Communications Department as per the G.O.Rt.No.229 Dated:26.09.2002