Management and Board of Directors

Corporate

• Gordon Brooks — President and CEO
• Amitava Roy — Chief Operating Officer
• Pradeep Chaudhry — Chief Financial Officer
• C. Mahalingam — Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
• Dr. Jerry Smith — Chief Technology Officer
• Laura D. Weinstein — Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
• Lee Fields — Chief Sales and Marketing Officer
• Dr. Ajay Kela — Managing Director and Chief Mentor

Businesses

Service Line Leadership

• Sunil Gupta — Vice President, Product Quality
• Alan Harlan — President, Product Line Management
• Alok Sinha — Senior Vice President, Professional Services & Support and Engineering Design Services
• Srivibhavan Balaram — Senior Vice President, Technology Development

Business Unit Leadership

• Robert Corace — Managing Director, E-business and Information Services (EIS)
• David Carpini — Senior Vice President, Embedded Systems and Software Business Unit
• Mohan Hebbar — Vice President, Embedded Systems & Software Business Unit
• Madhusudhan Reddy N — Senior Vice President, Enterprise Application Business Unit
• Kishor Wikhe — Senior Vice President, Enterprise Technology Business Unit
• Alok Sinha — Senior Vice President, Professional Services & Support and Engineering Design Services

Board

• Gordon Brooks
• Robert M. Howe
• Ramanan Raghavendran
• Romesh Wadhwani
• Barbara A. Yastine
• Dr. Pallab Chatterjee

Gordon Brooks — President and CEO

Gordon has more than 27 years of outsourcing and product development experience with companies like CSC, ADP and Oracle and has operated global development centers in 16 countries. In 1991 Gordon helped found Cambridge Technology Partners (CTP), where he ran operations throughout the Americas and had global responsibility for sales as Chief Sales Officer. He was instrumental in growing the company to more than $600 million in revenues over his seven year tenure, including a successful IPO in 1994. After CTP, Gordon founded and became the President, CEO and Chairman of outsourcing firm Breakaway Solutions. Under Gordon's leadership, Breakaway grew to serve more than 200 customers worldwide, achieved revenues over $100 million in its first full year of operations and had a successful IPO with a market capitalization of $4.7 billion. After founding and heading up China outsourcing firm E5 Systems, he made the move to executive leadership of Symphony Services in 2004. Gordon holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of New Hampshire.

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Amitava Roy — Chief Operating Officer

Amitava is Chief Operating Officer of Symphony Services and is responsible for global delivery of software engineering operations including projects, strategic consulting and various business units like Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Technology,  Engineering Services, Professional Services & Support and  Remote Infrastructure Management.

Amitava has more than 28 years of leadership experience in the IT industry. He brings to Symphony Services proven abilities in strategic planning and in the building and management of businesses in a global environment. Before joining Symphony, Amitava was a Senior Corporate Vice President at HCL Technologies, one of India’s top IT and technology firms, where he had oversight of more than 7,000 people, establishing and managing R&D centers for clients. His achievements at HCL include revitalizing hardware R&D services to become a leading embedded and wireless services business, taking on leadership for Netcentric Technologies division growing it from the smallest to the largest delivery division, and the launch of the enterprise consulting business, which became the fastest growing business in the company. He was also responsible for HCL’s sales and marketing operations for Japan and today HCL Japan is among the fastest growing geographies for HCL worldwide. Amitava was also responsible for the creation of new service offerings, business segments, critical partnerships and joint ventures around the world.

Prior to HCL, Amitava was a founding member of Hughes Software Systems (currently known as Aricent). As a pioneer in what is today India’s thriving product development and R&D sector, he played critical roles in the creation of award-winning enterprise networking products for the parent company and in strategic planning for growth and diversification of the company's business. He also has more than a decade of experience with Tata Consultancy Services, where he last held the position of group manager for its Data Communication and Networking business. Amitava received a Master of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering as well as a Bachelor of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

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Pradeep Chaudhry — Chief Financial Officer

Pradeep Chaudhry has more than 15 years of experience in the field of Corporate Finance with significant expertise in the areas of M&A, planning, pricing accounting, capital raising, tax and regulatory issues. In his position as Chief Financial Officer at Symphony Services, he oversees all financial operations, focusing on capital structure, budgeting, financial reporting and managing communication with the investor community. Prior to joining Symphony Services, Pradeep had successful stints as Chief Financial Officer at ISGN, Cambridge Solutions Ltd., and Ind-Telesoft. At each of these companies, Pradeep led financial operations and was instrumental in the turn-around of operations, maintaining investor relations and raising capital (debt and equity). Earlier, Pradeep served in senior management positions at IBM Global Services, Bangalore. Pradeep holds a MBA (Finance) degree from the University of Illinois, USA.

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C Mahalingam — Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer

C Mahalingam (Mali) has more than 23 years of experience in the field of Human Resources and has held senior executive positions with leading organizations. Prior to joining Symphony Services, Mali led HR for the India operations of IBM and Hewlett-Packard as well as Philips Software Center. At these companies Mali helped drive Total Employee Delight to attain a position among the best employers. Mali is currently the President of the IT Industry HR Association, Bangalore, and is on the National HR Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi. He is a recipient of the prestigious Golden Jubilee Gold Medal for the Masters in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, Loyola College, Chennai. Mali holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Sacred Heart College, Chennai.

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Dr. Jerry Smith — Chief Technology Officer

Jerry draws from more than 25 years of experience as a technology innovator and IT strategist to help Symphony Services and its clients derive business benefit from the successful adoption and use of critical technologies. Jerry joins Symphony from his role as CTO, Vice President of engineering and acting Chief Information Officer (CIO) for IPR International, a technology services company specializing in the protection and preservation of electronic information. Under his guidance, the company won the Ben Franklin Technology Partners Best Management Team 2004 peer award and the Gartner Midsize Enterprise Innovation Award, recognizing the success of the technology.

Prior to IPR, Jerry was the Senior Vice President and CTO at Systems and Computers Technology (SCT) and the CTO of professional services firm Semaphore. He also worked in management roles at Xerox, Sales Technologies and KPMG and was the principal investigator/owner of Market Place Technologies.

Jerry has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering from California State Polytechnic University, Masters and Post-Doctoral degrees in Computer Science from NOVA Southeastern University and a Naval Nuclear Power degree from the United States Navy, in which he served as a pilot, nuclear engineer and project engineer. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Drexel University and an Adjunct Professor at NOVA Southeastern University.

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Laura D. Weinstein — Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Laura Weinstein is Symphony’s Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.  Ms. Weinstein is responsible for worldwide legal affairs at Symphony, managing the Company’s legal infrastructure in support of Symphony’s high growth domestic and international operations, and advising on the Company’s key strategic transactions, corporate, employment, intellectual property matters and governance.  Ms. Weinstein has more than 15 years of legal experience, including senior management positions at start up and established companies.

Prior to working at Symphony, Laura served as associate general counsel and corporate secretary of BrassRing, Inc., an enterprise recruiting and human resources management software company in San Mateo, CA.  Before working at BrassRing, Laura served as associate general counsel of Kaplan, Inc. in New York, NY, a diversified education company within the Washington Post Company.  Prior to going in-house, she was a litigator at Stillman & Friedman, a white collar criminal defense and civil litigation firm in New York, NY.  Additionally, Laura served as law clerk to the Hon. Irving R. Kaufman, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in New York, NY.  

Laura holds a B.A. degree from Amherst College and a J.D from New York University School of Law.  Ms. Weinstein is a member of both the California State bar and the New York State bar..

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Lee Fields — Chief Sales and Marketing Officer

Lee has more than 29 years of experience in a career that has encompassed diverse leadership roles in sales, marketing, corporate business development and specifically, IT outsourcing. At Symphony Services, Lee spearheads a global client acquisition strategy designed to expand the organization’s leadership position across key markets.

Prior to joining Symphony Services, Lee was the Senior Vice President of Global Programs at Wipro Technologies. On a global basis, his team was responsible for ‘prospect through transition’ of very large (>$100m), complex, multi-tower outsourcing engagements.

Earlier, Lee held various executive positions at Infocrossing (acquired by Wipro in 2007) including President of IT Outsourcing, Corporate Executive Vice President of Marketing & Business Development and President of the Enterprise Application Services Solution Group. He had also been engaged with Mercer Management Consulting, The Learning Alliance and IBM.

From 1997 to 2003, Lee was a founding member of AnswerThink, Inc., a provider of technology-based business transformation solutions, where he served in various sales, business development, and consulting roles.

Lee holds a degree in Economics from Rutgers College, USA.

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Dr. Ajay Kela — Managing Director and Chief Mentor

Ajay fulfils a client advocacy role assisting the Symphony management team with continuing business relationships with clients and prospects. As Chief Mentor, he provides guidance in Symphony's on-going leadership capability building initiatives.

With more than 25 years of experience bringing high revenue-generating software products and services to market for both ISVs and service companies in the United States and India, Ajay has the optimal mix of experience and cultural know-how for his global role. In his previous leadership role with Symphony, Ajay led the substantial business expansion in India growing the team from 500 employees to more than 3000 besides seeding and growing the China operations.

Prior to joining Symphony, Ajay was Entrepreneur in Residence with NEA, a Silicon Valley VC, making investments in software and services as well as playing an operating role in the funded companies. Previously, Ajay served as General Manager of Autodesk’s AutoCAD Division, where he grew revenue from just over $400 million to more than $850 million. He also worked as a research scientist at GE Corporate Research and Development and received his Ph.D. in engineering and computer science from the University of Rochester, New York. He received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

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Robert Corace — Managing Director, E-business and Information Services (EIS)

Robert is responsible for leading the company’s E-business and Information Services (EIS) Business Unit globally, focused on delivering full product development lifecycle solutions to both emerging and leading companies in the Energy, Healthcare and Biotech, Financial Services and eCommerce sectors.

Prior to Symphony Services, Robert was the founder and CEO of VMOplus, a consulting company that focused on helping organizations develop and optimize their global and distributed programs. The company worked with clients in the commercial software, technology, manufacturing, research, financial services and pharmaceutical markets, providing the strategy, counsel, support and guidance needed to transform their businesses into global organizations.

In addition, Robert served as a technical practice leader and senior principal at PriceWaterhouse, where he developed and managed global technology and business support centers for his clients. Earlier in his career, he was a senior strategist with IBM, helping to deploy new business partnerships through the selection of key technology products and strong branding efforts. He was also involved with the launch of Office Depot, setting up and managing all technology, supply chain and telephony systems for the company. Robert holds an electrical engineering degree from DeVry University, where he majored in electronics and telecommunications engineering with a minor in robotics. He also attended MIT for global telecommunications management.

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Sunil Gupta — Vice President, Product Quality

Sunil is responsible for leading the company’s product verification and validation services, which includes QA processes assessment and Product Quality Assessment to help companies achieve global market leadership. Drawing from his 23 years of product and system engineering experience, Sunil works closely with clients to transform their QA operations from ‘defect detection’ to ‘defect prevention’ thus leading to reduction in time-to-market and enhancement of product quality to achieve market leadership. Sunil also owns general business and delivery oversight of the Product Quality Service Line at Symphony.

Prior to Symphony, Sunil had worked with C-DOT and Aricent in different capacities.  He was Head of Engineering at Aricent (erstwhile Hughes Software Systems) for their MobilSat and Mobile Terminal business units where he delivered large, fixed price projects.  He also headed QA practice at Aricent which he started from scratch and built into a formidable testing business.  He has significant experience in successfully integrating companies from the engineering and cultural perspective.

Sunil is a trained ISO and CMMi Level 5 Assessor and had led Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG) for many years in previous organizations.

Sunil holds a B-Tech degree in Computer Science from REC Trichy, Madras University.

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Alan Harlan — President, Product Line Management

Alan brings more than 20 years of experience with software and outsourcing companies and has served in executive technology, sales, and accounting roles. As the leader of the Product Line Management group, Alan and his team assume full responsibility for entire product lines or business units—globalizing product engineering and taking on all market facing operations—to help clients optimize profitability and sustainability.

He has a track record of running high performing sales and delivery operations and turning around under-performing business units. Under his leadership the Product Line Management group transformed Spend Management Solutions, a telecommunications expense management software provider, into a profitable and sustainable software-as-a-service (SaaS) organization by globalizing the full product engineering lifecycle and reforming onshore sales and service resources to efficiently serve North American and European customers. Alan also serves as President of Symphony Spend Management Solutions which is a unit within the Product Line Management group.

Prior to joining Symphony Services, Alan was EVP for Sierra Design Group, Inc., a gaming software development and services firm, VP of Sales for Sourcecorp, Inc., a data services company with significant global outsourcing relationships, and EVP of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., a global technology and business process firm.

Alan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in Accounting from Louisiana State University.

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Alok Sinha — Senior Vice President, Professional Services & Support and Engineering Design Services

Alok is responsible for service delivery in Symphony’s Professional services, Technical support and heads the Engineering Design services business unit. He brings more than 24 years experience to his leadership role.

Prior to Symphony, Alok was with Scandent Solutions, an IT services company based in Bangalore, where he served as Senior Vice President, Enterprise Solutions and Executive Vice President, India and Middle East operations. Alok had P&L responsibility for Scandent’s global enterprise solutions business which he grew as a result of establishing a professional services and support organization and refreshing their go-to-market strategy.

Previously, Alok was Vice President, Integrated Business Solutions, at Reliance Infocom, where he was responsible for integrating the enterprise with backend business systems. He also worked for the Tata Group in a variety of roles including Strategic Information Officer and Executive Officer to the Executive Director of Tata Motors.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh and an MBA from XLRI in Jamshedpur, India.

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Srivibhavan Balaram — Senior Vice President, Technology Development

Vibhav is responsible for leadership, growth and development of the Technology Development Service Line (TDSL) at Symphony Services. His areas of focus include Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, Virtualization Technologies, Network and Systems Management, Networking Protocol stocks, Operating systems and Mass Storage Device drivers. He has specialized in building software in these domains and provided leadership in use of tools to improve ROI, driving innovation and customer driven quality.

Bringing more than 26 years of experience in the technology industry, Vibhav envisages special interest in building technology products end-to-end in India and thereby impacting the direction of technology in emerging markets. With a combined passion for people and technology, Vibhav has demonstrated proficiency in leading initiatives from the ground up and has a proven track record of engineering execution.

Prior to joining Symphony, Vibhav founded and headed Business Objects Engineering in India and played the leadership role in the integration with SAP. Earlier, he worked in key positions at Novell (founding core team in India), HP (product rationalization following the HP-Compaq merger), Hughes and TCS.

Vibhav holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communication from the University of Mysore, India. He has also spent time at IIT Delhi doing research in formal methods for proving the correctness of software programs.

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David Carpini — Senior Vice President, Embedded Systems and Software Business Unit

David is responsible for leadership, growth and development of the Embedded Business Unit at Symphony Services. He brings more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry, with specific expertise helping companies leverage global delivery models and offshore best practices. Before taking on this assignment, Previously, David led the establishment of Symphony’s European Operations, driving business development and client relationships in Europe and Asia Pacific. Earlier, David had an executive sales leadership role in the U.S.

Prior to joining Symphony he was Vice President of Sales for Covansys, a global consulting and technology services company. He joined Covansys from ITWorx, Egypt’s largest software development company. He has also held sales, marketing and engineering roles at Scient and French Fragrances International. David spent much of his career with IBM working with software development teams in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He held multiple sales and marketing roles, including managing worldwide teams servicing one of IBM’s largest global accounts working out of offices in London.

David holds a B.S. degree in Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science from Fairfield University.

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Mohan hebbar — Vice President, Embedded Systems & Software Business Unit

Mohan is responsible for service delivery for embedded clients with telecom, system management and media applications. He brings more than 18 years of rich systems experience in telecom switching, transmission and applications and product engineering expertise applying emerging technologies in the telecom convergence domain.

Before joining Symphony, Mohan was Managing Director of Cradle Technologies in India, a U.S. start-up developing multi-core DSP chipsets with parallel programming as a development paradigm. Prior to Cradle Technologies, Mohan headed engineering operations for OpenClovis in India, with a focus on carrier-grade middleware for telecommunication infrastructure equipment. While at OpenClovis, Mohan built and led a highly specialized engineering team that created products from conception to release. He also held positions with Texas Instruments (TI) managing the DSL modem development group and overseeing multimedia codecs delivery for TI business units worldwide. Earlier, Mohan had a long stint at Hughes Software Systems (currently, Aricent Communications) where he was responsible for the DSP group with a focus on satellite communication, wireless communication and VOIP. Mohan began his career in the hardware industry building medium-sized digital switches and winning approval from the Department of Telecommunication in India.

Mohan holds a Master’s degree in Communication Systems from IIT- Roorkee, UP, India.

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Madhusudhan Reddy N — Senior Vice President, Enterprise Application Business Units

Madhu brings more that 20 years of experience in technology services and is responsible for growth of the Enterprise Application business unit for Symphony Services. He is also responsible for managing delivery operations at the Bangalore center.

In his earlier roles, Madhu has managed technology services as well as product teams and has extensive experience in setup, establishment and growth of new operations.

Prior to Symphony, Madhu was Managing Director of Evolving Systems Inc. and led the establishment of their India Operations. Earlier in his career, as Assistant Vice President and General Manager, Hughes Software Systems, he established Hughes Bangalore operations and built it to more than 300 strong organization. Madhu has also spent significant years in leading product teams at Tata Consultancy Services, GE Capital and PSI Data Systems.

Madhu holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics & Communications from Bangalore University.

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Kishor Wikhe — Senior Vice President, Enterprise Technology Business Unit

Kishor brings more than 16 years of experience in business strategy, product development, delivery, and operations in the technology services industry to Symphony Services. Building upon his strong track record of scaling delivery operations and managing large-scale engagements for both global and domestic clients, Kishor is responsible for managing delivery operations at our Pune technology centre.  Kishor will also be responsible for the growth of our Enterprise Technology business unit.

Prior to joining Symphony, Kishor was Executive Vice President in Capgemini India Pvt Ltd (formerly Kanbay). Kishor managed development and implementation of VisionPlus, the leading global credit card processing software product and the creation of its toolkit. He also established Kanbay’s regional portfolio for India/Middle East/South Africa. Before Kanbay, Kishor led P&L responsibility and managed growth for one of TCS’s best-performing US territories.

Kishor has a Master in Engineering degree in Electronics and Control Systems from BITS - Pilani, India, where he finished top of his class.

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Robert M. Howe

Bob’s experience spans more than 30 years in information technology, consulting and services. Bob founded the IBM Consulting practice. Starting the group in 1991, Bob created the strategy and built a worldwide network of consulting practices, which supported all industries. When he left in 1994, the consulting group had grown to $250 million in revenues and today is one of the largest consulting organizations worldwide. At IBM, Bob also served as the General Manager of IBM's global banking, financial and securities business, a $14 billion division of IBM, where he was responsible for sales, strategy, and solutions. Following IBM, Bob was the chairman of Scient Incorporated, where he helped start the company as its CEO and built it to over 2000 professionals in less than 3 years.

Bob also had a distinguished career with Booz, Allen & Hamilton starting in 1976, where he consulted extensively in information technology. He was elected Senior Vice President in 1986, and served as a member of the Board of Directors and a member of the firm's executive committee. In addition, he serves on the Boards of JohnsonDiversey and NorthStar. He also started Montgomery Goodwin Investments, LLC. Bob holds a BBA from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.

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Ramanan Raghavendran

Ramanan is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Kubera Partners, a private equity firm that invests in crossborder businesses. Prior to founding Kubera, Ramanan led the successful cross-border investing efforts at TH Lee Putnam Ventures as a senior partner (and he continues to oversee the THLPV portfolio). He was formerly a Senior Partner at Insight Venture Partners, where he invested in business process outsourcing and enterprise software companies, including crossborder investing via ConnectCapital, an Insight affiliate. Previously, Ramanan was a senior member of the investment team at General Atlantic, where he initiated the Internet-related investment effort and also led sector efforts in technology services and enterprise software. Ramanan began his professional career at McKinsey & Company in New York and London.

He is the chairman of the advisory board of Magic Bus (www.magicbusindia.org), a Mumbai-based charitable organization that uses innovative techniques to assist some of the most “at-risk” children in Mumbai. He is a member of the advisory board of the Center for the Advanced Study of India at the University of Pennsylvania, the only research institution in the United States dedicated to the study of contemporary India. Ramanan also co-founded Impact Partners, the first venture philanthropy entity in India.

He holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and a B.S.E. in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Engineering.

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Romesh Wadhwani

Dr. Romesh Wadhwani is the Founder, Chairman & CEO of Symphony Technology Group (STG), a strategic private equity firm. STG’s current portfolio consists of nine companies with combined revenue of $2.5 billion and 15,000 employees in North America, Europe, India and China. Before STG, Romesh was the Founder, Chairman & CEO of Aspect Development, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise software for Supplier Relationship Management. Aspect was acquired for over $9 billion, one of the largest mergers in software history. Prior to that, Romesh was founder and CEO of two other enterprise software companies, each of which he built over a ten year period. Romesh received his Bachelor of Science degree from IIT Bombay and his MS and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University.

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Barbara A. Yastine

With more than 20 years of experience as an executive with global financial firms such as Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) and Citigroup, Barbara is well-suited for her roles as Independent Board Member and Chair of Symphony Services' audit committee, where she is responsible for leading the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities related to the integrity of Symphony's financial statements and internal controls, the engagement of its external auditors, and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Barbara was most recently the CFO of CSFB, the global investment bank of Zurich-based Credit Suisse Group (CSG). While there, she oversaw all financial reporting and tax activities, served on CSFB's operating committee and on the executive boards of both CSG and CSFB. Before joining CSFB, Barbara was with Citigroup and its predecessor companies for 15 years, serving in a number of executive and financial roles at both the corporate and operating levels. These included CFO of Citigroup's Global Corporate and Investment Bank, Chief Auditor, Chief Administrative Officer of its Global Consumer Group, Executive Vice President of Finance and Insurance of its consumer lending business and Vice President of Corporate Investor Relations and Financial Planning & Analysis.

In addition to her professional duties, Barbara also chairs the Finance and Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Phoenix House, the nation's leading provider of drug and alcohol abuse treatment and prevention services, operating more than one hundred programs in nine states. She holds a B.A. in journalism from New York University and an MBA in Finance from the New York University School of Business.

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Dr. Pallab Chatterjee

Dr. Pallab Chatterjee is an internationally recognized high-tech executive with experience in Corporate General Management, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Technology, Operations, and Outsourcing. Currently, Dr. Chatterjee is a Managing Director and Operating Partner of Symphony Technology Group, a strategic private equity firm that invests and partners in building great software and services companies, growing companies not only with capital, but innovation.

Prior to STG, Dr. Chatterjee was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of i2 Technologies, Inc. Under his leadership, i2 launched a new sales execution model coupled with new services lines for the company’s Total Supply Chain Management approach. Dr. Chatterjee spent 24 years at Texas Instruments in various executive management positions. Under his leadership as Senior Vice President of Research and Development and Chief Technology Officer, the Texas Instruments Technology Labs became known as a standard for excellence acknowledged by both academia and industry. A TI senior fellow in 1985, an IEEE fellow in 1986, Dr. Chatterjee received the IEEE J. J. Ebers award in 1986. He has been awarded numerous patents and written several publications on the high technology industry.

Dr. Chatterjee earned a BS in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India where he was awarded the President of India Gold Medal for Curricular Excellence and the B.C.Roy Memorial Gold Medal for Extracurricular Excellence. He received his Master's and Doctorate Degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois.