D N Prahlad

Chairman

D. N. Prahlad is the founder and CEO of Surya Software Systems Private Limited, Bangalore. Surya focusses on products for financial risk management of financial institutions in general and banks in particular.

In addition, Prahlad is on the advisory board of Computer Science and Automation Department of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He served as an adjunct faculty at Indian institute of Information Technology, Bangalore in its formative years. He serves as an advisory board member of PathShodh Healthcare, a company with leading edge nano-technology in diagnostic measurements related to diabetes.

Prahlad is a B.Sc. with honours in mathematics from Bangalore University and B.E. (Electrical technology and Electronics) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Prior to founding Surya, Prahlad played a key role in the rapid growth of Infosys Technologies, being associated with Infosys from its formative years. He brings with him a high level of experience of working with multiple Fortune 50 clients, creation of new services, products and strategies.

Deepak Padaki

Director

Deepak is director at EdgeVerve and Executive Vice President. His responsibilities include longer-term strategic planning for the organization and the management of cross functional strategic initiatives. As the Chief Risk Officer, he is responsible for defining the company’s risk management framework, identifying and monitoring the risks to the successful execution of the company’s strategies and operations. He works closely with the Strategy & Risk Committee of the Board of Directors. Deepak also heads the company’s M&A function, defining areas of inorganic growth, leading transaction and due-diligence teams and monitoring post-merger integration activity.

Deepak has played various roles at Infosys, in a career spanning 24 years. He started as a software engineer in 1992, and then went on to manage various telecommunications projects in the USA and Canada, including those involving next generation technologies such as speech recognition based solutions. In 2003-2004, he planned and helped Infosys’ telecommunications business grow in Europe, opening and growing several key client accounts. Subsequently, he managed and grew one of Infosys’ largest telecom service provider client accounts in the USA. Between 2007 and 2012, as the head of the company’s M&A function he led multiple transactions, including the acquisition of Lodestone, Mc.Camish and Portland. As a member of the Office of the Chairman in 2013-14, Deepak managed several organization change initiatives, especially in the area of improving effectiveness of sales teams. Deepak holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Mysore, India. He is currently based in Bangalore.

Sanat Rao

Director

Sanat Rao is the Director at EdgeVerve. Sanat has over 26 years of experience in international banking and technology led business transformations. His experience spans strategic partnerships with clients through their digital journey across multiple markets globally. In his present role, Sanat is responsible for growing the Finacle business and driving industry leadership with innovations in the banking space.

Having started his career at ANZ Bank, a global financial institution headquartered in Australia, Sanat has had stints with marquee global financial technology organizations. In his previous role as Vice President and Senior Partner at IBM, he was responsible for a portfolio of offerings including cloud consulting services, CIO Advisory, core banking, digital foundation and payments in the BFSI space. He was also deeply engaged with FinTech companies in identifying and nurturing new partnerships that could prove disruptive in the market.

Prior to that, for nearly 14 years till 2013, Sanat played a variety of global roles as part of the Infosys Finacle organization, helping build and scale the brand, with the last position as the Global Head of Client Services and Alliances. In this role, he was responsible driving global sales, client engagement, and strategic alliances for Finacle globally. Sanat’s expertise of the banking and financial technology industry is exemplary, having previously been responsible for Infosys’ global banking product strategy for the entire Finacle suite. Sanat is based in London but spends much of his time travelling globally to engage with clients.

Srinivasan Rajam

Independent Director

Srini Rajam is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award 2013 of the Indian Institute of Science.

Srini co-founded Ittiam Systems in 2001, along with a team of senior leaders from the semiconductor industry. Ittiam is focused on Media Processing and Communications Systems. Ittiam has more than 400 customers worldwide and 60+ patent filings of which 35 granted. The company is ranked as the World’s Most Preferred DSP IP Supplier by Forward Concepts for four successive years from 2004 to 2008. Ittiam is a Red Herring 100 Asia Winner in 2005 and 2013, and received the NASSCOM India IT Innovation Award in 2007. The volume of electronic products such as Smartphones and Tablets that customers ship embedding Ittiam IP has crossed annual run rate of well over 25 million units. In 2013, Ittiam formed a new division, Ittiam Media Labs, to bring its extensive media expertise to the cloud platform and deliver enhanced Online Video Experience.

Prior to Ittiam, Srini was the Managing Director of Texas Instruments (TI) India during 1995-2000, following his appointment as the youngest Country Managing Director for Texas Instruments in 1995. He led TI India to be among the most valuable R&D centers for TI. He had also served as the first Technical Marketing Director for TI Asia Region (1993), Chairman of TI Asia Technical Council (1994) and member of the TI Asia Leadership Team (1995).

Srini has served as a member of the Governing Council of India’s Department of Electronics’ Software Technology Parks (1997), as the Chairman of Indo American Chamber of Commerce, Karnataka Branch (2000) and as a member of the Karnataka State IT Task Force (2000).

Srini received his Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1984 as the top rank holder in the institute. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Madurai University, 1982 and was the University Gold Medalist for winning the top rank.

Srini has a unique track record of successively building products, organizations and businesses from the ground up. He has been recognized for his commitment to excellence throughout his career.

Inderpreet Sawhney

Director

Inderpreet is the Group General Counsel & the Chief Compliance Officer of Infosys. In this role she leads the legal and compliance function of the Company. She is a tactical business partner supporting the business in legal and regulatory matters. She is also responsible for directing the development and execution of the compliance and ethics program of the Company.

Additionally, Inderpreet is also Director of Infosys Subsidiaries – Infosys Americas Inc. and Infosys Consulting Pte. Ltd.

Inderpreet is a seasoned international professional with over 25 years of experience, including as a General Counsel of a large IT Service company, and as Managing Partner of a mid-sized law firm in Silicon Valley where her mandate included counsel on complex international transactions. She also serves on the National Advisory Council of SABANA (South Asian Bar Association of North America). Her past leadership positions include President SABANA, Board Member of Pratham Bay Area, Foundation for Excellence and Indus Women Leaders.

In recognition for her work, Inderpreet has been awarded the 2006 Minority Bar Coalition Unity Award, 2010 Outstanding Mentorship Award – SABA Northern California, 2010 NASABA (North American South Asian Bar Association ) Cornerstone Award and the 2013 NASABA Corporate Counsel Achievement Award. She is a frequent speaker at conferences globally.

Inderpreet has a BA (Hons.) and LL.B degree from Delhi University and an LL.M from Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada.

Sanat Rao

Chief Business Officer and Global Head of Finacle

Sanat Rao is the Director at EdgeVerve. Sanat has over 26 years of experience in international banking and technology led business transformations. His experience spans strategic partnerships with clients through their digital journey across multiple markets globally. In his present role, Sanat is responsible for growing the Finacle business and driving industry leadership with innovations in the banking space. Having started his career at ANZ Bank, a global financial institution headquartered in Australia, Sanat has had stints with marquee global financial technology organizations. In his previous role as Vice President and Senior Partner at IBM, he was responsible for a portfolio of offerings including cloud consulting services, CIO Advisory, core banking, digital foundation and payments in the BFSI space. He was also deeply engaged with FinTech companies in identifying and nurturing new partnerships that could prove disruptive in the market. Prior to that, for nearly 14 years till 2013, Sanat played a variety of global roles as part of the Infosys Finacle organization, helping build and scale the brand, with the last position as the Global Head of Client Services and Alliances. In this role, he was responsible driving global sales, client engagement, and strategic alliances for Finacle globally. Sanat's expertise of the banking and financial technology industry is exemplary, having previously been responsible for Infosys' global banking product strategy for the entire Finacle suite. Sanat is based in London but spends much of his time travelling globally to engage with clients.

Sushanth Tharappan

Chief People Officer

Sushanth is the Chief People Officer for EdgeVerve Systems Limited. He is responsible for the people team at EdgeVerve, globally. He has around two decades of experience in people strategy and development. Sushanth spent most of his career in leadership roles at Infosys in the HR spectrum of organization development, talent acquisition, leadership development, and performance management. A leadership development and change management facilitator from the Infosys Leadership Institute, he is a certified assessor on various competency assessment and psychometric tools. Sushanth has also led and participated in a number of key large-scale, cross- functional change initiatives, and has been recognized with multiple awards in the areas of people development, customer satisfaction, and program management. He partners with a number of industry forums as a thought leader and is a speaker in many national and international platforms on HR. A gold medalist and university ranker, Sushanth holds a bachelor’s degree in science and a master’s degree in management.