Kiran Karnik 

Professional Experience

President, NASSCOM

• Date: 2001–2007

• Achievements:

  • Transformed NASSCOM into the premier association for the outsourcing industry.

  • Played a key role in lobbying for the industry's concerns internationally.

Managing Director, Discovery Networks (India)

• Date: 1995–2001

• Achievements:

  • Oversaw the launch of Discovery Channel and Animal Planet in South Asia.

  • Positioned the network as a leader in educational and environmental broadcasting in the region.

Director, Consortium for Educational Communication

• Date: 1991–2005

• Achievements:

  • Coordinated and oversaw media centers across universities under the University Grants Commission.

  • Enhanced the educational communication landscape in India.

Director, ISRO's Development and Educational Communicational Unit

• Date: 1983–1991

• Achievements:

  • Key player in the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment, which received the UNESCO-IPDC Prize for rural communication.

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management

• Institution: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Physics

• Institution: Royal Institute of Sciences, Bombay University

Other Roles and Responsibilities

• Chairman, Board of Governors, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi

• Chairman, Governing Body of HelpAge India

• Member, Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister

• Member, National Innovation Council

• Director, Reserve Bank of India

Awards and Honors

• Padma Shri, 2007 - Awarded by the Government of India for contributions to the IT industry.

• Face of the Year, Forbes Magazine, 2003

• Franck J. Malina Astronautics Medal for Space Education, International Astronautical Federation, 1998

Publications

• The Coalition of Competitors: The Story of Nasscom and the IT Industry, HarperCollins, 2012