Ganesh Lakshminarayanan
CEO and MD, Tata Communications; Student of Tamil and Vaishnavism
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Ganesh S. Lakshminarayanan is currently the CEO and MD of Tata Communications. Before this role, he was the CEO of Airtel Business, India. He also served on the board of Nxtra which is a Airtel subsidiary. Before joining Airtel, Ganesh served as Chief Operating Officer of Capillary Technologies. He also served on the Board of Capillary. Ganesh worked at Dell for fifteen years, where he served on various leadership roles including being the President and Managing Director for Dell India. Before joining Dell, Ganesh worked in the consulting industry for eight years. Ganesh has an MBA with high distinction from the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and BS in Computer Science and Engineering with top honor as gold medalist, from Guindy Engineering college in Chennai, India. Ganesh served twice as elected member in the NASSCOM executive council which is the industry body for Indian IT/ITES sector and FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry). He is also a founding member of Social Venture Partners @Bangalore.
Career Timeline
- Tata CommunicationsCurrentMar 2026–Present· 6 mos
- Managing Director, Chief Executive OfficerCurrentMar 2026–Present
- 2025–Feb 2026· 1 yr 1 mo
- MD and GVP, Servicenow India and SAARC2025–Feb 2026
- Jul 2023–2025· 1 yr 6 mos
- CEO Airtel Business IndiaJul 2023–2025
- Jul 2020–Jul 2023· 3 yrs
- CEO Airtel Enterprise BusinessJul 2020–Jul 2023
- May 2017–Jul 2020· 3 yrs 2 mos
- Member, Board of DirectorsMay 2017–Jul 2020
- Chief Operating OfficerMay 2017–Jul 2020
- Jun 2016–May 2017· 11 mos
- Senior AdvisorJun 2016–May 2017
- May 2015–May 2016· 1 yr
- Senior Advisor, Various Start-upsMay 2015–May 2016
- Jun 2014–May 2015· 11 mos
- Managing DirectorJun 2014–May 2015
- 2010–Jun 2014· 4 yrs 5 mos
- Vice President, Asia Pacific and Japan - Sales OperationsFeb 2013–Jun 2014
- VP, Global consumer, small and medium business services2011–2013
- President and Managing Director, Dell IndiaJul 2010–Jun 2014
- President and Country Manager, Dell India2010–2011
- 2006–2009· 3 yrs
- Vice President Global Consumer Services2007–2009
- Managing Director, Dell Internatiional Services and VP, US consumer services2006–2007
Education
MA
Vaishnavism
Alagappa University, Alagappa Nagar, KaraikudiMBA
Finance
University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of BusinessB.E
Computer Science and Engineering
Anna University Chennai