Ganesh Lakshminarayanan

Ganesh Lakshminarayanan

CEO and MD, Tata Communications; Student of Tamil and Vaishnavism

Tata Communications

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Experience20+ Years
LevelLeadership

Executive Overview

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

Professional employment history
  • Mar 2026–Present· 6 mos
    • Managing Director, Chief Executive OfficerCurrent
      Mar 2026–Present
  • 2025–Feb 2026· 1 yr 1 mo
    • MD and GVP, Servicenow India and SAARC
      2025–Feb 2026
  • Jul 2023–2025· 1 yr 6 mos
    • CEO Airtel Business India
      Jul 2023–2025
  • Jul 2020–Jul 2023· 3 yrs
    • CEO Airtel Enterprise Business
      Jul 2020–Jul 2023
  • May 2017–Jul 2020· 3 yrs 2 mos
    • Member, Board of Directors
      May 2017–Jul 2020
    • Chief Operating Officer
      May 2017–Jul 2020
  • Jun 2016–May 2017· 11 mos
    • Senior Advisor
      Jun 2016–May 2017
  • May 2015–May 2016· 1 yr
    • Senior Advisor, Various Start-ups
      May 2015–May 2016
  • Jun 2014–May 2015· 11 mos
    • Managing Director
      Jun 2014–May 2015
  • 2010–Jun 2014· 4 yrs 5 mos
    • Vice President, Asia Pacific and Japan - Sales Operations
      Feb 2013–Jun 2014
    • VP, Global consumer, small and medium business services
      2011–2013
    • President and Managing Director, Dell India
      Jul 2010–Jun 2014
    • President and Country Manager, Dell India
      2010–2011
  • 2006–2009· 3 yrs
    • Vice President Global Consumer Services
      2007–2009
    • Managing Director, Dell Internatiional Services and VP, US consumer services
      2006–2007

Education

MA

Vaishnavism

Alagappa University, Alagappa Nagar, Karaikudi

MBA

Finance

University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

B.E

Computer Science and Engineering

Anna University Chennai

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Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Operating Officer

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Skills & Expertise

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Product ManagementCRMLeadershipVendor ManagementManagementBusiness Process ImprovementGo-to-market StrategyProgram ManagementStrategyStrategic PlanningOutsourcingCross-functional Team LeadershipBusiness StrategyStart-upsBusiness DevelopmentSales Operations