NRI Achievers

Narinder Singh Kapany is born on 31 October 1926 to a Sikh family in Moga, Punjab, India. He is an Indian-born American Sikh physicist known for his work in fibre optics. He was named as one of the seven 'Unsung Heroes' by the Fortune magazine in their 'Businessmen of...

Chanda Kochhar is a living inspiration for today’s woman. She is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ICICI Bank,  which is the India’s largest private and overall second largest bank in the country. She also heads the Corporate Centre of ICICI Bank. She was born on November 17,...

Still a youngster when the country was divided in 1947, Renjen’s father was forced to forgo engineering school in the United Kingdom and eventually moved back to Rohtak. In this small town in Haryana, some 80 kms from India’s capital town, the senior Renjen placed down his roots and...

Indian American business executive Shantanu Narayen is the CEO of Adobe Systems. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer since 2005. Mr Shantanu is also the President of the Board of the Adobe Foundation. Early Life Mr Shantanu, who grew up and completed his schooling in Hyderabad, India, holds...

Dinesh C. Paliwal is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Harman International Industries – a provider of audio and infotainment systems for the automotive, consumer and professional markets. Dinesh is a US citizen and has lived and worked in Australia, China, India, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United...

Indian- American Nandita Bakshi has been appointed the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of the West, a unit of French banking giant BNP Paribas. Ms. Bakhshi holds a Masters of Arts degree in international relations from Jadavpur University in India. She is a history graduate from University...

Francisco DSouza was born on 23 August 1968 is the CEO of Cognizant and was part of the team that founded the NASDAQ-100 company in 1994. In 2007, at the age of 38, he took over from Lakshmi Narayanan, who was promoted to Vice Chairman. Francisco is Cognizant’s CEO...

Nikesh Arora is a former Google executive, was the President & Chief Operating Officer of SoftBank Corp from October 2014 until 21 June 2016. He was born on 9 February 1968. Born to an Indian Air Force officer, Arora graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, BHU in Varanasi with a...