Mr. Padmanabhan joined TCS in 1982 as a trainee and progressed into various roles. He headed the Application Software and Maintenance Practice (2001-2002), the Delivery Centre at Sholinganallur, Chennai (1998-2000) and the Airline Industry Practice (1999-2000). He was also CEO of Aviation Software Development Consultancy, a Joint-Venture between TCS and Singapore Airlines (1996-1998), and Country Manager for TCS Switzerland (1993-1996). He took a lead role in the IPO of TCS and demonstrated a strong grasp of finance fundamentals by contributing significantly in TCS’ road show during the IPO. Since 2003, he has been heading the Global Human Resources function of TCS. In September 2007, he was elevated to the post of Executive Director.

Mr. Padmanabhan brings in rich experience in large-scale project build up and delivery, and is highly acclaimed for global sourcing and value creation in operational efficiencies. 49 years old, he is a gold medalist in Electronics and Communication Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, as well as a Glaxo gold medalist for the Marketing stream from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

About Tata Power

Tata Power is India's largest private sector power utility with an installed generation capacity of over 2300 MW and a presence in all the segments of the power sector viz Generation (thermal, hydro, solar and wind), Transmission, Distribution and Trading. The Company has successful public-private partnerships in Generation, Transmission and Distribution - “North Delhi Power Limited” with Delhi Vidyut Board for distribution in North Delhi, ‘Powerlinks Transmission Ltd.’ with Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. for evacuation of Power from Tala hydro plant in Bhutan to Delhi and ‘Maithon Power Ltd.’ with Damodar Valley Corporation for a 1050 MW Mega Power Project at Jharkhand. It has recently acquired 30% stake in Coal Companies at Indonesia and is developing the first 4000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project at Mundra (Gujarat) based on super-critical technology. With its track record of technology leadership, customer care and redefining contours of the Indian power sector, Tata Power is poised for a five-fold growth and committed to ‘lighting up lives’ for generations to come.