K Ananth Krishnan
Vice President
Tata Consulting Services
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K Ananth Krishnan is an M. Tech. in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
He also has a Masters degree in Physics from the same Institute and a Bachelor's degree in Physics
from Fergusson College, Pune.

He joined TCS in February of 1988, straight from campus. He is a Vice President in the TCS Corporate
Office in the Strategic Planning area. He is a member of the Corporate Think-Tank since 1999, and has
helped in the conceptualization of several new initiatives. He is also a Principal Architect and Lead Consultant
in the Architecture and Technology Consulting Practice.

He has been an invitee to the quarterly management review with the TCS Board (the executive committee
of Tata Sons Limited) since April 2000. He has also been an invitee to the board meetings of Jataayu Software,
a TCS invested company, since December 2000.

Ananth is married, with two children and lives in Chennai. He has formally retired from a successful
career in Trivia and Quizzing (which includes the 'Brain of IIT' individual title and two 'Cranium Cup'
titles at IIT and several years on the IIT Quiz team), public speaking, crossword puzzle solving and
cricket. He is a member of the IEEE and the Computer Society of India.