Anand Deshpande
Founder & Chairman, Persistent Systems
Anand Deshpande is the Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Persistent Systems (BSE & NSE: PERSISTENT), a Company that he founded in 1990. He is responsible for the overall leadership, strategy, and management of the company. A true technology visionary, Anand’s strengths lie in identifying and investing in next-generation technologies early on and encouraging internal entrepreneurship to ensure that Persistent stays at the forefront of technology innovation. He has been the driving force in growing Persistent from start-up to the publicly-traded global company of today.
Anand has been recognized for his technology and business leadership as well as his contributions to public welfare. His awards include the CSI Fellowship Award for outstanding achievement in the field of IT, the Career Achievement Award from the School of Informatics at Indiana University, Bloomington and the IIT Kharagpur Distinguished Alumnus Award.
