Kumar Mahadeva

See also: Ponnambalam-Coomaraswamy family

Wijeyaraj Kumar Mahadeva (Tamil: குமார் மகாதேவா) is a Sri Lankan American businessman. He is the founding chairman and chief executive officer of Cognizant Technology Solutions.^[2] He was the CEO of Cognizant from 1994 to 2003^[3] and was succeeded by Lakshmi Narayanan. Kumar held senior positions at the BBC, McKinsey, AT&T, and Dun & Bradstreet.^[4] He is a member of the Sri Lankan Tamil Ponnambalam-Coomaraswamy family, the son of Deshamanya Baku Mahadeva, a Sri Lankan civil servant who served as chairman of various banks, companies, commissions, and boards.

Kumar Mahadeva
Born	Sri Lanka
Education	Harvard Business School, 1978[1]
Employer	Cognizant
Office	Chief Executive Officer
Term	1994–2003
Successor	Lakshmi Narayanan

See also

• Cognizant Technology Solutions
• List of Tamils of Sri Lanka