Ravi Kumar Singisetti

Ravi Kumar Singisetti, also known as Ravi Kumar S and S Ravi Kumar,^[3][4] is the chief executive officer of the U.S.-based multinational information technology services company Cognizant. Previously, he was the president of the Indian company Infosys, and earlier in his career, he was a nuclear scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and worked for Cambridge Technology Partners, Oracle, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Publicis Sapient.

Ravi Kumar Singisetti
Born	1971 or 1972 (age 52–53)[1] Berhampur, India[2]
Alma mater	Shivaji University Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar
Occupation	CEO of Cognizant
Board member of	Cognizant Digimarc Infosys International Tennis Hall of Fame New York Academy of Sciences TransUnion United States Chamber of Commerce

In addition to Cognizant and Infosys, Ravi Kumar has also served on the boards of Digimarc, the International Tennis Hall of Fame, the New York Academy of Sciences, TransUnion, and the United States Chamber of Commerce.

Early life and education

Ravi Kumar was born in India.^[5] He earned an engineering degree at Shivaji University in Maharashtra and a Master of Business Administration degree at the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.^[6][7]

Career

Early in his career, Ravi Kumar was a nuclear scientist for approximately three years, working on reactors at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai starting in 1991.^[1] He became a senior consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers and was an associate director at Cambridge Technology Partners. He worked at Oracle from 2000 to 2002^[8] and has also worked for Publicis Sapient.^[3]

Ravi Kumar worked at the Indian information technology (IT) company Infosys for approximately twenty years, starting in 2002.^[1] He served as the company's president from January 2016 to October 2022^[9][10] and was named deputy chief operating officer in 2017.^[8][11] He also served on the board of directors. During his tenure, Ravi Kumar oversaw business operations in India, China, Japan, and Latin America;^[7] services related to consulting, digital transformation, engineering, and technology; and cloud and infrastructure, data and analytics, and "enterprise package applications service lines."^[12][13]

Ravi Kumar became the chief executive officer of the U.S.-based IT company Cognizant in January 2023.^[3][14][15] Ravi Kumar also serves on the company's board^[10] and has been described as the highest paid Indian executive in the IT sector.^[16][17]

In addition to Infosys and Cognizant, Ravi Kumar has served on the boards of Digimarc, the International Tennis Hall of Fame, the New York Academy of Sciences,^[18] TransUnion,^[19] and the United States Chamber of Commerce.^[3][20] He became a board member of the U.S.–India Strategic Partnership Forum in 2024.^[21][22] Ravi Kumar has also been a member of the Skills Consortium of the World Economic Forum^[23] and the Manhattan chapter of the Young Presidents' Organization.^[24]

Personal life

Ravi Kumar was based in Hyderabad when he joined Infosys in 2002. He has lived in Manhattan since 2014.^[1][7]