Jayant Pendharkar

Vice President,
Tata Consulting Services

Jayant Pendharkar has been involved in the IT industry for over 35 years, being currently responsible for Global Marketing at Tata Consulting Services (TCS). He is also the Ethics Counsellor responsible for Management of Business Ethics and implementation of Tata Code of Conduct at TCS.

Mr Pendharkar began his career as Development Officer at SICOM. He joined TCS in 1971 as Assistant Systems Analyst, continuing with the organisation until 1979. During that period, he rose to the position of Associate Consultant.

At TCS, he was involved in developing IT applications for the banking sector. His responsibilities also included marketing and marketing support for Burroughs hardware. When Tata-Burroughs Ltd (the joint-venture company presently known worldwide as Tata Infotech Ltd.) was formed, he provided support in setting up the company.

He subsequently moved to Systems & Software, a Bombay-based software consulting and services company, as its promoter, where he remained until 1988.

Having established himself in a marketing and promotion career, Mr Pendharkar moved to New Jersey in the US to promote United Software Services, an IT solution provider and business partner for IBM in mid-range computers. Here, he marketed turnkey projects on IBM platforms for distribution, warehousing and logistics applications.