Delhi: Ramanathan Ramanan is the new managing director and chief executive officer, CMC. He succeeded S. S. Ghosh, who retired on December 12, 2003. Mr Ramanan has been associated with CMC since 2001. 

An electrical engineer from IIT Mumbai, Ramanan has shouldered several responsibilities in India and in the global market in a career spanning over 20 years. He started as a software engineer at Tata Consultancy Services and soon grew in rank to project leader, group leader and an overseas regional manager representing TCS in the USA. 

During his tenure with TCS America as regional manager he was responsible for the growth of TCS’ business in the United States and the initiation of strong relationships with several multi-national organisations.  In July 1996, Ramanan returned to India and was appointed head of TCS Bangalore. Under his stewardship, TCS Bangalore grew from 250 consultants to over 2000+ consultants. He was responsible for implementing various quality initiatives in TCS Bangalore, which is operating at SEI-CMM Level 5 and is an ISO 9001-certified delivery centre. Ramanan has also been responsible for a number of the strategic business development initiatives of TCS in the Asia Pacific region.

Following the purchase of 51 per cent of CMC by Tata Sons, Ramanan was inducted on the board of CMC in October, 2001 as director and chief operating officer. In the last two years, Ramanan has focused his energies on leveraging the strong intellectual assets of CMC especially in global markets. He has been responsible for CMC’s foray into the international market through enhanced integration with TCS. Ramanan has also been leading CMC’s quality initiatives, which resulted in SEI-CMM Level 5 certification for its development centre. He also continues to play a key role in the strategy group at TCS especially in the area of organisational synergies and is a strategic member of the TBEM initiative with special focus on 'customer market focus'. 

Mr Ghosh retires from CMC, after a successful career in the company spanning over 25 years. He has served CMC as divisional manager / general manger in the eastern and western regions. He steadily rose to become the executive director — customer services, a strategic business unit of CMC. He was inducted on the board of CMC as director — technical in 1996. He was appointed as chairman and managing director of the company in July 1998 and was redesignated as managing director and CEO in October, 2001. 

About CMC:
Founded in 1975, CMC is one of the premier IT solutions providers in India, with a consolidated turnover of Rs 679 crore for 2002-03. Operating out of 18 offices and more than one hundred and fifty service locations in the country, CMC employs over 3300 people and has a wholly-owned subsidiary in the USA called CMC Americas Inc. 

CMC’s vision is to operate globally and bring the benefit of IT to improve the productivity of its customers and the quality of its customer’s products and services. CMC combines horizontal expertise in IT with its vertical experience developed by working in a wide range of industries. After the successful disinvestment of CMC by the Government of India, CMC has become part of the Tata Group and works closely with TCS, Asia’s largest software company.