Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai are not the only technology superstars having an Indian origin

A study by the Southern New Hampshire University which examined leadership traits from the US and India, made the following observations about Indian managers. Firstly, the Indian culture places huge importance on education and performance excellence.

Another notable point made by the report which is characteristic of both Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai is the fact that both of them are not necessarily charismatic. The study found out that Indian leaders demonstrate a paradoxical blend of genuine personal humility and intense professional will. Indian managers are also found to be modest and shy, but have unwavering resolve. The study says that Indian leaders have also found to achieve extraordinary results and built great organizations without much hoopla - again, a characteristic of many Indian leaders.

We present below some other leaders of Indian-origin who have led or are leading some of the world's biggest technology firms

Shantanu Nareayen, President and CEO, Adobe
After working for Apple and Silicon Graphics, India-born Nareayen handles Adobe’s day-to-day global operations, product research and development, marketing and corporate development. He has also served as a Member of US President’s Advisory Management Board.

He led the $1.8 billion acquisition of Omniture and serves as one of the board of directors for Dell and Pfizer.

Nareayen studied Electronics Engineering from Osmania University in Hyderabad, before moving to the United States to acquire a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Bowling Green State University and Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business.

Pankaj Patel, EVP and Chief Development Officer, Cisco Systems
Patel is responsible for leading the development and execution of Cisco’s $36.3 billion technology portfolio across a global team of more than 28,000 employees.

In previous roles at Cisco, Patel served as Senior Vice President and General Manager for the company’s service provider business, and was also responsible for the Cisco IGX product line and software development for all Cisco ATM switches. Patel joined Cisco through the company’s acquisition of Stratacom in 1996.

Previously, he has worked at Redback Networks, Apollo Computer/HP and Digital Equipment.

Patel holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India, and a Master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2003, he was awarded a patent in the area of multi-service architecture.

Sanjay Jha, CEO, GlobalFoundries
Appointed in January 2014, Jha has a successful track record of senior executive experience in the technology industry, most recently as Chairman and CEO of Motorola Mobility, which was spun out as an independent public company from Motorola.

Prior to Motorola, he held multiple senior engineering and executive positions during his 14 years with Qualcomm, Brooktree, and GEC Hirst Research Centre in London.

Jha was awarded a DSc from Strathclyde University, Scotland in 2011. He holds a PhD in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Strathclyde University, Scotland and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from University of Liverpool, England.

Amit Singhal, Senior VP and Software Engineer, Google
While Pichai is Google’s blue-eyed boy, Singhal is the company’s backdoor gem.

His team controls how search results appear on the search engine.

He rewrote the algorithm of the Google search engine in 2001, which earned him the Google Fellow title–reserved for its best engineers.

Singhal, a Computer Science graduate from IIT Roorkee, was raised in Uttar Pradesh. He completed his MS from the University of Minnesota Duluth.

Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO, SanDisk

Mehrotra is co-Founder, President and CEO, SanDisk Corporation, a global leader in flash memory storage solutions. He served as SanDisk’s President and COO in 2006.

Under his leadership, the company expanded its focus to include solid state drive (SSD) for the enterprise, as well as new growth strategies for the mobile and client computing segments.

Mehrotra received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program (SEP).

Source: CIOL.com