Kv kamath

1. KUNDAPUR VAMAN KAMATH (K.V.KAMATH) By:- VIVEK

2. Childhood Kamath was born on December 2, 1947 into a Goud Saraswat Brahmin family, in Mangalore, Karnataka where he spent most of his early years. After completing Higher Secondary and Pre-University from St. Aloysius School, he joined the Karnataka Regional Engineering College (now called National Institute of Technology Karnataka) in Surathkal for a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduating from KREC in 1969, he joined the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) for a Masters Degree in Business Administration .

3. Career After graduating from IIM-A in 1971, Kamath started his career with ICICI (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India), in the Project Finance division and moved on to different departments to gather experience which included setting up of new businesses such as leasing, venture capital, credit rating as well as handling general management positions. As part of his general management responsibilities he initiated and implemented ICICI's computerisation programme. Substantial investments in technology from the early years have resulted in systems that are today a competitive advantage for ICICI. Kamath has generally been credited with expanding ICICI's businesses to evolve it into a technology-enabled financial organisation catering to the financial needs of corporate and retail customers.

4. In 1988, Kamath joined the Asian Development Bank, Manila in their Private Sector Department. His principal work experience at ADB was in various projects in China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh and Vietnam. He was the ADB representative on the Boards of several companies.

5. In May 1996, Kamath returned to ICICI as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Kamath was instrumental in expanding the Group's services to the retail customers. He initiated a process of a series of acquisitions of non-banking finance companies in 1996-98, and led the way to the formation of ICICI Bank. Now, on 2nd may 2011 he is appointed as non-executive chairman of the second-largest software exporter, Infosys Ltd (earlier Infosys Technologies Ltd)

6. Goals management There is a strong relationship between a successful company and an effective goal setting process. By setting goals, specifically SMART goals, employers engage their workforce and encourage employees across the company to focus and successfully achieve these goals together. Goal management also lets you establish a true pay-for-performance culture by communicating the company goals to employees, therefore providing the groundwork for linking reward systems with individual and / or team performance.

7. Professionalism Proffesional, Management of Sales, Marketing, Operations, Product Launch etc., with broad experience in all aspects of Branding, Promotion, Sales Forecasting, Analysis, Report Generation. Direct experience with FMCG, Telecom-ISP, Loyalty and Retail Sector.Interested in early-stage startups as well as established companies, loves to take challenges and consistantly stirve for excellence in whatever i do...

8. Specialties Strong Clientele Relationship/Reference, Planning and Forecasting at a Strategic Level. New direction to the segment of Corporate Gifting...

9. KV Kamath's Experience Senior Manager Marketing Lifestyle International Pvt Ltd 2008 – Present (4 years) Senior Manager Sales & Marketing Lifestyle International Privately Held; 10,001+ employees; Retail industry December 2007 – Present (4 years 5 months) Managing Business Portfolio of Gift Vouchers for Lankmark Group on a Pan India basis. Planning & Implementation of Brand at Strategic Level,

10. Regional Acquisition Manager Loyalty Solutions & Research Ltd January 2007 – December 2007 (1 year) Rollout of Coalition Loyalty Programme (imint)in Bangalore. Appointment of Channel PArtners, Merchant Acquisition, etc., Sales Manager TATA Communications Ltd. (fka VSNL) Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TCL; Telecommunications industry 2004 – 2006 (2 years) Sales Incharge Hindustan Lever Ltd Privately Held; 10,001+ employees; Consumer Goods industry 1997 – 2004 (7 years)

11. Personal life Kamath presently resides in Mumbai. He is married to Rajalaxmi and has a son, Ajay Kamath and a daughter, Ajnya Kamath Pai. He has two grandsons, Nandan K. Pai and Lakshan K. Pai who reside in the United States .

12. Awards Most e-savvy CEO amongst Asian banks - The Asian Banker Journal of Singapore Finance Man of the Year award - The Mumbai Management Association Best CEO for Innovative HR practices - World HRD Congress Asian Business Leader of the Year - Asian Business Leader Award 2001 (CNBC Asia) Outstanding Business Leader of the Year - CNBC-TV18, 2006 Businessman of the Year - Business India, 2005 Business Leader Award of the Year - The Economic Times, 2007 Businessman of the Year - Forbes Asia Padma Bhushan award from the Indian government - 2008

13. Our Vision To help our clients meet their goals through our people, services and solutions

14. Our Mission Infosys International Inc. is dedicated to providing the people, services and solutions our clients need to meet their information technology challenges and business goals. Work to understand the needs and requirements of our clients before proposing a solution Develop responsive proposals that provide cost-effective solutions to our clients needs Deploy the right mix of people and products to deliver value-added services and solutions to our clients Follow-up on the quality of our services and solutions to our clients Appreciate the trust that our clients put in us as we work with them to improve their business and information technology.

15. Board membership Kamath is a Member of the Governing Board on various educational institutions including the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Indian School of Business, National Institute of Bank Management, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar Manipal Academy of Higher Education. Kamath is also a Member of the National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). KV Kamath was elected to the Board of Directors on Infosys Ltd on May 2, 2009 and on 30 April 2011 it was announced that he will take the Chairmanship of Infosys Limited on 21 August 2011.

16. Chairman of the Board Kundapur Vaman Kamath is currently an Independent Director on the Board of Infosys. He is the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of ICICI Bank Limited, India’s second largest bank. Kamath has a degree in mechanical engineering as well as one in management studies from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

17. Kamath was awarded the Padma Bhushan, one of India’s highest civilian honors, in 2008. He was given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards 2008; was named ‘Businessman of the Year’ by Forbes Asia and The Economic Times ‘Business Leader of the Year’ in 2007; Business Standard’s ‘Banker of the Year’ and CNBC-TV18′s ‘Outstanding Business Leader of the Year’ in 2006; Business India’s ‘Businessman of the Year’ in 2005; and CNBC’s ‘Asian Business Leader of the Year’ in 2001. He has been given an honorary Ph.D. by the Banaras Hindu University

18. Speaking on the occasion Mr. K. V. Kamath said , “Infosys is a company which has been built by its founders, led by the visionary leader Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy, who as its Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director and then as its Chairman and Chief Mentor, provided Infosys its thought leadership over the years. This is an innovation-led company, with a core of outstanding professionals that has always set the highest standards and has built a unique culture. I feel greatly honoured to have been asked to be the Chairman of Infosys by the Board of Directors and accept this responsibility with a deep sense of humility.”

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