Accenture India head Rekha Menon to take over as Nasscom chairman for FY22

She succeeds U B Pravin Rao, COO, Infosys, to become the first woman to take on this role at Nasscom; Krishnan Ramanujam of TCS is Vice Chairperson

The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), the information technology service body, said on Thursday it has appointed Rekha M Menon, Chairperson and Senior Managing Director at Accenture in India as its Chairperson for 2021-22. 

Menon succeeds U B Pravin Rao, Chief Operating Officer, Infosys, who served as Chairman of Nasscom for the year 2020-21. Nasscom named Krishnan Ramanujam, President and Head of Business & Technology Services, Tata Consultancy Services as the Vice Chairperson for this financial year. 

Menon is the first woman to take on the role of Chairperson for Nasscom in the association’s 30-year history. 

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