Mr. Ramanan Ramanathan has served as the First Mission Director of the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) Additional Secretary at NITI Aayog ( National Institution for Transforming India) between June 2017 – May 2021  – a flagship national Innovation and entrepreneurship initiative launched by the PMO Govt of India.

R Ramanan was previously MD & CEO of CMC Ltd, a subsidiary of the globally acclaimed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Ramanan joined TCS in 1981 graduating from IIT Bombay in EE and played an instrumental role in the rapid growth of TCS. He is a Harvard Business School Alumni (HBS AMP187), accredited in Sustainability Leadership by Cambridge University and has an Hon Doctorate awarded by Gujarat Law Society. He was awarded the 2019 National Digitalist of the year by SAP-MINT, the 2020 Outstanding National Public Service Award by Confederation of MSME. He received most “Valuable CEO awards” from Businessworld India twice in a row, the Asia Outstanding CEO award from CMO Asia, Singapore, Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani & Indira Gandhi Sadhbhavana awards. Ramanan was awarded the prestigious IIT Bombay Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2023

Ramanan is Lifetime Chair of HBS AMP187, board member of eSamshiksa, Unnati GOI initiatives, Chair of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Beacheads, fmr Board Member of Indo US Technology Trade forum ( IUSTTF), Indo US AI Committee, & Fmr Member of Tata Group Innovation Forum