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Dr. Jhingran leads Products for API Management
@ Google. Prior to this role, he was the CTO at
Apigee, which got acquired by Google in September
2016. He joined Apigee from IBM where he was
VP and CTO for IBM’s Information Management
Division. He is a data geek and is an expert in
middleware too.
Dr. Jhingran is the world technology leader in
the field of information management with highly
demonstrated impact on industrial practice and
future technology and business directions. His
achievements are well recognized by his peers,
and by senior management at IBM having been
awarded IBM Fellow, IBM Distinguished Engineer,
IBM Academy of Technology, several Outstanding
Achievement and Innovation Awards, and IBM
Corporate Award.
He has also received several other awards including
IIT Delhi Distinguished Alumnus Award, President’s
Gold Medal for highest GPA at IIT Delhi, IBM
Academy of Technology, and has authored over
a dozen patents and over 20 technical papers,
including frequent keynotes in industry and
academic conferences.
Anant is married to Renu and they have a son.
Prof. Deepak B. Phatak has been on the Persistent
Board since April 24, 2018.
Prof. Phatak was the recipient of the Padma Shri
award in 2013.
He received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical
Engineering from Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute
of Technology and Science (SGSITS), Indore in 1969,
and his M.Tech and Ph.D from the Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT), Bombay.
He has been associated with IIT Bombay since 1971.
He has headed several academic units, and was the
first Dean of Resources of the Institute. He set up
the Affordable Solutions Lab (ASL) at IIT Bombay in
2000. He held the ‘Subrao M. Nilekani’ Chair from
2000-2013.
He has been an advisor and consultant to many
organizations and ministries on IT related matters.
He has served on the boards of several companies
and institutions, including IDBI Bank, Bank of
Baroda, UTIISL, IDRBT, NIA, IGNOU, and NIT
Agartala. He currently serves on the boards of
HDFC AMC, MKCL, ReBIT, IBPS, and VJTI.
He is regarded as the pioneer of Smart Card usage
for financial transactions in India and, in 1999,
he started an IT incubator to foster innovation
through start-up companies. In March 2012, he was
given the responsibility to execute the prestigious
Aakash tablet project. He has been an Open Source
evangelist, and has popularized the use of open
source knowledge content and software. An ardent
advocate of life-long learning, he currently works
on Learner-Centric MOOCs (Massive Open Online
Courses).
He is a recipient of the ‘Excellence in Teaching’
award and the ‘Industrial Impact Research
Award’ from IIT Bombay. He was elected Fellow
of the Computer Society of India (CSI) in 1999,
and Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and
Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) in 2000.
He was listed among the ‘Fifty Most Influential
Indians’ by Business Week in 2009. He was
conferred Life Time Achievement Awards by Skoch
Foundation in 2003, by Data Quest in 2008, by
Dewang Mehta Business School Awards in 2010,
by Interop in 2014, by IIT Bombay in 2014, and by
CSI in 2018.
Deepak is married to Pratibha and they have two
sons.
Guy Eiferman has been an Independent Director at
Persistent Systems since April 24, 2018.
Prof. Deepak Phatak
Independent Director
Guy Eiferman
Independent Director