Profile: Madhav has over 20 years of IT experience, primarily in Banking and Financial Services domain. He has played a variety of roles including Delivery Management, Pre-Sales Support and Customer Relationship Management. He has successfully managed several key accounts and portfolios during extremely high growth phase throughout his career.
He has been with Cognizant for 3+ years, managing offshore delivery for US West Coast accounts within Banking and Financial Services vertical. He is also responsible for managing client relationships for customers with captive set up in India. He is currently anchoring two major strategic initiatives for Banking and Financial Services vertical. Apart from his day job, he handles Corporate Social Responsibility activities for Pune center, including Cognizant Foundation and Outreach initiatives. He is also part of managing committee for Computer Society of India (Pune Chapter).
Prior to joining Cognizant, Madhav spent about 8 years at Infosys working in Pune and overseas locations, playing various roles like delivery management and client relationship management for several key customer accounts. He was responsible for growing their Banking and Capital Markets team from ground up in Pune center.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a master’s in Computer Science, both from IIT Bombay. He is also a certified Citicorp Finance Professional.
Madhav is a nature lover and a keen bird watcher. He has started a green initiative at home to recycle and convert garden and kitchen waste to organic manure. He maintains his backyard garden using organic farming principles.