TCS Announces SMP Changes: IT giant excludes Ananth Krishnan; appoints Harrick Vin, Shankar Narayanan as SMPs

IT giant Tata Consultancy on Saturday announced changes in its senior management positions (SMPs). In its bourse filing, the IT firm announced that TCS executive vice-president K Ananth Krishnan will no longer be in senior management due to his upcoming retirement. The company said that Ananth Krishnan will leave the senior management position on July 31, 2023, as his retirement is due in October 2023.

In its listing on the BSE, the Tata Group company said that chief services innovation officer Dr. Harrick Vin will take over as an SMP on August 1, 2023.

Harrick Vin has a long association with TCS, having been there for more than three decades in academia and industry.

Before taking over as an SMP, Harrick was the head of TCS Digitate.

TCS further informed in its BSE filing that Rajashree R would also no longer be an SMP. Shankar Narayanan, Ashok Pai, Reguraman Ayyaswamy, V Rajanna, and Siva Ganesan have been promoted to SMPs starting July 31, 2023.

"Based on the discussions with customers and associates over the last couple of months, we believe, TCS can deliver the best value to the customers by synergising it’s domain and contextual knowledge across units. In this context, we have announced the new operating structure, which regroups our existing ISUs along industry segments into key  Business groups. The above changes will help in deepening customer centricity, which is pivotal to our growth," TCS said in a statement.

Here is the list of the profiles of the newly appointed SMPs in TCS:

Dr Harrick Vin

Dr Harrick Vin is a TCS Fellow and Chief Services Innovation Officer at TCS.

He has been in the academia and industry for over 30 years and has been with TCS for 18 years.

Prior to this role, Harrick headed TCS Digitate.

He is a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) and a distinguished Alumnus of IIT Mumbai.

Prior to joining TCS, he was a Professor of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin for 15 years.

Shankar Narayanan

Shankar Narayanan is a Senior Vice President at TCS and has been with the company for over 30 years.

He has held various important roles including Global Head of the Retail, CPG, Travel & Hospitality businesses at TCS and Business Excellence & Transformation of large accounts.

Shankar has also been the Head of TCS’ UK and Ireland Market, responsible for driving business strategy, sales, operations, and delivery, as well as nurturing executive relationships with customers.

V Rajanna

V Rajanna is a Senior Vice President at TCS and the Head of the Communications, Media and Technology businesses.

With 32 years in the IT industry, he has been with the company for over 29 years.

Prior to this role, Rajanna was the Head of the Technology Business Unit.

He has also been the Head of TCS’ Hyderabad location and played an important role in the growth of that centre.

Siva Ganesan

Siva Ganesan is a Senior Vice President at TCS and the Global Head of the Microsoft Business Unit.

Siva has been with the company for over 32 years and has across-the board experience in sales, solutioning, operations, programme management, delivery, and global account management.

Prior to this, he was heading the Travel, Transportation and Hospitality businesses at TCS.