Narendra Patni

Narendra Patni
Born(1942-03-09)9 March 1942
Delhi, India
Died3 June 2014(2014-06-03) (aged 72)
Boston
Alma mater(B.Tech) IIT Roorkee
(MS) (MBA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known forFounding and heading the Patni Computer Systems and pioneering offshore services business model in India.
SpousePoonam Kapur
Children2
Awards
  • IIT Roorkee Distinguished Alumni Award (2008)
  • Grass Foundation Fellowship (1964)
  • Light of India Lifetime Achievement Award (2012)

Narendra Kumar Patni (9 March 1942 – 3 June 2014) was Indian businessman and pioneer who founded Patni Computer Systems. He is known for pioneering and starting outsourced software services in the US and then developed a back-end in India, which is now known as "offshore services" a dominant business model in the Indian IT Industry today. Patni was listed in the Forbes list of India's 40 Richest in 2005.

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