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Meet Rahul Kanodia, a man for all seasons. He hails from a family where there was a lot of emphasis on academics. No wonder that there are more than a whopping 14 doctoral degrees in his family! Yet, he claims that there was no formal pressure on him to perform in school! The only pressure that he ever faced as a child was that of exams – like most children do…
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ahul's lifestyle has always been simple and fancy-free. He has a younger brother and two sisters. Rahul did his schooling from Jamnabai Narsee School, as it was more amenable and a lot less strict than Bombay Scottish (the school that almost everyone else in his family has been to!).
on a plane back to India.
Rahul Kanodia
Managing Director, Datamatics Limited Vice Chairman & CEO, Datamatics Technologies Limited
Immediately on completing his graduation, Rahul joined Datamatics as a trainee programmer. "I worked here for three years then I went to the US In school, he was an avid sportsperson and to work for the UN," shares Rahul. played and excelled in basketball, football and athletic field events. Rahul later Since everyone in his family had a completed his graduation in Commerce from MBA degree, Rahul too was lured. HR College at Churchgate. "Even when I did not know what an MBA was – I wanted to do it!" While most of his family members from the says Rahul. However, one required previous generation studied engineering, 16 years of prior education to do a Rahul reckoned that studying commerce Masters program in the US. That is made more sense from a business when Rahul did his second perspective. bachelors' degree, in Science with focus on IT Solutions in Business
On return, he chose to be away from the mainstream operations of Datamatics, i.e. software, and worked with domestic operations in DITL. Then he moved to Corporate Functions in SEEPZ. Rahul wanted to build his own unique style of leadership. Rahul met Priyadarshini (whom he later married) the very same day that he landed in India.
Environment. The course focused on IT but from a business perspective rather than a technical one.
"My sisters tricked me into going out with them to a New Year's Party (which was anyways stage managed!) That is where I met Priya. Soon after that, my father This was a four-year program but wanted to know if I had liked her!" the bright Rahul Kanodia quips Rahul. completed it in one-and-a-half years. Rahul then did his Masters Rahul, young & ambitious, was not from Columbia University – in favour of marriage at that majoring in Business Strategy and time…but he soon realized that Marketing, & with a minor in good businessmen could also be Turnaround Management and good husbands & fathers. Rahul Mergers & Acquisitions. While he met Priya a couple of times and was in New York, Rahul started eventually they tied the knot. Priya Datamatics America in 1992. The did her schooling at Villa Teresa and very day Rahul graduated, he was then attended Sydenham.
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