Adi Godrej– He was born at 3 April 1942, an Indian industrialist and businessman, head of the Godrej family, and chairman of the Godrej Group. At the age of 17, Adi Godrej left India and got enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Initially, he planned to study mechanical engineering but ended up studying management. He received his bachelor and master degrees in management from the Sloan School, MIT in 1963. In a recent interview for the Creating Emerging Markets project at the Harvard Business School, Adi Godrej describes his beliefs about corporate social responsibility and explains how the Godrej Group has been involved with philanthropic activities.

Francisco D'Souza (CEO, Cognizant) - One of the youngest CEOs in the IT industry, 46-year-old Francisco D'Souza joined Cognizant as a co-founder in 1994, the year it was started as a division of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. He received his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of East Asia and his MBA from Carnegie-Mellon University. In 2007, at the age of 38, he took over from Lakshmi Narayanan, who was promoted to Vice Chairman. Francisco has been Cognizant’s CEO since January 2007. 1 January 2007, D'Souza was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Cognizant. He oversees much of the operations and business development of the company, working closely with Cognizant clients who are using offshore resources to execute large software development and maintenance projects.