SIFY - Sify Technologies announces the appointment of Dr. Ajay Kumar as Director on the Board | Benzinga
CHENNAI, India, July 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sify Technologies Limited (NASDAQ:SIFY), India's leading Digital ICT solutions provider with global service capabilities spanning Data Center, Cloud, Networks, Security and Digital services, today announced the appointment of Dr. Ajay Kumar as the incoming Director on the Board of Sify Technologies Limited.
An Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1985 batch, Dr. Ajay Kumar last served as the Defence Secretary for the Government of India and has deep expertise in the technology and policy domains. Previously, as head of several government enterprises, he has scripted major successes in defence industry ecosystem including defence startup ecosystem through iDEX between 2017-2022, Digital India initiatives including Aadhaar, UPI, Jeevan Pramaan between 2014-2017 among others. Dr. Kumar has been instrumental in boosting performance of Defence PSUs during 2018-2022 and promoting startups in the drone and space sector between 2020-2021.
Dr. Kumar holds a B.Tech in electrical engineering, a Master's degree in applied economics from the University of Minnesota and a PhD in business administration from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
On superannuation, Dr. Kumar assumed the position of Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Management Sciences and the Department of Economic Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
Welcoming him ...