# Ravi Kumar S

CEO, Cognizant. TIME100 AI 2026, Thinkers. Before becoming Cognizant's CEO, he started his career as a nuclear scientist at India's Bhabha Atomic Research Center. ([cognizant.com](https://www.cognizant.com/us/en/about-cognizant/corporate-governance/leadership-team/ravi-kumar-s))

- Born: Berhampur, Odisha, India ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Kumar_Singisetti))
- Education: MBA, Finance/Systems, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, 1996; BE, Chemical engineering, Shivaji University ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Kumar_Singisetti), [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/in/imravikumars))
- Career: Cognizant (Chief Executive Officer, 2023 to now); Infosys (President, 2002–2022); Oracle (2000–2002); Sapient; Cambridge Technology Partners (Associate Director); PricewaterhouseCoopers (Senior Consultant); Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Nuclear scientist, from 1991) ([cognizant.com](https://www.cognizant.com/us/en/about-cognizant/corporate-governance/leadership-team/ravi-kumar-s), [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Kumar_Singisetti))
- TIME profile: https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/ravi-kumar-s/
- Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/most-influential-people-in-ai/ravi-kumar-s

- Began his career as a nuclear scientist, spending about three years working on reactors at India's Bhabha Atomic Research Centre from 1991. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Kumar_Singisetti))
- Spent about 20 years at Infosys, rising to president, before taking over rival Cognizant three months after leaving. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Kumar_Singisetti))
- Directed a $1 billion investment into Cognizant's AI infrastructure in his first year as CEO. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Kumar_Singisetti))
- Has proposed taxing digital labor so that tech built to replace human work carries the same overhead as human workers. ([time.com](https://time.com/collection/the-ceo-moment/2026/cognizant-ravi-kumar-s/))
- Celebrated hiring 20,000 entry-level graduates at Cognizant while also budgeting $270 million for severance. ([time.com](https://time.com/collection/the-ceo-moment/2026/cognizant-ravi-kumar-s/))