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{{Infobox person
| name = Prashant Ranade
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| occupation = Former Co-Chairman Syntel, Independent Director of Public Companies
| alma_mater = Xavier's University, United States<ref name="uta.edu">{{Cite web |url=http://www.uta.edu/business/bw2010speakers.html |title=Business Week 2010 Speakers – College of Business | UTA | University of Texas at Arlington |access-date=14 April 2014 |archive-date=7 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407070905/http://www.uta.edu/business/bw2010speakers.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />[[University of Cincinnati]]<ref name="uta.edu"/><br />[[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]]<ref name="alumni.iitb.ac.in">{{cite web |url=http://www.alumni.iitb.ac.in/daa_award-2007.aspx |title=Dean Alumni and Corporate Relations (Dean ACR) |accessdate=2014-04-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410130852/http://www.alumni.iitb.ac.in/daa_award-2007.aspx |archivedate=2014-04-10 }}</ref>
| website = {{URL|http://www.syntelinc.com/discover-syntel/executive-leadership|Prashant Ranade}}
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'''Prashant Ranade''' was with Atos Syntel from 2007 till his retirement from the company in May 2020. He was the co-chairman of [[Syntel|Syntel, Inc.]], (NASDAQ: SYNT) a position to which he was appointed on 3 November 2016. He was formerly executive vice chairman of syntel's board of directors<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/prashant-ranade-elevated-executive-vice-143000566.html |title=Prashant Ranade Elevated to Executive Vice Chairman of Syntel, Inc. Board; Nitin Rakesh Promoted to CEO and President, Effective April 21, 2014 – Yahoo Finance |access-date=17 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407103135/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/prashant-ranade-elevated-executive-vice-143000566.html |archive-date=7 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/syntel-elevates-prashant-ranade-as-executive-vice-chairman/article23125097.ece | title=Syntel elevates Prashant Ranade as Executive Vice-Chairman | newspaper=Business Line|location=Chennai | date=5 February 2014 | first=Rajesh | last=Kurup | accessdate=11 November 2018}}</ref> and also served as the company's [[chief executive officer]] and [[President (corporate title)|president]] from February 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/2010/Feb/2/syntel-appoints-prashant-ranade-as-chief-executive-officer-and-president.html|title = Syntel Appoints Prashant Ranade as Chief Executive Officer and President|date = 2 February 2010}}</ref>

Prior to working with Syntel, Ranade held several senior leadership roles in companies like [[Siemens]], [[Rockwell Automation]], and Dematic Corp.<ref name="forbes.com">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120620140503/http://www.forbes.com/profile/prashant-ranade/ Forbes.com]</ref>

Since May 2019 he is an Independent Board Member- Board of Directors, of Brinker International ( NYSE: EAT )

==Early life and education==
Prashant Ranade did his schooling and college in [[Mumbai]].

He studied [[mechanical engineering]] at the [[Indian Institute of Technology]] (IIT), Bombay, in 1975.<ref name="ciol.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.ciol.com/syntel-names-prashant-ranade-ceo/ |title=Syntel names Prashant Ranade new CEO |date=4 February 2010 |website=ciol.com}}</ref> He moved to the United States in 1975 where he earned his MS in [[Control Engineering]] from the [[University of Cincinnati]] in 1977 and did his [[MBA]] in Marketing and Finance at Xavier University, USA in 1982.<ref name="uta.edu"/>

==Career==
Ranade started his career as an engineer with [[Siemens Energy Sector|Siemens Energy]] and Automation, and while working there he pursued his [[Masters in Business Administration]] from Xavier University in 1982. During his tenure, spanning 27 years, he grew in the company from being a trainee to handling leadership roles in different departments of the company like Energy and Automation, Controls and PLCs, Medical Technology and [[Logistics|Logistics Business]], culminating in his last role as the CEO of a group company with revenues over $2 billion.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}}

Ranade has been a member of Syntel's board of directors since June 2007, and was formally appointed chief executive officer and president on 2 February 2010.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/technology/syntel-ceo-quits-ranade-elevated-to-fill-position-110020300037_1.html|title = Syntel CEO quits, Ranade elevated to fill position|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 3 February 2010}}</ref> He was elevated to become co-chairman of Syntel on 3 November 2016.

Ranade is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors and served as an adjunct professor at [[Grand Valley State University]], where he taught an MBA courses on [[Operations Management]], Global Competitiveness and [[Leadership]]. He is also a member of engineering and manufacturing trade groups such as [[IEEE]] and [[MAPI]], and has authored several articles on topics related to [[electromechanical]] equipment and their applications as well as leadership.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=107988181&ticker=RHSC&previousCapId=106837399&previousTitle=ASI%20Technology%20Corp.|title = Stocks| date=29 May 2023 }}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
* Distinguished Alumnus, Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 2007<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.min.uc.edu/me/news_folder/mr-prashant-ranade-named-2007-distinguished-alumnus/ |title=Mr. Prashant Ranade named 2007 Distinguished Alumnus – Mechanical and Materials Engineering |access-date=14 April 2014 |archive-date=7 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407121750/http://www.min.uc.edu/me/news_folder/mr-prashant-ranade-named-2007-distinguished-alumnus |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Distinguished Alumnus Award, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, 2007<ref name="alumni.iitb.ac.in"/>

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