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'''Vanitha Narayanan''' is an Indian business executive. She is managing director of the IBM-Verizon relationship.<ref name="toa">{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/ibm-india-chairman-vanitha-narayanan-to-return-to-us/articleshow/63054370.cms |title=IBM India chairman Vanitha Narayanan to return to US |date=24 February 2018 |work=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref> She was the Chairman of [[IBM India]] from 2017 to 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/features/vanitha-narayanan-chairman-ibm-india-private-ltd-most-powerful-women-in-busines-member-of-nasscom-executive-council/story/260453.html |title= IBM and Beyond |date=8 October 2017 |publisher=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]]}}</ref> Prior to that, she served as the managing director of IBM India and regional general manager for India and South Asia.<ref name="ibmbio">{{cite web |url=http://www-07.ibm.com/in/ibm/overview.html |title=Vanitha Narayanan - Managing Director, IBM India Private Limited |date=November 2014 |publisher=[[IBM]]}}</ref><br />
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Narayanan joined [[IBM]] in the US in 1987. She has worked in several countries, is a member of IBM's Growth & Transformation Team, and was inducted into the IBM Industry Academy. She led several leadership development and diversity initiatives, and is the executive sponsor for developing the women's leadership pipeline.<ref name="ibmbio" /><br />
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Narayanan was chairperson of the American Chamber of Commerce in India from 2015 to 2016,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amchamindia.com/national-executive-board/ |title=AMCHAM India - National Executive Board |accessdate=11 July 2019 |publisher=AMCHAM India}}</ref> executive council member of [[NASSCOM]],{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}} chairperson of [[National Institute of Technology Karnataka|NITK Surathkal]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20180402-women-leaders-entrepreneurs-corporate-1196381-2018-03-23 |title= Empathy is as important as intellect |date=23 March 2018 |publisher=[[India Today]]}}</ref> and member of the [[Confederation of Indian Industry]].<ref name="ibmbio" /><br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
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In 2017 Narayanan was named as one of the ‘Most Powerful Women’ by ''Fortune India''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fortuneindia.com/mpw/vanitha-narayanan?year=2017 |title=Fortune India - Most Powerful Women in 2017 - Vanitha Narayanan |accessdate=11 July 2019 |publisher=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]}}</ref> and ''Business Today''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/powerful-businesswomen/2017 |title=The Most Powerful Women In Business 2017 |accessdate=11 July 2019 |publisher=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]]}}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
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Narayanan has a Masters in Business Administration in Marketing from the University of Madras and a Masters in Business Administration in Information Systems from University of Houston - Magna Cum Laude. Besides, she has a major in liberal arts from Stella Maris College, Chennai.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
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Narayanan lives in the [[United States|US]].<ref name="toa" /> She is married and has a daughter and grandchild.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/when-ibm-india-chairman-vanitha-narayanan-faced-grandmother-peer-pressure/articleshow/63008347.cms |title=When IBM India Chairman Vanitha Narayanan faced 'grandmother peer pressure' |date=21 February 2018 |publisher=[[The Economic Times]] }}</ref><br />
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