LC Singh
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Born |
Bhatauli, Uttar Pradesh | 30 December 1948
Residence | Pune |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology - Banaras Hindu University,& Harvard Business School |
Occupation | Executive vice chairman, Nihilent |
LC Singh is the executive vice chairman of Nihilent Ltd. (formerly Nihilent Technologies Ltd.), a global integrated change management company headquartered at Pune, India. Singh founded Nihilent[1] in the year 2000. Singh is an alumnus of the Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi[2] and Harvard Business School, and has contributed significantly towards building the Indian IT brand worldwide. Singh performed key roles at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).[3] At the time of leaving the company, he was the senior vice president, in charge of operations for UK, South Africa and the Middle East. He briefly worked with Zensar Technologies as president and CEO, before founding Nihilent along with software heavyweights like Vispi Wadia, Subbu Iyer and Minoo Dastur. He is the author of Nihilent's patented change management framework MC³[4] and 14Signals (a patented framework on Customer Loyalty Evaluation).[5] He is an internationally internationally recognized thought leader on design & systems thinking, and is an invited speaker at global conferences on Design Thinking, Change Management, and Digital Disruption. Singh is a Fellow of The Institute of Management Consultants of India (IMCI) and Computer Society of India (CSI). He scripted and produced the movie Banaras, A mystic love story. He continues to be a student of ontology and epistemology.
Early life and education
Singh was born in Bhatauli, Uttar Pradesh and after completing his primary education went on to complete his bachelor's degree from Indian Institute of Technology, BHU, Varnasi. Singh completed the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School. He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC).
Career
After graduating from the IIT(BHU), Varanasi, Singh joined The State Bank of India and was soon elevated as a First Grade Officer. He also had a brief stint as a consultant with Ministry of Finance, Tehran before joining Tata Consultancy Services. Singh joined TCS in 1981 as a consultant and was soon promoted to the position of Manager Marketing. He was then made responsible for UK, South Africa and Middle East operations. Singh headed all the product initiatives of the company and was also the custodian of the TCS brand worldwide.[6] In 1996, Singh was promoted to the position of senior vice president. In 1998 Singh joined Zensar Technologies as president and CEO. As CEO, he was responsible for winning various clients and leading the restructuring and re-branding of the company. In 2000, Singh founded Nihilent Technologies,[7] a global consulting and change management company operating worldwide. Under his leadership Nihilent continues consulting and addressing the digital transformation needs of enterprises in the emerging as well as mature markets. He made Nihilent certified as ISO 9001-2000 compliant, and in 48 months assessed at SEI CMMI® Level 5.[1] Singh is the author of the change management structure MC3, a patented framework for change management, performance management and strategy execution and 14Signals, a patented framework of customer loyalty evaluation. Singh wrote and produced the film Banaras – A Mystic Love Story in 2006.[8] He is the visionary behind Tumbhi.com, an online portal for artists and art lovers.[9] In September 2017, Singh received the Silver Dolphin for Nihilent's corporate film titled "Love You Papa" at the 8th edition of the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards. The film won the award from more than thousand entries worldwide and is the only Indian film to have been conferred the award in 2017.
Honors and awards
- Certified Management Consultant (CMC)
- Fellow of the Computer Society of India
- Distinguished Alumni – Dept. of Chem.Engg. IT, BHU[10]
- Alumni Award of Excellence 2007 – 08 – IT BHU[2]
- Udyog Ratna Award from the Institute of Economic Studies
- Past vice president – Institute of Management Consultants of India (IMCI)
- Member, Film Writers Association, Mumbai
- Paper on “Theory of Learning” in Computer and Communications
- Patent for an integrated framework on Learning and Innovation
References
- 1 2 "Interview of Mr. LC Singh, President & CEO, Nihilent". Indiainfoline.com. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- 1 2 "LC Singh presented IT - BHU Alumni Award of Excellence". Moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ↑ "Rediff On The Net, Infotech: L C Singh quits TCS". Rediff.com. 1998-08-17. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ↑ "India products endorsed - Economic Times". Articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ↑ Thursday, Aug 05, 2010 at 1715 hrs IST (2010-08-05). "Nihilent launches patent based service on CLE". Financialexpress.com. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ↑ Business Standard (1998-01-05). "Tcs, Niit In Pact For Accounting Software". Business-standard.com. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ↑ "Truth inspires - Express Computer". Expresscomputeronline.com. 2004-11-01. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ↑ "Banaras - A Mystic Love Story movie review". glamsham.com. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ↑ Anurag Kashyap and team to make SIX short films for "Tumbhi" IndiaPRWire.com Retrieved 2010-09-01
- ↑ "Alumni". Itbhu.ac.in. 2010-05-09. Retrieved 2012-02-14.