Som Mittal

Som Mittal is an Indian business executive with more than three decades of experience in the information technology and automotive sectors. The Financial Express of India called him an industry "doyen."[1]

Som Mittal
NationalityIndian
OccupationFormer President of NASSCOM

Education and early career

Mittal received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and a Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He began his career in the engineering and automotive industry serving at Larsen & Toubro, Escorts and Denso from 1975 to 1989.[2]

Career in IT

In 1989, Mittal joined the multinational IT services and consulting company, Wipro, where he set up and grew the Peripherals Division and later was appointed to chief executive of the Server, PC and Services Division.[2][3]

In 1994, he joined Digital Equipment India Ltd. (DEIL), Indian subsidiary of the American company Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), as managing director. During Mittal's tenure with the company, it was acquired by Compaq Computer Corp in 1998 (Compaq acquired DEC and renamed DEIL to Digital GlobalSoft Ltd. post-acquisition).[4][5] Compaq later merged by with HP in 2002.[6] Mittal continued to oversee the company during and after the acquisition and merge.[3][7][8] He was appointed as senior vice president of HP Services for Asia Pacific and Japan in 2006.[9]

In 2008, Mittal joined the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) as the company's president.[10][11] Prior to this, he had chaired NASSCOM's board from 2003 to 2004.[12] As president of NASSCOM, Mittal set up the Data Security Council of India which promotes data protection and develops best practices for security and privacy.[13] Mittal stepped down from his position with NASSCOM in early 2014.[14]

Awards and recognition

In 2013, the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) gave him a lifetime achievement award for dedication to the growth of the Global ICT industry.[15] Other achievements include Business Leader of the Year by Rotary International and a distinguished alumni award from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

References
  1. Hector, Darlington Jose (16 December 2003). "Soms exit from Nasscom, a massive loss". Financial Express. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. "Dataquest IT Person of the Year 2020: Som Mittal, Former President & Chairman NASSCOM". DATAQUEST. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. "Mr Som Mittal, Managing Director, Compaq & Digital". www.indiainfoline.com. 7 July 1999. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  4. "Compaq to buy DEC". money.cnn.com. 26 January 1998. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  5. "Its Curtains For Digital GlobalSoft". The Financial Express. 29 March 2004. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  6. "HP Closes Compaq Merger". www.hp.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  7. "Turnaround: Digital Boots Up Its Growth Engine". archives.digitaltoday.in. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  8. "Digital GlobalSoft: A Whole New Company". DATAQUEST. 28 July 2004. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  9. "Som Mittal to lead HP business in APJ". www.dqchannels.com. 20 September 2006. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  10. "Som Mittal". NASSCOM. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  11. "Som Mittal to be new Nasscom president - Times of India". The Times of India. PTI. 3 October 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  12. IANS (11 April 2003). "Som Mittal takes over as NASSCOM chairman". siliconindia. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  13. "What's Next for India's Outsourcing Industry?". 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014.
  14. "Nasscom's Som Mittal gets a tenure extension till 2014". The Economic Times. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  15. "WITSA Recognizes Industry Leader with Lifetime Achievement Award". witsa.org. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015.
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