KV Ramani

Mentor and philanthropist



KV Ramani is widely known for his role in encouraging software companies in
the area of communication technologies to develop focused business plans. In

1985 Ramani founded FutureSoft, the company that pioneered communications

software products and solutions; later he was one of the founders and

co-promoters of Hughes Software Systems in 1991 and also founded Digital

Holdings. On the mentor side, India would remember Ramani for being one of the

founders of Nasscom, being its chairman in 1997-98 and as chairman of TiE's

Chennai chapter from 2001-03. The philanthropist side is now emerging, as having

resigned from boards of both Future Soft and Hughes in 2006, he focuses on

managing Shirdi Sai Trust founded by him in 1996 as a social entrepreneur.