10 IITians At The Helm Of World's Leading Tech Firms

Pichai went to Jawahar Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School in Ashok Nagar, Chennai for his school. He finished his twelfth grade from Vana Vani school at IIT Madras. He got his degree in metallurgical engineering from IIT Kharagpur. Pichai is recognized as an outstanding former student of IIT Kharagpur.

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Satya Nadella was born on August 19, 1967, in Hyderabad. He went to Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet. Nadella tried to get into the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) but couldn't pass the exam. Instead, he got accepted to Birla Institute of Technology (BITS) in Mesra and Manipal Institute of Technology. He chose Manipal and got a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1988. Later, he went to the University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee and got a master's degree in computer science. Nadella also did an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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He finished his bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering at University College of Engineering, Osmania University in Hyderabad. Then, he went to the United States to study more. In 1986, he got a master's degree in computer science from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

Mr. Banga's dad was in the Indian Army, so when he was a kid, they moved to different places in India. He was born in Pune's Khadki cantonment area. Later, he went to Delhi University for his bachelor's degree and then to the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad for his MBA.

Krishna went to school at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, and later at St Joseph's Academy in Dehradun. After that, he got a degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur in 1985.

Francisco D'Souza is a person of Indian origin who comes from a family that speaks Konkani. He was born in Nairobi, Africa, in 1968. Right now, he is the CEO of Cognizant. He helped start this company back in 1994. Francisco has been the CEO of Cognizant since January 2007.

He went to the University of East Asia for his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (BBA). Later, he got his Master's in Business Administration (MBA) from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Kapoor went to Modern School in New Delhi, India. He studied Chemical Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, and later got an MBA from XLRI-Xavier School of Management in Jamshedpur, India.

Arora was born to an Indian Air Force officer. He finished his schooling at The Air Force School (Subroto Park). Later, he graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology in Varanasi, India, with a degree in electrical engineering in 1989. He also has a Master's degree in Finance from Boston College and another Master's degree in Business Administration from Northeastern University.

Nilekani went to Bishop Cotton Boys' School and St. Joseph's High School in Dharwad, Karnataka. After that, he studied at Karnataka PU College in Dharwad. He got his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

Vinod Khosla is a businessman and investor who was born on January 28, 1955, in India but now lives in America. He helped start Sun Microsystems and later founded Khosla Ventures. When he was young, he went to Mount St Mary's School. From 1971 to 1976, he studied at IIT Delhi and got a degree in electrical engineering. After that, he went to Carnegie Mellon University on a full scholarship and got a master's degree in biomedical engineering.