▶ WHEN SANDEEP KALRA was elevated as CEO and Executive Director of Persistent Systems in October 2020, he knew that he was taking command of the IT services firm at a pivotal time. The challenge before him was to harness the momentum built by the Founder, Anand Deshpande, a renowned tech leader, while also reigniting growth at the firm. Kalra had joined Persistent in May 2019 as President of the technology services unit from HARMAN International, a Samsung company.
To his credit, Kalra took on the challenge with gusto—breathing new life into the three-decade-old company and propelling it to new heights. And he says his management mantra, of bringing
