An alumnus of IIM-C AND a mechanical engineer from the Delhi College of Engineering, Bala J Raman has more than two and a half decades of experience in the high-tech industry.
He became an entrepreneur in 1992, and is now an investor and on the Board of four companies in the IT and ITES space. Bala is also a part of the advisory board for a US based Fortune 1000 company’s India operations.
As a Co-Founder and President of Congruent Solutions since 1999, Bala has steered Congruent to be be a niche services provider, with special emphasis on providing both technology solutions as well as Business Support Services to the Pension industry in the US. Congruent became the first company outside of the US to have its employees undergo certification of National Institute of Pension Administrators (NIPA) and ISO 9001:2000 certification for back-office pension administration services. Congruent also scaled the highest peak of process maturity for services companies, SEI / CMMi Level 5, during October 2006.
He was based in the Silicon Valley for a few years and was instrumental in helping companies like Chips & Technologies, MIPS Computers and Mylex take their first offshore development initiative. He was part of the core team that set up the offshore development center for Covansys.
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