
Ashank Desai is Founder and Chairman of Mastek, a top 10 software company in India. Additionally, he is the founder and former president of National Association of Software and Service Companies and vice president of the Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation. Desai is involved with the National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry, the Managing Committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Telecommunications Committee of Bombay First and the Western Regional Council of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce. He is an executive council member of India's National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) and a charter member of the Mumbai Chapter of Indus Entrepreneurs. He was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award by Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai for his contributions as a software entrepreneur. Desai earned a master's of technology from the Indian Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad.