Mohandas Pai

T.V. Mohandas Pai is Chairman of Manipal Universal Learning, and was formerly with Infosys – as Chief Financial Officer from 1994 to 2006, and then as Head of HR and Infrastructure. He is a trustee of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation, and a current member of the SEBI Accounting Standards Sub-committee.

Recent projects

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30 January 2020 Financial Express

Case for a Universal Declaration of Digital Rights

It is time to formulate a Universal Declaration of Digital Rights that upholds the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. Life, liberty and security in the digital realm need the same protection today. Human beings’ rights to digital self-determination, including control of personal data, are also sacrosanct

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14 December 2015 Gateway House

India’s Iran opportunity

Iran has emerged on to the world stage after 36 years of isolation. India must double up its diplomacy and commercial engagement with Iran, and move boldly beyond the curtain of ‘civilisational’ ties. Time to put that natural advantage to good commercial use through a vigorous private sector engagement with Tehran.
Digital Diplomacy
26 September 2014

Digital Diplomacy

This interview discusses the use of social media and digital platforms for diplomacy

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23 November 2013 Gateway House

The Manipal Dialogue: Asia together

From November 17-19, Gateway House and Manipal University hosted ‘The Manipal Dialogue,’ where 18 select scholars from 15 Asian nations discussed and debated the concept of an 'Asia, Uninterrupted.' T.V. Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Universal Learning, delivered the following speech as his keynote address.
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3 June 2013 Gateway House

“Government needs a partnership with our private sector”

The recent crisis at Infosys suggests that corporate governance in India’s IT sector has been slipping. Gateway House talks to T.V. Mohandas Pai, former CFO of the company, about what the Indian IT industry and the government can do to raise global competitiveness and remain recognised as centers of innovation