Narayanan T is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Cognizant India and APAC, and a member of the Board of Directors, Cognizant India. He joined Cognizant in 2018.
Narayanan has over 30 years of diverse experience that includes independent private practice and in-house counsel for banking and manufacturing sectors. He is experienced in mapping and managing legal, reputation and regulatory risks, and contributing to business on time through effective planning and budgeting. Narayanan’s experience spans all aspects of legal expertise, including contracting, litigation, compliance, anti-corruption, and M&A, besides leading a highly diversified legal team.
At Cognizant, he heads the in-house India and APAC team of 70 legal professionals. Under his leadership the legal team has won the coveted award of “IT In – House Legal Team” of the year 2021-2022 presented by Legal Era Media Group.
Prior to joining Cognizant, Narayanan worked as General Counsel – Asia Pacific DAG & Vice President - Human Resources in Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt., Ltd., where he was responsible for supervision of Legal Affairs of all entities in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Narayanan is in the elite list of GCs of India, Legal – 500 and Legal Era.