LC Singh
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Biography
LC Singh is the Vice Chairman and CEO of Nihilent, a global consulting headquartered at Pune, India. Singh founded Nihilent Technologies in the year 2000. Singh is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) ,Varanasi] and Harvard Business School, who has contributed significantly towards building the Indian IT brand worldwide. Singh performed key roles at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). At the time of leaving the company, he was the Senior Vice President, in charge of operations for UK, South Africa and the Middle East. He briefly worked with Zensar Technologies as President and CEO. He is the author of Nihilent's patented change management framework MC³ and CLE (a patented framework on Customer Loyalty Evaluation). Singh is a Fellow of The Institute of Management Consultants of India (IMCI) and Computer Society of India (CSI). He scripted and produced the movie Banaras, A mystic love story. He continues to be a student of ontology and epistemology.
Early life and education
Singh was born in Bhatauli, Uttar Pradesh and after completing his primary education went on to complete his bachelor's degree from IIT(BHU),Varanasi. Singh completed the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School. He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC).
Career
After graduating from the IIT(BHU),Varanasi, Singh joined The State Bank of India and was soon elevated as a First Grade Officer. He also had a brief stint as a Consultant with Ministry of Finance, Tehran before joining Tata Consultancy Services. Singh joined TCS in 1981 as a consultant and was soon promoted to the position of Manager Marketing. He was then made responsible for UK, South Africa and Middle East operations. Singh headed all the product initiatives of the company and was also the custodian of the TCS brand worldwide. In 1996, Singh was promoted to the position of Senior Vice President. In 1998 Singh joined Zensar Technologies as President and CEO. As CEO, he was responsible for winning various clients and leading the restructuring and re-branding of the company. In 2000, Singh founded Nihilent Technologies, a global consulting and change management company operating worldwide. Under his tutelage Nihilent is consulting and addressing the IT needs of enterprises in the emerging markets of Africa, Middle East and India. He made Nihilent certified as ISO 9001-2000 compliant, and in 48 months assessed at SEI CMMI® Level 5. Singh is the author of the change management structure MC3 TM, a patented framework for change management, performance management and strategy execution and CLE, a patented framework of customer loyalty evaluation. Singh wrote and produced the film Banaras – A Mystic Love Story in 2006. He is the visionary behind Tumbhi.com, an online portal for artists and art lovers.
Honors & awards
- Certified Management Consultant (CMC)
- Fellow of the Computer Society of India
- Distinguished Alumni – Dept. of Chem.Engg. IT, BHU
- Alumni Award of Excellence 2007 – 08 – IT BHU
- Past Vice President - Institute of Management Consultants of India (IMCI)
- Member, Film Writers Association, Mumbai
- Paper on “Theory of Learning” in Computer and Communications
- Patent for an integrated framework on Learning and Innovation