Janakiraman S (Jani) has over 30 years of experience in IT Industry and is acknowledged as an authority in Product Engineering.

Jani has built the Product Engineering Services business of MindTree since its inception; today, it has over 3200 strong technical experts. Jani's leadership, vision and expertise in the product engineering business have helped the company build a strong focus in specific domains delivering world-class products and services to its global customers. As a strong technologist, Jani has created a deep research division that works on building Ready to Integrate (R2I) Intellectual Properties and Ready to Brand (R2B) Products in future technologies.

Prior to MindTree, Jani spent 19 years with Wipro and the last role he held there was as the Chief Executive of Global R&D division.

Jani is the President of Indo Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industries (IJCCI), Karnataka. He was the founding member of India’s Semiconductor Association (ISA) serving as its Executive Council for the first five years and later as Chairman and Advisor of ISA.

Jani holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Trichy, India and a Master's degree in Electrical from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai, India. He was recognized as Best Alumni by NIT for his Entrepreneurial Excellence.