Partha Iyengar VP Distinguished Analyst  India Years of Experience 15 years at Gartner 25 years IT industry Areas of Coverage Application Development & Integration Outsourcing & IT Services View Latest Research Resources Create Analyst Alert Contact Gartner Roles and Responsibilities Partha Iyengar is VP distinguished analyst and regional research director, India, at Gartner. In this role, he leads the India research team and is responsible for coordinating the local research agenda. In addition to his leadership role, Mr. Iyengar covers the areas of application outsourcing. He has written thought-leading research on AD process capability and global AD issues, and has done extensive research in global delivery. He actively tracks the business models of the leading offshore services vendors from India and other emerging countries and their competitive positioning with the traditional global service providers. His research interests also encompass assessing the impact of the growing global delivery paradigm on the traditional global IT services marketplace. Mr. Iyengar is a speaker and presenter at numerous Gartner and external forums, as well as for various government organizations in India and overseas. He is extensively quoted in the local, national and international press, and he was also recently interviewed on the U.S. CBS News show "60 Minutes." He was also a participant in a CNN International Panel discussion on global sourcing. Mr. Iyengar is also co-author of a book published by Gartner Press and the Harvard Business School on India and China strategies, titled, "IT and the East – How China and India Are Altering the Future of Technology and Innovation." Previous Experience Mr. Iyengar has more than 22 years of experience in the field of IT, including in the U.S., where he has held senior technical and managerial positions at major U.S. corporations, including Gartner. Prior to setting up Gartner operations in India, his previous positions in the U.S. include director of Applications Development within Gartner’s internal IT department, in Stamford, Connecticut. In this position, he had responsibility for conceptualizing, developing, maintaining and managing Gartner’s entire internal and client-facing applications portfolio. Prior to joining Gartner, he had a very successful stint as CEO and principal consultant of his own consulting organization in the U.S., where he provided consulting assistance to major corporations in the areas of application design, architecture, standards, software process control and overall AD methodology. Professional Background Gartner, Director, Applications Development, IS&T, 3 years TOKINO Technologies, Founder, President & Principal Consultant, 3 years Info Technology Advisor (I) Pvt. Ltd., Founder, President & CEO (Country Manager, Gartner - India), 5 years Industry Awards/Accolades Architect of Indian Industry Award (Poona Business School) Education M.B.A., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, New York M.S., New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey B.E., College of Engineering, Pune, India Languages English Indian - Hindi Indian - Kannada Indian - Marathi Indian - Tamil LATEST RESEARCH More by this author Title Publish Date Author(s) Toolkit: Planning for an Offshore Vendor Evaluation Visit 01-Feb-2010 Partha Iyengar Gartner on Outsourcing, 2009-2010 23-Dec-2009 Allie Young, Linda R. Cohen, Rob Addy, Christopher Ambrose, Dane S. Anderson, Dean Blackmore, Robert H. Brown, Claudio Da Rold, Cassio Dreyfuss, Jason Harris, Helen Huntley, Partha Iyengar, Frances Karamouzis, Jim Longwood, Ian Marriott, Richard T. Matlus, William Maurer, Ben Pring, TJ Singh, Frank Ridder, Gianluca Tramacere, Gilbert van der Heiden, Michael von Uechtritz How to Assess Cities in India for Your IT Outsourcing Needs 18-Dec-2009 Partha Iyengar, Arup Roy Analysis of China as an Offshore Services Location 28-Oct-2009 Tina T. Tang, Frances Karamouzis, Partha Iyengar Analysis of India as an Offshore Services Location 08-Oct-2009 Partha Iyengar, Arup Roy, Ian Marriott