Partha Iyengar is VP and Gartner Fellow in Gartner's CEO Research team. He is also the Country Leader - Research, India. His research interests cover areas of strategic interest to CEOs and their direct reports, including digital business, digital business maturity assessments, customer experience, expectations of the CIO and IT organization, and globalization issues, including Global Insourced Centers (GICs).

Mr. Iyengar is a frequent and much sought-after speaker and presenter at numerous Gartner and external forums, as well as for various government organizations in India, China and other countries. He is extensively quoted in the local, national and international press; was interviewed on the U.S. CBS News show "60 Minutes"; was a panelist on a CNN International panel discussion on the future of IT; and also participated in the BBC panel discussion on IT in emerging markets. He is the co-author of a book published by Harvard Business School Press on India and China strategies, titled "IT and the East: How China and India Are Altering the Future of Technology and Innovation."

Mr. Iyengar served for three years as a nonexecutive director on the board of directors of State Bank of India, India's largest bank and one of the world's largest financial institutions.