Background
Thiagarajan, Arun Kannan was born on September 7, 1944 in Calcutta, India. Son of Kannuswamy Thiagarajan and Bharati (Mahadevan) Pillai.
Thiagarajan, Arun Kannan was born on September 7, 1944 in Calcutta, India. Son of Kannuswamy Thiagarajan and Bharati (Mahadevan) Pillai.
Master of Science in Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1968. Master of Arts in Business Administration & Computer Science, Uppsala (Sweden) University, 1974. Graduate advanced management program, Harvard University, 1985.
Manager market planning, Asea AB, Vasteras, Sweden, 1969-1975; managing director, Flakt India Ltd., Calcutta, 1975-1984; managing director, Asea Ltd., Bangalore, India, 1985-1989; deputy managing director, Asea Brown Boveri Ltd., Bangalore, 1989-1994; managing director, Asea Brown Boveri Ltd., Delhi, India, since 1994. Director Asea Brown Boveri Holding Ltd., Mumbai, India, Birla Kent-TaylorLtd., Faridabad, India, ABB-American Basketball League Ltd., Mumbai, India.
Member confederation Indian Industry (member of national county 1996-1997, chairman total quality management national county since 1996, chairman southern region 1994-1995).
Married Jayasree Nobis, October 8, 1981. Children: Gina Maya, Rohit, Shiva, Nikhil.