Datamatics Global Services Ltd

Datamatics Global Services Limited is a provider of business and technology solutions that address various industry challenges. It provides IT consulting, business process transformation, off-the-shelf technology solutions and customized software services. Datamatics has its headquarters in Mumbai, India and office in New Jersey, Livonia, Burlington, London, Greisheim, Nasik, Bangalore and Chennai.

Datamatics Global Services Limited is listed on the Bombay STOCK Exchange (BSE Scrip Code: 532528) and National Stock Exchange (NSE Code: DATAMATICS)

History

Datamatics was founded in 1975 by Dr. Lalit Surajmal Kanodia, a doctorate in management & a post-graduate in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a graduate from The INDIAN Institute of Technology, Bombay (now Mumbai).

During his days at MIT, Dr. Kanodia was part of the team that built the first two multi-user computer operating systems - CTSS and MULTICS. Up till MIT was entrusted to build a multi-user system, all machines were single-user, and only one program could be run on the machine at a time. MIT picked up a team for the project, called Project MAC (Multi Access Computer). As part of this project, CTSS was built based on an IBM machine, the 1794. Many of the software development concepts that are seen today – paging, interrupts – were all borne out of CTSS. The next generation of this system was the Multix, built on a GE 645. Multix was later ported to many other machines in different avatars, including Prime, which became PrimeOS. From Multix also came UNIX.

Datamatics Global Services Limited set up a Dedicated Offshore Development Center for Wang Labs, USA, in 1983. It later became one of the first companies to establish a satellite link from its software development center in India to AT&T Bell Labs, USA (in 1989). In 1992, it entered the area of electronic publishing. In 2000, it acquired controlling stake in a US-listed data management company (Saztec International) while in 2003 it scaled up a dedicated facility into a Joint Venture in the BPO space through the acquisition of CorPay.

Datamatics got listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in 2004. It won the International Asia Pacific Quality Award in 2007. In 2009, the IT and BPO divisions of the Datamatics Group amalgamated to form Datamatics Global Services Limited.

Board of Directors

Current members of the board of directors of Datamatics are:

  • Dr. Lalit Surajmal Kanodia – Chairman
  • Rahul L Kanodia – Vice Chairman & CEO
  • Vidur V Bhogilal – Executive Director & CFO
  • Sameer L Kanodia – Executive Director
  • Radhakrishna K Saraswat – Director
  • Sudhir C Deshpande – Director
  • Shahzaad S Dalaal – Director
  • Habil L Khorakiwala – Director