Kiran Karnik is a prominent Indian administrator chiefly known for his work in the broadcasting and outsourcing industries.
[2] Kiran Karnik was born in 1947 in the Indian state of Maharashtra to Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu parents.
[3] Karnik's stints in broadcasting and outsourcing were at crucial points in the history of these two industries in India.
He was part of the team that conceptualised the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment which won wide national and international acclaim, including the first UNESCO-IPDC Prize for rural Communication.
[5] Karnik took up the position of President of NASSCOM in September 2001, after the sudden demise of its founder Dewang Mehta.