He is the chairman of Datamatics Group of Companies, which he founded in 1975 as the national president of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce[3] and vice president of the Indian Merchants Chamber,[4] which are both organizations of the Indian business community.

Kanodia studied science at Elphinstone College, Bombay University for two years.

Later in India, he taught MBA students for two years (during 1968–70) at the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Bombay University.

Kanodia wrote three papers for the Tata Group which led to the automation of the Load Dispatch System of the Tata Electric Companies by Westinghouse, the Computerization of the electricity billing system of the company and the formation of a software development center.

He returned to India to form and head the software development center for the Tata Group.

While in the United States, Kanodia consulted for Arthur D. Little and the Ford Motor Company.

The start of BPO services helped Datamatics spread its wings globally and it acquired SAZTEC[14] and CorPay,[15][when?]

[33] [34] He has been Chairman of the Electronic & Computer Software Export Promotion Council (Western Region).