Rajendra Singh Pawar (Padma Bhushan awardee[8]) is an Indian entrepreneur, chairman and co-founder of NIIT Limited,[1] established in 1981.

[12] Pawar began his professional career with Larsen & Toubro Limited as a graduate engineer trainee in June 1972.

He is currently vice chairman of NCAER (National Council of Applied Economic Research) governing body.

[19] The project has earned the coveted ‘Digital Opportunity Award’ by World Information Technology Services Alliance (WITSA) in 2008.

[20] He has also led NIIT to participate in the ambitious human capacity building project for Bhutan, which was designed to help the country transition into a modern knowledge society.

[26] Pawar received ‘Lifetime Achievement Award 2022’ from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry.

Global Business Intelligence firm, Ernst & Young conferred on Pawar its ‘Master Entrepreneur of the Year Award’ in 1999.

They have three children - son Udai, an IIT physicist turned film maker, and two daughters Urvashi, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and Unnati, an art historian.