Mr. Ashank Desai is an Information Technology (IT) Industrialist and holds a B.E. from Mumbai University, securing the second rank in the University. Having a M. Tech Degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, he also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) from IIM Ahmedabad. He is also the co- founder of NASSCOM. 

Mr. Desai is the Principal Founder and Chairman of Mastek and has more than four decades of rich and diverse experience in the IT industry. Mr. Desai held the position of Chairman and Managing Director of Mastek earlier. He brings with him valuable experience in managing the issues faced by large and complex organisations. The Company and the Board immensely benefits by leveraging his demonstrated leadership capability, general business acumen and knowledge of complex financial and operational issues faced by the Company. 

Mr. Desai is widely recognised as an IT industry veteran and is one of the founder members and Past Chairman of NASSCOM. He has been felicitated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for his contribution to NASSCOM & IT Industry. 

He also guides Mastek Foundation, whose mission is to enable “Informed Giving and Responsible Receiving”. He has been conferred with the “Distinguished Alumnus” Award from IIT Mumbai and the Computer Society of India (CSI) “Fellow of the Society” honour. He has also been presented with the Honourable Contributors Award by ASOCIO — the only Indian to receive this recognition twice. He was conferred with the much-coveted Outstanding Entrepreneur Award at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA) 2010 India.