IBM Spinoff Kyndryl Names Lingraju Sawkar as President for India Business

In April, IBM had announced a spinoff of its Managed Infrastructure Services business, Kyndryl. The to-be-independent public company has announced that it has appointed Lingraju Sawkar as President for India. The company, in a statement, said that the appointment is a key step in creating Kyndryl’s new global leadership model, which has been simplified to accelerate decision-making and bring expertise and skills closer to its customers.

“Kyndryl will organize around our customers and ensure we are providing access to senior leadership and the best talent and skills in each market,” said Kyndryl’s CEO Martin Schroeter. “I am pleased that Lingraju will lead our team in India, a key market and innovation base for Kyndryl. His strong customer relationships and knowledge of the services market will be critical as we help our customers reach their peak digital performance and achieve their biggest ambitions.”

About Lingraju Sawkar

Sawkar has an established record in the region of successfully helping customers address their most important business challenges. He joins Kyndryl from his role of General Manager at IBM Global, India, an integrator for IT Infrastructure Managed Services. He previously led the transformation of IBM Global Technology Services in India/South Asia. There, he established it into a next-generation services value integrator. Sawkar has the experience and ability to effectively lead talented technology teams as they work with new and innovative technologies. This will help Kyndryl uncover new, intelligent and effective value for its customers.

“I am very excited to take on this role to serve our customers’ technology transformations. It is a great responsibility because these are the vital systems that power human progress,” said Lingraju, on his appointment. “Together we will address our customers’ toughest challenges and help lead their transformation journeys.”

About Kyndryl

Kyndryl will manage, design and runs a modern, efficient and reliable technology infrastructure for the world's most important businesses and organizations. It will also have support from various most experienced services experts from the industry. It has previously announced that the IBM-Kyndryl separation will occur by the end of 2021.

To ensure not only its leadership but also its offerings closely aligns with customer needs, Kyndryl also announced it will create an integrated global practice for customers, combining managed services, advisory services and implementation. The company is organizing into six global practices. These include

- Cloud
- Core Enterprise and zCloud
- Applications, Data & AI
- Digital Workplace
- Security and Resiliency
- Network & Edge.

Other key leadership and reporting structure announcements will follow soon, the company said in a statement.