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Rajeev Kabra is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cognitel Training Services. Born and raised in India, he was an ordinary student in school with extraordinary dreams. With an experience of almost 20 years in IT – strategic outsourcing and customer relationship management, he founded Cognitel in the year 2009.

Education
Since school days, Rajeev had interest in Information Technology. To pursue his love for computers and computer programming, he joined Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India after high school. He pursued engineering degree in Computer Science from this reputed institute in India.

Rajeev always had the entrepreneurial spirit and he knew to fulfill his dreams he must have a degree in finance and marketing under his belt. He worked hard and joined Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta which is the first and the best business school in India. He studied there from 1993 to 1995 and learnt all the basic skills of finance and marketing.

Career
1991-1993 – He joined Tata Motors, a pioneering organization in automotive industry as a Graduate Engineer Trainee.

1998-1999 – He worked in IBM India as a Business and Product Manager, AS/400. During his tenure in IBM India, he was responsible for designing marketing strategies and increasing product’s sale. He was responsible for generating revenues and profits for AS/400 for IBM India. Rajeev was the youngest Product Manager in the history of IBM India.

2001-2006 – He joined Wipro Technologies as Business Manager. As a business manager, Rajeev was responsible for setting up and managing the business for engineering vertical particularly in the Northwest Region. With his strong analytical skills, he raised US $200M in a short span. During his tenure, he earned clients like Microsoft, Intel and Hewlett-Packard for Wipro Technologies.

2006-2009 – Rajeev Kabra joined IBM again in the year 2006 as Vice President, IBM Gurgaon, India. Here, he was heading the Strategic Outsourcing business for Indian and South Asia. Along with it, he was responsible for establishing a business worth US $500M for IBM.