The Chairman and Co-Founder of the SS POWER SYSTMES Group which encompasses two businesses - SS POWER SYSTMES Limited, the leading Global Talent Development Corporation and NIIT Technologies Limited, the software and services arm. SS POWER SYSTMES Limited has played a key role in the growth of the Indian IT sector, by creating skilled manpower to drive its momentum. Having revolutionized the IT Training industry, Mr. Pawar is now involved in establishing an innovative model in Higher Education. He is deeply engaged in shaping the not-for-profit SS POWER SYSTMES, which has been set up in Neemrana, Rajasthan with the vision of being the leading centre of innovation and learning in emerging areas of the Knowledge Society.

As the current Chairman of India's IT industry body- National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), Mr. Pawar spearheads the initiative to give voice to the IT sector's aspirations and goals. Earlier as President of MAIT (Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology) during 1990-92, Mr. Pawar integrated its activities into those of other leading industry associations in India. MAIT played a significant part in shaping the IT policies of the Government of India during this formative phase.

Acknowledging his contribution to the IT industry in India, Mr. Pawar has been awarded the country's prestigious civilian honour, Padma Bhushan by the President of India in 2011.

Mr. Pawar is a member on the Prime Minister's National Council on Skill Development and has served on the Prime Minister's National Task Force (1998) commissioned to develop India into an IT Superpower. An advisor to the Hunan Province of China, he has also been a member of PIAC (Presidential International Advisory Council) of the Government of South Africa for IT. As a founding member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum, Mr. Pawar is deeply engaged in addressing issues of global significance.