Mr.Manish Bahl

  • Manish leads Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work in Asia Pacific. A respected speaker and thinker, Manish has guided many Fortune 500 companies into the future of work with his thought-provoking research and advisory skills. Within Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work, he helps ensure that the unit’s original research and analysis jibes with emerging business-technology trends and dynamics in Asia, and collaborates with a wide range of leading thinkers to understand how the future of business will look.

    Manish has over 14 years of research, advisory, and business strategy experience. His professional expertise spans business technology strategy and planning, C-level thought leadership, innovation, and sales & marketing. He most recently served as Vice President, Country Manager with Forrester Research India where he provided strategic guidance to Forrester clients and drove Forrester’s growth in the Asia Pacific region. His research covered IT strategy, strengthening the linkage between business and technology, disruptive start-ups, and the overall technology services market in Asia Pacific.

    Manish has been widely quoted in the press, including leading media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Economic Times, CIOL, and others. He is a frequent keynote speaker at national and international conferences. He is a post-graduate in International Business from SCDL, and holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Delhi, India.

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