Kiran Karnik, a former president of NASSCOM (The National Association of Software and Services Companies), is now one of its trustees. He has recently been appointed as one of ten board members of newly constituted Satyam Computer Services after Government of India took over the board. Mr. Karnik was the Managing Director at Discovery Networks in India from 1995 - 2001. He played a significant role in launch of Discovery Channel in South Asia in August 1995 and Animal Planet in 1999. Kiran Karnik was appointed as President of NASSCOM in September 2001. He worked for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for over 20 years. During his tenure, he worked in various domains like conception, planning and implementation of applications of space technology. He was also a key member of the management team for the India – USA Satellite Instructional TV Experiment (SITE) He was honored with the Frank Malina medal for Space Education by the International Astronautical Federation. From 1983 to 1991, Mr. Karnik held the position as Director of the Development and Educational Communicational Unit.
