Dr. K. Kesavasamy worked with Tata Consultancy Services for over a quarter century, since 1995, and retired as Advisor in Human Resources in March 2022. He held various leadership positions in TCS, Heading TCS IIIT (PPP) Relationships, Heading TCS Academic Interface Programme, Heading TCS Corporate Learning facility, Trivandrum, Heading TCS Initial Learning Programme starting with Design & Development of Software Engineering courses.

Dr Kesavasamy was on the Board of Governors of IIITs at Guwahati, Trichy, Nagpur & Ranchi and also on the Board of Governors of ICT Academy of Kerala for six to nine years. He was also part of IIITs (PPP) coordination Forum, chaired by Union Minister of Education. He was a member of CII Council for Higher Education & Member of PMI Academic Advisory Group for over seven years. He has been part of Academic Councils, Board of Studies in CS in various academic institutes, across India, for about two decades and presently on the Senate of IIIT, Ranchi.

He earlier served Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), for about a decade, as a Senior Software Scientist, where he held many key parallel responsibilities, such as Leading a Standing Committee for Software Evaluation, key contributor to ISRO Software Engineering Standards – 1994, Image Processing – Software Development & Applications, Leading Acceptance Test Programme at different ISRO centers, Heading Training Management and Heading Systems Management.

Dr Kesavasamy is presently an Advisor to IEEE Education Society – Kerala Section. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, Senior Member of ACM and Life Member of Computer Society of India. He is a Ph.D. in theoretical physics with about 46 years of varying experience.

His alma mater Thiagarajar College Madurai has recently recognized him as a Distinguished Alumni, at their Platinum Jubilee Celebration, for his contribution to Technical Education across India.