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Rajesh Ranjan

Research Director

rajesh.ranjan@everestgrp.com

Rajesh Ranjan, Research Director, is a leader of Everest Group’s Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) research program. Leveraging his strong consulting, business analysis, and outsourcing industry expertise, he drives the agenda for syndicated research reports, and has played a key role in creating industry-leading reports on various market segments including BPO for the financial services industry, HR Outsourcing and Recruitment Process Outsourcing. He has also advised numerous large buyers in their service provider selection, market maturity assessments, price and service level benchmarking, and end-of-term considerations, and helped service providers and investors in market opportunity, competitive positioning, and acquisition target analyses.

Prior to joining Everest Group, Rajesh was a consultant at Wipro Technologies, performing process consulting and business analysis for Fortune 500 clients. He was also a key player in pursuing and crafting solutions for new business opportunities. Before that, he was a software engineer at Infosys Technologies. He holds an MBA from the XLRI, Jamshedpur, India, and a Bachelor of Technology from ISM, Dhanbad, India.

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M&A in Banking BPO: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Arpita Bansal, Rishabh Gupta, Rajesh Ranjan

February 2012 | Document #EGR-2012-11-V-0646 | Viewpoint
This viewpoint looks at the major acquisitions in the banking BPO market in 2011 and lists the key drivers behind these acquisitions, the implications of these acquisitions for stakeholders, and trend... | More

Capital Markets Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)

Rishabh Gupta, Saurabh Gupta, Rajesh Ranjan

January 2012 | Document #EGR-2012-11-R-0636a | Report
Capital markets BPO is growing at a fast pace of 25 percent annually. Despite the downturn in global capital markets post 2008, the key benefits of capital markets BPO, such as cost reduction, operati... | More

Benefits Administration Outsourcing (BAO) - Service Provider Profile Compendium

Shruti Agrawal, Rajesh Ranjan

January 2012 | Document #EGR-2011-3-R-0630a | Report
Benefits Administration Outsourcing (BAO) is one of the most mature markets in HRO. This report provides accurate, comprehensive, and fact-based snapshots of 11 major BAO service providers. Each profi... | More

Benefits Administration Outsourcing (BAO) - Service Provider Landscape and Capability Assessment

Shruti Agrawal, Sayan Chatterjee, Rajesh Ranjan

November 2011 | Document #EGR-2011-3-R-0620 | Report
Benefits Administration Outsourcing (BAO) is one of the largest and most mature markets in HRO. This report gives an overview of the market and the service providers, analyzes the key upcoming trends ... | More

The Two Billion Dollar (and some more) Giant: Implications of TCS's Insurance BPO deal with Friends Life

Rishabh Gupta, Rajesh Ranjan

November 2011 | Document #EGR-2011-11-V-0612 | Viewpoint
TCS's UK subsidiary for financial services BPO, Diligenta, announced a mega-contract worth US$2.2 billion with UK Life and Pensions insurer Friends Life on November 9, 2011. This breaking viewpoint an... | More

Webinar Deck: Benefits Administration Outsourcing Market: Mature yet Dynamic

Sayan Chatterjee, Rajesh Ranjan

October 2011 | Document #11Oct11-Webinar | Report
On October 11, 2011, Everest Group will host a webinar, Benefits Administration Outsourcing Market: Mature yet Dynamic.  This report details the findings discussed in the webinar. | More

ADP's Acquisition of The RightThing: Did ADP Do the Right Thing?

Sayan Chatterjee, Rajesh Ranjan

October 2011 | Document #EGR-2011-3-V-0605 | Viewpoint
This breaking viewpoint document analyses the recent acquisition announcement by ADP of The RightThing. | More

Benefits Administration Outsourcing (BAO) Annual Report 2011: The BAO Market - Mature yet Dynamic

Shruti Agrawal, Arpita Bansal, Sayan Chatterjee, Rajesh Ranjan

September 2011 | Document #EGR-2011-3-R-0598 | Report
Benefits Administration Outsourcing (BAO) is one of the largest and most mature markets in HRO. The market witnessed a healthy growth of 12.5% in 2011 and Everest Group expects that the same trend wil... | More

Rise of Blended RPO - Addressing the Total Talent Acquisition Need

Sayan Chatterjee, Rajesh Ranjan

September 2011 | Document #EGR-2011-3-R-0597 | Report
The "Rise of Blended RPO" report provides insights into the value proposition of a total talent acquisition approach leveraging a blended RPO solution. It highlights the drivers behind such an approac... | More

Webinar Deck: Insurance Outsourcing: Ensuring a Brighter Future

Rajat Juneja, Rajesh Ranjan

September 2011 | Document #14Sept11-Webinar | Report
During the webinar on September 14, 2011, Everest Group will highlight the findings of its reports on the insurance IT Application Outsourcing (AO) and insurance Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) ma... | More

Insurance BPO - Rising Demand, Increasing Competition

Rishabh Gupta, Saurabh Gupta, Abhishek Menon, Rajesh Ranjan

August 2011 | Document #EGR-2011-11-R-0584 | Report
Insurance BPO represents one of the most mature offerings within the BFSI BPO market. In this research study, we analyze the third-party Insurance BPO market across the Life & Pensions (L&P) and Prope... | More

Multi-Country Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO): Hype vs. Reality

Shruti Agrawal, Sayan Chatterjee, Rajesh Ranjan

July 2011 | Document #EGR-2011-3-R-0575 | Report
The Multi-Country Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) report provides insights into the multi-country RPO market. It provides current and emerging trends in areas such as key business drivers, buyer... | More

HR Outsourcing (HRO) Engagement Between Credit Suisse and Wipro

Sayan Chatterjee, Rajesh Ranjan

July 2011 | Document #EGR-2011-3-V-0570 | Viewpoint
This case study discusses various aspects of a large scale HRO engagement between Credit Suisse and Wipro operated under a unique build-operate-transfer (BOT) construct. | More

Multi-Process HRO (MPHRO) Service Provider Profile Compendium

Sayan Chatterjee, Rajesh Ranjan

June 2011 | Document #ERI-2011-3-R-0561 | Report
The Multi-Process HRO (MPHRO) Service Provider Profile Compendium is a companion to Everest Research Institute's latest study, Multi-Process HRO (MPHRO) Service Provider Landscape and Capability Asses... | More

2010 HRO Market Star Performers on Everest PEAK Matrix - NorthgateArinso

Kuldeep Lulla, Rajesh Ranjan

May 2011 | Document #ERI-2011-3-R-0538 | Report
Everest Group identified five service providers as the “2010 HRO Market Star Performers”, in its latest HRO Annual Report, based on the relative movement of 15+ HRO service providers on the Everest P... | More

2010 HRO Market Star Performers on Everest PEAK Matrix - Accenture

Kuldeep Lulla, Rajesh Ranjan

May 2011 | Document #ERI-2011-3-R-0526 | Report
Everest Group identified five service providers as the “2010 HRO Market Star Performers”, in its latest HRO Annual Report, based on the relative movement of 15+ HRO service providers on the Everest ... | More

India-to-India (I2I) General & Administrative Outsourcing (GAO) Market: A Phenomenon in the Making

Sayan Chatterjee, Saurabh Gupta, Kuldeep Lulla, Abhishek Menon, Rajesh Ranjan

May 2011 | Document #ERI-2011-10-R-0556 | Report
While India has traditionally been a prominent delivery location for BPO services, it is starting to emerge as a notable source geography as well. A rapidly growing economy, increased competition, and... | More

Multi-process HRO (MPHRO) Service Provider Landscape and Capability Assessment

Sayan Chatterjee, Rajesh Ranjan, Ritu Sharma

May 2011 | Document #ERI-2011-3-R-0549 | Report
This report examines the dynamics of the global multi-process HRO (MPHRO) service provider landscape and its impact on the MPHRO market. It gives an overview of the market and the service providers, a... | More

Webinar: RPO Market Undergoes Explosive Growth

Sayan Chatterjee, Rajesh Ranjan

April 2011 | Document #28Apr11-Webinar | Report
On April 28, 2011, Everest Group will host a webinar, RPO Market Undergoes Explosive Growth - Opportunities an... | More

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) - Service Provider Profile Compendium

Sayan Chatterjee, Rajesh Ranjan, Ritu Sharma

April 2011 | Document #ERI-2011-3-R-0530a | Report
The Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) - Service Provider Profile Compendium is a companion to Everest Research Institute's latest study, RPO - Service Provider Landscape and Capability Assessment.... | More

Global Sourcing In BAO - Looking Beyond the Obvious

Rajesh Ranjan, Ritu Sharma

April 2011 | Document #ERI-2011-3-V-0536 | Viewpoint
In the backdrop of the recent economic, political, and social happenings around the world, this viewpoint highlights global sourcing concentration risks within the BAO market and suggests ways to miti... | More

Role of Global Sourcing in FS BPO - Significant Traction, Yet Tremendous Potential

Saurabh Gupta, Abhishek Menon, Rajesh Ranjan

April 2011 | Document #ERI-2011-10-R-0529 | Report
Beyond arbitrage, several other factors including access to new talent pools, risk diversification, and operational flexibility are driving financial services organizations to push the global sourcing... | More

HRO Annual Report 2011 - The Revival of Multi-process HRO Market

Sayan Chatterjee, Rajesh Ranjan, Ritu Sharma

March 2011 | Document #ERI-2011-3-R-0518 | Report
After a dip in 2008, the multi-process HRO (MPHRO) market has gained significant momentum in 2010 through new deal signings and renewals. This research provides a comprehensive coverage of the 2011 MP... | More

Financial Services BPO (FS BPO) Service Provider Profile Compendium

Arpita Bansal, Saurabh Gupta, Abhishek Menon, Rajesh Ranjan

March 2011 | Document #ERI-2011-10-R-0523 | Report
The Financial Services BPO (FS BPO) service provider profile compendium provides accurate, comprehensive, and fact-based snapshots of 14 service providers in the FS BPO market. Each 4-5 page service p... | More

RPO - Service Provider Landscape and Capability Assessment

Sayan Chatterjee, Rajesh Ranjan, Ritu Sharma

January 2011 | Document #ERI-2011-3-R-0488 | Report
The RPO service provider landscape continues to evolve rapidly as new service providers continue to enter the market, while established service providers are trying to increase their market share by b... | More

Global Lending BPO Across Credit Cards, Consumer Loans, and Commercial Loans

Saurabh Gupta, Abhishek Menon, Rajesh Ranjan

January 2011 | Document #ERI-2011-10-R-0494 | Report
As financial services companies come out of one of the most tumultuous periods, this report provides key trends and insights into the global lending BPO across credit cards, consumer loans (including ... | More

Towers Watson to Acquire Aliquant - Who is Next?

Rajesh Ranjan

December 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-3-V-0493 | Viewpoint
This breaking view point document analyses the recent acquisition announcement by Tower Watson of Aliquant and identifies the impact on the BAO market. | More

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Annual Report 2010 - A Year of Rapid Growth and Intense Competition

Sayan Chatterjee, Rajesh Ranjan, Ritu Sharma

November 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-3-R-0487 | Report
This research report provides a comprehensive coverage of the 2010 RPO market and analyzes it across various dimensions such as market overview and key business drivers, buyer adoption trends, transac... | More

Role of Software as a Service (SaaS) in BPO

Abhishek Menon, Rajesh Ranjan

September 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-11-W-0471 | Report
This research paper discusses the differences between SaaS and other technology models in BPO, various SaaS-BPO engagement models, value proposition and challenges from a combined SaaS-BPO approach, a... | More

Mapping onto the Workforce of Tomorrow: How RPO Can Play a Role

Katrina Menzigian, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

August 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-3-W-0459 | Viewpoint
This whitepaper highlights the role that RPO can play in creating the workforce of tomorrow. It looks at the current value proposition of RPO, suggests ways of advancing the value proposition, and hig... | More

Time to Make a Bold Move in HRO - Inorganic Considerations for India-Heritage Suppliers

Rajesh Ranjan

July 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-3-B-0457 | Viewpoint
In the backdrop of a consolidating market that is at an inflexion point, this research brief presents a view point on why India-heritage suppliers, a relatively newer entrants in the marketplace, shou... | More

Benefits Administration Outsourcing (BAO) Supplier Profile Compendium

Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena, Ritu Sharma

July 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-3-R-0453 | Report
The BAO Supplier Profile Compendium provides accurate, comprehensive, fact-based snapshots of 10 leading BAO suppliers. Each profile highlights BAO service capability and strategy, client portfolio an... | More

Benefits Administration Outsourcing (BAO) - Resilient Demand, Dynamic Supplier Landscape

Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena, Ritu Sharma

July 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-3-R-0446 | Report
While the demand for BAO showed resilience during the economic downturn and is poised for a robust growth in 2010, the supplier landscape is changing rapidly with consolidation on one hand and entry o... | More

Hewitt to Merge With Aon - What It Means For the HRO Industry

Rajesh Ranjan

July 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-8-B-0448 | Viewpoint
This breaking view point document analyses the recent merger announcement between Aon and Hewitt and its impact on various segments of the HRO market. | More

HRO Supplier Landscape in Europe: Leaders, Major Contenders, and Emerging Players

Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

June 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-3-R-0432 | Report
As the European Multi-process HRO market shows signs of pick-up in 2010, buyers are interested in understanding their options and supplier capabilities to serve this region. This research study analyz... | More

ACS to Acquire ExcellerateHRO: Indication of Divergent Strategic Directions?

Katrina Menzigian, Rajesh Ranjan

May 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-8-B-0428 | Viewpoint
This breaking view point document analyses the recent acquisition announcement by ACS of ExcellerateHRO. | More

HRO Supplier Profile Compendium - Comprehensive Look at MPHRO Suppliers

Katrina Menzigian, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

May 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-3-R-0410 | Report
The Global HRO Supplier Landscape – Supplier Profile Compendium is a companion to Everest Research Institute’s latest study, Global Multi-process HRO Supplier Landscape – A Case of Survival and Growth... | More

Global Multi-process HRO Supplier Landscape - A Case of Survival and Growth in a Multifaceted Market

Katrina Menzigian, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

April 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-3-R-0409 | Report
In the backdrop of a tough economic environment, the multi-process HRO (MPHRO) market witnessed some fundamental shifts in 2009. While the new deal signings were relatively low, the market grew margin... | More

HRO Annual Report 2010 - “A year of multi-process HRO market reinvention and evolution”

Katrina Menzigian, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

March 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-3-R-0403a | Report
In the backdrop of a tough economic environment, the multi-process HRO (MPHRO) market witnessed some fundamental shifts in 2009. While the new deal signings were relatively low, the market grew margin... | More

NorthgateArinso to Acquire Convergys: Another Move Forward In Reinventing the HRO Market

Katrina Menzigian, Rajesh Ranjan

March 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-8-B-0404 | Viewpoint
This breaking view point document analyses the recent acquisition by NorthagteArinso of Convergys’ Employee Management line of business. | More

RPO Supplier Landscape and Capability Assessment

Katrina Menzigian, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

February 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-3-R-0380 | Report
The RPO supplier landscape is rapidly changing as new RPO suppliers continue to enter the market, while existing suppliers expand their capabilities through mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships. Th... | More

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) - Supplier Profile Compendium

Mansi Khanna, Katrina Menzigian, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

January 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-3-R-0378 | Report
The Global Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) - Supplier Profile Compendium is a companion to Everest Research Institute's latest study, Global Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) - Supplier Land... | More

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) - Moving Beyond the Pioneer Stage

Katrina Menzigian, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

November 2009 | Document #ERI-2009-3-R-0377 | Report
This research report provides a comprehensive coverage of the RPO market and analyzes it across various dimensions such as market overview and key business drivers, buyer adoption, solution and transa... | More

End-of-Term Market in HRO

Katrina Menzigian, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

October 2009 | Document #ERI-2009-3-R-0366 | Report
In the next couple of years, over 110 deals in the HRO market will be nearing their end of term.  This research report provides a comprehensive coverage of the end-of-term HRO market and analyzes it a... | More

"Filling The Gap" - Partnership Between Xchanging and Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS)

Katrina Menzigian, Rajesh Ranjan

August 2009 | Document #ERI-2009-3-B-0361 | Viewpoint
This research brief shares Everest's views on the recent announcement of a partnership between Xchanging and AMS and its implications for the HRO and the RPO market. | More

Multi-Country Payroll Outsourcing (MCPO) - Supplier Profile Compendium

Katrina Menzigian, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

July 2009 | Document #ERI-2009-3-R-0342 | Report
The Multi-Country Payroll Outsourcing (MCPO) - Supplier Profile Compendium is a companion to Everest Research Institute's latest study, Multi-Country Payroll Outsourcing (MCPO)- A New Approach to an O... | More

Things You Must Know Before Your HRO Contract Expires

Katrina Menzigian, Rajesh Ranjan

June 2009 | Document #ERI-2009-3-W-0351 | Report
The early years of the multi-process HRO industry saw buyers making decisions on a limited set of industry data and insights. The industry has evolved and hence, HRO has gone through significant chang... | More

Multi-Country Payroll Outsourcing (MCPO): A New Approach to an Old Problem

Katrina Menzigian, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

May 2009 | Document #ERI-2009-3-R-0340 | Report
Historically, many multinational companies (MNCs) outsourced their payroll locally. However, increased globalization made MNCs look for an integrated approach that can provide better management insigh... | More

Global HRO Supplier Landscape - Supplier Profile Compendium

Monica Barron, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

March 2009 | Document #ERI-2009-3-R-0316 | Report
The Global HRO Supplier Landscape - Supplier Profile Compendium is a companion to Everest Research Institute's latest study, Global HRO Supplier Landscape, January 2009, and provides accurate, compreh... | More

2008 Global HRO Supplier Landscape

Monica Barron, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

January 2009 | Document #ERI-2009-3-R-0309 | Report
The global multi-process Human Resources Outsourcing (HRO) market witnessed significant shifts in buyer adoption trends in 2008. The 2008 Global HRO Supplier Landscape research report provides action... | More

HRO Annual Report 2008

Monica Barron, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

November 2008 | Document #ERI-2008-3-R-0308 | Report
There are some major shifts taking place in the 11-year old multi-process Human Resource Outsourcing (HRO) market. This report provides comprehensive coverage of the global 2008 HRO market. | More

Learning Services Outsourcing (LSO) - Supplier Profile Compendium

Monica Barron, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

October 2008 | Document #ERI-2008-3-R-0282 | Report
The Learning Services Outsourcing (LSO) - Supplier Profile Compendium is a companion to the latest study, Learning Services Outsourcing (LSO) - Accelerating the Learning Curve, September 2008, and pr... | More

Accelerate the Learning Curve

Monica Barron, Rajesh Ranjan

September 2008 | Document #ERI-2008-3-W-0285 | Report
Learning Services Outsourcing (LSO) has emerged as a strategic choice for buyers to effectively manage these complexities and meet their short term goals as well long term business objectives. Learn ... | More

Learning Services Outsourcing (LSO) - Accelerating the Learning Curve

Monica Barron, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

September 2008 | Document #ERI-2008-3-R-0276 | Report
Learning is unique among HR functions: in many organizations, learning, or training, is decentralized - managed and funded by business units rather than the HR department. With such complexity ingr... | More

Gathering Momentum: Mid-Market HRO

Monica Barron, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

August 2008 | Document #ERI-2008-3-R-0266 | Report
This research report provides a comprehensive coverage of the 3K-15K employees segment including detailed analyses on market size and growth, comparison of transaction characteristics in the 3K-15K em... | More

HRO in Europe - A Market on the Move

Monica Barron, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

May 2008 | Document #ERI-2008-3-W-0253 | Report
Europe's share in the global HRO market has increased from 20 percent to 30 percent, in terms of number of deals, in the post-2005 period. | More

Pan-European HRO Market

Monica Barron, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

May 2008 | Document #ERI-2008-3-R-0249 | Report
The European market has seen increased HRO adoption over the past couple of years. The changing dynamics in this market have led to increased demand.  This report provides a comprehensive cove... | More

Global Sourcing in HR

Chris MacKay, Rajesh Ranjan

February 2008 | Document #ERI-2008-3-W-0232 | Report
This white paper discusses the changing dynamics of GS in HR, provides an overview of the service providers' GS strategy in HR outsourcing (HRO), and illustrates some key considerations for choo... | More

Global HRO Supplier Landscape

Monica Barron, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

December 2007 | Document #ERI-2007-3-R-0221 | Report
This research report analyzes global 2007 HRO supplier landscape, investigates the emerging supplier trends, and assesses supplier delivery capability across scale, scope, technology, and delivery fo... | More

HRO Annual Report 2007

Monica Barron, Rajesh Ranjan, Sudhanshu Saxena

November 2007 | Document #ERI-2007-3-R-0220 | Report
The Human Resource Outsourcing (HRO) market has reached a critical juncture in its 10 year history with market size increasing but at a slower growth rate. While buyers are increasingly looking at HRO... | More

HRO Benchmarks: Scope, Quality, and Pricing - Key Findings from a Survey of Large HRO Buyers

Monica Barron, Rajesh Ranjan

September 2007 | Document #ERI-2007-3-W-0213 | Report
The Human Resource Outsourcing (HRO) industry is at a critical point in its short history. Buyers are increasingly looking at HRO as an opportunity to streamline processes, reduce direct and indirect ... | More

HRO Benchmarks - Scope, Pricing, and Quality

Monica Barron, Rajesh Ranjan

June 2007 | Document #ERI-2007-3-R-0167 | Report
This report identifies the definitions, metrics, and measures overall and within specific HRO process areas that facilitate optimal realization of the desired outcomes of HRO. | More