Under Desai’s direction, Syntel has grown dramatically over the past 22 years to become a leading information technology services company. Syntel now employs more than 2,600 people in offices strategically located throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, as well as seven fully-networked Global Development Centers in the US and India. Syntel has been profitable since inception in 1980 and today, has revenues of over $170 million, more than $115 million in cash, and no debt. Syntel has met or exceeded financial expectations all 20 quarters the company has been publicly-traded on NASDAQ.

Syntel was recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the “Best 200 Small Companies in America” in both 2001 and 1998; by Business 2.0 as one of the "100 Fastest Growing Tech Companies" in 2002; by Business Week as a “Hot Growth Company” in 1999 and 1998; and by Money Magazine as one of the “Top 50 Stocks” (#17). IT Business Weekly, a leading IT weekly published in Turkey, ranked a Web-based automotive marketplace built by Syntel as the top automobile reference Web site in Turkey. Syntel was also ranked in the UPSIDE TODAY list of the top 150 e-Business integrators (#13) as well as named in the VARBusiness 500 Architects of the New Economy (#157) and the VARBusiness Top 500 Largest Solution Providers in North America.

In addition to running a successful corporation, the Governor of Michigan appointed Desai to serve on the Board of Directors of Cyberstate.org, which is dedicated to attracting high-tech businesses to the state. He has donated his time and Syntel resources to various charitable organizations, including Detroit’s “Paint the Town,” an effort which cleans troubled neighborhoods, as well as several United Way projects and global relief efforts (Sept. 11 Fund, Bosnia, and Bhuj, India). Desai is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) of Detroit and sits on the Boards of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) and St. John Health System.