 During his tenure, spanning 27 years, he grew in the company from being a trainee to handling leadership roles in different departments of the company like Energy and Automation, Controls and PLCs, Medical Technology and Logistics Business, culminating in his last role as the CEO of a group company with revenues over $2 billion

Ranade has been a member of Syntel's Board of Directors since June 2007, and was formally appointed Chief Executive Officer and President on 2 February 2010.He was elevated to become Co-Chairman of Syntel on 3 November 2016.Ranade is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors and served as an adjunct professor at Grand Valley State University, where he taught an MBA course on Operations Management, Global Competitiveness and Leadership.