Cyient announced that it has appointed Nitin Prasad to its board of directors. In his current role, as Chairman of Shell Companies in India, Nitin Prasad has oversight over all of Shell's companies and investments and was responsible for the company's presence, reputation and business development in India. Prior to his recent role, Nitin Prasad was the Managing Director for Shell Lubricants for the cluster of India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh which was preceded by several other roles in Shell, including strategy, marketing, project delivery and supply chain in different geographies.

Nitin completed his schooling from the Doon School, India before completing an engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and thereafter went on to complete his MBA from INSEAD.