bangaloremumbai ranjan das ceo and md of sap for the indian subcontinent region died after a massive cardiac arrest in mumbai on wednesday it is learnt that he collapsed at his home in raheja bay bandra after returning from the buildings inhouse gym on wednesday morning he was rushed to lilavati hospitalthe funeral will be held on thursday afternoon the 42yearold das was the youngest ceo of a multinational corporation in the countrygeraldine mcbride president sap asia pacific japan said sap is deeply saddened by the news that our colleague ranjan das president sap india passed away suddenly on wednesday this comes as a great shock to all of us within the sap family and is felt most profoundly by every one of us we will be sharing more information once we have had the opportunity to further understand the familys wishesdas emphasised hard work integrity and a sense of curiosity ranjan was a health freak he ate right jogged and worked out daily he had no bad habits like drinking or smoking he was very ambitious and always believed that four hours of sleep were enough for him to be fit and fresh he was a bundle of energy he even ran the chennai marathon a couple of months ago his demise is such a shock to all who knew him said a source who knew him closelydas led all the marketfacing functions for sap on the indian subcontinent he was also responsible for crafting the enterprise application majors gotomarket strategy driving customer satisfaction and managing the profit and loss for all revenuegenerating functions including software sales consulting support and educationbefore joining sap india in july 2007 he worked with intersystems corporation kenan systems and oracle corporation in the us and also founded a company of his own patkai networks in silicon valleydas grew up in guwahati and moved to indore to join daly college on a government scholarship after class 12 he received a full scholarship to study at the prestigious massachusetts institute of technology in the united states where he earned his bachelor of science degree in computer science and engineering and also studied creative writing and film alongsidehe later got his mba from harvard business school he also attended an executive education program at insead in france but his interests extended far beyond workhe was a football fan loved writing short stories and essays and was even planning to make a movie in association with a filmmaker frienddass father who worked for the government of assam passed away a few years ago his mother lives in guwahati he also has two younger siblings he is survived by his wife roopa who is a feature writer with verve magazine and two children aged two and 10