C Vijayakumar is the CEO & Managing Director of HCLTech, a global technology company. He was appointed the company’s CEO in October 2016 and its Managing Director in July 2021.[1][2][3]
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| Born | Tamil Nadu, India |
| Alma mater | PSG College of Technology (B.Eng.) and Lawrence School, Lovedale |
| Occupation(s) | Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, HCLTech |
| Website | https://www.hcltech.com/leadership#c-vijayakumar |
Life and education
editVijayakumar was born in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, India and did his schooling from ‘The Lawrence School’ in Lovedale, Ooty. He is a graduate in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from P.S.G. College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India and currently resides in New Jersey in the USA.[4] [5] And done his MBA from IIM Calcutta.Vijayakumar joined HCLTech in 1994 in the founding startup team of Comnet as a senior technical engineer. He was appointed the company's chief operating officer in July 2016[6] and in October that same year was promoted to be the CEO, succeeding Anant Gupta. career Prior to becoming COO of the company, he was the President of HCL's infrastructure services business.
Awards and recognition
edit- Vijayakumar was rated by Business Today as the Best CEO of the Year, 2020 in IT/ITES Industry.[7]
- He was included in the list of Top 10 Disruptive CEOs by industry analyst group, HfS.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "C Vijayakumar | HCL Technologies". www.hcltech.com.
- ^ "HCL TECHNOLOGIES: AN INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION ENTERPRISE | HCL Technologies". www.hcltech.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "HCL Technologies Appoints C Vijayakumar as Chief Executive Officer". 24 October 2016.
- ^ "Vijay Vijayakumar, Hcl Technologies Ltd: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com.
- ^ C Vijayakumar SUM 86 for OL Nation 17, retrieved 2021-11-22
- ^ "HCL Technologies Appoints C Vijayakumar as Chief Executive Officer".
- ^ "BT MindRush 2021: Here are the winners of 'India's Best CEOs'". 23 January 2021.
- ^ "C. Vijayakumar - Agenda Contributor".