Arvind Thakur

CEO, NIIT Technologies

Arvind Thakur is the Chief Executive Officer of NIIT Technologies Ltd., and serves as the Joint Managing Director on its board. Under his stewardship, NIIT Technologies has positioned itself as one of the top software solutions providers in select industry segments with operations across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Thakur graduated in engineering from the premier Indian Institute of Technology in India. Thereafter he pursued post graduation in Industrial Engineering from NITIE in Mumbai. He started his career as an Industrial Engineer with BHEL, a large engineering corporation with work specialization in systems. He joined NIIT Ltd. in 1985 as a member of the core team, and has since then been handling key organisational roles. He was the President of its Software business before it was demerged to form NIIT Technologies Ltd. He serves on the boards of the company’s overseas subsidiaries and domestic joint venture with ESRI Inc., a global technology leader in the GIS domain. He is also a Director in an innovative venture, Hole-in-the Wall Education Ltd. that enables technology to be deployed to educate the masses. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of the BPO subsidiary NIIT Smart Serve Ltd. Recently Thakur was appointed on the Board of Management of NIIT University, a not for profit institution established in Rajasthan, India.