Vineet Nayar,
Vice Chairman, CEO and Whole-time Director,
HCL
Vineet Nayar received his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar in 1983. Nayar received his business management degree from XLRI, Jamshedpur in 1985 and joined HCL as a Senior Management Trainee (SMT) from campus. After spending seven years in engineering, product management, sales, and marketing positions at HCL, he founded HCL Comnet in 1994, to provide IT infrastructure and many networking services.
Nayar was appointed President of HCL Technologies in April 2005 by HCL chairman and founder Shiv Nadar. He went on to reshape the organization with his “Employee First, Customer Second” philosophy, which placed the needs of the employee before those of the customer. The strategy was created to drive an inverted organization structure, create transparency and accountability within the organization and encourage a value-driven culture. Nayar was later appointed as CEO of the company in October 2007. On October 20, 2010, he was named Vice- Chairman of HCL Technologies.
