C Vijayakumar has spearheaded HCLTech’s strategy to help forward-looking enterprises reimagine their businesses through transformative technology solutions, services and products. He joined HCLTech nearly three decades ago as a member of the core team that designed and implemented India’s first ever fully automated trading network at the National Stock Exchange. Previously, as President of HCLTech’s Infrastructure Services Business, he led its exponential growth and market dominance over the years. As part of the founding team of its wholly owned subsidiary HCL Comnet, he and the team are widely credited with having founded the Remote Infrastructure Management proposition which is today a multi-billion dollar global industry.

Vijay’s leadership has been lauded globally, with Business Today rating him as the ‘Best CEO of the Year, 2020’ in the IT/ITES Industry. Previously, he was included in the list of ‘Top 10 Disruptive CEOs’ by industry analyst group HfS. Vijay is deeply invested in promoting sustainable business practices, resulting in HCLTech’s position in the Edelweiss’s annual ‘ESG Scorecard & Rating, 2021’. The company was also named ‘Corporate Citizen of the Year’ 2021 by The Economic Times.

Vijay is widely recognized in the industry for his strategic thinking and impeccable execution. He is currently a member of the World Economic Forum’s IT Governor’s Community and a Board Member of the US-India Business Council.