Mr. Arvind Thakur
CEO
Mr. Arvind Thakur, B. Tech, PGDIE serves as the Chief Executive Officer of NIIT Technologies Ltd., and its BPO subsidiary, NIIT SmartServe Ltd. Mr. Thakur has been Joint Managing Director of NIIT Technologies Ltd. since July 25, 2007. He is responsible for spearheading the organisation and raising its delivery capabilities to world-class standards. He also overseas the operations of NIIT SmartServe Limited and Business Processes Outsourcing (BPO).
Mr. Thakur leads NIIT Technologies, the Software Business of NIIT. He guides and oversees NIIT's Joint Venture with ESRI Inc., USA - NIIT GIS Limited and supervises geography operations in Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. He also leads the global marketing and strategy function of all businesses covered by NIIT Technologies. Mr. Thakur is functionally responsible for the Software Solutions Business in addition to providing strategic direction to other Independent Business Units constituting NIIT Technologies.
He served as the President of NIIT Technologies Ltd. Over the years, he has nurtured and grown the software business at NIIT and positioned it among the 'Top Software Providers' from India. Mr. Thakur was instrumental in NIIT's Software Business making it the 12th Company to be so assessed globally.