Thakur Arvind Email Address

Member, Board of Management

NIIT Technologies is a Global IT solutions organisation, with its footprint spanning North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Mr Arvind Thakur has been the CEO, Vice Chairman & Managing Director at NIIT Technologies Ltd, (now renamed as Coforge Limited) a global IT solutions organisation, which was spun off from NIIT Ltd in 2004. He led the company since inception till May 2019, to be among the top IT Services provider from the country. In 2012 he was conferred the prestigious Gold Stevie global award as "Executive of the Year" in the Computer Services category. Currently he serves on the Board of Management of NIIT University, a leading not for profit institution, the board of JK Technosoft Ltd, as non-executive director, and the board of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), a one of its kind public private partnership which aims to promote skill development in India. In the past he had served on the boards of several companies and was the Chairman at specialized tech companies like Esri India Technologies Ltd and Incessant Technologies Ltd. Mr Thakur has been an elected member of the Executive Council at NASSCOM, the apex IT industry association, for 3 consecutive terms till May 2020, where he held key positions to shape the industry including Chairman, Domestic Council and served as Chairman, Finance and Audit Committee. Currently he serves as a trustee on the board of Nasscom Foundation which aims to leverage tech for good to uplift marginalised sections of society. He has also served on the National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) as the Chairman of the National Committee on IPR, and was a member of the Indo Spanish CEO Forum supported by Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). Mr. Thakur graduated in engineering from IIT, Kharagpur where he received the Institute Silver medal. Thereafter he pursued post graduation in Industrial Engineering from NITIE, Mumbai which has conferred on him the "Distinguished Alumnus Award". He is actively involved in alumni activities and serves as the Vice President of the Technology Alumni Association (IIT Kharagpur, Delhi Chapter). He started his professional career with BHEL as an Industrial Engineer. Thereafter, after a brief stint with a start up he teamed up with the founders of NIIT in 1985 and is part of the promoter group at NIIT Ltd. His leisure time is engaged in golf.