Mr. Vijay K. Thadani is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of NIIT Ltd, India, a leading Global Talent Development Corporation. His vision and leadership has led NIIT in taking IT education out of the confines of a few exclusive universities and bringing it to the masses. Mr. Thadani’s guidance led NIIT’s China operations to expand in over 170 locations, across 25 provinces. He was honoured as ‘Economic Consultant’ to Chongqing, world’s largest city located in the People’s Republic of China. Mr. Thadani is actively engaged with many Industry Associations. He is the current Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII’s) National Committee on Education, Vice Chairman, CII Northern Region and Chairman of The National Accreditation Board for Education and Training, under the aegis of Quality Council of India. In the past, he has been the President of the Indian IT industry association (MAIT), and chaired Indian Government’s Committee on National Information Infrastructure Policy. He serves on the Board of CompTIA, NIIT Technologies Limited and on the Advisory Board of the Maastricht University, Netherlands for India. Mr. Thadani, along with Mr. Rajendra S Pawar, Chairman, NIIT, is the Founder of not-for-profit, NIIT University established in 2009 with a vision of being the leading centre of innovation and learning in emerging areas of the Knowledge Society. A ‘Distinguished Alumnus’ of the premier IIT Delhi, Mr. Thadani has lectured at prestigious institutions like University of Michigan Business School, J L Kellogg Graduate School of Management and Indian Institutes of Management.
