Mr. Malhotra has a long string of professional achievements and entrepreneurial successes behind him. He co-founded the HCL group in 1975, taking it from a six-person “garage operation” to one of India’s largest Information Technology corporations. He is the first leading Indian entrepreneur to relocate to USA. He took over HCL’s US operations (now known as HCL Technologies) in 1989 and grew it to nearly $100 million annual revenues. In 1992, he ran the HCL-HP joint venture in India, and in 1996 he set up and ran the joint venture with Deluxe Corporation. He is known as a pioneering entrepreneur of the Indian IT industry. Mr. Malhotra founded TechSpan in 1998 with funding from Goldman Sachs and Walden International and served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. In 2003, Techspan was merged with Headstrong, creating an end-to-end services organization, with an enviable talent pool. Mr. Malhotra, as Chairman of its Board of Directors, led the seamless integration across businesses and cultures, resulting in Headstrong’s recognition as one of the fastest-growing IT-based Financial Services companies. Mr Malhotra is on the Board of Governors of ISB, Hyderabad and IIT (Kharagpur) Foundation. Mr. Malhotra studied at The Doon School, Dehradun, graduated from IIT Kharagpur with B.Tech. (Hons.) in Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering and received the Dr. B.C. Roy Gold Medal. In 1985, he attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
He is presently an Advisor in several start-ups in Technology, Education and Healthcare. He is Chairman at Magic Edtech in the education domain and Evolko Inc. in the healthcare ecosystem. He is a Life Fellow of IIT Kharagpur, and has been awarded Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) in September 2012. Punjab Technical University conferred an Honorary PhD on him in 2013. For his contributions to the Indian IT Industry, he got the DQ LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Award.