Mr. Seth is an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and IIM Calcutta – he has worked in senior commercial positions in the BT, HCL, Usha Martin and the UB Group, in the last 40+ years. Very active in Alumni Affairs he has Chaired PanIIT in 2010 and was Vice President of IIT Kanpur Alumni Association.
He took early retirement from his corporate career to focus on bringing the benefits of IT/Telecom to real world businesses in energy, health, fintech, medtech, education, hospitality etc. via a vibrant innovative entrepreneurial eco system and a focus on giving back to society.
Starting as the founding MD of British Telecom in India in 1995 he built it to its current leadership position in managed telecom services and outsourced IT and back office operations. He left in 2012 as its non-Executive Chairman. He had helped acquire a 45% stake in Airtel in 1996 was on its board till 2002. Had also helped incubate and grow Mahindra BT in mid 90’s into what now is Tech Mahindra ( www.techmahindra.com) and being on its board for 17 years. He was chairing Nasscom Foundation (www.nasscomfoundation.org) till 2019 which drives CSR initiatives across the IT Industry using tech for scaling good. He had been very active with Govt and Regulators on shaping Telecoms Policy and IT policy being an elected member of Nasscom for more than a decade. Currently an independent Director on the board of various public, private and tech companies. Currently setting up a 600 bed Research hospital at IIT Kanpur campus with donations from alumni and grants from Govt to help create new innovations in this space and help make India a global leader.
Is an active angel investor last 20 + years having incubated many companies. He is extremely active on NGO and Education boards and is a co-founder of India’s leading NGO in livelihoods www.thenudge.org .