Founder Profile
Shiv Nadar
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Shiv Nadar?
Shiv Nadar is a founder of HCL Technologies Limited, which was founded in 1991 with Subhash Arora.
- Company founded
- HCL Technologies Limited
- Founded
- 1991
- Co-founders
- Subhash Arora
Background
Electrical and electronics engineering graduate of PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore; worked at DCM before founding HCL.
Founding Story
Shiv Nadar founded HCL in 1976 with colleagues from DCM and led the group for more than four decades. He stepped down as HCLTech chairman in July 2020, handing the role to his daughter Roshni Nadar Malhotra, and became chairman emeritus. He funds education through the Shiv Nadar Foundation.
Shiv Nadar was born in 1945 in Thoothukudi. Education: American College, Madurai; Town Higher Secondary School.
Nadar was born on July 14, 1945. He chairs the Shiv Nadar Foundation, and in 2008 he received the Padma Bhushan for his work in the IT industry.