Founder Profile
Subhash Arora
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Subhash Arora?
Subhash Arora is a founder of HCL Technologies Limited, which was founded in 1991 with Shiv Nadar.
- Company founded
- HCL Technologies Limited
- Founded
- 1991
- Co-founders
- Shiv Nadar
Background
Early employee at Delhi Cloth & General Mills (DCM) alongside Shiv Nadar.
Founding Story
Subhash Arora was one of the original six co-founders who left DCM in 1976 to start Microcomp, which subsequently evolved into Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL). He played a key role in establishing the early hardware distribution networks in India before eventually stepping back from executive leadership. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- HCLTech Q4 and FY2026 Investor Release (HCL Technologies Limited)
- HCLTech Results and Reports (HCL Technologies Limited)