Atul Nishar founded Hexaware Technologies in 1990. He is the driving force of Hexaware’s strategic direction. Under his leadership, Hexaware Technologies has grown into a 6000+ people, global Software and BPO services corporation, listed on Indian & London Stock Exchanges. An entrepreneur by nature, Atul Nishar had also founded Aptech Limited in 1985, which he grew into a leading global IT training company. He was the Chairman of Aptech till early 2003, when the Nishar family divested its stake in the company. He was Chairman of NASSCOM in 2000 and continues to be on the NASSCOM Executive Council. He is Member of the Managing Committee of Indian Merchants’ Chamber, Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), and was Regional President of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce 2007 – 2009. He has been a speaker at conferences organised by Harvard Business School, NASSCOM, TiE, World Congress on Information Technology, IMC, FICCI, and CII. Atul Nishar is a FCA with Bachelor Degrees in Commerce and Law from University of Bombay.