Vijay K. Thadani

Vice Chairman & Managing Director, NIIT Limited, Co-Founder, NIIT University

Vijay K. Thadani is the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of NIIT Ltd, a leading Global Skills and Talent Development Corporation. As the co-founder of NIIT Group, he has built an organization that is recognized for its visionary role in bringing the benefits of Information Technology, both as a professional skill and as a learning tool, to the masses.

Vijay has led the Group's globalization efforts since 1991, taking the NIIT flag to over 30 countries and has been actively engaged with many Industry Associations. He served as President of the Indian IT industry association, MAIT and as the Chairman of CII Northern Region. He has also served as the Chairman of the National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET), under the aegis of the Quality Council of India and as the Chairman of Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad.

Vijay is the co-founder of the not-for-profit NIIT University, established in 2009 with a vision of being the role model of learning, research, innovation and sustainability for the Knowledge Society.

He is currently serving as the Chairman of All India Board of Technician Education constituted by AICTE since January 2020, and also serves on the Governing Council of All India Management Association (AIMA). Till recently, he served on the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of MN National Institute of Technology, Allahabad and CII's National Committee on Higher Education.

A 'Distinguished Alumnus' of the premier Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Vijay was honored with the position of 'Economic Consultant' to Chongqing, World's largest city in the People's Republic of China.