This is about the  journey of an electrical engineer who turned out to be a successful entrepreneur and he is none other than  ARJUN MALHOTRA,  winner of the Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Award . Arjun Malhotra, chairman and CEO of Headstrong, a global consultancy firm  studied in Loretto, St Xaviers, St Columba’s, Doon School and B.Tech. (Hons)  in IIT Kharagpur  in Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering. Before going to know about Head strong let us have a brief view about his initial trails and the point where he started extending his roots in business.

In 1975, he co-founded Hindustan Computer Ltd (HCL) with Shiv Nadar, Ajai Chowdhury, D.S Puri, Subhash Arora and Yogesh Vaidya. It became very successful and  it is now one of the India’s largest Information Technology corporations.He is the first leading Indian entrepreneur to relocate to USA, Malhotra took over HCL’s US operation in 1989 and grew it to nearly US$100 million annual revenues.In 1992 he organized  the HCL-HP joint venture in India, and in 1996 he set up and ran the joint venture with Deluxe Corporation successfully. later he founded Techspan in 1998, with funding from Goldman Sachs and Walden International. Later in 2003, Techspan merged with Headstrong and Arjun Malhotra led the seamless integration, eventually leading to Headstrong’s recognition as one of the fastest-growing IT-based Financial Services companies.

Some other shades of ARJUN MALHOTRA :

Malhotra is a Member of the Board of Governors of  IIT (Kharagpur) Foundation and Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. He is currently Co-Chair of the Pan-IIT Alumni Association. He founded the Prof. G.S. Sanyal School of Telecommunications at IIT Kharagpur through a personal endowment.Mr. Malhotra is a FIETE ( Fellow of the Institute of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers), India ; and a Member of the Institute of Engineers, India (MIE). He has served on the Board of Governors for the Delhi College of Arts & Commerce, University of Delhi, and as Vice President of The Doon School Old Boys Society.

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