Vivek has over 25 years of experience in managing different verticals of Business and Government departments. He was the IT & BT Secretary, Bangalore. He has done extensive work in marketing Bangalore at the International level. During his tenure as IT secretary, every week Bangalore has seen one new 100% foreign equity firm setting their office. Prior to this, he was the Finance Secretary (Resources) of Karnataka. He was Division Chief SEBI and Head of Advisory Services in CRISIL, where he developed the first risk assessment model for Indian mutual funds.
He also served as Director and Chairman of the Technology Committee on the Board of the Bombay Stock Exchange, the oldest stock exchange in India. He has been widely quoted in New York Times best sellers like The World is Flat, The 4 Hour Work-Week, etc. He was an adjunct faculty in finance with the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Presently he is also a Visiting Professor in Finance & Risk Management at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Vivek is a gold medalist in Bachelor of Engineering from Karnataka University and also an MBA in Finance & Information Systems from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. |
