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{{Short description|Indian business executive (born 1967)}}{{Infobox person
| name               = C VijayaKumar
| image              = C Vijayakumar (1).jpg
| birth_place        = [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| alma_mater         = [[PSG College of Technology]] (B.Eng.) and [[Lawrence School, Lovedale]]
| occupation         = [[Business executive]]
| known_for          = Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, [[HCLTech]]
| website            = {{URL |https://www.hcltech.com/leadership#c-vijayakumar }}
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'''C Vijayakumar''' is an Indian [[business executive]] who is the [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] and Managing Director of multinational technology company [[HCLTech]]. He was appointed the company’s CEO in October 2016 and its Managing Director in July 2021.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://www.hcltech.com/about-us/leadership/c-vijayakumar|title=C Vijayakumar &#124; HCL Technologies|website=www.hcltech.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hcltech.com/about-us/about-hcl-technologies|title=HCL TECHNOLOGIES: AN INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION ENTERPRISE {{!}} HCL Technologies|website=www.hcltech.com|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=HCL Technologies Appoints C Vijayakumar as Chief Executive Officer |date=24 October 2016 |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161024005870/en/HCL-Technologies-Appoints-C-Vijayakumar-as-Chief-Executive-Officer}}</ref>

== Early life and education==
Vijayakumar was born in Coimbatore in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]] and did his schooling from ‘[[Lawrence School, Lovedale|The Lawrence School’ in Lovedale]], Ooty and Thambu Higher Secondary School, Government Press Colony, Coimbatore. He is a graduate in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from [[PSG College of Technology|P.S.G. College of Technology]], Tamil Nadu, India and currently resides in [[New Jersey]] in the USA.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vijay Vijayakumar, Hcl Technologies Ltd: Profile and Biography |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/18657144 |website=Bloomberg.com}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=C Vijayakumar SUM 86 for OL Nation 17 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB9pQeM7BkA |language=en |access-date=2021-11-22}}</ref>

==Career ==
C Vijayakumar joined [[HCLTech]] in 1994 in the founding [[Startup company|startup]] team of Comnet as a senior technical engineer. He was appointed the company's [[chief operating officer]] in July 2016<ref>{{Cite news |title=HCL Technologies Appoints C Vijayakumar as Chief Executive Officer |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/hcl-tech-appoints-coo/article8860146.ece |date=January 17, 2018 |publisher=The Hindu Business Line}}</ref> and in October that same year was promoted to be the CEO, succeeding [[Anant Gupta]].

Prior to becoming COO of the company, he was the President of HCL's [[Information technology management|infrastructure services]] business.

== Recognition ==
*Vijayakumar was rated by ''[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]]'' as the Best CEO of the Year, 2020 in IT/ITES Industry.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/story/bt-mindrush-2021-here-are-the-winners-of-indias-best-ceos-285281-2021-01-23 | title=BT MindRush 2021: Here are the winners of 'India's Best CEOs' | date=23 January 2021 }}</ref>
*He was included in the list of Top 10 Disruptive CEOs by industry analyst group, HfS.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/c-vijayakumar | title=C. Vijayakumar - Agenda Contributor }}</ref> 

== See also ==
* [[Shiv Nadar]] founder of HCLTech

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