Shiv and Roshni Nadar in 2005 with the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Roshni Nadar Malhotra (born 1981 or 1982) is an Indian businesswoman and philanthropist and the chairperson of HCL Technologies. She is the first woman to lead a listed IT company in India.[2][3] She is the only child of HCL Group founder and 3rd richest person in India[4][5] billionaire businessman Shiv Nadar.[6] In 2024[7] and 2019,[8] she was ranked 60th and 54th respectively on the Forbes[9]World's 100 Most Powerful Women.[10]
In 2023, Roshni ranked 60th in the Forbes list of World's 100 Most Powerful Women.[11] She is also the CEO of HCL Corporation, the holding company of all HCL Group entities.
She worked in various companies as a producer before joining HCL.[18] Within a year of her joining HCL, she was elevated as executive director and CEO of HCL Corporation.[19][20] She subsequently became the chairperson of HCL Technologies, after her father Shiv Nadar stepped down.[21] In 2025, Nadar became the largest shareholder of HCL, after her father, Shiv, gifter her 47% of his share in HCL Technologies.[17]
Prior to becoming CEO of the HCL Corporation, Roshni Nadar was a trustee of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, which runs the not-for-profit Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering in Chennai.[22] She is the chairperson of VidyaGyan Leadership Academy, a leadership academy for the economically underprivileged.[23][16] She set up 'The Habitats' trust that aims at protecting India's natural habitats and indigenous species in a bid to create and conserve sustainable ecosystems.[3]
Personal life
Nadar is a trained classical musician.[24] In 2010, she married Shikhar Malhotra, vice chairman of HCL Healthcare. They have two sons.[25]
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