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Vineet Nayar, Former CEO of HCL Technologies & Founder, Sampark Foundation

India

Champion's Profile

Vineet Nayar is an Indian business executive, author and philanthropist. He is the former Chief Executive Officer of HCL Technologies (2007–13), Founder Chairman & CEO of Sampark Foundation

UNDP SDG

Quality Education

Description and impact

Sampark Foundation was set up by Anupama Nayar and Vineet Nayar, former Vice Chairman and CEO of HCL Technologies with a belief that 'frugal innovation' and its effective implementation in partnership with the government can drive large-scale improvement in learning outcomes. This thought prompted its founders to dedicate their lives to advancing the cause of primary education in the country. The foundation has already reached 7 million children in 76,000 schools across 6 states.