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Shiv Nadar

Shiv Nadar (born 14 July 1945) is an Indian billionaire Industrialist and philanthropist. He is the founder
and chairman. Of HCL and the Shiv Nadar Foundation. Nadar founded HCL In the mid-1970s and
transformed the IT hardware company into an IT enterprise over the next three decades by constantly
reinventing his company’s focus. In 2008. Nadar was awarded Padma Bhushan for his efforts in the IT
Industry Nadar nick named by friends as Magus since the mid 1990s he has focused his efforts on
developing the educational system of India through the Shiv Nadar Foundation.

Career:
The initial enterprise which Nadar and his partners began was Microcomp a company which focused on
selling teledigital calculators in the Indian market. HCL was founded in 1976, with an investment of Rs.
187,000 .In 1980, HCL ventured into the international market with the opening of Far East Computers in
Singapore to sell IT hardware. The venture reported Rs 1 million revenue in the first year and continued to
address the Singapore operations. Nadar remained the largest shareholder without retaining any management
control.

Early Life And Educations:

Nadar was born in 1945 in Moolaipozhi Village,Tamil Nadu, India.His parents were Sivasubramaniya Nadar
and Vamasundari Devi.Nadar studied at Town Higher Secondary School, Kumbakonam.He also studied in
the Elango Corporation Higher Secondary School, Madurai.He was admitted into the first form (Sixth
Standard) in June 1955 and continued his education in Town High School until June 1957. Later, he joined
St. Joseph Boys Higher Secondary School, Trichy, and completed high school education here.Nadar
received a pre-university degree in the American College, Madurai and a degree in Electrical and
Electronics Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.

Awards & Milestone achivements:

➢ In 2008, the Government of India awarded him with a Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian
award, for his contribution to the IT industry.
➢ In 2007, Madras University awarded him an honorary doctorate degree.
➢ Shiv Nadar was awarded E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 (Services).
➢ In 2011, he was counted amongst Forbes’ 48 Heroes of Philanthropy in Asia Pacific.
 ➢ In April 2017, India Today magazine ranked Nadar #16th in India’s 50 most powerful people of 2017
list.
➢ Shiv Nadar has committed more than $1 billion to philanthropy

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