Rajesh Hukku

Rajesh Hukku is Chairman and Managing Director of i-flex solutions limited. Rajesh graduated with B.E.(Hons) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (A3) from BITS Pilani.Fact|date=February 2007 He attended post graduate studies studiying local area networks at the University of Maryland, College Park, USAFact|date=February 2007.

Since 1992, he has led the transformation of I-flex Solutions into a global software product company. Fact|date=February 2007 He left Tata to join Citicorp Overseas Software Limited (COSL). CITIL was carved out of COSL in early 1990s and Rajesh was appointed head of CITIL after Ravi Apte, then CEO of COSL and CITIL, relocated to Hong Kong. CITIL was later renamed as i-flex solutions.

Rajesh Hukku has served on the NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Service Companies, India) Executive Committee.Fact|date=February 2007 He has spoken at the World Economic Forum Summit,Fact|date=February 2007 the Asia-Pacific Leadership Summit,Fact|date=February 2007 Harvard Business School and the World Congress of Bankers in Jamaica Fact|date=February 2007 and the Latin American Business ConventionFact|date=February 2007.

Hukku helped develop a stock trading system for wire service Reuters as an employee for Tata Consultancy Services.Fact|date=February 2007

Awards and Honours

Rajesh Hukku was conferred Ernst & Young India's 'Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2002' in the Information Technology, Communications and Entertainment category.Fact|date=February 2007 Rajesh Hukku also received an IT award from the Indian Government - 'The Dewang Mehta award for innovation in IT'.Fact|date=February 2007 He also received a 2004 Global Entrepolis Award. He was conferred the 'Order Bernardo O Higgins - Great Official' - by the Chilean Government for work in Chile.Fact|date=February 2007 Rajesh Hukku won an International Stevie Award in the third annual International Business Awards for Best Chairman on June 26, 2006. [http://www.stevieawards.com|ref]

Rajesh Hukku has been profiled in several publications, including TIME Magazine's feature on 'Technology Gurus who survived the global meltdown' Fact|date=February 2007and Business Week's Star of Asia-2003.Fact|date=February 2007 i-flex and Rajesh Hukku have featured in the Economist,Fact|date=February 2007 the Wall Street Journal Fact|date=February 2007 and the Far Eastern Economic Review.Fact|date=February 2007 Hukku has been listed as an entrepreneur in the '25 leaders at the forefront of change,' by "Business Week" in 2003.Fact|date=February 2007

References

* [http://www.iflexsolutions.com/iflex/company/Profile_RajeshHukku.aspx Rajesh Hukku's profile in i-flex site]
* [http://www.time.com/time/2003/survivors/hukku.html Time magazine quotes Rajesh Hukku]
* [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_23/b3836613.htm businessweek on Rajesh Hukku]
* [http://www.oracle.com/newsletters/information-indepth/financial-services/jul-07/hukku-interview.html Interview with Rajesh Hukk on Oracle's Site]
* [http://www.ciol.com/slideshow/50years/page26.asp CIOL - top 50 Sculptors of IT industry]
* [http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2003/11/07/stories/2003110701400200.htm The Hindu news on Business Week Stars of Asia award]
* [http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=12827293&capId=22247&previousCapId=22247&previousTitle=Oracle%20Corp. Oracle executive Page]
* [http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/iba/awards/171_2084_13704.cfm Stevie Awards]