Vivek Kulkarni

Vivek Kulkarni is the Chairman and CEO of Brickwork India, a knowledge process outsourcing company & founder of Brickwork Ratings - the fifth credit rating agency of India. Vivek is the Indian Administrative Service officer from Karnataka.

Early life

Born in Hubli, India on July 21, 1957, Vivek graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the BVB Engineering College, Karnataka University after attending government school, and received his master's degree from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1991. After his engineering, he worked with Indian Oil for a short period before joining IAS.

Corporate Profile

Vivek has over 25 years of experience in managing different verticals of Business and Government departments. He was the Information Technology & Biotechnology Secretary, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore. During his tenure in Government, he was instrumental in building world-class information technology and Biotech institutes and corporate events in Karnataka. He promoted public-private partnership in Governance. Between 2000 and 2003 he worked actively in marketing Bangalore as the undisputed IT Capital of India. Prior to IT Secretary, he worked as Finance Secretary in Govt. of Karnataka, Head of CRISIL Advisory Services as well as the Division Chief SEBI. He was a faculty at the Boston University as well as the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. At present, he is a visiting professor in finance at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Vivek had pioneered the ‘remote executive assistant’ concept through Brickwork India, which received world-wide acclaim Fact|date=July 2008 through various publications such as the New York Times bestseller authors, Thomas Friedman (The World is Flat) [cite web|url=http://www.techfornonprofits.com/blogger/2005/04/world-is-flat-by-thomas-friedman.html|title=The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman(Book Review)Blog|date= 2005-04-24] and Timothy Ferris (The 4-hour work week) [cite web|url=http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/buzz-and-reviews/|title= The 4-hour Work Week by Timothy FerrisBlog|date= 2007-04-04] . Other publications like "Fortune"; "Business Week" - "China-India survey"; "London Sunday Times"; "Esquire" as well as several TV channels in the US and Europe have given coverage of Vivek's work [cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/14/business/smallbusiness/14assist.html|title=Personal Assistants on Call, Just Not in the Next Office|publisher=New York Times|date=2007-11-14] [cite web|url=http://www.esquire.com/ESQ0905OUTSOURCING_214|title=My outsourced LifeEsquire|date=2005-09-01] [cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/portal/2007/09/15/nosplit/ftfront115.xml|title=Offshoring: At your beck and callTelegraph|date= 2007-09-15] [cite web |url=http://sify.com/news/thethursdayinterview/fullstory.php?id=13307146|title=My inspiration is Murthy: Vivek KulkarniSify|date= 2003-11-13]

Quotes

"Outsourcing is no longer just for Fortune 500 companies. Small and mid-sized firms, as well as busy professionals, can outsource their work to increase their productivity and free time for more important commitments. It's time for the world to take advantage of this revolution.” [cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307353133|title=The 4-hour Work Week by Timothy FerrisBook|date= 2007-04-04]

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