Dharmender Kapoor

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Birlasoft Limited

DK comes with 30 years of experience in the IT industry and is recognized across the industry as a thought leader. DK co-owns patents around Cloud & digital. He joined Birlasoft from HCL Technologies where he was heading Business & Technology Transformation Services. Before being elevated to CEO, DK also served as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Birlasoft, where he managed Global Delivery, Business Development, Advisory, and other enabling functions. He was also responsible for developing Birlasoft’s global business for the BFSI vertical. He played a critical and instrumental role in leading the divesture of Birlasoft’s legacy business and etched a strategy towards focusing on next-generation digital services.

DK was among the key leaders of the Strategic M&A team that was responsible for the acquisition and integration of KPIT’s IT business with Birlasoft’s core business, leading to the birth of a new mid-tier Enterprise Digital and IT Transformation Services public listed company – Birlasoft Limited. His stints as a Digital Business Strategist during the late ‘90s and early 2000s with companies like NIIT Technologies, Ericsson Hewlett Packard and HCL Technologies has helped place him among the most sought-after minds in the Enterprise Digital Technologies space, considering his national and international experience in transformational business services. He has also been credited for advising, initiating and securing large multiyear IT Transformation and Digital Transformation deals with global brands.

DK holds a Masters degree from Kurukshetra University, India, and is an avid contributor to professional forums through his industry opinion pieces and straight-from-the-heart blogs. DK being a highly creative person, enjoys sketching and painting with watercolors. Writing poems, sharing his life lessons, reimagining and penning down his thoughts through blogs stems out of his creativity and demonstrates his passion towards life and work.

DK’s motto in life is, “There is always a way”, one just needs to be curious to explore and courageous to walk into. He likes simplifying things and puts structure to unstructured thoughts and situations. He is known to be a leader who is highly self-aware, who likes being original often at the cost of presenting a contrarian view.

He enjoys interacting with his 10,000+ strong employees across the world, whom he considers as family forever!