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	'''Vijay K. Thadani''' (born 1951) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ businessman who co-founded [[NIIT]] along with [[Rajendra S. Pawar]] in 1981. He is currently the Managing Director of the company. He is an alumnus of [[Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi\|Indian Institute of Technology]], [[Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/gen/executive.html?excode=D7E87DEA9FE84828B638F31634B2048B\|title=Vijay K Thadani profile\|work=bizjournals.org\|access-date=16 February 2010}} {{Dead link\|date=November 2010\|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/10224225/NIIT-order-book-robust-to-imp.html\|title=NIIT order book robust, to improve with govt orders\|last=Udayan \|first=Mukherjee\|author2=Mitali Mukherjee \|date=10 September 2009\|work=[[Livemint]]\|access-date=16 February 2010}}</ref>		'''Vijay K. Thadani''' (born 1951) is an Indian businessman who co-founded [[NIIT]] along with [[Rajendra S. Pawar]] in 1981. He is currently the Managing Director of the company. He is an alumnus of [[Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi\|Indian Institute of Technology]], [[Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/gen/executive.html?excode=D7E87DEA9FE84828B638F31634B2048B\|title=Vijay K Thadani profile\|work=bizjournals.org\|access-date=16 February 2010}} {{Dead link\|date=November 2010\|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/10224225/NIIT-order-book-robust-to-imp.html\|title=NIIT order book robust, to improve with govt orders\|last=Udayan \|first=Mukherjee\|author2=Mitali Mukherjee \|date=10 September 2009\|work=[[Livemint]]\|access-date=16 February 2010}}</ref>

	He has been actively engaged with many industry associations.		He has been actively engaged with many industry associations.

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'''Vijay K. Thadani''' (born 1951) is an [[India]]n businessman who co-founded [[NIIT]] along with [[Rajendra S. Pawar]] in 1981. He is currently the Managing Director of the company. He is an alumnus of [[Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi|Indian Institute of Technology]], [[Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/gen/executive.html?excode=D7E87DEA9FE84828B638F31634B2048B|title=Vijay K Thadani profile|work=bizjournals.org|access-date=16 February 2010}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/10224225/NIIT-order-book-robust-to-imp.html|title=NIIT order book robust, to improve with govt orders|last=Udayan |first=Mukherjee|author2=Mitali Mukherjee |date=10 September 2009|work=[[Livemint]]|access-date=16 February 2010}}</ref>

He has been actively engaged with many industry associations.

Served as President of the [[Information technology in India|Indian IT industry]] association, MAIT, and also chaired the Indian Government's Committee on National Information Infrastructure Policy.

Served as Chairman of the IT Committee, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in the USA

Currently serving as the Chairman of CII National Committee on Education and also serves as the Chairman of the National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET), which works under the aegis of the [[Quality Council of India]]

Serving on the Board of CompTIA USA, an association advancing the global interests of the information technology industry, and also as a member of the India Advisory Board of the [[Maastricht University]], Netherlands

Recently appointed as a member of the Strategy Council of [[Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development|Global Alliance for ICT and Development]] of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA-GAID)
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A 'Distinguished Alumnus of the premier Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Vijay was honored with the position of 'Economic Consultant' to Chongqing, the world's largest city in the People's Republic of China.

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