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 Vineet
Nayar has been with the HCL Group for 18 long years. One of
the pillars of the Group, He tells PUNITA JASROTIA PHUKAN
why it pays to be loyal to one organisation
Vineet Nayar defies the typical career graph
of an IT professional. He started his career with HCL Technologies,
and 18 years later remains with the Group as one of its driving
forces. In an era when job switching is believed to ensure success
and faster career progression, Nayar proves to be an exception.
Today the chief executive officer of HCL Comnet, he also holds the
post of vice president in HCL Technologies.
Nayar is credited with having written the
success story of HCL Comnet. Established almost a decade ago, today
HCL Comnet is one of the better-known IT services company in India,
with almost 700 employees and continues to pioneer new areas in
the domain of IT services management.
A graduate in electronics engineering with
a management degree from XLRI Jamshedpur, Nayar started his career
with the HCL Group in 1985. Starting as a senior management trainee,
Nayar has handled diverse national portfolios in sales and marketing
with HCL Limited, for instance HCL Finance, HCL Investments and
the HCL-HP venture. In his initial seven years with the company,
Nayar was promoted five times, and in 1992, he was appointed as
the general manager for Strategic Group Diversification. This later
resulted in the creation of HCL Comnet, and in 1994 he was nominated
as CEO of the company. According to him, the joy of creating something
is ten times more than just doing a job.
It has however not been an easy journey.
Since its inception, the company has gone through four phases of
transitions—from satellite communications to e-security, network
intelligence to remote management of networks. Firmly believing
that change is a constant factor in life, Nayar has tried shaping
the company accordingly. This has also been the reason why the company
has a leadership position in each space.
Another factor which helped the company
is its emphasis on ‘cost-effectiveness’. This has also
served as a key driver for the company’s managed IT services
offering, as this results in a 50 percent reduction in operational
costs for a customer. For Nayar, one of the greatest achievements
for the company is that since its inception, HCL Comnet has not
lost even a single customer.
Nayar firmly believes that an organisation’s
success lies with its people and hence the conviction to create
a learning organisation. The purpose is to give way to fresh ideas
and suggestions and new blood. “Unless we are building value
and delivering to higher value segments, we will not be able to
compete. Though at times, this may involve taking risks, but the
organisation is ready for such ventures,” he says. The aim
is to set up an organisation, which is not just task-driven but
also initiative-driven.
Taking a cue from his experience, Nayar
lays a special emphasis on giving young blood a chance. “It
is amazing to see the kind of enthusiasm and spirit which these
young professionals have to make a difference,” he adds.
Contact the writer at punita@expresscomputeronline.com
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