Vijay Sethi
CIO & Head – CSR – Hero MotoCorp Ltd.
Full Name | Vijay Sethi |
Current Designation & Role | CIO & Head – CSR |
Current Company Name | Hero MotoCorp Ltd. |
Past Company Names | Ranbaxy and Tata Consultancy Services |
No of Years in the IT Industry | 28 |
City you live in currently and since when | New Delhi since 1994 |
Native Town/ City you belong | Chandigarh |
Mother Tongue | Punjabi |
Language you are proficient with | English, Hindi, Punjabi |
Educational Details |
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Awards and Recognitions Received CIO |
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Gadgets you love the most and why |
With these one feels connected at all times and are so simple to use. |
What makes you laugh | Lot of things:
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Current book you are reading and what you love about it | The Unusual Billionaires by Saurabh Mukherjea |
Books you enjoyed reading the most | Lots of them including :
Great by Choice – Jim Collins Monk Who Sold his Ferarai – Robin Sharma The Goal – by Goldratt Who Moved my Cheese – Spencer Johnson Straight from the Gut – Jack Welch Connect The Dots – Rashmi Bansal |
Software company you admire and why | Would not like to name |
Hardware company your admire and why | Would not like to name |
IT personality you admire and why | Mr. Michael Dell – the way he starting in 1984 from selling upgraded PCs to then changing the global PC business by selling PCs on web to becoming largest PC maker in the world by the age of 36 in 2001. And he is a real down to earth person- amazing personality |
Your best moment in your career till date | a. Being awarded CIO of the year
b. Having a long one-on-one conversation with Mr. MichaelDell |
Your best moment in personal life | Too personal to share |
Music You Like | Hindi Ghazals / Old Hindi Songs / Punjabi GurbaniShabadKirtan |
Movies You Like | I do not watch movies |
Most Liked Travel Destination | Germany (Heidelberg) |
Why do you like your job | a. While IT gives me an opportunity to actually changing the wayorganization and the eco system works by deploying systems / re-engineeringprocesses, my role in CSR helps me doing actual ground level work for under privileged b. Keeps me updated with latest trends in technology and gives me an opportunity to explore these to help my organization achieve our business objectives c. Gives me an opportunity to meet and interact with some ofthe best minds in business and IT d. Has lots of challenges that keeps one motivated e. Gives me lot of personal and professional satisfaction |
Most favorite quote | If you want to Change the World, first change yourself |