Vivek Kulkarni

Vivek has vast leadership experience in various government departments and in private business enterprise. He was the Information Technology & Biotechnology Secretary, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore. During his tenure in Government, he was instrumental in branding Bangalore as the Silicon City of India, through his aggressive drive towards getting global IT companies to set up offices in Bangalore. He facilitated the creation of world-class IT and Biotechnology institutes and transformed the annual IT exhibition into a mega event in Bangalore. After leaving government service, Vivek turned entrepreneur and in early 2004, he pioneered the unique concept of ‘Remote Executive Assistant’ to address the needs of a niche market - the SMEs, entrepreneurs and professionals who wanted assistance in driving their business and professional goals. He has been a faculty at Boston University as well as the Indian Institute of Management and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He has done his MBA from the Wharton Business School, USA.