Vivek Kulkarni

Vivek Kulkarni is the Chairman of Brickwork India,[1] a knowledge process outsourcing company & founder MD of Brickwork Ratings - credit rating agency[2] of India.[3] Vivek is the Indian Administrative Service officer from Karnataka.[4]

Vivek Kulkarni is the Chairman of Brickwork India, a knowledge process outsourcing company & founder MD of Brickwork Ratings - credit rating agency of India. Vivek is the Indian Administrative Service officer from Karnataka.

Personal life

Vivek Kulkarni is married to Sangeeta and they have two children, Reecha, born in 1994; and Shruti, born in 2000. Sangeeta is the co-Founder and CEO of Brickwork India.[5]

Early life

Born in Hubli, India on 21 July 1957, Vivek graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the B.V.B. College of Engineering & Technology, Hubli,[6] Karnataka University after attending government school, and received his master's degree from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1991. After his engineering, he worked with Indian Oil for a short period before joining IAS.[7]

Corporate Profile

Vivek has over 25 years of experience in managing different verticals of Business and Government departments.[8] He was the Information Technology & Biotechnology Secretary, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore.[9]

During his tenure in Government, he was instrumental in building world-class information technology and Biotech institutes and corporate events in Karnataka. He promoted public-private partnership in Governance. Between 2000 and 2003 he worked actively in marketing Bangalore as the undisputed IT Capital of India. Prior to IT Secretary, he worked as Finance Secretary in Govt. of Karnataka, Head of CRISIL Advisory Services as well as the Division Chief SEBI. He was a faculty at the Boston University as well as the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. At present, he is a visiting professor[10] in finance at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Vivek had pioneered the 'remote executive assistant' concept through Brickwork India, which received worldwide acclaim through various publications such as the New York Times bestseller authors, Thomas Friedman (The World is Flat)[11] and Timothy Ferris (The 4-Hour Workweek).[12] Other publications like Fortune; Business Week - China-India survey; The Sunday Times; Esquire as well as several TV channels in the US and Europe have given coverage of Vivek's work[13][14][15][16][17]

Quotes

"Outsourcing is no longer just for Fortune 500 companies. Small and mid-sized firms, as well as busy professionals, can outsource their work to increase their productivity and free time for more important commitments. It's time for the world to take advantage of this revolution."[18]

References
  1. "Brickwork India Appoints Sangeeta Kulkarni as the CEO". 27 March 2012.
  2. "Credit rating agency listings" (PDF). www.sebi.gov.in.
  3. "ACRAA". acraa.com.
  4. "Widgets Magazine". Betabs.business-standard.com. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  5. "Spirit Of Entrepreneurship Sangeeta & Vivek Kulkarni Founders, Brickwork India". Epaper.timesofindia.com. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  6. "Alumni info" (PDF). www.bvb.edu.
  7. "Vivek Kulkarni IAS (Retd.): Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com.
  9. "Profile" (PDF). www.christuniversity.in.
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. "The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman (Book Review)". 24 April 2005.
  12. "The 4-hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris". 4 April 2007.
  13. Fost, Dan (14 November 2007). "Personal Assistants on Call, Just Not in the Next Office". New York Times. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  14. "My outsourced Life". Esquire. 1 September 2005.
  15. Mitchell, Sandy (15 September 2007). "Offshoring: At your beck and call". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  16. "My inspiration is Murthy: Vivek Kulkarni". Sify. 13 November 2003.
  17. "At your service:SPIRIT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP". 14 December 2011.
  18. Ferriss, Timothy (4 April 2007). The 4-hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris. ISBN 978-0307353139.
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