Raju Vegesna is a serial technology entrepreneur with a multi-decade series of successes. Before Sify, he was the founder and CEO of ServerEngines, an industry leader in network and storage convergence products that grew rapidly from its inception in 2003 to its acquisition by Emulex in 2010. Raju Vegesna then served as Chief Strategist for Emulex, responsible for the company’s strategic direction and evangelizing the adoption of Emulex products to key customers and partners. Raju Vegesna currently serves as the Chairman and Managing Director of Sify Technologies Limited, after having purchased a majority stake in 2005. Prior to ServerEngines and Sify, Raju Vegesna founded ServerWorks Corporation in 1994. He led the company as it became the world leader in computer chipsets, commanding a 90% market share in the x86 server chipset market. ServerWorks was acquired by Broadcom Corporation for US$1.8 billion in 2001. Before ServerWorks, Raju Vegesna co-founded and served as chief architect of Ross Technology Inc., spearheading the creation of the HyperSparc processor, a CPU used by Sun Microsystems to create its first multiprocessor computer servers. Before joining Ross Technology, Raju Vegesna worked as an engineer for Motorola, where he created the microcode for Motorola’s 68030 processor and the specification for the 68040 microprocessor. He received a master’s degree in computer engineering from Wayne State University and a bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering from Bangalore University. Raju Vegesna holds several patents on microprocessors and multiprocessor technologies. The Raju Vegesna Foundation funds programs to address the availability of clean water and education for communities in need.

Chartered accountant, Cost accountant and Company secretary by training, M P Vijay Kumar or MPV as he is fondly known, is the Executive Director and Group CFO of Sify Technologies. He is also an Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee on the Board of The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and Wheels India Limited ( WIL) , Independent Director on the Boards of ONGC Petro Additions Limited (OPAL), Geojit Investments Limited and Heritage Foods Limited. He currently serves as a Member on the IFRS Interpretation Committee of International Accounting Standards Board and IFRS Advisory Council of the IFRS Foundation, London. He served as Council Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (2016-2022), was Chairman of Accounting Standards Board and Ex Officio Member of National Financial Reporting Authority for the period 2019-2022. He has played central roles in industry associations, being part of the CFO Forum, the National Committee on Financial Reporting of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). His distinguished career has been embellished with National and International awards, the latest being inducted into the Hall of Fame of IMA’s CFO Collective, the BusinessWorld CFO of the Year for 2021. Previous recognitions include making the Roll of Honour of the Top 100 CFOs in India and the National Award for contribution to Financial Accounting by Capital Foundation Society. He is a speaker on the professional circuit on IFRS, Accounting Standards, Audit, Corporate Laws and Capital Market and an author of over 8 popular titles on Accounting, Accounting Standards, Audit Standards and Company Law that are in continuous reprints. His early professional engagements include being a Partner at Chartered Accountants’ firm, Yoganandh & Ram, prior to which, he headed the Investment Banking portfolio in addition to being Company Secretary of Sundaram Finance Services Ltd., Chennai, the Investment Banking arm of Sundaram Finance Limited.

Sharad Agarwal took over the mantle of the Chief Executive Officer of Sify Infinit Spaces Limited, wholly owned subsidiary of Sify Technologies Limited in 2024, topping a diverse career path with 28+ years of consistent growth. A decade of it was spent in Technology Implementation, Professional Services and Consulting and close to two decades in management; among them finding solutions to complex problems at multi-billion dollars scale at high double-digit growth rate. Sharad moved into this role on the strength of his technopreneurship across several domains like ecommerce, logistics, retail, Cloud and Data Center. An active industry veteran, he comes equipped with a combination of sales and project management skills that will help him expand the footprint and acceptance of Sify’s data centers. He is active on the industry front, scripting the narrative between the industry and the regulatory and also a committed advocate of the use of renewables in the Data Center business. Prior to Sify, Sharad was at Vantage, where he was mandated to build their Data Center business. This was preceded by a long stint at Amazon Web Services where he front-ended capacity delivery for an APAC region.

David Nishball is one of the leading experts in building and managing enterprise telecom operations in the Asia Pacific Region. He led the enterprise segment for a number of global operators, joint venture companies, and emerging market operators. He brings over 28 years of experience to Sify, spanning various roles and functions in the telecommunications industry, including 18 years in the Asia Pacific Region alone. David Nishball was President of Airtel Enterprise Services from 2007-2010, a business unit of Bharti Airtel Ltd., India’s leading telecom service provider. Prior to joining Bharti Airtel, he was a Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific, for Orange Business Services (formerly Equant), based in Singapore. He managed Orange’s business operations in Japan, Korea, Greater China, India, and Australasia. From 1982-2002, he held a number of strategic positions with AT&T and its related companies, playing a key role in supporting and managing several global ventures. This included serving as Regional Head of Concert Asia Pacific, a joint venture between BT and AT&T, where he led the global accounts sales, carrier services, and distribution organizations. David Nishball was a founding officer of WorldPartners Company, a global telecommunications services venture between AT&T, KDD Japan, Singapore Telecom and Unisource, serving as Vice President of Marketing. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics with an Engineering emphasis, also from U.C. Berkeley.

A veteran of the aviation industry and an seasoned operations leader, C R Rao moved up the organisational ranks to occupy the office of the Chief Operating Officer at Sify. Starting out as Head of Human Resources, his acumen as trained lawyer and his networking skills quickly thrust him into the pivotal role of COO when the company was shifting to high gear in the Data Center and Network spaces. His indefatigability to address and assuage bureaucracy and clients alike has been instrumental in the timely delivery of Data Centers in multiple geographies to different sets of clients. He has also been responsible for scaling up both the bench and active resources according to the demands of multiple contracts. In his over two decades of setting the direction for the Operations team, he has been instrumental in cross functional engagement of resources across multiple projects. An ardent technology adopter who views it as a productive tool, he has spearheaded the implementation of automation across internal processes that has resulted in a significant uptick in ROI per employee. His skills were honed at his previous management roles at Delta Tubes Pvt Ltd and Bobba Aviation Services – GSA Lufthansa Cargo engagement. He holds graduate degrees in law, commerce and Business Administration from Osmania University.