An experienced corporate business technology executive who has worked for over 35 years mainly as a CIO with large service providers in Telecom, Life Insurance, Hospitality and Software development, helping setup and scale complex technology platforms and back office operations functions. Nihar works as an independent IT Governance consultant. He is an avid birder, a novice bansuri player, an enthusiastic swimmer, an amateur nature photographer and a budding bridge enthusiast.

Nihar completed his B.Tech from IIT Delhi and PGDM from IIM Calcutta.