Shiv Nadar is an Indian businessman and philanthropist who founded HCL Technologies. He was born in 1945 in Chennai and graduated with an electrical engineering degree. Nadar started his career at Cooper Engineering and founded HCL in the 1970s, making him one of the richest people in India and the only Indian to establish the computer systems industry. As the chairman of HCL and his philanthropic organization, the Shiv Nadar Foundation, Nadar supports education initiatives like boarding schools for underprivileged students in Uttar Pradesh and Shiv Nadar University. The Foundation has committed Rs. 5000 crores towards philanthropic activities.