Our Team

Diwakar Nigam
Chairman and Managing Director

Diwakar Nigam co-founded Newgen in 1992. He is also a founding member of NASSCOM, India’s apex IT industry association, and was a member of NASSCOM’s Anti-Piracy Task Group. Prior to joining Newgen, he founded Softek and was associated with the company for 12 years. Diwakar has served on Newgen’s Board of Directors since 1993 and has more than 35 years of experience in the IT industry. He is an alumnus of University of Allahabad, IIT Delhi, and IIT Madras.

T. S. Varadarajan
Whole-time Director

T. S. Varadarajan co-founded Newgen in 1992 and has been on the company’s Board of Directors since its incorporation. Prior to promoting Newgen, he promoted Softek Private Limited and was associated with the company for 13 years. He has more than 35 years of experience in software designing and development. He is an alumnus of Bangalore University, IISc Bengaluru, and IIT Madras, and holds a Master’s in Technology (computer science).

Priyadarshini Nigam
Whole-time Director

Priyadarshini Nigam has served on Newgen’s Board of Directors since 1997. Previously, she was a journalist with over 10 years of experience. She has freelanced and published with the South-North News Service and Depthnews Press Foundation Asia. Priyadarshini holds a Master’s degree in Economics.

Saurabh Srivastava
Independent Director

Saurabh is one of India’s leading IT entrepreneurs, angel investors and venture capitalists. He has more than 40 years of experience in the field of Information Technology. He is a founder director of Indian Angel Network and a former chairman of NASSCOM. He has also been honored with Padma Shri by the Government of India. He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and Harvard University, USA.

Subramaniam Ramnath Iyer
Independent Director

Subramaniam Ramnath Iyer is a founder partner of Amtrak Consultants LLP which provides financial and corporate law advisory services to various entities. He has over forty years of post-qualification experience in the fields of finance, accounting, and corporate laws. He is qualified as a Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary, and Cost Accountant.

Padmaja Krishnan
Independent Director

Padmaja has over 40 years of industry experience as a global business leader and innovator in the technology space. She has led multiple business portfolios for organizations like Tata Consultancy Services, CSC, Sopra-Steria, Dell-Perot Systems, and Genisys Group. She provides Business Mentoring services and is a Certified Executive Coach at Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching. She is a Certified Tick IT Lead Assessor from UK and a Certified Corporate Director from Institute of Directors.

Kaushik Dutta
Independent Director

Kaushik Dutta is the founder and co-director of the Thought Arbitrage Research Institute and has over 25 years of experience in finance and accounting, having previously served as a partner at both Lovelock and Lewes and Price Waterhouse. He has served as an expert with the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs and the Serious Fraud Investigation Office within the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Kaushik has also authored the Handbook of Independent Directors: Upholding the Moral Compass, co-authored Corporate Governance: Myth to Reality and India Means Business: How the Elephant Earned Its Stripes, and acted as a contributing author of CR Data and Company Law (VII Edition). He graduated in commerce from St. Xavier’s College, University of Calcutta. He is a qualified chartered accountant and a fellow member of ICAI.