Karun Rishi President USA-India Chamber of Commerce

President's profile

Karun Rishi has over 32 years of experience in the high tech & management consulting industry. He has held senior management positions in technology companies. Karun has extensive experience managing operations, strategy, planning, international marketing, strategic alliances and government & institutional relations. He was the President and CEO of a high tech company. Karun serves as a board member and President of the USA-India Chamber of Commerce.

Karun is a thought leader and interacts with the senior management of Global companies to device their India strategy and fulfills their India initiative. His initiatives have lead to several US companies opening or expanding their India operations.

He has worked in executive capacities in seven countries worldwide in the USA, Europe and Asia. He started his career as a founding employee of the largest high tech company in India where he helped grow the company to 5000 employees and go public in 1992. In Europe, Karun served as Executive President of the Indian Business Association.

Karun is active in the speaker circuit. He is frequently called upon to speak and moderate panel discussions at the leading global industry forums. September 6, 2002, he was invited to open the NASDAQ Market in NYC along with a delegation from India.