Arun Seth

Board Member

Arun Seth took early retirement from his corporate career to focus on bringing the benefits of IT/Telecom to real world businesses in various sectors via a innovative entrepreneurial eco system and a focus on giving back to society.

Starting as the founding MD of British Telecom, India in 1995 he built it to its current leadership position.

He had been on several co-boards like Alcatel Lucent India, BT India, Tech Mahindra, Airtel, Acme Telepower and more. He had been very active with Govt and Regulators on shaping Telecoms Policy and IT Policy and was on the founding committee for the formation of the Data Security Council of India.

Currently he is an independent director on the board of Narayana Health, Jubilant Pharmova Ltd, Sify Technologies, Usha Breco Ltd, Serviont Global Solutions Ltd, etc. He has been an active angel investor for the last 20+ years and is an active advisor and mentor to several startups based out of India and USA including Healthifyme, Fitgalaxy, Healthcubed, Nutanix USA, InMobi etc.

He co-chairs the Nasscom Product Conclave and is currently a Charter member of TiE Delhi Chapter. Active with the Indian Angel Network, he is an advisor to The IAN Fund.

He is extremely active on NGOs and Education boards including DPS Ghaziabad Society, Pahle India Foundation, Helpage India Board, NCPEDP and more.

He has served on the Board of Governors for IIM Lucknow, IIIT Delhi and TERI University. An alumnus of IIT Kanpur and IIM Calcutta – he has worked in several senior commercial positions in the last 40+ years. He has chaired Pan IIT in 2010 and was Vice President of IIT Kanpur Alumni Association.