Who is Roshni Nadar Malhotra?
Roshni Nadar Malhotra is the chairperson of HCLTech, the first woman to head a listed Indian IT company and India’s richest woman on the M3M Hurun India Rich List 2026, with ₹2.79 lakh crore (about $29.1 billion) for her and her family, fifth among all Indians 12. She is the only child of HCL founder Shiv Nadar and took over as chairperson from him in July 2020 3.
How did Roshni Nadar Malhotra become HCLTech chairperson?
She joined the HCL group in the late 2000s after working as a news producer at Sky News in the United Kingdom and CNN in the United States, and became executive director and CEO of HCL Corporation 45. On 17 July 2020 she succeeded her father as chairperson of HCL Technologies, becoming the first woman to lead a listed Indian IT company 3. In March 2025 Shiv Nadar gifted her 47% of his shareholding in HCL Corp and Vama Delhi, Deccan Herald reported 6.
Early life and education
She grew up in Delhi and went to Vasant Valley School. She graduated from Northwestern University in the United States with a degree in communication, focused on radio, television and film, and earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management 45.
Philanthropy
She is a trustee of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, which was established in 1994 to run schools and colleges, and she chairs VidyaGyan, a leadership academy for meritorious rural students in Uttar Pradesh. She founded The Habitats Trust, a conservation group, in 2018 5.
Roshni Nadar Malhotra net worth
Hurun valued her and her family at ₹2.79 lakh crore on 24 August 2026, making her India’s richest woman and fifth overall; see our report on the richest woman in India and the top 10 richest people in India. Our Roshni Nadar Malhotra net worth page has the details 12.