Varun Manwani, a second-generation entrepreneur, is an Economics (H) graduate from Delhi University and has been with the group for close to 24 years since his joining in the year 2000. Starting as a sales assistant at the electronics distribution arm, he has worked in all the companies under the group umbrella and is currently Director – Sahasra Group and the CEO of the Semiconductor venture Sahasra Semiconductors Pvt. Ltd. He is a Governing Council Member at MAIT the IT Industry Association, Hony Treasurer at ELCINA the Electronic Manufacturers Association and Core Member of the Workforce Development Program for the Semiconductor Industry being codeveloped by SEMI-ELCINA. Over the years Varun has demonstrated his risk-taking ability by furthering the group’s diversification initiatives moving into new geographies, new markets, product categories, new ventures and partnerships and setting up offices at new locations, thereby creating a niche for the group. A fine example of this was the decision of buying Infopower, a loss-making entity and turning it around within the first year and further wiping the carry over loss impact in less than five years followed by a JV with the Tiawan giant MiTAC. Under his leadership Sahasra became the very first company to manufacture Enterprise Grade Server Motherboards and also the very first company to begin OSAT/ATMP operations in India. Now Sahasra will be serving the IT Hardware market as it has signed contracts with customers to manufacture Laptops, Tablets, AIOs and complete Servers.