Dr. Nidhi PundhirSVP, Global CSR, HCLTech & Director, HCLFoundation

Dr. Nidhi Pundhir is an international humanitarian services and socio-economic-environmental development specialist. In the capacity of Senior Vice President, Global CSR, she leads the global CSR agenda for HCLTech and heads the HCLFoundation, which is the CSR arm of HCLTech, in India. 

Dr. Pundhir has strategized as well as executed impactful programmatic frameworks that are aligned to the global Sustainable Development Goals, for the most disadvantaged and isolated communities, including environmental targets. She has a deep understanding of poverty issues and delivers realistic approaches towards poverty alleviation. In her current role, Nidhi has envisioned HCLTech’s flagship Global CSR Policy. She has built the HCLFoundation’s vision, mission, and strategy to the next level, ensuring high-quality programme delivery, that brings about meaningful difference on ground. 

With more than 27 years of experience in actualizing Human Rights and Environmental action at national and international levels, some of the key portfolios she has held were with SOS Children’s Villages as Director Programme Development, Asia, and at Plan International’s International Headquarters as Global Advisor on Child Protection in Development. 

Dr. Pundhir holds a doctorate in Public Health Management, with her thesis on “Right to Health During First 1000 Days of Life for Children Living in Slums”, from IIHMR University, Jaipur and M.Phil. in Health Systems Management from BITS, Pilani, India.