There is an interesting incident about Rajesh Hukku. In 2000, he had gone on a sales call, trying to persuade a major European bank to replace its outdated software with his new one. Giving him an unusual brush-off, the executive of the bank told him that the bank's system was so complex that only God could figure it out. Prompt came the reply from Hukku, the Chairman and Managing Director of i-flex solutions, "Sir, we are Indians," he said."We are very religious, and very close to God." And you know, Hukku won the business! A BE (Hons) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India and Post Graduate Researcher of LAN Technology, University of Maryland, USA, Hukku is now out on another feat - of making his company the first Indian software producer to achieve a global status.

After taking over the reign of the company as Chief Executive Officer in 1992, Hukku has been instrumental in introducing several expansion plans and products within i-flex Solution. As a result of his untiring efforts the company today boasts of revenues, which has exceeded US$ 261.5 million. It has more than 540 customers in over 110 countries and is among India's top 10 software companies. A man known for his business strategies and administrative abilities, I-flex Solution under Hukku has become a world leader in providing IT solutions to the financial services industry, providing a range of products and customized services to cut costs and respond rapidly to market needs.

Employing more than 4,700 people and operating from 14 development centers across India, Singapore and the USA, the company under Hukku has developed a strong global reach with a sales, marketing and support presence covering 22 overseas locations with 4 subsidiaries. As a result of Hukku's initiatives, the company was able to strike alliances with industry leaders such as Hewlett Packard, IBM, Oracle, Intel and Microsoft. On the personal front, Hukku has to his credit numerous awards and recognition. He has been conferred the prestigious Ernst & Young 'Entrepreneur of the Year Award for his role in scripting India's first global software product success story.

Not only this, the Government of India felicitated him with the most prestigious IT award - "The Dewang Mehta award for innovation in IT". He is also a recipient of the 2004 Global Entrepolis Award, an honour bestowed on Asia's emerging technopreneur. In fact, TIME Magazine named him as 'Technology Gurus who survived the global meltdown" and it was not too long back when for his contribution to IT transformation in Chile, he was conferred the 'Order Bernardo O Higgins - Great Official' - the highest civilian honour conferred on a foreign national by the Chilean Government. With a person so dynamic, energetic and talented heading the organisation, there is no force stopping i-flex from achieving greater heights.