These partners were Ajai Chowdhry (Ex-Chairman, HCL), Arjun Malhotra (CEO and chairman, Headstrong), Subhash Arora, Yogesh Vaidya, S. Raman, Mahendra Pratap and DS Puri.
[17] The initial enterprise that Nadar and his partners began was Microcomp, a company that focused on selling teledigital calculators in the Indian market.
[20] In 1980, HCL ventured into the international market with the opening of Far East Computers in Singapore to sell IT hardware.
The venture reported Rs 1 million in revenue in the first year and continued to address the Singapore operations.
[24] In October 2021, he was ranked by Forbes magazine as the third richest person in India with an estimated net worth of US$31 billion.
[27] In 2006, Nadar announced that the college will promote research apart from ensuring that students benefit from foreign university tie-ups.
He visited Town Higher Secondary School in February 2011 and donated computers and other equipment worth Rs.
[citation needed] Nadar topped the list of most generous donors of 2024 as he donated nearly rupees 6 crore every day in the year.