‘We are the largest IT employer in Kerala’

In a career span of 23 years, Vivek Varshney, VP & Head, Telecom, UST Global, has witnessed various phases of telecom and the transformation it went through. He talks about the road ahead for UST Global, the M2M growth in India and the key highlights of his career in an interview with Voice&Data. Some excerpts:

Voice&Data:

Can you give an overview of UST Global and its journey so far?

UST Global is an IT Services and Solutions Provider which started its operations in 1999 simultaneously from Trivandrum and Los Angeles. Our company has domain expertise in healthcare, insurance, retail, financial

Vivek Varshney:

services, transportation & logistics, manufacturing & automotive, telecommunications and media & entertainment.

During the 90s, our founder wanted to generate employment for the people of Kerala, as most of them either had to go to Bangalore that had emerged as the Silicon Valley of Asia, or they had to move out of the country. Today, we are the largest IT employer in Kerala with a workforce of 9000+ people. Globally, we employ 17,000 people. Apart from Trivandrum, we have presence in Cochin, Chennai, Bangalore and Gurgaon. In Gurgaon, we have set up Center for Excellence for telecom sector along with catering to the government sectors.

VP & Head, Telecom, UST Global