
Leadership
Rajendra Thakur
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Adunova Digital
A 38-year veteran of global telecom and technology who founded Adunova Digital in 2026 to bring AI-first, senior-led digital transformation to organizations of every size.
- Experience
- 38+ years in global telecom, IT services and managed operations
- Previously
- Senior Vice President & Chief Customer Operations Officer, Comviva (Tech Mahindra)
- Education
- B.E. Electronics & Telecommunication, SSGMCE, Amravati University
Profile
Rajendra Thakur is a 38-year veteran of the global telecom and technology industry, with an executive career spanning HCL Hewlett Packard, Hughes Software Systems (later Aricent), and Comviva — a Tech Mahindra company — where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Operations Officer.
He holds a B.E. in Electronics & Telecommunication from SSGMCE, Amravati University, and has built deep expertise in managed services delivery, establishing and scaling remote delivery centers, international customer management, and large-scale telecom operations across multiple continents.
In his most recent corporate role he was accountable for global customer operations across a portfolio serving operators in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and Latin America — running delivery, service assurance, commercial governance and customer relationships at scale.
Following a full corporate career, Rajendra chose to channel four decades of operating experience into a new venture, founding Adunova Digital in 2026 with a mission to bring AI-first, senior-led digital transformation to organizations of every size.
“We do not scale by adding juniors. We scale by making sure every engineer we put in front of a client is someone we would put in front of a board.”
Areas of expertise
- Setting up, scaling and governing Global Capability Centers and remote delivery centers across geographies
- Managed services delivery and service assurance for carrier-grade, mission-critical environments
- International customer operations, executive relationship management and commercial governance
- Large-scale telecom operations — network, VAS, messaging, digital and payments platforms
- Organizational change management, delivery transformation and P&L ownership
- Building senior engineering teams and delivery cultures that hold accountability
Career
Career timeline
1983–1987
B.E. Electronics & Telecommunication, SSGMCE, Amravati University
Engineering foundations in telecom systems
1988
Career begins in telecom and enterprise technology
First exposure to large-scale network operations
HCL Hewlett Packard
Enterprise infrastructure and systems delivery
Discipline in infrastructure and support operations
Hughes Software Systems / Aricent
Telecom software products and services
Product engineering and global delivery models
Comviva (Tech Mahindra)
Senior Vice President & Chief Customer Operations Officer
Global customer operations, managed services, remote delivery centers
2026
Founds Adunova Digital in Gurugram, with presence in Dubai and Nairobi
A senior-only services and platform company
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