Brickwork India

A pioneering visionary and entrepreneur, Vivek Kulkarni, the founder of Brickwork group of companies, started his career as an IAS officer and worked in government for 22 years. As an IT Secretary, Government of Karnataka, Vivek pioneered many path-breaking initiatives to aggressively promote Bangalore as a preferred destination for global companies to set-up their offices and captive centers. It was under his tenure, that Bangalore, became popularly known as the 'Silicon Valley' of India. In 2004, Vivek took an early retirement from government and started his entrepreneurial journey. He co-founded B2K Corp by acquiring a division of Talisma, a large CRM company. B2K provided technical support services for large global companies and also healthcare and data analytics services.