Mr. Viral Mody, Executive Director - Vertical 1 (Critical operations)

Mr. Viral Mody is a seasoned technology leader with over 27+ years of extensive experience across the full spectrum of capital markets technology. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and has played a pivotal role in building, operating, and governing mission-critical platforms for stock exchanges as well as trading members, bringing a comprehensive end-to-end perspective of market infrastructure and ecosystem operations.

In his previous role as CTO - Application Development at NSE, he has led enterprise-wide application development initiatives, driving technology transformation, platform modernization, and delivery of highly resilient, real-time systems that support large-scale market operations.

Over the course of his career, he has developed deep expertise in software engineering, enterprise architecture, IT infrastructure and operations, technology procurement, pre-sales, and business-aligned solution design. He has also led strategic technology programs focused on modernization, scalability, high availability, and operational excellence.

He has a strong track record in technology governance, stakeholder management, and building high-performing teams. He is recognized for his ability to engage effectively across all organization levels – from engineering teams to regulators and external stakeholders – and for representing institution in interaction with government bodies, academia and market participants.

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Mr. Viral Mody currently holds Directorship in NSE Infotech Services Limited (under liquidation).