Neerja Sethi

Bharat Desai
Born	1953 (age 63–64) Kenya
Residence	Fisher Island, Florida, US
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Michigan Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Occupation	Chairman of Syntel
Net worth	$2.5 billion (2013)
Spouse(s)	Neerja Sethi
Children	2

Bharat Desai (born 1953) is the co-founder and chairman of Syntel.

Bharat Desai was born in Kenya in 1953. In his childhood, he lived in Mombasa and Ahmedabad. Desai received a bachelor of technology degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and an MBA in finance from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business.

Desai co-founded Syntel, with his wife Neerja Sethi, of which he is the chairman.

Desai is a board member of several educational institutions, including the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

He is married to Neerja Sethi, and they have 2 children.