From kitchen to Cloud: How Ajay Vij is steering Accenture's India engine

Lunch with BS: Ajay Vij, Senior Country Managing Director, Accenture India

Getting a gourmet Italian restaurant to open exclusively for lunch is rare in Mumbai. But for Ajay Vij, senior country managing director, Accenture India, all it takes is a phone call. And why not? Before he entered the tech industry in 2000, Vij was a chef with Oberoi Group — and hospitality, clearly, still follows him.

 

We meet at Romano’s, the Italian specialty restaurant at JW Marriott Sahar, which is usually shut for lunch. Today, it has opened just for Vij. That’s not all. The chef has rolled out a special three-course menu: Beetroot roulade to start, followed by truffle