Sunil Karkera

Sunil Karkera is an Indian-origin designer, engineer and entrepreneur based in California, USA. He is the CEO of BORN Group, a Tech Mahindra Company. Previously, he has led strategic design at IT giants TCS Interactive and Wipro's Designit.

Early life
Karkera graduated with a degree in computer science from Mangalore University.

Career
In 1995, Sunil Karkera joined Lockheed Martin as an embedded systems engineer. He subsequently joined SonicWALL and Fox Interactive Media. In 2007, Karkera co-founded Registria, an on demand registration platform, and served as the CTO. The company was later acquired by Housatonic Partners.

In 2015, he earned a master's degree in fine arts from the University of Arts, Zurich. He then served as the Global Head of TCS Interactive. Karkera led strategic design and innovation at TCS. Under his leadership, TCS Interactive acquired London based design firm W12 Studios in 2018.

In 2020, Karkera left TCS Interactive to Join Wipro as the Global Managing Director of Designit. From Designit, Karkera Joined the Plus Company serving as President of both Fuseproject and Plus Digital.

In 2023, Karkera took over as CEO of BORN Group, a Tech Mahindra-owned digital agency, from the founder Dilip Keshu. He now also heads the design division within Tech Mahindra.

Accolades & Achievements

 * Under his leadership, TCS Interactive won the Red Dot Award in 2019 for best brand and communication design.
 * During Karkera's tenure as Global Managing Director, Designit won the Red Dot Award for brand and communication Design in 2021.
 * Fuseproject is the product design firm that developed the acclaimed Ocean Cleanup sunglasses. These were developed in collaboration with the non-profit organization The Ocean Cleanup, using waste cleaned from the ocean.