Asit K Barma is the Vice President ( Global Business and Alliances) in Defiance Tech , a Hinduja Group company providing IT and Technology solutions to global customers. Prior to this he worked in senior leadership positions in several large organizations including a leading global major in IT solutions space . He has more than two decades of experience in IT industry having worked in different functions ranging from solutions selling, marketing, operations, strategy and corporate planning to international business development, advertising and public relations.He has extensively worked in Manufacturing,Automotive and Government domains.
A National Scholarship awardee , he did his B.Tech in Electronics Engineering from IIT Madras and MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. He has done the Global Business Leadership Programme conducted by the Harvard and the U21 University. He had also undergone various professional training in institutes like XLRI-Jamshedpur, Indian Institute of Mass Communication-Delhi, Administrative Staff College of India-Hyderabad. He is a visiting faculty to a number of institutes in the country and is on the academic board of a University. He has spoken in a number of national and international symposiums.
He is on the Board of a number of industry and management associations:
- Chairman, Society of Automotive Engineers,India ,Southern Section
- Member, Managing Committee, Madras Management Association
(2007-09)

- Member, TN State Council and ICT panel of FICCI , South India,Convenor of FICCI South India Manufacturing panel

- Vice President, IIT Madras Alumni Association, Chennai Chapter
- Member, Managing Committee, IIM Ahmedabad Alumni Association,Chennai Chapter
- Member, Tamil Nadu Golf Federation

Asit lives in Chennai with his wife and son for the past ten years. Previously lived in Ahmedabad , Kolkata, and Delhi.