Dr. Omkar Rai is the Director General of STPI, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India. Under his leadership, STPI has been providing services to IT/ITES/ESDM industry for promotion of software exports and entrepreneurship from the country. He is actively involved in various policy formulations required for the growth of industry from time to time. 

Prior to joining of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), he served National Informatics Centre (NIC) in various capacities. He earned wide experience in formulation and implementation of various important ICT applications across various domains. He is also serving as Director on the Board of Directors of MTNL-STPI IT Services Limited and National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI). 

Dr. Rai has been educated in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) from where he earned his Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D in Statistics.