Chairman, President & CEO

Deepak was born in 1950, in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. It is here that his Punjabi roots and strong work ethic took anchor and continue to flourish to this day. At a young age, Deepak showed strong signs of being able to multitask. He enjoyed tinkering with cars, trains, air guns and the like. During his school years Deepak excelled in areas of leadership and innovation and was the recipient of gold medals and high honors. In 1967 he joined the Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh to pursue a degree in Electronic Engineering.

Deepak had his heart set on studying further in the USA and in 1971, he succeeded in following his dream. He received a scholarship at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and graduated with a master’s degree in Electronic Engineering in 1973. While studying at the University of Massachusetts, during his summer holidays Deepak worked at Hardees, a hamburger chain in Boston as a cook flipping burgers and living the American dream!

Deepak rounded his education by completing an executive MBA programme with Stanford University in 1984 while working at a full-time job at ILC Tech San Jose CA.

Deepak’s first job in 1973, was with RCA in New Jersey. While working at RCA Corporation, New Jersey, Deepak was sent to a technological conference in Los Angeles California. He fell in love with the weather and the beaches and decided to move to Southern California. He quit his job at RCA and moved to California without a job. Within a short period, he started his new job at TRW Semiconductor. He never looked back and has been a native Californian ever since. In 1979, he joined Intel Corporation in San Jose, CA. In 1980, Deepak moved to LA to run a division of ILC Technology a hi-tech specialty lighting and opto-electronic company in San Jose CA. It was here that Deepak achieved great success with his vast knowledge and technological innovation. He ascended through the ranks rapidly from an engineering manager to CEO of the company in 1985.

In 1987 Deepak left ILC Technology and his wife Nandini, inspired and motivated him to pursue his dream of starting his own Semi-conductor company. With her constant support and encouragement and his tenacity he founded OSI Systems, which he continues to run today. The road was rough, and he had to face many obstacles along the way. Raising money as a minority Indian Punjabi was challenging in the 80’s. Deepak’s resolve was strong and unshakable. His relentless tenacity came to the fore once again and he was able to raise the money. His father in law, Madan Syal, an engineer together with some friends put together money along with Deepak selling his house to start the company in 1987.

OSI Systems(OSOS) is a publicly traded company with a market capitalisation of $2 billion. The company has 3 divisions that operate globally with over 6,000 employees and over $1 billion in revenues. Deepak took the company public in 1997.

The primary product of the company is X-Ray scanners for the security market under the trade name RAPISCAN. Many of the world airports have Rapiscan X-Ray scanners. The second division SPACELAB HEALTHCARE is responsible for production of medical equipment. The principal function of the third division is the manufacturing of Electro Optical components under the trade name of OSI ELECTRONICS and OPTO ELECTRONICS. OSI has a presence in about 140 countries today. Under Deepak’s stewardship, OSI Systems has invested in many up and coming technology companies and has been instrumental in their success.

It is his courage and fortitude that compelled him to forge ahead against all odds. His ability to manage a multitude of tasks and challenges simultaneously while balancing his home life is his strong suit. These qualities were instilled in him early on in his childhood growing up in Chandigarh with his Physician father Dr Roshan Chopra and his lively and vivacious mother Sheila Chopra. Deepak grew up with his older brother Mohinder Chopra with whom he shares many fond memories The Chopra family hails from a lineage of leaders and are the direct descendants of Dewan Sawan Mal and Dewan Mul Raj who were governors of Multan during the Sikh Raj.

Deepak attended around 14 different Hindi and English medium schools in Northern India, as his father would get transferred frequently. This experience of moving around and fitting in had a positive effect on his persona. Deepak can both dine in the finest restaurants around the world and eat pizza and in-and-out burger with his workmen. He has the innate ability to make people around him comfortable and at ease.

In 1978, Deepak went back to India to marry his beautiful Punjabi wife, Nandini, who grew up in Bombay. They have been happily married for 41 years. Deepak and Nandini are blessed with their two beautiful daughters Chandini and Deepika. Chandini is married to Romal Sood and Deepika is married to Alex Silverman they have an adorable son Jag Silverman. Jag, Deepak and Nandini’s grandson, is their pride and joy!

Nandini’s parents Madan and Mohini Syal have been an important presence in their lives. Deepak is close to Nandini’s sister Kavita Mehta and her family. He greatly enjoys spending time with both families and is always ready to guide and counsel the youth of the family and close friends who are like family. He is well liked by all the generations and is the life of any gathering.

When he is not working hard running his worldwide operations Deepak finds time to follow his passions. These still include his antique car collection, toy trains, love of animals, wine collection, Indianart collection, enjoyment of both water and snow skiing, music and dancing. His joie de vivre is contagious, and his lively disposition is unparalleled!

Deepak and Nandini are associated with a few charitable organisations and participate and contribute to them regularly.

Deepak is a member of the India-US CEO forum 2018, which is a government body of 16 CEO’s from America and 16 CEO’s from India working to increase the trade between the two countries. Prior to that he served in the Obama administration for the US Brazil CEO Trade forum from 2011 to 2013. Deepak also accompanied President Obama during the US India delegation to India in early 2011.

Over the last 4 decades, Deepak’s sharp mind, his wit, his other extraordinary abilities and hard work have resulted in creating a most enduring legacy in business as well as his personal life.