Ashok Soota is a manufacturing and IT industry veteran with over three decades of experience founding and scaling businesses. He led the growth of Wipro's business from $2 million to over $500 million annual run rate. Then he founded MindTree and led the company to its IPO, before starting up Happiest Minds in 2011. He was President of the Confederation of Indian Industry, President of Manufacturers' Association of Information Technology, served on the Advisory Council for the World Intellectual Property Organization and is a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).Ashok Soota received a congratulatory letter from Andy Grove, CEO of Intel on the successful release of Wipro 386 computer, one the first Intel microprocessor powered mini computers in the world to run the Unix OS.Professional Career: Executive Founding Chairman of Happiest Minds, Executive Founding Chairman of MindTree, President of Wipro InfotechEducation: MBA from Asian Institute of Management, BE from IIT RoorkeeAwards/Recognition: IT Man of the Year, Electronics Man of the Year
