Subroto Bagchi is an IT industry veteran and innovator with over three decades of pioneering efforts. He has led Mindtree from a technology startup to being one of India's Top 250 most valued companies across industries. Mindtree has won many prestigious awards and recognitions along the way. Prior to this, he was part of a team that transformed Wipro's R&D from a domestically focused, cost center into a profit center as a Global Lab-on-Hire. He is a prolific and best-selling business author and is an active supporter of various social causes.

In the early days of selling Wipro's R&D capability to prospective global buyers, Subroto Bagchi often had to draw a map of the world in freehand to show where India was.

Professional Career: Co-founder & Chairman of Mindtree, Head of Lucent Technologies, Chief Executive of Wipro's R&D

Education: Political Science at Utkal University

Awards/Recognition: Degree of Doctor of Literature, Honoris Causa at Utkal University