Role of SEEPZ
IT Industry in Hyderabad
Times of India- Software Park Launched
The Angel and VC ecosystem in India
Experiences at TIFR - working on the air defense system project
Proving that voice-based processes can work from India
‘bridgital nation – Solving Technology’s People Problem’
Saga of the difficult first project of Future Software - Part 1
What makes NASSCOM unique?
Entry into telecom handset business
Interesting projects at Shaw Wallace in the 70s
Role of NASSCOM and the camaraderie in the IT industry
Working in DCM Data Products
Selling GECIS internally within GE and first project win
Indian BPM industry is born with the Amex center
Genesis of TVS Electronics
IT infrastructure management services business and brand building
HCL's entry into the US market: Pivot from hardware to software
Satellite connectivity in GECIS a game changer
Role of datacom in the growth of BPM industry
TVS Electronics' strategy in the early 1990s
Anecdote of the data entry automation project at TRDDC
Impact of policy on electronics industry in India
HCL in the 1980s: PCs, Unix computers, and software
Expanding the portfolio of TVS Electronics
Acquiring the Citigroup Global Services business as COO of TCS
Tata Group's contribution to education in India
Challenges in recruitment in the early days of BPM industry
Key strategies as CEO #1 - Creating a number of empowered small units in TCS
The first project of Spectramind - Human Genome Project
Growth and sale of Spectramind
First software project in TRDDC - Citibank UK project
Early experiences with computers
Learning from HCL-HP
Product business at Future Soft and building one of the world's largest protocol stacks company
Growing the TCS e-business portfolio
Software India Seminars and formation of NASSCOM
Experiences as a student at IIT Bombay and IIT Kanpur
Genesis of Microcomp
A model for TVS Motors using IFPS
Joining Tata Research Development and Design Centre
Relevance of domain training - How credit card processing came to GE India?
Where do you see Indian IT in 2040?
Thesis at IIT Kanpur - Why is one computer better than another?
Genesis of HCL-HP
Moving high end business processing to India - how actuarial work came to GE India
Tryst with computers in University of Michigan
Electronics policy in the mid 1980s
Interesting anecdotes at TCS
Work on language translators at TRDDC - tools and automation
Key strategies as CEO #2 -Focus on the top 2000 clients in TCS
Key strategies as CEO #3 - Global Network Delivery Model
Opening up new markets for TCS as head of sales
3S (Simplify, Synergise and Scale) strategy as Chairman of Board of Tata Sons
Chairing the Indian Government Task Force on a New Electronics Policy
Saga of the difficult first project of Future Software - Part 2
CEO challenges - Managing scale, regulations, IP-led revenues
The dawn of liberalization in India
Value system of TVS Group
Managing HCL's Singapore office
Genesis of Quattro
The IPO of TCS
Anecdote of pushing back on unweildy customer requirements
Local IT innovations power BPM
Research focus on improving client IT process
Work at Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science
Origin story of Future Software
Formation of Hughes Software Systems in India
TVS Electronics' strategy in the late 1990s
