Ashok Soota
| Ashok Soota | |
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| Born | 12 November 1942 Delhi, India |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Indian |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | India |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Asian Institute of Management, IIT Roorkee |
| 💼 Occupation | Chairman and Co-Founder: Happiest Minds Technologies |
Ashok Soota[1][2] (born 12 November 1942) is an Indian IT entrepreneur who served for more than 30 years in the IT industry. He is a serial entrepreneur and the executive chairman and co-founder of Happiest Minds Technologies[3][4]
Early life and education[edit]
Ashok Soota was born on 12 November 1942 in Delhi.[5] He completed his Senior Cambridge and Inter Science at La Martinere, Lucknow in 1958 and 1960 respectively. He obtained his B.E. (Electronics) degree in 1964 from the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee). He later pursued his MBA from the Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Philippines (1973).[6]
Career[edit]
Soota spent early years of his career with the Shriram Group of Industries in India in 1965.[7] He served as President of Wipro Infotech from 1984 to 1999. Under his watch, Wipro's IT business grew from US$2 million in 1984 to a US$500 million run-rate in 1999.[8][9]
Soota co-founded Mindtree in 1999 which has currently a revenue of US$1 Billion, has an approximate of 20212 employees, and offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia.[10][11]
In 2011, Soota co-founded Happiest Minds Technologies, with its headquarters in Bangalore, India.
Philanthropy[edit]
Soota is the founding chief patron of the Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled. He is the founding trustee for Ashirvadam, an NGO focused on the environment and support for the needy, including in terms of their education, vocational training and medical support.[12][13]
References[edit]
- ↑ Talgeri, Kunal (19 June 2017). "Meet Ashok Soota, this 74-year-old believes IT still has the zing". The Economic Times. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ↑ Soota, Ashok; Gopalan, S. R. (2016). Entrepreneurship Simplified: From Idea to IPO. Penguin UK. ISBN 9789385990151. Search this book on
- ↑ E Kumar, Sharma (17 January 2017). "IT firms must embrace newer technologies at a faster pace: Ashok Soota". businesstoday.in. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ↑ Roy, Subir (25 October 2011). "Lunch with BS: Ashok Soota". Business Standard India. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ↑ "TiEcon Kerala 2016-Kerala's largest Entrepreneurs Convention". tieconkerala.org. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "MBA in Asian Institute of Management - News in India, www.winentrance.com". winentrance.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ↑ "The Smart CEO Startup | Speakers". startup50.in. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ↑ "Ashok Soota M.B.A, B.E: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ↑ Talgeri, Kunal (29 June 2017). "Meet Ashok Soota, this 74-year-old believes IT still has the zing". Economic Times. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ↑ "SmartCEO - Industries - IT, ITeS and Outsourcing - The MindTree Way". www.thesmartceo.in. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Ashok Soota venture to be called MindTree Consultancy - CIOL". CIOL. 17 August 1999. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ↑ "For the Disabled, by the DisabledDATAQUEST". www.dqindia.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ↑ "I'm a migrant, this is my city - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
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