Top 5 Indian IT companies and their founders profiles

In my series of post I am going to share the profiles of top players from various field. Lets start with the very vibrant field of Information Technology.

1. TCS- Tata Consultancy Services

• Founder - J R D Tata
• Founded- 1968
• Co Founder - F.C. Kohli
• Headquarters - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

JRD Tata  (Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy )

• Born: 29 July 1904 Paris, France 
• Spouse (s) : Thelma Vicaji Tata
• Education : He was educated in France, Japan and England before being drafted into the French army for a mandatory one-year.
• He is also known as first Indian pilot.

 

F.C Kohli (Fakir Chand)

• Born : 28 February 1924  Peshawar, British India (Now Pakistan)
• Spouse(s) : Swaran
• Education : MS from MIT (Massachusetts)
• Also known as father of Indian IT industries.

2.) Infosys

• Founder - Narayan Murthy
• Co founder - Nandan Nilekani, N. S. Raghavan, S. Gopalakrishnan, S. D. Shibulal, K. Dinesh,  Ashok Arora
• Founded- 2 July 1981
• Headquarters: Electronic city, Bangalore, Karnataka, India  

N.R. Narayan Murthy (Nagavara Ramarao)

• Born : 20 August 1946 Mysore, Karnataka, India
• Spouse(s) : Sudha Murthy 
• Education : Electrical Engineering from NIT then master degree from IIT, Kanpur
• Murthy has been listed among the 12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time byFortune magazine, Received Padma Vibhushan and Padma Shri awards.

3.) Wipro (Western India Product)

• Founder - Mohamed Hasham Premji
• Founded - 29 Dec 1945 Mumbai, Maharasatra
• Headquarters - Bangalore, Karnataka, India 
• Chairman : Azim Hashim Premji

Founder of Wipro is Mohamed Hasham Premji however the key person behind software division of Wipro is Azim Hashim Premji

Azim Hashim Premji

• Born : 24 July 1945, Mumbai, Maharashtra,
• Spouse(s) : Yasmeen
• Education : BSc in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, USA
• Informally known as the Czar of the Indian IT Industry. He was voted among the 20 most powerful men in the world by Asiaweek.. He has twice been listed among the 100 most influential people by TIME Magazine, once in 2004 and more recently in 2011.

4.) HCL Technologies

• Founder - Shiv Nadar
• Founded - 22 Nov 1991 
• Headquarters  - Noida, India

Shiva Nadar

• Born : 14 July 1945  Moolaipozhi Village, Tirunelveli District, India.
• Spouse(s) : Kiran Nadar
• Education : Electrical And Electronics Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
• In 2008, Nadar was awarded Padma Bhushan for his efforts in the IT industry. Nadar, nicknamed by friends as Magus (Old Persian for Wizard), since mid-1990s has focused his efforts in developing the educational system of India through the Shiv Nadar Foundation. Shiv Nadar is the brother of famous tamil novelist Ramanichandran.

5.) Tech Mahindra 

• Founder - Anand Mahindra 
• Founded - 1986
• Headquarter - Pune, India

Anand Mahindra

• Born : 1 May 1955
• Spouse(s) : Anuradha Mahindra
• Education : Harvard University, Cambridge
• He is included by Fortune Magazine among the 'World's 50 Greatest Leaders' and featured in the magazine's 2011 listing of Asia's 25 most powerful business people. Anand has also been noted by Forbes (India) as their 'Entrepreneur of the Year' for 2013.

In our next post we will glance thru start up of India.