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Subroto Bagchi
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Subroto Bagchi | |
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| Born | 31 May 1957 |
| Alma mater | Utkal University |
| Occupation(s) | Chairman, Odisha Skill Development Authority |
| Employer | Government of Odisha |
| Title | Independent Director, Mindtree (Retired on 16 July 2019) |
| Board member of | Bagchi is a Member of the Governing Council of the Software Technology Parks of India. |
| Spouse | Susmita Bagchi – Odia Author |
| Website | Subroto Bagchi Blogs |
Subroto Bagchi (born 31 May 1959) is an Indian entrepreneur who is the co-founder of Mindtree, an Indian technology MNC.
Early life and education
[edit]Bagchi was born to Makhan Gopal Bagchi and Labonya Prova Bagchi in Patnagarh, Odisha, where his father was a junior government servant. He studied political science at Utkal University.[1]
Professional career
[edit]He started his work life as a clerk in the Industries Department of the Government of Odisha in 1976, After giving up his post graduate studies. After a year of working there, he qualified to be a management trainee in DCM in 1977 where he worked for the ensuing 5 years. In 1981, he entered the computer industry and worked for a number of computer companies between 1981 and 1999 in various functions like sales, marketing and operations. His longest stint was at Wipro where he became the Chief Executive of Wipro's Global R&D before working for chairman Azim Premji as corporate vice-president, Mission Quality. He left Wipro in 1998 to join Lucent Technologies. He left Lucent a year after to co-found Mindtree in 1999 along with 9 other co-founders. Mindtree is a $1 billion (Fiscal 19), Global IT services company with approximately 20000+ people. It is listed at the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange in India.[2]
When Mindtree started, Subroto Bagchi began as chief operating officer.
In 2010, he was appointed vice-chairman to the board. On 1 April 2012, he assumed the office of chairman. He stepped down as the chairman in January 2016.[3] On 1 May 2016, at the invitation of the Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik, he took on the full-time role of chairman, Odisha Skill Development Authority in the rank and status of a Cabinet Minister at an annual salary of 1 rupees.
Bibliography
[edit]| Year | Title |
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| 2007 | High-Performance Entrepreneur[4] |
| 2008 | Go Kiss the World: Life Lessons For The Young Professional[5] |
| 2008 | The High Performance Entrepreneur |
| 2009 | The Professional |
| 2012 | MBA at 16[6] |
| 2013 | The Captainship: First-gen Entrepreneurs |
| 2013 | The Elephant Catchers[7][8] |
| 2013 | The Professional Companion[9] |
| 2014 | On Leadership and Innovation |
| 2017 | Sell |
References
[edit]- ^ Editorial, Reuters. "Officer Profile | Quotes". Reuters India. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
{{cite web}}:|first1=has generic name (help)[dead link] - ^ "Mindtree Q3 net profit up 7.2%; rejigs management". www.moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ "Mindtree appoints Ravanan as CEO, Natarajan as executive chairman". The Times of India. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ "MindTree's Subroto Bagchi becomes best-selling business author". Retrieved 23 August 2013.
- ^ Soundarya, R. "Go Kiss the World". The Viewspaper. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ Muthalaly, Shonali. "Lessons from Bagchi's book". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "This one is for those seeking breakout success". Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
- ^ "Book Review: The Elephant Catchers". The Sunday Indian. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "The Professional Companion (article)". LiveMint. 13 January 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
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