The document provides a short biography of Ashok Soota, an Indian IT entrepreneur and serial entrepreneur. It details his career founding and leading major Indian IT companies like Wipro Infotech and Mindtree. It also lists some of his accomplishments and recognition, including being named IT Man of the Year twice and recognized for helping to build the Indian IT industry. He is currently the Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Happiest Minds Technologies, an IT company focused on digital transformation.

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Ashok Soota
Executive Chairman & Co-Founder-Happiest Minds
Technologies
Ashok Soota (born 12 November 1942) is an Indian IT entrepreneur having
served for more than 30 years in the IT industry. He is a serial entrepreneur and
presently, the Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Happiest Minds
Technologies, a company aimed at enabling Digital Transformation for
customers by delivering a Smart, Secure and Connected experience through
disruptive technologies. The company was ranked Number 2 on the Deloitte
Technology Fast 50 India 2014, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology
companies in India, in November 2014 and ranked #13 in Deloitte Annual ranking of the fastest growing
technology companies in Asia Pacific and claims to be on track to achieve its revenue target of $100 million (Rs
623 crore) by 2017 and break even by end of fiscal 2015.
Ashok Soota has been recognized twice as ‘IT Man of the Year’, and as ‘Electronics Man of the Year’. He was
also recognized at INFOCOM 2013, Kolkata, as one of the 12 Gems who helped to build Indian IT Industry.
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.
Early life
Ashok Soota was born on 12 November 1942 in Delhi. 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).
Career
Soota spent early years of his career with the Shriram Group of Industries in India in 1965. 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.
After achieving this milestone, Soota co-founded Mindtree in 1999 which during his leadership became a global
entity with revenue of US $350 million, 9000 employees, and offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Recognition
 Soota has served as President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and also as the President of
Manufacturers’ Association of Information Technology.
 He has served on the Prime Minister’s Task Force for IT and on the Advisory Council for the World
Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva.
 He was Chairman for the tenth Plan Committee on R&D in IT and author of the Committee’s report
which lays out an innovation roadmap for the country.
 He has received the Prof S N Mitra Award from the Indian National Academy of Engineering and the
Golden Peacock Award for Technology Leadership.
 At the 2008 World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WSIE), he received the “Most
Innovative People” award bestowed on the world’s top 10 luminaries. Soota’s recognition was in the
field of Knowledge Innovation.
 He has also been a member of the Global Board of Trustees of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE); served
on the Board of Governors of IIM, Kozhikode.
 He is also a Fellow of INAE.