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LECTURE 3 Platform and Purpose
Subroto Bagchi

Subroto Bagchi is an Indian entrepreneur, business leader and a leading IT
industry innovator. He started his work life in the Industries Department of
the Government of Odisha and later worked for a number of IT companies.
He became the Chief Executive of Wipro’s Global R&D and later the Corporate
Vice-President.

Shri Bagchi co-founded “Mindtree” in 1999 with a vision to engineer
meaningful technology solutions that help businesses and societies flourish.
Under his leadership, Mindtree has grown from a technology startup to a
$500+ million enterprise with more than 13,000 Mindtree Minds in 25 offices
around the globe.

In addition to being Chairman of Mindtree, he is India’s best-selling business
author, with four published business books, including ‘The High Performance
Entrepreneur’. He is also an active supporter of social causes like mental
health, blindness, geriatric care and education. He founded The White Swan
Foundation and the Nightingales Bagchi Center for Active Ageing. He has
been a member of the Board of Governors of IIM, Bangalore and is currently a
member of the Governing Council of Software Technology Parks of India and
the IIIT, Bhubaneswar and an independent director on the board of Indian Oil
Corporation. His greatest contribution has been Mindtree Kalinga, the super-
state-of-the-art Global Learning & Development Centre. He was conferred the
Kalinga IT Ratna by the Government of Odisha.