Ashok Soota

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Ashok Soota
Occupation Founder : Happiest Minds Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Ex Chairman of MindTree
Spouse Not married

Ashok Soota was the co-founder and executive chairman of the Indian IT consulting company MindTree.[1] Earlier he was the CEO of Wipro Infotech from 1984 to 1999.[2] Soota holds a B.E. degree in electrical engineering from University of Roorkee and a MBA from the Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines.[3][4] His first job was with the Shriram Group of Industries in 1965. He co-founded Mindtree in 1999. Besides his corporate roles, he has been the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) during 2002-03, and has served on the Indian Prime Minister's task force for development of the IT industry. Also, he is currently a member of the Advisory Council of World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva.[3] On January 28, 2011 he sent a mail to media that he has requested the Board to release him by March 31 as an employee and also as executive chairman / member of the Board. The Board has accepted his resignation.

On 5 April 2011 , he announced about his new IT venture "Happiest Minds Technologies Private Limited".

[edit] Honours & Awards

  • Golden Peacock Award for Technology Leadership 2010[5]
  • Most Innovative Award 2008 for Knowledge Innovation by World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WSIE)[6]
  • IT Man of the Year in 1997 by Computerworld Magazine[citation needed]
  • IT Man of the Year in 1994 by Dataquest[citation needed]
  • Electronics Man of the Year in 1992 by the Electronic Component Industries Association.[citation needed]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Irani, Jessica Mehroin (19 March 2009). "MindTree to split biz into 5 units". Economic Times. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/infotech/ites/MindTree-to-split-biz-into-5-units/articleshow/4284608.cms. Retrieved 16 February 2010. 
  2. ^ Gupta, Indrajit (31 December 2007). "Now, people eager to embrace rising India". Economic Times. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/Now-people-eager-to-embrace-rising-India/articleshow/2663524.cms. Retrieved 16 February 2010. 
  3. ^ a b [1]
  4. ^ http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/IT_shocker_Mindtrees_Ashok_Soota_declares_his_resignation_to_all_-nid-78056.html
  5. ^ "Karnataka shines bright for industrial excellence". http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_karnataka-shines-bright-for-industrial-excellence_1335682. 
  6. ^ "Innovations of 10 Global Luminaries Honoured at WSIE 2008". http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-03-2008/0004786159&EDATE=. 


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