The career of Subramanian Ramadorai of Tata Consultancy Services parallels the rise of India’s software industry. From The Economist:
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When Subramanian Ramadorai joined Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the Indian software company he now leads, in 1972, computers were bulky and temperamental contraptions, in need of assembly, installation and constant repair. He still winces at the memory of loose contacts on a computer’s backplane and components that died as they were being tested or “burnt in” (a phenomenon known as “infant mortality”). Mr Ramadorai, who learnt mathematics at his father’s knee and earned degrees in physics, electronics and computer science, was not above picking up a screwdriver or pliers. At TCS, a colleague recalls, “You had to work with your own hands.” You had to bash metal before you could crunch code.
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