Personalities: Ashok Soota, Baba Kalyani

Ashok Soota

Ashok Soota was the President of Wipro from 1984 to 1999. He co-founded MindTree Consulting in 1999, which is currently a leading name in IT consulting.He has played a major role in the development of the IT industry in India.

Chairman and managing director of MindTree Consulting, Ashok Soota co-founded the company in August 1999 along with nine other industry professionals.
Prior to co-founding MindTree, Soota was president of Wipro Infotech from 1984 to 1999. Under his leadership, the company grew from a US$ 2 million business in 1984 to a US$ 500 million business in 1999.

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Baba Kalyani

Baba N. Kalyani (born January 7, 1949) is an Indian billionaire businessman. According to Forbes magazine, he is the 562nd richest person in the world[1] and 19th richest in India.[2]
Mr.Kalyani is the chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge, the flagship company of the Kalyani Group and the world's second-largest forgings manufacturer after ThyssenKrupp of Germany. It is expected to take the top spot in the not too distant future. He has a BE(Hons.) from BITS Pilani and an MS degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Baba Kalyani currently lives in Pune, India. He is the founding chairman of Pratham Pune Education Foundation,[3] a charity that provides primary education for underprivileged children.

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