True Grit: The phenomenal growth of the Indian entrepreneurial spirit
From JRD Tata to Dhirubhai Ambani and Sanjeev Bikhchandani, how entrepreneurs helped India through its transition from an agrarian economy to state-controlled industry and on to an era where unicorns have taken the centrestage
By: Madhu Kapparath
In the 1970s, TCS began exporting its services and pioneered the global delivery model for IT services, with its first offshore client in 1974. Its first international order came from Burroughs, one of the first business computer manufacturers. Faqir Chand Kohli started as an engineer with Tata Power Company, and rose through the ranks to become the deputy general manager. In 1969, he was given the reigns of TCS, and over the next two decades he shaped its destiny.
