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Success trail

GRATITUDE Subroto Bagchi

Subroto Bagchi, founder of Mindtree, an IT-consultancy firm and author of two books exudes a great deal of confidence as he invites you into his house. He exclaims: “You look like you have run away from school,” and makes you feel relaxed .

Ask him about his latest book, “Go Kiss the World: Lessons for the Young Professional in the Offing” and he remarks, “This book is basically a chronicle of the lessons I learnt in my career as a professional and entrepreneur. It is basically aimed at youngsters from small-town India, who aim to make it big in life.”

Are high educational qualifications necessary for a successful career graph? Bagchi smiles: “Well, it’s not a must, one can also rise to the upper echelons of a company through hard work and perseverance.

“I began my career as a LDC in Orissa and managed to co-found a company, even without a professional degree. However, some of my partners like Ashok Soota have MBA degrees to their name. If you think an MBA will better you career graph, study it from the best institutes in the business.”

Ask him whether the book is an autobiographical account of his life and Bagchi quickly disagrees, “It has been written in a narrative style. I have used certain instances from my life to talk about various life lessons. It is not an autobiographical account.” What is meant by the post of ‘gardener’ that he holds in Mindtree? Bagchi explains, “Basically, it is a post by which I coordinate with the top 100 persons in the company, cutting across all departments and sections. My job is to ensure that the entire company is chugging along properly, very similar to a gardener who tends the plants in a beautiful garden.”

Bagchi appears confident about the growth of the Indian economy over the next decade. He says, “I feel that the economy will continue to grow at a very fast pace over the next few years. The biggest challenge the economy faces is of inequitable distribution of resources. We are working towards addressing those issues too.”

He adds: “Indian industry can only grow with the proactive participation of the government. The need of the hour is to build infrastructure — physical, emotional and mental, if we are to be an economic superpower in the years to come.”

Bagchi says that he has been inspired by many people both in his professional and personal life. “Once, before going to sleep, I began to count the people who I have been inspired by in my life time. I soon lost count. So this book has also been inspired by many people including my immediate family members, friends, colleagues etc.”

With such a dramatic career graph, does he have any career regrets? He says, “No. I have enjoyed the journey till this point. Life is too short to have regrets.”

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