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How Ashok Soota’s ‘Happiest Minds’ managed to succeed in a $100 bn IT industry
“I started this company with an aim to focus on the new disruptive technologies, which include cloud, analytics, big data, mobility and unified communications. To use them to create transformational solutions for our customers and be able to interfacing these new technologies with older legacy systems – that I think is the new story. One year down the line, I would say we have made tremendous progress. We see large traction in retail, travel, hi-tech etc. Telecom is another area where we have customers. We got 45 million dollars of funding and have 24 customers across the world in all businesses.” says Ashok Soota, Executive Chairman, Happiest Minds Technologies.
Thursday, August 09, 2012 | Source: The Economic Times
Convergence of Technologies to prevail
“As collaboration becomes social, as user experience goes mobile, and as computing infrastructure and platforms migrate to the cloud, the convergence of these technologies will create the next big wave in the IT industry” says Salil Godika, CSO and CMO, Happiest Minds Technologies.
Monday, August 06, 2012 | Source: SME Channels
Beginning a Successful Entrepreneurial Journey: Ashok Soota
How to begin a successful entrepreneurial journey? How to transform an idea into a successful enterprise? Most businesses are founded on the basis of an idea. The idea could be a new product, a new service, a new business model, or capitalizing on new technologies. As in case of Happiest Minds the technology we focus on is cloud, mobility, social media and analytics. There has to be something new in the sense that it triggers an opportunity.
Friday, August 03, 2012 | Source: Silicon India
Make everyone a part of not just fun, but also a member of its planning and execution process.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 | Source: The Human Factor
When we were creating MindTree, we had to manage different cultures. There were Americans, Indian Americans, Indians and more.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 | Source: Fortune
Beginning a Successful Entrepreneurial Journey: Ashok Soota
Ashok Soota is widely recognized as one of the pioneering leaders of the Indian IT industry. Prior to founding Happiest Minds, Ashok co-founded MindTree in August 1999. Ashok is an industry leader. For his contribution to the Indian IT Industry, he was recognized as “IT Man of the Year” twice and as “Electronics Man of the Year”
Tuesday, June 05, 2012 | Source: Silicon India
Ashok Soota on 3 Things Which Startups Should Not Forget!
Ashok Soota, the stalwart of India’s IT industry has done what many would not even think of, especially in our country. At 70, after having established Mind Tree and taking it to an unprecedented height, Ashok has started up “Happiest Minds” – an IT services company with a focus on happiness for the employees (which is again a first of its kind in India).
Sunday, June 03, 2012 | Source: Your Story
Sharon Andrew is a happiness evangelist. Having taught quantitative techniques and marketing at management schools for decades, she now spends her time trying to understand and explain what happiness means.
Saturday, March 31, 2012 | Source: Open The Magazine
The Ashok Soota led Indian IT Services start up, Happiest Minds, wants to inculcate happiness into its business process. Raja Shanmugam, the company’s Chief People Officer, believes that having gratitude lies at the core of happiness as a concept.
Sunday, March 25, 2012 | Source: The Smart CEO
Focus On Evolution of Happiest Minds Ltd.
Ashok Soota began his career in 1965 with the Shriram Group of Industries in India. In 1978, he became CEO of Shriram Refrigeration, a company which was unprofitable for four consecutive years. He went on to become the President of Wipro Infotech from 1984 to 1999. Under his leadership, Wipro’s IT business grew from US$2 million in 1984 to US$500 million run-rate in 1999.
Sunday, March 25, 2012 | Source: www.sourcingfocus.com
