How TCS Built An Industry For India

What makes some organizations long-lasting? How come some chart a new course which others like to follow? Does this characterize them as business institutions rather than merely good companies ? How do two business leaders with radically different management styles embed values and practices into the sinews of a corporation through their thoughts and actions? These are some vital questions for India s economic growth that find resonance in the incredible journey of India s largest software exporter, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) . The narrative relives the highs and lows in the life of this multibillion-dollar enterprise, as seen through the eyes of its architects Faqir Chand Kohli (96) , the founder, and his successor, S. Ramadorai (75) . Between them, they spent 40 years making TCS an admirable industry leader and a corporation with agility, innovation and scale. Based on interviews with Kohli and Ramadorai, the authors provide an insider s account of their grand vision of igniting India s IT revolution. From the evolution of the offshoring model to harnessing the enormous opportunity offered by the Y2K problem, they offer rare insights into a company that they built, brick by brick. How TCS Built an Industry for India is the first book in the series, Shapers of Business Institutions, and is a unique blend of a must-read business biography and a management classic.