Faqir Chand Kohli was founder and first CEO of Tata Consultancy Services. He was also associated with other companies within Tata Group including Tata Power Company and Tata Elxsi. Was a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian honor, in 2002.
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Faqir Chand Kohli was founder and first CEO of Tata Consultancy Services. He was also associated with other companies within Tata Group including Tata Power Company and Tata Elxsi. Was a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian honor, in 2002 for his contributions to the Indian software industry. He is referred to as the \”Father of the Indian IT Industry\”, for his contribution to the establishment and growth of the IT industry. The company is the largest Indian IT services company by market capitalization and the most valuable company within the Tata group as of 2020. He has been a director on the board of Airline Software Development Consultancy India, Airline Financial Support Services India, Abacus Distribution Systems, and Triveni Engineering Works.
He had been the President of the Computer Society of India, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers New York, the Institution of Electrical Engineers, the Indian National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Management Consultants of India. Kohli also played an important role in advancement of technical education in the country. In 1959, under a request from P. K. Kelkar, the founding director of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, he helped with the faculty selection and recruitment and pushed for the institute to be granted autonomous status. He stayed on the Board of Governors of the institute and stayed as the chairman of the Board until his retirement in 1996.
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