The Book Review(Organizational Behavior)

Presented By

M5117 – Anurag Lad

M5118 – Vaibhav Mahadik

M5119 – Maniyar Farhat

M5120 – Dipali Meher

THE GAME CHANGERS

About the Book

• The Game Changers” is not just a collection of inspirational stories whose seeds were sown in the first Indian Institute of Technology (IIT); it is a book that pans a world of struggles and government controls where the urge, of a few, to do something different is intense.

•Through the “20 extraordinary successful stories of entrepreneurs from IIT Kharagpur”, it takes readers, in particular of the generation that finds it funny to imagine a world without mobiles phones, Twitter and email, through the economic transformation of India. It tells us the story from the time when the government zealously controlled the industries to one where Indian businesses started making waves globally.

About the Author

Yuvnesh Modi and Rahul Kumar4th year undergraduate students at IIT Kharagpur, pursuing an integrated master’s in mathematics and computing; they were co-editors of THE ENTREPRENEUR

Alok Kothari He is Ex-Student of IIT Kharagpur. He graduated with an Integrated Master’s in Mathematics and Computing in 2009. He was one of the founding members of Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kharagpur and one of the first editors of THE ENTREPRENEUR

The Game Changers :

20 extraordinary success stories of entrepreneurs

from IIT Kharagpur

Suhas Patil

Received his B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1965

Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Cirrus Logic Inc

Founder and the first president of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE)

Vijay Kumar

Naval Architect (B. Tech Hons) from the IIT Kharagpur with a vast experience is Ship Design, Ship Construction and its Management.

Bharati Shipyard Ltd

secretary of Shipyard Association of India

Vinod Gupta

Graduated from IIT Kharagpur in 1967

The Founder and Ex-Chairman of InfoUSA, Inc.

Close to the Ex-President of USA Bill Clinton.

Food for Thoughts

“When you are at the top of the organisation, you quickly find out what a lonely place it is when it comes to making tough decisions.”

- Suhas Patil

“You cant do things alone. Build a Stable Team. Nothing succeed like Teamwork”

- Vijay Kumar

“Understand the needs of the customer, there is no substitute for passion”

- Vinod Gupta

Sam Dalal

Graduated from IIT Kharagpur in 1967

Funtime Innovations

Own Magic Monthly-Swami and Mantra

Arjun Malhotra

Graduated from IIT Kharagpur in 1970(Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering )

Chairman and CEO, TechSpan, Inc., USA

In 1989, Mr. Malhotra set up HCL America Inc in Sunnyvale, USA

Kiran Seth

Completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering

SPIC MACAY-Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture amongst Youth(1977)

the Padma Shri in 2009 by the Government of India

Food for Thoughts

“You have to do what you Love. Yu have to be involved and Dedicated. No matter what it is”

- Sam Dalal

“Become an entrepreneur for the passion not just money, recruit people who are smarter than you, look at bigger marketplaces not niches”(eg. mobile apps today)

- Arjun Malhotra

“If you want to do something pathbreaking, You need to be Inspired First. You have to be Passionate”

- Kiran seth

Praful Kulkarni

In 1991 Praful founded “gkkworks” to pursue his dream of becoming a "Master Builder."

Eco Friendly Buildings

(pierce college USA)

Member of the national board for the Design-Build Institute of America.

Arvind Kejriwal

Graduated from IIT Kharagpur as a Mechanical Engineer in 1989

Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006

AAM AADMI PARTY

Anuradha Aacharya

Graduated from IIT in 1990

Acharya is the founder and CEO of Ocimum Bio Solutions

2011-Young Global Leader Award by World Economic forum

Food for Thoughts

“Know what’s going to work. Get the required technical skills and then get some experience in the business world”

- Praful Kulkarni

“Be true to your morals, contribute to society”- Arvind Kejriwal

“ Entrepreneurship is not a glamorous job, it is not something you do for a day or two; you must have the appetite for variability and risk-taking”

- Anu Acharya

Harish Hande

Graduated from IIT in 1990

SELCO India -Managing Director & co-founder

Ramon Magsaysay award' for “His passionate and pragmatic efforts to put solar power technology in the hands of the poor

Venkata Subramanian

Graduated in B.Archfrom IIT-Kharagpur

eFarm, a Chennai-based online portal

Tied up with the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and NGOs

Vikram Kumar

DATA RESOLVE

Top most Cyber Security company in India

360-degree security product

Sunil Gaitonde

Founder and CEO of Great Software Laboratory Pvt. Ltd. (GS Lab)

Sarvega(Intel), Internet Junction(CISCO)

Member of TiE’s board of directors

Food for Thoughts

“ Don’t settle for quick fixes, eliminate the ego, don’t be afraid to admit you don’t know something”

- Harish Hande

“Beware of some investors in India – all they do is kill your time and motivation, and many are bogus, they only use you to learn about your business”

- Vikram Kumar

“ Start Young- You will get More Time to make Mistakes and Rectify them”

- Sunil Gaitonde

Anand Deshpande(Persistent Systems)

Bikash Barai(Ethical Hacking)

Bikram Dasgupta(Pertech Computers,

Globsyn)

Ranbir Singh Gupta (Sigma7 Design)

Sridhar Mitta(e4e Labs, NextWealth)

Krishnan Mehra(Capillary Tech)

Prabhakant Sinha(ZS Associates)

Strengths

• Easy To Read

• Writing style is Engaging and Clear

• Real Life Entreprenuer Stories

• Each of these stories is a remarkable tale of success, entrepreneurship, courage of conviction and leadership.

• Achivements at the End of Every Story

• Encourgare Leaders to Lead by Example

• covering a range of entrepreneur profiles