CHENNAI: Tech geeks are always busy dabbling in software and hardware language that they hardly indulge in tales of their work, but former chief executive officer of Tata Consultancy Services, Subramanium Ramadorai, proved it otherwise with the launch of his book ‘The TCS Story … and Beyond’.Speaking at the launch of the book by noted scientist M S Swaminathan here at a function organised by Penguin Books and Taj Coromandel in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry on Wednesday evening, the advisor to the Prime Minister in the National Skill Development Council said the book is about getting the story from an IT professional and it is the biggest challenge considering that their whole day is spent on working with hardware and software.“It was a challenging experience to put in my 40 years of experience in 300 pages and the biggest was to make the IT professionals recall a project to capture the finer nuances of the experiences. As such, I mastered the art of asking the same question so that I could get what I am looking for,” disclosed Ramadorai while highlighting how he went about compiling his book.The book happened in the mad hustle and bustle of life and I hope it is an aesthetically pleasing story to make the reader turn to the next page, he said. “We toiled with several titles and came up with a simpler one which highlights that the journey doesn’t end,” he said.On the 24X7 lifestyle of the techies, the former CEO of Tata Consultancy Services said, “It is good to work at any place, but based on my experience, I advice youngsters to take time off from work. I learnt it late.”The TCS story is one of modern India’s great success stories and in the book Ramadorai, recounts the steps from a $400 million company to a $8 billion company and providing jobs to 200,000 people.The inside story of one of India’s premier corporate institutions, it is also a history of the rapidly developing IT software and services industry in India told from the perspective of an industry leader.Swaminathan hailed the book and said it is a timely release and provides hope that one should not get overwhelmed by problems. Confederation of Indian Industry Southern Region Chairman T T Ashok also took part in the event.
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