- A life that leaves nothing behind is a life wasted on the planet
- As you make a point to conquer the conference room, do find time to feel the energy and the vibrancy of the vegetable market wherever work takes you
- In the poetry and prose of humanity, all wisdom has been recorded for posterity
- The plants do not come to the gardener; the gardener must go to where the plants may be.
- Each plant has different needs at different times and the gardener must anticipate those and be proactive.
Bio
Subroto Bagchi is best known for co-founding MindTree in 1999 where he started as the Chief Operating Officer. MindTree is among India’s most admired companies across industries. In 2008, Bagchi took on the role of Gardener at MindTree.
In this new role, Bagchi spends one-on-one time with the Top-100 leaders at MindTree on their “personal-professional” issues to expand leadership capacity and build readiness for taking MindTree into the billion-dollar league. In addition, Bagchi works at the grassroots by making himself available to its 45 Communities of Practice that foster organizational learning, innovation and volunteerism within the organization. Bagchi serves the Board of MindTree as Vice Chairman.
He has written extensively in leading newspapers and magazines, and spoken at industry platforms and educational institutions the world over. His Businessworld column Arbor Mentis and Times of India column Times of Mind were widely read and discussed. Currently, he writes a column titled “Zen Garden” in Forbes India.
Bagchi is on the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
Bagchi has authored three business best-sellers: The High Performance Entrepreneur, Go Kiss the World and The Professional as Penguin Portfolio books.
What a commendable saying – “The plants do not come to the gardener; the gardener must go to where the plants may be”.
One of the benevolent personalities I ever came across.
Dear Sir,
Its is always inspiring to read about the leaders and there books.
I always feel that your education system hardy helps create leaders but it a good feeling to see that India as leaders like you.
Kind Regards
Anuradha
Dear Sir, I have read your book The Professional and liked it very much, today I have picked up The High Performance Entrepreneur. If you happen to read this mail, I would be happy to get in touch with you. I am a Catholic Priest from Kerala, belonging to Don Bosco (Salesian)
Am touched..Go Kiss the world…your story….as if you are an angel and telling me what I should do with this God-gifted life. I pay highest regards to your parents and most importantly their values I learnt through you.
India is land of Gods. Best Regards, Sandeep
My dear Subroto,
Thank you very much for a wonderful eveing yesterday at Penguins’, Cochin. My son Mohan and I enjoyed and are enlightened listening to you,interacting with you,getting copies of books signed by you and taking a few snaps. Niti also was wonderful reading excerpts from the books with exemplary diction and voice modulation.
I had given Mohan the copy of ‘Go, Kiss the World’ a few days ago. He was hesitant in commencing reading it. Since you personally encouraged him, told him that his generation will take the country forward and shook his hands, he has returned home as one of your ardent fans. Last night itself he has read almost half the book. This morning he asked me, ‘When will I get “MBA at Sixteen”?’.
‘Long before you are sixteen’, I replied to him.
Mohan and I are grateful to you, Subroto. I am sure both of us will remember the day for many years to come. Mohan will be proud to tell his peers, future wife and kids and probably evn his grandchildren that he knew the guy Subroto Bagchi in person.
Regards to Niti.
Sincerely,
D. Nanda Kumar
Respected Sir,
I am an undergraduate student of V.J.T.I (Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute), Mumbai, India and also an organizer of “TECHNOVANZA”, our annual technical festival.
About the college:
V.J.T.I. is one of India’s premier Technological Institutes.Being one of the best and oldest colleges in India with a history of more than 120 years, it is a brand in itself. We have highly reputed alumni spanning various fields of technology including-
1.Dr. Anil Kakodkar- Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, Govt. of India
2. Chagan Bhujbal- Deputy Chief Minister, Maharashtra
3.Bhatia Narendra Kumar- Vice President of Engineering & Construction, CMS Energy, Michigan, USA
4.Mani Iyer-Director, Office of Intellectual Property, Louisiana State University
5. R Sridharan-Senior Staff, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
6.Dilip Kotak-Group Leader, Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation, National Research Council, Canada
7.Keval Desai-Vice President Product Management, Digg. ,Former Product Management Director at Google .
About our festival:
‘Technovanza’ our annual technical festival which was born in 2001, has grown from just a college festival to one of the most awaited technical events in Mumbai, India .Technovanza is a conglomeration of engineering related events that include Workshops, Competitions, Paper Presentations, Panel Debates and Conferences ,Guest Lectures by eminent personalities and many more. Technovanza in its spirit provides a platform for coming together, binding and exchange of thoughts among all engineering communities from all over the nation. It aims at acting as a forum for encouraging exchange of ideas and providing ample opportunity for technical interactions.
This year “TECHNOVANZA” is to be held on 3, 4 & 5 February, 2012. With the motto of ‘Taking Technology to Society’, the Festival focuses primarily on using technology for betterment of the society, bringing out the talent in students and infusing lots of fun into exciting events, informative lecture series, competitions and exhibitions.
It will be an honour and a great motivation for our students if you visit us during the festival and enlighten us with a lecture.This would be a life time opportunity for the students visiting Technovanza this year and we are looking forward to it.
Hoping for a positive reply.
