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Ashok Soota is one of India's pioneering IT entrepreneurs and the Executive Chairman of Happiest Minds Technologies Limited. A serial entrepreneur, he previously served as the founding Chairman of Mindtree, which went public in 2007, before leading Happiest Minds to its successful IPO in 2020.
A respected industry leader, Ashok has served as President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), contributed to the Prime Minister's Task Force for IT, and served on the Advisory Council of the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva. He has received numerous accolades, including IT Person of the Year and several lifetime achievement awards for his contributions to technology and corporate governance.
Beyond technology, Ashok is committed to healthcare, medical research, and philanthropy. In 2021, he established SKAN, a nonprofit organization dedicated to research on ageing and neurological disorders. In 2022, he announced Happiest Health, a knowledge, health, and wellness enterprise. He also established Ashirvadam, a trust supporting environmental initiatives and people in need. His philanthropic contributions earned him recognition on Forbes' Asia Top 15 Philanthropists list in 2022.
An alumnus of the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee) and the Asian Institute of Management, Ashok is also the co-author of the national bestseller *Entrepreneurship Simplified: From Idea to IPO* and *Busted*, which challenges conventional management thinking.
Published work
Success Stories of Entrpreneurs Who Made It Against All Odds
Blood Heart & Soul brings together inspiring stories of entrepreneurs who started from scratch and achieved success against the odds. Drawing from real-life experiences, the book explores resilience, mentorship, personal growth, and practical business lessons. It encourages aspiring entrepreneurs to learn from relatable journeys, adopt successful habits, overcome limiting beliefs, and turn knowledge into meaningful action.
Ebook · Paperback
Optimistic Way to the Entrepreneurship
Journey of Struggles to Success brings together the real-life journeys of accomplished experts who faced adversity, built successful careers and businesses, and transformed challenges into achievement. Through personal stories, strategies, and practical insights, the book offers valuable lessons in resilience, entrepreneurship, leadership, growth, and purposeful success.
Ebook · Paperback
Stories of People Who Are on a Mission of Touching Lives
The Miracle Mission brings together the real journeys, struggles, and achievements of accomplished experts from India and beyond. Through personal stories and practical insights, the book explores how they faced adversity, built careers and businesses, and turned challenges into meaningful progress, offering readers valuable lessons drawn from lived experience.
Ebook · Paperback
Stories of inspiring entrepreneurs whose faith redefined
Leap of Faith brings together the real journeys, struggles, and achievements of accomplished experts who built businesses, careers, and meaningful lives through persistence and belief. Through personal stories and practical insights, the book explores how they faced adversity, made bold choices, and transformed challenges into growth, offering readers lessons drawn from lived experience.
Ebook · Paperback
Stories of dreamers who believed and achieved
Crafting Dreams brings together the real journeys, struggles, and achievements of accomplished entrepreneurs and professionals. Through personal stories and practical insights, the book explores how they faced adversity, built careers and businesses, and transformed ambition into achievement, offering readers valuable lessons on resilience, leadership, growth, and pursuing meaningful dreams.
India's Top Experts Share Their Journey From Struggles to Success
Struggles to Success brings together the journeys of accomplished experts who turned challenges into achievements. Through real stories, practical strategies, and hard-earned lessons, the book reveals how they built careers, grew businesses, overcame adversity, and transformed setbacks into momentum, offering readers a faster path to learning from proven experience.
Ebook · Paperback
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