1. SAM PITRODA
• Father of India’s Communication Revolution• Founder of C-DoT (Centre for Development of Telematics)• Present Chairman of National Knowledge commission• Advisor to PM on Public Infor Infrastructure and Innovations• Chairman and CEO of World-Tel Ltd
2. NARAYANA MURTHY
• Founder of Infosys (1981)• Presently Executive Chairman of Infosys• Designed Global Delivery Model• First Indian winner of Ernst and Youngs world entrepreneur of year award• Also Padma Vibhushan and Legion d’honneur (french govt) recipient
3. AZIM PREMJI
• Founder of Wipro Technologies• India’s Bill Gates• Signed up for campaign ‘ Giving Pledge’- Sharing wealth for philanthropy ( first indian)
4. NANDAN NILEKENI
• Co-founder Infosys• Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)• Co founded NASSCOM and TiE
5. KRIS GOPALAKRISHNAN
• Co founder of Infosys• Executive vice chairman of Infosys
6. SABIR BHATIA
• Founder of Hotmail e-mail service• Also founder of Jaxtrsms, Arzoo.com, blogeverywhere.com, Instacoll and sabsebolo.com
7. AJITH BALAKRISHNAN
• Founder of Rediff.com
8. . SHASHI P REDDY
• Founder of Applabs
9. VINOD DHAM
• Known as the Father of Pentium Chip
10. RAJU VANAPALA
• Founder of way2sms.com
11. AJAY V BHATT
• Co-inventor of USB• Developed AGP, PCI express
12. PRANAV MISTRY
• Founder of Sixth Sense Technology
13. NARENDRA SINGH KAPANI
• Father of fiber optics in India
14. VINOD KHOSLA
• Co-founder of SUN Micro systems
15. KRISHNA BHARAT
• Creator of GOOGLE NEWS
