HarperCollins India is all set to release JUST ASPIRE - Notes on Technology, Entrepreneurship and The Futureby Ajai Chowdhry on March 14, 2023.
Hailing from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, Ajai Chowdhry, one of the six founder members of HCL, began an exciting journey more than four decades ago, with a dream to give India its very own microcomputer.
The pioneers of digital electronics in India, they scripted three major milestones of the IT industry: the PC revolution, mobile telephony and systems integration. Chowdhry, regarded as the 'father of Indian hardware', has been a relentless advocate of self-sufficiency in electronics. He has served, and continues to serve, on several Government committees working towards making India the electronics hub of the world.For his contributions, he was conferred India's third-highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan by The President of India, in 2011.
In recent years, Dr. Chowdhry has been nurturing and investing in startups, personally investing in more than 50 startups and serving on the board of the Indian Angel Network, the largest of its kind in India. He is also on the Investment Committee of IAN Fund, Electronic Development Fund, and Canbank Venture Capital Fund.
The book elicits the remarkable journey of Chowdhry, one of the Founders of HCL and of being a part of India's earliest start-ups in 1975 (at a time when the word 'start-up' was not yet part of our vocabulary).
