The two days IT conclave—Destination IT@North concluded on Thursday with an inspiring address by the world renowned speaker, Subroto Bagchi, who is a founder and chairman of Mindtree limited and author of various books, including The Elephant Catchers.
Referring to infrastructure as the most critical factor, Bagchi said that “In infrastructure, scaling should not be minimalistic but maximalist and futuristic in approach. In most of our cities unfortunately, physical infrastructure leaves a lot to be desired. However, as I have been travelling across 16 cities of India, four in each region, I find Chandigarh is the best in infrastructure”.
Advising the IT entrepreneurs, he added that though IT offers immense opportunities yet, every youngster should be ready to diversify”.
Bagchi pointed out that north has the best capabilities in the field of entertainment and media having produced many star actors who reign the Bollywood, which should be channelised to make the Tri City a leader in this segment.
A large segment of our population is aging fast, who would require services for their safety, comfort, security, and entertainment, which can be solved by young entrepreneurs by adopting innovations in using information technology, he remarked.
On explaining six rules of scaling up, Subroto Bagchi said that the changing ideas, customers and products and scaling adversity, intellect, reputation and people is the key to succeed and excel in life.
Co-hosted by the UT Department of Information Technology, Punjab Government, Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and Confederation of Indian, the IT conclave focussed on the theme “Thinking Ahead of the Curve Through Innovation” this year.