Against All Odds: The IT Story of India

by S. Kris Gopalakrishnan, N. Dayasindhu, Krishnan Narayanan

Against All Odds: The IT Story of India is an insider's account and an anecdote-rich history of Indian IT over the last six decades. It taps into the first-hand experiences of Kris Gopalakrishnan and fifty other stalwarts
who built and shaped the IT industry. This is a tale of persistence and resilience, of foresight, of planning and being ready when luck knocks on the door, of a spirit of adventure and, above all, of an abiding sense of faith in technology and the belief that it would do good for India. It is a tale of triumph, and the best is yet to come!

Genres: Nonfiction, India, Business

397 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 24, 2022

Reviews

[Akshay Pathade · Rating 4 out of 5]

From being an IT graduate to spending years in the Indian IT industry now - I never come across one course, book, or person full of so many nuggets of wisdom about the Indian IT industry. This book deserves the Love and Admiration from every IT professional. This book is all about from where we started to where we are now and beyond. As an IT Industry, services sector dominated Economy and Techenabled Society. To now shaping IR 4.0, Digital India, Start-up India, and everything in between.

This book very lucidly covers how govt policy and World politics impacted the growth of this industry, education institutes, and R&D centers till the 1980s. To how they turned into partners for growth during 1980 - 2000(Thanks to NASSCOM and N Vittal).To 2000 nowwards transforming into a continuously nurturing empowering and symbiotic relationship till now. 

This is simply MUST READ book for every curious mind who wants to understand the rise of Technology enabled modern India.

Kudos to all writers and their Team for  pouring in their hearts, minds, and labor to make this book happen.

[Tapan Kamath · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book that wonderfully summarises the rise of the Indian IT industry over the last six decades. From the introduction of the first computers, the struggles of setting them up in universities, the birth of today's big names in IT Companies, and the growth till modern times, everything that one needs to know about the six decade journey has been covered.
The book was great till the last chapter where it starts to talk about future opportunities but fails to pay due to important issues like data privacy & security, or potential abuse of deep-tech, apart from mentioning a few lines on it.
Nonetheless, it's a great read, highly recommended to everyone, regardless of if you've lived through the 60years or not, because the book does a fantastic job of covering the history and bringing you to modern day where we stand. An easy, gripping read that will keep you hooked with interesting anecdotes from all the important personalities who contributed to this growth of Indian IT.

[Shashank · Rating 4 out of 5]

A must needed book to tell story of IT industry in India and how entrepreneurship and startups are not a recent phenomenon in India.
I am also surprised by how institutes like IITs, IISc and TIFR played a big a part in development of IT in India.

[ajay Kumar · Rating 3 out of 5]

its one of the books that could have been much more..its just that proper story telling wasnt here..just lots and lots of snippets combined together to become a book