Kohli, Who Shaped India’s IT Services Industry, Dies at 96
- ‘Father of India’s IT industry,’ Kohli led TCS for 3 decades
- Kohli was the first CEO at Asia’s biggest IT services firm
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Faqir Chand Kohli, the founding chief executive officer of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., who steered the Indian company for three decades, has died. He was 96.
Kohli, who was asked to join the fledgling TCS in 1969 by then Tata Sons Ltd. Chairman Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata, did his post graduation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before joining Tata group’s power unit in 1951.