Gopal Srinivasan

Hardware man




Gopal Srinivasan has been one of the pioneers of hardware manufacturing in this

country, especially IT peripherals. Being the grandson of TVS Sundaram Iyengar,

the founder of the TVS group of companies, had its own advantages: it provided

him a launching pad. Srinivasan set up TVS Electronics in 1986 with the

objective of manufacturing computer peripherals. Just like TVS companies made

about 80% of the components of an automobile, TVSE set about manufacturing all

peripherals accompanying computers. Alongside managing TVSE, Srinivasan also

lobbied actively with the government on issues confronting the hardware

industry, especially as MAIT president in 1996-97. Beyond hardware, Srinivasan

played a pioneering role in venturing into engineering design services by

floating Harita Infoserve.