Som Mittal

The manager



Though a metallurgical engineer from IIT-Kanpur by training, IT has turned
out to be Som Mittal's true calling. In Wipro Infotech, he established the

peripherals business that in five years grew to over Rs 100 crore. The

peripherals manufacturing factory he set up in technical collaboration with

Seiko-Epson was the first in the group to achieve ISO 9000 certification and

also the first unit to be nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Quality Award. He was

instrumental in turning around the fortunes of Digital in India till it was

acquired by Compaq and subsequently HP. Currently, he is MD, HP Globalsoft.

Mittal was Nasscom chairman, CII chairman, MAIT president, member of Karnataka

CM's Task Force, Governing Council member of IIITB and founder member of Board

of Education Standards.