Roots & Wings - Building India's Deep Tech Ecosystem | Authorised Biography of Padma Shri Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala - Paperback

Called the Doyen of Deep Tech by Forbes Padma Shri Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala is the man who built the backbone of India's technological future — quietly relentlessly and entirely on his own terms. In 1981 when India's brightest minds were leaving its shores he returned. As a young professor at IIT Madras he transformed it into a living laboratory of innovation. Out of that vision grew the IITM Research Park — India's largest platform for collaboration between industry academia and government and the birthplace of the country's Deep Tech revolution. A Gandhian technologist — humble visionary tireless — he has always believed that India must build for itself and for the world. That conviction as urgent today as it was four decades ago has shaped hundreds of founders companies and movements. Some of his bets succeeded others failed. But together they laid the foundation for an ecosystem that continues to grow. They say Grow where you are planted. He chose to renew the soil itself so that others could take root. What began as one man's purpose has become a forest of ideas — where innovation is both humble and bold and where India learns to dream differently. He has a rare gift: making people reach deeper within themselves and challenge what they thought possible. — Vani Kola Managing Director Kalaari CapitalNeither is the list of his achievements exhaustive nor is the man exhausted. — M. Ramesh The Hindu Business LineHe made it feel like building something for India was not just a choice — rather it was a privilege. — Vineeta Singh CEO Sugar CosmeticsHe was a source of inspiration for many of us. — Nachiket Mor Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health