@AjaiChowdhry The best part of founders like you @hcltech was: build the company first,not chase personal wealth.
Today’s gen focuses on marketing for valuation,big salaries & OFS. Result: investor loss +loss of trust.SEBI is watching
#Entrepreneurship#Startups#InvestorTrust
We quit our jobs.
There were six of us — Shiv Nadar, Arjun Malhotra, Yogesh Vaidya, Subhash Arora, D.S. Puri and me.
It was 1976. Startups were not really a thing in India. Venture capital did not exist. Banks were not exactly lining up to lend money to six young men with an idea and no collateral.
And computers? Most people had barely heard of them.
But we believed the microprocessor was going to change the world.
So we took the plunge.
Between the six of us, we managed to put together ₹1.87 lakh. We borrowed, pooled our savings and, in one case, even sold a car.
Our first office was a small barsati in Golf Links, Delhi.
We called ourselves Microcomp. We wanted to build an Indian computer.
There was just one problem.
We didn’t have a manufacturing licence.
That eventually led us to UP Electronics Corporation. They had the licence. We had the technology. And that partnership gave birth to Hindustan Computers Limited — HCL.
But perhaps the most audacious part of the story was what happened next.
We started selling a computer that was still being designed.
We had a brochure and a mock-up of the machine. That was it.
Our sales teams went across India, knocking on doors and convincing businesses to buy into a technology they had never used before.
The first orders came from IIT Kharagpur and IIT Madras.
Then came the harder part — convincing businesses.
In Coimbatore, we were up against DCM DP, a much bigger and more established name. I still remember sitting in the reception area of Premier Mills while the DCM team made its pitch.
We went in second.
And we won.
That one order gave us five more. Then ten.
That was HCL in those early years: not having the biggest balance sheet, the biggest brand or the easiest path — but finding a way.
We were restless.
We looked for gaps. We hired people who had what we called a “cowboy” spirit. We believed that technology had to be made useful and accessible, not intimidating.
And we kept moving.
From building India’s early indigenous computers to taking our business to Singapore when HCL was just four years old. From a small room in Delhi to a global technology company.
When I look back at 50 years, I think about six people sitting together in 1976, wondering if this crazy idea could actually work.
I think about a barsati.
A brochure for a computer that did not yet exist.
And the courage to knock on the next door.
That, to me, is the real HCL story.
50 years later, the technology has changed beyond anything we could have imagined.
But the spirit remains the same:
Dream big. Take the risk. And above all, Just Aspire.
Happy 50th, HCL.
What a journey it has been.
#AjaiChowdhry #JustAspire #HCL #50yearsofHCL #Nostalgic #Founders
We are soon launching the Child Beggar-Free Delhi Campaign across all 13 districts to protect children found begging and secure their future.
Children will not be moved by force. With DCPCR and NGOs, we will counsel families, address their difficulties and provide better alternatives. The campaign will also identify and expose organised gangs forcing children into begging.
Have a suggestion? Comment or DM us.
#ViksitDelhi
@pushkardhami hello sir how’s you ??? It’s a long time for me especially being local from Uttrakhand . I have been trying to buy land to shift my base from Delhi to Uttrakhand and I couldn’t find anything facilitating and big to live here I love my Uttrakhand. My humble request to us is please help me in land acquisition cause nowadays it had become nitemare with clarity and even other land is dew which was I supposedly get when I was promoting the state before keeping everything in side I wanna move back to my native place to help and built around Uttrakhand and I want to shif back to my Pahadi people please look into this matter it’s been 3 years didn’t get any land awaiting your answer @pushkardhami sir
@airtelindia Look at your landline service , no customer care agent comes only IVR , everytime a new timeline is give....why we pay you for whole month its a cheat....@MIB_India@JM_Scindia
VIDEO | Delhi: As the Delhi Cabinet approves the Delhi Private University Bill, Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa (@mssirsa ) says, “Today, 1,50,000 students will no longer have to wander outside Delhi or resort to correspondence courses. Instead, they will gain access to a proper university campus environment, a setting where students can grow and develop their vision. Creating this facility will mark a historic milestone for Delhi. For the first time since the establishment of Delhi University during the British era, we are setting up new universities of the same calibre. We are building infrastructure of such magnitude that its impact will resonate not just within Delhi or the country, but across the entire world, benefiting generations to come. I once again extend my congratulations to Education Minister Sood and our visionary Chief Minister, Rekha Gupta.”
(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/bIyFWTfmBd)
@gupta_rekha@LtGovDelhi@PMOIndia Please see the condition of Roshanara Park which can be verified by @ASIGoI ,it can be as good as Lodhi Garden but see roads, surroundings and Cows, hope our MLA will work @AshokGoelBJP also encroahment in shakti nagar and kamla nagar @htTweets
Delhi tourism is getting a major upgrade.
Beyond the usual monuments lies a Delhi of faith, culture and timeless heritage, waiting to be explored.
On 11 August, four curated, eco-friendly tourism circuits will be unveiled at Akshardham Temple, making it easier to explore more and stay longer.
On 12 August, I invite influencers to experience these unseen circuits and take Delhi’s incredible new tourism story to the world.
#ViksitDelhi
While CJP was partying last night at a hotel, Meghnad provided food, shelter and sent back more than 60 people to different parts of the country on their own money.
Accomodation was provided by Indian Youth Congress.
These are the real heroes, while Das and Ranka danced.
@RahulGandhi@narendramodi@amitkilhor@dhruv_rathee@CJP_2029
Would you trust your life to someone who got a medical seat via reservation? Social justice shouldn't cost lives. Give reservation in primary education to build equality, not in any professional courses.
Ranting Gola ranting against CJP.
Ranting Gola gets her funding from Congress.
Abhijeet Dipke and his friends get their funding from AAP.
Ranting Gola wanted to join CJP in some official capacity but Dipke refused and since then Dipke is her enemy number 1. 😂😂😂
@p_sahibsingh please take strict action for both sides and do also debunk false things of movement at the same time problem of paper leak to be solve. ..seems @aap is desperate
This video clearly shows the violence.
A protester kicks an RAF personnel to the ground, after which the mob surrounds and assaults him. This is not a peaceful protest. It is outright lawlessness. Those who organised and backed these protests must be held accountable for putting the lives of citizens and security personnel at risk.
हर जगह इतना झूठ बोलने की क्या जरूरत पड रही है पहली बात तो इनकी ख़ुद की बातों में ही Contradiction है
दूसरी बात ये के वहाँ CJP छोड़िये किसी का भी फ़ोन नहीं रखा/छीना जाता है
हाथ में फ़ोन के साथ फोटो अलग से है आप ख़ुद देख लीजिए 👇
Ashutosh Ranka gets questioned by CJP mob about Saurav Das, Dipke and other cockroaches including him, absconding after instigating others to go on a rampage.
Ranka’s response? “Don’t instigate people here”.
Absolute frauds.
#WATCH | Delhi: Founding President of the Cockroach Janta Party, Abhijeet Dipke says, "At 7 AM, when I stepped out to freshen up, police goons arrived here. They dragged Sonam Sir away while hurling abuse at him. A 60-year-old man, who had been on a hunger strike for 20 days and hadn't eaten a thing was forcibly dragged away by the Delhi Police. We have no idea where they have taken him. When I received the news and was on my way to Jantar Mantar from my friend's house, the police assaulted me as well...These aren't police officers; they are RSS goons. I had returned to my country from abroad; am I a criminal? They are goons—not police, but RSS goons..."