FC Kohli

Father of Indian IT industry, FC Kohli passed away on November 26. The 96-year-old veteran technocrat was the founder and first CEO of Tata Consultancy Services. Directing several entities of Tata group, he was also among the board directors in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Along with being president of Computer Society of India, he was the chairman at the south-east Asia Regional Conferences in 1976 and 1988.