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Mindtree co-founder Subroto Bagchi has his eye on the big picture

Tech entrepreneur turned philanthropist and public servant, Bagchi talks to Pavan Lall about learnings from corporate existence and why Covid-19 planning needed more attention and foresight

Subrato Bagchi, Co-founder of Mindtree
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Pavan Lall Mumbai
If it was a task organising the logistics for “Lunch with Business Standard” before the pandemic, doing so at a time when the country is in a vice-like grip of a virus is even harder. Yet, it’s an endeavour that Subroto Bagchi, former chairman and co-founder of multinational technology firm Mindtree, has sportingly agreed to.
 
Those who know him would opine that not doing so would have been uncharacteristic of a man who, along with his wife, recently committed hundreds of crores in charity for the setting up of a cancer hospital.
 
As my screen comes to life,