In 2002, I was made an honorary citizen of Houston by the mayor and given a key to the city during my visit to launch their TiE chapter.
I also spoke at Rice university on entrepreneurship and the Q&A lasted more than two hours.
Forbes did an article about me, titled “The Venture Capitalist from Kanpur” in their July 6, 1998 issue. Read below for the full text, or click here.
In 1985, Excelan was in big trouble. The board had fired my co-founder and the CEO. I was just made interim CEO and the board was looking for a permanent CEO.
Mauritius is an Island in South Indian Ocean, about 300 miles off the coast of Madagascar. It is an odd former British Colony that mostly speaks French and is almost 80% ethnic Indian. It is interesting to see Indians greeting and speaking to each other in French. It has a population of a little more than a million. On average, a Mauritian is three time as a rich as an Indian.