“Today, in our country, there is extremely visible entrepreneurial energy. A huge number of young people are transforming into entrepreneurs,” says Subramaniam Ramadorai, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Chairman of the Advisory Board at Tata STRIVE (the group’s CSR skill development initiative) and former CEO & MD of Tata Consultancy Services.

In Chennai recently to launch TCS Oru Vetri Kadhai (Kizhakku Padhippagam), the Tamil translation of his book The TCS Story and Beyond, (Penguin, 2011), Ramadurai, whose family hails from Thanjavur, also commented on the city’s vibrant startup culture.