'Selling Daksh was a mistake'

Sanjeev Aggarwal

Although Daksh is a part of IBM now, it has always stayed close to my heart. I was born in 1960 near Jalandhar, and my father was in the judiciary. I was the youngest of four siblings and studied engineering and MBA from Punjab University. Between my engineering and MBA degrees, I started a company in 1981 in the area of computer training. We were early movers in what would later turn into a large industry. Computer training was very aspirational but my father wanted me to take up a saner career, which was to do my MBA and take up a job. There was a lot of resistance and I had to finally shut the company within a year of starting it.

After my MBA, I worked in various Indian companies for about 10 years. My first stint was as a management trainee at DCM. I also spent considerable time at Thermax where I was spearheading the company