What happens when a leader NEVER stops being a learner?
What happens when a leader is busy 24x7 to democratise knowledge?
You get Achyut Godbole — a living library for society.
Some people live one life. Achyut seems to have lived a hundred.
Here’s his profile -
- Topper at the state-level matriculation and University
- Chemical Engineer from IIT Bombay
- CEO of leading IT companies for nearly 25 years (Patni, Syntel, L&T Infotech, etc.)
- Prolific author — with nearly 90 books spanning subjects as vast as Operating Systems, Music, Psychology, Economics, Management, Literature, Law, Technology even AI ... to name a few.
- Over 1,000 articles across newspapers and magazines, hundreds of public speeches and TV interviews, TEDx talks
- Ranked 35th among the “Top 100 Great IITians” who stayed in India and achieved greatness
- Human rights activist in his college days — including imprisonment during a Satyagraha for Adivasi rights
- One researcher has completed PhD on Achyut’s body of work. Two more researchers are currently doing PhD on his work
But here’s what truly makes him extraordinary:
Most of his books are written in Marathi, aimed at educating and inspiring the vernacular population of the state of Maharashtra — especially those without access to world-class knowledge.
I’d call him a Wisdom Bridge — someone who distills the world’s knowledge and makes it accessible to everyday people.
Achyut is a shining example of how authors can serve society — not just by creating knowledge, but by democratising it. 🌍
He once shared a profound story with me about the impact of his autobiography, Musafir. He told me that he received letters from 18 people who, in a moment of despair, had been planning to end their lives. After reading his book, they found renewed hope — and chose to live. 💫
Salute to him for his relentless endeavour.
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Dear Leaders,
Imagine if the employee communities in your organisation could also channel their passions to serve society; you would create an ocean of opportunity -
- Democratise technology - Create open-source projects for people across the globe or turning AI into an everyday assistant for farmers
- Democratise learning - Example - Explaining APIs through regional languages
- Democratise opportunity - Example - Providing platform to small-town coders
- Democratise empathy - Design products that include the elderly, differently-abled …
That’s the promise of Howard Gardening. 🌱
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