Founder Profile
F.C. Kohli
Last reviewed: September 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Background
F.C. Kohli held a profoundly rigorous, highly technical background in advanced electrical engineering, complex power systems automation, and massive-scale software logistics. Having successfully earned his master's degree from the incredibly prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and operating as a fiercely capable systems engineer optimizing massive electrical grids, this incredibly intense computational foundation provided the exact technical mastery required to successfully architect the massively dominant TCS software operations.
Founding Story
F.C. Kohli was a fiercely brilliant Indian electrical engineer, highly strategic technology pioneer, and the profoundly influential technical co-founder fundamentally responsible for architecting the incredibly complex operational bedrock of the massive TCS software empire. Operating as an incredibly talented senior executive at Tata Electric Companies, Kohli was aggressively handpicked by J.R.D. Tata to lead the nascent TCS in 1969. By relentlessly pioneering the incredibly revolutionary 'Global Delivery Model' and fiercely executing massive, highly complex software migration projects for massive American banks and corporations, his absolutely rigorous technical execution completely transformed a small data processing center into an absolute multi-billion dollar global powerhouse. His massive engineering legacy permanently secured his status as the absolute 'Father of the Indian IT Industry.'