He cracked the entrance test and decided to go for it. "Chandrasekaran was conferred the 'Distinguished Alumni Award' by NIT-T in 2014 when he visited the institute last. "Something that sets Chandra apart is his ability to see opportunity in crisis,' says senior professor of chemical engineering N Ananthakrishnan. One such example was the Y2k phenomenon.While the rest of the world was panicking, Chandra and TCS used this as an opportunity to turn around their business fortunes," he said. "Once we tried to get an appointment with former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus P Mistry through Chandra.But the plan was subsequently dropped after coming to know that he was engaged for the next two years.

Source: Times of India January 13, 2017 23:00 UTC