Dewang Mehta

Who was Dewang Mehta?

Dewang Mehta was the head of NASSCOM from 1991 to 2001; born on August 10, 1960, in a sleepy hamlet called Umreth, in the interiors of Gujarat, India he's credited with a large portion of India's momentous rise as a "software giant"

He was an alumnus of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Mehta Vidyalaya, New Delhi of 197 by 1984, though it was clearly not his only calling. Right through his student years, Mehta dabbled in an assortment of work, adding to his skills and professional credentials. Apart from a brief flirtation with journalism and a long-time affair with writing, he also participated in politics. Another passion was computer graphics and he learnt about this emerging hi-tech segment at the Imperial College London, where he also had his first encounter with movie and ad film making.

His interest in film making went back to 1977, when on a vacation in his village he was introduced to celebrated director of the “art cinema genre,” Shyam Benegal. For two months, Mehta worked with Benegal as a spot boy, absorbing the finer nuances of film making and getting a feel of the action behind the camera.