A few decades may have passed, but BVR Mohan Reddy still remembers every single word that his structural engineering professor said during a particular class. Not surprising, as they have helped him build a world-class engineering solutions business.
“The professor started his class by saying, ‘Money lost can be earned back with effort; health, when lost, can be earned back with a lot of effort; but values, when lost, can never come back.’ Hence, I place a lot of emphasis on values, and this has translated into Cyient’s culture,” says 64-year-old Reddy, whose company is involved in almost every major aircraft design programme.
But having the right set of values is one thing, breaking into the almost impenetrable world of aeronautics altogether another. “When I started an engineering services company in 1991, many global companies were not ready to outsource engineering at that time,” says Reddy, who is also the chairman of software industry body Nasscom.
Reddy founded Hyderabad-based Cyient (formerly Infotech Enterprises) in 1991 after stints in the DCM Group, Mico Bosch, Hindustan Computers Ltd and the Voltas-promoted OMC Computers, where he was managing director. “I discovered a niche area in geospatial information systems, where we (Cyient) could offer our services. Our first offering was to convert physical maps into the digital format,” reminisces Reddy, who holds a graduate degree in mechanical engineering from the College of Engineering, Kakinada, and postgraduate degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and the University of Michigan in the US.
07/10/15 Amrita Nair-Ghaswalla/Business Line
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“The professor started his class by saying, ‘Money lost can be earned back with effort; health, when lost, can be earned back with a lot of effort; but values, when lost, can never come back.’ Hence, I place a lot of emphasis on values, and this has translated into Cyient’s culture,” says 64-year-old Reddy, whose company is involved in almost every major aircraft design programme.
But having the right set of values is one thing, breaking into the almost impenetrable world of aeronautics altogether another. “When I started an engineering services company in 1991, many global companies were not ready to outsource engineering at that time,” says Reddy, who is also the chairman of software industry body Nasscom.
Reddy founded Hyderabad-based Cyient (formerly Infotech Enterprises) in 1991 after stints in the DCM Group, Mico Bosch, Hindustan Computers Ltd and the Voltas-promoted OMC Computers, where he was managing director. “I discovered a niche area in geospatial information systems, where we (Cyient) could offer our services. Our first offering was to convert physical maps into the digital format,” reminisces Reddy, who holds a graduate degree in mechanical engineering from the College of Engineering, Kakinada, and postgraduate degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and the University of Michigan in the US.
07/10/15 Amrita Nair-Ghaswalla/Business Line
