Bharat Goenka
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(1955-08-19) 19 August 1955 (age 70)
Bharat Goenka | |
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| Born | Bharat Goenka (1955-08-19) 19 August 1955 (age 70) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Board member of | Tally Solutions |
| Parent | Shyam Sunder Goenka |
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Bharat Goenka (born 19 August 1955) is an Indian businessman and the co-founder and managing director of Tally Solutions. In 2020, he received the Padma Shri from the Government of India for his contribution in the field of trade and industry.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Goenka is the son of Shyam Sunder Goenka, and is an alumnus of the Bishop Cotton Boys' School. A graduate in mathematics,[7] Goenka co-founded Tally Solutions with his father in 1986 after searching for a software to manage their accounting books. He created an MS-DOS based accounting application named Peutronics Financial Accountant, formally changed to Tally Solutions in 1999.[8]
In 2011, NASSCOM conferred their Lifetime Achievement Award to Goenka and the title of "the father of the Indian software product industry".[9] He was given the CSI Honorary Fellowship Award by the Computer Society of India (CSI) in 2014.[10] In 2020, he received the Padma Shri honour from the Government of India for his contribution in the field of trade and industry.[5]
Goenka delivered the 16th Lecture organised by the General K.S. Thimayya Memorial Trust.[11]
References
- ↑ "Sanjeev Bikchandani, Bharat Goenka Receive the Prestigious Award". dqindia.com. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ↑ "141 named for Padma Awards, Sushma, Jaitley & George Fernandes get Padma Vibhshan". uniindia.com. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ↑ "Padma Vibhushan for Jaitley, Sushma, Fernandes; Bhushan for Parrikar". dailypioneer.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ↑ "उद्योग एवं व्यापार क्षेत्र के 11 दिग्गजों को पद्मश्री". KhabarTak.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 26 January 2020.[permanent dead link]
- 1 2 "आनंद महिंद्रा, वेणु श्रीनिवासन सहित इन 11 दिग्गज कारोबारियों को मिला सम्मान". IndiaTv.in (in Hindi). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ↑ "आनंद महिंद्रा और वेणु श्रीनिवासन समेत 11 कारोबारियों को पद्म पुरस्कार". Bhaskar.com (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ↑ "Meet some of Karnataka's Padma awardees who span diverse fields". Deccan Herald. 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ↑ "Tally dreams big: India's top accounting software is all set to expand into retail". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ↑ "Nasscom confers lifetime award on Tally's Goenka". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ↑ "Tally Solutions Bharat Goenka conferred CSI Honorary Fellowship Award 2014". DATAQUEST. 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ↑ "Bharat Goenka - 16th General K.S. Thimayya Memorial Lecture". YouTube.
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