Was the tipping point in favour of computers?
Nadar: The tipping point was that the government was going to be the largest customer. Virtually, the government controlled 90% demand in medical electronics. There was a lot of scope in the private sector. Let us go where the private world is because the governments Budget changes. We did not want to be in the hands of a bunch of people who will be deciding Budgets. That was the tipping point. Q: Ironically, you have brought in a government partner when you started the company? Nadar: It was the days in which we could not get a license if we went to private entrepreneurs. We were six people. If we would have gone and said that we are going to put together a computer company, there was no chance we could have got our license. Q: So, the answer to that was getting the UP government on board? Chowdhury: Thats correct. We decided to use the name Hindustan. So, Hindustan was a very important decision because the name was not given to many other companies. It was given only to public sector
