1974 - 1978

• This period witnessed the birth of the industry
• TCS converts a Hospital Information System from Burroughs Medium Systems COBOL to Burroughs Small Systems COBOL on an ICL 1903 for a US client
• India’s software export industry is born
• In 1975 CMC incorporated with Dr. Roddam Narsimhan as its first chairman and Dr. Prem Gupta as MD
• IN 1976 Shiv Nadar with six other friends starts Microcomp with a capital base of Rs.1.75 lakhs
• The company is rechristened HCL and history is made
• In 1977 National Informatics Center is set up with UNDP assistance having Dr. N Seshagiri as director general
• In 1978 IBM exists from India, as it could not agree with FERA regulations