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May - 2007 - issue > Leadership

Where the mind, heart and gut work in sync

Pradeep Shankar
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Pradeep Shankar
Adobe India Head Naresh Gupta may not be the name that is top of mind when it comes to high-tech leaders of Indian IT industry. But it probably should.

He is a fine example of someone who has been able to look ahead, think forward and experiment. In 1997, at a young age of 30, having spent just a year at Adobe in the U.S., he managed to get a buy-in from his CEO to start an India R&D Center. While the phenomenon of expatriates returning after a short stint in the U.S. is commonplace today, it was quite unheard of during
the late 90s.

Gupta is at ease doing the non-commonplace though; it follows his mind-heart-gut trajectory, for he belongs to a rare breed of leaders whose mind, heart and gut work in sync. Backed by these three pillars and his technical and managerial acumen, Gupta has taken Adobe India to astounding heights.

Over the years, Adobe India has grown to 1000 employees, rolled out several products of Adobe completely engineered out of India and has filed more than 50 patents. From rolling out software components (phase 1) in the initial years to developing complete products (phase 2), today India owns the responsibility of running one of Adobe’s six business units (phase 3). Added to this, the center is leading charge in several new areas for Adobe’s future rollouts (phase 4). With one-third of Adobe’s engineering force based in India, one could easily gauge that the India center’s efforts are significant to the overall growth of the company.

Heretic at Heart

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