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The trainer
 Though computer education was there in the 80s, it was still restricted to
an intellectually elite section in the IITs and the science labs. Taking the
benefits of IT learning to the masses needed breaking this elitist aura, and
this was only possible through training the vast middle class. The country
needed a messiah and in came Rajendra Pawar. The beginning was humble, when with
two colleagues he started NIIT in 1981. Over the next two decades, NIIT became
synonymous with computer training, and notwithstanding the jibes, Pawar is
perhaps the most responsible for proletarianization of IT in India today. No
doubt he will also be remembered as MAIT president, Where he integrated its
activities with other associations and as National IT Task Force member was
responsible for shaping several IT policies.
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