India, July 23 -- The life of Dr Ashok Jhunjhunwala, the chairman of ITEL foundation and who spent over four decades at IIT Madras as a professor, has been chronicled in a biography named 'Roots and Wings - Building India's Dee Tech Ecosystem'.

The book is authored by Saloni Malhotra, founder of Desicrew Solutions, and was launched on Tuesday, July 21, at an event in Delhi.

During her address, Malhotra recalled her days with Dr Jhunjhunwala and said that when Javed Akhtar visited ITEL Foundation, a not-for-profit incubation and innovation centre in Chennai, he said, "When I see the work here, I see a hope for the future"

Among the dignitaries present at the event was commerce minister Piyush Goyal, who also delivered a special address ...