Indian American tech entrepreneur Dr Romesh Wadhwani, who was awarded Padma Shri by the Government of India for 2020, received his award from India’s consul general in San Francisco on Wednesday, 21 Jan 2022, according to a release by the foundation run by him
Romesh T. Wadhwani (born 1947/48) is an Indian-American billionaire businessman, the founder, chairman and CEO of Symphony Technology Group (STG), a private equity firm for software, Internet and technology services companies.
Romesh T. Wadhwani was born in Karachi, British India (now Pakistan), and his family moved to India following its independence post-1947. He is of Sindhi origin. He contracted polio at age of 2 and had difficulty getting admission in school. He received a bachelor’s degree from the IIT Bombay, and master’s and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
