Although Shri Ramaraj is famously known for starting Satyam
Infoway, now called Sify, he is associated with many firsts. He pioneered the
retail marketing of computers in India way back in 1984-1985 by setting up the
'Computer Point' retails chain. This was just a year or so after the PC
revolution in the US. He was a founder director of Microland, a pioneering
company in networking, before a stint in cellular telephony as director,
Sterling Cellular up to 1996. At Sterling Cellular, he successfully bid for the
Delhi circle license when mobile telephony was first introduced in India.
In 1996, Shri Ramaraj took the industry by surprise with Satyam Infoway,
India's first national private Internet service provider that also became the
first Indian Internet company listed on NASDAQ. Shri Ramaraj was awarded the
Golden Mouse Award for the 'Web evangelist of the Year 2000'. He was also a
member of UN's Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), and contributed to
developing a recommendation for Internet Governance.
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