Achyut Godbole


Achyut Godbole is a polymath, humanitarian, socialist personality residing in Mumbai, India. He was born in Solapur, Maharashtra, India. After a successful career as a CEO of Patni Computer Systems and few more leading IT firms in 1980 and 1990s he moved to writing. He was at the position CEO for almost 23 years in his career in management.

Early life

Achyut Godbole was born in Solapur and completed his school education from Haribhai Devkaran Highschool, Solapur. He became a chemical engineer from IIT Mumbai in 1972.

Literary accomplishments

Godbole is well known for his writings in Marathi and English. He is a prolific writer in all genres and has produced numerous original works as well as adaptations of works from other languages into Marathi. His writing style is informative and yet very informal. This enables his readers to enjoy the process of assimilating knowledge on diverse subjects. His books are one of the highest selling books in Marathi. He has written many columns in Newspapers.

Books in Marathi