A farmer’s son from a remote village in Odisha, Debendra Mohanta went from supporting his family by driving bullock carts and ploughing fields to studying in a non-English-medium school, and yet making it big in the IT sector on the world stage. Born in 1971, Deb has been widely recognized as a disruptor in the technology space over the last three decades, first as a professional working for top IT companies and now as an entrepreneur.