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June 2025

Book Review

By Ameet Patel, Chartered Accountant
Reading Time 9 mins

(LEARNINGS FOR NGOs/NPOs INCLUDING BCAS)

Name of the Book: THE MAVERICK EFFECT BY HARISH MEHTA

Author: MR HARISH MEHTA

On 8th February, 2025, I attended the Managing Committee meeting of BCAS as there was an interesting item on the agenda. That was to hear from two people about how “not for profit” organisations can be run and, what are the challenges in doing so and how the same can be overcome.

The two guest speakers who were invited to speak on this topic were Mr. Harish Mehta and Mr. Rajiv Vaishnav.

At the end of the meeting, all those present were handed over a copy of the book “The Maverick Effect” authored by Mr. Harish Mehta. This is an “Inside Story of India’s IT Revolution”. The name of the book intrigued me, and for some reason that I still can’t figure out, I mentioned to Mr. Mehta there and then that I would read this book and then write a book review about it in the BCAJ and send him a copy of that edition of the BCAJ. He was glad to hear this. The editor of the BCAJ was also present at that time, and he agreed to publis

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