[citation needed] He started his work life as a clerk in the Industries Department of the Government of Odisha in 1976, After giving up his post graduate studies.

His longest stint was at Wipro where he became the Chief Executive of Wipro's Global R&D before working for chairman Azim Premji as corporate vice-president, Mission Quality.

Mindtree is a $1 billion (Fiscal 19), Global IT services company with approximately 20000+ people.

[1] When Mindtree started, Subroto Bagchi began as chief operating officer.

[2] On 1 May 2016, at the invitation of the Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik, he took on the full-time role of chairman, Odisha Skill Development Authority in the rank and status of a Cabinet Minister at an annual salary of 1 rupees.