Mr Hirji Kanji Patel
(Director& founder) Allied Computers International (ACi)

Mr Hirji Kanji Patel has acquired a BSc (Hon) degree from Queen Mary Cellege (University of London) in Avionics, specializing in design and development of Automatic Guidance Systems. He has work with a team of top missile scientists in the Guidance Weapons Division of GEC Avionics and British Aerospace plc and thus is exceptionally competent in mathematical modeling and design and development of digital electronic hardware and embedded real-time software. Following this, he worked as a commercial software consultant developing database and real-time applications for over six years before venturing into business.

In year 2002, Hirji Patel founded Allied Computers International (Asia) Limited and the ACi brand in India. It was the first notebook specialist company in the country. The business was run and expanded profitably by Hirji Patel and has acclaimed several awards for excellence in portable computing through his steering. He achieved the Entrepreneur of the Year award within the Kutchi community in the year 2003. He further collected the prestigious Girnar Award for outstanding contribution in the field of Laptop industry in the year 2004.