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{{short description|Indian businessman}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bharat Goenka
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| birth_name = Bharat Goenka
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|08|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], India
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| occupation = Entrepreneur
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| boards = [[Tally Solutions]]
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| children =
| parents = [[Shyam Sunder Goenka]]
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| awards = {{plainlist|
*[[Padma Shri]] (2020)
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'''Bharat Goenka''' (born 19 August 1955) is an Indian businessman and the co-founder and managing director of [[Tally Solutions]]. In 2020, he received the [[Padma Shri]] from the [[Government of India]] for his contribution in the field of trade and industry.<ref name="dqindia">{{cite news|url=https://www.dqindia.com/padma-awards-2020-sanjeev-bikchandani-bharat-goenka-receive-prestigious-award/|title=Sanjeev Bikchandani, Bharat Goenka Receive the Prestigious Award|access-date=26 January 2020|language=en|website=dqindia.com}}</ref><ref name="uniindia">{{cite news|url=http://www.uniindia.com/141-named-for-padma-awards-sushma-jaitley-george-fernandes-get-padma-vibhshan/india/news/1865972.html|title=141 named for Padma Awards, Sushma, Jaitley & George Fernandes get Padma Vibhshan|access-date=26 January 2020|language=en|website=uniindia.com}}</ref><ref name="dailypioneer">{{cite news|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/india/padma-vibhushan-for-jaitley--sushma--fernandes--bhushan-for-parrikar.html|title=Padma Vibhushan for Jaitley, Sushma, Fernandes; Bhushan for Parrikar|access-date=26 January 2020|language=en|website=dailypioneer.com|archive-date=14 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214095042/https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/india/padma-vibhushan-for-jaitley--sushma--fernandes--bhushan-for-parrikar.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="khabartak">{{cite news|url=https://khabartak.com/awards/trade-business-awards/|title=उद्योग एवं व्यापार क्षेत्र के 11 दिग्गजों को पद्मश्री|access-date=26 January 2020|language=hi|website=KhabarTak.com}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="IndiaTv">{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatv.in/paisa/business-2020-padma-awards-11-industrialist-including-anand-mahindra-and-venu-srinivasan-686286|title=आनंद महिंद्रा, वेणु श्रीनिवासन सहित इन 11 दिग्गज कारोबारियों को मिला सम्मान|access-date=26 January 2020|language=hi|website=IndiaTv.in}}</ref><ref name="Bhaskar">{{cite news|url=https://money.bhaskar.com/news/MON-INDU-COMP-anand-mahindra-venu-srinivasan-to-be-honoured-with-padma-bhushan-naukricom-founder-to-get-padma-shri-126610367.html|title=आनंद महिंद्रा और वेणु श्रीनिवासन समेत 11 कारोबारियों को पद्म पुरस्कार|access-date=26 January 2020|language=hi|website=Bhaskar.com|archive-date=28 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128154555/https://money.bhaskar.com/news/MON-INDU-COMP-anand-mahindra-venu-srinivasan-to-be-honoured-with-padma-bhushan-naukricom-founder-to-get-padma-shri-126610367.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Goenka is the son of [[Shyam Sunder Goenka]], and is an alumnus of the [[Bishop Cotton Boys' School]]. A graduate in mathematics,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/meet-some-of-karnatakas-padma-awardees-who-span-diverse-fields-798232.html|title=Meet some of Karnataka's Padma awardees who span diverse fields|date=2020-01-26|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-04-15}}</ref> Goenka co-founded Tally Solutions with his father in 1986 after searching for a software to manage their accounting books. He created an MS-DOS based accounting application named Peutronics Financial Accountant, formally changed to Tally Solutions in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/tally-dreams-big-indias-top-accounting-software-is-all-set-to-expand-into-retail-5018221.html|title=Tally dreams big: India's top accounting software is all set to expand into retail|website=Moneycontrol|access-date=2020-04-15}}</ref>

In 2011, [[NASSCOM]] conferred their ''Lifetime Achievement Award'' to Goenka and the title of "the father of the Indian software product industry".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2011/nov/09/nasscom-confers-lifetime-award-on-tallys-goenka-308533.html|title=Nasscom confers lifetime award on Tally's Goenka|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2020-04-15}}</ref> He was given the ''CSI Honorary Fellowship Award'' by the [[Computer Society of India]] (CSI) in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dqindia.com/tally-solutions-bharat-goenka-conferred-csi-honorary-fellowship-award-2014/|title=Tally Solutions Bharat Goenka conferred CSI Honorary Fellowship Award 2014|date=2014-12-17|website=DATAQUEST|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-15}}</ref> In 2020, he received the [[Padma Shri]] honour from the [[Government of India]] for his contribution in the field of trade and industry.<ref name="IndiaTv" />

Goenka delivered the 16th Lecture organised by the General K.S. Thimayya Memorial Trust.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEJaMc-6_E0|title=Bharat Goenka - 16th General K.S. Thimayya Memorial Lecture|website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>

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