Fastest Growing IT Services In India & Fastest Growing HR Consultants In India

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Editor's Note

The Technologically Driven Winds Of Change!

We at Business Connect Magazine, are at a constant endeavor to bring to our readers something that adds significance to their reading experience.

And lately, we realized what could be better than Information Technology and the intertwining of Human Resources with it.

Have you realized, as much as we forget to credit our Human resources, we are largely dependent on them, I mean, having said that, you or I wouldn’t even be here if your HR didn’t pick you. And the same goes for technology, how’d they reach you? Its technology that brings us all closer and together even while we know we aren’t physically in the same breathing space.

Innovation and IT has continually run hand in hand, in the same stream in terms of concepts, but in the present scenario, the hit is major. From analytics, DevOps, Artificial Intelligence, cloud, block-chain and threats, to what’s dominating the market, we have tried to cover it all in this edition (In-case we missed something, we’ll bring it in the next, certainly).

Business Connect Magazine knows the pulse of the market and helps lead its readers to the top IT shapeshifters to market daddies, not just in terms of technological innovation but also from where to resource it. We have bought to you information on the implementation of new concepts, challenges, ways to wrestle these challenges, what would suit you the best in building the right team and more.

As much as IT has transformed the sector in the past half a century, it has also collaborated and encouraged the Human Resource vertical to generate new jobs given to the boom in demands. All the manual dependency and long ques have gone out of the window, clerical jobs are of a less fuss and more pace, thanks to technology coming into the picture.

Brainstorming ideas, and innovations have popped out of entrepreneurs and multiplied in number drastically with this new generation absolutely exploiting the basic tools of the internet to launch absolutely amazing business models.

Of course, we carry the guilt of not being able to reach each and every Technology and Resource Company but, we assure you, we will. The selection heavily depends on the information extracted by a respected team dedicated solely to pool out the best success stories.

But we welcome anyone and everyone who believes they should be a part of this list or if they know someone who could be, the suggestion would be taken into due consideration and religiously taken forward by our team. We are always up to reflect the absolute diversity and breadth of the IT and Human resource sector of our country and globally as well.

The best part about compiling these stories was the amount of knowledge the editorial and else effectively gained through careful research about the enhancements that are taking over the fascinating industry of technology.

My due admiration goes to those who are painstakingly trying to bring ease to the lives of people through advancements of this ever exploding tech-savvy era, Kudos!

We look forward to a lot more ease and lethargy (Kidding)!

YASHASVI KHUSHU Managing Editor yashasvi@businessconnectindia.in

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EFC LIMITED FOR STATE OF THE ART AND AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect The traditional work environment today has been disrupted by the concept of co-working spaces with a massive growth incorporating in it in the last few years. And the demand for this concept is only amplifying and people are expected to hit this concept full-fledged in the coming few years.

India acting as one of the major startup market and adopters for this co-working concept, the corporates are tapping into its potential as well. A number of big names from this industry have to lead the trend and the reason for this adoption goes far ahead of just cost saving. Bigger corporates today have comprehended the fact that working with young, pumped up minds outside an obvious professional set up would only boost their imagination, satisfaction and bring out creativity and innovation at its best.

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UMEASH SAHHAAII Founder, EFC Limited

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The industry today offers co-working options with amenities that fancy one and all, from modern workplaces, snack bars, game zones, conference rooms to faster WiFi, better, more comfortable seating, etc. in the following years, the co-working spaces are only going to get better, catering to the needs of individuals from each professional background and age.

The customer is never left dissatisfied with the services by ensuring to engage at least one EFC support staff on each floor.

The industry will witness fancy transformations and need specific alteration as well, there would be spaces that would solely be dedicated to night owls, health-conscious heads with gyms, workaholics for 24X7 facilities, and more.

The growth has just set in for this vertical and the future with all these facilities seems even brighter. And incorporated with the idea of creating an affordable infrastructure, EFC Limited, the brainchild of Umeash Sahhaaii, CEO and Founder offers a flexible and affordable solution for both startups and behemoths. His idea is to eliminate the middlemen (like brokers and landlords) and enable one-track mind for both involved parties. He offers serviced offices, co-working spaces, virtual office, meeting/conference rooms, and training rooms.

Business Connect: What kind of clients do you serve?

Umeash: We serve anyone and everyone in need of a workspace. We have a huge range of clients and we are mostly targeting small and big enterprises, startups and individuals

THE ‘GET STARTED NOW’ CONCEPT OF EFC The ‘Get started now’ concept is a game-changer in the entrepreneurial market. It enables maximum productivity and in the end, isn’t that what’s ‘trending’, so to speak?

For a business to find a complete setup workplace with amenities in one day would’ve been impossible without products like co-sharing spaces.

EFC values customer service over everything else, they believe in the ‘personal touch’ and aims to be available for their customers at all times. The spaces and services are provided with 24x7 all-round assistance at affordable rates and are never entitled to any agreement or contract.

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In a conversation with Business Connect Magazine, Umeash Sahhaaii opening about the co-working space culture, the future, need and more,

Business Connect: How do you ensure the unbreakable faith of clients in your company?

Umeash: By providing the best service out there, we make sure we stand out from our competitors in the eyes of our customer base. We want to make sure our quality never suffers while we try and move ahead.

Business Connect: How much do you rely upon Research and Development for growth?

Umeash: A lot! Since this is the market-based company, a lot of our data depends on our clients, existing clients and the clients that we would acquire. For this reason, we make our R&D, a major portion of our business development.

Business Connect: How difficult is it to remain relevant in this competitive world?

Umeash: It is a bit difficult as there are new spaces coming up by the day. We have to make sure our standards are not compromised. Our position in the market is very important to preserve because we can only build on the brand if the brand is relevant. Having said that, we have made our mark in the cities that we serve and hence we believe the only way now, is up.

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Business Connect: Tell us something about your staff.

How do you ensure their efficiency and positivity towards work in challenging times?

Umeash: We hold a lot of discussions, be it the client downfalls, or conversions based on all the shortcomings and improvements. It helps the team learn about the ongoing issues, brace themselves and prepare themselves for the future.

Business Connect: What are your thoughts on women participation in the entrepreneurial world?

Umeash: I believe that women are the new driving force in the market, they bring around fresh energy to this tough environment and brings a healthy thing. Personally, I feel

Business Connect: What kind of activities do you conduct to keep your employees energized?

Umeash: We hold CSR activities, team building activities, celebrations, birthdays and new joinings parties to build personal relationships within the employees. We have observed that this also keep the employees in a very positive mindset and has also helped with the productivity levels in EFC Limited.

Business Connect: What are your efforts to ensure the female workforce at par with male counterparts?

Umeash: We maintain a diligent female workforce with us that only further gives us all the more reasons to ensure that women are always a part of our organization.

We keep their comfort at priority with amenities like maternity leaves that are easily granted or if there is any other assistance required, we are at disposal, this motivates them to be with us longer.

Business Connect: How have you infused technology smoothly into your business?

Umeash: The infusion of technology has happened on a ladder of levels, we have used software for all the facility related report generation, which not just has made the process user friendly but also at the same time has supported our clients in raising concerns or suggestions, if there are any. And when the drive of technology is so amplified, we have ensured reaching to people in socially active ways and tried collaborating and encouraging it business wise through Google Ads, SME SEO and services wise through projectors, LAN internet, HVAC, TVS for presentations, high-speed internet service, personalized employee card etc. which also eventually has helped in building security.

that women are more people-centric and can get more out of the resources than men.

Business Connect:What are your short term and long term future plans for the company?

Umeash: Short term plans are to complete ongoing projects. Long term plans are to launch a studio and production house that will help make and produce web series, interviews, music covers, and talk show.

Business Connect: Are you planning to establish the company as a global brand?

Umeash: Yes, we are, with the success story that we have in India, we are planning to establish EFC Limited as a global brand. Since it is a booming industry and because of the immensely ‘Get started now’ concept, we are sure of its success abroad as well.

Business Connect: What are the milestones of the company?

Umeash: We have long crossed the mark of 10,000 seats with us and we are still growing. We also have acquired a hospital which makes us a new explorer in the healthcare department. We are on the completion phase of a new project in Hyderabad .and many more upcoming projects in different cities like Kolkatta, Banglore etc.

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The industry for co-working spaces has accomplished new heights in the past couple of years with touching the base successfully at industry and development driven cities. The metro cities already are breaking records with a maximum number of places to co-work in India, the scenario for other cities is also budding in time with upscale responsive spaces. Being the flag bearers of the co-working spaces, e-commerce and technology companies have invested in the idea heavily, but the growth can be further fueled with unconventional sectors like manufacturing, insurance, banking, etc.

ESCALATION OF TECHNOLOGY

In the present scenario, bigger corporates fancy themselves in the portrayal of a new age work culture that likes to attract young talent with modern amenities at disposal. And if the flexible working scenario is an option available it sounds like an attractive way to start.

Co-working spaces in India have seen in excess of more than 300 players hustling for the piece of cake to be ahead in this vertical and become justifiable in a brief timeframe. With increasingly more shared office spaces entering the division, solidification is fast approaching.

In the approaching time, a couple of widespread business sections will ascend and manufacture a relationship with the small scale businesses for better economies of scale.

A maximum share of spaces have tech organizations, however, they themselves depend on manual procedures. Co-working will only progress towards becoming well informed themselves in the coming times. Booking a seat or a gathering room, producing a receipt, paying

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for administrations or upkeep charge, following participation – every operational angle will see a drift of technology. The predictions are set on the executive services being consistent, avoiding human errors or any manner of bias. Deft working environments will likewise offer administrations past what is right now the standard.

They will have speculator gatherings for new businesses, give money related direction, and so on.

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INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY AND GROWTH Productivity is going to be another vertical that will escalate and will see major shifts with a number of facilities like yoga classes and crèches incorporating for a more stress-free working environment. Added to the same are initiatives for collaborations to boost the network and help everyone generate a unified working culture.

Co-working places long plan to arrange to meet and greet, workshops, seminars, events, etc. and through a diverse range of these programs, they intend to promote collaborations by indoor games, therapies, tournaments, comedy shows, and more.

The stream setting swarm of corporates in the same likes are looking to lease collaborating spaces that offer the adaptability of being utilized in various areas. Youngsters today are seeking professional participation that can be utilized on the run. Keeping up with this pattern, a great deal of collaborating brands are intending to open up in more up to date areas and so forth.

The plan, solace and by and large look and feel of collaborating spaces is additionally liable to improve. The desired Google and the Facebook vibe will be the new ordinary. Present day insides, in vogue furniture, standing work areas, and widescreen televisions will be joined to snatch a bigger offer of the co-working clan. Recreational rooms will likewise be designed in details in the coming years.

INFUSION OF CLEAN AIR

The ideal working space in our heads could possibly be working on the shoreline or over a mountain. While that may not be viable for everybody, to say the least, co-working spaces will with time fuse more components of nature to make a delightful environment to work in. They will progress in the direction of helping the workforce unwind to improve their level of efficiency. And another main component would be a trusted space with solutions to a cleaner breathing space as well, where the carbon impression would be naturally less. Sunlight based controlled vitality, copper ACs, and so forth will be utilized to make the space increasingly effective and abridge harm to nature.

A quick developing vertical of co-working spaces was a totally new concept only a couple of years ago. The business has seen booming development being worked upon year-on-year. These patterns will make collaborating all the more interesting as we see it moving towards unconventional working environments.

And providing a platform to India’s business fraternity, EFC Limited has been offering efficiency and productivity with tailor-made customized solutions to suit all corporate needs. They are growing at a fast pace and adding more verticals in their existing portfolio with a clear customer-centric approach. Growing into one of country’s leading real estate management firms they promote progressive growth through a strong corporate culture and retain the best resources with strong team values.

Their vision to create an affordable commercial infrastructure that is an enabling environment for entrepreneurship to flourish is springing on full bloom and their success has always been grounded in their lookout of creating landmarks. They remain committed to developing the best facilities for their clients and users and look forward to doing even better.

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BCM Review

Mental Illness HOW A WORLD OF TODAY PERCEIVES IT & WHAT’S THE ACTUAL PICTURE Business Connect Team

In a world of cut throat competition, meeting the deadline, balancing personal and professional life, matching your income with the inflation and a lot more can leave you emotionally very exhausted. Admitting the fact that you have mental illness - commonly called illness of mind can be very difficult task specially when you live in a close knit society.

Most of us think that its a rare thing and wont happen to them. Surprisingly its a very common thing in today’s world.

According to a survey, 54 million Americans suffer mental illness in a year and it has very high rates in India too.

Despite being so common, people are still afraid to talk about them due to shame, lack of education and fear of being outcast and discriminated.

What causes Mental Illness?

Although the exact reason for the same is still a topic of research, it is becoming clear that mental illness is majorly caused by biological, environmental and psychological factors. Some mental illness are caused by abnormal functioning of a nerve cell. It is sometimes passed on in families. So if a member in your family has it, you are more likely to develop the same. Poor nutrition and exposure to toxin may also result in the same. Accidental trauma, death of a loved one, sexual abuse, divorce, bullying, frequent change of schools at an early age are some of the reasons that can leave a person emotionally sick. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Issue 9 April 2019 INDIA

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What are some of the common types of Mental Illness?

• Schizophrenia- In this mental illness you can’t differentiate between a real and unreal elements. Your brain makes you think and hear things that aren’t actually there. Your brain also makes you feel that people are always trying to control you.

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder- Sometimes people come across a very tragic incidence. Example: A car accident resulting in a death of a loved one. No doubt its very scary and life changing event. People diagnosed with PTSD keep feeling very afraid and scared years after the accident even if they are safe.

• Bi-Polar Disorder- People with Bi-polar disorder have varied emotions all at once. Their emotion changes frequently from happy to sad to being tired and angry within moments. They struggle to sleep and think clearly.

• Depression- People with this mental challenge feel low and extremely sad all the time. It can make them sick and can effect the way they feel, think or act. People diagnosed with this, try to alienate themselves from the social circle.

Thoughts of suicide and taking extreme steps hovers the mind.

Who can be affected with Mental Health?

Mental illness can be experienced by anyone at any point in life. Its just like any physical illness which anyone of us can suffer from. You may come across people who act weird at times like being aggressive, getting violent, prone to drugs or smoking. That doesn’t necessarily mean they have a mental illness. These are merely personal choices. Mental illness are certainly not personal choices.

How do you behave with a mentally ill person?

What do you do when you have fever.

You go to a doctor, isn’t it? Similarly people with a mental illness can go to a mental health professional. You should never say them ‘ stop being crazy’ or ‘therapy is for weak people’. Instead you should always listen them, try to cheer them up and encourage them to seek professional help. Your helpful approach can go a long way in making their life a better one.

According to World health organisation more than four hundred million people suffer from various forms of mental illness. It’s not just you. Remember, every cloud has a silver lining. Where ever you are, you can always access assistance and begin to see life in a beautiful way, yet again.

J.P Morgan is his famous quote has very rightly said-

“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are” Life has lots to offer you. Learn the art of embracing them.

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Srinidhi Naidu Founder and CEO

EduconIndia

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EduconIndia

The Indian Mantra for the USMLE Aspirants Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect

I can affirmatively say

“PERSEVERANCE IS THE KEY”, “PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE”.

Presence of these lines will either guide us build or lack of them might watch us fall.

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urprisingly, miles away from living this reality of having her own company, Srinidhi Naidu, Founder and CEO, EduconIndia, started her career setting her foot into interior designing.

“My dad owned a beautiful Interior designing and construction firm. He wanted us to work together lifting the good spirits of the company and so did I. I studied a relevant course and fit my shoes into the interior designing company. I felt happy but not content, I fit in but never felt proud” recollects Srinidhi.

This little void made her realize that she wanted to do something on her own, something big but good. After a couple of talks, both revolting and self-analyzing ones, she joined a company as an Educational Consultant only to explore what is set beyond her comfort horizon.

As a part of the daily responsibilities, she moved from one university to another comprehending different perspectives and queries of each student. Soon the realization set in of the missing bridge between the real world educational opportunities and the ever-growing queries of the students. Most of the companies had targets of placing students into those universities they were associated with. She felt that it was a wrong practice, had a word about the same, but there were no steps taken to improve or abolish.

Srinidhi further adds “I wanted to take it on me, the honest job of building trust and their careers, and there it was the idea of starting EDUCONINDIA. Since the day of this thought, I never looked back”

Offering overseas educational consultancy services to students, EduconIndia is a recognized overseas student consultancy organization and a preferred destination for Student Training and Consultancy Programs targeting Global Professional Entrance Exams including GMAT, USMLE, GRE, IELTS & TOEFL. Right from the beginning of the application process, until the settlement is right around the corner, they ensure handholding. They enhance and transform dreams into reality by framing the curriculum to be their potential success secret. Apart from quick-reflexed updated study material, the time they apply for the counseling of what PG course/domain rightly fits the student, to apply for the entrances, to training the students with internationally acclaimed faculty, to getting the admissions paperwork done, to applying for licenses, to guide through the job search, helps on sailing through the journey. The services with EduconIndia are manifold; the student is given a spectrum of wise benefits including broad study materials, self- assessing examinations, consultancy service, and future residential services. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Issue 9 April 2019 INDIA

| COINING OF THE IDEA

The answer is simple for Srinidhi, it was her personality and moral instincts, her job was to be a simple educational consultant and to fill in her targets by the end of the day. But she got pretty serious with her role and wanted things to get real before she took an incentive over any other reason. She wanted to offer students what they fit into and that’s just not the target list. Spreading awareness among Indian students about the opportunities beyond the boundaries, opportunities to grow, to build and to rise are ample. And she wanted them to know them all before placing them in a university.

“Students dream, dream of a successful career, of a beautiful life and a happy future. Most of them have the ability to make this a reality,but what they lack is guidance and quality training. I wanted to build for them a platform, which serves as their driving force” affirms Srinidhi.

| THE SPEED BREAKERS

There are challenges in every path you take. But when you choose your path, you pick those challenges and you fight to demolish them and not just win over them. The most basic problems were the core two aspects- Being a woman and being the sole manager of the company. The former made her listen to comments like ‘do not travel in the night’; ‘can you do it alone?’; its tough, do you really want to take it up?’ and many others. And the latter put her through a roller coaster of emotions, it’s not easy to single-handedly build and manage, there was a lot of negative marketing made too.

But fortunately for Srinidhi, she braved them all and succeeded in building what she started and envisioned. With true passion and a selfless desire, you just know how to walk ahead. She challenged herself,she did it each day, at every step, only to get better. Srinidhi states “I constantly mended ways and molded habits to only build EduconIndia better with every passing day. When you watch the globe, you find growth and advancement at every nook and corner. It’s a crossword you need to keep answering and implementing to watch yourself and everything around you grow stronger and wiser.”

| THE TEAM

The workflow is pre-planned and executed, to add, it is well managed. Speaking of another important team which has added value to EduconIndia is VHonk. At the right hour, they happened to meet this young and brilliant team of digital marketers, VHonk Digital Media and Marketing. It was right from the moment of explaining them the prominence these sessions had, they were up on their toes, strategizing the core, enquired all the details to market the event and succeeded in making the big news reach the correct audience.

Srinidhi goes all praises to the founder of VHonk, Mr. Binesh Gaddam for executing all the plans. From what

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she has experienced and understood, she strongly believes that they are the masters in Search, Social Media and Content Marketing.

| MAKING A DIFFERENCE

EduconIndia stands unmatched among the numerous overseas consultancies. They have succeeded in setting standards of excellent coaching and magnificent guidance. In short, they can describe it to be a broadly growing professional organization that offers Overseas Educational consultancy services to its students who are passionate about studying abroad. EduconIndia has a peculiar reputation for its Student Training and Consultancy Program methods targeting Global Professional Entrance Examinations including GMAT, USMLE, GRE, IELTS, and TOEFL. From getting hands on the initial application process to the student’s settlement, EduconIndia provides the best ever reliable features.

It has a unique curriculum including exclusively hosting Kaplan, they bring down faculty from the US in benefit of the students, customize the study material and the learning process best fit to serve a sure exam-qualifying shot.

They offer live lectures facility, a truly beneficial add-on, the question banks- a must and should to the aspirants which also serves as a must have quick lookto book. Also, self- assessing examinations, consultancy services, and residential facility services are provided to the students.

“We understand dreams better and hence walk with our students to fulfill them” adds Srinidhi.

| CATCHING UP TO THE TECHNOLOGY AND TRENDS

Technology is a wide spectrum of never-ending awe.

Speaking of which, hosting Kaplan Medical’s globally acclaimed USMLE Step 1 classroom lectures for the very first time in India, endorsing Kaplan’s global brand recognition was not an easy decision. It had Srinidhi feeling both proud and anxious to have made an agreement with Kaplan and to bring down their elite faculty all the way to India to train the students.

The anxious feeling had set in because Srinidhi had to market it in a very short span and spread the news wide and across so that maximum aspirants benefit from it.

Although EduconIndia has its own reach and following across South India’s Medical student fraternity, this was something new, big and unheard of for the rest. Alsoher young and brilliant team of digital marketers, VHonk Digital Media and Marketing, kept the pace moving for her, in terms of reaching out digitally to every possible aspiring student.

She firmly endorses the fact that there are traits one has to imbibe, to develop the attitude to attain success that solely doesn’t come from the preparatory books. This reflection of thoughts is the key implementation at EduconIndia. The environment of learning is filled with positivity, support and bliss, which helps the students bloom in confidence and coaching.

They build

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confidence, fuel their passion and keep their determination undeterred through experienced faculty, lifting up their spirits and being always beside the students to help them cope.

| SCENARIO AT PRESENT AND BELIEF OF STUDENTS

the reader, a family; an upgrade in the financial stability and a shift in lifestyle. With time, the concept of education is rightly reaching minds. The very few parts stuck to the wrong conception are changing and the hope is that there won’t be any in the future.

| RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The educational sector in India, always has abundant student talent who are extremely passionate and highly ambitious andSrinidhi believes, this aspect has the potentialto turn pages through to the new Indian student era.

There are companies and consultancies that creep into the educational sector to only make benefits, but not add much to the students. You cannot have targets to match or numbers to count in the form of admissions or any other, over students interests.

Research and Development will have its horizons spreading wider always, there’s always scope and this applies universally to all the verticals. In a short phase, Srinidhi is striving hard to make EduconIndia a brand for all the right reasons, turning it into a foundation, a platform and the best overseas consulting. The firm will continue to identify the super ambitious and continue to shape their lives. Many more miles to go, many more milestones to hit!

When a student approaches with queries, it’s an amalgamation of their dream, passion, and maybe their family’s too. It is important to restrict education to growth and quality of life, it could support anyone within the mere future.

| COMPETITION, A HEALTH ONE

Honesty, quality and consistency are the three keywords I’ve followed and will continue to do so. Also, the learning environment is free and thought-providing. Students have the freedom to put forth their point and ask for more, anything they feel could lift their grades apart from all the methods we provide; I will consider all the options to make it happen

| EDUCATION, STILL A LUXURY “Education is a right for all the rightful reasons, now this has to do with mindsets or a group of individuals. There is a change happening. There are sessions, campaigns and propaganda all around” adds Srinidhi.

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Competition is a very healthy term. But one has to understand what to compete with. Competing with you is always the best to start with. There’s always an up-climb in the graph this way. A healthy competition that spreads around the desire to grow to get better is the right kind of competition. It keeps you active, vigilant, on your toes and makes you want to do better with your grades holding a broader positive perspective. One should always feel the need to outgrow only to mark betterment.

EduconIndia stands as a pioneer in terms of quality service provider for Medical Students and Doctors for Residency Training over years now. This enriching trait has been invincible; no other consultancy can claim to be.

They are a full power package involving educational options, exam preparations, visa process assistance from the initial stage till they come out as successful Board Certified doctors from the United States. They especially work for doctors which no other consultancy does, not to limit to providing consultancy options, but providing the chain-of-necessities. EduconIndia apart from having tie-ups with the universities has directly associated with many government departments including the USDepart-

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ment of Education, with respect to getting clearance for the medical licenses. In addition to this, they also provide future residency options.

Speaking of the curriculum, they draft it according to the ever-changing platform requirements to rightfully guide and train the students and provide In-Person Live Lectures by the elite Kaplan medical’s faculty to India to higher the standards of delivering the coaching experience.

people all along. More than finding it tedious, I feel good about my dream turning into a reality.”

A positive mind, a healthy body, unforgotten ambition, and undeterred self-esteem. All the above build you a pleasant environment to focus on confidence and courage. She believes that a woman is capable of being anything she dreams to be. Women are filling pages of the world with spectacular accomplishments, the scenario is changing, slowly but definitely and with every change, there will be an uprising.

| ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT

| GIVING BACK TO SOCIETY

With time, the advancement has been rapid with the government playing a critical role, especially in the educational sector. However being in this field, I personally have viewed a gap between the clinical seats/positions being provided and the students applying to bag them.

Upon the ratio being extremely compact already, there is another aspect ‘reservation’ that influences the remaining seats. Having mentioned this point, I am at least happy that a number of students fly abroad, pursue optimal training and practice down here in India. So I’d hope for uplift in the balancing ratio between the clinical positions available and the students aspiring.

| OVERLOOKING THE GENDER BIAS

Srinidhi states “The plan was to take my dream seriously and hence, the responsibility followed. It never felt exhausting beyond a point. My friends, family, have always been supportive. I had space and advice from the right

“In a way, yes. We have instances where we ran campaigns, conducted presentations regarding the post-graduation opportunities and scope in India. According to their preferences, their underlying interest, we plan and guide their path towards the best.” Srinidhi adds.

Students with good credits, remarkable merit but those with deprived financial conditions are helped by EduconIndia by offering them a free admission and training session. Driving students to their aspiring fields, they have paved way to dreams and carved good careers for them. In return, the opinions they give are extremely honest on training which only helps in enhancing the strategy and planning.

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How to Become a Highly

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n today’s modern cut-throat competition world, every person in business domain whether he/she is a Start-up business owner, CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of an MNC (Multi-National Companies), MD (Managing Director) in the corporate world, GM (General Manager) of a company, or an Editor of a magazine, everyone wants to be a leader. There are two distinct personalities “Manager” and “Leader”.

A leader is the one who nurtures life skills like Effective Communication, Time Management, Stress Management, and Relationship Management which helpsdevelop holistically. An effective leader is a great listener. He/she must possess good character traits like Honesty, Competence, Candour (Impartial), Commitment, Integrity, Courage, Straightforwardness, and above all Imagination.

Before we get ahead, Let us try to understand leadership definition and the leadership skills owned by true leaders.

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What is Leadership?

Who are the leaders in society?

According to the conventional definitions, Leadership is an interpersonal influence directed toward the achievement of a goal or goals. In the present context, leadership is defined as “a dynamic relationship”established on shared influence and common purpose betwixt leaders and collaborators in which both are advanced to higher levels of inspiration and moral development as they affect factual, intended change.

When we look for the leaders in today’s dynamic world we look out for Narendra Damodar Modi (Indian Prime Minister), Donald Trump (US President), Vladimir Putin (Russian President), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Indian Cricketer), Azim Prem Ji (Chairman of Wipro Limited), Mukesh Ambani (MD and Chairman of Reliance Industries), Tim Cook (CEO of Apple), Mary Barra (CEO of General Motors Company) are to name a few.

So what is that make them different from others?

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni (or ‘Mahi’), One of the best captains in Indian Cricket history, is the man who stood out from the rest with his potential, leadership, and consistency. The distinct leadership’s qualities in him are his ability to remain cool, his act of staying grounded, always leading from the front, encouraging others to perform and sharing the credits among players.

Leadership versus Management In conceptualizing leadership, it is very important to understand how it differs from management. In any organization, both management and leadership co-exist. It is of prime importance to understand their relationship and their distinctiveness.

• Management is the process of setting and achieving the goals of the institution through the functions planning, organizing, directing (or leading), and controlling. It deals more with carrying out the organization’s goals and maintaining equilibrium.

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In contrast, leadershipis concerned with the interpersonal aspects of the head of the company, whereas designing, organizing, and managing deal with the administrative aspects. Leadership deals with development, inspiration, motivation, and influence.

allows your colleagues to be part of the team and allows you to make a better decision. This style leads to the most productive teams and decisions.

Example: Ratan Tata (TATA group) Laissez-faire (‘delegative or free reign’)-Based on trust In this style, the leaderpermits the employees to make the decisions. However, he/she is still responsible for the decisions that are made. This is used when employees are able to examine the situation and decides what needs to be done and how to do it.

Example: Mahatma Gandhi Have you ever noticed how you approach people, clients, customers, your colleagues? The differences in the way people approach others indicate whether the leader is a “positive leader” or a “negativeone”. Inculcating the Leadership qualities, understanding human nature, and exercising the different Leadership styleswill help in better communication, coordination, supervision, and implementation of business plans and ultimately will shape You (Young Entrepreneurs)to be among the Top leaders of tomorrow’s business world.

The key point in differentiating between leadership and management is the idea that employees or staffs of the unit willingly follow leaders because they want to, not because they have to. Leaders may not acquire the formal power to recognize the achievement or give a reward.

However, subordinates give the leader power by complying with what he or she requests. Leadership is thus a very significant psychological institution.

“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life-think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone.

This is the way to success.”

Swami Vivekananda

Styles of Leadership Leadership style is the individual’s behaviour and approach of providing direction, putting into action plans, and motivating people. There are three different styles of leadership • • •

Authoritarian (Autocratic), Participative (Democratic) and Laissez-faire (Delegative or free reign)

Authoritarian (Autocratic) This leader tells his/ her subordinates what he/she wants to be done and how he/she wants it done, without getting the advice from them. In this case, it is difficult for subordinates to contribute or develop. Some of the appropriate conditions to use this style are, when you have all the information to solve the problem, you are short on time, and your team members are well motivated.

Example: Adolf Hitler & Benito Mussolini Participative (Democratic) This leader includes one or more team members in the decision-making process in determining what to do and how to do it. However, the leader maintains the final decision-making authority. This is normally used when you have some of the information, and your employees have some of it. This

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REDVision

Succeeding As India’s Leading Fintech Company @ Growth rate of 49.72% CAGR

Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect he industry of wealth and asset management has emerged successfully well in the transforming tax and complex environment of government regulations, bringing in a client base that is comparatively more sophisticated and demanding while being risk averse.

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A number of new opportunities have popped in the market and the companies today are looking at varying revenue sources while the lines blur and growth makes its way back in. And in this competitive scenario, firms today have channeled their focus on making their stand strong in the market by providing redesigned business models and aggressive attention on operational and economic competence.

Succeeding in the hustle of this market today, India’s leading Fintech Company, REDVision Technologies has been offering for more than a decade a wealth management platform to financial intermediates with over 2500+ financial intermediates businesses running on the platform, serving over 2.5 Million end portfolio users across the globe.

Established in 2006 and headquartered in Indore, India, the firm is an efficacious effort of Zahiruddin Babar, Co-Founder & CEO and Abhishek Parihar, Co-Founder & CFO. They command a leadership position in the wealth management software industry in India with R&D and prompt customer services.

The Visionaries!

Zahiruddin Babar, Co-Founder & CEO As a dynamic techno-financial expert, with technical qualification of Internet Architecture specialist, Ph.D. Scholar researching in the impact of Artificial Intelligence in Fintech, MBA in Financial from IMS, Indore, he brings 16 years of experience of serving the technology and financial industry. Playing multiple roles, he built a business around cloud long before anyone else and brought technological revolution in the financial services industry. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Issue 9 April 2019 INDIA

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Zahiruddin Babar Co-Founder & CEO

Abhishek Parihar, Co-Founder & CFO With 14 years of rich experience in financial services industries, Abhishek is the marketing strategist. His last assignment was with the Leading National Distributors of India, he is leading the team of marketing and consulting technical experts for new developments to cater to the growing demand and challenges rising in the market. In a conversation with Business Connect Magazine, REDVision talks about the most advance plug n play wealth management Platform for the financial advisors, a 360-degree working ability, their working ethos and more.

Business Connect: Tell us more about the need for ROBO advisory app.

REDVision: There are a few things that mainly encourage its need; • NO GEOGRAPHICAL LIMIT The client onboarding process is the same whether the client is at your office or in Dubai or New York, all it takes 5 minutes process to enable the client his first purchase.

• NO HUMAN DEPENDENCY Flawless, seamless investment process! Handle number with very fewer employees.

• USER-FRIENDLY SYSTEM It is well said “Creating an easy thing is a difficult job”, at REDVision our major affords went in making complex things simple, before our launch the financial planning was considered rocket science and required lots of analytical & quantities skills, but we made it simple for all to use. We regularly received compliments from clients about the easy navigation and simplicity of the system.

• LISTEN TO YOUR CLIENTS We observer that the companies who think that client’s demand is an interruption in their work are failed in a very short span of time. We developed a system called idea bank where all the needs and requirement to collect and go through a process of scrutinizing for the further development process.

• BE THE FIRST THINKER AND FAST MOVER “Thinking big is not anyone’s proprietary”, in a fast-changing financial industry and growing users expectations, we must get the new ideas first and make it available to users before your competitor bags it.

• 24 X 7 BUSINESS HOURS Now your business is not depending on your office hours, it’s round the clock open without any holiday throughout the year.

• COMPETE WITH BIG BRANDS RED Vision ROBO advisory Mobile app is powered by a robust back office platform, you can achieve the better technology at comparatively very less amount of Investment, it enables you to compete with Major Brands.

• LOSING ONLINE BUSINESS Many thousands of investors are searching Google for better financial advisors every month, your online absence is the loss you are making every single day of potential investors.

• ARE YOU FUTURE READY? Artificial Intelligence and Automation in business is the future! If you don’t change yourself, the client will change you. This is the time to access, is your business ready for future?

Business Connect: How have you adapted yourself to the latest needs of the market?

REDVision:Our research team remains connected with the end users for their requirements and expectations, we are popular for innovation and quick implementations of ideas. We were the first player launched an online multi-asset platform in India, we also secure the first position to include financial planning and goal tracking with the wealth management platform.

Business Connect: What gives you an edge over your peers?

REDVision: A number of things:

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• FOCUS ON THE CLIENT’S SUCCESS Our all discussion starts with a basic question “How will it help clients in growing their business? Client’s growth must be the purpose of any service provider, our success depends on how we make our client successful.

• ALWAYS BE IN REVOLUTION MODE Revolution is in REDVision DNA, the name of organization carries “RED” which symbolizes the revolution, it’s always the first point of brainstorming session “what is the next big revolutionary thing we are going to offer in the market?”

Business Connect: Do you see any transformation happening in the entrepreneurial world?

REDVision: Yes, we are living in the age of Tech backed transformation, it’s a revolution, every business is getting scale on the back of technologies, we have countless examples around us of firms who started conquering the whole financial advisory industry, and presently the scope for traditional way of selling and servicing the investors is minimal.

REDVision converts the challenges into opportunities by providing a very low cast ROBO Advisor platform backed by a robust wealth E-office platform, a tradition financial advisor can start a ROBO Advisory platform within 3 hours.

Business Connect: Did you face any obstacle during the initial days?

REDVision: Yes, we started the business during the global recession, it was the best time to learn and set up the optimized process. We adopted the asset-light model, where we kept everything centralized, sale & service was operated from our head office only, this business model helped us in reducing the cost and scaling the business in most rapid ways. Also, the services we provided were prompt.

Reinvesting in business is very important as most of the revenue goes into R&D and making the product better every day, doing the same work in routine with new thoughts leads us towards excellence, right now we are unmatched leader in the market and have created a monopoly in innovation and prompt services, this is the result of the learnings we carried from the initial days.

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REDVision: For startups, I would like to suggest to make a business model which must be a Self-sustainable, scalable and profitable, your customer wants the best services, not the low-quality one, you will have to work hard on the product & services you are offering, solve the problems of customers and create a difference from the competition.

Business Connect: How do you ensure the unbreakable faith of clients in your company?

REDVision: We have a well-established process with a human touch, as the client gets on-boarded on the system, we appoint a dedicated after sales manager who is single point contact and handholds in case of any query or support. “Communication is the key to Confidence” our sales team keeps the client updated about new offering and features of the product.

Business Connect: What are the efforts made by you not to lag behind in the race of having latest technology?

REDVision: As a technology company we have to be on toes for adding latest technologies, we never compromise on the quality, we use AWS (Amazon Web Service) cloud server for a reliable and stable function of the application and at backend, we use big data technologies for a scaling the application. We have a complete in-house development team which keeps adding new features and tool in our platform to be the first movers in the market.

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REDVision: Instilling the confidence of ‘Yes, I can’ in each of its endeavors, the organization achieves the best performance by devouring self-motivation and infusing professionalism, while also recognizing their contributions towards its growth. Here, every employee gets equal opportunities to grow and earn. Having knowledge sessions as a part of its weekly schedule, REDVision stresses upon case studies, assignments and self-prepared presentations, rather than taking the usual classroom approaches.

Business Connect: In recent times, many cutting-edge technologies such as IoT, AI, and Big Data have changed the modus operandi of business. How has it affected your company?

REDVision: We are the early adopter of Artificial intelligence & Big data, currently, most of the task has been handled by Artificial intelligence, and the flagship services crafted at REDVision empowers its clients to be a part of continuous development while also to relish the bliss of affordable price, which in turn supplements its brand value. Highly celebrated for its in-house online Wealth Management Software named Wealth E-office, the company proffers the ability to serve high net-worth investors by providing in-depth reports, comprehensive financial planning, CRM, goal mapping, lead generation, and auto MF file uploading. This award-winning platform adheres to international standard and has successfully secured one million investors across the globe.

REDVision Technologies Team

“Clients are the best teachers if you focus on the client’s practice needs and expectations; it’s the best way to develop any product.”

REDVision Technologies

Business Connect: How much do you rely upon Research and Development for the growth of the company?

REDVision: R&D is the base which keeps our company ahead from a competitor; we have a strong team of R&D which keeps exploring the ideas from various sources, also we have in-depth research on the customer behavior and expectations, we mold our product according to the customers demand.

Business Connect: Tell us something about your staff. How do you ensure their efficiency and positivity towards work in challenging times?

REDVision: Being a niche software company, REDVision considers their passionate team of young professionals, who are dedicated to financial technologies as the company’s most valuable asset and therefore invests heavily in them. The company nurtures their team not just with recognition, transparency and open communication but also by making them a partner in the company’s growth.

In the ‘feel like at home’ atmosphere, REDVision achieves the best performance by leveraging self-motivation and freedom married with professionalism, instead of burdening with hefty work pressure that kills creativity. As REDVision is confident that only satisfied employees can make satisfied customers, the company encourages them to work hard and party harder.

Business Connect:What kind of activities do you conduct to keep your employees energized?

RED Vision has a leadership position in the Indian market, and are planning to hit the capital market with IPO of the company is coming next 2 years, they are serving the growing demand for Wealth Management Products from South East Asia, Middle East, Africa, European and American countries. They are looking forward to planning and executing a launch of wealth management & Financial Planning suits in potential foreign markets.

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Early Rising is Exceptional Having Adequate Sleep is

Better

Business Connect Team

“Scholars and thinkers wake up early in the morning and contemplate. Also, those who desire wealth wake up early and get to work”.

Rigveda (About 1000 B.C.)

Due to the fact that there’s no universal rule for “Ideal sleeping habit” to follow, generally, people follow the habits of successful people or Entrepreneurs. Successful Entrepreneurs never underestimate the significance of sound sleep.

They wish to be focused, emotionally balanced, and quick-witted in all areas of their business. In this article, I have tried to explore about sleep, its importance for an Entrepreneur and have suggested a few important tips for having a sound solid deep sleep which is very important for staying calm and focus at their work.

Should sleeping hours be deducted for being productive?

Like all people in the world, Entrepreneurs do have to take care of things besides their routine work. So balancing both their official obligations and their business, project, etc. make them a very busy personality. This pattern is found common in Entrepreneur or any professional in today’s fast-moving world where the sleeping habits and patterns of quantity and quality are affected by a variety of cultural, behavioral, social, pathophysiological, psychological, and environmental influences.

According to a new study, those who are early birds (early sleepers and risers) are less prone to develop stress, heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, Obesity, and stroke. Early birds are biologically programmed, Stable Circadian rhythms controlled by body’s biological clocks, to be less susceptible to depression and schizophrenia and might just be happier than night owls (late sleepers and late risers).

Our ancestors used to follow a fixed pattern to have quality sleep and probably this was the key for their healthy physical and mental well-being. An inspirational quote of Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790), one of the famous figures of American History quotes about the value of early rising and health

“Early to Bed and Early to Rise Makes a man Healthy, Wealthy and wise”.

Sun is the ultimate source of energy. Recent studies have pointed out that the exposure to sunlight or bright indoor lights during the morning hour’s helps in having sleep better at night. The later you wake-up after sunrise the slothful and lethargic you will be. The closer you wake up to sunrise, preferably before sunrise it will make you active and zestful. It can be observed in the dynamism of animals, birds, and most of the elders in the family as they all wake up either at the stroke of sunrise or earlier than that.

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and water. Without sleep, the pathways in our brain are not formed or maintained which allow us to learn and create new memories, and it’s tougher to concentrate and respond swiftly.

Sleep is of paramount importance to a number of brain functions, like how nerve cells (neurons) communicate with each other. In fact, our brain and body remain substantially active while we sleep properly. Recent findings suggest that sleep plays a housekeeping role that eliminates toxins in our brain that is build up while we are awake.

Everybody requires sleep, but its biological purpose remains a mystery. Sleep affects altogether every type of human body tissue and system right from the brain, heart, stomach, and lungs to the central nervous system, immune system, respiratory system, digestive system, cardiovascular system, and Endocrine system.

Is Sleep beneficial?

Infants generally require about 16-18 hours a day, while teenagers (13-18 years old) require about 9 hours on average. For most adults(above 18 years old), 7 to 8 hours a night appears to be the substantial amount of sleep, although some people may require as few as 5 hours or as long as 10 hours of sleep each day.

For example, • The Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi, a brilliant statesman has gained the ability to have a sound deep sleep but only for 3.5 hours.

• The Ex-Vice President of Apple’s Retail Angela Ahrendts is an early bird and wakes up before the sun rises. Her sleeping hours never used to exceed more than 6 hours a night.

• The 45th President of United States, Donald Trump, a Republican sleeps for 4-5 hours a night only.

• Tips for Getting a Good Night’s Sleep • Getting sufficient sleep is good for health. Here, I am going to discuss a few tips to improve your sleep • It’s very important to Set a schedule and go to bed and wake up at the same time each day.

• Before going to bed nearly a few hours before, Exercise about 20 to 30 minutes a day.

• Before going to bed or late in the day try to avoid caffeine or nicotine and alcoholic drinks • Try a warm bath, reading, or another relaxing routine before going to bed.

• Avoid bright lights and loud sounds, keep the room at a comfortable temperature and don’t watch Television or have a computer in your bedroom to create a room for sound sleep.

• If you are unable to go for sleep, do something else, like reading or listening to music, until you feel tired.

Avoid lying in bed awake.

• Visit a clinician for any problem in sleeping or for unusual tiredness feeling during the day. Most sleep disorders are effectively curable.

Conclusion

Sound sleep is one of the pillars of our health system along with good nutrition and regular physical exercise.

Relaxation techniques like Meditation, yoga, and music have all proved effective for stress and sleep disorders.

Successful entrepreneurs make it a priority to get sufficient sleep every night for self-control and being focused at their work.

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10 UNSURPASSED INNOVATION IN THE DIGITAL CONSULTING AND TECHNOLOGY SECTOR Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect “Never work for money. Always look to the future and never for immediate compensation. What are you going to do with those wages anyway? Stop being so entitled and pretending like you deserve cash and vacations just yet.”

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he brainchild of Visakh Viswambharan, Founder & CEO, Appiness Interactive Pvt. Ltd., believes in Creativity, Innovation & Breathing to create products that please. An end-to-end Design and Tech consulting firm, it grows businesses over the web and mobile by transforming brands through click-ass User Experience, cutting edge Technologies and Digital Marketing. They focus on Mobile, Web, Blockchain and Enterprise solutions.

Visakh Viswambharan |Rigin Velayudhan |Sunil Thomas

Founders of Appiness

Apart from the above they also have a few products in the market namely KNOiT, a chat-based

app connecting local vendors, Homepreneurs within gated residential communities and Nudgy, a peer review system for small and medium enterprises.

Over the past 7 years, Appiness has worked with around a hundred clients and they cover the whole spectrum of possibilities. Associated with idea-stage start-ups to global giants with a seemingly permanent position in the Fortune 100 list, their clients are building products so futuristic that they do not have competitors yet, and a few others are in traditional businesses.

Right from agriculture to healthcare, from the government to banking, information technology has changed the way we live and will continue to change our lives in the future. Gone are the days when starting your own venture seemed like a pipe dream for most. There’s no better time to be an entrepreneur than now.

In a conversation with the leaders of the company, Visakh Viswambharan, Sunil P Thomas, and Rigin Velayudhan, Business Connect Magazine gets an insight of the company, Business Connect: How do you feel you are different from your competitors?

Visakh: Firstly, I don’t see anyone as our competitor. I see them as my travel buddies in this beautiful, yet challenging journey of entrepreneurship. You need them, otherwise, the journey will become excruciatingly boring. And the market is so huge right now, there is no point in competing. I’d rather talk and learn from everyone.

Business Connect: Did you see any transformation happening for start-ups, over the years?

Sunil: The landscape for start-ups has undergone a tectonic shift since we started up. When we started, hiring a good team was next to impossible, as most people preferred big, established firms over fast-moving, riskier proposition offered by start-ups. Now we are seeing a clear preference from potential team members for stability and growth over a meteoric rise.

Business Connect: Did everything come easy, or you have your story of struggle?

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scoring marks or passing to LEARNING something new and I really opted to learn; that was a shift and I turned out to be one of the university toppers.

I started learning 2D key frame animation as I was very passionate about design and always wanted to do something creative. I used to learn animation in the morning and work at the dance school in the evening.

As my first animation project, I created a performance in which I mixed animated characters with live dancers on the stage. The show went really well. So well, in fact, that it got covered by The Hindu newspaper. That was my first project ever.

This routine would start all over again at 10 am the next day. I never complained, though, because I enjoyed doing that. Which is what continued in the early days of my career. And when I started on my own, I used to be the first one to leave and the last one to reach my apartment.

This is one of the greatest reasons as to why I am here today, sheer hard work. Sorry, there is no other magical recipe; I didn’t find one.

Business Connect: How do you ensure unbreakable faith of clients in your company?

Rigin: The most important aspect is to build a relationship with the client. As with any relationship, trust has to be built and this is done in three ways: one, by connecting with the client and their goals both personal and professional; two, by responding promptly to the client and their needs; three, by delivering on or before deadlines with outstanding work.

Business Connect: How do you keep pace with the changing market trends?

Visakh: Change is something we cannot stop, especially in the space we are in. It’s so fast that every time you open a new tab, you come across something new. In the future, the most mundane tasks are going to be replaced by robots. You need to keep innovating, for which you need to build your firm on strong culture, where people are ready to unlearn, learn and adapt.

Business Connect: Who is your role model?

Visakh: My dad. He is a self-made man. His conviction and dedication amaze me every time I think about the unconditional things he has done for us and the family, with the limited resources he had. His energy and drive make me think that we have done nothing compared to him.

Business Connect: How are you giving back to society?

Visakh: We engage ourselves in many ways to give back to the society, the major focus is providing education for the unprivileged. I strongly believe that by helping someone in education we are not helping just one person but rather a family and the generations to come.

Business Connect: Apart from work, what else do you like to spend your time doing?

Rigin: My favourite thing to do is hanging out with my family, friends, and my dog which is truly what gives meaning and joy to my life. Apart from that, I love movies, cooking, learning about agriculture, and taking long drives. And this year I started focusing a lot more on health and start running regularly. We insist our team also to engage in some sort of physical activity on a daily basis to keep themselves fit. I believe fitness is the key to productivity.

Appiness has strived for excellence and has pushed themselves to achieve tremendous growth. With over 35 International design awards and 50+ Nominations, they have been listed among the 20 best mobile app companies in India and many more milestones and achievements are waiting.

If there is one thing that is certain about the future, it is the uncertainty and the changes that would accompany that.

But Appiness is out with a clear focus towards growth and innovation, to stay relevant in this ever changing scenario. Looking forward to working on advanced technologies and innovations, they are on a very quick growth trajectory and hope to double the headcount in the next year.

Business Connect: Do you believe R&D is essential for the growth of the company?

Sunil: If there is anything we have learned from our journey and our clients from different domains and industries, it is that innovation is a must for anyone to survive, let alone growth. In that sense, it is absolutely certain that R&D is the most essential part of our roadmap.

Business Connect: How necessary do you feel is it to keep your employees content, how do you ensure it?

Visakh: We are an employee friendly firm, and would continue to be the same. We are a family and we will remain one. It doesn’t matter whether we are 100 or 10000.

And if you ask me ‘HOW?’, it’s simple, just empathize.

We do a lot of things around here, to keep them happy because a happy soul is far better than 10 skilled but unhappy souls.

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IT’S GOOD TO ‘WORK’ FOR A FEW YEARS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS ARE DONE. IN MY CASE, I WAS LUCKY TO WORK FOR BOTH MNCS AND STARTUPS BEFORE STARTING UP. I COULD APPLY A LOT OF MY LEARNING FROM MY EXPERIENCE, SO ALWAYS, CHOOSE A GREAT BOSS OVER A GREAT BRAND

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he human eye is the most vital and sensitive sense organ. It requires the utmost care as it enables us to view the real colorful world around us. Blindness is exactly defined as the condition of absolute loss of vision in the two eyes. In recent years, the culmination of Start-ups has proved its mark in almost every domain of life including healthcare and has developed competitiveenvironment in business world driving, passionate and innovative young entrepreneurs from all over the world. With the rise of middle class and digitalization of almost every system, there has been an increase in the dependency of the Internet and Mobile gadgets, well-received for quality and affordable eye healthcare in India. By this article, I have tried to present an overview of different scopes of start-ups in eye care to improve vision and cure cataract, glaucoma, myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, presbyopia, blindness and promote awareness among people for eye donation.

Healthcare market in India is fixed to grow from 10000 crores INR in 2016 to 28000 crores INR in 2020, creating a huge opportunity for Eye healthcare and Eye health tech companies and start-ups. World Health Organization (WHO) and International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) has prepared VISION 2020 with an aim of “right to sight" to improve the lives of people suffering from blindness and vision impairment and other eye disorders. It is the world level action for avoiding blindness and other eye disorderliness.

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KEY FACTS RELATED TO BLINDNESS • In India, there are around 12 million people suffering from blindness issues • World statistics estimates approximately 1.3 billion people live suffering from some form of vision impairment • With regards to distance vision, around 188.5 million people have a mild vision impairment, about 217 million have moderate to severe vision impairment, and around 39 million people are blind • With regards to near vision, around 826 million people suffer from near vision impairment (Presbyopia) • At the global level, the leading causes of vision impairment are uncorrected refractive errors and cataracts • Around 80% of all vision impairment globally is considered avoidable or curable • The major section of people with vision impairment belong to above 50 years age

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Young Entrepreneurs may plan for Start-ups business with the Ideas for Eyecare discussed below • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Establishment of Eye Care Diagnostic AI(Artificial Intelligence) Start-up Restoration of vision to blind using Advanced Nanotechnology Development of Active implantable medical devices (AIMD) like Pacemaker for heart Gene therapy Start-up to restore vision in patients. Recently different Biotech companies have targeted different mutations e.g. RPE65 gene responsible for blindness in children and adults Facilitate Home visual acuity tests. It is the test used to find the reading ability on a standardized chart (Snellen chart) or a card held 20 feet (6 meters) away. The test is very useful for students Develop Bioengineered cornea with the help of synthetic polymers. It is the best alternative to donor corneas for high‐risk patients of rejection Establish facilities for Corneal cross-linking (CXL). It is a minimally invasive outpatient method designed to treat progressive keratoconus Develop treatments for Fibrotic diseases of the eye.

It is very useful in cases of mechanical wound or metabolic abnormalities in eye Develop novel therapies for mitochondrial and neurodegenerative diseases of the eye and central nervous system Develop fully functioning electronic retinal prosthesis, in order to give back to blind persons a part of their lost sight Detection of diabetic retinopathy Genetics related dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and associated rare genetic diseases Unique non-invasive soft contact lens-based solution, with the aim of revolutionizing glaucoma Develop bionic eye devices. Very useful for retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration Develop an eye pressure measurement system consisting of an implantable microsensor, responsible for pressure sensing Develop treatments of ocular surface diseases (related to cornea, conjunctiva and the limbus tissues) using Mobile technologies and self-diagnostics Utilizing a CO2 laser technology to substantially minimize pressure, by restoring the natural fluid percolation without pervading into the eye

Conclusion With an aim to increase the awareness towards the blind people, the Indian Government is organising the Prevention of Blindness Week campaign from 1st to 7th April. Let us take up the cudgels and find out innovative ideas to resolve this major issue of Blindness from our nation and help in giving sight to the people and show them the real wonderful world.

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Cloufi Technologies Crafting Tailored Solutions for Cloud-Based Software and Mobile Digital Solutions

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he essential basics of Salesforce have changed the scenario for the delivery and methods of using enterprise software. Its set up is not reliant on IT experts because of its cloud-based origins of the software, Salesforce has successfully redefined the ways to strike a connection with the customers.

Now everything from identifying the customer needs, bringing solutions to the problems faster, making apps that focus on the requirements of the customer to building bonds that are meaningful and long lasting is all made conceivable with Salesforce.

In the present scenario, cloud computing has turned into one of the most powerful and ground-breaking versions of themselves and are seen with enterprise sales and the relationship management software complementing it and developed by the Salesforce.

Educating yourself on the skills of Salesforce, as in advancement or the Administration is measured as one of the most substantial career goals in the world of marketing, sales, and technology. It puts to use Cloud technology that is by itself a supremely capable area in the world of Information Technology. Cloud comes with a solution for everything under one umbrella that one is looking for in all the critical aspects of any business procedure.

CHITIZ AGARWAL

Working on the similar lines of successful offerings, Founder & CTO Headquartered in 2441 Bartlett St, Houston, TX 77098, Cloufi Technologies USA, Cloufi Technologies aggregates a passion for client satisfaction, technology innovation, and business process expertise and a global, collaborative workforce that symbolizes the future of work. Cloufi Technologies is one of the world’s leading providers of Salesforce consulting, technology, outsourcing services, and local professional services.

Present in over 3 countries with almost 200+ people, the Cloufi Technologies helps its clients transform in order to enhance their performance and competitive positioning. They offer a wide range of Salesforce services that aggregate top technology with deep sector expertise.

THE VISIONARY!

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in various stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including analysis, requirement engineering, architecture design, development, enhancements, testing, deployment, and maintenance of standalone, multi-tier, web-based, and portals based object oriented enterprise applications. He is a certified DEV 401 developer, ADM 201 Administrator, and Sales Cloud Consultant.

He also has 8+ years of Techno-Functional experience with Salesforce.com/Force.com platform in providing CRM solution. With an ability to independently perform development, testing, implementation, documentation, and updating, he works independently and engages as a supervisor when needed to handle a full workload and meet proposed deadlines. He brings to the team excellent Interpersonal, Communicational, Organizational and Team Leading skills.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Cloufi Technologies is a boutique consulting and technology firm with offices in the US and India. They craft custom cloud-based software and mobile digital solutions for enterprises. Their chief objective is always to create a remarkable value for their respective clients (and their customers) by leveraging cloud and mobile technology, digital media, the internet and the talent of the people.

They provide an array of services which include the following: • Salesforce consulting – Salesforce sales cloud • Salesforce consulting - Salesforce service cloud • Salesforce consulting - Salesforce marketing cloud • Pardot by Salesforce • Remedyforce • Service Now • Salesforce CPQ • Web Development • Mobile Development • API Integration • Mean Stack Development Services • AWS • Firebase There are various efficient Salesforce products that you can choose as per your business requirements and preference with Cloufi Technologies. The cloud solutions they provide also helps to enhance your business revenues with each passing day. Different kinds of Salesforce products include click stage update, approval widget, auto-capitalize your data, code backup, easy debug tool, EMI calculator, message board, native calculator, photo uploader pro, task handler, etc.

All the Salesforce products offered are aimed at streamlining your business which in turn augments the revenues of your business massively. Their team of experts is always at disposal to assist their customers in need of any form of clarity on cloud services and the process of further selecting the best solutions that fit the business needs perfectly.

With so much happening in terms of technology today and the industry of salesforce touching the sky, companies today have become handy for an answer and solution at the whims and fancies of customer requirements. Once you have introduced the establishment of your brand in this booming industry, it will be coupled with a massive scope of growth and availability to learn the ever-transforming technology with promising affluence. The acceleration of this vertical in your business not just eases the workload of its end user but also brings on a platter a variety of suites full of tools and kits to reduce the burden of your work monotony. It spares you enough time to productively engage your expertise in strategizing solutions for developmental advancements. Salesforce provides for your business a number of solutions like interactive communications, smart approach to work and tailor-made cloud solutions.

Salesforce integration helps in saving much of your time by removal of different procedures that you perform through manual method. Automation in integrating also enables you to enhance the accuracy of data that you input and helps to prevent the repetition of any data. Integrating features is also meant to enhance the sales workflow at a rapid pace. It is essential to integrate the customerfacing application for providing the best-synchronized experience for businesses. Proper integration also leads to having efficient training in sales, customer care, that can eventually help you for inviting customers and this, in turn, enhances your business growth.

Salesforce is a powerful tool for marketing and promotions and Cloufi Technologies designs and optimizes your sales process to maximize cross-selling, up-selling and deliver effective personalized marketing to the customers. With more than 100 enterprise custom cloud engagements across sales, marketing, service, HR, finance, collaboration, and operations, Cloufi Technologies’s experts bring a real-world understanding of how to help you power every part of your business with cloud and mobile solutions. They speak customer’s language and their loyalty is to the clients only & not to the technology of the day nor to the big software vendors.

They are working towards the incorporation of the best technology for their clients and their customers. They help associations quicken advancement with cloud administrations.

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10 Leading centralized End to End Technology Infrastructure and Technical Talent solutions & services “Stick to the roots, keep doing good work, have patience and believe in yourself”.

-NEO is a key value driver for every enterprise in today’s business environment. Enterprises require reliable, flexible, secure, and responsive Technology infrastructure, all at lower costs, so they can remain competitive in business.

Hence, they are successfully transforming their clients’ IT environments to leverage these next-generation technologies across their data centers, networks, and end-user computing environments.

In a conversation with Business Connect Magazine, Ninad Kothari, MD & CEO, Geekay Infotech, talks about their specialized End to End Technology Infrastructure solutions, Technical Talent services and more, Ninad Kothari, MD & CEO, Geekay Infotech,

Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect itting the crescendo in this year, the pace of technology disruption & creation is booming. Digital bend in technology is being embraced with high spirits by the government, industries and the society in general.

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The ever amplifying industry of IT has not just helped the industrial sector grow but as also bought India on the map respectfully. The Indian economy has witnessed a steady growth after the contributions that have been made by the IT vertical and its hub of innovators towards the GDP of the country with solutions provided across the globe through world-class technology. Today, there are a number of national and international organizations that have made their set up in the country and are helping towards transforming the economy to a knowledge-driven one from agricultural based.

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Ninad Kothari is the founder of Geekay Infotech, besides being BE, MBA, PMP, BCCP. He has served many leading organizations like JP Morgan Chase, CRISIL Ltd, Reliance Infocomm, Reliance Industries Ltd. at various senior positions. He brings with him a vast experience of 18+ years in technology domain & in various industrial sectors such as consultancy, financial, telecom, educational, healthcare, IT, Logistics, Travels and etc.

Business Connect: How do you feel you are different from your competitors?

Ninad: Competent resources, process-driven approach and customized solutions for managing the client’s infrastructure is our USP. Our commitment to delivering the value and ethical practices has enabled us to become a trusted business partner from a vendor.

Business Connect: Did you see any transformation happening for startups, over the years in your field?

Ninad: There are a plethora of startups coming up now.

One of the major factors is support from the government and its initiatives are helping businesses to grow. There are many innovative ideas which are taking place of old school ideas or approaches. Technology & Ethical culture has played a huge role in business transformation.

Business Connect: Did everything come easy, or you have your story of struggle?

Ninad: Nothing is easy in life and if it’s easy it’s not

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worth it. We had our share of struggles like financial, right team, managing clientele, ethical dilemmas, and a few others. We learned from our losses, moved ahead on the learning curve and improving our personality.

Business Connect: What kind of clients do you serve any special mentions?

Ninad: We serve clients in various sectors like Healthcare, Education, Construction, Financial, Telecom, NGO’s, Tours and Travels, etc.

Business Connect: How do you ensure unbreakable faith of clients in your company?

Ninad: We stick to our values and stay true to our ethics. We ensure to deliver our commitments and provide results beyond clients’ expectations. Exceptional communication, openness, and integrity help us to maintain a relationship with our clients.

Business Connect: How do you keep pace with the changing market trends?

Ninad: We are working with Tier -1 client and business associates who generally lead or influence the change. Being a trusted partner, we do participate/contribute to the process of change. In today’s world, change is the only constant and we have to be agile and adaptable.

Business Connect: Do you believe R&D is essential for the growth of the company?

Ninad: Definitely. Through R&D, you come up with several innovative ideas that help you to save both time and cost.

Business Connect: Do you still come back to work with the same zeal, like you did when you started?

Ninad: Absolutely. Infact its increasing day by day. Every day has something new to offer for our learning and fun which helps us take our business to greater heights . Few bad days does not act as roadblocks to me.

Business Connect: In terms of your market, what do you feel the future holds for entrepreneurs?

Ninad: On my recent trip abroad, I realized our population is our weakness so is our strength. In terms of this market, it is people who makes the business run. Still, there is a gap between demand and supply and there is a need for quality service providers. Though competitive within our country, I see entrepreneurs booming on the world map.

Business Connect: How necessary do you feel is it to keep your employees content, how do you ensure it?

Ninad: People are the backbone of any business. Happy and content employees are productive employees. I always try to help my people grow and excel in their fields by mapping their aspirations and providing them training to meet them.

Business Connect: Who is your role model in the business/entrepreneurial world and what have you learned from the person?

Ninad: In this world, there are various people who have inspired me. Starting from my father Dhiren Kothari, Dhirubhai Ambani, Ratan Tata, Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet, and Elon Musk. I have learned various qualities from all of these personalities like Perseverance, innovation, adherence to your root values, patience and to come out stronger from your struggles & mental balance.

Business Connect: How are you giving back to society (CSR, if any)?

Ninad: We give financial aid to an institute which helps people find inner peace through meditation. Also, we provide resources to people through which they can earn their livelihood. Our company is associated with a few NGO’s which are helping poor people with food and education.

Business Connect: Apart from work, what else do you like to spend your time doing?

Ninad: I like to meet people and watch videos on motivation, personality development, and biographies. I like various sports like marathon, swimming and also enjoy adventure sports like trekking & skydiving.

Business Connect: How do you see the initiatives of present government with respect to your industry?

Have they helped you in any sense?

Ninad: The government has empowered the entrepreneurs through their initiatives like Start UP India, Digital India, and ‘Make in India’. They have helped us by streamlining the tax reforms. There is less administrative cost now.

Business Connect: What are the achievements and milestones of the company?

Ninad: The Company has expanded from 1 person to strength of 200 today. We have been able to fetch and retain top clients across various sectors. We have been enlisted among the top 100 MSME companies in India by OBC (Oriental Bank of Commerce).

Business Connect: What does the future hold for the company?

Ninad: Future looks bright. We are expanding at a fast pace. Lessons from the past will provide multifold growth in future.

According to recent researches, the IT sector is all set to see a hike and revenue generation by the end of this year which will consequently see a positive change in the Indian economy with a higher growth rate. With the rise in spending on the sector of healthcare and automotive sectors, the government is also looking forward to widening the e-governance measures.

The factor that is getting the maximum attention today for growth is continuous innovation which pushes to always work towards coming up with something new and respond to the vigorous surroundings.

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Person

Designation

Appiness Interactive Pvt. Ltd.

Visakh Viswambharan

Founder & CEO

Cloufi Technologies

Chitiz Agarwal

Founder & CTO

Consagous Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Mukesh Singh

Founder & President

Geekay Infotech

Ninad Kothari

MD & CEO

HPR Techcentrica Pvt. Ltd.

Pushap N Gupta

Founder & CEO

Mxicoders Pvt. Ltd.

Ashok Rathod

CEO

Novatium Solution

Ritesh Kant

CEO

PENTOZ Technology

Premayogan Mahesh

CEO

REDVision Computer Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Zahiruddin Babar

CEO & Co-Founder

Thinkinno Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Vishal Mistry

CEO

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A Superbly Lucrative Hobby

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In today’s modern life, everyone is busy with work, official obligations, and family commitments. With the passing time, the pace of life is getting fast and then even faster every day and so hurriedly everybody must utilize every precious moment of their life, otherwise, they would lag behind in the race of real life.

By this article, I would like to introduce Ornamental fish and its present scenario as Start-up business.

Is it only a daydream or you can convert your hobby into a successful business?

In the present world, fish keeping (or Ornamental fish keeping) is one of the most preferred hobbies after reading or traveling, and the number of hobbyists for ornamental fish (goldfish, zebrafish, catfish, rosy barb or gold barb, and fighting fish or betta) keeping is increasing day by day because with proper planning, commitment, and a business attitude it can be a magnificent opportunity for revenue generation and entrepreneurship development. The fish is a manifestation of great prosperity and wealth. Ornamental fish have good scope for Start-ups. The business comprises rearing of ornamental fish. The brilliant colors and exotic aspects of fishes attract people of all ages. Youngsters are highly fascinated by the adorable creatures in an aquarium. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Issue 9 April 2019 INDIA

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Ornamental Fish

The trade of Ornamental fish started in India in the year 1969. World Ornamental Fish market crossed 420 crores in 2017 and is projected to grow with a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of more than 7.85%, in value terms, during 2019-2024, to reach over 620 crores by 2024. The term Ornamental fish is generally used as a comprehensive term to relate aquatic animals kept in the aquarium, which includes fishes (danio, guppy, swordtails), invertebrates (e.g., hermit crabs, rock lobsters, shrimps), molluscs (e.g., Oysters, snails, scallops), and also live rock or live sand.

Ornamental fish are certainly nature’s incredible advent. A neatly maintained aquarium containing ornamental fish adds aesthetic appearance to well-furnished drawing rooms at homes, in hotel lobbies, restaurants, and other public places.

India has great potentials in the production of Ornamental fish due to the presence of rich biodiversity of species in the Western Ghats and North East India, favorable climatic conditions, and availability of economical labor.

Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal are the major states involved in the practice of ornamental fish farming. The recent story of a farmer Yatindra Kashyap hailing from Motihari, Bihar is a perfect example who took funding from State government build ponds and gradually within a span of 5 years succeeded in making a good profit.

In the ornamental species trade, two types of fishes are available i.e. indigenous (Local) and exotic (Foreigner). The ease of availability of an enormous number of native species has largely contributed to the development of the ornamental fish industry. The indigenous species are mainly present in North-eastern states, West Bengal, Bihar, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. According to the data available, to meet the export demand of the country the collection and rearing of around 90% of native species are done of which 85% belong to Northeast. Presently, nearly about 210 native species are exported to foreign countries. There is also a great demand for exotic species due to its color, shape, and appearance. There are above 300 exotic species that are involved in the ornamental fish trade, and demand for them keeps rising.

What things are needed for Starting an Ornamental Fish business?

•Aquarium or fish tank or concrete tanks or glass tanks-For rearing of Fish •Pumps-Centrifugal and Turbine-For filling freshwater from a freshwater source •Biofilter-Allows microorganism to grow which helps in the breakdown of wastes •Aeration Devices-For adequate supply of Oxygen •Seine Net or Net Reels - For catching fish •Holding and Grading Equipment-Belts, tank trucks •Water testing equipment- Pocket testers to analytical instrumentation for measuring pH, Conductivity, and other water quality characteristics.

What are the advantages of ornamental fish rearing as a business?

• It gives amusement to youngsters • It enables relaxation of the mind and hence contributes to a healthy society • It allows youngsters to get acquainted with nature and use their time adequately • It creates an employment opportunity • It can help in generating foreign exchange

Conclusion

Opening up a business of ornamental fish is perfect for the entrepreneur looking to support their passion for keeping beautiful and healthy exotic and common fish and bringing themselves near to Nature. Proper training of rearing Ornamental fish and knowledge of disease management is an important aspect to be gained to boost the Start-up business plan that would improve the overseas and domestic trade of the varieties.

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MxiCoders Aims for the best to serve the best

Ashok Rathod CEO, MxiCoders

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Vikas Jha | Business Connect ndia has come a long way since the beginning of IT revolution in early 1990s. Gone are the days when one was meant to wait for long hours for even the most mundane task. Now is the time when everything you want can be accessed on your fingertips and that too within a few seconds. We are living in an era where Information Technology is the king. To survive in this world, everyone is hoped to upgrade as per the need of the hour. If we talk about business and entrepreneurship, Internet has had a crucial role to play in the last couple of decades.

With the rapid expansion of IT, numerous platforms became a quintessential part of our daily lives that include Web & Mobile Application, Blockchain, Wallet, Payment Gateways, Open-Source, Cloud Solutions with AWS / Google Cloud, among many others. To cater these IT needs, a budding entrepreneur Ashok Rathod established MxiCoders Pvt Ltd in the beautiful city of Ahmedabad.

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The Company holds the expertise in the domain of development, business automation & transformation, business & technology consultation, IT Products Development, and support & maintenance.

It is into IT product only for niche audience and realms / vertical. Since its inception in 2006, the friendly culture of Code with Love has retained the skilled technical employees and valued customers. It provides tremendous technical support before and after product launch. What places it apart from the peers is the life time free technical support. “Building A high credible business relationship is the key for sustaining in competitive IT market�, proclaims Ashok. Moreover, the company keeps adopting new technology apart from upgrading skill sets as per trend and industry demand. The Company has traversed a long distance that is reflected in its service delivery.

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Heavyweight clients There are many business transformation brought by it.

The Company built location based Mobile Application for WAZOO Mobile Technologies: WAZOO and StyleSwiper. Apart from this, it built complete business automation for Fleet Management Solution for PrivateFleet USA. It also worked for Recruitment Business ERP Solution for IIMA (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad). Not only this, it helped over 500+ startups at very negligible cost because it believes in supporting others to get support.

Nowadays, IT business is not easy as there is a flood of IT business in the market. Making a good impression in the first meeting can bring a positivity. The hunger of the company for the work makes it charged to accept any kind of challenging technical work at high competitive rates. Hence, it has 10+ recurring permanent customers and maintains good business relationship with them.

Ask Mr Rathod how he has been able to win the hearts of the long standing clients and he says, “Transparency is the key for maintaining faith with clients”. One needs to be very straight forward and needs to clear everything before signing service contract agreement. One should share calendar schedule from the beginning. It is advised to be available to attend conference call 24/7.

The Company is aware of the latest technology and is making full use of it through social media. It believes in learning and adopting new technology as fast as possible. To this end, it provide proper technical training to the employees. Moreover, it invests 20% of the total time in research about new technology and gets prototype ready to impress the clients.

emerged as crucial in IT product development but technical support after launching the application is inevitable.

There is a bright future for the best technology solution providers.

Employee’s satisfaction is very important for the company. It maintains friendly and knowledge sharing environment for and with employees. It engages them with some social activities and group discussion within group. Such is the environment that every employee feels entitled and considers it own company and remains responsible for their duties. It has always ensured employee’s freedom so that the employee remain stress free at work to give his/her best in the work.

Mr. Narayana Murthy, the founder of InfoSys, has always been his first inspiration. Both started their journey in small residential apartment with 3 friends and 3 employee. Moreover, he has learnt a lot from Steve Jobs (Founder of Apple) and Jack Ma, Founder of Alibaba.

Ashok Rathod is not only a good businessman but a philanthropist as well. He never lags behind on the CSR front. He has deep respect for our soldiers and that is why he keeps donating frequently a part of his profit on them.

In the recent past, he donated for the critical natural disaster that played havoc in Kerala. Moreover, he is a firm believer of creating opportunities for startups.

Mr. Rathod says, “Believe in yourself and work for the respect, not for the money.”

R&D is the main factor if you are running an IT services based company. Research helps get the best solution for the customers. As per the current era of the IT industry, only the best product will survive in the market. The Company takes inspiration from competitors and their activities. They influence it to be upgraded as required with time and trends.

Love what you do Mr. Rathod is very enthusiastic for his work. He says, “I cannot sleep if there is any unread message in my WhatsApp, Email, Skype or any messenger application. I don’t just reply to the message but also address the prospects / clients concerns at the same time.” He makes it a point to remain available for conference call anytime in any time-zone. He believes in doing his job out of the box to compete with the tons of competitors in the market.

What inspires him to remain always on toe? He believes that only the best solution providers will survive and sustain in the market. Now, clients know what they are doing and they prefer the best at reasonable cost instead of wasting time and money with cheap solution. Scalability, performance and security at good user-interface have

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Thinkinno

For Fineness in All Your Custom Software Product Development Needs Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect “One should spend time only on the most important things. Be productive, not busy�, Mr. Vishal Mistry, CEO, Thinkinno Technologies Pvt. Ltd. In the present scenario, India is globally being considered the hub for outsourcing software solutions and in spite of the challenges spurring inherently, indisputably the growth is amplifying year by year.

One of the major factors contributing to the growth is the input of the outsourcing service sector. And on the likes of it, passionate about developing software solutions, Thinkinno Technologies is ardently adding value to their business by comprehending the needs of the clients and accordingly analyzing appropriate features to deliver usable solutions.

Mr. Vishal Mistry, CEO, Thinkinno Technologies Pvt. Ltd. He is a techno-functional entrepreneur, with an experience of over 20 years in the software development industry. He was successful in creating a vision, identifying opportunities and building organizational value. Achieved success through combined expertise in strategic analysis, business development, communication, and team leadership.

He has managed to successfully execute offshore development projects in the BFSI domain. With the ability to continuous improvements in all the areas, he is recognized for the ability to drive a culture of service resulting in increased revenue, customer retention, and value addition and employee engagement. A developmental leader who believes in the value of an empowered team to produce desired results.

Mr. Mistry, while in conversation with Business Connect Magazine takes us on a tour of his company, beliefs, plans and more.

Mr. Mistry: Thinkinno was incorporated in 2013 with the sole intention to contribute to the success of the clients through customized software development services. It includes Web-based Applications, Mobile Applications (Native & Hybrid). We have successfully executed projects for clients in USA, Corporates, and SMEs in India.

Business Connect: What gives you an edge over your peers?

Mr. Mistry: Team Thinkinno has been constantly pursuing the new possibilities to give their clients an edge over their competitors. Also, we ensure that the project is delivered as per the Scope, Time, and Cost and with great Quality. And the ideas & suggestions given by us gives an edge to our customers over their competitors. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Issue 9 April 2019 INDIA

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Business Connect: Do you see any transformation happening in the entrepreneurial world?

Mr. Mistry: Yes, entrepreneurs are realizing the worth of being dependent on the team. They no longer seem to have the mindset of “I’m the Boss and I know everything”, this attitude empowers the team and gives them the freedom to enjoy facing the challenges.

Business Connect: Did you face any obstacle during the initial days? How did you sail through them?

Mr. Mistry: The one who has never faced the obstacles may not have a sense of achievement. Obstacles will always be there, one should embrace it, with the focus on the goal and never stop the process of continuous improvement, and this would help in getting the right breakthrough.

Business Connect: What kind of clients do you serve or have served in the past?

Mr. Mistry: In USA, Plansmith Corporation - We have developed multiple complex finance based applications that are used by 1000+ banks in the USA. In India, HDFC Realty and Kotak Mahindra Bank are our clients. And have successfully executed projects for Manufacturing Companies, Realty Sector, Food Industry, Construction Companies and in the BFSI. Business Connect: How do you ensure unbreakable faith of clients in your company?

Mr. Mistry: Transparency, Value Addition, Continuous Improvements and most importantly strive for your clients’ success and you will get yours automatically.

Business Connect: How have you ensured a smooth infusion of the latest technology?

Mr. Mistry: The team constantly upgrade themselves on the latest and we pursue the possibilities with the latest technologies and share the same with clients showing them the benefits thus we incorporate the latest technologies as appropriate.

Business Connect: How much do you rely on R&D for the growth of the company?

Mr. Mistry: In a normal project, most requirements can be met without major R & D, but some unique requirement or functionality certainly require R & D to be able to successfully develop the unique features. And such unique features or functionality most of the time becomes the USP for the success of our clients. So it does play a very important role to make a value-able difference.

Business Connect: Tell us something about your staff. How do you ensure their efficiency and positivity towards work in challenging times?

Mr. Mistry: Team Thinkinno comprised of great team members and we are proud of them. Communication is very important to let them know about their contribution, how they are adding value and how every bit is an output of combined effort which can only be achieved with a great team.

Business Connect: What kind of activities do you conduct to keep your employees energized?

Mr. Mistry: Internal Training, Workshops, Team Activities, Feedback on Individual’s Views/Ideas for Company Growth, Periodic Review & Guidance for their growth, being open to new ideas and initiatives.

Business Connect: Who is your role model in business/ entrepreneurial world and what have you learnt from the person?

Mr. Mistry: Past Employers (Yogesh Upadhyaya, Sandeep Bhandarkar, and Dheeraj Vasishth) – Be Genuine, Truthful and Transparent with the client as well as with your team. They have played a very important role in shaping me in my profession.

Business Connect: How does transforming technology impact your business?

Mr. Mistry: Transformation in technology has affected positively, it has brought so much of excitement and opened up so many possibilities. We too are ready to have fun and excited to contribute to this space of IoT, AI & Big Data.

Business Connect: Is there anything that you have read, a book or a quote, anything that has impacted you heavily?

Mr. Mistry: The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt – It’s about a manager who has challenges in the personal and professional life and how one day he identifies a pattern of a problem and takes care of it and applies the same in his professional life to eradicate the problems.

Connect the dots by Rashmi Bansal – It contains the short stories of inventors/innovators who started with a unique observation about a problem, came up with the solution and reached success in making a difference.

For the client in the USA, Thinkinno has developed some complex finance based applications like Competitive Analysis, Forecasting, Interest Rate Risk Management, and Strategy Management & Market Analytics. These applications are used by more than 1600 banks in the USA. For these applications, team Thinkinno manages the data of 5500 banks every quarter.

They are responsible for updating the entire census data and bank branch data on a quarterly basis. In India, Thinkinno has worked for Corporates as well as SMEs. Also, other large IT organizations are looking to outsource the software project development to Thinkinno.

Thinkinno presently is aspiring to serve clients in Europe, to execute projects on IoT and bag more clients the USA. A SaaS-based product is on the cards for launch, while they are successfully providing custom software product development and maintenance services to their clients with a support to a number of web-based products.

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Company

Person

Designation

Adriyana Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Dhyanesh Raj

Owner

Bluecrest HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

Sachiin S Jog

Founder & CEO

Brain Logic HR Solution

Karthik Chandrashekar

CEO

Credentials India

Prabhat Khabar

Director

Disha HR Services Pvt. Ltd.

Mahendra Bharadwaj

Manager

GSS Partners

Naresh Aneja

CEO

HR Reflection

Ritesh Goel

CEO

HRNEXT

Anurag Shrivastava

CEO

Husys Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

GR Reddy

MD

Industrial Personnel Network

Amit Batra

Director

Integrated Personnel Pvt. Ltd.

Tarang Goyal

Founder & MD

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K7 Consultants

Bhuvaneshwari R

Proprietor

Live Jobs Global

Sajjan Karna

CEO

Magnum Consultants

Ruchi Gopal

Director

My Hiring Club

Rajesh Kumar Parida

CEO

Net Employment Services Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Sanjay Salunkhe

Founder & Group CEO

People Cyclotron Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Shweta Singh

Director

Peoplestrong Pvt. Ltd.

Pankaj Bansal

Co- Founder & CEO

ProSearch Consultants

Prashant Kochar

MD

Recany

Pradeep Kumar Padhi

Founder & CEO

Scalene Works

Ashish Tiwari

Co- Founder & CEO

Search and Beyond

Veenu Grover

CEO

Strategic Alliance Management Service P. Ltd.

Gautam Nath

Director

Superior Talent India

Navin Gautham P. & Scott Stenclik

Director, Country Manager & CEO

Xmplarie IT Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

Madhusudhan B M

Director

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Leading Recruitment Firm Offering Integrated Solutions for Entire HR Practices

SACHIIN S JOG

Founder & CEO Bluecrest HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd

“As Steve Jobs very rightly said, the only way to do great work is to love what you do if you haven’t found it yet keep looking. Don’t settle”.

Sachiin S Jog

Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect The Indian staffing industry poses the potential to become one of the world’s largest, with the government supporting the market with ratifying the labor laws and regulations in concern of the same.

With so much potential oozing from everywhere in the country, Sachiin S Jog, Founder & CEO, Bluecrest HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd is providing one stop solution for HR functions such as Executive Search, Staffing solutions, and Payroll management.

With its registered office based in Mumbai, they specialize in recruiting for the Entry Level, Junior Level, Middle Management, and Senior Management levels across various verticals like BFSI, Energy and Power, Pharmaceutical, Textiles, Hospitality, Logistics, Engineering, Manufacturing, Real Estate and Infrastructure, Oil & Gas, Automobile & Ancillaries, Retail, FMCG, and Media.

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employees are trained every six months on different programs like “Hiring through Social Media” or “Telephonic interviewing”.

At Bluecrest, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) model is put in use when the clients want huge numbers in a shorter span. Backward planning for clients is processed, once they comprehend what target the client has in mind, their team starts planning that in order to fulfill the requirement of the number of candidates are needed to source, screen and shortlist. They meet the clients regularly to understand their “pain points” and come up with solutions and also are an ERA member since inception and believe in ethical and transparent recruitment practices only.

Business Connect: Did everything come easy, or you have your story of struggle?

Sachiin: I quit my job with DHL Express in January 2004

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as the Head-Direct Business Unit and went back to DHL in March for a sign-up. Now I was on the other side of the table as a “Vendor Partner” and had a greater responsibility to prove myself again. I could not fail now as I had chosen this one-way street to start my own company and make it a success story. This was the start of the struggle as we needed quality employees of our own, clients who would give us mandates and also pay us on time.

For the first 8 months, I was doing Sales, Recruitment, Operations, Collections, Finances, and Administration too. I used to sit in the car park of a potential client, call him and tell him that I had just finished a meeting in the vicinity and would he be free for a meeting. Some met me, others were busy but then I did not give up.

Any Entrepreneur has to learn on his own as there are no academic courses to churn out one. At times there are hits and other times misses too but the journey has to be carried forward.

Business Connect: What kind of clients do you serve any special mentions?

Sachiin: DHL Express was our very first client and we built a good pool of talent on our payrolls from which DHL could cherry pick the best performing employees.

We have done an RPO for a large multinational in background screening services where we hired 300 candidates to be put on our payrolls for a period of 3 months. We partnered a large insurance company on a pan India basis for staffing and sourcing 1500 employees.

We partnered Infomedia India before it became a part of the Network 18 group. We used to have monthly meetings with the entire HR team to understand obstacles to hiring and ways to overcome them. We used to meet line managers to solve issues and even handheld all over recruits after they joined the company for a period of 3 months. The bonding and the rapport building with the HR team were so good that post these monthly meetings we used to explore all new eating joints in the vicinity.

We were the only consultant who saw a popular Hindi film with the Head HR and his team at a local cinema.

Business Connect: How do you ensure unbreakable faith of clients in your company?

Sachiin: We keep them updated on all new developments E.g. regards to compliances etc. We honestly tell them as to what is possible and what is not, no false hopes or promises. We respect our clients and are always professional with them. We give them a quality talent or “benchmark candidates” who will add value to them.

The feedback that our candidate is doing well in the company bring a smile on the face of our consultant Business Connect: How do you keep pace with the changing market trends?

Sachiin: We conduct regular training programs for our team E.g. Social Media hiring, we invest in technology like an Applicant Tracking System and appoint a Social Media agency to create more awareness of what we are

doing amongst the client & the candidate community.

Business Connect: In terms of your market, what do you feel the future holds for entrepreneurs?

Sachiin: We require people to enter our industry with a vision and having long term goals. Sadly, there are many Mom & Pop shops operating from their respective residence who are there for a short term and spoil the market by cutting rates. Clients require value-added services and not cheaper rates Business Connect: Who is your role model in the business/entrepreneurial world and what have you learned from the person?

Sachiin: My role model is Dhirubhai Ambani for the mammoth conglomerate he built from scratch. Some learnings were to roll up your sleeves and work no matter whether the job or client is small or big, dream big but dream with your eyes wide open, and change your orbit, constantly.

Business Connect: How are you giving back to society (CSR, if any)?

Sachiin: I am the Honorary HR Director of Triumph Blood Bank since the last 5 years and all support like hiring or payroll management is free of cost. I am a Volunteer for the last 8 years with Kotak Education Foundation and have worked in 3 interventions of theirs. We have started “The Bluecrest Foundation” to support bright students coming from the weaker sections of the society.

Business Connect: Apart from work, what else do you like to spend your time doing?

Sachiin: I have finished 4 half marathons, been on the Mount Kailash parikrama in Tibet, do a bungee jump.

On my bucket list - I still want to make a second trip to Mount Kailash, do the Everest Base Camp trek and do a pilgrimage walk of 290 km in 9 days.

Business Connect: What are the achievements and milestones of the company?

Sachiin: I think that the biggest achievement or milestone for the company was to survive the economic downturn of 2009-11 and have clients and employees who have worked with us for more than 8 years. Without them, I would not be sitting down to pen this article for you.

From one branch in Pune, Bluecrest HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd is now looking forward to spread their branches in Bangalore and New Delhi in this coming year as well and head to a higher path to sucess.

“I believe that the journey has just begun and I walked a few steps. I still have to cover a long distance. For me, each day is a new day where am going to learn new things and explore new opportunities to make the journey of our candidates a magical one.”

Sachiin S Jog

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BCM Review

Health Benefits of Playing Soccer

Business Connect Team

“Be strong, my young friends that is my advice to you. You will be nearer to heaven through Football than through the study of the Gita, You will understand Gita better with your biceps, your muscles, a little stronger”

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Sports are valuable to physical health which contribute to economic growth and employment in the country. It builds character, teaches and develops strategic & analytical thinking, leadership skills, goal setting and risk taking qualities in an individual, reducing healthcare costs owing to a healthier population, reduction in crime, and job creation. According to the recent research reports, engagement in sports or regular physical activity can positively affect psychologically and emotional wellness, which is directly linked to the immune health of an individual.

Soccer (or Football) resembles Start-ups or small and medium-sized business enterprises. CEOs of the company play the role of team captain in a business organization. In Start-ups, although the major decisions are taken by the CEOs as the business grows the chain of command shifts to the mid-management employees to make the system more efficient. Soccer is distinguished by specific positions like forwards, midfielder, striker, goal-keepers etc. where despite less communication, players adjust themselves and maintain proper distances among them during the various stages of the game, resulting in smart passing and moving off the ball forward. Start-ups or Small and medium-sized enterprises, with a limitation to a number of products or services, canvas specific roles to their employees having the ability to focus on their goals.

Soccer was the most favorite game of Swami Vivekananda because he found in it both physical exercise and an element of adventure, thrill and suspense were there that inculcates team spirit and coordination among players preaching them the right learnings for teamwork. Among different sports, it is only the Soccer where “Win” is possible only when teamwork and coordination are there. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Issue 9 April 2019 INDIA

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Teamwork and Team Building are the essential assets to make the organization a congenial place to work. Fostering teamwork is a top priority of a good leader. The benefits of Teamwork and Team building are enhanced productivity, better customer service, more adaptable systems and accreditation of the employees.

Health Benefits of Playing Soccer

The health benefits of Playing Soccer are

• Because of the increase in the level of serotonin (a chemical made up of essential amino acid tryptophan, produced by nerve cells), the natural mood is stabilized • Inculcates discipline and a solid work ethic • Develops concentration • Teaches Goal-setting • Teaches how to handle success and failure • Reduces stress and depression • Improves sleeping habits • Help you improve a healthy weight • Help you boost your self-confidence • Have been linked to the development of leadership traits

History:Football

Football grew out of the two kicking games soccer and Rugby. It is one of the most favourite American sports which has its roots more than 100 years ago in 1863 when it began in England. The game played in the junior schools, high schools and colleges today was introduced to India by British soldiers. While it is popular as a sport to play, it is even more popular as a sport to watch. Both, Football and television grew up together in the era of 1950s.

Fundamentals of Soccer (Football)

Soccer is played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field. One team tries to move the football across the opposition’s goal line at one end of the field. The length of football pitch must be 100-130 yards (90-120m) long and 50-100 yards (45-90m) wide. The field’s surface may be natural grass or a green synthetic grass surface. In professional football, the hash marks are 70’9” (70 feet, 9 inches; 20.96m) from each sideline while in high school and college play, they are 53’4” (53 feet, 4 inches; 16.25m) from each sideline. The game of soccer primarily follows the rules & regulations of Federacion Internationale de Football Association or FIFA

The Foot Ball Dimensions

The oval football is approximately 11 inches long and about 7 inches in diameter at its center. It weighs from 14-15 ounces. It is inflated to an air pressure of 8.5 psi to 15.6 psi.

Pele:World’s Greatest Living Football Player

Pele, the legend National Football team player of Brazil is called the “Football King”. He played in 1363 first-class matches and scored 1281 goals. He is affectionately called “Black Pearl” who had displayed great patriotic feeling during his career when he refused the tempting big offer money from Italy and Algeria.

Conclusion

Soccer is more than just a game as it teaches lessons of teamwork, discipline, perseverance, goal-setting, handling success and failure, time management, and keeping fit. Regularly playing or watching this quality game would endeavor the rapid growth of the business.

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K7 Consultants Commendably Redefining The Recruitment And Training Process

BHUVANESHWARI. R

Proprietor, K7 Consultants

Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect “Our dedicated, strong, work-from-home employees are the backbone of our business. We empower them financially, utilizing their knowledge and education, while they are at home taking care of their kids and family, without having to waste their time and money in traveling.�

Bhuvaneshwari. R, Proprietor, K7 Consultants In the business for almost a decade now, K7 Consultants have been successfully providing manpower and handpicked HR training for a number of business houses.

They also bring to the table entrepreneurship training employability training for inexperienced and experienced recruits, and consultation, guidance and hand-holding for startups.

Striving to be the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, connecting human potential to the power of business. They serve both large and small organizations across all industry sectors through our brands and offerings.

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari. R, Proprietor, K7 Consultants, in conversation with Business Connect Magazine, taking us on a tour of the firm and its mannerisms.

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Business Connect: What gives you an edge over your peers?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: We save clients’ precious time to focus on business expansion by saving their 80% energy spent on recruitment. I educate clients on hiring the right people and what skill set to look for while hiring. We give a bonus to our client: Free induction and orientation to all selected candidates before joining. Our USP is our constant postplacement follow-ups with both clients and candidates for the first 6 months and then on an as-needed basis.

Business Connect: Do you see any transformation happening in the entrepreneurial world? If yes, please mention a few of those.

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: Yes, definitely. With great foresight, budding entrepreneurs apply practical strategies for success. They unlearn the non-result oriented strategies through training, skilling and reskilling to match the current and foresee the future trends. Like-minded entrepreneurs are doing collaborative businesses rather than seeing others as competitors, they support each other and grow together. They also are open to learn new skills and diversify their businesses in different sectors in the form of inviting investors or working partners, sharing basis, etc.

Business Connect: Did you face any obstacle during the initial days? How did you sail through them?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: Yes, of course. Obviously, without obstacles, can anyone grow in the business world and reap success? I am the first generation entrepreneur in my

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family. Initially, I faced hurdles in building a reputation in the market and Streamlining timely deliverance strategies.

With transparency in our dealings, we overcame those obstacles. Choosing the right client helped a lot as well to overcome these obstacles.

Business Connect: What was your learning during struggling days so that our readers could prepare themselves for upcoming challenges?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: Be confident, be positive, be honest and be frank with all your dealings with customers because one satisfied customer is equal to 10 new customers.

Provide hassle-free payment structures and don’t waste your time with time-consuming clients. Have a mentor to measure your success and rank you without any judgment and learn from the mistakes. Do not repeat mistakes.

Business Connect: Please tell us something about your clientele.

Mention some well-recognized names that could be published in our magazine.

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: We have a family of strong 500+ clients, we have served a wide range of SMEs and MSMEs from 5 crores up to 1500 crore turnover companies in and around districts of Coimbatore.

Business Connect: How do you ensure the unbreakable faith of clients in your company?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: Will ensure all our clients get the best workforce to match their job description with meager attrition and be an asset to the company in the long run. By giving our best service with extra mileage and asking for feedback. Though there is a rare chance, if at all if we foresee delay or non-availability of our services, we will keep them informed in the first place. Getting consistent post placement feedbacks will help us in further streamlining it better.

Business Connect: How difficult is it to remain relevant and motivated in this competitive world?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: By providing the utmost extra care and extra mileage of my services to my clients. I constantly listen to podcasts and read books of world-class life coach like Mr. Dan Lok, Mr. Robin Sharma, Mr. Warren Buffet and evergreen couplet treasure of Thiruvalluvar’s Thirukural and Dr. Irai Anbu’s wide range of books and such range management books.

By connecting the dots and seeing where was earlier and what have I achieved in a decade. Appreciating ourselves when we achieve our target is a great motivation from my point of view. Not expecting others’ opinions for my decisions unless there is confusion about it. Though I get various ideas, I make sure the final decision is purely based on my discretion which suits the strategy of the business line.

Business Connect: Tell us something about your staff. How do you ensure their efficiency and positivity towards work in challenging times?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: My full time and freelancing recruiters are highly dedicated and understand our way of business.

We provide extreme care in the selection process, a clear-cut detailed orientation and induction process to

understand our style of working and company culture, timely deliverance of productivity on a daily basis.

Empathizing their difficulties and help them grow in their career with time management strategies.

Business Connect: Who is your role model in the business/ entrepreneurial world and what have you learned from the person?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: Mr. Ratan Tata. Strategic building and diversification of business, he ensures that his employees are well trained before they start their job and Mr. Narayanamoorthy, with a simple start to massive growth, he’s a game changer in IT field.

Business Connect: Highlight a few achievements of the company.

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: We are strongly positioned for a decade now in the field of HR recruits and training. We have built trust and reputation in the job market among employers and employees, and we are the leaders in Coimbatore, providing a wide range of manpower from around Tamilnadu, placing approximately 1500 – 2000 candidates so far.

Business Connect: What are your thoughts on women participation in the entrepreneurial world?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: Creative women always have great chances to start and own a business. Once you have identified your forte and understood how to use your skills suitably, be a man or a woman, nothing is far from your reach.

Business Connect: What are the future plans for the company?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: We are looking forward to giving employment for more women to work-from-home to utilize their education, knowledge, and experience and to get financial freedom. We want to help a lot more candidates to get decent jobs and bring technological advancement in the recruitment process. Also, we will come up with a chain of upskilling and reskilling centers for the unemployed. We request all our candidates who get job through our consultancy to plant a neem tree at their home as part of gratitude they show to us for getting them placed in decent companies in a decent salary; otherwise, we do not charge any registration fee or payment fee for job given.

Business Connect: What core values do you carry till date that have remained a constant?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: Be patient to build trust within consumers, learn business skills and gain stable clients.

There are no shortcuts to success. There are no failures or setbacks in life, but they are all rich experiences. Above all, attitude decides one’s success.

Enabling a suite of ground-breaking workforce managing solutions, K7 Consultants covers an absolute range of placements, human resource management, training and more. They bring you solutions that help to take the business forward with custom-made solutions to suit the requirements of the organization.

With a vision to give employment to lakhs of job seekers, they ensure developing the most productive skills in a recruit to gain the potential of a successful entrepreneur in the future.

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Live Jobs Global

Directing All Your Comprehensive World-Class Recruitment Solutions Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect

“Nothing comes easy in life, you have to work hard to gain whatever you strive for. Moreover, I was not among the ones born with a silver spoon, I worked hard for my achievements”.

Sajjan Karna

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SAJJAN KARNA

CEO, Live Jobs Global ne of the biggest impacts that the transforming dynamics of the company ecosystem has seen is on the augmented demands of recruits.

the brainchild of Sajjan Karna, CEO, Live Jobs Global, that fulfills manpower requirements for global clients based in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Canada, Singapore, South Africa, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Malaysia, and London.

In the race to stay ahead of the curve, there have been rapid innovations in technology and market conditions have evolved massively in terms of charting the demands of adding talented professionals to the network. These rifts mean that the role of staffing firms is affirmatively large in the present scenario.

Sajjan Karna, in a conversation with Business Connect Magazine, enlightens our readers about his Certified Recruitment Company, his dedicated recruitment team that’s competent to fulfill both permanent and contractual job requirements in a defined time frame,

Largely this is only one of the few prudent reasons why the manpower providers have become an inevitable part of meeting the right talent. There are other reasons like job creation to absorb the growing working population as well that the government is paying interest on, eventually to help a larger number of companies to share the burden of recruitments and manpower service companies facilitate this process at large.

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Business Connect: How do you feel you are different from your competitors?

Mr. Karna: Our commitment to delivering qualified talent while adhering to stringent professional standards makes us an undisputed recruitment partner in the times of need. We deliver quality services to our premium client in the stipulated time.

Business Connect: Did you see any transformation happening for startups, over the years in your field?

Mr. Karna: In the previous times the picture was different, but now, hiring at managerial levels in particular country 87% chances are that they would select the can-

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didate of local nationality, 10% hiring goes for European and rest 3% for different countries.

Business Connect: Did everything come easy, or you have your story of struggle?

Mr. Karna: Nothing comes easy in life, you have to work hard to gain whatever you strive for. Moreover, I was not among the ones born with a silver spoon. I did my schooling from a Govt. school in Pupri, Sitamarhi, Bihar then moved to Delhi for Senior Secondary education. It was an abrupt change in thought, lifestyle, and language, things were in favor and I finished my M.B.A, but unfortunately, it was the time of recession. Due to which I couldn’t find a suitable job, I moved to Mumbai, gave various interviews, resided with relatives due to lack of finances and somehow managed to sustain my living.

As they say ‘try and try again until you succeed’, I tried and bagged a decent job in the world’s largest Aluminum company, learned strategies and business plans. This encouraged me to start something of my own and I started Live Jobs Global a year ago, and rest is history.

Business Connect: What kind of clients do you serve?

Mr. Karna: We serve client spread throughout the globe, most of which are in the Gulf, UAE, and Europe. We work in Mining (Underground or Open pit), Metals, Construction, Fertilizers, Oil & Gas, Infrastructure, Power, IT & Telecom.

Business Connect: How do you ensure unbreakable faith of clients in your company?

Mr. Karna: By proving them unmatched services. We ensure that we provide quality services and delivery on time. Following and upholding the highest standard of professionalism and business ethics no matter what comes in our way of success.

Business Connect: How do you keep pace with the changing market trends?

Mr. Karna: As per the business forecast especially 2019 and 2020 recruitment strategy will change gradually, companies are focused to hire local nationals as per the government regulation and meet the MOL regulation and under the government body, we are moving and making own database for the local national active job seeker through our website. Western candidates are preferable for top 10 companies who seek qualified candidates with an international passport.

Business Connect: Do you still come back to work with the same zeal, like you did when you started?

Mr. Karna: Every morning there are a number of challenges to overcome and I have to deliver productive work at all times, for which the plan comes under a managed budget and results come-post the equal level of indulgence and zeal.

Business Connect: In terms of your market, what do you feel the future holds for entrepreneurs?

Mr. Karna: There is supreme importance of time, which

further adds to amplify the focus and accuracy to identify the right client. If you are selling a unique concept with appropriate services, it will sell. You also should know your rivals well and always have set plans to compete healthily.

Business Connect: What do you ensure the most while setting up the recruitment process?

Mr. Karna: When we take an interview for recruitment, we make sure to extract the right talent out of the interviewee and put them into the right place matching the experience and position.

Business Connect: Who is your role model in the business/entrepreneurial world and what have you learned from the person?

Mr. Karna: More than a role model, I have stronger morals and values, I have core beliefs that I carry and have kept me strong. I work hard and in the right direction to meet the required value in the market, I entrust my faith in my co-workers and try to always target the right segment of the market.

Business Connect: Apart from work, what else do you like to spend your time doing?

Mr. Karna: I like to invest my time in reading and understanding about the market and the constant transformations, concepts, future potential etc. that happens in connection to my industry, like I have been going through a lot about the government inputs and the new plan accelerated in the year 2018 and that would be of a great help to my industry.

Business Connect: What does the future hold for the company?

Mr. Karna: Our vision is to become the leading International service provider of Human Resource Competencies. Also, to be recognized as an innovative & cost-efficient India based HR Consulting Partner that solely are serving the clients and job seekers with professionalism, integrity, and honesty.

Business Connect: What is your profit ratio cut on promotional expenses?

Mr. Karna: For any business, marketing is the first key factor to run the company. We make sure that 10 % revenue in each month is spent on all the possible ways of marketing. If we are looking to be in the market, there is a high need to have influential visibility for our potential and current clients to see us on various social pages and website.

A number of studies have taken place over time and proven that this industry is entitled to grow at the rate of more than 10% in the following years. And with the swiftly changing market trends, a number of business houses will have to boil down to the services of manpower service providers to pro-actively find the suitable candidate.

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Conflicts at Workplace

BCM Review Common workplace conflicts which employees face and how to deal this effectively.

Business Connect Team

Workplace and conflict always go hand in hand. Fail to complete a deadline and there is a conflict. Disagree with a team member and conflict is likely. A lot of us spend major chunk of our life at work.

People from diverse field come together and it is almost impossible to have an environment where things workout perfectly for everyone. Thus it becomes all the more important that we learn the art of conflict resolution. There are multiple reasons for conflicts to arise and many ways to resolve the same.

Personality Clashes

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these disturbances, his wife angrily walked in the room with two bottles of bear and kept them down on the table with a bang. All were stunned. The room completely went silent. Responding to the situation Socrates said - until today I had seen the clouds thundering, today I saw them raining too. Everyone erupted in laughter again and so did his wife.

So when faced with a terrible boss shouting at you in a meeting the first solution I would say is to try bringing things on a softer note by diverting the heated ongoing conversation. If you find yourself in a similar situation an easy mantra to deal with this effectively is to praise your opponent with his recent achievements. It will for sure bring smile on the face of everyone in the room. This is a proven tactic and has worked wonders for many.

Ego Conflict

The other kind of common conflict is the one which arises from ego. You will always find people in your office who think that their work is more important. If you try to prove them wrong, you are calling for disturbed day. To deal with these kinds, all you need to do is be polite and respectful at all times and just focus on your work. If your colleague continues to behave similarly by chattering about his work, be cordial, listen him and say politely after a while, ‘I am sure you are doing a great job. Lets get back to work and we can always continue this during the break time.�

Your mature behaviour will make your colleague feel important and you will be able to concentrate on your work more effectively.

Work style differences

There are people who like to work in a team and then there are others who perform better when they work alone. Should you as a team leader be offended if you find someone not as big a contributor as others in a team? Of course not. The leader in order to lead better has to understand that people have different style of working. The better you know your team, the easier it is for you to resolve the conflict as and when they arise. However you can later talk to the person why it is important to work in a team. With regular support you will see him grow.

Inter-relation conflict Imagine you work for magazine as a researcher. If you delay in researching, it delays the work of the writer and then the editor followed by the designer and so on. This is where a blame game starts

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Making Centralized Recruitment Services Stress-Free For Fortune 500 Companies

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Understand that there is no success without hard work, understand that success alone breeds success. All the best things happened when people said they’re impossible, someone will be the first one, might as well be you.

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Dr. Sanjay Salunkhe

Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect Regardless of what a business house is dealing with, from manufacturing to services, the backbone, the most essential part of the process is to bring together a team that successfully handles the complete process.

Hiring the best talent for the job role not just ensures optimum results but also helps in remaining competitive and in the front row of the market. Dr. Sanjay Salunkhe, Founder and group CEO, Net Employment Services Pvt. Ltd. (Net HR) is making this possible with 19 years of experience in specialized executive hiring.

Net HR is a leading Technology recruitment consultant, based out of Mumbai with operations pan India via multiple offices in India. They offer Permanent recruitment solutions from Mid-level to Highest level for its clients, thanks to their massive data. Their Fortune 100 clientele combines Investment Banking, Software Product Firms, Technology Services, Insurance, Broking, Hospitality and Retail Banking sectors. They are able to actively gauge the changes in the market needs because of their experienced team and a pan India presence.

In a conversation with Business Connect Magazine, Dr. Salunkhe talks about being the preferred partner in technology hiring space, adapting the latest technologies, large database management, internal team management, and external communications and more.

Business Connect: Did you face any obstacle during the initial days? How did you sail through them?

Dr. Salunkhe: I went through big losses in 2001-2002 due to all eggs in one basket (IT recruitment) and had to mortgage the house to pay staff salaries, but within 1 year through hard work and cooperation of employees we were able to turn around the company. And in 2006 I sold major (54% stake) to a Japanese staffing company. Our company was valued at 4 million US dollars then. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Issue 9 April 2019 INDIA

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Dr. Sanjay Salunkhe Founder and group CEO

Business Connect: What was your learning during struggling days so that our readers could prepare themselves for upcoming challenges?

Dr. Salunkhe: Never put all eggs in one basket (only one industry recruitment) because if that industry suffers due to recession or any other reason you are affected a lot. Trust yourself and your judgment and carry the team with you. Your trust is their trust and your people are your biggest asset. I learned that the staff will go through hardship and struggle with the boss if they believe in the boss, his vision and his struggle and know that there is honesty and integrity in the individual. When the turnaround happened I shared the rewards with them too.

Dr. Salunkhe: With a close eye on the new trends in the market, we always mold and update ourselves in a timely fashion. We have an edge on understanding in terms of quality benchmark, ideal to practical turnaround time and right fitment.

Business Connect: How difficult is it to remain relevant in this competitive world? How do you keep yourself motivated during tough times?

Dr. Salunkhe: As I have gone through major problems earlier, now no issues scare us. To be relevant one has to be aware of the market, emerging forces as well as political trends because shifts in trends in one country can affect the recruitment of staff in another. Likewise, upcoming countries can be new areas to not only diversify the basic pool to recruit but also become the area to bring employment opportunities for IT experts from India.

Business Connect: What kind of clients do you serve?

Dr. Salunkhe: Our clientele consists of Top Global Giants from Investment Banking, Financial Services, Information technology (Product & service), Insurance, Banking & Broking and Fin-tech Space.

Business Connect: Who is your role model in the business/ entrepreneurial world and what have you learned from the person?

Dr. Salunkhe: There is not one specific person. But Attributes in the people who taught me, who guided me, who stood with me through thick and thin. As a CEO, you need to be a master of various traits along with a strong hold on finance as it is the heart of businesses. Having a risk bearing trait is the biggest asset of all along with the will to fight.

Business Connect: What gives you an edge over your peers?

Dr. Salunkhe: What makes us better than our peers is the well experienced, expert and highly motivated team strength we possess. Along with that, we do not rely on the portals only for recruitment as we have a huge base of passive content being in the industry for 19 years which helps us to give a high offer-to-join percentage.

Business Connect: How do you ensure the unbreakable faith of clients in your company?

Dr. Salunkhe: Having strong ethical mindset, we work with full integrity and honesty and that’s how our client relies on us for 11th-hour support in crisis situations also.

Providing quality at right time with right fit has helped us to build an unbreakable faith in all our clients.

Business Connect: Tell us something about your staff. How do you ensure their efficiency and positivity towards work in challenging times?

Dr. Salunkhe: Our team strongly follows the values of the organization. We ensure their efficiency and positivity towards work in challenging times by regular training & grooming of the team, motivating them by giving additional entrepreneurial responsibilities.

Business Connect: What are your thoughts on women participation in the entrepreneurial world?

Dr. Salunkhe: The world is an open arena for women entrepreneurs. Women have the capacity to multi-task and that is what being an entrepreneur demands. You have to keep track of numerous things and yet keep yourself sane enough to take the right decisions. Their natural sensitivity and empathy helps them to bring out the best and yet like a mother they can be hard for the good of the child.

Women are in that regard naturally geared and and have always proved themselves worthy. In NET HR 90% of employees are women and even in our other verticals like the Education Company, they make up 60% of the staff.

Business Connect: Please let us know about the achievements of the company.

Dr. Salunkhe: We have been Top 5 vendors for Majority of our clients for over a decade and with continuous efforts, we intend to be the most preferred vendor.

Business Connect: What are your short term and long term future plans for the company?

Dr. Salunkhe: Short term plans are to keep pushing the envelope and create more business while the long term goal is to steer the company towards the emerging trends to be a leader.

In the future, it is anticipated that the management of the Robots would be a new set of skills and will give way to evolving self-learning Robots. The supervision arm would still have to be Human.

Ahead in time, tied to robotics is the entire world of virtual and augmented reality and their use for the medical and other fields that will eventually give rise to a different set of skill needs in IT.

Business Connect: How have you adapted yourself to the latest needs of the market?

Dr. Salunkhe avers that in the coming few years AI (Artificial Intelligence) will change a lot of things like an assessment of skills through robotic testing, tracking changes in the way entrepreneurial skills are developed etc. Portions and segments of workplace work will give way to Robots, so that would need a new set of IT people who would be able to track and ensure the Robots perform.

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Recreating An Exemplary Recruitment Process For The Aspirants PRADEEP KUMAR PADHI Founder & CEO

Rashi Saral | Business Connect Unemployment is one of the monolithic problems of this nation; youngsters acquire the Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees in their respective streams, but they face a lot of struggle to find the optimum jobs. This needs to be dealt with by the rational minds of the nation. Innovative ideas with sound technology provide aid to youngsters for dealing with this existent issue. Recany has brought a drastic and positive change in the recruitment process of our country.

Inside story of Recany Recany (formerly known as JJ Consultants) is one of the top-notch recruitment companies in India which serves both national and global staffing needs. The inception of this organization took place in 2008, since then, it is setting a breaking record. For the continuous progress of Recany, Mr. Pradeep Kumar Padhi has put all his vital energies and always being the backbone of it.

Recany has created an extremely potent and intelligent team which helps the organization to achieve the toughest goals in the most adverse situations by applying outof-the-box thinking.

The foremost and prime responsibility of Recany is to hire talented employees for different companies. In this competitive phase, companies want the best individuals to work with them.

“We provide the placement opportunities to youth; companies are benefitted from our process by having extremely skilled employees.”- says Pradeep

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Corporate Scenario of the Company Companies, in the present scenario, want highly talented individuals who are efficient, and for the obvious reasons are not lacking in ethics. Recany plays a vital role in rendering the best employees to clients. Following are the reasons why companies want to invest in it.

• Recany has a highly skilled workforce that is built on referral and successful partnership.

• Recruiters possess a clear understanding and are exceptionally skilled in identifying the topmost talents around the globe and matching them with the client’s needs.

• Recany has an amazing record in the recruitment process. It provides 85% fill ratio for each open position they are aligned within the stipulated time period.

• 90% of candidates they provide who continue to work for more than 2 years.

• The process is pure and transparent; clients never feel the trace of dishonesty.

Commendable services offered by the enterprise In today’s times, when the trust is falling apart over the recruitment companies; Recany, on the other hand, is continually winning the hearts and faith of its clients. By offering the exemplary services, unshakeable confidence, it is creating on the minds of clients. Let’s look over the services; the leading organization has to give: . Permanent Recruitment The process is not temporary which means Recany provides the best-suited individuals to various industries in the shortest span by collaborating with the companies of all types and sizes in the search of excellent talent.

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Recruitment Process Outsourcing Recany provides customized, scalable and flexible Recruitment Process Outsourcing solutions (RPO) for the requirement of skilled candidates with the desired profiles.

Contract/Temporary Staff Recruitment A Contract/temporary Staff can lead to cost savings and enhanced productivity for the organization. It also enables you to focus on your business without many overheads each month. Embrace flexibility and business freedom with Recany’s quality contract staffing services.

International Jobs Placement and Visa Youngsters, after accomplishing their academic tenure or acquiring experience in their jobs, want to go overseas to test their truest potential. International companies also want to hire talented employees who can work efficiently for them.

Recanny has successfully placed many job seekers in Dubai, Sharjah Malaysia, Thailand, Maldives and other countries and has provided various visa services like Visit Visa, Work Permit and Employment Visa to its candidates so that they do not face obstacles to start new in abroad.

Critical Recruitment Process for the potent candidates As already mentioned above, Recany works for recruitment both in India and globally; the process of hiring recruitment is the same in both cases. There are some norms that excellent team of Recany has designed to filter the cream layer out of the total candidates. So, let’s talk in detail the underlying process: The first requirement from the candidates has updated CV in MS-WORD format in accord to their sample CV. Curriculum Vitae should include all the relevant information such as educational history, work experiences, personal information, and contact details. In case of Mechanical / Technical Candidate has to include the photos of their Machine, Product & mention their Client name. There should not be any kind of discrepancy in the CV; it ought to be true. After getting the CV, Recany will match the CV with the current requirements. Suiting the requirements, there will be two telephonic interview rounds with the candidate from the consultancy. After executing these steps, they schedule client interview either through Skype or Telephone. Once after completing the client interview, they need five working days to update the candidate about the result. They will take multiple interviews matching his/her profile if not shortlisted in the first go. Once after getting finalized by the employer, Recany will confirm the candidate about his/her joining in the Company.

Traits which make Recany different from the Competitors Undoubtedly, in the reign of competition, companies need to show their uniqueness in the market so that they can beat an intense competition. There are some traits which make Recany - a powerful recruitment company, from which other companies of the same league have a

fear of. According to Pradeep, an ardent; their transparency, genuine behavior, to the point recruitment, fast process and the result- oriented strategy are the traits which make Recany stands strong in front of its rivals.

“If there is no competition, there is no interest and urge to improve.”

There is a major transformation happening for startups, over the years in the field of recruitment, for which the team of Recany prepares itself and always strives for the uniqueness in the process.

Learning from Challenges Pradeep faced a lot of challenges during an initial phase of the enterprise; to overcome them he worked so hard which is evident from the company’s success. He enjoyed the challenges during his struggling period. Constant learning attitude is the supreme factor which makes Recany a regal enterprise in the market.

There is no comparison of encouragement / aggressiveness with SELF CONFIDENCE. Clients associated with Recany Pradeep’s strong relations with the clients develop unbreakable trust and faith over him. The man has dominated over all verticals such as Mechanical, Aerospace, Oil & gas, Electrical, BPO, IT, Electronics, FMCG, Automobile, Healthcare, Commercial, Retail, and Startup hiring.

Tycoon possesses a positive growth mindset; each client inspires him to work harder with the same zeal and passion.

Some personal Insights!

An entrepreneur always keeps an astounding balance between his personal and professional life; there is no compromise between the two. When he is not working then we find him spending his leisure time with family.

Whenever got time, he used to take his Mother for Religious Tour. As per him “He is always blessed by MAA”.

He is a family-oriented individual; it is his strength, the source of daily motivation.

Pradeep’s father, Lt. Sri Chandra Sekhar Parhi, played a crucial role in his life journey and being a role model in business/entrepreneurial world.

Achievements and milestones of the company There are breathtaking achievements Recany has achieved. It occupied the space in the top 20 Promising Recruitment Consultants in 2018 by Silicon India Magazine Milestone. Now, it is eager to start work with some European Country Companies.

Our future aspiration is to be one of the strong career making consultancies of the current young generation.

“One, who respects time, never faces a depraved one.”

Lastly added Pradeep.

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BCM Review

Why Financial Services Must Go Online

Business Connect Team

Yes, Financial Services must go online, due to multiple of benefits. Undoubtedly, there can be no debate over why we should do transactions of money through internet. People find it extremely advantageous in today’s generation to do business online. Our honorable Prime Minister initiated the scheme of Digital India to endorse the financial services online. The main purpose of this scheme is to make the transfer of the money quickly through internet with safety. So, in this article, I am transcribing the advantages of carrying out the money related services through web.

The advantages of doing financial services online are as follows: Provide a comfort

People around the globe enjoys doing online transactions over internet, sitting comfortably in their cozy sofas. They can get access to their banks whenever and wherever they want. Using the mobiles and laptops, a person can quickly find the account details through internet. PAYTM services; shopkeepers and customers are using to propagate the agenda of Digital India.

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Purchase different items online

We can purchase different commodities online by sitting at our homes without going to shops. This includes placing an order for a book on amazon, buying trendy sandals and shoes from Snap deal, ordering food from Zomato, etc. Whatever order you place, the transaction for that happen online quickly and safely. This provides an immense comfort to the customers to shop online and make payment.

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Checking the transactions

Through online banking, you can check the transaction from your bank through mobile phones or laptops. This is the very quickest and easiest way to check the transactions from wherever and whenever you want to. It can deduct the unauthorized access also, if other user tries to do some wrong from your account, then it will send a reminder to alert you an unauthorized access. This will help you to quickly go and check the transaction that is made from your account and you can immediately inform to bank in this case.

Transferring money between accounts

This is very convenient service where people easily sitting at offices, homes, cafes can transfer money between the two accounts or different accounts at near about no cost.

There is no need to go to the financial institutions. Obviously it will take some for the internal transfer from one bank to other, but it is better to stand in a line in the banks for doing this process.

Security issues

Online transactions reduce the risk of theft or robbery.

With the help of Internet services, the transferring of money becomes secure and encrypted. For every transaction, a security code is provided to you, which cannot be copied by other users, so it’s pretty safe and secure. Without giving any second thought, go for online services but

remember do not fall in the trap of fake loan providers, mediators, frauds which do their advertisement. Try to do proper investigation before any transaction.

Time Consumption

It takes minimal time to transfer the money online, checking the transactions, order the food. The biggest advantage is the time savior. There is no reason of questioning why we should go for online services related to money?

Rapid transactions will automatically increase the economic progress of our nation. Without thinking twice, go for transactions online. This will boost the commercial growth of the nation.

No manual efforts

It’s natural if we are not going to banks for checking our deposits, withdrawal, and payment so it is saving our efforts and time. No manual work is needed. There is no time consumption as well as in the mid of our daily schedule or busy hours we do not need to go outside.

Therefore, by doing financial services over internet we can reduce the amount of our time and manpower.

Now as an honest writer, I want to advice my all readers to try to use online services wisely. Do not do transactions from unauthorized sites which are going to be really risky and the chances of hacking the account and all is high. So, try to check everything before making any transaction. Do it safely.

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SUPERIOR TALENT INDIA

Centralized, Tailor-Made Solutions for All Your Staffing Needs Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect

“I FaceTime with the members of my team—there is no substitute for one-on-one communication. There’s an open-door policy to raise concerns or propose new and improved ways of doing things. I don’t micromanage, but instead, I empower employees to take ownership of their roles and responsibilities”.

– Navin Gautham P.

Navin Gautham P

( Director & Country Manager) The most prominent shift of trends in the recruitment industry’s growth cycle is the increase in talent-specific jobs.

Today’s companies are coming up with their own specific demands that directly impact business ecosystems. And with the pace at which the market shifts (due to evolving conditions and technology) companies are pushed to boil down their demands to precise specializations so they can stay ahead of the curve.

This transformation means that the recruiting firms now have a larger role to play. As such, the industry is becoming more important to organizations whose productivity and reputation depend on hiring the right talent.

With more than 60 years of talent solutions experience led by Acara CEO Scott Stenclik and Superior Talent India (STI) Director Navin Gautham P, both companies offer a full range of services, including contingent staffing, direct placement, payrolling, contract-to-direct, recruitment process outsourcing, and executive search— tailored to the unique and wide-ranging needs of our clients throughout India, the United States, and around the world.

Who is Navin Gautham P.?

Navin is the director of Superior Talent India and has more than 13 years of experience in the recruitment and talent acquisition industry. He has been with the company since its days as Summit HR India, and he has held a variety of roles critical to the business’ growth and success.

Navin graduated from Madras University in India, where he studied electronics and communications engineering.

For more than a decade, Stenclik and Gautham have been working together to formulate engaging experiences for both companies and thousands of job seekers and employees around the world.

Who is Scott Stenclik?

Business Connect: How do you feel you are different from your competitors?

STI: We help candidates navigate the hiring process from start to finish, taking time to understand their qualifications and career goals to place them in positions where we’re confident they’ll succeed. On the client side, we offer a level of high-touch, personalized service that others in our industry cannot deliver.

Stenclik has led the company since 1992 and has been with the organization since 1986. Previously, he worked in audit and tax consulting at Ernst & Young LLP and is a New York State Certified Public Accountant. Stenclik earned his bachelor’s degree in economics at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Business Connect: With years of experience in the field, have you seen any transformation happening for startups?

STI: Absolutely, yes. In 2018, we saw a better year for startups in India, strongly backed up by consumerism and digitization. Since the average age of startup founders in the country is 28 years, Millennials and GenZs are well-versed and well-equipped with the technological advancements like AI, machine learning, and even blockchain technology. In fact, startups are more receptive toward the implementation of technological advancements.

Scott Stenclik is the CEO of Acara, a talent and recruiting solutions company with a workforce of more than 8,700 employees and dozens of locations throughout the United States, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

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Business Connect: Did everything come easy, or do you have a story of struggle?

STI: Nothing comes easy in this industry. As late entrants in the market, we faced fierce competition. But what makes us different from other staffing and recruitment consultancies is our approach to serve our clients and candidates.

When we became part of the Aleron group of companies, it became easier to sell the brand to our clients, prospects, and candidates. Superior Talent India is now a trusted brand by companies in a wide variety of the industries.

Business Connect: What kind of clients do you serve?

Any special mentions?

STI: We serve prestigious clients from several domains, such as IT, ITES, BFSI, retail and e-commerce, aerospace and aviation, manufacturing, automotive, telecommunications, and semiconductors within the healthcare and pharmaceuticals domain.

Business Connect: How do you ensure unbreakable faith from clients?

STI: Superior Talent India differentiates its capabilities to deliver high-quality service in a cost-effective manner. Investment in our internal training program creates worldclass recruiters that work for our clients in a dedicated manner. Our Six Sigma approach to the talent supply chain provides monitoring and QA at all stages to ensure that our clients meet their hiring objectives on time and on budget.

Business Connect: How do you keep pace with the changing market trends?

STI: We will continue to evolve as we optimize and streamline recruiting efforts to attract the best, most qualified talent. Also, by keeping up the pace with the dominant trends in the recruitment and staffing industry, we are focusing on how AI impacts the way we do businesses, growing our talent pool, creating a mobile-friendly candidate experience, and most importantly, making personal connections with people.

Business Connect: Do you believe R&D is essential for the growth of the company?

STI: Yes, R&D delivers information based on statistics and data, which is vital to predicting where the recruitment and staffing industry is headed, what the degree of competition it, and how the lure of progress is perceived.

Business Connect: Do you still come back to work with the same zeal you had when you started?

STI: I like to think so! I know for sure that our team of highly motivated recruiters and sources make sure that their approach is customer-centric, and certainly that can’t happen if you’re not excited about your career. Without a positive perspective, Superior Talent India couldn’t offer the comprehensive, high-quality, cost-efficient service capabilities that we do. I’m talking about end-to-end recruitment services, such as strategic planning, talent brand assessment, sourcing and recruiting, talent relationship

management, onboarding, skills assessment, research and reporting, neutral exit interviews, and back-office administration.

Business Connect: What are the achievements and milestones of the company?

STI: We are proud to be recognized by world-class organizations. We have successfully earned a place on the Neo IT Top Outsourcing 100, Fortune Global Outsourcing 100, Fortune Top 10 HR Outsourcers, Gartner Group Top 100 Outsourcers, and more.

Business Connect: What does the future hold for the company?

STI: We want STI to be one of India’s top staffing and recruitment firms for direct placement, contract hire, executive search, and RPO solutions. Our commitment to developing and maintaining meaningful relationships with clients, candidates, and partners—coupled with our industry experience and personalized approach—has already made us a trusted staffing partner to many of the country’s leading organizations, and we’re excited to continue growing.

In the present scenario, with the incorporation of newer and better technologies, the talent requirement vertical is on an all-time rise. Owing to the government’s focus on growing SME and startups (Make in India initiative), the requirement for the best talent pool is on the rise, which is beneficial for the staffing and recruitment Industry. Sectors like IT, telecom, BFSI, and Automotive are all projected to ramp up their hiring numbers.

As per the recent studies, the staffing industry is likely to witness a growth of 12% in the coming years. As the labor market changes, many businesses and organizations must anticipate and tackle their talent requirements. Doing so will lead India’s staffing industry to play a more important role, test their efficiency, and adapt to some of the major shifts that are taking place in the industry, especially as they relate to rapidly changing government policies.

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20 MOST TRUSTED

AR/VR

Companies in India 2019

Company

Person

Designation

Advity Infomedia

Jonathan Rubinsztein

Managing Director & CEO

Archimaze

Pushpak Surya Phani Kypuram

Managing Director

Augmentastic

Arun Vaswani

Founder

GazeMatic

Karthikeyan NG

Founder & CEO

GreyKernel

Abhishek Gupta

Co-Founder & CEOÂ

Immersive Gaze

Mahesh Balakrishnan

EVP

Liminal

Manish Bhanushali

Director

Meraki

Arvind Ghorwal

Co-Founder

Metaverse

Eric Gu

CEO

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Paracosma Inc

Ken Ehrhart

Founder & CEO

Phoxel Technologies

Raja Jupudi

Co-Founder & CEO

QuarkExp

Aditya Joshi

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SmartVizX

Gautam Tewari

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Tesseract Global H21

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The Transcend

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Wowsome

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X Lab

Yusuke Eric Matsumura

Lead Researcher

XR Labs

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Co-Founder & COO

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20 MOST TRUSTED

AR/VR

Companies in India 2019

Paracosma Revolutionizing Excellence and

Innovations in Virtual Reality Realm “Nick Clinch said ‘someone who is both ineffective and unambitious is irrelevant.

Someone effective but with low ambition can be good but not great. An unskilled person with energy can be dangerous. But, the rare people who combine high effectiveness and passion are able to achieve great things’ I believe in this.”

Mr. Ken Ehrhart

Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect The industry of virtual reality is radically underestimated by too many and hyped by a many too, having said that this industry has just started its roller coaster ride and is steadily making its way through the phase of innovations.

In the technologically driven era today, virtual reality has established itself in a number of sectors and industries that boast of verticals like Defence, science, entertainment, communications, designing etc.

An Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) design, consulting and systems integration company, Paracosma Inc. provides solutions and skills to both small and large customers. Their services include content creation, application development, and project implementation across a broad range of AR & VR platforms.

In a conversation with Business Connect Magazine, Ken Ehrhart, Founder & CEO, Paracosma Inc., gives a little tour about his venture and how besides AR/VR designs, they also create their own content in the gaming, entertainment, tourism, enterprise, and education/training spaces and have proprietary technology for producing, viewing, managing and distributing 360-degree photo and video content.

Business Connect: How do you feel you are different from your competitors?

Mr. Ehrhart : Paracosma has a large high-quality, low-cost development center in Kathmandu, Nepal, which allows it to build broad and deep capability across a wider range of AR and VR services, on more platforms than most other AR/VR companies. Companies can start with us on their earliest stages of experimentation and continue through initial Proof of Concept, Minimum Viable Product and on to Full Deployment, all in a very cost-effective and efficient process. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Issue 9 April 2019 INDIA

Mr. Ken Ehrhart CEO , PARACOSMA

Business Connect: Did everything come easy, or you have your story of struggle?

Mr. Ehrhart : Most (other) companies have experienced struggle in the AR and VR markets as in many cases they misjudged the ramp of the market and customers, often overspending or shutting down. On the other hand, from the beginning, we have focused on the long-term market for AR/VR, which requires particular discipline to maintain efficiency for the long-term.

Business Connect: What kind of clients do you serve?

Mr. Ehrhart : We have clients that are using both VR and AR for executive development and training. We have others using Industrial AR for machine maintenance, operations, and training as well as assembly and test applications. We are developing a VR surgery application. And, have developed VR demos and AR effects for marketing and trade shows. Other clients are focused on retail and home goods.

Business Connect: How do you ensure unbreakable faith of clients in your company?

Mr. Ehrhart : Each of our client relationships begins with a very honest appraisal of where AR and VR technology is today and whether or not it can deliver the client’s vision.

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In many cases, their vision is ahead of the technology. It is then our role to assess whether we can innovate the solutions they desire. We often start with a very low-cost proof of concept, in which we are invested as much as the client because we have the philosophy that each project enables us to build our knowledge, skills, and capabilities.

Thus, our clients can view us as collaborators rather than mere vendors.

Business Connect: How do you keep pace with the changing market trends?

Mr. Ehrhart : We have dedicated teams for AR, VR, 360 video, back-end cloud services, and a large Art department.

Within each of those, we also have specialists in major platforms. If there is a new device, like Magic Leap AR goggles, we stand up a team to focus on that device. But, they work in concert with our HoloLens team and iOS and Android AR teams. All our engineers are constantly learning and experimenting with the latest technologies and innovations.

Business Connect: Do you believe R&D is essential for the growth of the company?

Mr. Ehrhart : We target R&D resources to long-term projects with no immediate commercial potential. Our engineers are both inventing our own technology and seeking to rapidly intergrade a broad array of new technologies.

Business Connect: Do you still come back to work with the same zeal, like you did when you started?

Mr. Ehrhart : It has been incredibly stimulating to work at the cutting edge of technologies and business models across a broad array of industry sectors. AR and VR have the same excitement of focus on the newest innovations, but it adds the essential creativity of Art and the boundless diversity not only of all Life but anything that is yet to be imagined.

Business Connect: In terms of your market, what do you feel the future holds for entrepreneurs?

Mr. Ehrhart : Imagine the economic scope of every activity in life that involves vision or experience, from travel, to leisure to interpersonal relationships, every industry from healthcare to real estate, everything we buy from furniture to entertainment, new frontiers in space or under the sea; potentially all of that activity will be enhanced by AR or duplicated in VR. The scope of entrepreneurial opportunity in AR and VR will be inconceivably large.

Business Connect: How necessary do you feel it is to keep your employees content, how do you ensure it?

Mr. Ehrhart : The best AV and VR simply is not possible without a team effort. Teams are only as effective as their passion and enthusiasm. Contentment is the baseline requirement, motivation is critical. The best means we have to generate motivation is through sharing a compelling vision for what we are doing and why we are doing it. To inspire our team that the opportunity in front of us is more compelling than any other opportunity.

Business Connect: Who is your role model in the business/ entrepreneurial world and what have you learned from the person?

Mr. Ehrhart : Nick Clinch has been recognized as one of the greatest ever Expedition Leaders. His climbing expeditions were successful Worldwide, he was also an author, bibliophile, and philanthropist. Nick would say that people can be measured both by their capability and will power. His career and interests were shaped by both high capability and great enthusiasm. He was a great leader. But, he never sought credit.

Business Connect: How are you giving back to society (CSR, if any)?

Mr. Ehrhart : We co-founded the VR for Good Conference with VR Voice, focused on raising awareness of, support for and impact from the benefits that VR can bring to individuals, societies, and humanity, whether through empathy driving charity action, healthcare, social and cultural experiences. We are also beginning an AR and VR project to increase tsunami awareness and safety.

Business Connect: Apart from work, what else do you like to spend your time doing?

Mr. Ehrhart : I live and work in the US, Japan, and Nepal. I am typically traveling when not working, a big part of my life is focused on multicultural and multinational activity.

But, the most important thing is spending additional time with my family.

Business Connect: What are the achievements and milestones of the company?

Mr. Ehrhart : Each year we have had significant growth in Clients, Revenues and Employees. In addition to our US headquarters, we have wholly owned subsidiary companies in Nepal and Japan. We will be launching several new solutions in the marketplace that we believe will be well received. We are also expanding our VR training focus in both healthcare and logistics.

We also have bagged a number of titles like, “10 Most Innovative AR & VR Companies to Watch in 2018” The Technology Headlines Magazine, “10 Fastest Growing AR/VR Technology Solution Providers to Watch in the Year-2018” APAC Business Headlines, "The 10 Most Evolutionary AR/VR Solution Providers to Look For In 2019" Mirror Review Magazine and many more.

Mr. Ehrhart believes that the value of AR and VR solutions is Real and here today across a number of industries that are seeing direct ROI from their AR/VR initiatives. Surveys show that 100% of the companies that have tried AR or VR are planning additional future investment. For those companies that have not yet tried it, Paracosma offers high value, cost-effective assistance in getting started. They are ready to assist your company in achieving Real results from your Virtual initiatives. ‘‘Making Augmented and Virtual Reality as good as Reality is not enough, Our Vision is to make Augmented and Virtual Realities better than Reality, Our Mission is to make Reality better through Augmented and Virtual Reality.”

Mr. Ken Ehrhart

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WATER CONSERVATION THE NEED OF HOUR Business Connect Team

With more than 7.56 billion people living on the planet Earth, approximately 80 million people increasing per year, and the population estimated to exceed 10 billion by 2050, the global water needs are set to grow more urgent. Recent reports for the water situation in India gave the ranking of India at 120th position among 122 countries in the water quality index. India is confronting its worst water crisis in history, which is only expected to become worse since the country's water requirement is projected to be twice the available supply by the year 2030.

Transformations in lifestyles and eating habits in recent years are demanding more water consumption per capita. “Leaving no one trailing or behind” is the subject matter for World Water Day 2019 which is being celebrated on 22nd March this year. The principal commitment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is as sustainable development advances, everyone must benefit. The major factors that have a noteworthy impact on future water challenges are: • Population (For drinking, cooking, bathing, washing clothes, and sprinkling water for lawns and gardens, people are dependent on water).

• Economic growth (Jobs are heavily waterdependent, Work in agriculture, mining and industries moving over wide areas from paper to pharmaceuticals are water-dependent) • Energy (Energy extraction and generation are water-dependent) • Climate change (Warming temperatures, changes in precipitation or rainfall, and sea level rise affect water supply and quality).

• Demographic trends (Population size, distribution, and composition affect Water demand) Water is a basic source of life and a wonderful gift of God. It is a natural resource but more than that it is a human and social right relating to democracy and citizenship. To a matter of true concern, the current data says that in the present world, more than a billion people do not have access to clean drinkable, healthy water. It is the right time to ponder and ask, www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Issue 9 April 2019 INDIA

It’s high time that we should take necessary measures to make the correction as the tremendous increase in Population and unchallenged water use have brought us to the brink of a worldwide water crisis.

If ever there would be a third world war, it will be for water, if we don’t take serious cognizance of this crisis.

According to a recent survey by 2025, half of the world’s population will be leaving in water-stressed areas. If we want a safe future, we need to start conserving water in our homes, offices etc. eg. By proper monitoring of cooling tower water used in Air conditioning systems, Turning off water features when not in use etc...

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Facts and Figure of Water • There are around 2.1 billion people living on Earth without safe water at home.

• About one in four primary schools has no drinking water supply, with students using unprotected sources or remaining thirsty.

• There are more than 700 children under the age of five years who die every day from diarrhoea linked to unsafe water and poor sanitation.

• The global data says, 80% of the people who have to use unsafe and unprotected water sources live in rural areas.

• The female human (women or girls) are responsible for water collection in eight out of ten households with water off-premises.

• According to a report, 68.5 million people who have been forced to leave their homes is because of the problem faced in access to safe water supply.

• About 159 million people accumulate their drinking water from surface water sources, such as ponds and streams.

• About 4 billion people – nearly two-thirds of the world’s population – experience severe water scarcity during at least one month of the year.

• There are over 800 women who die every day from complications in pregnancy and childbirth.

• The number estimated is about 700 million people worldwide who could be displaced by intense water scarcity by 2030.

the coastal ecosystems. Waste from the plants is another issue as the salty residue is usually released back into the sea, but this must be cautiously managed because at the concentrations produced it is toxic to marine life.

According to the latest available figures of 2019, the number of desalination plants around the world in 120 countries (mostly in the Middle East and North Africa) is 16,000 which produce some 95 million cubic meters/ day of freshwater, which is less than 1% of total world consumption.

Conclusion We need to take a pledge towards solving this serious issue and take necessary measures at our homes, offices or business workplace to conserve water. It is an opportunity to raise awareness about improving water, health, preventing disease ultimately aiding the Nation’s economic growth. Only when people will be aware of how it affects us can truly help in social mobilization and advocacy will begin.

Solution to the water crisis problem The answer to the water crisis problem is the planet’s largest water resource, seawater, is in no threat of running out, making up 97% of Earth’s water. Why not utilize it for drinking purpose?

The most basic technologies of converting “Saline water” into “Freshwater” are: • Distillation/desalination, the process of converting water into steam, and then condensing back it into liquid.

For small scale, this process could be the right option which cleanses water of other impurities as well as salt. But at large scales, such as providing the drinking water needs for a city, the process is not economical, even using modern methods such as low-pressure vessels to lower the boiling point.

• Using electric currents, which when passed through the water can separate out the salt and other minerals, and reverse osmosis, by which saline water is progressed at high pressure through membranes that exclude salt and impurities.

In both these methods energy requirements are very high, which makes them less economical, also they add global greenhouse gas emissions. Sucking in seawater can also suck in fish, affecting flora and fauna of sea and damage

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