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EDITOR’S NOTE

Growing number of students for academic excellence results in the upsurge of private institutions across the nation. These institutes have created a strong hold in the educational arena as the number of enrollments each year, touches the apex. Henceforth, we, at Business Connect have emphasized on the prodigious Private Institutions in the edition, namely ‘Top Private Educational Institutions in India 2019’. Whilst tracing the impeccable excursions of these reputed colleges and universities, I was stunned by the remarkable contribution made by the faculties, facilitators, staff, management, and off course the founders of the colossal institutes. There is a multitude of vital and ‘most wanted’ changes in the pedagogy, which have quadrupled the impact on the educational domain, and uplift tremendously the standards of education. Highly proficient teachers catalyze the academic excellence, and renders a stupendous support to students. Specialized laboratories, pertaining to different subjects are designed to overcome the gap between the theoretical and practical aspects. The institutes are synchronizing with the latest trends in technology so profoundly. In the classrooms, smart boards are used and various e-learning tutorials are supported. In the curriculum, they focus on the overall personality development of the students, by which they can face interviews confidently and with suitable skills. Symbiosis Law School in Pune ranks amongst the top law schools, and is delivering the finest legal education. We have brought the Institute on the Cover Page, and focused on it in a detailed description. Students of the Management and Engineering Colleges acquire the appropriate skill set to start something of their own. Resilience, growth mindset, creativity and ability to cope with unseen odds are the igniting factors, which stipulates them on the path of entrepreneurship. This is the reason behind the emergence of a lot of young entrepreneurs in the business world. They simple follow the mantra -‘Be your own Boss.’ www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

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As, I was walking on the stairs of Research about the startups, I discovered that most of the youngsters are choosing to start their own ventures instead of going for the corporate jobs. It’s really a surprising fact, because before five years, people were commencing their professional expeditions with a reputed corporate job. But now, there is a dynamic shift that we are witnessing on the periphery. Startups are exceptionally becoming ‘the talk of the town’. Thereby, in the edition ‘Top 50 Emerging Startups to watch in 2019’, we have spread light on the emerging startups, which with their astounding vision and success have created a magnificence in the entrepreneurial world. Whilst transcribing about these eminent entrepreneurs, I was exhilarated by their countless efforts and determination. From zero, they embarked on the entrepreneurial journey, now their efforts are in the direction of infinite success. Many obscurities were laid in the path, which were crossed valiantly. Inputs are streamlined to adapt the processes in synchronization of the latest technology, which upgrades the company’s efficiency and standards. The prominent focus of the startups is on the client’s satisfaction, by delivering the required services, and also on winning their unbreakable trust. Through the process of jotting the articles, I was immensely inspired by the hard work of these ace entrepreneurs, who are the living epitomes of Inspiration for a million of people across the globe.

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SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL, PUNE

THE PARADIGM OF EXCELLENT LEGAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE Rashi Saral | Business Connect For building a robust Law System in nation, it is ultra-important to direct our conscious attention towards offering a standardized Law Education to the aspirants with the best possible facilities. Whereupon, the gilt-edged law students render a paramount contribution towards strengthening the legal arena of our nation.This ensures the trust of civilians over legal authorities, therefore, also on the Indian Law. This, to turn into reality, requires a number of top-notch Law Schools to come into existence, which will deliver the finest education to youngsters. One such top-of-the-line Law School is Symbiosis Law School, Pune.The Director of the renowned school is Dr. Shashikala Gurpur. The colossal Symbiosis Law School, Pune was established in 1977 by ace Dr. S B Mujumdar. Earlier the School was affiliated to the University of Pune, and later it became an integral part of Symbiosis International University in 2002. It upgraded the excellence in terms of teaching, learning and research. By 1985, it was the first college to offer fiveyear integrated LLB program, the BBA LLB program.It was one of the first three constituents when Symbiosis was conferred the deemed university status by MHRD, in 2002.Today, the exemplary law school has been ranked among the top three law schools out of twelve hundredin India.

Symbiosis Law school Pune also offers one year LLM course with sevenspecializations. The superlative Universityis standing in the front linedue to its excelling ignitors such as cutting edge curriculum, comprehensive student development programs, strong internationalization with a strong emphasis on Research. The school is an abodeof eighteen hundredstudents across integrated BA/BBA LLB Honors programs, three year LLB and one year LLM, competent faculty, ICT-driven rich learning resources and an ecosystem of excellence. Henceforth, the output of the school has kindled the chandeliers of success and superlative results by giving four high court judges, scores of district judges and magistrates, senior leadership positions in top law firms, civil services and corporate apart from academic leadership.

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Community Legal Service Program of the law school won the ‘Herbert Smith free hills’ award, and the Law School’s leadership is engaged with national and international quality legal educational initiatives, which link all stakeholders.

Overview of Law, Legal System and Judiciary • The sector of law has citizen and constitution at the center. It is the sector which spells out rights and protects them through the law. • The Indian legal profession today comprises of nearly 12 lakh registered advocates • Around 1200 Law Schools cater to about four to five lakhlaw students.

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• Every year 45000 write CLAT for 25 national law schools, 25000 write SLAT for all Symbiosis Law Schools across Pune, NOIDA, Hyderabad and now in Nagpur under SIU • Annually we notice, 25 per cent increase in numbers in quality law school demand

• Around 100000 law graduates emerge every year, but with 4 tiers of output in terms of skills, knowledge and capability. • The legal system is organized in the hierarchy of courts from the taluka level to the supreme courts of India. These courts address millions of disputes or cases and also bear the brunt of backlog. Our judiciary has vacancies and is

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working hard to address the needs of the community. Dispute resolution also occurs in quasi-judicial bodies and specialized tribunals. Legal profession is the only profession which has a constitutional status, and it works towards securing justice. Still, India does not have enough lawyers who address the unmet legal needs of the large chunk of the population, which is entitled to legal aid.

PATH OF THE INSTITUTION AND ITS INSPIRATION

This institution was started as an affiliate of Pune university, and later became a part of deemed university resulting in academic flexibility, autonomy and innovation. Being in the company of top class management institutes, the law school was inspired to start the interdisciplinary integrated program, BBA LLB. The leadership of the law school and top management engaged in policy discussions at national level, thus aware of national and best practices and global trends. This has resulted in most up to date approaches. Hybridizing and institutionalizing best practices from Europe, the US and Australia have resulted in student’s satisfaction, globally competent graduate outcome. The demand for quality legal education has escalated in last ten years with greater opportunities and demography. All-round development of their students enables them to opt for a variety of career options. Their career development and placement cell functions with the precision of a corporate HR department. To sum up, the inspiration comes from the international context of Symbiosis and excellence of its constituents alongside innovative trends in Indian and global legal education

FACILITIES TO EXCEL

Symbiosis Law School, Puneoffers impeccable facilities to the students, so that they can create an astounding future with allround development. The School provides an imperative diverse environment for learning and excelling. Students learn in a rich ecosystem of national and international diversity. They are imparted an exemplary education, so that professional competencies and soft skills can proliferate. Whereupon, the curriculum is designed superlatively for offering skills, knowledge, and values. From the commencement of first semester, each student is imparted a systematic training in practical lawyering skills such as mooting, mock trial, alternative dispute resolution skills. The floating credits provide for certain interdisciplinary courses and global immersion program either at home or via study abroad. There are beaucoup of cells including Community Legal Care Center, Human Rights Cell, Environmental Law Cell, IP Cell, Tech Law Cell, Advanced Research Center and Student Bar Association which facilitatestudents’ development and programs at intercollegiate level and intra collegiate level. Thus, this ensures that each student has mapped his or her abilities, skills and opportunities, by which they can develop a clearervision for their career as justice workers and positive www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

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individuals. The potential students have won top-notch jobs as well as placed among the top two mooting leagues in India in last 3 years.

SYNCHRONIZING WITH THE TREND

The Legal School has pioneered the educational arena of Law, by keeping an eye on the latest trends. It believes in ‘Collaboration’,which extends to sister institutions within the university, to other law schools, to legal elites, to stakeholders and those outside India across the globe.Collaborationextends to curriculum review and development, delivery of curriculum, student mentoring and impacting national agenda through research. Collaboration is the spirit,which they inculcate in students in spite of competition. The archetype of supervision and empowerment, Shashikalasays,“Competition ought to be with oneself, not with others.” Henceforth, they are engaged with all the legal educational thinkers, NGOs, corporate, media, the bench and the bar. They maintain the trend by constant research on content, and analyzing the move of their competitors. In IALS Global Law Deans Meet, hosted in 2017, where they collaborated so well that for the first time, a number of leading national law universities and private law schools shared the dais. There, they reflected on national agenda and on sharing best practices.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

The formidable Law School uses Research for growth, tracking impact and stu-dents’ progress, handholding those who take time to cope. Research about content and competitors incitesthem to improve and realign their priorities. Moreover, the school’s research output with impact on national and global agenda, and enablement of the weak, gives them the leading edge.

Research should be the passion, skill and the driving force of every activity in a law school, which stands for a discipline and that establishes truth by evidence and logic. ~Dr. Shashikala Gurpur

They ought to institutionalize the process of Research in the system, which in turn offers a great help to students. This opens the portals of creativity and knowledge of the leading university. Research can be integrated into undergraduate and post graduate pedagogy and assessment through various activities and methodologies. Activities such as moot courts, mock trial, model UN or mock parliament facilitates knowledge, skills, values with multiple dimensions such as team work, communication, planning, time management, application of knowledge, reporting, presentation and empirical research among others. The very first few weeks at SLS Pune is about such orientation to research, which is ingrained into every student within a rich ecosystem of eminent faculty, advisors, stakeholders and leadership with all-round relevance and orientation. The University supports Masters and PhD programs, which are run under the Center for Advanced Legal Studiesthat also consolidates publications, projects, specialization curriculum development and faculty development. Within last sixyears,they along with their students, have published about three hundred eighty papers,which includetwenty-eightScopus publications, three issues of two journals with Lexis Nexis, six books, gathered two important European projects of more than one crore rupees, robust internationalization with fifty nine collaborations resulting in DAAD, Irish, Australian, Fulbright, Erasmus and other [ 13 ]

exchange programs and summer schools, got other corporate grants for reporting research, worked with Law Commission of India, Judicial Academy, Lawyers academy, Bar Council of India and other statutory bodies. Now they have identified a thrust area of rooting it in response to global and local context of rule of law engaging all levels of students, scholars, etc.

ENGAGING ACTIVITIES

For refining the overall Personality of students, the University pays an extreme heed towards the activities, concerning the same. The splendid activities are categorized into ‘extra-curricular’ and ‘co-curricular’ activities, including sports, debates, drama, Law Theater, Model United Nations, Mock Parliament, Rotaract, Toast masters, Mooting and ADR, legal aid clinic, mock trial, board room simulation among others. The University monitors the progress through the competency-metric linked to their learning management system, which is customized to individual. Outside the institute, collaborating with the outreach program of the university, they www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

undertake prison clinic, permanent legal aid center in villages, surveys and capacity building among the vulnerable and collaboration with NGOs. They integrate them into overall core objectives of law learning and justice education.

SCENARIO OF EDUCATION IN INDIA

In India, there is quite a low enrolment ratioof students in schools and colleges due to a number of reasons. Gender Disparity and urban-rural divide are the factors, which result in less enrolments. In that context, legal educationshould have diverse models like in Japan or in the UK with adult and young students, with IIT Kharagpur or IIM Indore model of situating in another discipline etc. Open and distance learning through technology, transitioning from skills to theory or vice versa etc. should be facilitated to make law reachable to everyone than running away from it out of ignorance and fear.

KNOT OF STUDENTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FAITH

Students are the prominent stakeholders, and their faith catalyzes the branding as well as growth of the institution. This is ensured by constant communication, responsive administration and engaging them as collaborators. The student advisory board has same teams and committees as the governance team, and a synergy is ensured in responsibilities and process. Student mentoring by faculty and peer support is facilitated by opinionative leaders. The collaboration facilitates grievance redressal, open houses, parental communication and inclusive governance besides core focus on homogenous academic accomplishment and welfare.

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THE ROADBLOCKS

STRATEGIES TO LEAD

• The detours in the trajectory, faced in general by law colleges are: • Faculty crunch in general, and the shared problem of faculty paucity in senior cadre. • This leads to theleadership crisis, as they get quite a few applicants fulfilling statutory norms for major leadership positions. •

Different quality and maturation levels of law schools: Stand-alone law universities may remain like silos whereas multidisciplinary universities may not prioritize quality in law schools as much as in other departments

• Quality has a cost and fee structure in law schools especially state regulated bodies limits such investment • Since, it is a professional discipline, updating of knowledge by full- time faculty is difficult due to regulatory ban.

The strategy to be ahead is to constantly remindingthem of credibility they have gained over the years, and the promises they ought to keep. They consistently maintain standards with the aid of various teams, their mandate, process, ICT- enabled governance and constant review. These reviews happen through town halls of students, staff and facultyin listing deviations and rectification, and in half-yearly soul-searching on high performance drive along with competitor analysis. They engage with the best visionaries and advisors as guest speakers, mentors and quality circle resources. Ongoing vigilance and due diligence are the quintessential factors.

• Reaching global standards of legal education compel faculty to undertake too many responsibilities whilst managing the student strength for revenue to sustain it, in private law schools. •

To remain unique and original among a plethora of choices that students may have as students are well-read, well-prepared and exposed. Hence, making your teaching interesting is one issue. Use of technology with multimedia and experience-based learning with a democratic inclusion of diverse learners as well as diverse learning styles- are required.

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Pedagogy has to change to facilitate learning rather than teacher being the sole source of information. Student satisfaction and sensitivity to their age, their stress as well as nurturing their growth in a participatory learning climate hold the key.

INCREDIBLE MILESTONES AND FUTURE PLANS

• Monopoly of a few family based law firms in tier 2 or tier 3 cities limits the opportunity for first generation lawyers entering litigation.

The most indispensable milestone is to achieve Asian and Global Ranking, as they have consistently been among the top three law schools of India.

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In India, higher education has a gap in making graduates employable. Law being a professional discipline, may create such opportunity. Addressing this by changing the contour of legal education by producing practice-ready graduates is another challenge

The cognoscente states, “I have been amongthe prominent national policy bodies, and I wish to see such achievements by all faculty members as well as other symbiosis law schools.”

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Need to change rigid old-fashioned thinking to make Indian law schools preferred by global students for this to happen- creating good research output in all dimensions of legal education is another challenge.

Thy have a strong desire to foresee their students shiningin high courts and Su-preme Court. Students also imprint their names across the world as attorneys and leaders.

Additionally, cost and regulatory challenges are faced by reputed university. The connoisseur, with an enriching experience says,

“The iron triangle of cost, resources and quality is difficult to complete, which we need to constantly struggle to do.” [ 15 ]

In future, the law school will develop a comprehensive Legal Skills Center to prepare students for practice and also benefit other needy students. Theyare also going to establish an AlternativeDispute Resolution CenterThey will further developthe center for advanced legal studies with thrust research areas as the globally collaborating Center of Excellence.

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How to Create a GROWTH MINDSET as an ENTREPRENEUR

“If you don’t believe in yourself as the best, then how can anybody else believes you?”

Business Connect Team According to researcher Carol Dweck, a researcher at Stanford University - There are two general types of mindsets: a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. People with a growth mindset, engage with the term originally coined to their work and embrace their problems as opportunities for growth and learning. Their views on obstacles are as interesting challenges, which they persevere through in order to learn new things. A person as Individuals with a growth mindset believes that their abilities are developed through hard work and practice. Thus, they have a deep love involvement and appreciation of learning. Real Story – Principle to understand the idea Mark Manson in a best-selling book (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck) shares that the practical advice for not letting other people affect your state of mind is the best way to climbing ladders towards success. If You Are a Badass at Making Money, then only you know how limiting beliefs get in the way of making the type of money you really want. How to develop a growth mindset? Why is mindset important in developing positive habits? Why is a growth mindset important? As an Entrepreneur, these types of questions always click to your mind. Let us prove some of your questions here:So often as a single Owner or Entrepreneur, we overestimate the importance of a single event (like a marathon) and underestimate the importance of making better choices on a daily basis Here’s the truth: it is your daily actions that will change, what you believe about yourself and the person you become in the future. Steps to follow before climbing up the ladders for making yourself the Best Mindset Entrepreneur:

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• It’s all about setting a schedule, showing up, and sticking to it. It is about focusing on building the right identity rather than worrying about getting the right result. Its focus on identity-based habits ties in directly with the research from Dweck and her contemporaries. • When you let the results define you, your talent, your weight, your test scores, your job, your performance, your appearance — you become victimized of a fixed mindset. • Hereby, when you dedicate yourself to showing up each day and focusing on the habits that form a better identity from the previous one, that’s when you learn and develop. That’s what a growth mindset looks like in the real world. •

What You Should Do Now? In case my steps above haven’t made it clear enough already: then skill is something that you can cultivate, not merely something you’re born with. There are few listings that are describing an easy way to develop yourself as a growth mindset Entrepreneur:Keep trying: You can become more creative, more intelligent, more athletic, more artistic, and more successful by focusing on the process of keep trying. Stop! try to find the outcome as it always pays off! Focus on the process, not the result: Instead of worrying about winning the championship or achieving everything, commit to the process of training like a champion to do better for futures. For Example, • Instead of worrying about writing a bestselling book try to commit to the process of publishing your ideas on a consistent basis. • Instead of worrying about getting the six-pack abs, commit to the process of eating healthy and exercising each day. Acknowledge your weakness: Always Staying in your comfort zone makes it hard for you to grow. Consider this example: Let us recall, a time when you were in school and were dealing with a subject that you struggled with. Perhaps you told other people, “I’m just not a science person” after dealing with a bad test grade. If you ever want to get better, first things are - you must first stop with the excuses and it’ll keep you exactly where you want to go. It helps to give yourself a specific reason to get over your limiting mindsets e.g. “I want to get a better grade on my science tests” as your statement. Of course, the process to successfully adopt a growth mindset kind of appeal is a bit more complicated than it looks like - so let’s dig in a bit deeper. Create time for daily reflection: By the end of every day, spend some time thinking about what went well and positive than after focus on what didn’t. If you don’t create time to reflect back, it’s hard to learn from existing work perform as an Entrepreneur. Creating a good routine around reflection can help you to understand how your own actions may be impeding towards your success.

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Refining Education Towards A Brighter Tomorrow

“Education is not preparation for life education is life itself.” So, drive this life on an ethical path, develop a passion for learning new things.” Dr. Pradeep B. Mane Principal

Dr. Pradeep B. Mane Principal AISSMS Institute of Information Technology

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Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect

n the pace of the current scenario, at which technology is hover boarding towards a better tomorrow, professionals are constantly facing transitions that occur at far higher frequencies now.

Bibliographical profile selected for inclusion in the forthcoming 2010 Edition of Marquis Who’s Who in the World, Project guided received the Second price organized by IETE, Pune center in year 2012 and more.

Used as a statistic weapon, technology like a grapevine is spreading among organizations and nations. At a constant speed of updating and learning knowledge with new technology is the right solution for any individual to cope up with emerging challenges.

Pradeep B. Mane, in a conversation with Business Connect Magazine to enlighten the readers about the educational scenario, opportunities, future plans, ethos and more.

All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society’s Institute of Information Technology, Pune, established in August 1999. The college has worked as a free, self-financing college and is affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). Located at the heart of Pune city about1 km from Pune and Shivaji Nagar Railway Stations, it is approved by AICTE and Director of Technical Education, Maharashtra State. The institute enhances the teaching-learning experience by providing students greater resources, contact with industries and academia, employment opportunities and internships. The institute under the reign of Pradeep B. Mane has received accreditation from National Board of Accreditation, New Delhi for Electrical Engineering and Instrumentation Engineering. The institute has also received Permanent affiliation from SPPU for Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Instrumentation Engineering. Meet the Man in Command! Pradeep B. Mane, Principal, AISSMS Institute of Information Technology is Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering & Technology, Bharati Vidyapeeth University. He has worked as organizing chair Wiecon -ECE 2016 IEEE International WIE Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering from 19-21 December 2016 in AISSMS Institute of Information Technology, Pune, and Maharashtra, India, Felicitated by Janseva Sahyog Community Center (MAH/2299/85, Trust F-3586) for contribution in teaching on 5th Sep 2013, etc. In his period of service, he has achieved several milestones like the proposal submitted and presented received grant worth Rs. 45.5 lakhs from UGC under their innovative program scheme to start the Bio-Medical Engineering course in the department of Electronics BVUCOE, Pune,

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Business Connect: Brief our readers with an overview of your sector of Information Technology. Pradeep: The education sector is the prime sector in the development of any nation. The ever increasing and ahead of time sector is the IT sector, so those who want to think ahead of time and understand the need for future market and growth, the IT is the absolute solution. Business Connect: Being the Institute of Information Technology, what inspiration drew you to a path of this nature? Pradeep: We believe in imparting skills and knowledge to the students, we thrust on the creative minds and innovative brains. For this type of stakeholders, it is our duty to give a multidisciplinary environment where the students can acquire knowledge, skills to give their best to society rather than a graduation certificate only. Business Connect: Do you believe your challenges were any different from the rest? Pradeep: Yes, indeed our challenges are different as our vision quotes –uplift the common masses by rendering value added education. To empower society through dynamic education is our mission. So, considering the depth of the above statements we work for masses to make them best technocrats. Business Connect: You have been in the market for a long time now, what kind of strategies did you deploy to overcome your challenges? Pradeep: Any challenge can be faced by manifesting the proper vision and adaptability. As the demand or need for future changes, we have to change. The education system nowadays is not limited to the conventional textbook type system but it demands innovation in teaching learning and we did the same thing. The institute adopted and committed ourselves to impart best and innovative practices in teaching learning.

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Business Connect: What all facilities are made available for the students? Pradeep: In AISSMS IOIT for holistic development of students many facilities are available such as well-equipped laboratories, Central library with huge collection of national international publication’s books ,journals, periodicals, We have dedicated Research and development lab along with incubation center, Peer study groups, study circles, sports, NSS, Training and placement, Internship activities, We have a Hostel, College bus & canteen facilities , College has special platforms for handicap students. Business Connect: The trends keep changing in the market, how do you keep up? Pradeep: Institute has a specially designed program called I-connect program where the faculty members visit the industries, understand the need of ever-growing market and changing trends. We have MoUs with industries so that the industry experts can visit the college and share their practical views, demands with faculty members and students. Third-year Students are mandatorily attending the industry internship. So, these are some of the key areas by which we are keeping eye on changing trends. Business Connect: Is academics the only area that is polished or there are other activities conducted as well? Pradeep: The institute believes in holistic development so along with the good academics we work on the Soft skills of the students. We have department specific student’s association where students are arranging different activities which brush-up their various key areas such as human resource management, finance handling, marketing, etc. Our national level annual festival which completely managed by the students is indeed a different learning experience. Our college annual magazine is the place for writers, artist & thinkers to express their talent. Along with this, we have a Film club, Tesla Club, SWO activities, entrepreneurship activities, Industrial visits, Workshops. Business Connect: How do you feel is the scenario of the education sector in India? Pradeep: As we all know India has one of the largest networks of higher education and most of the population of India is learning population (age-5 to 24). So, the scope for education sector development is vast. Nowadays scope of Indian education is shifting towards new learning methodologies such as E-learning, Distance learning, Machine learning, Experience-based education, so there is tremendous scope for innovation in the Indian education sector. Business Connect: How do you ensure the faith of your students in you and is education still considered a luxury? Pradeep: The institute imparting them with quality education, enhancing their employability skills, entrepreneurship skills and many more. Yes, in spite of second largest population in the world, India is far behind than most of the countries, Still the education is not the priority in many parts of the country, still, education is gender specific in some areas which we have to change. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

Business Connect: How much do you feel is R&D necessary for growth in your vertical? Pradeep: R&D is the backbone for the development of any sector. Providing new solutions and options is the demand of today’s world. The institute has created an ecosystem to motivate young talent to think critically & out of the box. Business Connect: What other milestones have you achieved as yet? Pradeep: Colleges Accredited by NAAC with “A” Grade Along with “Fire and Security Association of India- Best College Award, Pune City”, “Best private Engineering College Principal Award” “Best Private Engineering College award. Our college is listed in the AICTE list of colleges which are following best practices. Business Connect: The education sector is a competitive market; do you believe competition is necessary and how much? Pradeep: The education sector has also undergone various reformation leading to large competition, when the competition is healthy then it definitely proves fruitful. Competition in terms of innovation, best practices will certainly uplift the education sector but it should be in the limit of morals and values. In August 2018 government launched innovation cell, Atal Ranking of Institutes on Innovation achievements (ARIIA), second phase of UNNAT BARAT ABHIYAAN which aimed to link higher education institutes in the country to at least five villages, Digital India, make in India, PRADHAN MANTRI KAUSHALY VIKAS YOJNA (PMKVY), these are the kind of initiatives AISSMS feels are certainly needful, the change is required only at the point of speedy execution of all schemes. At AISSMS, they provide to the students a strong foundation of holistic development and dynamic education which gives lifelong learning vision. They at all times encourage ethical practices, lifelong learning skills, and knowledge hunger. Their NSS team organizes social camps, social awareness campaigns, and programs. We give our small bit by raising funds, donation for national calamities. “Our mentor, Honorary Secretory Shri Malojiraje Chhatrapati is our source of inspiration whose visionary leadership is driving the institute to higher altitudes.” Dr. Pradeep B. Mane

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Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect Traditional education in India was and in certain cases is still being considered a teachercentered delivery of instruction for the students. However, these traditional course-taught learning methods in education are challenged for their efficacy. To start with, education institutes need to ensure that they start getting their students out of their comfort zones. Sandeep Marwah, Chairman, Asian Education Group after being in the Media Industry for more than 25 years decided to bring in a change to the usual system. Asian Education Group, a result of this initiative is strategically located in Sector 125, Noida, a corporate hub encompassing giants like HCL, Dell, Spice and many more exposing students to the cores of corporate norms in the surroundings.

The Visionary!

Sandeep, Graduated in 1978, had developed a fetish for cinema and formed his theatre group “Diamond’s Club”. He later founded Film City, Noida which today is the fastest growing in the World with 16 studios 350 television channels being telecast to 162 countries 24×7 and employing 17000 media professional in 3 shifts. Once things went smooth, he decided to seize the opportunity to improve the existing system and take the mantle to do this himself. Business Connect: With multiple schools under the banner, do you believe your challenges were any different from the rest? Sandeep: The business environment for all the products are different and hence your strategies need to be different as well. In other words, we need a different format for our management students as compared to the law students that would be entirely different as compared to the ones who have enrolled for fashion design and that certainly is not going to be an easy task as such. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

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Business Connect: What kind of strategies did you deploy to overcome your challenges? Sandeep: To start with, education institutes needed to ensure that they start getting their students out of the comfort zones so that they are more ready for the future. Overall we need to define good teaching as instruction that leads to effective learning, which in turn means the thorough and lasting acquisition of the knowledge, skills, and values the instructor or the institution has set out to impart. We set out that Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation are key parameters to the learning in our institute. Business Connect: What all facilities are made available for the students? Sandeep: To make the students follow the changing trends of the latest technology, 24x7 internet facility is available in the campus with an auditorium for 250 people. There is a Knowledge Resource Centre with over 20000 books, Indoor as well as Outdoor facilities are available and the sports kit is readily available for the games like Basketball, Table Tennis, Snooker, Chess, Badminton etc. and medical facility as well. Business Connect: The trends keep changing in the market, how do you keep up? Sandeep: To make the student’s job-ready, Modern Education is shifting from the Traditional System to be more of industry interactive wherein the focus is to inculcate in the students the set of skills that are going to make them employable. We devised programs in order to inculcate skill-based learning so that once they are out of the campus, they would be better equipped to face the real corporate world. Business Connect: How do you feel is the scenario of the education sector in India? Sandeep: Skill-based education is somewhat lacking in all the higher education fields in India and management is no different. The focus needs to shift from theoretical knowledge to skill-based education with a more practical and dynamic approach. Business Connect: How do you ensure the faith of your students in you? Sandeep: The Changing paradigms have made mandatory for us at Asian Education Group to foster a new breed of professionals and individuals equipped with the right kind of knowledge, domain skills, and ability to think out of the box and at the same time be innovative. We understand that the industry expectations have gone higher and only those who have the right attitude & skills to accept challenges to survive and grow. Business Connect: How much do you feel is R&D necessary for growth in your vertical? Sandeep: Asian Education Group does possess a fully functional Research and Development Cell. The Cell is responsible for the formulation of the overall guidelines related to research and publication. The cell undertakes [ 23 ]

research projects on multi-disciplinary aspects (including Strategy, Entrepreneurship, General Management, and Innovation). It builds research activities through Industry-academia collaboration. Business Connect: What other milestones have you achieved as yet? Sandeep: Some of the achievements of the institute include Growth of the Institution, 100 Percent Placements and Successful Startups initiated by the students from the campus. The institution has received many prestigious honors which have added colors to its success some of which include Among India’s 10 Best Business Schools, 2018; Among 10 Best Law Institutes in India, 2018; Best Higher Education Brand, 2017; Excellence in Education, 2017. Business Connect: What are your plans for the schools in the future? Sandeep: We are planning to make all the schools even better in terms of Quality Education. These days most of the employers complain that many graduates they hire are deficient in basic skills such as problem-solving and critical thinking that are consistently ranked among the most important goals of an education course. Business Connect: Do you believe competition is necessary and how much? Sandeep: Competition works to the advantage of those who are already in the big leagues but creates hurdles for others. At the same time, it keeps education institutions on their toes, forces them to think about new ideas, pay attention to quality teaching, measure what they do and benchmark themselves against their peers. In order to do well, the competition results in various institutions coming up with the results in terms of deliverables. Business Connect: Apart from work, how else do you like to spend your time? Sandeep: I feel that a well-written novel can transport you to other realms, while an engaging article will distract you and keep you in the present moment, letting tensions drain away and allowing you to relax. Whenever I am free, I like to read books that spread positivity. I have been an ardent fan of Swami Vivekanand and have read a lot of literature about him. At the same time, I also follow music, my first passion. I believe that music can buoy one’s mood and fend off the depression. Classical music is what I am close to and at the same time, film music is something I can never keep away from it. Asian Education Group takes necessary steps so as to get the skill levels of the student right above the requisite benchmark so that they perform well. The unique teaching pedagogy as followed in the campus to transform students into intellectual professionals. “Chances for success, empathy, and discovery are abundant. Inspiration is everywhere you look. The opportunity to be better than you were yesterday is right here, right now.” Sandeep Marwah. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

NEURON LABS Imparting a Standardized Education with a Great Exposure to the Students Rashi Saral | Business Connect In India, where the central focus of schools is limited to imparting an academic education to students; quite contrary to this, Neuron Labs has brought a grand and phenomenal change in the educational system; it focuses on teaching the life skills to a child in pre-school rather than preparing him or her to pass school’s examinations with topmost grades. The core mantra is, “Learning by Doing” Overview of Pre-school and its strengths Neuron Labs School has transformed the overall style of rendering a pre-school education; the pedagogy in the school covers more practical aspects of education in comparison to conventional schools. Henceforth, the mantra is “Learning by Doing.” The central idea is to integrate novelty in the curriculum, and they have successfully managed to do that with the best practical and feasible methods of teaching children. At Neuron Labs, they encourage creativity and exposure, so that children enjoy learning. The curriculum is designed in such a way that it introduces Arts, Drama, Music, Science, Math to students in a more creative and fascinating manner. Unique and more diverse curriculum is created so that the students can excel in all spheres and expand the dimensions of their abilities. They keep introducing innovative and amazing ideas, and include exciting methods to encourage kids for participating in different activities. Santosh Sethuraman, the head of Neuron Labs, says “Our pre-school is an ideal environment for children to acquire new and interesting skills.” Neuron Labs School, in Pune, was established in 2010 to offer an authentic and progressive education to children. It is considered to be one of the most innovative schools in Pune. Neuron Labs offers pre-school and primary school education. The man behind the leading school, states, “Our endeavor is to be a school with greater voice and more direct involvement in the decisions, and policies affecting the education of children.” www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

Neuron Labs School is the foremost choice for parents among pre-schools in areas of Tingre Nagar, Dhanori, and Vishrantwadi in Pune. The learning program at Neuron Labs fosters independence, problem-solving skills, creativity in thinking, and focuses on an individual’s growth and development. Consequently, it makes the school stand apart from others in Pune, and makes it unique. The school’s vision is to empower children by providing all the essential skills which they require for growth. This happens by arousing a keen interest to learn and achieve with the help of remarkable teaching methodologies. The purpose is to make a positive difference in a child’s life by creating an environment conducive for learning with an unwavering attitude that never gives up. The organization constantly challenges the abilities of all individuals, so that they become aware of the potential hidden inside, and develop an attitude of problem solving. With confidence and belief, the visionary states, “We constantly update our skills with an attitude that everyone can succeed, and with a firm belief that the best is yet to come.” Neuron Labs is dedicated to an educational experience that will help children not only to develop the foundation for a lifetime of learning, but also a love for life and mankind. The organization encourages values and ethos among kids like how to value the simple essence of life whether it is about extending a helping hand to a friend, or being kind and generous; the stupendous teachers consistently inculcate an ideal behavior and manners in children. In fact, it is woven into the curriculum along with the units of study, and not taught separately. Most importantly apart from skills being developed, they also focus on being great human beings. [ 24 ]

“We constantly update our skills with an attitude that everyone can succeed, and with a firm belief that the best is yet to come.”

Santosh Sethuraman

Head of Vision and Strategy Neuron Labs

The organization provides exemplary facilities to kids which ensure an exquisite standard environment. The school has clean and spacious classrooms, hygienic toilets, and excellent interactive digital learning resources which are accompanied by scientific learning tools which enhance their comprehension and concentration. The organization is very alert to the safety of kids; the school holds an uncompromising attitude towards it. To ensure the faith of the parents for an enrolment of their child in Neuron Labs, the school follows transparency. Neuron Labs adopts the method of engaging with the parents on an individual basis prior to an admission in the school. This engagement helps to build a trustable equation between both the parties. Post admission also, it ensures to continue an interaction with the parents and inform them everything that their child experiences in the school. The school conducts parent-teacher meetings regularly to bridge the gap between parents and teachers in order to create a perfect synergy. Obscurities in the path The Strategist at Neuron Labs School thinks that everyone has his or her own journey; anyone who envisions a noble and distinctive sphere passes through many stumbling blocks, and he is certainly no exception to it. However, he follows an entirely different curriculum which includes value and skill based teaching which is quite different from the traditional curriculum in other schools. This deep-rooted conventional norm of education system enforces children to chase high marks and percentage without actually bothering about their overall growth, and strong understanding of what they require to evolve. Fortunately, Neuron Labs has embarked on a journey to change this. [ 25 ]

There is a multitude of strategies; the school deploys to overcome various challenges with kids. The school pays more attention to hire proficient teachers. It encourages the teachers to maintain a constant flow of communication with children so as to understand their needs and demands. Additionally, the organization focuses on self-management through developing inner discipline. Through persistent dialogue, teachers instill love and respect which make students generous, compassionate, and more open to teachers. Today’s children need a lot more freedom, and are also born in a digital era where they like to question and learn. Teacher promotes questioning, and answers are found through practical methods on concepts instead of Rote Learning. Contributing to Society Children of Neuron Labs are the driving forces of every CSR activity. Recently, when a terrified attack on Indian soldiers in Pulwama took place, it coincided with school’s Annual Neuron Fest. Children put up their Games and Food stalls, and used their skills honed at school to sell, and the amount they got in return was contributed to the martyrs’ families. This was also its idea to teach them the value and significance of giving alongside learning. Message to the Readers of Business Connect The Founder of Neuron Labs – Santosh Sethuraman says, “I always grew up with bold dreams, and Neuron Labs has always been one of the many things I wanted to achieve. There is nothing more meaningful in this world than to serve others. I think each one of us has a calling, pick those signs that the Universe throws at you, and work on it to make an impact on yourself and those around you. Everything is possible if we direct our energies towards it.” www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

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“Education means enabling the mind to find out that ultimate truth which emancipates us from the bondage of dust and gives us the wealth of not things but of inner light, not of power but of love, making this truth it’s even and giving expression to it” Rabindra Nath Tagore Business Connect Team • The New Education Policy (NEP) draft, 2019, recommends the reorganizing of the school syllabus and pedagogy in a new “5+3+3+4 pattern” with pillars of “Access, Equity, Quality, Affordability, and Accountability”. • The draft designed for NEP aims the expansion of the Right to Education (RTE) motive to deliver the vision of education pronounced in this policy and to prepare students in the best possible way to compete in the 21st Century. Education means Knowledge. Indian society has always accorded honor to Education. Attaining this knowledge, a child develops into a good human being and the blossoming of an ideal society takes place. It’s vital for business owners and entrepreneurs to be educated, if not higher, basic qualifications related to the running of their businesses are required, but it’s not essential. With such a large population to support, today education has become an important service to boost technological innovations that have led to job creation in the form of Startups and other business opportunities in India. Education is an important tool to help develop core human values like honesty, punctuality, discipline, giving respect to elders, etc. in the child, youth, men and women. Also, it facilitates skills for career development in arts, science, law, finance, management, and business to the growing youth. Therefore, it is contemplated as an essential goal to be attained in due course of time by every developed Nation. Under the leadership of ISRO chief Dr. Kasturirangan, a plan was asked to prepare to improve the standard of education in India. The NEP-2019 has focused on skill development among students and to reach a maximum number of students from different backgrounds belonging to urban and rural. A committee was made in June 2017 which finally submitted the draft on 31st May 2019 in New Delhi to www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

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the newly elected ministers Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Union Human Resource Development Minister, and Shri Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre, Minister of State for HRD. The government has not accepted the recommendation of the three languages formula including the Hindi Language to be taught in the entire Nation rather has made it flexible. After the transfer of power in 1947, India gave itself a constitution which came into force in 1950. The great hopes and fundamental changes were expected in the system of education. However, still, the struggle does not seem to end as the unemployment rate has reached its maximum at 6.1% while girl’s education remains a great challenge for society. How to revolutionize our education system to overcome the major issues? The major issues include the intellectual assessment on the basis of marking system which has harmed our education system in recent years a lot. Parents and students both in the race of gaining marks have led to the loss of creativity, cognitive abilities, analytical skills, intelligence, etc. There is no development of Personality. Even the student’s having the degree of highest reputation doesn’t develop the thought process or can make a critical analysis of any topic like culture, religion, history, etc. Does that put a question mark on the system? It simply reflects the lacunae of the system where the youngsters are not acquainted with the outer world during their studies. Also, education requires up gradation with respect to technique, quality, and content. The online accessibility of every citizen for their comments and transparency of institutions are some of the other issues to be dealt with. Salient features of NEP 2019: Now the ideas of “higher secondary” or “junior college” will be eliminated. Classes 11 and 12 are going to be considered an integral part of the secondary school. The committee has given a proposal of a modular board examination system reorganized to test only core concepts, principles, critical thinking, and other higher-order skills in each subject. The focus of the new education would be on, “experiential learning within each subject, and explorations of relations among different subjects, will be encouraged and emphasized despite the introduction of more specialized subjects and subject teachers”. The other major focus would undertake “interactive and fun classrooms, which develops questioning abilities, with creative, collaborative, and exploratory activities for in-depth and more experiential learning”. New apex bodies, Rashtriya Shiksha Ayog, and The National Research Foundation are being planned to work in coordination of the education bodies and for creating a strong research foundation after the college education. With the implementation of NEP-2019, to equalize educational opportunity, an overhaul of the system of planning and the management of education, should be made sincerely to accelerate the growth of National economy as the reconstruction of education is not an easy task! [ 27 ]

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Superlative Technical and Science Education in an Impoverished District of India

ith an advent of technology, there is an abrupt increase of professional courses across India. A multitude of institutes and colleges offer technical and science studies; however the concern is, most of the colleges are deployed in cities. Apparently, an exquisite education is limited to the city dwellers, now the question arises, what about the youth of backward areas? An answer to this indispensable question is given by K.P.V. Subbaiah, by establishing the Sri Sai Institute of Technology and Science in Raychoty, to provide a qualitative technical education. Let’s explore in detail about Sri Sai Institute of Technology and Science. Establishment and Pre-eminent objective of the campus with its influence To commence the process of technical and scientific education in the rural district of Kapada, an ace, K.P.V. Subbaiah founded Sri Sai Institute of Technology and Science in 2001. The institute acts as a beacon to remove the darkness of illiteracy from Raychoty. The fundamental objective of the distinguished institute is to promote technical education, which in turn, produces highly creative, innovative, and motivated young leaders in the sphere of engineering. The hurdles and troubles of young aspirants to attain the finest engineering education are infinite; an empathetic and feasible move was taken by Subbaiah to remove the roadblocks away from the path of youngsters. Con- sequently, the institute provides ample opportunities for upgrading the living standards of the families and fulfilling all their beautiful dreams. SSITS is approved by AICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to JNT University, Anantapuramu. It offers highly standardized and exemplary courses to imbibe among the young learners an advanced technical learning. Categorization of graduate level engineering studies is into Five Streams: www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

K.P.V. Subbaiah Founder Sri Sai Institute of Technology and Science Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect EEE (Electrical and Electronics Engineering), ECE (Electronics and Communication Engineering), CSE ( Computer Science Engineering), ME (Mechanical Engineering), and Civil Engineering. In addition to bachelor’s courses, availability of PG (Post Graduation) courses are also there; M.Tech (Masters of Technology) in ECE, EEE, CSE and MBA (Masters of Business Administration). Obstacles in an expedition with the Strategies to cope with, and the facilities to offer Showing the courage to set a technical institute in an impoverished area was an extreme challenging initiative. Still, Subbaiah took an imperative step to kindle the light of an advanced learning among the rural youth; the veteran made a huge difference in the lives of the students, and made them capable to compete with urban students. A multitude of strategies are deployed by the institute’s management to imparting an efficient education like bringing eminent personalities to motivate the students, establishing well-equipped, and standardized laboratories which make the college stand apart from its competitors. SSITS is housed in a grand area where spacious buildings are designed to suit the modern concept of engineering institutions. The campus has CCTV cameras to provide better security and surveillance. The institute is located on a sprawling campus of 56.28 acres with a lovely landscape in a lush greenish, hillock, with calm and congenial atmosphere. Keeping an atmosphere calm and serene with an aid of beautiful greenery around provides a peaceful and soothing environment to the students. Exceptional facilities of Wi-Fi and internet in the campus, and the creation of digitized library for the sake of students’ learning uplift the standards of education. There are excellent accommodation facilities for boys and girls;

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separate hostels are constructed in accord to the safety and comfort. Safe and clean drinking filtered water is available inside the campus. Inexplicable transportation facilities are provided to the students in the village.

SSITS is successfully providing the cognitive skills which are quintessential in shaping the students’ personality; ethics and core values along with an incredible education can lead to a meaningful educational experience.

students stood topper with 96.5% in an entire JNTUA affiliated colleges in 2018. In addition to these achievements, students were placed in the reputed companies and in international companies.

Conventional methods of using chalk and duster to teach are replaced by advanced projectors, to enhance the process of Research and Development, various Ph.D. holders, and in- tellectuals are invited. Annexing to it, the dimensions of an education in SSITS are stretched; students are not only exposed to the monotonous guest lecture from the faculty of topnotch universities, but also they are encouraged to participate in Symposiums, Paper Presentations, Workshops, Internships and R&D with Sports and Cultural activities too.

An exuberant, Subbaiah, with confidence, says, “Ethos and Values provide effective teaching. We are offering a wide range of learning opportunities, and support. Recognizing and valuing individuals’ talents, interests, and encouraging self-confidence in their abilities to learn and progress.”

The management of the college provides extensive career guidance from joining the campus till the students are placed. They are sending some of the students to Campbellsville Uni- versity to attain qualitative knowledge.

Scenario of the education sector in India and Subbaiah’s contribution towards it Fortunately, in India, students are getting a good exposure to knowledge and information by an access of education. However, there are limitations too, efforts by private institutes in an education sector are being looked down and treated badly. According to the flair founder, the portals to impart practical knowledge should be opened rather than the theoretical; this ought to be the significant change in the system. Students need mentors who can provide them an empathetic support, direction towards their goals and imbibe values.

In recent times, Research and Development Department is playing a crucial and an influential role to strengthen the profile of the institution, faculty and students. With an aid of R&D, we expand the horizons of growth and development in Science and Technology. PM’s vision of ‘Make in India’ can become real only if the institutes follow the process of R&D.

A noble deed for the social cause by the generous man College adopts one village yearly under NSS scheme, and its students spread awareness about the hygiene and importance of literacy by campaigning in the villages. Students formed metal roads in the villages with beautiful greenery. The management is philanthropist; it has offered many poor students free education, and providing free food for the students and workers. Staff quarters have been provided at nominal rent.

Altitudes-SSITS has climbed on with im- petus spirits Since its inception in 2001, SSITS has been providing a qualitative technical and management education to the students to leverage their livelihood. Students in the college were awarded two gold medals by VC- JNTUA 2010-13.The campus witnessed the 4th JNTUA Intercollegiate Athlet- ic Meet in 2016. In B.tech, one of the-

An influential and significant Message to the readers of Business Connect. With pride, they hold a firm belief that SSITS will be in the top ranks of colleges in future as well, and soon it gets an autonomous status by 2021. Their objective is to eradicate illiteracy from the surrounding areas of Raychoty as well; to produce good nation builders and stakeholders in developing our nation.

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ST. FRANCIS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH, MUMBAI ‘Enlightening Minds, Defining Leaders’

Rashi Saral | Business Connect

IMPARTING EXCELLENT EDUCATION IN THE ARENA OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT The sphere of Business Management is enthralling and creating a majestic boom among the youngsters. There are a number of phenomenal Management Institutes, which are rendering an exemplary education. One such formidable Institute is St. Francis Institute of Management & Research (SFIMAR). The Chairman of the reputed Institute is Bro. Alphonse Nesamony and the Director is Dr. D Henry Babu. St. Francis Institute of Management & Research (SFIMAR) was incepted in 2002 by the Congregation to impart quality education in the field of Business Management, and it is driven by the mission of ‘The Society of the Congregation of Franciscan Brothers’. The core focus of the Congregation is to offer service to mankind by empowering and helping them to attain integral development. The important insights of the University is illustrated as: SFIMAR is affiliated to the University of Mumbai. It has been awarded NAAC Bro Alphonse Nesamony “A” grade and is also ISO 9001-2015 certified. It SFIMAR Chairman delivers post graduate management education courses like MMS, PGDM, MFM and MMM. Its educational objectives are: • To impart knowledge of basic and advanced concepts of Business Management and application of their tools and techniques for local and global business practices. • To equip the students with techno-managerial and entrepreneurial skills to progress as business leaders and entrepreneurs. • To instill in students the socially acceptable values and business ethics for their development as responsible citizens.

HIGHLY PROFICIENT FACULTY

The Institute has twenty four full-time efficient faculty members and four resource persons, out of them, seven are doctorate and seven are pursuing PhD. It is a research oriented educational Institute. It adopts project based learning and believes in developing their students through Research Oriented Projects. Its alumni have achieved laurels in their field of expertise. They play a pivotal role in the knowledge enhancement of the Institute, and enhance the quality of industry-institute engagements. SFIMAR is stringent about discipline in the Institute, and its objective is to offer humanitarian services to mankind. It provides a green and clean environment to students equipped with the latest infrastructural facilities.

COURSES OFFERED

SFIMAR provides four post graduate programs – Masters of Management Studies (MMS), Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), Masters of Financial Management (MFM) and Masters of Marketing Management (MMM). The process of teaching and learning comprises of interactive classroom lectures, discussions, case studies, projects, assignments, presentations, guest lectures, role plays, treasure hunts, Field visits and Field projects. Each student must spend maximum time on self-study and come thoroughly prepared for classes wherein the faculty members act as guides and facilitators. Additionally, the teaching and learning process inculcates leadership and teamwork. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

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FANTABULOUS FACILITIES

The courses conducted at SFIMAR campus are in a state-of-the-art infrastructure environment with air conditioned classrooms, computer labs, conference halls, library and other amenities. The campus offers hostel facility to out station students. Additionally, it renders a full-fledged canteen service. Every Class Room and Students Lab is equipped with the latest configuration machines, software, Network Services, mounted LCD Projectors, Hi-Tech Quality Sound Systems and Lab Surveillance System. The entire campus is WIFI enabled. Webinar Sessions are arranged and held regularly for students on different management subjects. Availability of approx. 300 Computers exclusively for students, are installed in different Labs for Class Work, Assignment and Project Activities. Campus ERP System is provided with Login to students, parents, faculty and other staff members. Library consists of 9284 titles and 14019 volumes apart from various e-journals and databases. The campus ensures hundred percent placement of students. The foundation of the Institute is based on the charitable value structure. At SFIMR, apart from the academics, they conduct activities like regular thought leadership group discussions, performing arts, lifelong extension programs, social responsibility initiatives, life skill training, etc., also. These activities collectively put together to ensure a holistic development and realistic transformation in student’s personality. SFIMAR also participated in a Rio+24 IDRC India Program 2018. Rio+24 IDRC International Certification Program is a short-term co-curricular course study for students. The theme of the program was War and Peace. It was in synergy with the principles of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/104 & 68/237. A total of sixty eight students participated in the program, led by the student Ms. Apurva Gimonkar under the incredible guidance of a senior faculty member Dr. Natika Poddar. SFIMAR was awarded with a certificate for the contribution extended. All the participants and the coordinators have also received a certificate of appreciation. To ensure the unbreakable faith of students over the Institute, they impart education to the students with the intention to knit trust amongst them, which consequently builds belief in the Institution.

SYNCHRONIZING WITH THE MARKET TRENDS

A right blend of Industrialists and Academia from various organizations, are invited to professionally train their students. Interaction with eminent personalities in their respective fields is a continuous activity at the Institute. The course structure provides a perfect combination of conceptual framework and practical insights to tackle business challenges. Many add-on courses are offered to the students to keep them uptick with the Industry requirement. The Placement cell arranges lectures to groom the students for industry assignments. Personality development activities, activities that develop leadership skills within students are conducted on a regular basis. These things up[ 31 ]

keep the students about the changing trends. The students train themselves according to the changes in the market to be absorbed at workplace in any economic condition. Few add-on certification programs conducted at SFIMAR are: • Advance Excel • Youth Leadership and People Skills • Internet of Things ( IOT) • Data Analytics • Digital Marketing • Financial Modeling • NISM Certification • HR Strategies and HR Automation • Business Analytics The list does not end here, it continues.

PROVOKING THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION SCENARIO

The education sector in India is almost flooded with multiple commercial based institutions whose primary objective is to make money, unfortunately. However, valiant efforts are being taken to make the ‘educationvalue’ based and commensurate with the upliftment of the society. “We at SFIMAR, as a part of providers of higher education, strive to do exactly the same and paving a path apart.” ~Bro. Alphonse Nesamony Going by the current trends, it implies that the education is not considered as a luxury but an absolute necessity. In fact, good and standard education empowers the people to get out from their comfort zones and luxurious lifestyle thereby, proving their caliber to the world. At SFIMAR, they ensure that this is imbibed and internalized in each student’s participation so that they resume their responsibilities at the corporate level. There is an individualistic transformation of the students, which in turn transforming the society at large.

UNFURLING THE FLAG OF ACHIEVEMENTS

In the latest Best B School survey carried out by Business Today, SFIMAR has been categorized under the top 10 B-Schools in Mumbai jurisdiction. The Institute is also NAAC ‘A’ grade accredited, ISO 9001-2015 Certified, recognized by DTE and affiliated to University of Mumbai. SFIMAR was awarded as the ‘Most Upcoming B-Schools’ by ASSOCHAM in the year 2017 and accredited by the ‘BCCI Office Safety’ award of the year 2018. The Institute is documenting for applying for NBA certification. Plans for application for autonomous status is also in line. The Institute is also planning to expand its wings to take up online certification programs in the coming years. It has also signed MOU with Binary University, Malaysia for various collaborative and exchange programs. Institute also runs the collaborative programs with Ottawa University. The future plan is to acquire a complete autonomous status, academically, financially and administratively. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

Williez

SHAPING THE YOUNG MINDS FOR A BETTER TOMORROW

Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect

“Always do your best and love what you do. We don’t have to wait for large-scale, upstream changes to happen, we can initiate change right now since there are endless starting points.”

Ms. Suvidha Shekar, Managing Director, Williez

ike we have preparatory days in school just before our exams, similarly, pre-schools act like the preparation of the child for formal schooling.

Play schools today have a lot on offer, from concepts of basics, etiquettes, group behaviors, development skills to focusing on enhancing a child’s personality, they do it all. And in the competitive world that we serve today, nothing fancies a compromise and none should. Social and sensory development of the child is provided utmost importance through which appropriate behavioral changes are polished in accordance with appropriate age and time. And strengthening its teamwork and expertise in pre-school education, Williez is expanding its boundaries to develop an approach that’s based on accepted research. They promote the deepest, most genuine learning which births for children through play and fun activities lovingly guided by highly trained teachers of the school. Established on 25th March 2009, Williez accelerated its journey with creativity, critical-thinking skills, and communication. They follow the skill-based curriculum and the purpose of learning in the foundation years is to develop mastery in skills like reading, logic, concentration, and perseverance that are essential for success.

Suvidha Shekar

Managing Director of Williez

EXPERTISE AND CHALLENGES ACED

Teachers do more than teach, and their impact extends far beyond the classroom. Teaching as a profession inspires Suvidha, their ability to guide students, their fairness and their see of justice pushed her to start her pre-school. Suvidha adds “While I was student teaching, I had the opportunity to take subjects classes for my neighbors. I had received positive feedback from all them and they were persisting me to start school. Thus, made me inspire to a role in this Education field” She feels that the challenges in our lives are our wake-up calls, our lessons to be learned. You’ll face new challenges every day and it would be both interesting and complicated to achieve them. We learn the most from our challenges once we acknowledge them. Recognizing the tasks of people that may be causing us hardship or insecurity isn’t always so easy. She empowered herself to take her own way and pave it for the rest to follow, she spoke to herself in all honesty and realized that the time to take some action had come that was due. “Nothing can beat a person who is prepared. Organizing your schedule and having a to-do-list can be a big help in doing your school works. You can also cram when you have a list of what project/school work should you do first. This will also help you to be less stressed whenever there are a lot of things to do.” Feels Suvidha. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

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CHANGING TRENDS AND FACILITIES FOR THE LITTLE ONES

storytelling, grass and fine motor activities, cognitive and art activities, to ensure overall growth of the child.

Williez focuses on children’s safety keenly and teaches them daily about safety measures in school. Every month teachers conduct quiz on safety, role-play based on the topics of accidents, cleanliness and safety measures. They have amenities like Fire extinguishers, First aid kit box, Air purifier, 24x7 CCTV Surveillance, etc. Change is the only constant-even in Education. Education is benefitting from trends across sectors from the integration of technology to making hard sciences a more creative process to encourage innovation.

FEATHERS ON THE CAP

Suvidha Shekar, the Founder/Director of Williez Preschool has received many accolades and to name a few, Tops 5 Pre-School in Maharashtra ---SCI-2016 Bangalore, National Mahila Rattan Gold medal Award, Bharat Vidya Shiromani Award--Delhi for Outstanding Achievement in the field of Education, Entrepreneur women of the year 2018, Jewel of India for outstanding achievement and remarkable role in the field of Education and many more.

HAVING AN EDGE OF THE PEERS

“At Williez, we make education more interactive. A crucial element in learning is that children should not be told that their way of thinking is wrong, instead encourage them to build on further insights in a positive way. We use Hands-on-activities which helps to make academics more tangible for students and become a bridge to abstract thinking.” Further adds Suvidha.

“Competition should be healthy and ought to be worth. The spirit of competition will prepare better and more competent classroom sessions with innovative and fresh ideas of teaching being devised in the pursuit of excellence, involving methodical planning of lessons, and adopting efficient, well-organized teaching strategies and tactics. Students will become enthusiastic as they will have to prove their skills against the best talent from other institutions.” Adds Suvidha.

Encouraging teamwork helps to develop communication and problem-solving skills in a cooperative way and provides children the opportunity to present their solutions in their own way.

At Williez, a unique pattern of the education system is followed, they do not have exam patterns and marksbased curriculum. Assessment of the children knowledge is done based on all facets of development, including intellectual, linguistic, social-emotional and physical development on a regular basis.

They have a curriculum which is mixed up with academics and play way activities. Their essential focus is to make the child feel the joy in learning. They have Friday activity and monthly activity that helps the child to nurture and enhance their creative skills. Their activities are highly creative and inquisitive.

Suvidha, sharing her perspective feels that education is the process of facilitating learning or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. The primary goal of school education system nowadays is not mainly targeted towards imparting good character, developing interpersonal skills, enabling the students to the active application of their mind but, is confined purely to the completion of syllabus within the time allotted and conducting the prescribed tests.

ENSURE FAITH OF THE PARENTS

Suvidha avers “We proudly say that my school has good bonding with our parents. We focus on the best interest of the children.” There are a number of things Williez takes care of to keep hold of the trust instilled in the school, like a structured environment/spacious classroom, advanced curriculum, assembling a team of dedicated staff for their ability to get the best out of students, imbibing good moral values and correct safety measures. And further ahead Williez plans to add life skills enhancing activities as well like

As a result, students are turned to be mere mark getters and their overall personality development ranks a big zero. At Williez, they include personality development lessons, moral and ethical teaching and supporting the real facts of life by connecting classroom lectures with real-life experiences. We teach moral values like Honesty, Hard work, Respect for others, Co-operation, Compassion, Forgiveness, unconditional love, and kindness.”

Education is always a necessity not a luxury, every skill that you pick up throughout the course of your life is an education for you. It’s a necessity because that’s how people grow into better human beings and a society advance.

Ms. Suvidha Shekar

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Company

Person

Designation

31 Parallel

Karan Pal Singh Chauhan & Vivek Parmar

Co-Founder

Adna Solutions Pvt Ltd.

Sunil Singh

Director & Co-Founder

AirCrews Aviation Pvt. Ltd.

Capt Shekhar Gupta

CEO

All India Technical Consultancy Corporation Limited

Shivendu Madhava

Director

Amaze Infotainment Pvt. Ltd.

Bajrang Shah

Founder & Managing Director

Arasha Technologies and Data Services (Opc) Pvt. Ltd.

Yasser Arafat

Founder

Architect Corner

Bhagvan Kommadi

Founder

Asprant Life Science Pvt. Ltd.

Montila Pramanik

CEO

Autosys Industial Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Aaditya A. Damani

Director

Black Pixon Creative Design Agency

Manoj S

Founder & Creative Head

Callify.ai

Chetan Indap

Founder & CEO

CerTro Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Afshan Ali

Director-Operations

Chirpin Marketing Pvt. Ltd.

Sushnato Dutta

Founder

Climate Connect Technologies

Nitin Tanwar

Founder & CEO

Cubex Logistics India Pvt. Ltd.

Tarun Gupta

Founder

Delhivery Pvt. Ltd.

Kapil Bharati

Co-Founder

Dil SE WiLL

Raj Lakhotia & Namita Lakhotia

Co-Founder

Doorstepshoppee Services Pvt. Ltd.

Prabhav Dubey

Founder, Director & CEO

Feeinsta Consulting & Services Pvt. Ltd.

Ashutosh Giri Goswami

Founder & CEO

FlamencoTech

Sudhir Sarma

CEO

FlyBird Farm Innovations Pvt. Ltd.

Satish KS

Founder & CEO

Formcept

Suresh Srinivasan

Co-Founder

Fostertechs Pvt. Ltd.

Divey Mahajan

Director

G- Square Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Gopi Suvanam

Founder & Director

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Company

Person

Designation

Grepix Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

Vinay Jain

CTO & Co-Founder

Inboundment

Aditya Prakash

Founder

Infinity Freight Services Pvt. Ltd.

Dhaval Valia

Director

Infozub

Logesh Kumar

Founder & CEO

Mintbook

Kalaivani Chittaranjan

MD & CEO

Mitroz Technologies

Prasad Dumbre

Co-Founder

Nayab Stores Pvt. Ltd.

Anand Mayee & Leena Dubey

Co-Founder & Director

Oorja Tech Interfacing Experts Pvt. Ltd.

Ravi Bhalla

Founding Director

Outsitevr

Amit Singh

Co-Founder & CEO

PlaySolar Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Mux Narasimhan

Founder, MD & CEO

Prestloans

Ashok Mittal

CEO

Prisma AI Corporation PTE. Ltd.

Shreeram Iyer

Chairman & Group CEO

Prolore Search Marketing Pvt. Ltd.

Harsha Jadhav

Founder

QuantMagnum Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Kushal Rastogi

CEO & MD

Quenext

Awadhesh Kumar

Founder & CEO

SharpNode Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Mohit Agnihotri

Founder & CEO

Shopr 360

Rajul Tandon

Co-Founder & CEO

Simulanis Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Raman Talwar

Founder & CEO

Strideai

Vijaykant Nadadur

Co-Founder & CEO

Stylumia Intelligence Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Ganesh Subramanian

Founder & CEO

Terrabrush

Thangavel Arjun & Karthick Solai

Directors

Triangemind Technology Services

Saurabh Srivastava

Founder

Trio Talent Search

Vikram Thakur

Founder & CEO

TRooTech Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Niraj Jagwani

Co-Founder & CEO

ValetEZ Services Pvt. Ltd.

Smit Raturi

Co-Founder & CEO

WhistleDrive Pvt. Ltd.

Rakesh Munnanooru

Founder & CEO

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Karan Pal Singh Chauhan Co-Founder, 31 Parallel

Vivek Parmar

Co-Founder, 31 Parallel

31 Parallel

Aiming for a Global Success

his statement seems to have been meant especially for entrepreneurs. With new ideas flooding the market, and startups making their ways to success one after another, the world is changing every day. One of those startups that lead the world to change in their own way is 31 Parallel. Itprovides endto-end Business Process Outsourcing and Management services and solutions with expertise across various domains. 31 Parallel offersexceptional inbound and outbound voice services along with back office support. For sales, they providevoice (inbound and outbound calling) and chat based services.Their customer care &postsales services includevoice (inbound and outbound calling), chat and e-mail based services. They also provide voice (inbound and outbound calling) and e-mail based services and back office for mortgage. They handle finance & accounting, and data management and sanitization through back office services.

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Kriti Anand | Business Connect Based in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 31 Parallel is a disruptor from a Tier III city in the BPO space. The location offers them the advantages and infrastructure of a modern city, along with the benefits of low attrition rates and other overhead costs. It has put Shimla on the Indian outsourcing landscape and provided employment to over hundreds of youth in the hill state where jobs are hard to come by. The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motto is local talent, global processes. The company offers high-end services involving voice, chat and e-mails, with its highly trained staffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excellent communication skills. The experienced supervisors and support staff ensure better process efficiency and control, leading to high quality of outputs. A huge Himachalidiaspora working in the best organizations in the metropolitans yearned for returning to the hills, and they are the ones who contributed in building its leadership. Thus, the managerial staff consists of individuals with at least 8-9 [ 36 ]

“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” Steve Jobs years of experience of working with multinational organizations like Dell, AMEX, Concentrix, TelePerformance, HCL, Convergys, WNS, etc. in Delhi, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Chandigarh and Mumbai. They have ongoing extensive internal soft skillandpersonality development training programs to ensure enhanced contribution towards process improvement. The company has an eight-member strong general learning, development and product training team focusing on corporate etiquettes, e-mail and phone etiquettes, gender sensitization (as at least 40 percent of its staff are women), process notes and mapping, and basic computer training. The workforce has exposure to the infrastructure of a state capital despite being in a Tier II/III town and is more receptive to such programs. Due to a well-educated and committed workforce, the quality of the output of 31 Parallel has been stellar. This is evident from the expansion of the current clients with 31 Parallel despite having other vendors in the metros. It also leads in quality for queues running in multiple centers for the clients. Another one of the strong points of the company is their 24x7 availability for their clients. Due to their location, they have Optical Fiber connectivity and MUX on location in both centers, ensuring unhindered bandwidth. The company hasnext generation firewalls and a switch-level network to meet their current clients’ IT requirements. There was no real corporate presence in Shimla prior to the establishment of 31 Parallel. Some of the larger Indian companies had offices, but not significant enough to change the town’s corporate culture. Majority of 31 Parallel’s senior and middle leadership have had vast corporate exposure of over 7-8 years each in the metropolitans. Initially, the absence of such a culture was obvious from the discipline, dress code, business hours and corporate etiquette followed by the personnel but with relentless concentrated trainings, sessions and now tenure and exposure, they have initiated the foundations of a strong corporate culture. IT/Telecom companies have supported and indulged them when they were just a handful, sensing their bright future. Currently, they have one of the most reliable and extensive IT/Telecom infrastructure in the state. While some minor challenges remain, the overall positive impact is reflected in their office setup, various employee initiatives, communications, client satisfaction and every other aspect of their operations. A hybrid of sorts, the best of both the old and new worlds has been created. Given their considerable numbers, it is obvious that they will spread their wings even more. [ 37 ]

What began as a bootstrap startup on April 7, 2014 with four associates in an attic in a Shimla suburb by two brothers, Karan (a corporate lawyer) and Vivek (a BPO industry veteran), has now grown into a company with hundreds of employees working in multiple shifts (probably the single largest IT enabled services company in the Himachal) servicing several Indian market leaders. It boasts of several achievements in the BPO industry: • 31 Parallel was nominated as one of the ‘10 Best BPO Startups - 2016’ in India by a widely circulated IT/ ITes industry magazine. • In Nov’17, 31 Parallel was been listed by a business magazine as an organization that ‘instills a new wave of transformation in the panorama of BPO services in India’. • In Apr’18, a business and technology magazine published from Bangalore and Chennai covered 31 Parallel. • In Feb’18, 31 Parallel was awarded the STPI Award 2018 for ‘Best Performer in Incubation’ at TiECon-2018 in Mohali. The event was organized by the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), a society set up by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India alongwith The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE). Their first international client was in SEO/SMO/Internet Marketing space, who took a leap of faith based on references and their past credentials. Their first domestic client, GRNconnect, similarly took a chance and outsourced their processes for the first time. The next significant milestone was partnering with MakeMyTrip.com, India’s largest travel companywho saw value in 31 Parallel and took a leap of faith to work with the company. It is a mark of their reliability that they continue to be associated with these progressive organizations. 31 Parallel has gone on to develop a niche in the travel space and 70% of its clientele are travel companies, including both B2C and B2B, and domestic and foreign. 31 Parallel boasts as its marquee clients some of the biggest names in the Indian travel vertical. In addition, it services some of the big names in e-commerce, education, finance and accounting verticals. Their resolve and zeal increases year after year as they realize the responsibility they bear to their numerous clients, hundreds of their employees and their state. The company has come to understand the entire scope of the enterprise and the members are extremely excited, enthusiastic about its prospects and future. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

A VIGOROUS AND DYNAMIC YOUNGSTER IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY Rashi Saral | Business Connect

“To excel in life, we ought to stretch the dimensions of our creative thinking, and put our energies into the work we love”. Capt. Shekhar

Capt Shekhar, with an experience and expertise, has showed a remarkable contribution in the Aviation industry. Stretching the boundaries of his prowess, he founded ‘AirCrews Aviation Pvt Ltd.’- an incredible Aviation Start Up for young aspirants. World renowned flyer with impeccable skills and qualities is an epitome of Talent, Skills, and Wisdom. An excursion to the company AirCrews Aviation Pvt. Ltd., the only startup in the Aviation sector, covers diverse domains of aeronautics like Air Charters, Pilot Training, and Aviation HR Services. There are services like Aviation Apps, Aviation Books, Aviation Blogs, Aviation Lead Generation, Aviation Link Building, Aviation Expo, Aviation B2B, Aviation B2C, Aviation SEO/SMM, and Aviation Management Internships for IIT and IIM students only. There are various categories of clients which AirCrews Aviation Pvt Ltd serves such as Air Charters to Tycoons, Pilot Training to buddy Pilots, Aviation HR Services to AME, Cabin Crew and Pilots, Aviation Blogs to AME, Aviation Lead Generation to Pilot Training Academy, Aviation Link Building to AME, and Management Internships for IIT and IIM students only. For creating a skilled workforce, the organization provides regular workshops and trainings; a paramount support is rendered to the team. A formidable team has been created to provide valuable services. AirCrews Aviation Pvt Ltd has a tremendous faith on Research and Development department for ensuring a continuous growth, and delivery of flawless services.

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CAPT. SHEKHAR

Founder AirCrews Aviation Pvt. Ltd.

“To soar, one needs to dream big, and live with it to turn into reality”, remarks the creator of this reputed organization. Working relentlessly day and night, it conquers autonomy in the aerial sector, and emerged as an astounding venture for the upcoming flying aspirants. An exemplary Pilot with Extraordinary Talents “An entrepreneur or a creator needs to be highly skilled then only he can lead and empower.” says Shekhar, with a smile. Capt Shekhar, the CEO of AirCrews Aviation Pvt. Ltd, is a Professional Pilot. He possesses an experience of more than 8 years in Flying 14 various types of Aircrafts in 15 countries. Amazingly, he made an Accident-Free Flying Record in the history of aeronautics with a superlative talent. Shekhar commenced his flying career from Sky Cabs in Colombo, and worked immensely hard for many Airlines Training Companies across various parts of the World. He has intensively trained more than 350 Pilots who are flying with impeccable expertise across the globe. He is an active member of varied organizations which are related to an Aviation department such as Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association in the United States of America, Royal Society of Aeronautics in UK, Delhi Flying Cluban Aeronautical Society of India, MP Flying Club in Bhopal and Indore- an Aeronautical Research Society. He is a Frequent Flyer on American Airlines, Air India, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Delta Airlines, Emirates Etihad, Jet Airways, and list goes on. Shekhar is an integral member of http://Mission-To-Canada.blogspot. ca which was set up by Government of Canada and Air Transport Association of Canada. Shekhar is quite a passionate and creative soul who wants to triumph multiple spheres of Aviation. His recent passion is Aviation SEO & Blogs for which he takes intensive classes for IIT & IIM students in India, and others in abroad. A proposed website which is www.Air-Aviator. com has been designed to provide Virtual Air Charter Services. Adding to his literary interests, he has written numerous books on Aviation and Management such as P - Productivity S - Speed R - Relevancy, Be an Aviator Not a Pilot, Pilot’s Career Guide, Cabin Crew Career Guide which are available on Amazon and Smash World. The stupendous flyer is inspired by Capt. Gopinath, Co-Founder of Air Deccan. He learnt that to be successful in life, we must be an observant, proactive, and willing to do more, think more, and have a more holistic perspective, and go beyond the call of duty. [ 39 ]

Contribution towards Society with a noble vision The tycoon is quite aware of multiple indispensable issues which are prevailing in India, and across the globe. One of them is deforestation which is the potent source of environmental crisis. To bring a balance, AirCrews Aviation has embarked a project called AlfaGreen which is the CSR Project to promote In House Plantation. They possess a small farm land ‘Alfa Agro Tech Research Center’ which is situated at Gram Gunawad, District Dhar, in Madhya Pradesh to promote Organic Agriculture. Working towards the noble cause, the company is rendering a great help to the society, and environment. They are also associated and connected with Robin Hood Army to excel and grow. Incredible Achievements of AirCrews Aviation Pvt Ltd Footprints of excellence, the organization is leaving in the Aviation industry are splendid. In addition to it, AirCrews Aviation is the Co-Founder of multiple startups such as www.AlfaBloggers.com, www.AllAirlineNews. com, www.AlfaTravelBlog.com , www.Flying-Crews. com,www.Portrait-Business-Woman.com, www.SatpuraJungleRetreat.com, www.WorldOfAirplane.com, www.BestInternationalEducation.com, www.FintechStart-up.com, and www.anxietyattak.com. To be the co-founder of multiple startups is in itself the greatest achievement. For future, the company has an interesting project which is www.Air-Aviator.com, deals with Virtual Air Charter Services. Capt Shekhar wants to wrap his story of struggle in a book which is going to be released soon. Pages of his masterpiece will contain the challenges, achievements, and everything he has lived up to. The legend behind the company says “Life is full of adversities, but the warrior is who stands courageously, and faces them fearlessly.” With his constant believe in efforts and right vision, he is exceling, and breaking the number of records in the flying industry. Words of Wisdom to the Readers of Business Connect Readers flip the pages of Business Connect for acquiring an indispensable knowledge of the business world. They want to engross themselves into the pages of a renowned magazine. So, Shekhar has golden words of wisdom for our young readers. He says,” To be successful in life you must be an observant, proactive, and willing to do more, think more, have a more holistic perspective, and go beyond the call of Duty.” Shekhar has a group of so many Tech Savvy Young Engineers and MBA Working from Home as Career Counselor in different cities. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

AITCCL,

India’s Leading Technical Consultancy Organization Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect

“‘Hitch Your Wagon to a Star’, don’t get bogged down by your situation or how deprived you have been, the way small seed of banyan contains a huge tree within, you might have similar potential. All you need is the right environment and good conditions to flourish.” Shivendu Madhava

A professionally managed Premier Technical Consultancy Organization, AITCCL promotes Countrywide Entrepreneurship and provides need-based consultancy services including Consultancy on IT, Environment & Energy Projects, Consultancy on Agro-based & Food processing industries. To its credit, AITCCL has also prepared numerous Project Reports & Studies of various kinds like Energy Audits, Safety Audit, et al. These reports comprise of Detailed Project Reports, Valuation of Properties, and preparation of Techno-Economic Viability Study (TEVS), preparation of Agriculture Business Plan, Financial Inclusion, Socio-Economic Studies, and Research, etc. It is promoted by young professionals as a startup company and is registered with Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Govt. of India. We have consistently endeavored to provide quality consulting services and have carved our own niche in the market. Shivendu Madhava, Director, ALL INDIA TECHNICAL CONSULTANCY CORPORATION LIMITED, strived towards the main element of AITCCL’s progress to constantly diversify its portfolio and add new services with the requisite competence. The core expertise of the company is in executing project consultancy assignments, training & capacity building in the field of skill development, livelihood promotion and income generation program. We emphasize skill development for income generation and this is what sets us apart from our competitors. A number of exceptional consultancy services that they bring to the disposal of their clients are Agriculture & Allied Sectors Consultancy, Urban Infrastructure Development Consultancy, Entrepreneurship Development Programs (EDPs), Skill Development Initiatives Training Programs, Micro Entrepreneurship Development Programs, Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development (STED), Energy & Environment Consultancy, Health and Sanitation Consultancy Services, Water and Sewage Treatment Consultancy, Financial Consultancy Services, Techno-Economic Feasibility Studies/ Appraisals and Smart City Development Consultancy.

Shivendu Madhava Director

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Business Connect: Did you see any transformations happening for startups, over the years in the field? Shivendu: Various Government schemes such as Startup India have helped ideas transform into products and have helped in many ways financially as well as technically, helping young entrepreneurs setting up their first company. As startup companies in nascent stage need assistance and constant monitoring through audits and compliances checks. They have also eased out some compliances for recognized startups and various tax benefits have also led the startups to flourish and have given the platform in our country for FDIs. Business Connect: Did everything come easy or you have your story of struggle. Shivendu: I hail from Siwan, a small town in Bihar and my success story is similar to that of young entrepreneurs who come from smaller places basically lacking in technology, infrastructure or support. Although the internet has definitely been a revelation and helped me update my knowledge about what was happening around, I had to move out from Siwan and settle in Varanasi for better prospects of my company but the core idea of setting it up was conceived at my hometown. I had my share of hardships but I am happy the way things turned out to be. Business Connect: What kind of clients do you serve, any special mentions? Shivendu: We serve Government, Private Sector, Corporate Sector and HNIs. Government is constantly in need of various project reports like smart city development plans, Private Sector such as educational institutions need help in developing curriculum and skill development programs, Corporate Sector which is in need of feasibility studies and market research & HNIs in their philanthropy projects and asset management. Business Connect: How do you ensure unbreakable faith of clients in your company?

Shivendu: We enjoy continued patronage of our clients through consistent meticulous service provisioning. We always stick to our core value of great customer experience and hence a great brand loyalty. Business Connect: How do you keep pace with the changing market trends? Shivendu: Although there no definite way to it and most of the times we follow our instincts but along with it we also try to evaluate what is relevant to our requirement, follow the best practices of the market leaders, make optimum usage of the social media platform and constantly keep evolving by up-skilling ourselves. Business Connect: Do you believe R&D is essential for the growth of the company? Shivendu: I would say that Research and Development is the backbone of an organization. In fact, the market is led by those organizations who have a strong R&D team. We also emphasize on our R&D and the emphasis would be stepped up with time. Business Connect: Do you still come to work with the same zeal, like you did when you started? Shivendu: Well, this company is our brainchild. It is somewhat like raising a newborn. You nurture it and you do it with a sense of responsibility and purpose. There is a natural enthusiasm for whatever you choose to do. There is a great sense of passion for running this company. Business Connect: In terms of your market what do you feel the future holds for entrepreneurs? Shivendu: That solely depends on how equipped you are to dynamically evolve, accepting change with open arms and pursuing your passion with great acumen. The role of a consultant/consultancy requires to have a deep understanding of people, processes, and tools within the context of organizations. The ability to concisely explain something complicated to a non-technical audience differentiates an average organization from an Extra Ordinary one. We always strive to excel. [ 41 ]

Business Connect:How necessary do you feel is it to keep your employees content how you ensure it? Shivendu: Our employees are the foundation of our company and it is of utmost importance to keep them happy and motivated. We create an ideal environment for our consultants to stimulate a diversity of thoughts. This is what keeps us on our toes and at no point our employees feel stagnant, keeping them motivated all the time. We have a system of Rewards and Recognitions for our employee satisfaction. The brain dad behind this venture, Shivendu Madhava involves himself committedly at work but also likes to spend his time doing activities that cease his interest otherwise like playing Golf, Listening to Music, Watching Movies, going out with friends and Meditating in Mountains. Under his reign, AITCCL not just works diligently in the vertical of consultancy but also believes in giving back to society. They run various projects to help the marginalized community of the society mainly in education, healthcare, and sanitation. This includes providing subsidized and free education, sponsoring medical treatments, and setting up toilets and running cleanliness campaigns. The Government has taken different steps to create an environment for entrepreneurs where they can flourish their startups especially MSME department which helps small enterprises through different subsidy schemes and SEZs. As the economy of our country grows, AITCCL is looking forward to encouraging a number of opportunities in a variety of sectors like Smart City Development Projects, Project Assessments, DPR preparation and Feasibility studies for Government and Private Sector. “I am an ardent Admirer of Steve Jobs. His saying, “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish” has always been an inspiration. He is the reason we are able to constantly take out-of-the-box business decisions and always hungry to spread our wings.” Shivendu Madhava

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Yasser Arafat

an Ace Entrepreneur in the time of start up’s

“If there is a potential and urge to progress; nobody in the Universe can curb thou succeeding.” Yasser Arafat Rashi Saral | Business Connect

Yasser Arafat Founder

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he tycoon has shed droplets of perspiration; working immensely hard for the commencement of Arasha. With a creative mind and supreme flair; he set an example for the aspiring starters. To know more about this legend, let’s peregrinate through his work and achievements.

An Empowering and strong trust of clients over the company Amidst of multitude of obstacles and struggles; clients possess an unbreakable faith over Arasha. It ensures buyer’s rights, in terms of delivery, payments, and adjustments. There is no refund policy because they don’t sell incorrect offers or services.

Insights of Arasha Arasha Technologies and Data Services offer different types of customized database solutions for businesses, suiting pin code locations or online businesses like a database for colleges, students database, pin code wise database. The owner of an exemplary enterprise is Yasser Arafat.

They believe in stretching the boundaries and synchronize with the pace of changing market trends. Their paid accounts help them to reach new markets and new trends, this serves as an aid for improvements and acquiring new products as per their requirements.

In these competitive times, Arasha has distinguishable attributes than its rivals. Its web name is DataAsPerNeed. Com; Arasha has customized solutions for every business whether it is small coaching center or a stock exchange. It is flourishing; Yasser, with his team, wants to extend the frontiers and maximizes the reach of local businesses. Opinion on Transformation for startups According to an abundant experience and knowledge of business, Yasser’s view on transformation, happening for start up’s, is paramount. The changes are greater on negative fronts than on positive. For instance, “If somebody quits his job and there is no income, consequently lots of expenses will incur in the beginning, apparently, man loses all his hope and faith”, quotes Yasser The trajectory of obstacles in the process of success Lack of financial resource was always one of the biggest concerns for the tycoon, but still, he managed to take Arasha at the mountains of glorious triumph. During an initial phase, he quitted Commonfloor.com and purchased land in the village to reduce the pressure of rental expenditure. There were a lot of apprehensions involved but he surpassed all of them and emerged as a warrior. Now he smirks sharing the story of his struggles with Business Connect and says “There was no source of internet connectivity in the village; I used to drive 32 KM from one side to check my emails and reply back. Daily, I used to cover 64 km for accomplishing the required email activity.” Potential clients of Arasha Arasha’s monolithic clients are coaching centers, competitive exams institutes, online sellers, stock exchanges, local business, dealers, and manufacturers. The mind-boggling reach in a limited span of time makes it a potent enterprise in the business world. [ 43 ]

To ensure the quality of products and services, for further expansion of business, Yasser takes out a qualitative time for Research and Development. Mumfaliwala- An epitome of Inspiration To strive hard and being self-motivated, Yasser follows a man from the grassroots, which in itself is awe-inspiring. A stupor of praise and motivation for the entrepreneur is Mumfaliwala, who can be found in small cities, not in the metropolitan. In the most severe situations, Mumfaliwalas sell mumfalis in wooden trays despite rain, fog, and scorching heat. Sometimes, if there is no business, they have enough food to feed their families. Persistence and perseverance are the prominent characteristics of their strong caliber. Phenomenal Thought about society Arasha is a developing organization; they are still in the struggling zone. Due to lack of money, they are restricted to make their vision real. As soon as, they stand strong on the financial grounds, they would invest in the education of underprivileged kids. Talking about his personal Interests and Life Yasser is a workaholic; this is the reason for Arasha’s revolutionary contribution in the entrepreneurial world. He is a very simple man; in his leisure time, he loves to watch movies at Amazon and Youtube. He favors idyllic life and loves to live it in a simple way. Exemplary Achievements of the Organization The organization is located in a small town called Muzaffarpur from where they serve to BSE and NSE academies, and other top-notch brands. For the readers of Business Connect It is commendable that though we are in the struggling phase, still Business Connect has approached us. Uncountable efforts they are putting in covering a great number of stories of different business owners; they are leaving the footprints of success in their endeavors. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

Aspiring To Touch Every Life Affordably Through Excellence

Abhinandan Banerjee

Director, Head of Marketing and sales

Sugandh Bahl | Business Connect

Montila Pramanik

Sutapa Chakraborty

CEO

Managing Director

“Business requires stubborn attitude to be an entrepreneur just set your mind and work hard in a smart way to get success”

he industry of pharmaceuticals is all set to rule the market by being in one of the top markets globally in the coming years. Innovations in medicine and life science keep on changing the face of human existence every day. While developments in pharmaceuticals are frequently startling, the access to essential medicine is often not that heartening in the context of the developing countries. Asprant Life science is an initiative that aspires to touch every life in distress. Asprant is committed in ensuring the wellbeing of the majority in India through engagements in scientific and market innovations in the pharmaceuticals sector. Quality is the prime focus at Asprant. Cost and affordability will leverage Asprants’ efforts to bring medicine to the doorstep of those who need it. We pledge and dream of reaching out to everybody with our warmth, abilities and pharmaceuticals assets. Asprant Life Science Pvt. Ltd., established on 28th May 2018 accelerated under the vision of its young directors with a will to make available quality medicines at an affordable price. Innovations in combination with a business model which appears to be real.

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Winning Mantra of Asprant Directors

Asprant Life Science Pvt. Ltd. aspires to inspire the nexgen pharmaceuticals market to go beyond the stereotypes of infused and commercially driven growth strategies, we intend to grow bilaterally by living on our vision in providing critical health care at affordable costs across segments of the society. Digitalisation, focused marketing, online presence are key to our growth, we would focus on 10X growth in terms of market share, social presence and revenue. Our success shall always remain for the people who’ve believed in this dream, to the people who deserve nothing but the best in New Age health care of India. Three leading personalities of the organization are Sutapa Chakraborty, Montila Pramanik, and Abhinandan Banerjee. “Sutapa Chakraborty: Sutapa Chakraborty has always been willing to do something of her own in business field and earlier she had devolved her own business before she got married,and it was a very successful one. After marriage she was forced to give up her entrepreneurship for her family. Now her kids have grown up and she has [ 44 ]

decided to accomplish her dream with a start up in Pharma business.Despite getting discouraged by her husband for this type of tough and competitive business,she has strong will power and self confidence to do something challenging in this field. . She has taken up the challenge to make Asprant Life Science a big organization without her family support.” “Montila Pramanik: Montila Pramanik was a field officer while her marketing as well as leadership skills were fostered with the promotion as a Brand Manager in the marketing team of a lead pharma house. She had both the knowledge and experiences of sales and marketing , which make her more vibrant to be an enter-pruner of Asprant Life Science Pvt. Ltd.” “Abhinandan Banerjee: Abhinandan Banerjee started his career with Wipro, he had worked there for 7years . later he moved in pharma sales, where he got promoted as a manager. Having a business background Abhinandan Banerjee was quiet eager to develop an enter-pruner-ship in his known field utilising his experience and knowledge. So, with his family business knowledge and perception of pharma sales, the idea of developing Asprant Life Science had grown up.” The Directors share that at Asprant, they incorporate a mindset to develop a winning network by innovation, sustainable growth, an inspiration to the employees, as well as to provide maximum benefits to humanity, as they “aspire to touch every life”. In a conversation with Business Connect Magazine, the three directors Mrs. Sutapa Chakraborty, Ms. Montila Pramanik, Mr. Abhinandan Banerjee, talk about the company, different job roles in day to day work, performing various activities that are required in day to day operations, culture and more.

Business Connect: How do you feel you are different from your competitors? Asprant Team: We work with a Mission of creating a forum for pharmaceutical entrepreneurship where innovations are blended with a realistic business model that sustains growth and maximize social benefits. We are different because we want to create some innovative busi-

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ness model in West Bengal; on the other hand, we want to bring back the glory, which Dr. Prafulla Chandra Roy had created in Bengal with the pharmaceutical industry.

Business Connect: Did you see any transformation happening for startups, over the years? Asprant Team: While developments in pharmaceuti-

cals are frequently startling, the scenario in access to essential medicine is often not that heartening in the context of the developing countries. Asprant Life science is an initiative that aspires to touch every life in distress. Asprant is committed to ensure the wellbeing of majority in India through engagements in scientific and market innovations in the pharmaceuticals sector. Quality is the prime focus at Asprant. Cost and affordability will leverage Asprants’ efforts to bring medicine to the doorstep of those who need it. We pledge and dream of reaching out to everybody with our warmth, abilities and pharmaceuticals assets. Transformations are happening common. Nowadays everything is technology driven; order giving is mostly online, the demand for medicines can be understood by their online purchase, machines have improved, so the lead time has decreased.

Business Connect: Did everything come easy, or you have your story of struggle? Asprant Team: Yes, we had struggled initially. The idea

of being an entrepreneur was in our mind for a long time. We needed both the experience of marketing and salesmanship to continue with this idea. We come with experience in diverse business environment which helped us to understand the initial theory for business startups and sustain.

Business Connect: What kind of clients do you serve any special mentions? Asprant Team: Clients mean we promote our medicines

to doctors. It is an indirect sale basically. Doctors generate prescriptions for our brands. Patients visit the chemist for purchasing medicines. Chemist procures medicines from Stockiest.Company directly sells medicines to stockist. Payments are received from stockist only.

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

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Asprant Team: We had started with Asian Sahyoji San-

stha (Orphanage). We are bound towards society, so we had already started contributing. We are committed towards society for its development and well-being because we believe being socially responsible is the only method to achieve durable success. We act for the benefit of society at large, we are going to spend a particular percentage of our profit towards the benefit of society.

Business Connect: Apart from work, what else do you like to spend your time doing? Asprant Team: We used to go through the study regard-

ing how an enterprise got developed, their initial phase of developing. Also apart from work, whenever we get time we keep ourself involved with the social cause and try to give back to the society.

Business Connect: What are the achievements and milestones of the company? Asprant Team: In terms of reaching great heights, we Asprant Team: We ensure faith by maintaining our

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Visionâ&#x20AC;? of creating, nurturing and developing a business model that is sustainable, growth-fostering and socially relevant to shape individual entrepreneurial capabilities into social assets based on mutual trust and sharing of professional values to snowball into a leader in the pharmaceutical industry through quality assurances, diligence commitment, and also by maintaining product quality. Our every product consists of Quality Assurance certificates. Also, they are affordable for all categories of peoples.

Business Connect: How do you keep pace with the changing market trends? Asprant Team: We have opted for online reports sub-

mission for our employees. Our day to day work, order procurement, monitoring is done online.

Business Connect: Do you believe R&D is essential for the growth of the company? Asprant Team: Yes. R&D is always essential for the

growth of the Company. Without that new molecule, the establishment is impossible. Different formulations are also established through this.

had started our sales team operation in December 2018. Achievement to date is our average sales of 10 lakhs per month. We have been able to achieve an excellent job oriented sales team. The team of directors along with their staff is committed to generating more revenue by incremental sales, add employment, keep contributing to the social cause and ensure that we are able to provide affordable medicines to the patient without any hassles. Growing fiercely at a compound annual growth rate of more than 13%, the pharma industry in India has significantly amplified in the past few years with a number of growth opportunities. Nevertheless, for the industry to ensure this status, the companies will have to continue empowering robust business strategies, business models, fresh ideas to keep the clients evolve better and faster.

To ensure these implementations are taking place at present and in the future, Asprant Life Sciences Pvt. is looking forward to reaching to a maximum number of people by aiding their necessities with a provision of quality medicines at an affordable price. Our Company has a strong Marketing Strategies for coming 5 years.

Business Connect: Who is your role model in the business/entrepreneurial world and what have you learned from the person? Asprant Team: We did not bind our self with an indi-

vidual role model. With the flurry of startups in the last few years there are many successful icons from whom we have been inspired and have lessons lear nt from their success and failures. We have tried implementing the good in our business and consciously tried to avoid the mistakes.

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5 Entrepreneurial Lessons from the Leadership of MS Dhoni A self made man: A life lesson for the world Business Connect Team Jharkhand: An Indian state which seemed to have stopped dreaming. No one visioned an out of box theory. The handful of people who dreamt of changing things started off with vigour but as they moved on, the wheels of life could not bear the load of responsibilities as a result of which they too reverted back to the path tried and tested since generations and thus the sapling that dreamed of becoming huge tree was crushed even before it could learn to breathe. In between all these societal expectations there stood a man who despite all odds decided to con-tinue steering the wheels of life and build up dreams on the pillars of courage, determination and attitude of mind. The man is so popularly known as Mahendra Singh Dhoni. M.S Dhoni a self made man has over the years been an inspiration to millions around the world. A man who innumerable times has portrayed a right combination of emotion, feeling, behaviour, character and attitude in a way that his life examples seem to be so relevant in entrepreneurship. Here are 5 Entrepreneurial lessons from the leadership of MS Dhoni. Stay Calm: Who can forget the ICC world T20 final -India vs Pakistan. The match that went to the last over. Even the audience had goosebumps. A weak leader would have shattered. Dhoni didn’t. Entrepreneurial lesson 1 A calm leader radiates confidence in a team. A leader who wins is the leader who thinks he can and to think rationally one has to keep his mind intact. That’s what creates a fine line of difference between a winner and a looser. Handling failure and remain focussed: The ability to overcome negative remarks and believ-ing in self is a character of a leader. Of late most news channels questioned the existence of Dhoni in Indian Cricket team. Cricket gurus advised him to retire. Fitness experts believed that his body would not allow him to be a star player, social media posts declared that Dhoni’s prime time has gone and he should retire in good terms. But, MSD was not created by media at the first place. So how could he quit because others did not believe in him. In a recently concluded IPL 2019, MSD was one of the highest run getters. His batting and keeping ability looked at all time high.

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Entrepreneurial lesson 2 Victory lies not in never falling, but rising every time you fall. Trust your instinct: Quitting the job in an Indian Railways and going after cricket in a country where millions apply for a single seat in government job vacancy. Leaving a government job for the sake of cricket is un-imaginable in India. Dhoni has been a master of trusting the instincts. Bowling Joginder Sharma ; a debutant; the final over in ICC T20 world cup against Pakistan , asking Ishant Sharma to ball an extra over in ICC champions trophy final against England, promoting himself to come and bat in 2011 world cup final against Sri-Lanka are just tip of the iceberg. All these instincts have resulted India in getting the World Cup.. Our experience shapes our intuition. The more expe-rience the leader has in his field, higher is the chance of getting his intuition right. Entrepreneurial lesson 3 Trusting your intuition is the ultimate act of trusting yourself. Finish what you have started: MSD is by far the best finisher in the world and has rightly earned the title ‘The Finisher’. On countless occasion, he has taken team India to nail biting victory against all odds. A lot of leaders panic away and call off the task when the going gets tough. Dhoni’s leadership is the right example of how a leader should lead when his team is collapsing. Entrepreneurial lesson 4 Be cautious when the situation seems unfavourable. Things begin to favour you when you give more time to it and not decide to end it abruptly. Ability to handle Success: Success brings power and power at times is overwhelmingly strong to handle. In a recent series a man jumped off the fence, entered the stadium and fell into the feet of M.S.Dhoni. What MSD did was the prove his humbleness and respect. He picked up the Indian flag which the man left on the ground and raised in the air. Since a last decade we have always heard Dhoni giving his credit to the senior players and his team. Entrepreneurial lesson 5 Keep creating and keep doing things what you love and things which made you successful. Do not forget your roots and the support system. They will help you in your rainy days.

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AUTOSYS INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED: ENHANCING YOUR SHOP FLOOR! Rashi Saral | Business Connect

Automation of the processes in industries has brought

a technical boom and eases up the lives of humans around. One such emerging startup is Autosys Industrial Solutions Private Limited, which has shown tre-mendous growth in the arena of Automation and experiences a manifold expansion. The director of the company is Aaditya Anish Damani. In a conversation with the team of Business Connect, Aaditya Anish shared deep insights of Autosys Industrial Solutions Private Limited.

Please walk us through your company profile and its services. Aaditya Anish: Autosys Industrial Solutions Private Limited was incor-porated on February 17th, 2016, and has expanded vastly over the past three years in what seems to be the futuristic field of technology. Em-bracing the journey of smart manufacturing, Autosys introduces the Quad Platform that automates various business processes on your shop floor accelerating towards the next industrial revolution – Industry 4.0. “We have developed a unique platform that uses artificial intelligence to enhance your shop floor experience.” This emerging startup raised a se-ries A at a whopping valuation of 30cr. “Industrial tools and products are dominated by the big brand OEM’s, and there are very few players from outside the industry who can scale to add significant value. Walking across a shop floor it is disturbing to see the number of issues and the kind of issues faced in this digital era. Traditional practices of manual logs, excel data entry and analysis still persist in majority of the organisations.” Autosys aim to eradicate most of the manual interventions on the shop floor, thereby automating various business processes to relive the resources to what they do the best – manufacture! “Industrial Data science is going to dominate the manufac-turing sector in the near future.” “Every machine manufactured will be Internet-enabled and seamless data procuring protocols shall be made available – in simple words, every machine of tomorrow will be an IoT based machine. Machine manufac-turers will be reengineering their processes, evaluating their own per-formances and enter the race of making a better machine each day by the means of data science. A lot of exciting times are coming ahead where our actions shall www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

AADITYA A. DAMANI Director be reciprocated by the machines by self-correcting various breakdowns and maintenance activities. Machines will be able to talk to each other and understand the status, health, quality of production and a lot more.” Kindly elaborate the roles of the key officials in the company. Aaditya Anish: Jayesh Rohira is a part of our technical team who has voluntarily ensured that the company’s tech-stack is always updated and we are using the best of the technologies available. Harshad Patil is the man behind our electronics. His dedication and commitment towards his work have made every on-site challenge, seamless for us. Sagar Jedgule leads the deployment team, knowing Sagar we are assured the soldering iron is never put to rest. Lastly, one of the strongest pillars, Mr. Sanket Dhole has been holding together all the operations of the company. Sanket has not only held on to operations but has also stream-lined the deployments. [ 50 ]

How do you feel you are different from your competitors? Aaditya Anish: “There are a lot of key points that diverge us from our nearest competitors. Most companies out there are focused on the end solution to the problem, which leads them into developing a product. It is important to understand that Industry 4.0 is an industrial revolution and cannot be solved by any product. It has to blend into a platform which comprises of a suite of products of different kinds, all closely integrated into one. The first process is to create a digital twin of the factory. With the help of Internet of Things (IoT) - a suite of sensors can be plugged into the physical system that can continuously communicate data in real-time, of various ongoings to the remote platform. The digital twin can be programmed to behave conditionally. This gives a realization of the actual shop floor on a virtual desktop.

• The integrated platform which facilitates easy plug and plays for any new module/feature requested by the customers. • Speed and performance are integral parts of our development kit. We use the technology that is robust and industry ready. The cus-tomer never waits for a page to load. Who is your role model in the business/entrepreneurial world and what have you learned from the person?

• We are a platform! The factory has the facility to create their own applications with their plant-specific use cases pulling data from the central data warehouse using OPEN API’s. • Our analytics dive deeper than just the cycle time, we aim to pro-vide you the data of what happens once the machine door closes. This identifies any errors/ bugs in machine programming and facili-tates condition-based monitoring. • A real-time control room which lets you walk into your shop floor and see exactly what is going on digitally, without any cameras! • We are a fully automated platform with almost no manual inter-vention. This helps you realize true data without any human errors or manipulation. • The Quad Platform is supported by the artificial intelligence infra-structure at the back of it, which enhances your entire shop floor experience. [ 51 ]

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Aaditya Anish: “When it comes to picking out a role model, there are plenty of them, starting from Bill Gates to Elon Musk, but for me, my family tops the list. I have grown up seeing my father Anish Damani tirelessly work to provide nothing but the best for the family and my mother Parul Damani has been a constant and strong pillar of support for the entire family. My sister Priyanka, being the youngest one has always taught me that hardwork never goes waste. Through them, I have learnt the true merits of dedication, hard work and perseverance. Today, those qualities keep me motivated to give in my best each day. It has been over 4 years and yet we clock in 100 hours each week to make sure we have made the best platforms in our domain.” Did everything come easy, or you have your story of struggle? Aaditya Anish: “We started off with limited capital, when we raised the first round, our company was merely valued a little over 100,000$. We struggled to get a paying customer as we had developed something that the market was not ready for a few years back. Every company we visited was happy to take a demo of the product and eventually waited behind the fence until an industry leader took a bold move to implement such a solution. We were crushed multiple times and almost faced bankruptcy where the founding members stuck their necks out and exhausted the savings pool they had just to keep the vision afloat. We did everything we could to secure one paying customer that would bring back the silver lining, at least we thought we did. With that persistence and a blessed team of engineers we are at a comfortable spot today with a few marquee customers like National Engineering Industries Limited (CK Birla Group), Victora Group of companies, Bohra Rubbers, Technico Industries Ltd, etc.” How do you ensure unbreakable faith of clients in your company? Aaditya Anish: “As a fundamental principle, we believe in customer service, we work tirelessly each day to ensure the best customer experience. Working in the industry

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exposes us to many customers spread over different geographical locations. This makes it challenging to make sure each customer has the support when at their beck and call. Our team has devised a phenomenal customer service program where a service engineer will provide technical support in less than four hours of the call or reach onsite within 24 hours if required. We strongly believe that customers trust is a byproduct of commitment towards quality and excellence in deliverables.” Can you tell something about your workforce and its responsibilities? Aaditya Anish: “As a part of the company’s strength, we are proud of the team we have. We have Amit Shah & Bouyant Partners who believed in the vision even before the platform was developed. Amit has always been there as one of our key advisors. Amit’s acumen for finance has helped us shape our business model incrementally over the years. It is merely because of his endless belief and Sachin (Bouyant Partners) that we are breathing in a comfortable spot today. During the growth stage, we were supported by Mr. Chandrakant Mehta & Family along with Saurabh Saboo. Eventually, Mr. Satbir Singh Banga, CEO of Victora Tool Engineers Private Limited joined our team and has helped us grow exponentially with his immaculate network. Satbir participates in day to day ongoings of the business with equal passion and plays an essential part in facilitating the growth of the company. In spite of his busy schedule, he has always made time for Autosys and is critical in expand-ing the company’s vision while treating it as his own. We are really grateful to have him as a part of the Autosys family.” Recently, we joined hands with Mr. Amit Bohra & Family, Mr. Amit Gupta from Bohra Rubbers Pvt. Ltd. and Technico Industries Ltd. who are committed to enhancing our presence in different industrial belts and with their experience shall empower us with the right structuring and re-sources.

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Chirpin Marketing Pvt. Ltd. Digitization, Now Just A Click Away

Sugandh Bahl | Business Connect

Chirpin – Every Little Bit! Whether you are large, medium or a small business, this brand has got you covered. In this digital era, even your digital needs are just a tap away. Crafting and distributing valuable, relevant and consistent marketing solutions to their clients is what they specialize in. Chirpin’s proficiency lies in giving budget solutions to small and medium enterprises. It is proving to be a one stop shop for content marketing, social media marketing, digital marketing and other marketing solutions where they believe in offering you the experience of best solutions as per your budget. “Our motto is to deliver until we beat the best of your imagination, and ours too. We cater and customize across each industry vertical. Our team comprises of Industry experts and passionate content writers, marketing enthusiasts and most importantly, out of the box thinkers, who have a knack for developing quality marketing solutions,” says the founder, Sushnato Dutta.

Standing out

The key competitors to marketing agencies are independent freelancers who typically have lower overheads, which translates to lower costs. However, there exists an interminable paradox wherein the better the freelancer, the more work he/she will receive and the slower will be the rate of work. “We distinguish ourselves from them by having an expanded and committed team, one that is ready to go up against any measure of extra work. Our value propositions are always clear and concurrently, our USP lies in the fact that we keep our overheads at a bare minimum level, passing on the benefits of costs to our clientele ensuring that we provide agency expertise at the cost of a freelancer,” says the maker behind this firm. The brand offers all aspects of marketing services including: 1. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) 2. Social Media Marketing 3. Social Media Optimization 4. Pay-Per Click Advertising 5. E-Commerce SEO 6. YouTube SEO Services 7. Website Design 8. E-commerce Website Design 9. Online Reputation Management 10. Content Management 11. ERP implementation www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

Struggles are part and parcel

They say nothing comes easy in life; even Santa comes with a clause but the struggles and challenges that it brings along is what makes an accomplishment more treasured. Well, the journey right from the start has indeed been a tumultuous one because everything when started from scratch not only requires vigor and passion but also the right amount of skill and expertise to make it big in the arena. It has been a topsy-turvy ride for me because change is hard for people to acknowledge. “There have been several instances when storms hit me hard, my loved ones turned their heads away from me and I was left unaccompanied in my journey. Hailing from engineering background, nobody ever expected me to plunge into the field of marketing but when things are destined to happen, they make their way. Initially, everyone around me was startled by my call of quitting a well-paying job and investing all of myself in my own startup. Their reaction was fathomable because change is [ 54 ]

throbbing but as they say, nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong; I had made up my mind. Managing everything as a lone wolf when nobody was ready to have confidence in a startup was indeed the principal challenge but challenges never throttle me. I throttle them with my perseverance,” reminisces Sushnato.

To name a few

Chirpin started off as a content marketing firm based out of Delhi. Slowly and gradually, they saw colossal potential among small and medium size businesses which have taken a leap in the recent times. They crave for innovation and are risk takers. Therefore, they decided to integrate other aspects of marketing with content and advance into a full-service marketing agency which caters to Small and Medium Enterprises across various industry verticals and startups especially the ones at the beginning of their journey for their marketing activities. In nutshell, they are focused towards firms which are at the beginning of their journey. In way of special mentions, we would like to mention Tyson, an upcoming logistics solution provider. “We are an integral part of their growth journey and recently developed an integrated ERP based digital solution for their platform. I would also like to mention Mr. Nitin Mohan Lal, an excellent human being and an above par life coach,” says the makers.

Keeping Pace with trends

Though not much has changed with respect to people who strive to have their own startup in terms of the struggle faced in the initial period but the recent Startup India Initiative has reposedour faith in the ability of Indian startups to create employment, economic growth and find pioneering solutions for India’s challenging needs and has enabled millions of startups to sprout, bloom, flourish and grow. The attitude of general public towards startup environment has transformed and is positively inclined. Talking about digital marketing space, innovations are being continuously refined through the use of Data Science and Artificial intelligence. It’s not about beating the weather but about learning how to endure it. Change is the only constant & the pace with which changes are taking place can be daunting but Chirpin believes that transformation isn’t complete till it has percolated to the most grassroot levels. Having said that, the brand always likes to think themselves as students ever ready to learn and hence they keep themselves abreast with latest technology by staying current with every change that takes place via dedicated publications, certified courses, blogs, seminars and every other possible source of enlightenment on these subjects. They invest their time in streamlining the operations, having a well-designed IT Strategy and automated software updates. They ensure that their company is able to hit every curve ball that comes our way by replacing the Waterfall approach with Agile approach. The cornerstone piece [ 55 ]

that makes an Agile method so effective in this time is its flexibility which ensures that you can pivot whenever needed. Digital marketing is growing leaps and bounds with the passage of time and advancement in technology. With an emphasis on digital operations and surging internet penetration, the mantle of digital marketing has started to expand profusely. Hence, there can’t be a better time to appreciate the worth of digital marketing in a dynamic market environment as exists today. The space which we are targeting is highly undigitized till date. An array of opportunities exists not only for digital marketing but penetration into other digital avenues as well. From being just a digital marketing agency, we are progressively moving towards being a complete digital solutions provider. In that space, we’re trying to bring about industry givens like CRM,ERP etc. to grassroot level at realistic and affordable financials. There are no doubts about the fact that entrepreneurial ventures in digital space are lucrative but at the same time, tough competition in the field calls for innovativeness and creativity in marketing solutions offered.

Eventful Future

The company seems extremely proud of the fact that they are not only a digital marketing service provider but a digital solutions agency wherein they have served some clients whom they have helped not only market but setup the complete end to end process for their growth. Lately, they have also finished few projects which sync with their vision of being a digital solutions provider and aim to complete more of them in the coming days. “We have invested our time and resource mostly in ventures which are at veryinitial level of their journey and we take pride in offering them the best services which have been instrumental in their progress. Chirpin is a firm believer of the fact that our growth goes in sync with growth of our clients and that is what we are most concerned about-now and forever,” asserts the makers. Small businesses and startups have a propensity to think that marketing is not important, Chirpin wants to emphasize upon the fact that it is. Brag about what you got and show off the accomplishments, it works wonderfully and actually adds not just to your bottom line but to the team morale as well. “We at Chirpin, are striving to bring about this thought process to the grassroot level. If you got it, flaunt it!” www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

One Stop Solution Provider in Estate and Succession Planning

Sugandh Bahl | Business Connect

last will and testament is an important part of any estate plan and without one, yours might be incomplete. Writing a will allows you to decide what happens to your assets when you pass away, rather than having them distributed according to state inheritance laws. Any innovative or disruptive idea is not easy to implement. The acceptance does take a considerable amount of time within the society. Similar was the case when Raj Kumar Lakhotia and Namita Lakhotia conceptualized the idea of their venture ‘DiLSEWiLL.’ Their aim was to provide end to end solutions for all Succession and Estate Planning Services.

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Though there are not many start-ups in this field, legal start-ups are now taking shape. The need for providing an online platform for legal services is being recognised. The need for the change is catching up.

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Raj Kumar Lakhotia Co-Founder www.dilsewill.com

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An online will making web portal under its parent company Chessygroup, Dilsewill’s founders are CAs practicing in the fields of Taxation, Assurance Services, Corporate Laws, Transaction advisory services and the like for more than a decade and half. Initiation DiLSEWiLL provides an array of services with the prime focus on online will making services. Its bouquet of services include online will, offline will , will registration , its probate, obtaining succession certificate and all allied services. They have simplified the process of making WILL and one can have the WILL done by following 4 simple steps - register, pay, provide details and your WILL is ready. “Our vision has always been to become the most trusted and preferred online service provider in the field of Estate and Succession Planning,” explains Lakhotia. The utility provided by DiLSEWiLL is very user friendly. Will making services being provided online is the prime differentiator from their competitors. The fact that now people need not visit a lawyer, compromise their produc[ 56 ]

tive hours, shell out a good amount to get their will made is the edge we have over the traditional way of making will. With the evolving times, the need is to ease out the pain of travel and reduce the cost without compromising on the quality. DiLSEWiLL has done all of the above. “Though there are not many start-ups in this field, legal start-ups are now taking shape. The need for providing an online platform for legal services is being recognised. The need for the change is catching up,” believes Lakhotia. Evolution of Perspectives The lack of acceptance and awareness were the two major hindrances in their growth journeys. People are still unaware of the importance of making will. Acceptance of an online legal document providing platform is also taking time in India. Though, the team has come a long way from where they had started, but, India has a huge population which needs to be educated for making wills. “We would like to urge the newspapers and other media platforms to take this social issue seriously and spread awareness for the same,” says Team DiLSEWiLL. Society comprises of smaller units known as families. The society can be a better place to live in only if the members of each family are in harmonious relationship with each other and have economic security for their future. Partially this harmony can be achieved by making a will as it keeps at bay disputes for wealth amongst themselves after the demise of a family member. Similarly economic security for the future of the surviving members can be ensured by proper distribution of wealth through the will. Also, “Our focus and approach ensure unbreakable faith of our clients. Awareness is created through various mediums accessible to the public. Our focus is to provide customised will even though DiLSEWiLL. is an online platform. This is the reason we go an extra mile by providing necessary consultation and assistance. Team DiLSEWiLL. works with a complete customer centric approach,” claim the makers.

tionships amongst them are some of the ways in which the firm tends to ensure their employee satisfaction and contentment. The present government policies are very conducive to start ups. Today start-ups have a lot of support from government bodies like DIPP (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion), MEIT (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology). Many organizations like NASSCOM have come a long way in supporting start-ups like us. According to Lakhotia, “I would like to mention here that we are recognised by the DIPP and are also part of the NASSCOM 10000 start up 2019. Client satisfaction and customer feedback are of great importance to us. They help us learn and improvise. Positive feedbacks keep us motivated.” Bing an entrepreneur himself, Lakhotia also has some words of wisdom for fellow entrepreneurs as well. “I would like to say that we are all earning and living a holistic life in this society. It is our moral responsibility that we should have at least one project which gives a solution to a major social problem as a gratitude gesture towards the society. Also, I would like to appeal to everyone that “death is certain, but the time is uncertain”...do not procrastinate. Make your will.” Also, they aim at creating awareness in the masses about the importance of will making, even for young adults, simplifyingthe process of will making and making it available to one and all irrespective of geographical locations, at affordable prices. Every person having savings and dependants are advised to make wills. Its an appeal to the young generation to understand the importance of making will for the safety and security of their family.

R&D has helped in giving the customers a hassle free and customer friendly experience. “With the ever evolving technology we need to upgrade ourselves to keep in pace,” say the Lakhotias. The team claims to come back to work more excited and enthusiastic than they used to initially .The evolution and dynamism of things around, tends to keep their spirits always high. Their constant in house research and regular feedback systems from clients helps them to be updated about the market needs and accordingly they keep making changes in their product base. Milestones and Road Ahead Keeping the employees content is very important. Success doesn’t come handy and without the combined efforts of many, it’s always teamwork. Valuing their inputs and ideas, giving opportunities, creating a safe and nurturing environment, taking care of healthy interpersonal rela[ 57 ]

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An epitome of Magnificence in an arena of Online Market brought by the Visionary Prabhav Dubey Founder & CEO

Doorstepshoppee Services Pvt. Ltd. Rashi Saral | Business Connect “Continual efforts and the growth mindset are the secrets of a revolutionary success in any field”, says the man behind Doorstepshoppee Services Private Limited. In an era of Digital India, the venture was incepted to provide valuable products and exemplary services to the consumers via online methodology of shopping. About the Stupendous Organization Prabhav Dubey is the Founder, Director, and CEO of the remarkable organization-Doorstepshoppee Services Private Limited. The company’s prominent purpose is to provide the superior quality of products such as electronics, gadgets, stationery, and also hygienic food to the specific targeted audience within 45 minutes. The specific audience includes student who are dwelling in the hostels of colleges and universities, and the civilians who are residing in housing societies as they are situated in remote locations. The organization is known as an Exceptional Service Providing entity; it renders excellent services as a consequence of which clients are loyal towards it. The target is to attract the consumers who are technically sound and efficient. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

“Company’s main aim is to render an astounding, and richer experience to its consumers”, says an ardent. The most indispensable asset is Manpower without which no company can survive in the business realm. Similar is the case with Prabhav’s venture; here, employees are provided full independence to implement their creative ideas. Consequently, such an enriching experience upgrades their working morale, and they remain loyal towards the organization. Company’s competitors’ function from the cities that is why they take a long span of time to fulfill the demands of consumers, on the contrary Doorstepshoppee Services Private Limited. operate within the campuses, hence they deliver in less time. It has monopolized the specific campuses in deserted locations which helps it to stand apart from its rivals in an entrepreneurial world. To create a difference with the services in this competitive era is quite an essential aspect for the startups, so that the consumers are willing to spend their money. [ 58 ]

“There is no alternative of hard work, if you have an idea and vision, then execute it, and put all your energies to turn it into something grand”, says the visionary.

A Plethora of Challenges in the excursion, and the process of Research and Development “Loopholes are always there in the journey of life; we, living beings, ought to face them for the growth and expansion” remarks Prabhav with an inspiring look. During the initial stage, company struggled a lot because there was a non-acceptance of idea, and its execution into the real world. There is a multitude of other complexities such as building an excellent team, merging the technology with the actual problem solving methodologies on grounds, and the major one was to develop an authenticity. Fortunately, the organization has dealt with the challenges vigorously. To cope up with the changing trends in the market, to grow the business with an increasing number of consumers, to accomplish the demands of customers, the company needs to pay a special heed to the Research and Development process. R&D also helps in knowing the loop holes which are present in the organization. Henceforth, Research and Development domain plays a crucial role in the expansion of company. The Visionary’s Lifestyle and his Societal Contribution Prabhav has an interesting personality; in the midst of hard work, he never forgets to cheer his spirits. He is an explorer who loves to visit new and exciting places. He wanders to exotic places, and tries delicious and varied cuisines. Having a tremendous interest in different cultures, he is keen to acquire the knowledge pertaining to them. On societal front, efforts are being made to eliminate the existing problem of malnutrition from the impoverished communities. In addition to it, removal of illiteracy, and awareness of sanitation are the goals of organization; initial steps are already taken for providing the door to door sanitation awareness. Prabhav does not have any specific role model; he is inspired by various successful business persons. In order to continue work with the same level of motivation, one needs to look at some phenomenal entrepreneurs. The enthusiast thinks, “When an enterprise grows, one needs to boost the zeal and determination towards work for the growth and expansion. Every day, the hunger for success increases inside me, and the fire of achieving more blazes.” [ 59 ]

Outstanding Future Aspirations The company has won several accolades in the sphere of startups; various awards are given to it for the company’s phenomenal performance such as Jai Chand Mehta Gold Medal from Anandiben Patel- Governor of MP and Achievers Award in the presence of our Indian President. It has won several other Competitions too. The organization is working with an approach to provide its fantabulous services to each educational campus. It is planning to open a Service Providing Chain for the benefit of students who are residing far away from their homes. According to Prabhav’s perception, as the competition is increasing, the number of students is also growing at an equivalent rate; and the students are migrating for studies. Consequently, there is a vast scope for entrepreneurs in this field of serving students. From the past few years, students are becoming more aware about their needs, and technology, so they are supportive, and easily handy towards these types of problem solving startups as a consequence of which, new ventures are increasing day by day. Recent government has also contributed a lot in the employment sector. The imperative steps and initiatives are taken by it such as Startup India and Make in India which provide ample opportunities to new startups, so that the people can become the job creators. Golden words for the Readers of Business Connect Business Connect has an outstanding reach to its readers; Prabhav has some golden words of wisdom to share with the curious readers of Business Connect. According to his intellect and experience, opportunities are present everywhere, so people ought to grab them, and climb the ladder of success using them as stepping stones. Young people with a problem solving mindset are the jewels for the company; they can turn every odd into their favor. Determination, perseverance, and never give up attitude will allow everything come to your way if you have made your mind. Those who wish to be a part of this renowned organization can send their resume/queries at hr@doorstepshoppee.com For more details visit them at dsplventures.com www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

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The 10 Traits That Define Entrepreneurial Success “The role personality traits play as drivers of success in entrepreneurial endeavors is paramount for many.” Business Connect Team The life of an entrepreneur is far from smooth sailing. As the lone wolves of the business world, the successful entrepreneur knows that whilst their company is their life, the biggest asset they will ever have is themselves; in this scenario, it’s hard not to let the success or failure of your venture define you. Above all discussion, it takes shrewd of business sense and a keen talent for spinning plates, to transform a concept into a functional, and above all else the best profitable business. Whilst a certain natural proclivity for hard work will take you far, there are five key traits that have the potential to tighten your grip on entrepreneurial success. However, there are some expert examples mentioned below:1. Risk-Taking Mindset How can it be possible to be an Entrepreneur, without risk? Can you tell me the name of any single successful entrepreneur, who always plays it safe? Probably there is not any. Every entrepreneur follows a basic term which needs that risk-taking mindset. The sole act of starting a business is started with a risk. No one knows how things will turn out, but when you have the proper courage, then only you take the risk. 2. Clear Focus Although there’s a lot of risks involved in starting off a business, a successful entrepreneur never loses his clear focus. They are constantly aware of all possibilities and their outcomes of actions. They take all factors into consideration and align their business goals properly. When you’re focused on clear goals, even failure makes sense. You simply understand its part of the process. 3. Flexibility This personal trait may seem contradictory to the previous one, but it’s not. After all, an entrepreneur is always focused on their goals, they still adapt to the given situation. They start with a clear vision of a final product or service, but the end result is rarely identical to the one they imagined. A better entrepreneur is always flexible enough to respond to changing market conditions and customer preferences. 4. Money-Making Mindset To be a successful entrepreneur all you have to learn is, how money works. There is a huge difference between an innovator/inventor and an entrepreneur. The innovator just wants to think of something new. If they don’t have a money-making mindset, they won’t get an innovative concept to success. The entrepreneur is focused on using innovations for making money. 5. Writing Bill Gates and Richard Branso… most of the well-known successful entrepreneurs have written books. Not because these books bring them more money, but because these bring them more authority. When you make a business successful, you’ll need to consider that sharing the journey of you, through a book is always worthy. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

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6. Reactiveness A great entrepreneur doesn’t have time or space for missing the submission deadline. They are making proactive decisions by the minute without delaying. If you can’t make decisions quickly and recognize all the opportunities you should seize at the moment, you should start practicing that skill, with no delays. 7. Marketing Mindset If you analyze the personality traits of all great entrepreneurs, you’ll notice they have an impressive ability to sell. It doesn’t matter whether they are introverts or extroverts; they are always full of ideas and they know how to sell them. When you want to hire the best people in your company, you’ll be selling its organizational culture and values. 8. Self-Confidence Have you ever noticed Steve Jobs doubting about his company’s success? An entrepreneur has to be crazy enough for being confident in the products or services they are selling. When they come across obstacles, they will need that confidence to come up with proper solutions and examples for the future. 9. Challenging the Status Quo When an entrepreneur becomes successful, they don’t stop there. For Entrepreneurs, getting on the path of least minimum resistance is never proven the right option. Entrepreneurs are progressive. They always observe the current point and think about how they can take things further. They challenge the way things have been done and they constantly get outside the comfort zone. 10. Resilience Look, if you’re going to build a successful company, you’ll need to stand up to countless challenges. You’re going to make mistakes, and you’ll have to learn from them. Sometimes the market conditions will change and you won’t be prepared for them. You might get knocked down by the competition, and you’ll have to stand up on your own two feet, over and over again. As it turns, not everyone can be a successful business owner. The good news is that you can work on these character traits and develop them with time and effort. Today is the best day to start! Explore a few online courses, evaluate your strengths and weaknesses, and make a plan that will lead you to success. [ 61 ]

Fresh Rooms

A Fresh Face of Change in the Sanitation Industry

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startup often is a product of a vision that helps in making change possible. An emerging startup that brings a much-needed intervention in the sanitation industry to change it for the better is Fresh Rooms. For travelers, convenience and hygiene are more often than not a luxury in India. With Fresh Rooms, they can now afford both and make their journey exponentially better. Keeping the difficulties women face as their focus, they have made it possible for them to be more comfortable without it costing them their privacy.

Ashutosh Giri Goswami Founder & CEO

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Fresh Rooms is a sanitation start-up initiated by young and energetic entrepreneurs, having more than 12 years of experience in different verticals. Fresh Rooms offers public restroom, refreshment center, and cloak room and lounge services across the country, especially at the busiest destinations. The company’s system operates on IoT basis, a unique feature and facility available on smart phone for helping individuals across major cities with just a click. They are a pioneer in the business of offering smart rest room cafés. It is a very unique concept in the field of sanitization. Fresh Rooms provides luxury smart toilets with lounge cafés with seven star ratings. Their facilitative services are replete with hygiene, and health and safety measures. Addressing the issue of hygiene in public toilets, Fresh Rooms promises to offer a luxury space to freshen up, while also taking care of the users’ luggage and their comfort. They have an entirely novel approach in sanitization, short stay facilities, smart traveler lounge, and personal space especially for girls and women. Along with washroom and short stay services they also offer food and beverages, as a support service. The company is committed to promote the “Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan” initiative brought forth by the central government. In such a short time span of just two years, the company has already got a certification from the Ministry of Company Affairs, Government of India in the category of sanitation. They are creating a benchmark solution in the field of sanitization & rest rooms. They provide shelter to travelers for short duration. Customers can check-in and freshen up, keep their luggage and get mentally free, take a refreshing shower and get quick healthy food. Their key target customers being working women, college girls and mothers that need space for baby care, they have specially-designed outlets based on their convenience. They also have separate entrances with women caretakers and all the advance facilities for rest rooms to protect and facilitate women’s privacy. The company is based on services backed up by the IoT software, with an in-house software team to keep up with the market trends. Each location is well connected with the Fresh Rooms head office through DAS system. Based on reviews from existing customers they keep updating the services and attain maximum customer satisfaction. Technological upgrading is very crucial to attain the company’s objective.

humans to some extent, and making it more efficient. They are the first ones to bring this technology to India. In their attempts to serve and sanitize the nation, they have taken a significant step towards its progress. Fresh Rooms provides luxury smart toilets with lounge cafés to offer rest and food to their customers. Their outlets are hygienic, and updated with health and safety measures. The facility of taking care of the users’ luggage enhances their mental comfort while freshening up during their travels. They have taken an innovative step in the sanitization field, short stay facilities, smart traveler lounge, and personal space especially for women. Along with the short stay services they also offer food and beverages, as a support service. Whatever customers pay as service charge for the use of restrooms, they get points against that, which they can redeem and buy refreshments with, like tea or coffee or any eatables from the attached Fresh Rooms café. The redeem points system is a unique feature which can be used with other channel partners across India. The company has already got an affiliation from the Government of India for the conceptualization of their progressive idea to further its scheme to make India cleaner. Making it more accessible through technology, they have developed a ‘Fresh Rooms App’ which will help the users locate the nearest public toilet, details of opening hours, accessibility, and other extra features (parking, baby changing rooms, adult changing rooms, shower, water, etc.) to provide maximum comfort to them. Fresh Rooms is also generating employment opportunities through its work. As they grow & expand through franchise and partnerships, they will be providing employment opportunities to every section of the society.

Being the pioneers in this business, Fresh Rooms has considerable growth prospects and tremendous opportunities in the time to come, and is certainly a startup to watch out for in the future.

The entrepreneurs that came up with Fresh Rooms have more than twelve years of experience, that came in handy when implementing the seemingly simple idea. Fresh Rooms offers public restroom, refreshment center, and cloak room and lounge services across the country, and keep their outlets highly maintained and conveniently accessible. The company’s system operates on IoT basis, removing care from the hands of [ 63 ]

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Silky Beginnings : Nayab Stores Pvt. Ltd. Kriti Anand| Business Connect The business ecosystem in India helps new startups flourish immensely, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a fact that entrepreneurship comes with great challenges. It is projected that there will be over 11,500 startups by 2020 and that will change the way markets are working today in India. Despite its growing economy, however, only few of the huge number of entrepreneurships in India grow roots and prosper. The journey to the top has never been easy. The startups that show promise and achieve success, sometimes in exceptionally short periods of time, therefore deserve mention and appreciation. A newly-emerged enterprise, Nayab Stores, is a big name in a small town, that of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The startup is a favorite of its customers for its collection of beautiful Bhagalpuri Silk Sarees and Bhagalpuri Linen Sarees that it manufactures and sells of high quality at reasonable prices. The company was set up by the efforts of the dynamic duo, Ms. Anand Mayee and her mother, Mrs. Leena Dubey. Ms. Anand has always thought out-of-the-box, and been competitive and strong-willed. In their yearlong journey, the directors of Nayab Stores have had to face many hurdles. From Ms. Anand Mayee losing her father just after the inception of the company, to taking a stand in the male-dominated textile industry against all odds, the mother-daughter duo overcame every obstacle and kept their business going. Ms. Anand has been featured for her diligence and hard work in setting up and running the business in one of the most renowned newspapers in Bihar, Prabhat Khabar. She is also being noted as an example of women empowerment, after facing the struggle to kick start a company on her own being a woman. She has also been invited by Franchise India in Delhi, as a delegate to understand the context of business. The Delhi Association of Management invited Nayab Stores to exhibit their Sarees at their expo.

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Anand Mayee

Founder & Director

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Nayab Stores is known for selling their products at an affordable rate, without compromising the quality of the products. The quality of their products has always been praise-worthy, and they have maintained the trust of their customers throughout. Nayab Stores makes a difference in the textile industry by its own unique style of marketing. To keep its customers satisfied, Nayab Stores customizes their products, Bhagalpuri Silk and Linen Sarees, as per the needs and wishes of the customers. Within just a year of establishment, the company has seen customers not only from Bihar, but also from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Delhi, UP, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. Reaching out to customers from various states of India, the startup has managed to reignite the love for Bhagalpuri Sarees, which were once extremely popular for their beauty. Their customers are not limited to India, either. They have been visited by buyers from Bahrain, Singapore, and United Kingdoms.

Leena Dubey

Co-Founder & Director Overcoming the highs and lows of life, she stumbled upon the idea of establishing Nayab Stores almost by accident. She modeled for a distant relative in Bhagalpuri Saree when working as a school teacher, and from there began her research on the business prospects of Bhagalpuri silk industry. With an aim to restore the name of Bhagalpuri Silk and Linen sarees, the startup began its journey in May, 2018. In just one year after the establishment of their business, Nayab Stores has made quite a name for itself. The directors of the company aspire to become a globally recognized brand in the textile industry, especially in the manufacture of Bhagalpuri Sarees. The startup deals in sarees manufactured in Bhagalpur itself, through the hard work of weavers of Bhagalpur. Their collection includes Linen, Tussar Silk, Tussar Gicha Silk, Tussar Munga Silk, Kota Silk, Linen-Cotton Mixed and pure cotton sarees. They are also known for their attempts to stay at par with the latest fashion trends and incorporate their innovative ideas with it to create unique designs for clients. They also customize the sarees according to the needs of the customers: be it a different color or a different embroidery or a particular print design. The company is also planning to expand its products and come up with the same structure in Ladies Kurtis or Ladies Dupatta.

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The official social media page of Nayab Stores on Facebook has 10k likes, and the Instagram page boasts of 1.5k followers; even though they belong to such a small town in one of the poorest states of India. Their clientele includes from resellers to individual customers to expos. In the expo organized by Mr. Gautam Kr. Pandey from the Delhi Association of Management, the company received an array of positive reviews. Former Miss India, Mrs. Shivani Wazir Pasrich, a renowned event organizer Mrs. Leher, a renowned professor in Force School of Management Mrs. Anita, and a Korean Citizen working in India, Mr. Kelvin Sergeant, were appreciative of their products at the exhibition. The eagerness of the company to keep up with the market trends and deliver their very best to their customers has kept them researching market trends and brainstorming for new ideas. Their quick implementation of brand-new ideas and concern for their customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; desires keep the company progressing. Nayab Stores is on its way to not only make a repute for itself, but also achieve their ambition of helping Bhagalpuri Silk industry regain its lost glamour. The startup has just begun, and it has already proved its tenacity in the business world. The beginnings of their hopefully long journey have not been easy, but the directors of the startup have never backed down. With its determination to succeed and unparalleled quality control, Nayab Stores is a force to be reckoned with by its competitors.

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TERRABRUSH

Provides Eco-Friendly Tooth Brush for Excellent Oral Care Rashi Saral | Business Connect At an alarming rate, the environment is facing a serious threat from humans. Directly or indirectly, the activities of human beings are disturbing the pendulum of balance in the nature. There are a plethora of industries those on the constant basis manufacturing the plastic products, which are the potent sources of environmental degradation, and prove to be highly hazardous to other life forms. Despite this fact, unconsciously humans are using products of plastic such as polythene, plastic containers, etc. in day to day regime, as they think they don’t have any alternative. But, it’s not true, there are a number of industries entering the market, and producing products devoid of plastic to safeguard the beauteous nature. One such company is Terrabrush, with the objective to reduce the usage of plastic toothbrushes, which like other plastic stuff gets dumped into the water bodies, thereby killing a multitude of water species. The founders of TERRABRUSH are Karthick Solai and Arjun, and the company was incepted in the year 2018. The product of the company is Toothbrush, which is made up of biodegradable material called ‘bamboo’. As the property of biodegradable substance is that it can be decomposed quite easily, thus creating no harm to the environment. In this way, the toothbrush is bringing a radical change for the elimination of plastic brushes, so that a small replacement of plastic commodity by billions of people can lead to a massive impact globally. Under the supervision of expert and specialized dentists, the product is manufactured to provide an exemplary oral care. The bristles of the tooth brush are soft. The Bamboo toothbrush is light in weight, and it does not cause trouble whilst using.

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If product is the left eye then the customers are the right eye for any organization.

Karthick Solai Co-Founder Terrabrush

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For maintaining the credibility and ensuring the unbreakable faith of clients, Terrabrush ensures timely delivery and quality of products. The company seeks the customer satisfaction for the money they pay. Standing apart from peers in the market, the ace company only provides eco-friendly toothbrush, at a cost which can be easily afforded by a majority of people. In this way, the superlative organization is creating an astounding difference. Without a proper synchronization, this is a harsh truth that a company can no longer exist in the entrepreneurial arena. During the time of Terrabrush‘s inception, they found it quite challenging to keep a pace with the latest trend. Then, they have planned to launch a variety of eco-friendly products, which were made by visualizing the market trend. So, company believes in experimenting, and always tries to resonate with the market for letting the customers enjoy innovative eco-friendly products. Henceforth, the Company is thriving and keeping abreast of the latest market trends. The company also believes in the process of Research and Development that create innovative products which keeps the customers interested and satisfied. The Workforce Workforce is the axis around which expansion and growth of the company rotates. Without it, the existence of the organization can never happen. Therefore, it becomes indispensable to take care of the customers by giving them incredible attention and care. Walking on the same grounds, Terrabrush ensures the happiness and growth of the customers. They believe in the individualistic growth of the customers, which results in the overall progress of the company. According to magnate, the focus should not only in earning profits, but also to care about the needs of the customers. Additionally, it focusses on ‘Open Communication Strategy’, where customers can freely discuss anything with the management or even the CEO of the company. Henceforth, the customers of formidable organization experience exhilaration and contentment. Giving Back to Society The emerging brand is incredibly working towards the environment protection by manufacturing eco-friendly products. Since inception, they are putting strenuous efforts in minimizing the plastic use. It’s such a noble cause for which the company is working day and night. If more people are going to use bamboo toothbrushes instead of plastic then there will be a radical change visible on the periphery of planet. By producing plastic toothbrushes, Terrabrush is protecting beaucoup of life forms in the water bodies. Henceforth, the company is doing a phenomenal job for the society by safeguarding the environment. [ 67 ]

Arjun Co-Founder Terrabrush

The government has also taken stupendous steps for prohibiting the use of plastic or banning the plastic made products. This has given a mammoth support to the company, and also influenced people to avoid plastic made products. The company avoids stringently the use of any kind of plastic in the product and also in the packaging. Great Achievements It is in itself a great achievement that the company has not used a trace of plastic in the manufacturing of its products. Selling bamboo toothbrush acts as the driving force for a multitude of people in the nation to avoid plastic toothbrush from their morning rituals. This smallest change in our daily lives is continually bringing an imperative change. Ascending on the graph of achievements, the formidable company has already sold more than fifty thousand pieces of terrabrushes within a time span of one year in India. The company envisions to take its products to the newer heights, so that it can be helpful for the consumers, and also safeguards our environment. For rejuvenating the spirits and refreshing souls, they love to spend their time in farming and with their cattle. This gives them a feeling of contentment, and also makes them more passionate towards work by bringing new energies into it. The entrepreneur merrily shares an indispensable message to the readers of Business Connect“Go Green, Avoid the Usage of Plastic to Save Our Beauteous Oceans.” www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

Prest Loans

Offering Loans to Encourage Small Businesses and Helping Them to Grow

It is a big relief for a customer to know that someone is listening to them, and trying his or her best to resolve issues for them. Ashok Mittal Founder & CEO Prest Loans

Rashi Saral | Business Connect

he hype of starting business among the youth is catching up the pace due to a multitude of factors. Startups are getting a phenomenal boost by government, the advent of technology and digitization have also quadrupled the growth of businesses in a variant of industries. Despite the positive aspects, there are some constraints, which are actually curbing the business growth. One of them is Finance, most of the creative folks drop the notion of starting their own niches due to a lack of financial resources. Therefore, Monetary Crisis is the primordial issue for the emerging entrepreneurs, and some of the existing also. Prest Loans, an igniting startup, is offering a helping hand to support and en-courage the businesses. The colossal organization is headed by Ashok Mittal, the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Prest Loans. The word Prest means ‘to stand’ or ‘get ready’ so, the Prest Loans refers to stand for its customers and is ready to support them by providing timely cred-it. The Company’s purpose is to provide an impeccable support to the busi-nesses. Prest Loans is a new age digitally enabled NBFC, which offers all kinds of loans to support and encourage businesses; these loans may be in the form of small or medium businesses, MSME units, E-commerce vendors or in-ventory funding etc. The Company renders

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different types of loans, some of them are customized according to the needs of borrowers, so that it suits to their requirements. The Company provides unsecured business loans, short term secured loans, long term secured loans and Daily loans based on the need and profile of bor-rowers. An Edge Over Peers Prest Loans is setting a unique and quite distinguished mark in the entrepre-neurial space. The Company is different in a multitude of ways from other lenders in the same space. Prest Loans is single product focused company – servicing at the bottom of MSME pyramid, where the loan size is quite small. The Company offers both unsecured and secured loans with ticket size ranging from less than fifty thou-sand rupees to twenty five lakh. The turnaround time of the supreme organization is quite fast, they process and disburse loan within three working days if all the essential documents are provided by the applicant. The pricing is quite competitive, and the rate of interest is based on the cus-tomer’s profile, which not only considers the financial parameters, but also have a very high weightage on non-financial parameters like personal and so-cial information of the applicant. [ 68 ]

The approach of the company is ‘PHYSITAL’ – that is a combination of Phys-ical approach along with Digital strength in processing the data and decision making. The management of Prest Loans is highly experienced, which helps in better understanding of business.

applicable to various catego-ries of NBFCs to facilitate ease-of-doing business in this sector. The govern-ment is also taking actions towards a technological revolution in this sector by implementing an information technology framework and promoting FinTech activities.

Binding the Knots of Trust With Customers The prominent requirement for winning the hearts of customers is to develop a transparency in the process. The axial focus is on creating a spell bound cus-tomer experience, and attainment of customer satisfaction that create stronger and more profitable relationships, which allow them to deliver the company’s revenue goals.

Achievements to Celebrate and Future Aspirations The company has shone like a Pole Star in the galaxy of entrepreneurial world. In a short span of two years, they have up surged equity and debt funding. They have got key lenders in their portfolio, who have supported them greatly.

Prest Loans has always been truthful and accurate with their clients, and main-tained a two-way communication with customers. They respond quickly to cli-ent’s phone calls, messages on social media and emails. The company is abreast of social and economic changes happening in the industry and the country, it keeps all its stakeholders updated about these changes. If any business model, products, services or pricing changes, they update to everyone in the Company. They always try to resolve the customers’ com-plaints. Synchronizing with the changes that are constantly happening is quite cumber-some, but being aware of these changes keeps the ace company ahead of the curve. To maintain a synchronization with the industry challenges, opportuni-ties and trends, they have subscribed to various trade journals, consumer mag-azines. Additionally, they have engaged themselves in forums and discussion boards. Reading and writing blogs, newspapers and news sites, listening to podcasts and watching videos. Also, creating a network with industry people, talking to customers on a regular basis, most importantly keeping an eye on competitors, and at last tracking trends in business by doing data analysis. Initiatives of Present Government Non-banking financial companies (NBFC) have undergone a significant trans-formation over the past few years. Liberalization of the legal regime, increasing digitization and rising financial inclusion have given a boost to innovation, growth and investment in the financial sector.

Prest Loans has been growing steadily, and is not affected by negative market sentiment. The Company has increased its partnership for loan origination as well as being a partner to their lenders. They have expanded their operations in Rajasthan along with Delhi and NCR. The team size is incredibly growing. The company is also accredited by ‘Excellence Award’ from various agencies in last two years, and has been a regular speaker at various seminars; its founder Mr. Ashok Mittal, a veteran professional in financial services is con-sidered an industry leader on digital lending to MSME sector. The Company has planned to grow hundred percent on YoY basis, so it will be doubling the amount of loan disbursement in the current financial year. They aim to grow at a rate of hundred percent per annum for the next two more years after FY 20. The growth can be seen in terms of its expansion in new geographical areas and addition of new products. For the Readers Out There The pioneer, Ashok Mittal, with an enriching experience of more than two dec-ades in the professional realm, has learnt that there is no substitute to passion and hard work. The connoisseur says, “Having a passion is very important, and we can always achieve it with hard work.” Another indispensable attribute is ‘Performance’, which matters a lot every-where and every time. The past performance does not help anyone in present as there is always a scope of improvement and refinement.

Last year, the government has liberalized the financial services sector by per-mitting hundred per cent foreign direct investment in the financial sector, under the automatic route which is subjected to the relevant entity and being regulat-ed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) or other financial sector regulators. Fur-ther, the benefit of the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act 2002 was extended to 196 NBFCs allowing such NBFCs to enforce security interests on assets charged to them, without to resort to either judicial or arbitral authorities. Now, the government is working towards harmonizing the regulations [ 69 ]

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A s we all know, Life of a person begins at the end of your comfort zone. The sooner you took your step away from comfort zone; the sooner youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get to realize that it really wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all that comfortable. Everyone is master of their comfort zones, so it should be no surprise that we all (means you, me and the world) withstand being curious and keep stepping outside of it. Let us understand with this famous quote:

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Stepping Out of Your COMFORT ZONE Path Towards SUCCESS “Everything people ever wanted is ONE STEP OUTSIDE their comfort zone”

Is it sounds powerful? Maybe it seems you promising, and filled with great potential, right? Not entirely, and here’s why. You can read thousands of quotes present on the web about getting out of the comfort zone, but implementing them to real life is something challenging. Making a step outside of your comfort zone is extremely hard and needs a lot of courage, similarly: on the other hand only when you face your fears and feel uncomfortable you can do unbelievable things that end to success. I found some of the steps that will help you to step out of your comfort zone. These are the following: • You have to get out of your comfort zone and take risks. You don’t know what’s out there for you until you go and dig into it, and find it for yourself. • “Push yourself hard”. Keep trying to never give up even when the going gets rough. • ‘Make a list’ – even mental one (Mind-mapping) of what you really want to achieve. Go through this list every day in the morning and let it motivates you. • ‘Practice’- Practice and make work-life balance. Everyone needs to rest, avoid rushing. • Set your own priorities and work accordingly: Identify what needs to be done now and what can wait by thinking out of the box. • B+ve: Doubting what you are capable of doing and whatnot lead to success as it is key

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to keeping yourself outside the limitations and comfort zone. Keep trying: improve a skill by doing it over and over again until you get it right what you needed. Step up and take initiative: Make things happen to you instead of waiting for them to happen to you. Keep hands-on: If you have a business, make sure that you know it inside out for making yourself work for it outside the comfort zone. Personal care is important: Exercise - Keep your body healthy to avoid sickness and increase productivity.

Here are 7 benefits of stepping yourself outside the comfort zone: 1. Opportunity to grow: Challenging yourself can help you to reach yourself at highest peak performance level. Therefore you cannot expect to evolve and reach out to new heights if you only stick to your normal habits and old routine lifestyle. Learning new skills and lessons will always help you throughout your life better.

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4. Increase your self-confidence: Tackling the unknown and proving to yourself you can push past your boundaries and limiting self-beliefs builds your self-confidence and selfesteem. Insecurities always like to feed on your habit of not trying. If you stop thinking, start acting then you will realize what’s possible. 5. Learn to deal with challenges: Life is unpredictable and it’s important to have the skills and confidence to face them head-on. By knowing of the fact that you were able to overcome something, which is thought and was insurmountable will build your confidence to reinforce your independence of who you are. 6. Life becomes lively: When your life stops being a scene from the movie Groundhog Day, everything shows up different. Life becomes more interesting and worth living. All Risks may look like adventures and little obstacles if could look them like opportunities.

2. Learn about yourself: Taking new risks, will help you grow as an individual. It will teach you about your interests, passions, talents, strengths, and weaknesses. Every time you accomplish something you didn’t think you were capable of, you become more knowledgeable and skilled. 3. Expanding yourself and your creativity: When you try something new, you

may find a new hobby or talent that you didn’t know that you had. New and challenging situations require you to find your own creativity in order to reach a solution.

7. Build new relationships: Trying something new every time, helps you to meet all sorts of new mindsets people, you may not meet them, otherwise you don’t step out of your comfort zone. In order to have good relationships with others, you must have a good relationship with yourself. Stepping out of your comfort zone, discovering who you are and overcoming your fears will ultimately result in better relationships with others.

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WhistleDrive OFFERING TECHNOLOGY ENABLED EMPLOYEE

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO CORPORATES

“Companies thrive when they adapt and adopt” Rakesh Munnanooru

Rashi Saral | Business Connect

he growing number of corporates leads to an upsurge of working people, which in turn results in a great demand of vehicles in cities. Employees in various industries require quick, safe and secure transportation facilities from homes to offices and vice-versa. Emerging as an incredible startup, WhistleDrive promises to provide excellent vehicle services to the employees of corporates. The man behind the technology driven organization is Rakesh Munnanooru. Experimenting for about eight months, the WhistleDrive provided on demand driver services to private car owners in beginning. After an in depth understanding of the market expectations later, they realized the need for a strong structure, and adopted a process driven approach which helped them to expand five times just in three months. They realized the same technology can be applied for corporate employee transportation and piloted with a B2B client which turned out be a behemoth success. After acquiring a paramount experience, they understood that the DNA of B2C and B2B business is same, but it is the scale that creates a differentiating factor; whereupon, they started approaching new and diverse clients. The

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Company scaled significantly and landed four huge volume clients in February and raised Series-A funding of five crores from Colosseum Group in April 2018. Afterwards, the things have changed phenomenally, and worked in the company’s favor. They have achieved phenomenal growth in Hyderabad and also expanded to Bangalore and Chennai. In present scenario, they have a fleet size of more than 700 vehicles across three cities and are transporting more than 12,000 employees every day through their cabs and bus shuttles. The Company’s more focused audience is any corporation that wants to provide a hassle free, convenient and timely transportation to its employees, whilst ensuring cost efficiency, security and employee satisfaction. Clients benefit hugely from the cost optimization owing to efficient usage of resources and cabs backed by WhistleDrive technology. [ 72 ]

The Company potent clients lie across various domains like IT, HealthCare, BPOs, Hospitality, Finance, etc. Majority of their clients are from IT and BPOs which is synonymous to the market demand as well. They are elated to serve clients such as ADP and L & T in multiple cities. They use their technology enabled fleet services and have received extremely positive feedback. They ensure Data transparency and Privacy which are the quintessential attributes of their business. The system is a secured cloud-based software and provides exemplary security of data, and they have pushed automation at every level of the transportation process, in this way, the Company ensures transparent and accurate billing of clients. With safety features like SOS in employees’ app and location tracking of cabs are enabled, they are able to show clients’ real-time alerts for instances like over speeding, delays, location disabled and SOS. This gives an eagle eye view of ground level activity and makes the entire data transparent, thereby giving a sense of security. Data privacy concern is on the top, they have ‘number-masking’ enabled for communication between employees and drivers. Their fleet on the ground is also fully secure, and on boarding of cabs is approved after a three-level verification process. GREAT SYNCHRONIZATION WITH THE MARKET Factually, the locks of closure tied on the gates of companies if they fail to adapt the changes of market. WhistleDrive is a full stack Technology and Operations company. It has already built use cases for Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain. These technologies form the back bone of daily regime of operations. AI in WhistleDrive system enables deep automation of processes, prediction of delays etc., and dynamic optimization based on real-time data. Blockchain although still in nascent stages can ensure huge transparency in terms of data which is a critical factor in the market they operate. By using Blockchain for data authentication, the entire network is involved in the transportation process which can contribute and validate data, and no longer be subjected to tampering. Research and Development has helped the young company in identifying the transportation inefficiencies in untapped sectors like FMCG and intra-city logistics, and it has also helped them in finding out the solutions of the arising problems. ENSURING GROWTH OF EMPLOYEES The Company advances when its employees grow and excel; thereby, it’s the people who run the organization. This can be achieved by ensuring that the people in company are valued and respected. The maestro states, “An organization where an employee is respected, made to feel important, and where an employee can consistently improve both personally and professionally with the help of his team is a happy organization.” [ 73 ]

The major focus of the company is on the individualistic improvement of the team members on the consistent basis, so that they can grow in direct proportion to WhistleDrive. The Company supports ‘open office environment’, where there is a great coordination between various teams on a daily basis, and the core team lends its ears openly and empathetically to ideas from each individual in the team. PERSONAL INSIGHTS Undoubtedly, work is the pivotal as it occupies the major part of one’s life. However, it is quite indispensable to spend some ‘me time’, so that there can be a personal rejuvenation and relaxation. Therefore, apart from work, Rakesh loves to delve himself across the pages of books, as he is an avid reader. Additionally, at some point of time, he wants to explore story telling through visual media and direct a TV series for Global Audience. In an excursion to the entrepreneurial world, Rakesh navigates with the support of his mentor, Shailu Tipparaju- the chairman of Colosseum Group. Shailu states,”Live fully or why bother at all?” Thereby, Rakesh always remembers his statement. It is quite cumbersome for an entrepreneur to balance the pendulum of work, fitness and social life. To strike the right balance, it takes an extreme effort and a fully ‘Zoned In’ approach. Rakesh says he struggled quite a bit during the starting days, but gradually, he got the hang of it, and now he is supremely engaged in his daily regime. STUPENDOUS ACHIEVEMENTS AND GREAT FUTURE PLANS ‘WhistleDrive’ team feels immense pride for the scale which the company has achieved within two years. Secondly, a fleet of more than 700 across three cities, which are serving 30+ clients across various domains and transporting over twelve thousand employees, is itself an achievement. The list doesn’t impede here; other impeccable achievements of the ace organization are: • Awarded as the ’10 Best Startups in 2018’ by Silicon India • Selected for T Hub’s Lab 32 Program • One of the finalists at HYSEA Summit 2018 The formidable Company is looking at expanding to Vizag and Pune by Q3, and to scale the current fleet size to more than fifteen hundred by the end of 2019.

In the long run, WhistleDrive’ is focused on building an eco-system of transportation solutions. Additionally, they are looking to solve inefficiencies in Intra City Logistics particularly in E-Commerce & FMCG channels. www.businessconnectindia.in | Vol. 1 | Special Edition | July 2019 | INDIA

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