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“Startups offering enthralling services by going out of the way in the niche business”

Long gone are the days, when fresh graduates used to target the MNCS to seek the jobs. In the current scenario, they want to commence their business ventures to lighten up the business world with innovative ideas. There is a surge of springing innovative startups across the globe. Many brilliant minds are delving into entrepreneurship offering the business world with splendidly out-of-the-box ideas. Indian Startup Ecosystem has witnessed a boost in the patent applications, in the past five years. And, still the startup– community foresees booming growth in this reference. Innovation leads, the world follows- becomes quite clear keeping the above premise into consideration. We at Innovative Zone Magazine, are constantly striving to come up with something that can serve our readers with a sort of remarkable reading experience. Bringing forth this latest edition, we realized that what could be better than handing you over the list of some most innovative startups! From modern education to the latest web technologies, these entrepreneurial ventures are nailing it, with their innovative solutions. In this edition, our diligent team has enlisted some of the most innovative startups handpicked from the nooks and corners of the country, that are storming the market. Innovative instincts can help a business venture to flourish in the respective domain profoundly. And this exclusive offering will justify it to our adored readers for sure! Highlighting the stories of the maestros in the relevant domain, our brand-new edition- ‘Twenty-Five Innovative Startups to watch in 2020’ puts forth some deepest insights of the charismatic entrepreneurs heading towards their goals with the zeal to achieve more. While penning down the editor’s note for this latest issue of our magazine, I came across the stories of some entrepreneurs who converted their clear-cut entrepreneurial dreams into living reality. They have well-recognized the needs of the masses and offered convenient products and services to them. Weaving the inception stories with the unique perception towards leadership proposed by the business tycoons, or enlisting the brainstorming notions with the popping ideas to enhance the conduction of the business operations, our adept Team has ensured the level best efforts to create this issue as a perfect gateway to those in search of fresh ideas and exclusive strategies. This time, we have featured Educonindia on the cover page, that has been able to create an astounding influence in the Education Consultancy Industry. Under the auspices of Shrinidhi Naidu, the Company is ascending the heights of success at the full tilt. With her exemplary attitude, she has transformed the Education Consultancy domain. Her unparalleled vigour and indomitable spirit are quite inspiring to the budding entrepreneurs. Last but not the least, I would like to offer my sole admiration to all those who are trying to bring ease to the lives of the people in need, with their unique approach, during this alarming situation caused by the global pandemic. The Innovative Zone Magazine expects you’ll be inspired to achieve your goals by going through this exclusive issue, that is a product of our potent efforts! Kajal Dobhal Editor, Enlighten the world with innovation

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OVERSEAS CONSULTANCY ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS STUDENTS TO STUDY ABROAD

n the competitive edge like today, the younger generation does not want to compromise on the standards of education and qualification at anyhow. What to do next? This question always pops in the minds of students and their parents, thereby they seek for counselors to direct them. Studying abroad becomes a norm as it provides great exposure to students and commendable academic education. After meditating on the pros and cons of going abroad, many of the students opt for it and decide to shape their future. EduconIndia is an Educational Consulting Company, which is a progressively growing professional organization that offers Overseas Educational consultancy services to students who are passionate about studying abroad. EduconIndia is a recognized overseas student consultancy organization and a preferred destination for its Student Training and Consultancy Programs targeting Global Professional Entrance Exams, including GMAT, USMLE, GRE, IELTS & TOEFL. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION EduconIndia believes that it takes more than just books to nurture an achieving mindset. They are honored to bring down Kaplanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expert global faculty in India to strengthen a studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frame of preparation. For the same reason, they host Live In-Person Classroom lectures, paving a path to a collaboratively learning environment. Apart from their quick-reflexed updated study material, they walk right from the time they apply for their counseling on what PG course/domain rightly fits the student, to applying for the entrances, to training the students with Internationally acclaimed faculty, to getting the admissions paperwork done, to applying for licenses, to guiding through the job search, they sail through the journey formats to instill confidence and skill to crack the examination. 10

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The workflow is pre-planned and executed, to add it is well managed. Speaking of another important team, which has added value to EduconIndia is VHonk. At the right hour, they happened to meet this young and brilliant team of digital marketers, VHonk Digital Media and Marketing. It was right from the moment of explaining to them the prominence these sessions had, they were up on their toes, strategizing the core, enquired all the details to market the event and succeeded in making the big news to reach the correct audience. Srinidhi Naidu states, “I take it on myself to thank the founder of Vonk Mr.BineshGaddam for executing all the plans. From what I have seen, I believe that they are the masters in Search, Social Media and Content Marketing.”

THE TEAM The staff plays a pivotal role in the functioning of EduconIndia, and catalyzes the performance of the Consultancy. It strives and thrives to bridge the gap between medical universities abroad and aspiring doctors of tomorrow. Counselors empower and encourage the students to adopt new and standardized ways of learning and monitor their performance graph. The timely updated study materials, assessment tests and live interaction between the student and professors that is aimed to boost the learning process, do an incredible job in assisting the students. Srinidhi says, “Our team works closely and diligently to have the students overcome their obstacles and help them reach their goals no matter what!” 12

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EduconIndia stands as a pioneer in terms of a quality service provider for Medical Students and Doctors for Residency Training over years now. This enriching trait has been invincible; no other consultancy can claim to be. They are a full power package involving educational options, exam preparations, visa process assistance from the initial stage till they come out as a successful Board Certified doctors from the United States. They especially work for doctors, which no other consultancy does. They do not limit to providing consultancy options, but provided the chain-of-necessities. EduconIndia apart from having tie-ups with the universities, it has directly associated with many government departments, including the Department of Education with respect to getting clearance for the medical licenses. In addition to this, they also provide future residency options.

HOW THEY ARE DIFFERENT EduconIndia stands unmatched among the numerous overseas consultancies. They have succeeded in setting standards of excellent coaching and magnificent guidance. In short, they can describe it to be a broadly growing professional organization that offers Overseas Educational consultancy services to its students who are passionate about studying abroad. EduconIndia has a peculiar reputation for its Student Training and Consultancy Program methods targeting Global Professional Entrance Examinations, including GMAT, USMLE, GRE, IELTS and TOEFL. From getting hands-on the initial application process to the student’s settlement, EduconIndia provides the best ever-reliable features. EduconIndia has a unique curriculum, including exclusively hosting Kaplan, they bring down faculty from the US for the benefit of the students, customize the study material and the learning process best fit to serve a sure exam-qualifying shot. They provide live lectures facility, a truly beneficial add-on, the question banks- a must and should to the aspirants, it’s like a must-have the quick look-to book. Also self- assessing examinations, consultancy services and future residential services are provided to the students. “We understand dreams better and hence walk with our students to fulfill them.”

THEIR CHALLENGES For an Educational Consultant in a field that is so competitive, gaining the trust of students and standing out from the rest, is key. EduconIndia came right out of Srinidhi’s promising thought to help medical students to pursue what’s best for them. She says, “I had to do my homework, set up

the groundwork and plan my future works. It was on me to bring the company to everyone’s notice and during my first batch of students, I recollect now that we had very little time to spread the word around. Luckily, I had met this team of young digital marketers, Binesh Gaddam- the founder of ‘VHonk Digital Media and Marketing’ who worked rigorously to reach out to the targeted crowd. We soon had a class-filling batch willing to work their ways to win their dreams.” There are challenges in every path you take. But when you choose your path, you pick those challenges and you fight to demolish them and not just win over them. Initially, Srinidhi faced the most basic problems, the core two being- Being a woman and being the only manager of the company. The former made her listen to comments like do not travel in the night; do not stay out late nights and the routine that follows. And the latter put her through a roller coaster of emotions, it’s not easy to single-handedly build and manage, there was a lot of negative marketing made too. But fortunately, she braved them all and succeeded in build 13

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for them and unheard of the rest. Also, they happened to meet this young and brilliant team of digital marketers, VHonk Digital Media and Marketing who kept their pace in terms of reaching out digitally to every student.

ing what she started all this for. “With a true passion and a selfless desire, you just know how to walk ahead. More than anything, I was a bundle of challenges to myself. I imposed one each day, at every step, only to better myself. I constantly mended ways and molded habits to only build EduconIndia better with every passing day.” When you watch the globe, you find growth and advancement at every nook and corner. It’s a crossword you need to keep answering and implementing to watch yourself and everything around you grow stronger and wiser.

ABOUT THE ENTREPRENEUR The empowering facet behind EduconIndia is Srinidhi Naidu. With her exemplary attitude and positive approach, she has pioneered the entrepreneurial space with unparalleled vigor and transformed the Educational Consultancy arena completely.

KEEPING ABREAST OF TECHNOLOGY In present times, Technology has brought a breakthrough in almost every domain. It is a wide spectrum of never-ending awe. Speaking of which, hosting Kaplan Medical’s globally acclaimed USMLE Step 1 classroom lectures for the very first time in India, endorsing Kaplan’s global brand recognition was not an easy decision. Srinidhi remarks, “I was feeling both proud and anxious to have made an agreement with Kaplan and to bring down their elite faculty all the way to India to train our students. The anxious feeling because I had to market it in a very short span and spread the news wide and across, so that maximum aspirants benefit from it.” Although EduconIndia has its own reach and following across South India Medical student fraternity, this was something new, big

Srinidhi’s dad owned an Interior designing and construction firm, and he always wanted her to be engaged in his business, so she did. She enrolled herself in a relevant course and tried her hands in Interior Designing Company. She says, “I felt happy but not content, I fit in but never felt proud. This little void made me realize that I wanted to do something on my own, something big but good.” After a couple of talks, both revolting and self-analyzing ones, she joined a company as an Educational Consultant, only to explore beyond her comfort horizon. As a part of the daily responsibilities, she moved from one university to another, meeting the different perspectives and queries of each student.

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Soon she realized the missing bridge between the real world educational opportunities and the ever-growing queries of the students. Most of the companies had targets of placing students into those universities they were associated with. She says, “I genuinely found it wrong, I had a word about the same, but there were no steps taken to improve or abolish. I wanted to take it on me, the honest job of building trust and their careers, and there it was the idea of starting EDUCONINDIA. Since the day of this thought, I never looked back.”

They were on the media, newspapers, blogs, and articles for the progress they made and the career goals they set. Recent accomplishments include- 2019’s one among the most reliable consultancies, they got featured in the renowned business magazines like Knowledge Review, Silicon India, Startup city and a few others. Apart from the media coverage, their accomplishments are the success stories of their students, the badges they wear with pride all the smiles of students accomplishing their dreams through them.

She continues, “It may be my personality or my moral instincts. My job was to be a simple educational Consultant and to fill in my targets by the end of the day. But I guess I got pretty serious with my role and wanted things to get real before I take an incentive over any other reason. I wanted to give students what they fit into and I knew that’s just not my target list. I wanted that Indian students should know the opportunities beyond the boundaries. The opportunities to grow, to build and to rise are ample. And I wanted them to know them all before I place them in a university.

In last Srinidhi says, “Today, EduconIndia is renowned to be the unicorn of medical educational consultancies. We visualize and pitch in to create a tomorrow with no beguiling promises. We provide students with opportunities, keeping in view the best of their abilities. We strive and thrive to bridge the gap between the medical universities abroad and the aspiring doctors of tomorrow. We empower and encourage the students to adopt their ways of learning while we monitor their performance graph. The timely updated study materials, the assessment tests and the live interaction made available between the student and professors aimed to boost the learning process, do an incredible job in assisting the students. We conquer their fears and comfort them with options, ways, and approaches to acquire. We aspire to build EduconIndia as an inevitable source for success stories, bridging dreams and realities together.”

The kind of dreams these aspirants have, I really just wanted to build them further and not on them I suppose.” WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO THEIR SUCCESS? For decades and more, EduconIndia is a progressive 15-year-old consultancy now. They have dealt with thousands of students now, tutored them on the right path, walked with many to watch them achieve their dreams. 15

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BEST TRAVELLING DESTINATIONS FOR

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Family vacations simply mean to unwind and take a good break from the monotony of daily based routine. Traveling with the family is also a very good means of reconnecting with your kids as well as your family loved ones.

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If you ever think about spending some quality time with your loved ones, then this is just the article you need. We have nicely compiled a list of the best family vacation destinations around the world. Changing weather in your city and the much-awaited end of school examinations always excites everyone for a family vacation. Ultimately, the alarming holidays are deciding parameters and marking the holiday season in India for traveling. There are two seasonal vacations in India that are usually meant for school holidays – Winters and Summers are it is the time of the year when most Indians are out in trains, planes, and even on buses to ready to enjoy a holiday and forget about the busy daily life. If you one of them and also thinking of the best travel destinations to take your family this year, then this article will lend a helping hand in finding you that destination.

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Get to know interesting facts and Explore galleries at the Natural History and Science Museum Have a fun-filled evening at a popular children’s theatre - The Soapbox Children’s Theatre Get amused and scared at the London Dungeon Feel the vibe at Madame Tussaud’s famous Wax Museum Explore Sherlock’s home at 221b at the Baker Street Savor the view from the London Eye Millennium Wheel

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK A trip to New York is the best way to teach the kids more about US culture and their history that they only read in school textbooks. In New York, you can visit the legendary Statue of Liberty, the most recognized symbol of the nation’s freedom and liberty. Apart from that, make the children see Ground Zero so that they will be able to relate everything that they have heard about the horrifying 9/11 attack on the US. Additionally, New York is known as “the city that never sleeps” and often called the greatest city in the world. New York is always a great holiday destination for children and adults alike if they plan their vacations to the USA. Some of New York’s best attractions include the Empire State Building, Central Park, and Rockefeller Center.

Here is a full packed hand-picked assortment of places to visit around the world with family. There is nothing matters when you decide to travel, whether you want a relaxing backpack break or something a little more adventurous, there’s always somewhere for everyone in this list of 5 destinations worldwide. So Spread yourself across the sub-continent and here are the top 5 destinations for a promising summer holiday worldwide.

Top Things to do • Walkthrough the Times Square • Go for Ellis Island tour • Witness the Statue of Liberty • Let the kids feel the thrill at SeaGlass Carousel • Take the children to the Imagination Playground • Relish the city view from One World Observatory • For kids centered activities, visit the Children’s Museum of the Arts

LONDON, ENGLAND London is perhaps the obvious destination for a family holiday in the UK, and the region has tons of great places to go with kids. You can just go see a big game at the West Midlands Safari Park, or you can visit the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley. Then there is Birmingham city, which has an excellent center for Sea Life and Derby has a pleasant gateway to the Peak District. These majors attractions in Uk make your kids to experience a major European city on a family vacation to London. The children are also going to be fascinated by the world they have only seen in movies like Harry Potter. The colorful market around London, telephone booths and legendary pop culture just like movies.

PUGLIA, ITALY Puglia, which is forming the heel of Italy’s boot, is a great choice for a full packaged family holiday in the sun if you want to feel warm. With never-ending immaculate beaches and the Salento peninsula’s highlights make it very playful for kids. The countryside of Puglia has its charms too, not less like the fairytale. Trulli houses are the best thing that kids will love and spotting these pint-sized limestone dwellings with conical roofs makes them wonder the place more. Apart from that, you can head towards UNESCO protected heritage Alberobello for a town full of Trulli and you can even spend a night in one of these houses for adding the fun.

Top Things to do • Explore 1000 years of history and Listen to the grisly tales about the Tower of London. 18

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Top Things to do • Visit Castel del Monte: an inhumanly exact geometric shape on the hilltop • Otranto’s cathedral • Grotte di Castellana, limestone caves • Museo Faggiano-rich historical AND fascinating home-turned-museum • Al Trabucco da Mimì -a traditional Pugliese wooden fishing platform • well-preserved 16th-century excellent museum - Museo Archeologico di Santa Scolastica • Corteinfiore: seafood restaurant TORONTO, CANADA Canada is the best breathtaking country to visit with your family and kids. If you’re looking for an adventure then Toronto is the finest place to buzz with child- friendly activities. Kids activities like Marvel at the city’s slick skyline are very famous among tourists, so get a ticket to ascend the world-famous CN Tower. Apart from that, check out the dinosaur bones on display at the Royal Ontario Museum on the North American side. The Kensington Market can be great to address the multiculturalism of Canada and Chinatown are great for wandering and browsing. When you feel like getting away busy city’s hustle and bustle, take a ferry ride to the Toronto islands as there are many lakes in Ontario. Top Things to do • See the city from above: CN Tower the tallest building in Toronto. • Royal Ontario Museum, the best museum in North America. • elegant Casa Loma, The Gothic Revival castle. • Go to an island, there are a few small islands in Lake Ontario. • The downtown Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada • Hockey Hall of Fame, a museum dedicated to the history of hockey. • The Toronto Zoo is a world-class zoo for kids and their families. • Canada’s largest Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) • Look at shoes in The Bata Shoe Museum TOKYO, JAPAN If you are planning to visit Tokyo with the children, think no more and book your tickets. Tokyo is one of the most fabulous cities in Japan that seamlessly blend with the Japanese traditions with the cosmopolitan aura. The kids will be spoilt for choice in food when in Tokyo because Japan loves noodles and so do the kids love. It is easy for your family to find fun and unique experiences here. There are many gorgeous play centers and interactive museums which are the key attractions for the little ones. Also, a good walk through the Akihabara will charm your kids with most of the shops are either a toy store or a video game parlor. Top Things to do • Day trip to Tokyo Disneyland • Try Purikura and cosplay at Sega Game Centre • Experience incredible live shows at Puroland, an indoor theme park • Experience swan boat ride at Inokashira Park • Scream in delight at Japan’s oldest amusement park • Enjoy futuristic boat rides along the Sumida River • Let the little ones get bombarded with colorful toys at Asobono 19

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ARK GOLDEN INDIA PVT. LTD.

MANUFACTURER AND EXPORTERS OF SPECIALTY EPOXY HARDENERS AND RESINS

ncorporated in 2003, Ark Golden India Pvt. Ltd. has pioneered the national and international markets by becoming the top-notch manufacturer and exporter of Phenalkamine Hardeners. Under the stewardship of Dr. Pradeep Agarwal, the Company has touched the pinnacle and envisioned to flourish the horizons more. Walking on the trajectory of ‘Innovation comes first’, they created history by introducing innovative new process technology of ‘Phenalkamine Epoxy Hardeners’ with high cost effectiveness for the first time in India. ‘Ark’ is a registered trade mark for innovating a unique epoxy system in the field of marine and protective coatings and adhesives. Their brand is known globally for its zero complaints in terms of technical and commercial supplies. They are a zero liability company with zero debtors and creditors since its incorporation. Catering to Industrial paint and adhesive manufacturers globally, including 3M, Akzo Nobel, RPM group, Asian Paints, Berger Paints, Shalimar Paints and also export to Russia, Turkey, Middle East, Gulf etc., the Company has been successful in winning the faith of the clients with its unique and dynamic products. They are continuously engaged and have invented self-developed, cost effective, and the most advanced technologies as per the requirement of the customers. They are designing new products and improving their performance at the existing price or reducing the existing product cost with the same performance along with new technology innovations in formulation and process. In most cas-

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es, they develop and design standards of their products, which are followed by their competitors in the global market. INNOVATION IS THE BACKBONE OF THE COMPANY India is one of the largest sources of Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (shell of cashew crop), which is a key raw material and contributes almost 70% of this product, and hence gives high value addition to this raw material. Its 20

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potential was first recognised by ARK Golden in India. The market was zero, and there was no awareness at the time of introducing this product in India.

for resolving any query raised by any tax department within 24 hours even during their frequent audits and scrutiny.

The fact is that this product is still at the lowest cost epoxy hardener worldwide with its inherent quality for a cure at low temperatures under high humidity. Today, this product is one of the largest export in the field of epoxy hardeners and is now a commodity product.

EXCURSION OF PRADEEP The Journey is started by Dr. Pradeep Kumar Agarwal, CEO and Managing Director and real mentor of this company. He was born and brought up in his father’s steel industry at a small town Chandausi, Moradabad, UP. During his childhood from 1958 to 1974, he got inspired by his father’s struggles and success. He built the empire on ethics and strong moral values, which was shut down as well finally during 1980 due to a lack of technical knowledge. Pradeep states, “As I grew, I developed strong passion to create new technology in my life and established it for global recognition. Entrepreneurship was poured in my blood before starting my professional education career.”

Their innovation was not stopped here. They knew that all innovative products will become commodities one day if successfully established in the market with value addition. With their incredible knowledge and expertise in this field, they launched a series of new rapid curing epoxy hardeners with the latest technology for the first time globally. They continued their innovation by launching new advanced technologies in the field of food grade, water based, underwater curable and potable water pipe line coatings, which are based on the low cost, new and advanced technology coupled with performance properties, which are developed for the first time in the world.

After his graduation at native place, he moved to Harcourt Butler Technical University at Kanpur and chosen his further education in the field of Chemical Engineering with specialisation in Polymer Technology, after a long thought. He further states, “My vision was clear from day one that I have to innovate new technologies in my field and establish the brand globally. I gave serious thought to choose my field for focusing on it throughout my life.” Thereby, Pradeep focused on Specialty Epoxy Hardeners during his B. Tech project in 1979. After this, he got specialized in this genre with his masters and Ph.D. in the same field, and started working in many of the national as well as international companies.

Innovation is not limited to their product development but also penetrated in all key tasks of their company, including marketing, purchase and finance. They share knowledge with their customers to resolve their technical queries with cost effective product solutions irrespective of the products manufactured by them or not. This extra effort makes their customers delighted and wins their trust and confidence. Hence, they want them to be their suppliers at all times.

In 2003, he gave an idea to start his own venture, and since then, he never looked back, and added a multitude of feathers in his cap.

They study and render their focus to the global market situation for all their raw material. Many times, they become the first to understand in advance about the price fluctuations in India. This gives them lead to procure and manage their inventories the most effectively. This provides real value addition to their company in terms of profitability.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND MILESTONES Great Global recognition for innovating high performance product line at the lowest price. Following latest awards received by them along with notable recognition. • ‘Best Phenalkamine Hardeners Manufacturer 2019’ – Energy Innovator Awards 2019 by CV Magazine, UK • CRISIL Rating as SME 1 ‘HIGHEST’ level of creditworthiness, adjudged in relation to other SMEs in 2018 and 2019 and also as ‘High Performance Capability and High Financial Strength’ continuously each year, since 2010. • ‘Indian Brand of the Year, 2019’ by APS MEDIA GROUP • ISG Winner as ‘Emerging Entrepreneurs of India’ by NDTV PROFIT and INDIA SME FORUM in 2017 • ‘Indian Achievers Award’ for Business Excellence in 2017 and also in 2019 • ‘The Fastest Growing Indian Company Excellence Award’ at the International Achievers Conference in 2017 and also in 2019 • ‘Emerging SME’ by ET NOW in 2018 • CVC- Certificate of Commitment

They understand the value of finance and used innovative ways to manage their finances very effectively. They have zero debtors and creditors in their company. They change their product line very frequently each year, and keep balance in their commodity and specialized products. They get 90 days credit from most of their suppliers but sell their product either in advance or average 30 days credit only. In spite of high liquidity, they do not keep any balance in their current account and keep invested their surplus funds in liquid or debt mutual funds. They adopted the practice for a long time for redeeming and investing everyday and thus do not lose any interest in their earnings. As a result of focus, they have ZERO complaints in terms of technical and commercial supplies till date from all their customers globally. They have track records 21

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An AI and Automation Platforms Coviam Technologies develops global platforms driven by new technologies that are designed around core AI and automation aspects for the Customer experience (Engati) and the Employee experience (peopleHum) primarily. The company is completely bootstrapped, adopting a partnership model with global majors for their innovation and leapfrog technology agendas to further power a future tech digital company with presence across US, Europe, India and Asia for a global footprint. HOW IS COVIAM A STEP FORWARD FROM ITS COMPETITORS? Coviam technologies is a global hi-tech company that is focused on developing new-age technologies and platforms primarily out of India, catering to businesses worldwide (B2B) that provides robust and scalable solutions in the cloud in a Saas (Software as a Services) model at a value price, easy to use, driven by future algorithms in AI and automation, robust product engineering and with responsive customer solutions and support, and with more than 20,000 businesses globally using their platforms and solutions. THE STRUGGLES AND APPROACH TOWARDS OVERCOMING THEM The struggles they face in managing growth exceeding 200% in the fifth year of establishment, along with the requirements of finding sustainable high talent and expanding. They are increasing the spread and awareness of their products in the 186 countries that they operate. For talent acquisition, they build a learning culture that is driven off innovation, a solid technology backbone and architectural approach that produces superior scalable technologies on the open-source stack and the use of their platform peopleHum is what enables them to identify and hire the right talent and train them for global scalable platform development.

Deepak Nachnani (CEO & Co-Founder)

For managing growth, they have seasoned leaders from the industry with global experience developing and running global platform-based companies. For increasing accessto global markets, they have adopted a differentiated model of sales and marketing that focuses on inside sales for the subscription business and partnerships in various geographies to represent, sell and support their products.

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all in the company plus leisure facilities. Coviam has a social club and think tanks that help them to keep their employees engaged and motivated.

CALL OF ACTION TOWARDS THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR IMPACTING THE STARTUPS Typically, Coviam Technologies does not operate or take advantage of startup incentives that are driven by the government in India. Outside of India, they have customers and engage with government level entities for the sale, installation, and support of their global customer and employee experience platforms, both peopleHum and Engati.

An anonymous suggestion box is being kept to help them listen to the employee voice and employee satisfaction is measured using peopleHum every 6 months. CHALLENGES THAT HAVE IMPACTED IN BUILDING UP THE STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY Building robust quality and a global platform with prudence requires discipline, getting together with the right team to plan and execute. The availability of adequate talent in the market is a big driver in the success of the product. Now, they have a presence in the US and India and plan to expand the talent footprint further.

CLIENTS THAT COVIAM SERVES Coviam provides services to large mid and small clients across their platform, around the globe that is across 186 countries. Some special notable clients including one of the largest conglomerates in Asia, a global pharmaceutical major, the largest port operator in the world, the largest global furniture retail chain, the largest insurer in the middle east and the fastest growing bank in India among their 20,000 plus clients globally.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND MILESTONES OF THE COMPANY They have walked through a successful journey achieving a lot so far, and are continuing to achieve more with the coming years. In November 2017, they were successful in launching “Engati”. Stepping towards new achievements continued by the launch of “peopleHum” on August 2018,they had crossed 300 people on November 2018, by January 2019 Automi was started, peopleHum won Codie Awards on June 2019, by January 2020 they crossed 500 people, and on January 2020 Engati crossed 20,000 B2B customers across 186 countries.

KEEPING PACE WITH THE CHANGING MARKET TRENDS Coviam Technologies is a learning organization based on pedigrees of high talent and innovation in a portfolio company group. Being a customer-centric and driven by the voice of the customer, they listen to their customers closely to learn about the business and operations, incorporate it into their products and offerings. The customers of Coviam also works with them on new-age features and enhancements.

FUTURE OF THE COMPANY A global innovation incubator of SaaS platforms in the B2B space covering that is driven by AI and automation for customers, employees, and talent business verticals. They have ambitious plans to expand across all the continents with a presence catering to the top Global 500 companies.

Learning, innovation and asking the right kind of questions is at the core of Coviam Technologies. They own the CodieCon brand that is used to host external hackathons and learn new techniques from across the industry. Being a global company, serving a global market provides them a lot of insights into customer behavior market changes, customer needs, and feedback. They have a robust listening program to track and incorporate it within their learning culture and environment.

A PIECE OF ADVICE TO THE ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS Never give up, is the key to becoming a successful entrepreneur. Challenges come in the way to success, so keep enduring. Courage is the most important thing in success. If you believe in the idea, keep on going ahead and new doors will open. Keep up a flexible, humble learning attitude and innovate. Always do something big and unique.

ROLE OF R&D IN THE GROWTH OF THE COMPANY R&D is the core competency for Coviam Technologies. All their products are developed using an R&D approach. The way they onboard their employees, the way they communicate and inspire innovation is all driven by an R&D thought and approach.

A MESSAGE TO THE READERS Indians are people with high talent in the US and globally at the C-Suite level, but unfortunately, Indians seem unable to produce global products that the world wants based out of India. Our approach and thinking has to change; people need to focus more on the approach to capturing global markets. It is going to be a journey that won’t be easy but it can be done.

A HAPPY PLACE FOR THE EMPLOYEES Employee experience and engagement are the backbones of the culture of Coviom. They have built a platform named peopleHum as an employee experience platform that is used extensively. They provide 3 free meals for 23

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Prioritizing the safety measures

Are You Keeping Your EMPLOYEES Safe? Stop and ponder how regularly – and in what ways – you pass on the significance of work environment wellbeing to your representatives..

move bosses ought to obviously impart security rules and objectives to the whole staff consistently. It is likewise significant for the board to walk-the-talk and model the wellbeing conduct they anticipate from their staff each day

For what reason is wellbeing so significant in the working environment? No one needs to work with organizations chance the nature of the item and the security of their representatives to build the primary concern. Organizations who care about their workers put them first and when that occurs, efficiency increments. Out of nowhere, the worker is not, at this point a number, yet an individual who can have any kind of effect. The advantages of wellbeing in the working environment will be plainly observed by representatives and outside guests.

Have standard gatherings on working environment security. It never damages to be over-arranged. Standard gatherings to survey security manages and examine avoidance keep work environment wellbeing head of psyche with the goal that when something occurs, everybody comprehends what to do immediately. There are no disadvantages of pre-arranging yet numerous advantages and it causes the worker to have solid confidence in the brand. it guarantees gigantic security for the future and along these lines it facilitates the heap of the administration for nearly everybody. This isn’t hard to watch out for the administration and it ought to be mandatory for all to equally play their offer and make a domain safe.

These Workplace Policies Can Help Primarily, Keep an open discourse. Make it simple for your representatives to come to you with wellbeing and security concerns. They can report dangers immediately and distinguish possible zones of concern you might not have taken note of. Select or name a security skipper who is enabled to convey concerns recognized by workers to the administration on a reliable premise.

Evaluate the Environment You have to decide how safe the workspace really is; for instance, are generally electrical attachments up to norm, do your windows have security gets in case you’re off the ground floor, and are there any excursion perils? You may locate that straightforward repairs, for example, cleaning links or moving work areas from the ways out are such should be actualized. Provided that this is true, you’ll be caring for the prosperity and security of your representatives with insignificant exertion.

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At the point when you’re surveying nature, Not just the foundation upkeep yet additionally you ought to likewise check all cautions/alarms. Some might be broken or needing new batteries, or you may even find that your working environment doesn’t have any cautions set up! Know (Tech Awareness) There are numerous regions you have to prepare your representatives. For instance, in the event that you work in development, at that point, you have to furnish them with the fitting preparation for wellbeing and security strategies. You ought to likewise have all representatives prepared in First Aid, or in any event, have pioneers and administrators prepared as a base.

room that serves food, give prepackaged nourishments, and dispense with any live food stations or open multiserver holders.

As we as a whole currently live in a computerized age, we additionally should be innovatively savvy and mindful with regards to our PCs, cell phones, and even tablets. Show your workers to pick a troublesome secret key, and if it’s pertinent, have them change it all the time. You ought to likewise show your workers not to leave passwords recorded anyplace, to consistently log off, and to utilize hostile to malware and a firewall. As an organization, you should as of now encode your information, have a protected cloud framework set up and have customary programming refreshes. On the off chance that somebody stops, leaves, or is terminated, at that point change that representative’s passwords and evacuate their entrance to touchy records.

Stun Work Shifts and Breaks Any assembling or dissemination office truly should consider utilizing or how they use movements and hours, including that numerous organizations have shared that they are likewise isolating their works day. There’s time in the middle of when one move comes in and the difference goes out so [workers] all don’t coexist simultaneously. That likewise takes into consideration cleaning in the middle of movements and for rehearsing social removing as the laborers travel every which way from the working environment.

And as we all are witnessing what’s going in today’s world which clearly suggests the importance of keeping the employees safer now. Each and every person who leaves his home for his work in the morning should come back to his home in the evening in good health. Here are some measures you can take: Require Social Distancing In like manner regions, for example, cafeterias and storage regions—where laborers gather, organizations must actualize social separating. You can amaze your break times with the goal that individuals are not mixing together in a line or in a space that is not enormous enough for the number of individuals.

So, there are a few alerts to remember which ought to exist in light of the continuous things as well as it should become part of the pattern: • There ought to be sufficient space for workers to be a manageable distance separated consistently. • There has to be sufficient space to take into account at least 6 feet of separation between the workers. • workers entering regular spaces should wear face covers/masks consistently. • Just a single specialist at a time ought to enter the normal space.

Serve Packaged Foods in the Cafeteria In the event that your office has a cafeteria or lunch-

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NITIN SHINGOTE & NILESH SHINGOTE | Both Co-Founders

PROPCHECKUP

YOUR TRUSTED PARTNER FOR ALL HOME INSPECTION NEEDS Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.” “Home is where the heart is.” – Tony Sera. Home is the only ecosystem on earth that can be termed as the most treasured and desirable location. More than just a physical location, it is infused with memories and is the only place, helping to escape the busyness and intrusiveness. In India, buying a house is the most precious and largest financial investment. To such an investment, people overlook the need for a home inspection before moving in, which often results in drastic tragedies.

100% assurance of providing complete information of all issues which often lies hidden and unnoticed. Their radar of inspection includes all the important areas like walls, appliances & tools, doors, Ceiling, Floor, Plumbing & Fittings, Electrical system, Furniture, Windows, Carpet area verification and many more. If concerns are found, PropCheckup provide a comprehensive Home Inspection report so buyer can ask the developer to rectify all the issues. Developer has to rectify all the issues or defect within 30 days of buyers notice under RERA 5 years warranty clause, without any additional charges. Also to protect their clients against “shortage of carpet area”, the company provides carpet area verification services as per RERA guidelines. The firm is established in Mumbai, Maharashtra and provide its services in Mumbai, Pune, Navi Mumbai and other parts of India.

Home Inspection helps to bring forward many underlying concerns, with respect to construction quality, electrical connections, etc. It also provides a 360-degree view of the property and provides a report of any structural and material shortcomings, illegal or faulty installations. In short, a home inspection gives the assurance to a buyer; whether he is putting money in the right place or not. Under the Real Estate Regulation Act (RERA) 2016, the govt. of India has provided space for Home Inspection agencies to help people finding their desirable residence. PropCheckup leads this space as the first Home inspection startup establishment and has completed around a decade of business in India.

NOTEWORTHY LEADERS IN THE BOARD The company was conceptualized in 2012 and is led by 2 dynamic leaders Nitin Prabhakar Shingote (Operational Head) and Mr. Nilesh Shingote(Marketing Head). Mr. Nitin holds B.E. Civil and an MBA In Project Management and further has garnered a decade of experience in the real estate realm in project Execution. He is one of the founding & management committee members of Home Inspection Association of India (HIA) and also the co-founder of PropCheckup. His area of specialization revolves around consulting with architects & consultants and execution of projects.

SPEARHEADING THE INDIAN MARKET PropCheckup (formally Meazurement), is a pioneering name in the Home Inspection arena and is a founding member of the Home Inspection Association of India (HIA). As the first home Inspection Startup in India, they work with 30

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Nilesh Shingote is an ex-investment banker, worked with Moody’s and currently, looks into market research and deal executions for the company. He has acquired an MBA in Finance and Bachelor Degree in Business Management. He has over 6 years of experience in investment banking, Technology sector and PropTech Industry. Additionally, He has gathered worked experience in startup consulting, closing business deals and business consulting. Apart from them, the upper echelons are looked over by Anand Lohot (Maintenance & Inspection Head) and Kavita Shingote (Account & Administrative Head).

CREATING AWARENESS FOR HOME INSPECTION The awareness of Home inspection is quite low in India and people often neglect the service. This is one of the major concerns for PropCheckup. Although HNIs highly approve home inspection, a major proportion of Indian Citizens show less concern towards the service. In offshore countries like the USA, Canada, Dubai, 80% of home buyers comprehend its need and go for home inspection services. To raise the bar of awareness in India, PropCheckup participates in real estate exhibitions and also organize digital campaigns to make people realize the importance of home inspection. With time, PropCheckup aims to prove their arena’s significance before the government. The company believes with government’s recognition the Home inspection space will see substantial importance and create career opportunities.

STAYING AHEAD OF THE COMPETITION “R&D is the key to our progress and our team members spend at least 4 hours a week in R&D activities”, Mr. Nilesh believes that R&D is one of the prime pillars of staying ahead of peers in the market. Henceforth, PropCheckup ensures that their workforce is accommodated with the trending measures that help them identify Hidden and Unpredictable Problems during the inspection, ensure safety and save customer’s time and money.

AN ENTHUSIASTIC WORKFORCE A happy workforce is the keystone of an organisation’s sustainability. Home Inspection, being a labour incentive market, requires skill and loyal workforce. On this notion, PropCheckup has encouraged a work-based incentive plan for every employee, helping them to stay vigorous and enthusiastic.

Further, to be the foremost choice, the company has incorporated state-of-the-art advancements like a thermal camera to detect issues not visible to the naked eye, Laser Micrometer for carpet area measurement and all the other contemporary measures to examine plumbing concerns, Electrical system, wall finishing, doors & windows and installed appliances. “Home Inspection will cost less than 0.0001% of your property value and ensure safe and confident new home possession/buying”. Says Mr. Nitin.

PRAISED AND HONOURED BRAND PropCheckup prides as the First Home Inspection Startup to be Recognized under Government of India Startup program. Besides being the industry leader, they are also the Member of Quality Council of India, which works to assure quality standards across all spheres of economic and social activities.

A PRIZED CLIENT BASE To date, PropCheckup has examined more than 2,50,000+ Sq. Ft area including notable apartment complexes such as like Lodha New Cuffe Parade, Adani Western Heights, Godrej Infinity, Kanakia Paris (BKC), Thakur Complex, River Residency, Kalpataru Crest, Lodha Splendora, as well as several happy customers including the Ex-Chairman of Corporation Bank.

For their impeccable performance, they have acquired the appreciation of many notable personas. Mr. Santosh Phenany, Group Internal Audit Head IT Solutions, GCC India & Egypt says – “Extremely helpful, Helped us uncover differences in the carpet area”. Mrs Jignesh Doshi, An NRI customer from USA believes the company showed exceptional professionalism and ensured extraordinary attention to every detail. Furthermore, Mr. Manish Kalwani, Vice President, Accenture India (Mobilisation) expressed his satisfaction for their level of perfection, professionalism and focus on customer service.

NRIs from USA, Dubai, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, UK is also a major benefactor to the company’s revenue. When NRI clients buy properties on Indian Soil, it helps in elevating brand recognition and trust.

To continue this legacy, the company is focused on flourishing to all major Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities in India, in the next five years. A NOTE FOR ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS “Never Give-up. Dream Big to Take Indian Brands to Global Level” Mr. Nitin Prabhakar Shingote

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SRI AYAAN INITIATIVES LLP Introduces Platform ‘Mapha’ Under The Saas Model For Training Employees And Teachers Of Any Organization

he influence of a teacher on a child’s career cannot be measured. From LKG to higher studies, their constant support and guidance kindle the students’ world with abundant knowledge and information. But, what about teachers’ training and their self-improvement programs? In India, the educational system pays great emphasis on the studies and educational expertise of students.On the contrary in developed countries, training and skill development programs are designed for teachers more often. In India, there are over 10 million teachers. Needless to say, these teachers are central to student’s learning and they need to become more effective in their practice if they have to improve student’s learning outcomes. In order to continuously support and upgrade skills of over 10 million teachers, it is becoming quite clear that teacher training at physical locations on fixed days cannot reach to all teachers. The traditional methods of teacher training and sporadic support are not enough i.e. not for the teachers and certainly not for their students. Data released by the District Information System for Education (DISE) for 2015-16 shows that only 15% of government school teachers received training. Most of the time, these trainings are ad hoc one-off exercises without any meaningful follow-up. Trainings are often not designed systematically, not based on needs, assessment and tend to be irrelevant, outdated and repetitive. Teacher training methodologies need to be evolved to ensure effective transfer and application of knowledge and skills and to provide continuous access to learning opportunities for all teachers.

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Sri Ayaan Initiatives LLP has introduced ‘MAPHA’ under the SAAS model for training employees and teachers of any organization. Now, the question arises, what is MAPHA exactly? Without going roundabout, let’s dive into it. MAPHA is a mobile-based digital platform, which takes care of employee/teacher training, evaluation, analytics of employees/teachers and branches/schools to the stakeholders.

ferent states in India, other state and central Government departments where staff training is required. For example the Health department, Income Tax Department, GST Department, etc. Corporate clients especially having huge marketing staff scattered across different places like automobile showrooms, Retail chain stores, Pharma Companies, etc. No route can be perfect. There are obstacles and detours in every trajectory that ought to be crossed. Let’s take a quick view of few challengesin employee/teacher training that “MAPHA” can address: • Equal quality of in-service employee/teacher training. • Day to day training to each and every employee/ teacher. • Limited and inconsistent options to measure in-service Staff/teacher training performance. • 100% control over employee/teacher training. Besides these, Sri Ayaan Initiatives LLP has done a fantabulous job. The paragraph below is talking about its achievements.

The vision of MAPHA is to provide customers access to quality service by enabling employees/Teacher with quality training and the mission is to reach one millionemployees/teachers by 2022. NOW, LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW “MAPHA” IS DIFFERENT FROM THE COMPETITORS IN THE MARKET. • An automated process of employee/teacher training, which maintains quality, professional, and scheduled training by reducing human intervention. • An automated process of employee/teacher training which will reach 100% of employees. • A platform that is user-friendly and requires very basic digital literacy for an employee/teacher to use. • A robust system that gives real-time and accurate reports regarding training, the performance of an employee/teacher for different levels of the management hierarchy like Staff level report, Branch level report, Taluka Level report, District Level report, Region level report, Zonal level report, State level report, Country-level report • A platform that provides employee/teacher motivation, standardized abstracts of training content, the flexibility of timing in training, updates from the government from time to time, the opportunity of clearing doubts, schedule, etc. • Top-level management can directly communicate to employees/teachers with a single click. • It can also be used to train Managers/Principals for leadership development. • They evaluate the performance of an Employee/ Teacher through artificial intelligence. • They can take facial recognition attendance with geofencing. • This application is a unique digital platform, which can address training problems, whatever may be the permutations and combinations i.e. irrespective of no of employees, Locations, Language, and Sector, etc. • This application is administrative/management driven i.e. management can decide schedule so that the server will atomically push the training content when and what. It is an essential unique feature when compared to other LMS.

They were the winners of the ‘India 500 Startup Award, 2019.’ Now,they going to sign MOU with one of the reputed corporate retail chains in South India and one of the reputed Agro Companies in India for employee training. Some negotiations are going on with twoSouth Indian State governments on teacher training. Behind the success of this colossal organization, there is a man who has contributed a lot. Yes, the founder of the Company-CA Phani Kumar Madireddy. ABOUT THE FOUNDER CA Phani Kumar M was a qualified Chartered Accountant, having more than 11 years of experience in the education field.He was the Co-Founder of SrimedhaV Educational Institutions, which later emerged as one of the biggest CA institutions in South India. He was awarded as a Game Changer by Times of India for building SrimedhaV from scratch to one of the best CA institutes in South India, which secured all India ranks in different levels of chartered accountancy course. He was the Co-Founder for a group of Schools,consisting of 25. This gave him an immense opportunity to know the importance of teacher/employee training in any organization, and he encountered tough experiences in identifying quality teachers and difficulty of parents in paying small amounts of fee for their children’s school education, especially in rural areas which really moved his heart; then he shifted his focus from existing commitments to MAPHA. He conducted more than 1500 seminars for motivating school children and creating awareness for the CA course in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

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Deepak Nachnani & Nayan Jadeja

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Sri Ayaan Initiatives LLP

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Instigating Business progress

All About Supply Chain Finance

To start with, let us understand Supply chain financing in detail with respect to the overview and the way forward.

In today’s day and age, there is no dearth of options when it comes to investing one’s funds as there are a myriad of options out there such as different product lines, new emerging markets, starting new divisions, mergers and acquisitions and many more. On the other hand, the source from where your funds for investment arrive is also vital here as even though there are multiple options available like equity, debt etc that are more conducive to large companies, one cannot deny the fact that they are expensive, time consuming and at the same time mostly reply on the reactions of the shareholders.

INTRODUCTION Also referred to as Reverse Factoring, it is a way of funding in which the supplier will get the advance funds for his supplies through invoices that are directly presented by the buyer which are then forwarded to banks or Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs), which in turn raise the required capital before the buyer’s credit limit expires. The credit limit ranges between thirty to forty-five days. Thus, this money can then be used for various purposes. This helps optimise the working capital for both the buyer as well as the seller as Supply Chain Finance (SCF) involves short term credit.

Other viable options for collecting funds could be saving funds by selling off unwanted assets, reducing unnecessary workforce or substantially reducing capital investments. But one cannot overlook the fact that these processes involve substantial restructuring in the organisation, which is precisely why they are kept as the last option of raising funds by most businesses.

Also, the latest pattern for Supply Chain is gradually changing from physical documentation and creating separate account for Supply Chain Finance (SCF). Lately, it majorly involves the use of a technological platform with the aim to automate all the transactions as well as track the approved invoices and the settlement process, right from the credit payment to repayment on the due dates.

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WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS IN SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE (SCF) AND WHAT IS THEIR ROLE? • The major beneficiaries and key decision makers in the Supply Chain Finance (SCF) process are the manufacturers or corporates. • The borrowers in Supply Chain Finance (SCF) usually are the Distributors, the Dealers, vendors, or the suppliers. • The major financiers in this process of funding are either the banks, Financial institutions, or Non-Banking financial institutions (NBFI).

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Cash flow is sure to improve Provides Work in Progress (WIP) financing and pre-shipment It ensures financial discipline is always maintained

Advantages for the Manufacturer and Corporate • Working capital investments will be minimised • The cost of goods sold will be reduced to an extent • Total borrowing cost will go down significantly • Administrative cost will go down, thanks to the automated process • Better cash flow • Stability of supply chain will be improved • Supply chain financing ensures availability of goods for end users • Sales will improve • Financial discipline will be maintained

WHAT ARE THE OFFERINGS OF SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE (SCF)? There are two main types of funding that Supply Chain Finance (SCF) offers: 1. Upstream Finance, also called as Vendor Finance – this is when the banks or financial institutions provide invoice or bill deducting facilities to the vendors, suppliers or channel partners of large scale organisations for doing all the payments on the behalf of the corporate company to its suppliers for all the goods supplied by them to the said company.

Advantages for the Dealer/Distributor • Ensures good flow of working capital for buying inventory • The cost of funds is less compared to other working capital products • Short duration ensures financial discipline is maintained • Administration cost will be reduced because of the automatic process

2. Downstream Finance, also called as Channel Finance – This is where the banks or financial institutions will provide short term rotating loan facilities to the distributors or dealers (channel partners) of big corporate firms for the purpose of buying goods from the said company and then selling it ahead to its customers.

Advantages for the Financiers • Risks will be diversified • More opportunity for asset building and fee revenue • Cross selling opportunity – the process of evaluation of the need for money is made simpler because of defined movement of goods • There is much lower risk of diversion of funds

BENEFITS OF SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE (SCF) Advantages for Suppliers • Early payment will ensure that financial dependence on the buyer is minimum • Cost of capital will be reduced by supporting the buyer’s credit rating BENEFITS ACROSS THE SUPPLY CHAIN PROCESS

BUYER Cost of goods purchased is reduced

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BANK

Owing to improved Days Sales Outstand- Helps build synergistic and strong relaing (DSO) as well as lower finance costs, tionships with clients. cost of capital is significantly reduced

Owing to improved Days Payable Out- Helps maintain a flexible and predictable standing (DPO), working capital requirecash flow ments is reduced Ensures a stable supply base

Ensures low-cost finance rates.

Improve chances of customer retention

By providing support to the customers' entire supply chain from end to end, it increases bottom line

FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES WITH SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCING • Because of the current boom in the E-commerce industry, wherein the Indian economy is moving steadily towards online sales, it gives banks huge opportunity to fund various supply chains • It gives banks a good opportunity to fund backward as well as forward integration in the value chain • Flexible credit settlement is possible because of the focus being on shorter periodic assessments • There is an opportunity for launch of some common association or platforms for supply chain financing • There is good potential of tapping into lesser exploited industries like electronics, commodities, consumer durables, FMCG & Agro industries to fund their supply chains. 37

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A High-Speed Serial Link Interface IP solution provider

The oil based economy is being shifted to data based economy and the countries are valued by the comprehensive strength in its computing power, data analytics and digital storage capacity. Data will play a key role in adopting a focused approach for good governance of the country with centralized data storage, computing power coupled with faster access to any part of the country.

SANKAR REDDY Ph.D | Founder Offering cutting-edge, high-speed serial link interface IP solutions, Terminus Circuits is proven to be an incredible solution provider in the respective arena. Dr. Sankar Reddy entrenched the foundation of Terminus Circuits Pvt. Ltd.; he is Chief Executive Officer of the company.

The infrastructure of India data systems in India will be put to a test in the coming years that can fuel the growth rate to reach the ambitious goal of $5 trilion economy in the next 5 years. The computing power, Network and the storage are the critical ingredients on which the new Indian economy will rest. Data needs to play a larger and larger role in the daily decision-making process of the government as it will make governance more informed and localized.

As mentioned above, Terminus Circuits offers high-speed serial link Interface IPs and provides interconnect solutions across many standards of USB.org, PCIe-SIG, IEEE, MIPI Alliance, SATA, etc. These Transceiver PHYs are an integral part of today’s HPC (High-Performance Computing) system providing the interconnect solutions that scale bandwidth and deliver end-to-end signal integrity in next-generation platforms. These robust interface IPs are available in different foundry nodes and in the broad spectrum of process technologies.

With India moving towards Digital India, there are segments where Terminus Circuits can play a crucial role in strengthening the computing power, in adding the better digital storage systems and in connecting the servers, by offering its interface IPs for • Digital India Program • 5G platform building. • National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) • Smart City & Smart Grid

The current flagship IPs of Terminus Circuits includes: • PCIe Gen4/3/2/1 (up to 16Gbps per lane) • USB 3.2 Gen2x2/2x1/1x1 (Supporting up to 20Gbps) • MIPI MPHY Gear 4/3/2/1 (Dual lane with 11.66 Gbps per lane) • Multi-Lane Multi-Protocol SerDes (Supporting up to 16Gbps per lane)

Terminus Circuits solutions also cater to consumer/industrial segments where high data rate transfers are required like storage, video streaming, etc. by its USB/MIPI interface protocols.

These robust interface IPs offer low power, small form factor, low latency and are available across top three foundry nodes and technology flavors. The architecture for these IPs is modular and scalable to meet the requirements of new generation SOCs ( System On Chip), ASICs ( Application Specific Integrated Circuits), NOCs ( Network On Chip) for high-performance computing.

Defense and Aerospace is another key domain that requires a fast interface, Terminus Circuits plays a critical role in this segment for India. Terminus Circuits high throuput IPs can absorb the overhead of software encryptions without much compromising on the throughput. Our NOC can be programmed through resource allocation for a given application which can isolate each application running simultaneousely on the cloud/ edge computing system, which can be a security solution through hardware isolation for a given user application.

Terminus Circuits solutions are targeted for enterprise market segments like: • 5G • Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Machine Learning (ML) • Deep Learning (DL) • High-Performance Computing (HPC)

Terminus Circuits engineering team brings many years of industry experience in building IP cores and offers turn key designs for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM’s). 38

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year for the next 5 years as predicted by all major market research firms.

The Indispensable Clientele In this new era of data-centric systems, the key components in building HPC (High-Performance Computing) systems and in data storage and throughput, their High-speed serial link products are critical in the NOC ( Network_On_Chip), SSD ( Solid State Drive) storage systems and edge computing systems.

Initiatives Of Present Government The various initiatives taken by the present government like Digital India, Make in India, National SuperComputing Mission, 5G initiative are fueling the thought process of many individuals and startups. However, by nature, these are long gestation projects with heavy on initial investments for any big or small companies; by encouraging such initiatives in these companies may not be helpful unless they show or create the market for these products in India either to meet the government demands or by the protected market in B2C markets. If not the entrepreneurs may end up loosing or succumbing to the market or to the customer acquisition strategies by large players worldwide.

In today’s Industrial 4.0 revolution, technology is changing very rapidly. There is a great emphasis being given to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. They know these two technologies will revolutionize several domains. Moving to wireless, the adoption of 5G is growing and due to its capability of high data rate transfers, HPC Systems, ADAS (Advanced driver assistance system), Autonomous driving, IIOT, UAVs and several other segments will be the parts of the used case of Terminus Circuits solutions.

Great Achievements And Milestones Terminus has twice won the ‘Most Innovative Product of the Year’ award by IESA (India Electronics Semiconductor Association) competing with 100+ companies in this field. These awards were given in 2013 for 10Gbps SerDes and in 2017 for PCI Express Gen 4 solution.

Their clients are the companies that are working on the development of SoC (System-on-chip) or ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) for the above-stated markets.

The Knot Of Trust Terminus Circuits has been in the market since 2010, the company has done 6 tape outs ( with 14 of their unique IPs) in different technology nodes ranging from 65nm to 28nm and with all the three top foundries like TSMC, GF & Samsung. The company always chases the standards to keep abreast with the latest trends. This helps to gain customer confidence. Also, Terminus offers interface IP for different markets like enterprise, consumer, industrial IOT, etc. With several man years of experience within the company added with successful licensing of several IPs provides a big boost to gain the faith of their customers.

Terminus Circuits have made investments in few major milestones like 6 tape out, comprising of 14 of its complex IPs, these tape out were for different protocol standards like PCI Express, USB, MIPI, SerDes, etc. and in the process of silicon validations of these IPs. Whilst they are doing tapeouts in different technology nodes for different protocols, they also are able to win customers across the globe and provided or providing solutions; to name a few, the complete ASIC solution for platform building for exascale computing ( for German Customer), low latency system building ( For UK customer) for financial markets and use case applications of 5G( for Japanese customer).

Symphony With The Market Trends Terminus Circuits participates in several standards body meetings. This provides insight into the company as to what new developments are going to happen in different standards. At the same time, they follow other standards to have to anticipate the new vistas that are opening up for the industry.

Futuristic Aspirations In the interface IP world, the faster is the better is the mantra. Thus, the standard bodies are continuously working towards increasing the data throughout. An example PCI Express Gen4 was announce in Q4 of 2017, had a data rate of 16Gbps, This year PCIe-SIG the Standards body has come out with PCI Express Gen5 specifications, with double the data throughput compared to Gen4 i.e. 32Gbps and plans in place to go for PCIe-Gen6 with 64Gbps data rates per lane.

As the new requirements surface with the changing scenarios of use cases, they offer tailor-made solution/customization for the enterprise market.

Thus, interface IP companies like Terminus Circuits have to keep working on newer generations to keep abreast with market needs in the premium market. The developed technologies so far will address the needs in the market adaption phase of these technologies in the segments with comparatively larger shelf-life.

Also, the company participates in trade shows across the world showcasing its solution to the global technical community. This helps to understand customer mindset and the requirements or interfaces they plan to use more often.

Future For Entrepreneurs The futuristic and niche products they are in, there is no dearth of possibilities to rely on for future entrepreneurs as they see the ever-increasing demand for the data throughput, storage, and latency, especially for social media, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, driverless car application, weather forecasting, defense & aerospace applications. All the interface IPs have been in the double-digit year on

The future of Terminus Circuits is bright as they have the right products that are required by the enterprise customers. Also, the company is there at the right time when the country is moving towards ‘Make-In-India.’ There are several opportunities that they have identified with the government sector like C-DAC, DRDO, Aerospace, ISRO, DOT etc. where their solutions could play a major role. 39

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A DIGITAL PLATFORM THAT HELPS YOU TO GO AHEAD In the era of technology which is modifying all the industries with its fruits to ease the business and the way, it is being done.Visionary Darivemula Pranith, who has been contributing a large share to the industry for a couple of years with his expertise and vast experience by holding major projects with different major capacities throughout the country, especially in Banglore, he is a well-known name in the field of IT.But the deep desire of entrepreneurship came out. Finally, the seed of ‘UC Web Tech’ was sowed in 2017 by Mr. Darivemula Pranith, (Founder &CEO)which has grown up as a fruitful tree now. It isa full-stop IT service provider with its more than 50 experienced employees who have been passionately working for the vision of the company.

THE JOURNEY OF THE FOUNDER AND CEO It is said, “Eating fruits is easy but growing a tree is a herculean task”. The journey of Mr. Darivemula Pranith began at the age of 17 and worked as a web designer and developer for two yearsHaving had an insight understanding of the industry and enriched experience, Mr. Darivemula Pranith established a company by the name of ‘UC Web Technologies’ in 2014 and ran for one and a half years. Finally, he decided to merged his company with ProvInc with the team of 12 employees and built a team of 85+ employees within a single year in the same company and worked with them for two and a half years as an operation director in India as well as built an ‘online exam application’ with the help of AI (Artificial Intelligence) which can be used to take online exams and get immediate result. Currently, he manages his company ‘UC Web Tech’ and works as a CTO for one of the biggest companies in Bangalore where there are more than 150 software developers. Throughout his personal and professional life, he was committed to deliver the best to the client and make an unshakable relationship with them.

DARIVEMULA PRANITH CEO & FOUNDER

Mr. Darivemula Pranith says, “There is no substitution of hard work”. He still follows the same line during his professional career and motivates his team too. Currently, he has been running ‘UC Web Tech’ which is a vibrant and the most trusted name in the IT industry and possesses a team of skilled employees with the latest technologies like AI, Angular, Ruby on Rails, Python. 40 40

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COMMENDABLE SERVICES AND OFFERINGS Being a trusted and reputed name in the industry especially among its valued clients throughout India as well as across many other countries like Dubai, UAE, Zimbabwe and so on. The company has made a difference in the market on the strength of its services and offerings.

THE DEDICATED WORKFORCE AT UC WEB TECH The best work can be the worst work, if not executed well by a team or a group of employees, therefore, the firm ensures a healthy work-culture surrounded by positivity and great learning. At present, a team of 50 employees has been deployed to render the services to the clients.The company leaves no stone unturned to have employees motivated and dedicated to perform for valued clients. For this, a number of training programs are conducted for making employees skilled on various new technologies that are embellishing the industry every single day. There is a wonderful saying, “Will is stronger than skill”. Therefore, many motivational programs are conducted to keep employees enthusiastic and happy to serve the clients.

There are a plethora of services which are rendered to the clients such as • Web application development • App integration • Mobile application development • Maintenance and support • Website design and development • Digital marketing & SEO

THE FUTURE PLANS OF THE COMPANY The plans and targets of any company decide the future-growth and make the company future-ready to have an edge over its peers. Lately, UC Web has expanded its working area in many countries like Dubai, Zimbabwe and has many tie-ups with some companies in UAEand came up with a product ‘MAPZOP’that could be useful for booking self-driving cars. Therefore, the company aims to expand its workforce to 200 plus employees by the end of next year to serve the clients. Besides all, the focus is also given to research and development which brings innovations and creation to the industry and makes the company future-ready to face upcoming challenges to render the best to its valued clients.

Apart from all its services, ‘UC Web Tech’ renders its workforce to the clients’ premises for any specific issues to support them and resolve their problems if needed. The philosophy of working is not only to render such services but also to build an ever-lasting relationship with the clients. Somewhere or the other clients are a bit worried about the cost of services and products, but the company ensures a reasonable and affordable price for its services and offerings with upgraded and advanced technology like AI, Angular, Ruby on Rails and Python. THE CLIENTELE OF UC WEB TECH The strength of the clientele is the result of the best services and authentic relationship (whether personal or professional) with clients. Since it is a two-and-halfyear of company, but it has made tremendous growth in the name of Mr. Darivemula Pranith who has been contributing a big share to the industry for seven years. He is known personally and professionally to his clients more than his company name. As far as the clientele is concerned, UC Web Tech has captured a large area especially in Banglore, where it has become one of the top 10 IT companies by having more than 100 fortune clients such as United Way Bengaluru – NGO, Oxigen Sports City, HSR High Street,Pruthvi Park Square, Nakshathra Township and M3+. The company closely works with Manipal Group as a software provider as well as has a major client, named M3+ it’s a Dubai based mobile application company that is used as a local search engine in Dubai and UAE. The presence and clients are not only in India but also in other countries such as Dubai, UAE, Zimbabwe and so on. Being an august company in the industry, it shares its fruits of hard work with society in the form rendering an internship to young India to certify them as ready-professionals to serve the industry with innovation and creativity. 41

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Combating the Virus

Over two months later India enforced a strict nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, but now the government of India is allowing most businesses and services to resume. People are returning from their jobs and starting to trickle out of their homes. During the lockdown, expertsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; guidance has been followed well: As much as possible, stay home and avoid social gathering. In the new reality, with a vaccine likely still months or years away, some experts have said that a new approach is needed to implement among the people to stay safe amid this pandemic.

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So, if you are considering hanging out with friends outside (keep it to a small group). If you are going to eat at a restaurant, look for outdoor seating. Prefer morning walk instead of going gym. Many experts believe that policymaker can take advantage

It would be great for people to stay home all the time, but we all know that isn’t possible. So now question is, what can we do to minimize the harm to ourselves and others if and when we choose to go out? In a short answer, Wash your hands. Do not touch the face. Wear a mask and maintains distance from people (you don’t live with) at least 6 feet. For those of you who have a chronic health issue, or are 65 years old or more, you should take all these precautions very seriously.

“It’s a good year for outdoor dining and outdoor shopping and outdoor all kinds of activities.” According to Mark McClellan, (who formerly lead both CMS and FDA) from VOX The one exception, of course, is your lovely home. As long as you and your family stay at home, it’s safe, if no one inside is sick.

Now a lot of people will say that short answers we have heard a million times, So we are going to discuss seven points, which may help you minimize risk while you going out.

Experts have recommended to people to do things outdoors, that doesn’t mean it is totally safe. Being around people who don’t live with you can create some problems during this pandemic.

1) Stick to the outdoors Experts have given a piece of advice for those who decide to go out: people who can do something out of their house instead of indoors, they should prefer it outdoors. At the time people prefer cooking in their yard, which is good for them. You should consider it as well.

However, during this pandemic, doing outdoor activities could safer (outside of your home). For some, that’s a reprieve that makes all the other necessities for social distancing a little more bearable. As we all know that spending time outdoors could be beneficial for all of us on its own.

This pandemic spread through airborne droplets – that land on the surface, afterward they pick up with their hands. Outdoor alleviate these vectors of spread in many different ways.

2) Follow good hygiene practices

first, the open-air won’t let airborne droplets to reach other people.

We have been getting constantly message from a health authority that “keep washing your hands” and “Do not touch your face.” If you are going to very frequently venture far outside your home. So do consider seriously it doesn’t matter how old are you.

second, it would be easier to keep a distance from others as compared to inside.

Many reports indicate that the COVID-19 could survive on a different surface for an hour or days at a time. If you touch those surfaces, then touch your faces – soon you may get infected. By now there are a lot of guidance available on the internet about how to avoid touching our face and wash our hands. If you haven’t seen yet, go and check out, I’m sure those tutorials would be helpful.

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AS per CDC, before eating or after using restroom “Hand should be washed with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.” Also do not forget to back of your hand, finger, thumbs, and your wrists. If you cannot access soap and water, use hand sanitizer with more than 60% ethanol or 70% isopropanol. Yes, these hygiene practices work, and we are hearing over and over again. If you would like to minimize risk to yourself, then you should follow this hygiene practice.

3) Wear a mask

PREVENTION

In light of data about how coronavirus spread, along with proof of widespread coronavirus illness is communities all over the country, many institutions and organizations (CDC, WHO) agree that every individual should wear a mask when they go out. You can wear mask surgical mask, N95 mask if you have one, also cloth one would be good if you can’t access it. CDC (The central for Disease control and prevention) recommends that “In public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies), especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.” Mask can stop transmission from the wearer to other people, especially from those who are infected but not showing symptoms at all. If you put the mask on face properly, you’re less likely to get infected from virus-containing droplets. Mask also likely gives some safety to you by creating a physical barrier from droplet from other people in front of our mouth and nose. However, the research is not enough, but there are few suggestive pieces of evidence: As long as you wear masks properly, the report shows that it reduces disease transmission overall. While many other experts hypothesize that masks are playing a very crucial role in this pandemic. Most countries are not allowing N95 for the general public because of shortage. It would be difficult to buy. But you can use a cloth mask which can make at home. If you want to learn how to make a Mask at home, then check out the CDC tutorial. As you know the country has allowed a maximum of 50 people at the wedding function or any other function. If you are hoisting event (which is not but it is going to happen) – offer masks to those who are attending the ceremony. When you wear a mask, don’t fidget with it like touching your face, and avoid taking it off until you return home. Throw away disposable masks once you use it, if you have reusable mask then wash after use them. Also, do not forget to wash your hand before and after taking off the mask. One more important thing, it is common to have a little harder time breathing while putting a mask on face for long hours. But you know discomfort is much better than not getting sick of the virus, so Do not take off the mask in the middle of somewhere.

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In the South Korea call center, 44% of employees on one floor have got infected by coronaviruses, the analysis of the seating report shows how easily COVID 19 spread in the offices. In March, 97 out of 811 employees tested positive at a Seoul call center. Of the sick workers, 94 sat on the same floor – the building’s 11th – and 79 were in the same section. The article published in the Journal of Emerging Infectious Disease. Prolonged and close contact could be risky for people. A jogger passing by you for two to 5 seconds isn’t created risk. But if you are within 6 feet of others for a longer time – especially for hours. It could be dangerous for any one of us. “The two variables we worry about is that distance from another person who might be sick and the time spends with them.” Says Crystal Watson, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins center for Healthy Security, from citizen Cartwright. This principle applies to the outdoors, too. As we have discussed outdoor, it is safer than indoors, despite it, it still a good idea to avoid packed parks or beaches. Anyone who doesn’t live together, they shouldn’t stay together for long in any setting. So, if you are planning to go out for food, do consider to skip the packed restaurant. If you are going to the park or beaches, find an area where very few (2 to 3) people around. Hosting party, don’t invite too many during this pandemic, also avoid hugging and handshaking.

5) Avoid share surface It could be possible that people can get coronavirus by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it if you want to minimize that risk, try to avoid share surface as much as possible. So even if you are planning to go outdoors, try not to touch anything which has been touched by different kinds of people, like swings, bench, swings, slides – at the very least, wipe them out before using them. If you are entering in the building -where you don’t live or using public transport, try to minimize how much of the space you touch.

Now people are going back to their own office, but during this pandemic, try not to share food, drink, and many others. That doesn’t mean you have to be fearful about food or getting various things delivered to you.

6) Do not go outside from home over and over again. Whether, you are going out for food or work, or you are leaving home because you can’t stand the sight of your apartment anymore, one way to reduce risk is to space out all trips. With each venture outside, you are creating risk for yourself during this pandemic, that’s why it said “Stay home and Stay Safe.” So, it isn’t a good idea to be going out of the store or mall over and over again or even every day, when you go to the store buy as much as you can afford and carry in one go. Don’t buy stuff for 6 months or a year, one month would be enough. Since you are going out to the store and mall every day, it is impossible to keep the physical distance. Reading this article, that doesn’t mean every single is going follow the rule perfectly and some time we forget something at stores which have to go back. But remember spaced out trips outside the home would be great.

7) If you are in a particularly at-risk group, take extra precautions. As per CDC’s current available information, Chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes, liver issue, and obesity. Having one of these appears to heighten the risk of complications and death due to COVID – 19. People who are 60 or more are at higher risk too. In such a kind of people need to be extra careful and strict for themselves. One-way experts describe: If you fall into one of these chronic conditions, have to follow the same rules, but take this on the next level like if normal people washing their hands 5 times, those people should wash their hands 10 times. If others are maintaining distance 6 feet, those in at-risk should try 10 feet. Many Expert believes that older people should stay at home as much as possible, in the way they can protect themselves. What we have discussed, nobody is going to follow perfectly because some of the tips may not be possible for them. But better you can do it, the lower the risk would be. 45

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Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs Henry Ford

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The rich and interactive experiences of mobile are enabling the centerpiece of digital convergence. Nowadays, we all have come to rely on mobile apps, as they create new standards and expectations for all digital media including the web. Mobile apps are not just the glue for all digital industries to use when aiming for convergence, but also the digital gateway for the real business world. WHAT IS DianApps? DianApps is an agency that is majorly involved with end-to-end mobile application services. They offer a whole range of services starting from ideation to design and development, maintenance to postlaunch marketing. Their team of developers and designers are experts in developing experiences for all screen sizes and user base, irrespective of what demographics and industry background they belong to. ALTERING LATEST MARKET NEEDS At the very beginning of their inception, they understood how important it is to become on top of the ever-changing and innovating app and tech market. They created an R&D team in-house, which has been responsible for identifying the new technologies and coming up with courses to help the team be updated with all the latest technological trends. They are also responsible for collaborating with tech experts to take their help in understanding the changing tech market.

PARAG Gupta Co-Founder

COMPETITION BRINGS OUT THE BEST The ultimate victory for business in any competition is truly derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that one has done their best and they got the most out of what they gave to business. The end to end services which they process and the method for their services make them way better than their competitors. Every part of their web and tech service from its start to end delivers a complete functional solution. BECOMING A LEADER IS SYNONYMOUS WITH BECOMING YOURSELF Mr. Vikash Soni and Mr. Parag Gupta (Co-Founders) of DianApps believe in the vision that “No leader sets out to be the best leader, it is the experiences and the values that make them”. Some People sets their life out to live and express themselves fully while working. The point Mr. Parag Gupta believes is that only when you are completely yourself and you let yourself to be used completely, for your skills, gifts, and energies, the vision gets manifested in the team. Mr. Vikash Soni lays down and follows some leadership fundamentals for himself and for his team:• You must withhold nothing. You must, in sum, become the person you started out to be and to enjoy the process of becoming. • You have to be ready to experiment and innovate • You will have to focus on your team as much as you focus on the clients • You will have to work with the mindset of a learner. Only then you will become a leader. 46

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THE TALE OF STRUGGLE CRAFTED “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle” Napoleon Hill Strength comes from struggle. Getting a team together was also challenging and one of the primary issues for DianApps. It was quite difficult for them to get together a team of like-minded people, who worked with the common goal of futuristic success. They tied up with consultancies but that went into vain. So, they ended up getting their hands involved in the process. And only after days of brainstorming they ended up with the dream team.

Their staff is made of go-getters who need little to zero motivation, as till now. But they understand that as the company grows, the attitude and sense of ownership would reduce.

They realized that you will have to take things under your control if you have to achieve something real.

THE MILLENNIAL BOOKS THEY READ There are two books that the key officials read upon pretty frequently – 1. Business Adventures: it details the rise and fall of some of the big tech giants 2. How to win friends and influence people - It helped them immensely with the interpersonal relationship, not just with the clients but also the employees.

LEARNING STAGE AFTER A STRUGGLE The inevitable stages of pain before you succeed is what the learning stage truly mean. No matter how many failures you face, one must learn to get up anyway and push towards the goal. Starting a business for the first time with no entrepreneurship-related experience was difficult for both of the key officials of DianApps. They realized that they’ll have to learn and get involved with every facet of the business - Finance, HR, Marketing, and not just technical.

MILLSTONES AND FUTURE PLANS The major milestone for them has been to continuously learn newer technologies and set a benchmark for the industry in general. They tie up their client’s achievement as their own. So every time their clients get funding or an award on the back of the application, they get as happy as they would have if they received them.

Next, one has to make a thousand business plans and then find the right people to achieve them in time and maintain the utmost quality as a team. The same things go with the clients, one has to ensure that they maintain a perfect balance between their profits and their constant innovation in the industry.

The short term plan as of now is to learn as much as they can and set a foothold in the industry as the torchbearers. The long term plan is more inclined towards expansion and creating an uncontested position in the world, across nations.

This whole process is full of new learnings and subsiding old ones. THE LIVING SOURCE FOR THE COMPANY: CLIENTELE They have worked with a wide spectrum of clients coming in from different sectors and business sizes. They focus more on the idea as compared to business sizes. A few of their clients worth mentioning would be Rcade (it’s a social networking app for Gamers) and HealthyLuxe (a food industry-specific application). PROMINENT VIEWS ON LEADERSHIP “Leadership is the only thing that can help you survive in the market.” Only when you and your employees act like leaders, you will be able to work with divided ownership towards one objective. They instill that habit in their employees by giving them complete responsibilities of their domain. 47

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