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Editor’s Note A LEADER IS ONE WHO KNOWS THE WAY, GOES THE WAY, AND SHOWS THE WAY The fact that contemporary business executives have to play several roles and serve many audiences is an open way. At the same moment, they wear multiple caps but convey one central view. Most notably, they ought to make sure that their leadership style and actions provide their supporters and subordinates in the right direction. In the forthcoming edition, ‘Business Leaders of the Year 2020,’ it was a pleasure for Innovative Zone to cover the grit and power of leaders. These corporate leaders have undeniably uplifted their firms most remarkably and distinctively, and they have held the best role in the business sphere. In this edition, we have leaders from all walks of life whose meticulous approaches inspire others. The cover story will include the tale of Sagar Software Solution’s CEO & Managing Director, Mr. Ritish Venkat Joshi. He has undoubtedly displayed commendable patience and strong passion at the height of excellence by restructuring the way data was consumed, and information was grasped. Some of the leadership positions apply to all situations, regardless of the form of business, and the size of the corporation or whether it is a public or private corporation. To remain successful in the sector, they must continuously build and exercise exceptional skills. The primary duty of a leader is to address the issues arising in the venture. Leadership is the practice of directing and inspiring the workforce to accomplish the aims and priorities of the organisation. Leadership also plays a fundamental role in improving the efficiency and competitiveness of workers. With the year 2020 adding hardships amongst businesses and individuals, the role of a leader is highly prominent in protecting the company’s as well as individual interests. Not just this, through every vertical, a leader must remain open to diversification and adaptation of new technologies at the core of their businesses. A true leader never showcases control or power of authority, but they genuinely dive into the pool of accumulating resources and eventually tie them into one knot. At Innovative Zone, we believe that great leaders set out to make a difference, and for them, it is never about the role, but it is always about the ultimate goal. In this critical time, we want to share stories that inspire, and we thrive to serve the best to our loyal readers to fill their hunger pangs of business-centred knowledge. Happy reading! Sandhya Agrawal Editor, Enlighten the world with innovation

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COVER STORY

RITISH VENKAT JOGI

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SAGAR SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS SUCCESS STORY

Table of

CONTENTS

ANSHU BUDHRAJA Amway India CEO

AMWAY INDIA

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AMIT SHARMA & KAPIL CHADHA

Co-founder, CEO & Co-founder, Chairman

eEXPEDISE GROUP

YOGESH GUPTA Director & CEO

EDUCATION

THE RENOVATED EDUCATION FRAMEWORK IN THE NEW NORMAL

HEALTH

26 THE CONSEQUENCES OF DAILY PRACTICES ON OUR HEALTH

LIFESTYLE

CAVITA MEHRA

Founder

HOW TO EQUALLY PRIORITIZE YOUR CAREER AND PERSONAL LIFE

MINDSKILLZ

Dr. MANOJ SAXENA

Chief Executive Officer

NETEDGE COMPUTING SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD.

HARSHYAM CONSULTANCY SERVICES PVT. LTD.

TRIPURARI GOYAL

Co-Founder, MD& CEO

TOURISM

MAKE FAST BUCKS ALL ALONG YOUR VOYAGE 7

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COVER STORY

SAGAR

SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS Turns data into information, and information into insight

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RITISH VENKAT JOGI

CEO & MANAGING DIRECTOR Sagar Software Solutions

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ow vital is data science? It’s a topic that’s a lot in conversation but the magnitude of its importance is yet far fetched.

With Data Science, organizations are able to recognize their client in a better way. Clients being the foundation of any product, play a vital role in their success and failure. Data Science enables organizations to connect with their customers in a structured process and thus assures the better quality and power of the product. Data Science lets products tell their story powerfully. This is one of the big reasons that make it popular. When products and organizations use this data comprehensively, they can share their story with their viewers and thus create better product connections. This is exactly what Sagar Software Solutions does for you.

Sagar Software Solutions Private Limited believes in data being the new Oil. In the 21st century, data is not just some random iteration in a small computer box but will redefine the very business model, being the heart of present Business interpretation.

clients based on which I took a step to start a company after my graduation. DEMONSTRATING THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY Regardless of your personal opinion—Luddite or technophile—the rapid advance of technology isn’t going to slow any time soon. More and more small businesses that fail to adapt are going to find themselves left behind while the savvy ones who learn to keep up will reap the rewards. One must understand how technology affects their business (for better or worse) and how to apply advancements to play them to an advantage. These technologies have incredible implications, and we’re just beginning to see their capabilities. More importantly, we’re just beginning to imagine real-world applications for their use. For Sagar Software Solutions, technology is not about the services or products they build. Those are not the end goals. Technology is a democratizing force, empowering people and businesses through information and analytics.

In the words of Ritish Venkat Jogi, the CEO and Managing Director at Sagar Software Solutions says

“ We handle Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, IoT, Robotics projects. We give assistance in need of any PHP, WordPress, web application development, or any other mobile technology related services for iPhone, Android, Windows, BlackBerry app development, etc. We also cater to Consulting Services like that of Recruitment, Staffing, and Training services.”

Data is one of the critical aspects of every organization as it helps decision-makers to take a call based on facts, statistical numbers, and trends. Data science is an extension of many data analysis fields such as predictive analysis, statistics, data mining, and many more.

The Company has filed 89 patents in which 6 are international patents, got CE & ISO Certification which determines their quality. Sagar Software Solutions has been awarded by Indian Achievers Forum for quality excellence. Apart from this, they have also received Green Council Award for the year 2019.

Ritish says

“Since we are into implementing cutting-edge technologies, we give a lot of new ideas to our clients. We show them the idea to live. This really worked to attract lot of clients to come back with new projects. Even our clients state that our services brought a lot of new customers than they expected.”

Ritish Venkat published 9 articles/books on cutting edge like: • Blockchain Complete Guide • Entrepreneur Tips • Data Science Handbook • Blockchain Implementation in Business • Blockchain Handbook • Artificial Intelligence for Robotics • Transforming Technologies-Today • Blockchain Technology for Digital Marketing • Blockchain for Lawyers

LOOKING BACK: THE ORIGIN OF THE IDEA Ritish shares his story of what motivated him to begin this venture: At my graduation, I lost my bike. When I got up to police stations I was fed up. Then I invented a solution for vehicle safety which is taken by Hyundai and a few other automobile 12

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Ritish shares “We have plans to grow our business

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not just in one domain. We want to extend our services in different domains like: 1. Sagar Group of Institutions – KG to PG Schooling 2. Sagar Infra Hub – Construction and Interior Design Wing 3. Sagar Motors – Automobile plant 4. Sagar Training Centre – We already had a training wing we train on all the cutting-edge technologies with expert trainers. 5. Sagar Hope Centre - it’s our CSR Wing, we do charity activities.”

Coach employees for success, and practice random acts of kindness.

Feedback is another great motivator that should be given right away, to encourage more of the same performance when positive and to self-correct when negative. HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THE UNCERTAINTIES OCCURRING IN THE CONDUCTION OF THE BUSINESS VENTURE? While the COVID19 pandemic has definitely put a lot of companies to the test, generally speaking, all companies by definition have to deal with uncertainty every day, several times a day. I think the best way to deal with uncertainty is first to expect it and be comfortable with it. Second, build an internal value system that rewards change and dynamism in work prioritization. By being flexible about any challenges coming our way and being nimble in our speed of response is what allows us to deal with uncertainty. Since we are ahead of the two years plan and we already did research and development on 85+ projects.

Want to know more about this promising company? We had a conversation with the founder to bring you some exclusive insights on who they are, how they work, and what they believe in. Here’s a quick glimpse. To begin a business looks good on paper, but the truth is, it is a tiring process that has constant failures, re-iterations, and alterations. Putting this into consideration, what is your advice to the entrepreneurs?

We also have 10+ development projects for marketing namely Patrikaa, Eaquasales, agri dairy, aquaexpress, Best of Brilliants (Classboard connect, Tuitions Module), eservice bazar, Filmestore, Get Groceries…. We had a detailed plan for the next 2years.

There will be times when you come across odds. Stay strong and you will be able to perceive these challenges with a better outlook as you have acquired knowledge, skill, and confidence which will help you to overcome these hindrances to success because you’ve done it before. Understand this through an analogy. Assume that you are climbing a mountain and you only keep your eyes on tough terrains and difficult navigation focusing only on the problems. As you keep ascending, your climb will become exhausting and devoid of experiences. But if you consider every step a foot forward towards the summit of achievement, you will be able to enjoy the scenic beauty around, the flowers and the view and your climb will be very different. Businesses are exactly the same; it’s not only about the destination –learn to live the journey.

WHAT DOES THE COMPANY HOLD FOR IT IN THE FUTURE (PLANS)?

There are still a few trends that seem poised to make a big impact on the business world going forward. Planning for 2020 — and beyond requires taking a close look at what’s likely to make an impact on your business. Growing trends while safeguarding against potential hazards. Some movements are more obvious than others, but all deserve your close attention if you’re hoping to get ahead. The digitization of the world isn’t a new development — it’s been happening since the dawn of the World Wide Web — but that doesn’t mean it’s poised to slow down anytime soon. In the last decade, the number of workers who telecommute has increased by 20%; in the same timeframe, cloud computing spending has grown 4.5 times faster than traditional IT spending. While these statistics may seem unrelated, they point toward the same outcome: The workplace of the future is going to be a digital one. That will mean something different for every business, but it’s something that every business needs to grapple with. Whether you adopt a remote work policy or transition some of your key functions to online platforms, your business must adapt to survive.

How does the organization promote the professional growth and development of its employees? What continuing learning opportunities do you have for your employees? If a human mind can develop the technology, it sure can innovate it for use in varied business models; and that’s exactly what our people are capable of!

Sagar Software Solutions takes care of five points when it comes to its employees • Clearly defining vision as a roadmap for the employees • Giving employees what they want and need compassing tools, training, and support from supervisors. • Communicate well and often during training sessions, memos, newsletters, FAQs, and regular meetings. • Get everyone engaged in planning and decision-making

HOW ARE YOU GIVING BACK TO SOCIETY (CSR)? We have a special wing Sagar hope center, we do charity activities like food donation, education for 10 poor students every year, medicine distribution and grocery distribution. We do social awareness programs yearly twice. Our team plants trees in their respective communities. Even in the covid pandemic, we served around 5 lakh people with food and groceries.

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Share a token of advice that can serve as guidance to the budding entrepreneurs. I suggest seven points for young entrepreneurs:

1. Self-Motivation. One of the most important traits of entrepreneurs is self-motivation. 2. Understand What You Offer. As an entrepreneur, you need to know what you offer, and how it fits into the market. 3. Take Risks: Entrepreneurs take risks as it allows them to distinguish themselves from their competitors 4. Know-How to Network: Business networking is a really valuable way to expand your knowledge, learn from the success of others, get new clients, and tell others about your business. ... A strong and active business network has advantages that can make your business grow and flourish. 5. Basic Money Management Skills and Knowledge: As a business owner, if you fail to manage your money wisely, then it can lead to issues like running out of money, not having enough savings, and making late payments. Top Money Management Suggestions: If you want the business to operate smoothly, then you must have enough money to cover all the necessary expenses. 6. Flexibility: It builds employee trust and commitment, helps attract and keep key talent, as well as drives everyone to find solutions that work for all those involved. 7. Passion: Passion is what drives you to succeed because you are completely dedicated to making your business work no matter how hard the process may be. A lot of aspiring entrepreneurs do not have a passion for their businesses. They do not even have a passion for making money. They just like the idea of success. 15

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SUCCESS STORY

How Amway is “winning” from the covid-19 crisis

Amway India CEO Anshu Budhraja statement said

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Michigan, U.S based company Amway, is known as a direct selling beauty, health, and home care products, was founded in 1959 by DeVos and JayVan Andel. Currently, the company operation presence in more than 100+ countries and territories.

According to the company, after lockdown, more than 2.8 lakh/month home deliveries are happening right at the moment, which is around 70 to 80% of its overall sales. Michigan, U.S based company Amway expects online order to reach more than 5 to 6 Lakh/ month by the end of the year.

Amway is such a huge brand, which makes personal, health, and home care products. Recently, Amway India reported that the home delivery business escalated 200% over the last six months, in response to which it is doing a great amount of investment in supply chain and logistic network. The company is going to invest INR 30 Cr for supply chain and automation to fuel its home delivery and logistic.

With surged demand for immunity and nutrition products during the Covid-19 outbreak, the company is boosting the production and supply of its health and immunity-building products. Amway India did a partnership with ITC to introduce an immunity booster beverage.

The Association of Surgeons of India has tied up with Amway India, it is intended to distribute Personal Hand Sanitizer Gel to Frontline workers all over Covid-19 designated hospital. As per ASI, Amway India has distributed over 12,00 units of Persona Hand Sanitizer Gel. The company team has covered 47 hospitals.

The company has given contribution Rs25 lakh to CMPRF and RS 1 Cr to the Pm-care fund to fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. Amway has donated Rs 5 lakh to the Meenakshi Mission Hospital & Research Centre. During this pandemic, people are expecting immunity booster beverage and home care products at their home. In such cases, Amway is fulfilling consumerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demand by delivering all products at their door.

Amway India (Direct selling FMCG) is going to make investment an additional Rs 100 cr in the next two years for the future growth plan in the country. They believe that amid the pandemic, consumers like home deliveries. The company is working so hard to boost supply chain and home delivery servers to meet customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; demands. The company is planning to deliver products the same day and online return services by the first quarter of a new year (2021). Lately, Amway India introduces protection gear for frontline workers. It has launched under the coronavirus Relief Programme. Protection gear includes PPE like gloves, gowns, shoe covers, head covers, masks, and eye protection gear. This PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) has been made with help of an NGO partner.

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COMPANY OVERVIEW A NABH & ISO 2000 certified, globally-renowned IT and healthcare company, eExpedise Group is a diverse, multi-faceted organisation aimed at designing innovative healthcare solutions to build a strong healthcare & insurance ecosystem. The group serves both domestic and international clients across various countries including India, UAE, Kenya, Fiji, Sudan and Uganda. Led by Kapil Chadha (Co-Founder and Chairman) & Amit Sharma, Co-Founder and group CEO, eExpedise provides services in the sectors of IT, health insurance and medical tourism, among others. With a team of experts and skilled professionals with strong backgrounds in diverse verticals, eExpedise Group has established a stellar reputation for itself in the years after its inception. Established in 2016, eExpedise Group has successfully marked the presence of its healthcare network in 40 countries around the world, with over 21000 healthcare providers, 5200 of whom are in India spread across 300 cities and the rest in countries such as Turkey, Singapore, Mexico, Spain, Egypt, Pakistan, Brazil, Poland, and Austria, etc. The Group works across two interrelated segments, namely, eExpedise Healthcare and eExpedise Technologies. eExpedise Healthcare is a NABH & ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 27001:2013 Certified Company having over 21000 Healthcare Provider networks spread in 45 countries. The company has designed some of the innovative healthcare solutions to build a strong healthcare & Insurance ecosystem for both domestic and international clients. Led by a team of experienced management and skilled professionals across diverse verticals such as IT, health insurance Services and medical assistance including Emergency Medical Evacuation support, among others. The company offers a complete bouquet of Services for Insurance Companies, Third Party Administrator (TPA), Corporate Clients and Government agencies – Health Ministries of various countries.” The Company also provides its services for individual customers as part of the “Medical Tourism” Business. The company has successfully managed patients from over 25 countries and provided the treatment in India, Turkey, Egypt, Jordon and Mexico, to name a few. Best In Customer Experience, Expertise and professional approach displayed by the group’s healthcare vertical have led to it becoming the most sought service provider globally.

KAPIL CHADHA Co-Founder & Chairman

Another vertical of the group, eExpedise Technologies, is an ISO Certified Insurance and 18

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Healthcare IT company offering development, support and maintenance services, enabling technology to fill the gap between healthcare and insurance deliveries systems. In a short span of time, the company has acquired some of the largest Health Insurance companies internationally to provide IT Support services. Along with this, the domain experts also assist client organizations in planning and managing solution costs, enhancing customer experience and meeting operational excellence. AN INNOVATIVE INTERVENTION eExpedise aspires to solve a number of issues faced by the healthcare and medical tourism industry regularly. The Organization focuses on ensuring patient experience during the treatment lifecycle through technology. The company has designed an Inhouse platform which manages the complete life cycle of the patent travelling for Medical Treatment Abroad. The patient can compare the hospital infrastructure, tariff and choose the right hospital as per the budget and choice without any manual interval; this is first of its kind platform in the Medical Tourism industry across the globe. There is a pervasive lack of information and transparency regarding healthcare services in the country. India has over 500+ NABH Accredited Hospitals and 35 JCI Accredited Hospitals spread across 120 cities. However, people know of only a handful of hospitals, those that spend large sums on branding and advertisement. eExpedise strives to create awareness around other hospitals that are equally good, with world-class infrastructure and best doctors, and charge affordable prices.

AMIT SHARMA Co-Founder & CEO

HOME COUNTRY TREATMENT INITIATIVE Continuing in its altruistic vein, eExpedise Healthcare has conceptualized and designed a program called “Home Country Treatment”. As part of this program, the group touches base with the NRI population, including students who are residing out of India. For this purpose, they have signed a contract with international insurance companies and offered them a case management solution and shown savings through “Home Country Treatment”.

which will eliminate the manual process and manage each stage. This has helped hospitals and providers receive an additional inflow of patients and the addition of a new category under the International Business Department.

This unique proposition benefiting all the stakeholders helps insurance companies save around 30% of the cost while members get an all-expense-paid trip to India/ home town. This has helped in controlling the incurred claim ratio (ICR), which has directly impacted the policy premiums. At the same time, they are provided the best medical care in addition to meeting their families. These members have started internally referring to the members within the organization and have appreciated the concept, also advocating for it within their organizations. Also, eExpedise assures VIP treatment if they travel to India for medical treatment, which helps in creating a positive mindset for the quality of medical care, infrastructure and expertise available in India.

Among all the stellar accomplishments of eExpedise, one ofthe most notable is the filing of the patent “a medical treatment software”. It is an integrated healthcare and Medical Tourism platform that brings insurance companies and healthcare service providers together to manage the complete lifecycle of ‘medical tourists’ by providing them with the comparison of treatment plans and costs from various hospitals within seconds, thus offering a transparent platform for the patients to discern and opt for accordingly.

Using technology to ensure proficient management and medical care, eExpedise has developed a unique CRM

ACHIEVEMENTS Within mere months of its foundation, the group has to its credit the creation of a hospital network in fourteen countries with over 21000 providers offering direct billing (Cashless) services.

With a focus on technology and healthcare verticals, eExpedise Group aims to offer solution-based strategies by designing and offering unique solutions and services for each requirement, rather than just selling a product. Driven by a team of dedicated professionals continuously working on the enhancement and strengthening of its healthcare provider network, it envisions to expand the network to over fifty countries by 2020. 19

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EDUCATION

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EDUCATIONAL Framework in the New Normal Schools are the place, where we learn how to interact with peers, from being in noisy classrooms and having fun in lunch breaks, practical learning activities in laboratories to extra-curricular activities like art or playing sports, going to school have been an experience filled with enjoyment and learnings. However, the novel Coronavirus has brought school life to a halt, as the safety of children became a priority, due to their higher vulnerability to disease and weaker immunity. Even the pandemic couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop the aspirers from learning. According to future trends, both myths and realities will be seen in the emerging scenario. People around the world are now adapting to the new normal. Schools have now shifted to the virtual world, the only interaction between teachers and children is limited to virtual classrooms. Children are locked up inside their homes with limited or no physical activities. In the post-pandemic era, Education will be seen extremely differently, although schools seem to not be reviving but, if it does start its operation this academic year, with applying to social distancing, student safety being ensured, and managing everything would be a great challenge for the school authorities. The renovated educational framework will have many new learnings, perspectives, trends, and everything possible will be done to adjust and adapt to the new normal. FEWER KIDS WILL BE SEEN GOING TO SCHOOL As the pandemic has hit so many livelihoods, many poor parents wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to afford to send their children back to school for a long time. If we talk about a wellheeled middle-class family, they may prefer to delay the return of their children to school or college. KIDS GOING OUT OF TOWN, FAR FROM HOME, TO STUDY WILL BE A NIGHTMARE FOR PARENTS For parents, it is still like a nightmare that their kids were stuck in Kota, Rajasthan, when the lockdown was announced and had to be rescued and brought back home. The current situation of the pandemic has still not calmed down, so till the time everything gets back to normal, most parents will prefer not to send their kids out of town to study, and instead, they might choose an alternative by finding a nearby educational institute. Although, competitive exams are surely vital, when it comes to the safety of young ones, the priority changes accordingly. Social distancing will be the common instruction heard, while at school Under following new norms, fist-bump, high-five, warm handshakes, and hugs will be no longer seen. The classroom of the future will have no personal greetings, and the sociability will no longer be seen. The class of tomorrow will go from social to asocial. Invisible walls will be build up between each one, reducing all the ways of fun, they had in campus life. THE FUTURE OF SCHOOLS POSSIBLY WILL BE SHIFT WISE Schools will be strictly following social distancing, which means lesser students will be seen in each class. The only way will be to work for two shifts or maybe even three shifts can take place, each day. This can put more pressure on the administrative as well as teaching staff. 22

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Social Distance may lead some to be unequal and socially distant The classrooms that had equal seating and uniforms have kind of brought an unspoken democracy to teaching. Technology allows one student to access the class from sitting in an air-conditioned, hi-speed Wi-Fi home, while on the other side, the student who are underprivileged, will be seen trying to find a silent corner in an overcrowded residence with slow internet. THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION IS PERSONALIZED The new form of education will be seen to address the need for upskilling and reskilling for the digital economy. The future of education will demand more work relevant courses/learning paths as well as learning experiences that will prepare students for AI, Blockchain, AR, VR, Big Data, ML, Cloud Data analytics, and more. Now, adult learners will also be seen to spend more time on ‘passion’ learning that they wanted to acquire but had no time for. Now, there will be more time for such learning indulgences. With the future of education being personalized, every student will witness a completely different experience of learning that is fully personalized according to their abilities. Well, the future of education seems unique but we can’t ignore the truth. Like every coin has two sides, the same way, in this case, if the future of education will shift completely towards digital, it will kill the skill of handwriting, drawing by hand, and the fun of reading books, etc. now the whole new renovated form of education is coming forward and we will anyhow, have to accept the new learning in order to cope up with the future.

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HARSHYAM CONSULTANCY SERVICES PVT. LTD.

Mr Yogesh Gupta believes that the aspiring entrepreneurs should take calculated risks in business and think of innovative or out of the box solutions for addressing issues and challenges.

YOGESH GUPTA Director & CEO

arshyam Consultancy Services Private Limited, a flagship company of Harshyam group, is promoted by two professionals providing solutions and strategies in the field of infrastructure, manufacturing, mining and real estate sector. The Company has structured various assets worth more than US$ 150 Million. It has diversified clients across India and Dubai. Further, the group is also associated with large stress asset funds based out of Canada and the UAE. They have in-depth and firsthand knowledge of various sectors. Also, Harshyam Consultancy Services acts as advisors to financial institutions, corporates, promoters, trusts, and they even promoted Alternative Investment Fund. THE GENIUS MIND BEHIND THE VENTURE Mr Yogesh Gupta is the Director & CEO at Harshyam Consultancy Services along with Ms Archana Gupta, who is also a Director in the Company. Mr Gupta has in-depth working experience in the field of corporate finance, infrastructure advisory, corporate structuring, and solutions. He has worked in almost all sides of financial sectors like the bank, NBFC, corporates and handled portfolios of more than Rs 5000 Crore in NBFC and Banks, and managed more than Rs 10,000 Crore during his tenure in the diversified corporate sector. After having a relevant and diversified international experience in this sector, Yogesh Gupta along with his wife Archana Gupta, a CBSE District Topper and Alumina of SRCC (Shri Ram College of Commerce) decided to start a company to provide quality advisory and management services to clients at an affordable price. In the past, Archana Gupta had a rich experience in the field of commercial and accounting services, and she has also worked with influential organizations like Asian Paints, BILT, and Ruchi Soya. 24

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The prime motivation for Yogesh and Archana behind starting this Company was to provide quality services and advisory at an affordable price with full focus on customer satisfaction. Yogesh and Archana began with a single moto of “Sharing Expertise – Building Relationship”. During the working tenure of Yogesh and Archana, they have witnessed that in India, the companies providing these types of services with relevant domestic/international experience are minimal. Also, they are mostly dominated by big firms for which they charge a hefty fee. Hence, the aim of Harshyam Consultancy services lies in providing the best quality services and advisory to clients at an affordable charge with utmost satisfaction. Mr Gupta recalls that his grandparents acted as an inspiration behind starting this venture, Late Shri Lala Harkishan Agarwal and Late Mrs Shyam Devi. They were one of the largest grain traders in Haryana. They always carried out their business with honesty, hard work and have always maintained a relationship of trust with their clients. So, taking inspiration from them, both the Directors are trying their best to follow the path shown by their elders, and they have enforced their teachings in work. Mr Yogesh recalls that as per his understating, the role of a leader is to act as a navigator. In his Company, when the employees start an assignment, Gupta encourages all his employees to take ownership of the work and gives them credit for the success of the project. However, being a leader Mr Gupta makes sure that his employees do not get demotivated if in case something goes wrong. During the COVID-19 crisis, almost every business was harshly affected. But, Harshyam Consultancy Services diversified its service base. Also, they focused on providing small services to clients instead of focusing on large deals. The Company shifted its focus from funding to advisory and corporate restructuring. WORKING OF THE COMPANY Keeping a company’s vision and mission intact is very much important. So, the single mission of Harshyam Consultancy Services is “Sharing Expertise – Building Relationship”. Every day, Yogesh meets several people to understand their requirements and for building a professional relationship with them. Yogesh says that he has a target to meet at least one new person every week. Further, the Company’s vision is to take the operations at an international level by providing the best of advisory and corporate services. Most of the advisors in the field same as Harshyam Consultancy Services provide old age solutions which are either obsolete or practically not viable. At Harshyam, they offer innovative solutions to their clients. They make changes as per the present and future requirements of the clients. Also, the objective of the Company is to provide long term solutions to the clients instead of short-term solutions. Here, the Company even provides the best of international corporate and promoter holding structures, tax structures, innovative financial instruments, etc.

ARCHANA GUPTA Director

At Harshyam Consultancy Services, they take at-most care in implementing innovative solutions. Further, they discuss and seek the guidance of industry veterans, experts and young entrepreneurs. The Company knows that implementing innovative solutions is the biggest challenge because a whole lot of people hesitate to accept the new versions and resist buying the latest products. Hence, this Company convinces these people with adequate research, applicable rules, regulations and debates. The core value of Harshyam Consultancy Services is based on client satisfaction and providing know-how which is beneficial in the interest of client and nation. THE WORK CULTURE HAS ADDED BENEFITS IN THE GROWTH OF A COMPANY So, at Harshyam Consultancy Services, they have opted a transparent, open work culture where any person can ask any question and at any time. They even encourage the young generation to take the lead and ownership in work. It gives the employees a morale boost and in-return the Company gets best of outputs from the employees. Harshyam Consultancy Services is in its initial phase of development and has successfully set up an Alternative Investment Fund. Here, they advise some of the enormous corporates and promoters. Also, they are associated with some of the large size funds by helping them in doing their operations in India. Harshyam Consultancy Services targets to be known as the best Company in the field of financial advisory, and they want to mark their footprints across the globe. 25

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HEALTH

The Consequences Of Daily PRACTICES ON OUR HEALTH

None of us is great. Everybody has deficiencies, and we all are inclined to unfortunate propensities. We regularly overlook them to the degree that they become the very piece of us and begin characterizing us. A great deal has been spoken about good propensities for better wellbeing. Learning better methods of teaching definite tendencies is, for sure acceptable. Controlling your health wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just assist you with living steadily; however, it will make you a superior individual also.

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THE IMPACTS OF BASIC LIFESTYLE BEHAVIOUR ON HEALTH

EXCESS USE OF PHONE Innovation has indeed made our life easy and has made the world a small place as we can associate with whomever we need and at whatever point we need. It is difficult to envision our life without our mobiles, yet it is additionally evident that we have become captives of cutting-edge devices. We are so acclimated with our mobile phones that it has become a need for our endurance. For most of us, our phones are the principal thing we check towards the beginning of the day and the last before taking a rest.

SKIPPING MEALS A generous breakfast will keep you glad and vivacious for the day. Longer gaps between suppers due to skipping can contrarily influence your hormones, resistance, temperament, digestion, and general wellbeing. Rather sound, littler suppers can support your digestion, help in weight the executives, and keep up the hormone balance. Start your day with a good breakfast and have different suppers on time also. Skipping suppers is a too impractical notion, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it.

EATING TOO MUCH Overeating and gorging will undoubtedly create more health problems, even if it is healthy food. Everyone needs just the perfect calories and nutritional intake to maintain great wellbeing. If you eat more than what your body needs, be it any food, it can bring about weight gain. It can likewise welcome other medical conditions like heartburn and swelling. In any case, eating an excessive amount can also be an indication of hidden issues like diabetes or hormonal problems.

DRINKING LESS WATER Water has numerous health benefits. Remaining hydrated assists with keeping your memory sharp, your mind stable, and your inspiration flawless. Staying aware of your liquids enables your skin to stay flexible, your body chills off when it is hot, permits your muscles and joints to work better, and helps clean poisons from your body through your kidneys. It can likewise cause obstruction and stomach related issues, dry skin, weakness, and crabbiness. Insufficient water intake is additionally connected with kidney issues like kidney stones, urinary contaminations, and by and large, kidney functioning.

LACK OF SLEEP Sleeping less is a wellbeing hazard that can invite medical problems like gaining weight, debilitated resistance, unnecessary pressure, absence of focus, and crabbiness. Deficient rest can influence your wellbeing from multiple points of view, it can cause hormonal lopsidedness, influence mending, and torment conditions. While rest needs change from individual to individual, having sufficient rest around evening time is significant for all. So, in the issue of how hustling, you are donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t settle on your wellbeing.

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A STEPPING STONE LEADING THE LEARNERS TOWARDS SUCCESS The e-learning industry is now 18 years old, and its use has been growing and changing the business world rapidly since then. In providing solutions to different training needs, online training has quickly come to the forefront. For learners, by giving broader access and promoting continuous learning, it has proven to be a great enabler of learning. E-learning offers an “infrastructure” in which corporate enterprises can improve their employees’ interactive and engaging channels and provide successful skill-building and performance-enhancing training. A classic and lively example of such a platform is Mindskillz. With a pan-Indian presence in 33 cities with 430+ trainers with multilingual competence, Mindskillz is based in Bangalore.

CAVITA MEHRA FOUNDER

The Vision of this Company is “Educating for the Present, Future Training, and Lead Development!”. In 2008, Mindskillz was Founded by Ms Cavita Mehra with the purpose of “training for the future”-” she firmly believes that by transforming human resources to achieve their goals, she can make a difference in organizations. Via strategies that accelerate results, Mindskillz invests in human growth. The goal is to provide the necessary training and solutions to improve the knowledge and skills required for industry compliance. Mindskillz support companies and practitioners to better handle the criteria for career, enforcement, and qualification. The Company’s unique solutions help to enhance the efficiency of other companies to extend organizational capabilities.

THE UNIQUENESS OF THE BRAND What separates the Company from its peers is its ‘onion peel approach’. The best in class learning practises across industries and working on setting global benchmarks of excellence is what Mindskillz bring to the table. To digitally re-create the classroom, Mindskillz creates immersive learning environments using live-streaming platforms. Also, the affordability and availability of online digital training enable them to build a culture of continuous learning within organizations.

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Further, the main difference includes educating individuals from various sectors, which gives Mindskillz a multi-faceted dimension in the comprehension of individuals from different walks of life. Tangible learning initiatives drive the Organisation to produce results in terms of improvements, efficiency, customer service, productivity, and expenses. In the virtual world, the approach for communicating, connecting and collaborating comes in 3 stages. First comes the “Historical Method” – it is the process of change and the latest method. Meanwhile, the hybrid nature of blended learning allows organizations to transition learners while maintaining a personal connection with them. From the traditional instructor-led training to the virtual world, Mindskillz transitioned to virtual from ILT; the Company believes that “before change erases you, you must embrace the change.” VERTICALS OF MINDSKILLZ Meanwhile, Mindskillz has several programme offers for various sectors such as retail, healthcare, pharmaceutical & life sciences, IT & ITeS, logistics, banking & finance, manufacturing, real estate & infrastructure, telecommunications, hospitality & travel, and education. Testimonials are evidence of consumer loyalty and, as Ron Kauffman said, “Testimonials clarify what was and are a promise of what is to come.” Mindskillz delivers excellence, and the clients are happy to testify. Accenture, Fabindia, Titan, Adidas, E2Open, Impelsys, 247, Timken, BOSCH, Praxair, Zyme, Scania India, Mantri Developers, and many more reputed organizations, are the key customers of this Business. Mindskillz has a profound sense of belonging to the customers’ needs, and they pay utmost respect to their customers. Also, the Company helps its clients to create the character in their training standards and make their organizations a more customer-centred company. Overcoming The Pandemic – The Mindskillz Way People say – “the show must go on”, and so is followed by Mindskillz.

The lockdown gave Mindskillz plenty of time to introspect and retrospect as an organization that got them ready for the “New Normal”. They knew it wasn’t time to stop and so invested in better branding of their company. They developed their virtual skills in the training space, heard podcasts, attended webinars and adapted to the change completely. They also invested their time in the digital space as it is an important factor to become a key market player and to stay in the business today. Mindskillz launched the Learning Café @ Mindskillz Series and took the opportunity to invite a talented team of multi-faceted leaders, CEOs and managing directors from various walks of life to interact, visualize, learn and develop by listening to their views on the pandemic and how to restore faith and business in these difficult times. When the whole world became standstill, Mindskillz overcame the adverse circumstances through connections leading to better business opportunities. All of this became possible with the launch and participation in Mindskillz Café. With innovation, the change will come highly adaptive in organizations and will leverage their creativity and talent and evolve to meet the needs of a changing market. With this, Mindskillz had already made a smooth transition from ILT to Virtual Training. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made, all the difference” Robert Frost. Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is an inspiring way not to be afraid of taking the less travelled path, and Mindskillz has always been doing that. When corporations struggle to remain alive by venturing through different channels in the virtual world, Mindskillz has turned the challenges through possibilities. While their busy parents worked from home to keep them engaged, Mindskillz introduced Little Wonders, which is an online home-schooling opportunity for kids. In the programme, Mindskillz used an interactive platform and a holistic

approach that led the Organisation to achieve success. THE LEADER’S STORY “Not only do great leaders tell you what to do, but Mindskillz also shows you how it’s done.” Cavita Mehra is one such leader and is Mindskillz ‘s Principal Founder and Managing Director and has 45 + years of rich experience. She holds a Diploma in Mass Communications & Fashion Designing with English Honors & Psychology. Cavita is an experienced Organisation Chief and a multi-faceted character. Also, she has a stellar passion for quality and is by nature, a perfectionist. As part of her accomplishments, at the International Leadership Forum in 2013, organized by IWLF, Cavita won “The Entrepreneur Leadership Award”. She has been a speaker, and a panellist at many Leadership Forms like Dun & Bradstreet, ISBR for Discussion on Entrepreneurship, CMINDSKILLZ, and WILL Forum. Also, she has been featured in Silicon India as ten most promising Personality Development Institutes and even been covered in the CEO’s magazine as one of the fastest-growing CEOs in 2018 and the Business Sight Media Magazine 2020. Some of the causes she supports are The Mantram Art Foundation, an NGO that supports the “Girl Child Project”, WOW – Women Orbiting Women, which is another charitable cause to empower Mindskillz’s women. Further, she also volunteers for the Civil Defence Citizen’s Army as Divisional Warden. Furthermore, Cavita is certified in Pranic Healing and is a Level 2 Reiki Healer. She is an ardent golfer and an avid reader. Meanwhile, she also strongly affirms that women can enrich the entrepreneurial space with a mindful impact on society at large. “To be in business tomorrow, you need to be prepared for tomorrow.” At Mindskillz, they focus on the new requisites needed for the modern world and have a “never-give-up attitude” that has, that is, and that will keep the Company going in any situation to stay successful.

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How to Equally Prioritize Your Career and Personal Life

LIFESTYLE

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The work-life often outweighs the rest of the things in our lives. The deep desire of succeeding professionally, most of the time pushes us to set aside our welfare. People always complaints about their increased responsibilities at work, long hours, and increased responsibilities at home, it mixes everything up which leads to a poor work-life balance. You need to create a pleasant-sounding balance between your career and personal life. Maintaining a good balance between both has several positive effects such as less stress, lower risk of burnout and a greater sense of happiness that not only is beneficial for the employees but also for the employers too.

Here is a list of 5 ways that would help you to equally prioritize your career and personal life

1. Accept that there is no perfect schedule When people say that balance your work and personal life by having a fruitful day at work and leaving early in order to spend the other half of the day with your friends or family, it sounds so easy but implementing it in life is not always possible. Never go behind finding the perfect schedule, instead go for a realistic one. The most important thing is to remain constant to your goals and priorities.

2. Go for a job, that you love When you do something that you don’t like, happiness will never come to knock your door. It is not necessary, that people need to love every aspect of their job, but the job must be exciting enough that you don’t feel dreadful to get out of bed every morning. People spend half of their day at the workplace and expects it to be spent well. Find a job that you feel so passionate about.

3. Prioritize your health You should place your overall physical, emotional and mental health at top of the priority list. If you are facing issues like depression or anxiety, think of taking a therapy that you can add into your schedule as it would really benefit you. If you are not taking care of your health and keep on overworking, it would make you more ill and that will cause you to take day-offs. If you are healthy then you will be able to give more productive work and become a better employee.

4. Set Boundaries In order to avoid exhaustion, set some boundaries for yourself as well as for your colleagues. You need to separate your work and personal life to live a fruitful life. As soon as you leave your workplace, avoid thinking about the upcoming projects and stop replying to company emails. You can consider having a separate phone or computer for work so that you can shut it down as soon as you clock out. Also, try to notify your team members and manager about the boundaries beyond which you are not available.

5. A balance between Work and Life needs deliberate action Your job is definitely important but it should not be your entire life. Give priorities to the activities and hobbies that give you happiness and peace. Always try to maintain a balance between your work and personal life. Spend quality time with your loved ones and don’t let work neglect personal relationships.

Equally prioritizing your career and personal life helps to maintain a successful balance in your life and will help to live a happy life. Never let your personal life and professional life to intrude upon the other. Both are equally important to maintain a healthy work-life balance. 31

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NetEdge Computing Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Leading Digital Transformation Revolution by Orchestrating Innovative Business Solutions

NetEdge, since its inception in 1992, has established itself as an innovative IT Consulting, Software Development and IT Services Company. NetEdge’s business philosophy is to establish a partnership relationship with its clients where the team believes in the success of the client as the success of their own. The Company works with its clients to architect and implement solutions to meet their business objectives and shorten the time to market. “Our knowledge and experience puts us in a unique position to architect and delivers domain-specific solutions and services that are based on Industry Best Practices and driven by Latest Digital Technologies,” says CEO Dr Manoj Saxena. HERE’S WHY NETEDGE SERVICES CAN BE YOUR ONE-STOP DESTINATION NetEdge serves companies of all sizes from different industry domains across the globe. Its philosophy of work is to make a significant impact on client’s business ecosystem by deploying relevant systems and services that are cost-effective and are of high-quality. NetEdge’s team works closely with clients to develop customized solutions that exceed the client’s expectations.

Dr. Manoj Saxena

Chief Executive Officer

egardless of size or industry type, the Digital Technologies are impacting business operations at an immense pace and disrupting the way businesses are done. The Digital Technologies offer multiple solutions to carry out business operations right from Cloud Computing, Mobility, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, eCommerce and Social Media. All of these diversities can be very challenging for a company to handle and without adequate knowledge, it is impossible to navigate this digital web. Therefore, to navigate this myriad web many companies are taking the services from professional IT consulting firms that offer a robust portfolio of IT Consulting Services. When you engage with a professional IT Consulting Firm, you not only hire expertise and experience but also get related proficiency and a portfolio of relevant digital services.

THE SERVICES OFFERED BY NETEDGE INCLUDE: • Customized Software Development and Maintenance • Cloud Computing Solutions and Services including Cloud Migration • AI and Cognitive Analytics based on Machine Learning • Knowledge Management Solutions • Internet of Things and Automation • Big Data and Analytics • Enterprise Application Integration • IT Infrastructure Management • eBusiness and Digital Marketing Solutions • Enterprise and Cyber Security Services UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION: A company’s value proposition differentiates company’s products and services from that of rivals and convinces customers that they gain to stand by engaging the services offered by the company. NETEDGE OFFERS GREAT VALUE PROPOSITION TO ITS CLIENTS. SOME OF THESE ARE: • A unique delivery approach involving a mix of Offshore and Onsite activities resulting in higher ROI • Mature Delivery Processes ensuring best Industry practices and quality 32

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Offer End-to-end services and customized solutions to meet customer’s diverse needs Close and constant customer interaction and support to ensure customer expectations are met Domain knowledge and expertise supported by highly skilled manpower resources Expertise to deliver the latest and cross-technology cutting edge solutions and services ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 Certifications

“While serving our clients from Government, Real Estate, Banking and Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Technology etc., we have amassed domain expertise and gained invaluable insights about these industries. Our knowledge and experience puts us in a unique position to deliver domain-specific solutions and services that are based on Latest Technologies and industry best practices and that too within budget and on-time” believes Dr. Saxena. THE INSIDE STORY Dr. Manoj Saxena always believed that IT is a tool to enable businesses to carry out tasks more effectively and efficiently. This belief drove him to form NetEdge Computing Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in the year 1992 after working for over 8 years with the Indian IT industry. His vision was to provide world-class IT solutions and services at affordable prices to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) across the world. Dr. Saxena is the driving force behind the company’s growth, providing vision and direction throughout the journey of the company. He has mentored and encouraged Research and Development at NetEdge, incubating new ideas and initiatives that added value to services provided by NetEdge and helped the company to exceed customer expectations. He has been instrumental in bringing NetEdge from a startup with ‘One Employee’ operating from home office to a company with hundreds of employees spread across India, the UK, and the USA. NETEDGE HAS ACHIEVED MANY MILESTONES AND AWARDS DURING ITS LONG JOURNEY. SOME OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS ARE: • Established its overseas presence in the UK in the Year 1999 • Established a Joint Venture in Thailand in 2002 • Established a company in the USA in 2010 • NetEdge has been recognized as the Top IT and ITeS services companies of India by Dun & Bradstreet • The Fastest 50 Indian Technologies Company by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu • Fastest 500 growing Technology, Media, and Telecommunications companies in the Asia Pacific by Deloitte • The 10 Most Promising IT Services Companies • Fastest Growing Company in India in the Year 2018 • Dr. Manoj Saxena has been recognized for his pioneer work in IT by International Who’s Who • In Year 2020, Dr. Saxena was given Man of Excellence award

WHAT STEPS HAVE YOU TAKEN TO ALLEVIATE THE RISKS TO YOUR COMPANY BORN OUT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC? NetEdge’s business model is resilient to any kind of risk as it has been developed over a period of time based on the experience gained by the Company in facing 3 recessions right from Dotcom bust to the Financial Crisis of 2008 and disruptions caused by Digital Technologies. NetEdge has always emphasized on products and services that added value to its clients’ businesses. We have continued with this strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic as well. We were helped by the robust and flexible IT infrastructure at NetEdge which allowed us to move majority of our employees to work from home within a very short time. This helped us to provide the same level of service to our clients without any disturbance. HOW DO YOU ALIGN YOUR COMPANY WITH YOUR VISION AND MISSION? We firmly believe that a company does not grow because of a single person but it flourishes well because its employees. As a leader, it is my responsibility to keep emphasizing the company’s core values to the employees. In addition to this, we also share the company’s longterm vision and mission regularly with the employees. Over the period of time, we found that the most effective way to disseminate our Values and Vision to the employees is to repeat itduring our Monthly Town Hall meetings. Within the company every manager is mandated to have an open meeting with its team members in an informal atmosphere where these values are reinforced and feedback is taken from the employees so that we can constantly improve. HOW DO YOU ENSURE TO CONSTRUCT A PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTING AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION? NetEdge as a company puts lots of emphasis on learning and employees development with focus on research in the latest technologies. Company’s research and competency development initiatives are designed to innovate process frameworks, methodologies, and reusable knowledge objects. This innovation is demonstrated in solution definition and delivery to our clients. We follow a philosophy of providing for last-mile redundancy ensuring commitments to our clients are always honored and every experience is a positive and value-driven interaction. WHAT MESSAGE WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONVEY TO THE ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS? My advice to the aspiring entrepreneurs is to aim high and put your best efforts to achieve it with full focus, commitment and dedication.

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TOURISM

MAKE FAST BUCKS ALL ALONG YOUR VOYAGE There could be no other amazing way ever than to make money by writing while travelling. Have you ever wondered of getting paid for the thing you love doing the most? Isn’t it really great and wonderful to earn penny for your favorite hobby? There could be no other amazing way ever than to make money by writing while travelling. Imagine yourself in a job where you will be paid to travel? Sounds perfect! Yes, exactly, you have heard it right. Travelling has the ability to be completely overwhelming and writing about the places you have travelled is a heaven and going to the most exotic places for free and getting paid to write about those moments you have lived is just amazing and highly alluring Let’s go on to the journey of making your dream job into reality with us by following these simple tips.

The travel writers seeks the world we have lost – the lost valleys of the imagination

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TARGETED TO ENTHRALL, NOT ENTHUSE Certain writers try to pack their writing with literary phrases. Writers who write about their travel are aimed to entertain people rather than impress them. ENTAIL DIALOUGE Dialouge brings life to the scenes and brings the things in personality. Include dialogues to the writing to bring more lively effect to your writing. SHOW AND TELL Showing and telling is a storytelling technique we use in our daily lives without even realizing. Showing means to pen down your writing and describe every thing in detail including the things you saw, tasted , heard , felt. You are making everyone live that moment again. Telling means to simply move the story along. To earn more, you must write perfectly using these both. PRIMEVAL PARAGRAPH SHOULD BE OUTSTANDING To start your article, you can use drama or humour or dialogue. But your first paragraph must be glued and expressive EXCISE YOUR SAVOIR- FLAIR Stories have vivid time, place and other things. Generally, the travel writers write approx 1000 to 1200 words article. Stick to that and make it entertaining HAVE A CRYSTAL STORYLINE A trip is not a trip. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sequence of events that took place. Not each and every event is meant to tell and show. Some events are good and some are not. Being a writer, your first responsibility is to edit those events in your mind and make a clear storyline. The utmost task of the writer is to select those particular events in his mind and tell the story to the world AVAILVIGOROUS LANGUAGE We see travel articles to be filled with the words such as stunning, incredible and diverse. To be unique , adopt uniquely identifying language. ASSENT SIGNPOST Readers travel through the writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story to the world. Always try to leave signpost at the new place you visit because you are not the only one who is travelling, readers are also travelling with you.

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Infrastructure contributes a lot to the development of a country. The development of the first bullet train in Korea created a great boost for the Korean economy and the situation was the same in Japan. China couldn’t have achieved this much economic growth and couldn’t have achieved the title of “the world’s factory” if it lacked infrastructure. If you have no roads, railroads, ports, or other infrastructure necessary to support transportation, then you can’t transport goods or people to where they are wanted or want to go. Infrastructure makes it easier to engage in economic activity. If you have no schools, it is harder to educate people in groups. You have to do it one on one. If you have no medical equipment or places to store and use medical equipment, it is harder to provide medical services. If you have no factories, it is harder to make the things people want. Without the infrastructure to make and transport the things people want, economic development is much harder. The more infrastructure that is already available, the easier it is to facilitate further economic activity. There is an increasing gap between the haves and have-nots. While in developed countries there is an excess of everything, under-developing countries lack even the basic infrastructure for its people and this is only reducing further their capacity to survive and compete with the rest of the world. To overcome this gap, a team of engineers started Peritus Exim, an infrastructure development company. Peritus Exim has shown tremendous growth since it’s inception in 2014 and is now becoming an essential partner in implementation of various multidimensional Infrastructure projects in the East Africa Region.

“With a vision of improving access to basic infrastructure for all and using our technical background as a tool to do that, we have started Peritus. We aim to promote technology transfer advantages from developed to developing world by providing most advanced technology solutions & equipment, customized to meet our client’s requirements ” says Tripurari Goyal -Co-Founder, MD & CEO at Peritus Exim and a B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur. “In a conventional sector such as Infrastructure and technology trade, there is little commitment shown by any multinational infrastructure company towards developing solutions, customized to African Market.” says Mr. Goyal. “Our clients in Africa need Infrastructure solutions equipped with the latest technology advancements but they have limited exposure to modern technologies. Thus they needed someone who is focused on developing solutions specific to their requirements, invest time and resources in bridging the technology gap, and offer solutions best suited to them and not just dump any product randomly. This is where Peritus is making a difference. We can proudly say that in such a short span, Peritus is now the most preferred company to offer Smart metering solutions to the

Govt. of Tanzania. We are also working on developing community metering and smart utility payment solutions for our clients.” shares the CEO, Tripurari Goyal. As companies are closing to prevent the spread of COVID transmission, economic slowdown and other direct impacts are the repercussions that are visible in every sector of the economy. Not knowing how this pandemic will play out also affects our economic, physical, and mental wellbeing. Despite this fear, businesses and communities in many regions are a ray of hope to the falling economy. Mr. Goyal shares “As we are dealing with basic infrastructure development, we have not faced any direct disruption due to Covid-19 Pandemic. People need water, electricity, etc, and the government. needs to keep improving its revenue collections from such supplies. Thus we are as busy as we were before the pandemic. Yes, we are forced to work remotely and reduce our physical engagements with our clients, however, this has in a way helped us convince our various clients to opt for smart technology solutions, even for the community infrastructure.”

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Peritus has two branch offices i.e. in Rwanda and Tanzania. With a decade’s experience in developing Infrastructure projects in Africa, Peritus is proving to be the right partner even for the other leading Infrastructure companies from around the world who are now shifting their focus towards Africa, be it in the field of basic Infrastructure such as water and electricity or in more advanced sectors such as Renewable energy, Oil & Gas & Railways. Mr. Goyal says, “We can proudly claim that with the help of our technology partners from Europe, India & China, our smart technology solutions for Water Infrastructure are now adopted by more than ten Water Utilities across Africa. Peritus is the first company to Implement Smart Community Water Dispenser Infrastructure in Tanzania at large scale under Govt. of India funded Projects. We wish to build Peritus for Africa similar to what L&T is to India, with a vision that in the coming years, African infrastructure becomes a benchmark and technology marvels for the rest of the world to follow for centuries to come.”We had a conversation with the cofounder to bring you some exclusive insights on how they work and what they believe in. Here’s a quick glimpse.

HOW DO YOU ENSURE TO CONSTRUCT A PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTING AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION? Peritus always brings innovative solutions to various community Infrastructure challenges faced by our high-end clients such as Utility ministries of various countries, parastatals, etc.

Peritus team engages with the implementation teams of our clients and identifies the right innovation suited to handle their challenges. We build our client’s confidence in the solution with such engagements and further implement the solution on a pilot scale. This makes it easier for us to implement any innovative solutions to a new market.

HOW YOUR COMPANY’S WORK CULTURE IMPACTED YOUR GROWTH? We call Peritus a family. I must admit we run it less like a business and more like a family where irrespective of individual roles, we all are available to each other for any support be it professional, social, or emotional. The same principle also reflects when our team members are associated with our clients. We connect with them, with their problems, and commit ourselves beyond our contractual obligations. This brings practicality to our solutions and gives our clients unique confidence in our services. I agree, it’s quite involved in the beginning, but once you match your frequencies, it’s very rewarding.

HOW ARE YOU OVERCOMING THE PANDEMIC CHALLENGE? Except for a few logistical challenges, we haven’t faced any major challenge in our company due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Most of our projects are part of long-term development programs that are already funded and thus secured in terms of financial risks etc. We do face slight challenges when we need to engage outside agencies in our work, however, with the following measures, we have managed to keep the show going 1. Our teams in most affected areas are working from home and engaging with clients through online mediums. 2. We have changed our current focus on existing projects, dealing with our existing clients and technology partners. This reduces the need for many physical interactions and helps our operations run smoothly with our trusted partners. 3. Still, for any outside engagements, our teams are well equipped and empowered with the right resources to take all precautions needed while on work during these Covid-19.

HOW DO YOU CONTINUE TO GROW AND DEVELOP AS A LEADER?

TRIPURARI GOYAL Co-Founder, MD & CEO

Growing as a leader is a process. I attempt to understand people, within or outside our organization, and act towards solving their challenges. It’s that simple. It keeps me focused on what I have to do next, what I should learn next, and how I can assist my teams. As His Excellency, Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda, arguably one of the greatest African leaders of current times once said - “Leadership is about being practical, result-oriented, problem-solving and of course, it’s about people—it is not just theory.”

INDIA | WWW.INNOVATIVEZONEINDIA.COM | VOL.-1 | ISSUE 12 | NOVEMBER 2020