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m Microsoft boosts Economic

Growth and Social Empowerment in India. m Story of MakeMyTrip, the

Revolutionary E-commerce.

KBACE India MD aspires to m transform KBACE India into a specialized Cloud Solution provider for APAC region

Digital transformation is first and foremost a business transformation, reveals Capgemini

Leading healthcare management firm Techindia underlines its presence in the global Care Continuum space.

Editorial Note Magazine for Business Leaders & Decision Makers

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n the interconnected, globalized economy, IT has become a key factor to strengthen economic condition of a country.

Information Technology sector has transformed India, changed lifestyle of Indians and endowed India to emerge from sleepy and stagnant financial stage.

Because of its biggest IT capitals like Bangalore, Chennai and Hydrabad, India can compete with US, Singapore and other promising states. India has also been stretching her lap for entrepreneurs across class, culture and region.

The release of The CEO Magazine coincides with launch Digital India. We hope, the umbrella project would not be restricted within IT sector. Nonetheless, through direct and indirect employment, India would be able to solve various social issues also.

The magazine intends to highlight entrepreneurial activities as it looks for best start-ups. In July issue, we are presenting "25 Most Promissing IT Services Companies in India 2015" in this regard. As Cover Story, we have carried story of Mr. Deepak Bansal, the Founder & CEO of Clearpath Technologies and an noted entrepreneur.

The CEO Magazine endeavours to satisfy all readers. This informative and comprehensive magazine will incessantly focus on IT, e-commerce, cyber security, economy , business etc. Beyond business, we'll publish interesting , informative and topical articles.

For the very first issue, response from Microsoft makes us cheerful. For this issue, I gratefully acknowledge support of David Ross from Viteos, Mr. Prateek Srivastava of Stern India, Srikanth Nampally of Fission Labs, Amar Sharma from KBACE Technologies and others.

With all humility, I would also like to congratulate all readers of The CEO Magazine. We hope you would enjoy the ecletic mix of articles that we have put it together for you.

Warm Wishes, Ayanangsha Maitra Managing Editor The CEO Magazine New Delhi ayan@theceo.in @Ayanangsha

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07 Microsoft boosts Economic Growth and Social Empowerment in India

News 10 Online education platform EduKart raises $1M from Yuvraj Singh's YouWeCan 11 Hero acquires Set-Top Box maker Mybox

Cover Story 12 Clearpath Technology aspires to capture Internet Market Worldwide: Mr. Deepak Bansal ( CEO) 18 Digital transformation is first and foremost a business transformation, reveals Capgemini: Ms. Aruna Jayanthi (CEO) 20 Aptech bridges the Gap between Demand and Supply: Mr. Ninad Karpe (MD) 22 Techindia underlines its presence in the global Care Continuum space: Mr.Sathya Kumar (Founder & CEO) 24 Fast and Unique service makes us First in the field, says First Advantage: Mr. Mark Praise (CEO)

Mr. Deepak Bansal Founder & CEO Clearpath Technology

Cover Story 26 KBACE India MD aspires to transform KBACE India into a specialized Cloud Solution provider for APAC region: Mr. Amit Ajmani (MD) 28 25 IT Services Companies List 30 Electronic Production in India can't fulfill the demandADD Group: Mr. Deepak Sethi (CEO) 32 Skybridge Infotech - Adds Technology to Strategy: Mr. Shakti Gopalaswami (CEO) 34 Stern Advisory India to introduce business solution without Human Faculty: Mr. Prateek Srivastava (Founder & Director) 36 Journey of VITEOS: Mr. Shankar Iyer (Founder & CEO)

For Entrepreneurs Aruna Jayanthi CEO Capgemini India

Avnish Sharma CEO Syscraft Information System

38 How to become a successful Entrepreneur?

Beyond Business 40 Places in India You should visit between July and August From Government NaMo dreams of Digital India 42 44 Story of MakeMyTrip, the Revolutionary E-commerce.

Mr. Rajesh Magow (Co- Founder & CEO-India) How mobile apps are playing an important role in growth 46 of IT services companies Avnish Sharma (CEO)

Mr. Amit Ajmani Managing Director KBACE India

Mr. Deepak Sethi CEO ADD Group

Beyond Business

Microsoft boosts Economic Growth and Social Empowerment in India Ayanangsha Maitra

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ounded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975, Washington based Software giant Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services, devices and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Their brainchild Windows has become an integral part of modern life, across the world. Even, it's also Microsoft, who made mobile phones smart, much before Apple's iPhone.

Presently, Windows Phone is considered to be the 2nd largest smartphone platform in India. After Revolutionizing the IT sector, redefining the digital world and accelerating economic growth, now Microsoft has been directly contributing for social development also.

From its inception in 1990, Microsoft India is one of the fastest growing subsidiaries of Microsoft Corporation and is an active partner in the country's growth. Presently Microsoft India runs six business units as part of its

operations in India. Microsoft Research India, also known as MSR India, is based in Bangalore. Another unit, Microsoft IT is responsible for s e c u r i t y, i n f r a s t r u c t u r e , messaging and business applications for all of Microsoft, including support of the product groups, corporate business groups, and global sales and marketing organizations. This includes supporting desktop, integrated communications, network and global data centers. The business unit works on applications to run the business of Microsoft and enables end-to-end company-wide processes to function seamlessly. Other units are Microsoft India D e v e l o p m e n t C e n t e r, Microsoft India Global Technical Support Center (IGTSC).

About Business of Microsoft Microsoft Corp.'s revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and grew to $21.7 billion. While India

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the Devices and Consumer revenue grew 8% (up 11% in constant currency) to $9.0 billion and the Commercial revenue grew 5% (up 7% in constant currency) to $12.8 billion.

Microsoft provides software and solutions for a number of different user groups, including Consumers, Developers, Enterprises, Public Sector and Small & Medium Businesses (SMBs). These solutions/ products fall into the following broad categories: 1. Windows, this includes Microsoft 速 Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 operating system, online services such as Bing, Internet Explorer, OneDrive, Outlook.com, among others, as well as Microsoft hardware across keyboards, mice, headsets and webcams 2. W i n d o w s P h o n e , Microsoft Mobile Devices & Services (MMDS) and

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other third party device partners 3. MSN, online consumer portal 4. Bing, a search engine that provides relevant results 5. Skype, a free service from Microsoft which allows people to speak, see and instant message each other 6. Xbox, including Xbox One, Xbox 360 gaming console, Kinect, Xbox Live, the stellar games portfolio as well as Kinect for Windows 7. M i c r o s o f t O f f i c e , including Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Lync, Ya m m e r, M i c r o s o f t P u b l i s h e r, M i c r o s o f t Visio®, Microsoft Project, and other related applications 8. Microsoft Advertising, representing all of Microsoft's digital advertising products, services and platforms 9. M i c r o s o f t C l o u d Services, including offerings across all service layers of the cloud infrastructure, platform and applications, including Office 365, Windows Azure and CRM Online, to name just a few 10. Business Solutions, encompassing Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics CRM and

Dynamics CRM Online 11. Server Platforms and developer tools, including the Microsoft Windows Server System™ integrated server software, SQL Server, System Center, .NET framework, Visual Studio and MSDN®.This also includes the recently added Enterprise Mobility Suite Key Executive in India Mr. Bhaskar Pramanik is the Chairman of Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd .

With over 35 years of experience in the Indian IT i n d u s t r y, h e p r o v i d e s leadership for all Microsoft assets in India including R&D facilities and leads Microsoft's interactions with policy makers, customers, and business partners.

He is responsible for all marketing, operations, and business development efforts of Microsoft in the country. His focus is on defining Microsoft's devices and services strategy for India to help businesses and individuals to realize their true potential. He believes in developing people, promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace and harnessing India's talent and innovation India

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to bring the power of IT to positively impact society at large.

Microsoft has offices in 9 locations across India, comprising Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, the NCR (including New Delhi and Gurgaon), and Pune. The main campus is in Hyderabad, which houses research and development, IT, and global services.

Microsoft India's Sales and marketing is headquartered in Gurgaon while research and technical support centers are based in Bangalore. It has headcount of 6,500 employees across its various offices and business units in India.

The company believes that technology innovation is critical to sustainable economic growth and social development. Its India wing has been directly contributing in social development through various projects. Microsoft India's Project Shiksha won Gold Standard Award for public-private partnership.

"Microsoft is committed to empower every individual and every organization in India to achieve more, making a real difference in the lives of billions of people. For 25 years, the company has been functioning as a key

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contributor towards India's economic growth and socioeconomic development through its efforts in the areas of education, digital economy, digital inclusion and cyber security among others. " a spokesperson from Microsoft said to The CEO. Microsoft continues to be an active partner in India's growth, working closely with all stakeholders, including governments, Indian IT industry and academia, to ensure technology is

leveraged as a catalyst to drive a real impact in people's lives. Through its programs, Microsoft has engaged over 50 million students, academicians and entrepreneurs in the last 25 years. It has received the 'Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility Award' at The 10th Indo-American Trade Excellence Awards 2014. Very recently, it was inducted into the Hall of Fame category by Randstad in 2015 for winning the coveted Randstad Award for the 'Most

Attractive Employer' in India, for four consecutive years.

Microsoft is also a recipient of 'Award for Corporate Excellence' by the US Department of State.

But it's very crucial period for the company, since different platforms are emerging fast, their competitors are also stepping up. Techies are raising their doubt, in this regard. Has the company giving more priority to cellphone device and service than PC? or Will outlook be able to compete

Timeline l Since first setting up operations in the country in 1990, Microsoft India has grown leaps and bounds and vastly expanded its operations. l 1998: The Microsoft India Development Centre (MSIDC) was launched in Hyderabad.

This is the second largest development centre outside of the US facility in Redmond.

2000: Alliance with Infosys announced by Bill Gates. l 2002: Microsoft IT's India operations were launched. In the same year, Bill Gates

announced plans to invest $100 million in the Hyderabad centre. l 2003: Microsoft India Global Technical Support Center (India GTSC) was opened in

Bangalore, the only 24Ă—7 support center across the world. l 2005: Microsoft Research India was launched in Bengaluru. In the same year, Bill Gates

announced a $1.7 million investment in India. l 2006: Microsoft Services Global Delivery (GD) commenced operations in Hyderabad. l 2011: The New Global Delivery Centre & R&D facility was launched in Bengaluru. l 2012: India GTSC began delivering cloud support to partners across the globe. l 2013: Decision to acquire Nokia Devices and services business, license Nokia's patents

and mapping services was announced. In addition, Microsoft CityNext - company's expertise and offerings for smart cities, was launched in India. This year also marked an important milestone for Microsoft with Windows Phones becoming the 2nd largest smartphone platform in India. l 2014: Satya Nadella was named the CEO of Microsoft. In his first trip to India as the

company CEO, Nadella announced extending commercial cloud services from local datacenters in the India. Microsoft India also launched the industry-wide initiative, Women in Tech, with the aim to double the number of women in the IT industry over India Magazine for Business Leaders & Decision Makers......

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Funding News Online education platform EduKart raises $1M from Yuvraj Singh's YouWeCan

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ccording to a recent study India's total education sector market is pegged over $60 billion.

To strengthen its marketing efforts, EduKart has raised $1 million from United Finsec, Yuvraj Singh's YouWeCan Ventures. Delhibased Earth Education Valley Pvt Ltd owns and operates the online education platform EduKart. The platform delivers industry-relevant international programmes and certificate courses for working professionals and students pursuing higher education. The courses offered on the portal focus on

retail management, programming languages, digital marketing, financial management and skill development.

In 2011, the platform EduKart was founded by Ishan Gupta and Mayank Gupta. Ishan is an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He had earlier worked with companies like Facebook, Helion Venture Partners.

Mayank had worked with companies like L&T Infrastructure Finance, Bank of America etc. He holds a PG diploma in Management, Finance & strategy from IIM Kozhikode.

The company has partnered with more than 90 course providers. It has driven enrollments in over 2,000 courses across K12, entrance coaching, degrees, diplomas, short courses and industry relevant certifications through the marketplace.

In 2013, Edukart had raised $500,000 in seed funding from a group of earlystage institutional and angel investors including Kima Ventures, Amit Patni and Arihant Patni, AKM Systems, Vibhor Mehra, Stanford University alumni, PayTM's Vijay Shekhar Sharma and Manish Kheterpal.

Oliphans Capital funds education space Sigrid Education

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liphans Capital is going to invest Rs 6 crores in online test preparation portal Sigrid Education. Previously the company has invested seven times but this is their first investment in educational sector. Oliphans Capital has funded DEN Networks, Ecom Express, BVG India, LocalBanya., Grab, OnlineRTI and Prothom Industries before. On the other hand, this is the first round of investment for Sigrid since it started operations .

Set up in 2012 by Jhaveri and Mohit Gulati, Oliphans provides equity and debt

capital to early stage ventures.

Oliphans Capital usually invests $0.5 to 3 million. Now Oliphans team is focusing on manufacturing, education and disruptive firms in financial services domain. It is also looking to invest up to Rs 95 crore ($15 million) across startups this year.

Sigrid Education was founded by IIT-IIM graduates in late 2012. The Noida based company provides online video tutorials for entrance exams such as IIT, JEE and for K-12 and Foundation courses.

It charges Rs 9999 to Rs India

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16,000 for providing one year access to the video tutorials.

They compress an hour video lecture within only 10 MB file.

Sigrid has tie-up with educational institutes to bring academic expertise online.

The e-learning site provides one-on-one teaching service to the students. Currently it offers courses in the 50 most prominent test-prep and K12 curriculum areas. All the teaching contents are recorded using Sigrid Notes platform. The site has been developed to be compatible with all operating systems and browsers.

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Acquisition News

Hero acquires Set-Top Box maker Mybox

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ndia's largest twowheeler maker Hero MotoCorp Ltd is going to take part in the electronics business . It has agreed to acquire Delhi-based, television Set-Top box maker Mybox Technologies Pvt Ltd .

Mybox supplies digital set top boxes to various cable and satellite operators.

Hero group plans to invest Rs 500 crore over the next few year to add associated business lines to its portfolio. The name of the new firm will be 'Hero Electronix'. Suman Kant Munjal is introduced as the chairman of the new company.

Though digitization in the cable service is mandatory for selected metros, it will be applicable soon in the other parts of the country also.

That's why, the business of Set-Top Box production is expanding its area.

Mybox was formed in 2008. The company is designing and making indigenous set top boxes and claims to be one of the largest suppliers to marquee DTH and cable operators across India. It is currently led by its CEO Amit Kharabanda. Their business is rapidly growing because of digitization in

cable business.

The $5 billion Hero Group has presence over a dozen business verticals, with its two-wheeler firm Hero MotoCorp being the flagship.

"Hero Electronix sees immense potential in Mybox and its management team.

Using its core competence in hardware and embedded systems design, Mybox is strategically focusing on fulfilling the demand of digitisation in India, while simultaneously developing products for the world," Hero Group said in its statement.

Marksans Pharma acquires Time-Cap

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umbai based Marksans Pharma Ltd has acquired Time-Cap Laboratories Inc. The deal amount is undisclosed yet. Now TimeCap will be functioning as a subsidiary of Marksans Pharma Inc. Founded in 1979, TimeCap manufactures solid dose generic pharmaceuticals like private label over-the-counter medications, generic prescription drugs and nutritional supplements. The company has a facility in

Farmingdale, New York from where it produces 50 unique products including tablets, capsules and pellets. Its average annual revenue was $30 million per annum over the last four years and had average annual adjusted EBITDA of $4 million in the same period.

Marksans offers research and manufacturing services (CRAMS) to global pharmaceutical companies.

As well as OTC, Marksans also focuses on drugs across oncology, gastroenterology, India

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antidiabetic, antibiotics, cardiovascular, pain management, gynaecology etc.

Marksans' revenue rose over 26 per cent to Rs 800 crore and its net profit shot up over 51 per cent to Rs 109 crore in the year ended March 31, 2015.

New York based Time-Cap Laboratories Inc. is engaged in manufacturing and marketing of solid dose generic pharmaceuticals, including private label overthe-counter medications, generic prescription drugs and nutritional supplements.

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Clearpath Technology aspires to capture Internet Market Worldwide Delivering highest quality results with simple and innovative procedures The CEO Team

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nternet marketing is not merely an area in the corporate world, rather it's an epoch-making concept.

From the last decade, this fast growing medium has become a challenge for all other traditional marketing mediums. Since India introduces it, Internet Marketing has become a part of almost all the industries in India too. We can recall, at the beginning of 21st Century, few Indian entrepreneurs realize the importance and assume the potentiality of Internet Marketing.

Clearpath Technology was founded in 2004 by a passionate and committed entrepreneur, Mr. Deepak Bansal with a mission and vision to empowering business companies get outstanding successes. The company got incorporated in 2005 and started delivering optimized solutions to worldwide clients.

Its Delhi based headquarter is spread over 23000 sq. Ft. area and comprises intranet, airconditioned spacing as well as India

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other modern, well managed facilities, which the employees really enjoy. The office is not too far from the airport, it takes only 10 minutes drive to reach from Indira Gandhi International Airport. Their branch offices are located almost all major cities in India. In China Clearpath has their own ground in Shanghai, Beijing and in Hong Kong.

At a highly affordable cost, Clearpath Technology offers cutting edge internet marketing solutions to its

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Mr. Deepak Bansal Founder & CEO Clearpath Technology

customers. There are more than 3500 clients, who opt Clearpath for better solution and best service. The list includes market giant Panasonic, Sanyo, Samsung, Colgate, LG, JP Morgan, Indraprastha Apollo, Network 18, Jain TV, Fast Easy Loans, Bullion Club, SERENATA, MJA & others.

The company has been adjudged to be the Best Internet Marketing Company in Delhi in 2013. It is also awarded for Quality Internet Marketing Services.

Its ISO 9001: 2008

certification as well as the long list of satisfied clients speaks volumes of the impeccable quality of services, commitment to customer's interests and matchless passion and professionalism of Clearpath Technology. We have helped hundreds of business companies make a mark of their own and achieve the loftiest business goals and ambitions

companies in Delhi and in different parts of India.

Within a decade the company has carved a niche among several Internet Marketing companies and has emerged as the leading choice for local as well as international business clients. Some of its leading competitors are Fourtek IT Solutions, SunHill, AceGenesis, Veda Informatics, Sterco Digitex and others.

Since its inception, the firm has been giving tough competition to several Internet marketing

People behind the Success

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Their reputation is the

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result of well managed service provided by over 550 employees. As well as Mr. Deepak Bansal, Yogesh Sethi the CTO of Clearpath Technology, plays a vital role to execute the services.

Mr.Deepak Bansal Clearpath Technology has been founded by Deepak Bansal who has nearly 13 years experience in Internet marketing, web development and e-commerce. He has truly been a trailblazer and nurtures the passion to scale new heights of success through empowering business clients.

Deepak Bansal is graduate from one of the most prestigious computer engineering college in India.

He has an impeccable track record of professional success in SEO and online marketing.

His passionate zeal and dedication as well as relentless pursuit of his mission have led Clearpath Technology scale new heights and get excellent results.

Under his able stewardship Clearpath Technology has won Business and Service Excellence Awards in 2013

and 2014. The company has been adjudged as the best internet marketing company in Delhi. Deepak Bansal has been awarded by Mr. K. Srikkanth and has been adjudged as Times of India Trailblazers in 2014. Recently Mr. Bansal has received Global Quality Awards from Karishma Kapoor.

Deepak Bansal travels for business and leisure frequently. He has traveled to Australia, Brussels, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Hongkong, Malaysia, Macau, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA, Indonesia and various parts of India.

Mr.Yogesh Sethi Yogesh Sethi is the Chief Technology Officer at Clearpath Technology Private Limited who has played an invaluable role in leading this company scale new heights.

With a profound and extensive experience of 9 years in SEO and Internet Marketing and an impeccable track record of success in delivering superb quality SEO

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results, Yogesh is naturally the undisputed leader who believes in leading from the front. He has been a driving force behind the splendid success of Clearpath Technology as he ensures that all the SEO and Internet marketing results are delivered to clients in the most professional and timebound manner. Under his able stewardship Clearpath Technology is bound to reach new milestones and empower local and international clients with cutting edge digital marketing solutions and dedicated services.

Clearpath Technology plans to spread its wings in US, UK and other European Countries. The company also aims to be the world number one internet marketing company delivering the highest quality results with simple and innovative procedures and solutions.

The company hopes to offer some unique business solutions like, 1) Remove all roadblocks in the way of business progress through innovative and cutting edge digital marketing

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solutions 2) E m p o w e r b u s i n e s s e s through online marketing solutions and enable them stand out from the crowd.

3) E n a b l e S M E s a n d i n d e p e n d e n t entrepreneurs get desired success and realize their business targets and goals.

4) Manage the company's online reputation and help them scale new heights 5) H e l p c o m p a n i e s streamline business promotion in the local and

global community with the listing 6) E n a b l e c o m p a n i e s leverage the expertise of its expert folks to get the desired solutions The core competence of Clearpath Technology lies in providing customized and impeccable quality internet marketing services. These services enable business companies not only to maintain a dominant online presence but also streamline business promotion, boost profits, accelerate growth and

empower them to be on the top. They provide end to end business solutions through a wide array of Internet marketing services that include Link Building, Search Engine Optimization, Pay Per Click Management, Social Media Marketing, Reputation Management, Local Listings, Articles and PR submission, Web designing and Development Services etc.

The company has also won the Global Quality Award that is a testimony of its quality services with assured values.

Major Milestones for the company since founding The company within a decade of its scintillating growth has crossed several milestones that can be enumerated as below: l In 2005 : The company incorporated l In 2006: Team moved into new 7500 sq. feet office that is presently headquarters of

Clearpath Technology l In 2007: the company touched the 100 employees mark. l In 2008: Social media marketing introduced l In 2010: new Development center started in Gurgaon, The company touched the 500

employees mark l In 2011: 3 new branches in Noida, Gurgaon and Mumbai Launched l IN 2013: 4 new branches in Ahmedabad , Chennai, Jaipur and Pune Launched l In 2014: International branches in Hong Kong, Sanghai and Beijing launched

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Digital transformation is first and foremost a business transformation, reveals Capgemini

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apgemini designs and delivers significant transformations through its mastery of digital advances, i n fo r m a t i o n i n s i g h t , a n d business transformation. The company is committed to deliver significant improvements in value and performance.

Capgemini is present in 44 countries with more than 140,000 employees, the group offers an array of integrated services that combine top-ofthe-range technology with deep sector expertise. The company began its India operations in the year 2000 and today is present across 9 Indian cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Kolkata, Chennai, Trichy and Salem.

Capgemini India is part of the Paris-based and world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, Capgemini Group.

W i t h ex p e r i e n c e d a n d dedicated teams to service the local markets, Capgemini India

Aruna Jayanthi CEO Capgemini India has strong domain experience in consulting, technology and outsourcing to assist clients India

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across the Government and Public Sector, Energy and U t i l i t i e s , M a n u fa c t u r i n g ,

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Telecom and Financial Services sectors. It helps them advance in their respective industries. For Financial Year 2014 the group reported global revenues of EUR 10.57 billion with an organic growth of 3.4%. In 2007 Capgemini acquired Kanbay, a US company with a strong presence in India and specializing in financial services.

Capgemini's global delivery mo d el Rights h o re as s ists organizations to add value while using resources more effectively.

It brings together Capgemini's best talent from the right balance of onshore, nearshore and offshore locations and work with its clients as a unified team.

This balance enables Capgemini to deliver the optimum solution for its client's business needs.

Person behind Capgemini India Aruna Jayanthi plays key role for the company. She is a Member of Capgemini Group Executive Committee, CEOCapgemini India and Chairperson of Sweden Country Board, Capgemini Sweden. At Capgemini India, one of the biggest business units of Capgemini group, Aruna is responsible for all business units Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services in India with a focus to increase the integration

and performance of over 60,000 growing employee base.

Prior to assuming the role of a CEO in January 2011, Aruna was the Global Delivery Officer for Capgemini Outsourcing, where she improved quality, productivity and profitability of Capgemini's outsourcing operations worldwide.

Aruna joined Capgemini in early 2000 and was part of the core team that initiated and setup Capgemini's offshore capabilities. She also initiated the BPO services in India and was actively involved in growing the business organically and via acquisitions. In 2007, she moved to a global role as head of delivery for Outsourcing.

Aruna has over 2 decades experience in the IT services industry and has worked in both multinationals and pure-play companies. She has worked out of Europe and North America and continues to travel extensively meeting customers, analysts and Capgemini staff, getting a pulse of customer ex p e c tat i o n s a n d m a r ket direction.

Aruna is an Executive Council member of the industry body NASSCOM; through which she has been working towards India

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strengthening India as a global talent pool for the ITBPM segment by creating programmes that bridge the industry-academia gap.

Within a short period of being appointed CEO, Aruna has quickly made her mark in the world of Indian business. She has been constantly featured in Fortune India's and Business Today's list of Most Powerful Wo m e n . A r u n a wa s a l s o conferred with 'The Woman of the Corporate World' award at India Today's Women Summit 2013.

Aruna Jayanthi has completed her Masters in Management Studies in Finance from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies.

Over Sixty thousand employees are working in its nine offices in India. Their major competitors are Accenture, TCS, Wipro, IBM, Infosys, and HCL. Capgemini believes that digital transformation is first and foremost a business transformation. Its talented consultants and professionals help organizations to define and deliver winning strategies by harnessing the power of this new digital economy, through a collaborative, relationshipbased approach.

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Aptech bridges the Gap between Demand and Supply Offering skill development programmes in 40 Countries Ayanangsha Maitra The CEO Magazine

Mr. Ninad Karpe CEO & MD Aptech Limited

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nemployment is not only a headache for individual and institutions; it becomes a social issue for 1.25 billion's country India. According to the National Occupational Classification code, 90% of jobs require skills and 90% of students that graduate, have no skill. Almost similar scenario can be seen in the western counties as well as

developing countries, which makes intelligentsia anxious.

A few noted members of academia, alumni of prestigious institutions have been trying to solve this issue through different platforms.

Now, many e-learning portals have launched e-commerce courses that aim to train young professionals in the retail & e-commerce industryone of the upcoming and India

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booming industries in the Indian economy. In 1986 Aptech Ltd was founded by Mr. Atul Nishar to deliver the pedagogy focusing on joboriented computer and technological education. The company aims bridging the gap by training students to make the job-seekers industry relevant and provide them skills that will prevent redundancy.

As a globally recognized training institute, Aptech lays heavy emphasis on the importance of skill based training and vocational education. Aptech has grown leaps and bounds ever since its inception and has been synonymous with providing exceptional services in the education sector in India and overseas. Apart from India, It presently operates in 40 emerging countries across the world including China. As a leader in career education, it

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has over 1300 learning centers across the world.

Headquartered in Mumbai, the company has presence in Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, New Delhi, Kochi, Bhubaneswar & Kolkata in India.

Strength Due to its reputation and demand in the market, many businessmen have shaken their hands with the MD of Aptech. Mr. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Mr. C.Y. Pal, Mr. Ninad Karpe, Mr. Utpal Sheth, Mr. Asit Koticha, Mr. Rajiv Agarwal, Mr. Ramesh Damani, Mr. Yash Mahajan, Mr. Vijay Aggarwal, Mr. Anuj Kacker, Mr. Maheshwari Peri and Ms. Madhu Jayakumar are the members of the board.

Nearly 399 employees are in the list of pay-roll and 72 are temporary employees of non- regular staff.

M A A C & A r e n a Animation, brand of Aptech are the fore-runners in providing training in the art of animation and visual effects with a huge share of the market that provides this facility. They have received revenue through various student engagement events such as Kalakari, Orbit Live, 24 FPS, Panorama, Creative

Minds, MAAC Klick and MasterClass conducted by MAAC. Aptech expects to expand its horizons in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities in India, as well as to broaden their scope of activities in other countries where skill-development has a serious deficit. By providing training facilities for young students and promising professionals, Aptech aims at reducing the gap between demand and supply of skilled individuals in various sectors.

The main idea behind proving such training is to improve the quality of education and heightening the probability of a better employment opportunity to the youth.

Recently, Aptech was selected as a finalist for the Microsoft Learning Partner of the Year Award. The company has also received the award for Best Computer Training School of the Year at the Uganda Responsible Investment Awards by Uganda's Prime Minister, Amama Mbabazi. Its Vietnam wing has also received ICT gold medal in Vietnam.

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He started his working career as a Consultant, advising companies seeking to invest in India. He has authored several books on strategy, taxation and foreign investment in India. He regularly contributes in newspapers, magazines ,journals and blogs .

Karpe also visits management schools to speak on business strategy. In his pre-Aptech avatar, Ninad was the MD of Computer Associates for India & SAARC countries. In his capacity as MD of the Indian operations of CA-the world's fourth largest software company, Ninad was responsible for leading the adoption of CA's technology reach and strengthening strategic partnerships in India.

Ninad has a rare but an interesting hobby of home wine-making.

A renowned voice of the education sector on

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prominent business channels, Mr. Ninad Karpe joined Aptech Ltd as the MD & CEO in February 2009. Since then he has been aggressively driving strategy to position Aptech Ltd as a global learning solutions provider.

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Leading healthcare management firm Techindia underlines its presence in the Global Care Continuum Space The CEO Correspondent

New Delhi

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echindia is one of the pioneers in India offering remote healthcare management services for global healthcare providers. Incepted in 2000, the company has grown manifold and has reinforced its position as a dependable offshore partner for leading global healthcare providers.

With over 700 employees, the company is now aggressively looking to expand into mature global markets. All through this journey of 15+ years, Techindia has attained immense credibility with its customers, something that is noteworthy considering the apprehensions of global healthcare providers when it comes to outsourcing secure patient data.

Strong domain knowledge coupled with sharp business and technology acumen have always remained the pillars of Techindia. Further, staying ahead of the curve and

continuously looking out for competitive differentiation as India

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a value addition to customers have ensured that Techindia

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remains miles ahead of other service providers from the APAC region.

The company today boasts of retaining some of the marquee clients from the US; each account growing by the year. Sleep and Cardiac diagnostics are Techindia's mainstay. The company also offers an array of managed healthcare services across the board like revenue cycle management, tele-radiology and ECG interpretation services; each operating like an SBU within Techindia.

Techindia boasts of state-ofart infrastructure, dedicated facilities across five offshore centers in Chennai and Pondicherry, 24*7*365 operations, qualified & certified managers with significant experience in the US and an overall "customer first" attitude.

The Maverick behind the Success of Techindia: Sathya Kumar is the Founder & CEO of Techinfoway Private Ltd; a man who is deep-rooted, gritty and sports a never-saydie attitude. A Mechanical Engineer by qualification, Sathya specialized in Robotics Design Consulting during the 1990s. Among

other things, he was an active contributor to the R&D department, building automation systems for the Automotive and Defence industries then. His constant thirst for innovation got him to make a natural move towards emerging technology areas. In the late 1990s, Sathya and his team had already ideated, built and delivered several web-based applications for the manufacturing industry. It was around this time that Sathya identified the need for technology to play a big role in Healthcare. He visited the US and European countries and invested time to understand the space inside-out. By now, his determination to create a difference in the technologyenabled healthcare services became stronger....and subsequently, Techindia was born!

Today, Sathya is one of the most-sought-after senior executives in the healthcare management services domain. He is a thought leader and a go-to person by choice for some of the leading IDTFs in the US. His ability to prescribe business solutions to healthcare providers that positively impact business bottom-lines and increase patient engagement have India

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been widely acknowledged.

Back in India, Sathya takes pride in having built a solid management team that has stayed with him and has always delivered whenever there was a need. Techindia enjoys one of the best (lowest) attrition rates in an industry that is constantly marred by human capital issues. A casual conversation with one of the line managers showed that Sathya was a man who walks the talk.

When asked how he has managed to build such an enviable enterprise, Sathya says, "Professionalism and business ethics are critical success factors for any business to succeed in today's world". No wonder, he stands tall both within his company as well as with his global customers. He adds that whatever Techindia has achieved in these 15-odd years is only a humble beginning and that the company will go on to create history in the coming years.

We couldn’t but help admire this gentleman, can we?

On the lighter side, Sathya enjoys travelling and meeting new people. He loves to eat and he is a fitness freak too.

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Fast and Unique service makes us First in the field, says First Advantage The CEO Correspondent New Delhi

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mployees are the backbone of any organization. But recruiting a team of talented people is a herculean task. On behalf of their clients across the globe, First Advantage took the onus to ease their burden. First Advantage, the leading global provider of screening analytics and identity solutions started its journey in 2003. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, First Advantage offers support to over 45,000 clients worldwide including hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies from their offices across North America, Europe and Asia.

Mark Parise CEO First Advantage

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strive to offer best in class services to all their clients.

Over the years, First Advantage has been able to establish itself as one of the leading provider of excellent and quality screening services. They owe their success to their employees, who have worked hard to achieve the goal set by the company.

Currently, First Advantage support customers to build fully scalable screening programs that meet their unique needs. It offers comprehensive screening solutions, including Employee screening, Vendor screening, Consumer screening and 'Know Your Customer' services. They also customize their services to address the specific requirements of their clients.

The excellent screening service and commendable client service, sets apart First Advantage from all other screening companies in the world.

Behind the success of any company, disciplined teamwork is important; ; this can be seen in their unit.

Round-the-clock service is

also mentionable. While they have an extremely dedicated and knowledgeable workforce, the credit goes to a few chief personnel, who constantly focus on improving the service of the company. Mark Praise the CEO is one of them.

AboutTheCEO:MarkParise Prior to his switch to First Advantage, Mark Parise had a decade long successful career with the global marketing information and analytic leader Symphony IRI Group.

Mark has served as various prestigious position in Europe and US. Previous to IRI, he had nearly twenty years career in financial services industry, holding general management and senior executive positions in market-leading companies like GE Cap ital, Chase Manhattan Bank, Experian.

He attended Quincy University for B.S. in Management, also completed the Executive Leadership Development and Master Black Belt programs at GE.

First Advantage's India Chapter is associated to various leading Organizations including NASSCOM, Retailers Association of India, CII, FICCI and Indian Association of Professional Background Screener. Every year the company delivers over 55 million background screening service. The company is believed to be the first to introduce GPS enable address verification, database checks and intelligent MIS services.

First Advantage has offices in the business hubs of most countries. In Canada, it India

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has office in Toronto. Their Oklahoma office is based in heart of the city of Oklahoma, it has offices at Bedford in Massachusetts, Indianapolis in Indiana, Dallas in Texas, Scottsdale in Arizona. The company recently expanded its footprint in the Middle East. It has an office in Dubai.

In United Kingdom it has an office in Colchester. In Asia and in the South Eastern region it has offices in Japan, Philippines, China, Malaysia and South Korea.

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Ayanangsha Maitra

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he company KBACE is known for its functional and technical depth across industry and business functions for Human Capital Management, Financials, Projects, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and obviously Customer Relationship Management.

Actually KBACE Technologies Pvt Ltd, the global consulting and technology services company was founded by former Oracle Employees and Users.

Though it has no outside investors but the company is able to maintain strong balance sheet.

The privately held company delivers more than 100 projects each and every year on time. All the employees of them are fulltime, not a single part-timer or contractual employee is there.

Now it has more than 650 Customers in different parts of the world.

KBACE's full-service approach and unparalleled experience in all areas of Oracle E-Business Suite, Cloud Applications and Fusion Middleware has helped the Company build one of the largest reference bases of Oracle Application customers in the World. It became Oracle Partner

Mr. Amit Ajmani Managing Director KBACE India of the Year Twice.

To monitor the services and growth of KBACE globally, KBACE India headquartered in Bangalore offers a wide array of enterprise services including Oracle configurations, India

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i m p l e m e n t a t i o n s , customizations, end-user training and documentation and post implementation support.

About KBACE in India KBACE in India is a CMMi3 level company and a leader in

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providing world-class Development and Services for every aspect of the Oracle EBusiness Suite of Applications and Oracle Fusion. KBACE India has more than hundred and fifty most talented employees in the industry as they are the key to innovation and customer satisfaction.

Its India counterpart gives great emphasis on efficient project management, client centric approach, structured and process driven delivery and timely completion of a project.

KBACE in India has highly experienced Functional and Technical consultants involved from the inception of the project through to post implementation support. Presently more than 150 employees are serving for the company.

Person behind the Success of

KBACE in India Amit Ajmani is Managing Director of KBACE India. Amit Ajmani leads the executive team of the compnay since its inception. He provides the vision and strategic direction for the growth of the company. Mr. Ajmani has two and a half decades of industry experience in both global and India domestic markets helping clients maintain their competitive edge using latest technologies and solutions and thereby gaining their trust as an advisor. He has advised largesize clients on system implementation and business transformations in the area of Human Capital Management, Financial operations and CRM. His vision is to transform KBACE India into a specialized cloud solution provider for the APAC region.

He is passionate about organizational development and he constantly ponders over how to build a sustainable and a scalable company hiring and developing the best talent in the industry. His expertise in setting up and overseeing offshore Operations (ODC) and fostering relationships within the industry has allowed KBACE India to grow and become a key piece of KBACE's success.

Mr. Ajmani comes from a background of application development followed by rich ERP consulting experience including Fortune 500 clients in the international markets including US and India. He holds a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the GB Pant University, India and M. S in Electrical and Electronics from University Of Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Services offered by KBACE India Consulting - KBACE consultants are some of the most talented and seasoned in the industry and have worked with clients through four major releases of Oracle EBS and into the Cloud.

Because of this unique experience many times these consultants are regarded as the predominant subject matter experts within their field across the entire Oracle eco system.

Human Capital Management - KBACE has deep functional and technical knowledge of each individual Oracle Human Capital Management area and how they work together to create an overarching framework for customer's HCM Strategy.

KBACE also has proven solutions to integrate into related business applications such as Financials and Project Management.

Enterprise Resource Planning - The KBACE ERP consulting program is well known for providing comprehensive business and industry solutions for the entire suite of Oracle ERP Applications including Financials, Supply Chain and Manufacturing, Projects, and CRM. Advisory Services - Customer's engage KBACE to review the key elements of their business systems. This includes considerations for Cloud, EBS Release 12, Services Oriented Architecture, Enterprise Business Intelligence, and Identity Management along with Business

Process Improvement and Enablement.

Advanced Technology - KBACE Advanced Technology Group provides services to architect, install, develop and implement the Cloud Applications, Oracle Database, Fusion Middleware, and the E-Business Suite. The sole focus is on Oracle Technologies in order to provide expert services and guidance.

Education & Training Education and Training are critical success factors that KBACE emphasizes throughout the lifecycle of each customer engagement. The Education & Training Group provides services to perform assessments, develop learning strategies, build customized training content, execute training plans, perform learning measurement and provide post go-live support.

In addition, KBACE offers instructor-led training courses taught by industry-leading consultants with extensive experience both implementing and supporting the Oracle Cloud Applications.

Support Services Managed Support – KBACE becomes an extension of each customer's Oracle team for activities such as Remote Implementation and Upgrades, Road-Mapping Assistance, Patching and Release Management, Project Management, Application Effectiveness Reviews, Solution Design and Configuration, Functional Training, India

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Oracle SR Management, and Staff Augmentation among others.

On Demand Support – Customers' are able to tap into a vast network of Oracle experts only when needed, for as much is needed, and then only pays for what is used. Functional and Technical experts assist with severity-based break / fix problem resolution, staff augmentation for peak periods, ad-hoc questions, peak processing support , testing assistance, and application training, among others.

Subject Matter Experts – KBACE often helps our customers during annual events such as Open Enrollment or Performance Reviews. This service is provided as an extension of the customer's resources to avoid hiring bodies for a part-time event.

Database and System Administration – Designed to be a cost-effective choice regardless of the size and complexity of a company's database environment or existing support model and staffing. The service is flexible and can be used for on-demand issue resolution or as part of an ongoing plan to ensure an optimal and stable operational environment.

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List of IT Services Companies in India 2015 Accelya Kale Solutions: Accelya Kale Solutions Limited is part of the Accelya Group since 2011, a leading solutions provider to the Airline and Travel industry. It helps over 200 airline customers streamline their financial processes and to gain insights on business performance using decision support tools and data analytics.

ADD Group : ADD Group is also expanding its services in IT. Mr. Anil Sethi is the chairman and Deepak Sethi is the CEO of this group.

Appnomic Systems : Appnomic Systems specializes in data center and IT process automation technologies and services.It offers Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM) solution with a very cost effective management layer, Software as a Service (SaaS), and as enterprise licensed software.

BT Group : BT Group: BT is one of the world`s leading communications services companies, which is serving the needs of customers in the UK and in more than 170 countries worldwide. Their main activities are the provision of fixed-line services, broadband, mobile and TV products and services as well as networked IT services.

Capgemini : Capgemini is present in 44 countries with more than 140,000 employees, the group offers an array of integrated services that combine top-of-the-range technology with deep sector expertise. Aruna Jayanthi is the CEO OF Capgemini India.

Clearpath Technologies : Clearpath Technologies was founded by Mr. Deepak Bansal in 2004 . At affordable cost the company offers internet marketing solution to its customers. They have more than 3500 clients Datamatics Global Datamatics is a global IT and business process outsourcing organization, Services Limited : which focuses on delivering smart, next-generation business solutions that help enterprises across the world overcome their business challenges. These solutions leverage innovations in technology, knowledge of business processes, and domain expertise to provide clients a competitive edge First Advantage : First Advantage , the company started its journey in 2003 from Atlanta, Georgia, it’s present headquarter. Currently it offers support over 45,000 clients worldwide including hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies Fission Labs : Fission Labs Kishore Poreddy is the CEO of Fission Labs. It offers Scalable Cloud applications, Data analytics using big data technologies, Mobile applications for Android and iOS, Rich Internet Applications, Internet of Things (IoT).

HCL Technologies : HCL is one of the fastest growing technology company in the world. As a $6.8 billion global company and G2000 organization, HCL Technologies brings IT and engineering services expertise under one roof. An extensive global offshore infrastructure and a network of offices in 31 countries Hi-Tech Robotic Systemz : Hi-Tech Robotic Systemz is a part of the Hi-Tech Group - a USD 150 Million multi-dimensional group of companies with over 2 decades of experience in International markets. Mr. Anuj Kapuria is the Director and CEO of the company.

Infinite Computer Solutions : Infinite is a Global Technology headquartered in Bangalore and offers solutions and products under IT services such as Product Engineering and Mobility and Messaging. Established in 1999, Infinite today is publicly listed in India India Magazine for Business Leaders & Decision Makers......

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KBACE (India) is a CMMi3 level company and a leader in providing worldclass Development and Services for every aspect of the Oracle E-Business Suite of Applications and Oracle Fusion.

Microsoft India was established in 1990. Its unit Microsoft IT is responsible for Microsoft India : security, infrastructure, messaging and business applications for all of Microsoft, including support of the product groups, corporate business groups, and global sales and marketing organizations. Mr. Bhaskar Pramanik is the Chairman of Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd .

Mjunction services limited : Mjunction services limited Founded in February 2001,mjunction services limited operating at the cutting edge of Information Technology and the Internet, is a 50:50 venture promoted by SAIL and TATA Steel. Viresh Oberoi is the MD and CEO. Mynd Solutions is a leading global service provider in business process and Mynd Solutions : technology management, offering broad spectrum of services in Finance and Accounting (FAO), Human Resource Outsourcing (HRO), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Consulting.

Plintron The company currently has around 900 employees and services in 18 Plintron : countries. Its offerings include MVNA, MVNE, M2M, Mobile Wallet and Money Cards providing convergent voice, data and video.

The company helps organizations improve existing products or create new Purplepatch ones through research, strategy and design. It also offers ui/ux service.

Skybridge Infotech : Skybridge Infotech started its operation in 2011. Sakthi Gopalaswami is the CEO of Skybridge Infotech. Its services include 24X7 application support, maintenance and monitoring for time-critical applications.

Sonata Software is a global IT service firm, which focuses on catalyzing Sonata Software : transformational IT initiatives of its clients through deep domain knowledge, technology expertise and customer commitment. The company delivers innovative solutions for Travel, Retail and Consumer Goods industries by integrating technologies such as Omni-Channel Commerce, Mobility, Analytics, Cloud and ERP, to drive enhanced customer engagement, operations efficiency and return on IT investments Stern Advisory India : Stern Advisory India Prateek Srivastava of Stern Advisory Group established Stern India in August of 2012 in order to provide risk advisory services Techindia Infoway : Techindia Infoway was formed in 2000. It delivers world-class, enterprise healthcare management solutions that bridges the Intersection of Healthcare & Information technology to work more efficiently and collaboratively to deliver better health. Sathya Kumar is the Founder and CEO of Techinfoway Private Ltd. ThoughtWorks Roy Singham is the founder and Guo Xiao is the CEO of the ThoughtWorks : company. It offers various IT solutions in 13 countries.

VFS Global is considered to be world's largest outsourcing and technology VFS Global : services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide. The company offers visa and passport issuance-related administrative and nonjudgemental tasks for its client governments. It has 1660 Application Centres in 121 countries. Jubin K Karkaria is the CEO. VITEOS Mr. Shankar Iyer founded VITEOS Capital Markets with VITEOS : headquarters in New York and New Jersey in 2003.

KBACE (India) :

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"Electronic Production in India can't fulfill the demand"- ADD Group The company expects to engage 36000 employees in 190 crores project

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DDELCINA Electronics Park Private Limited (AEEPPL), under the ADD Group of Companies was incorporated on last 11th June. It is a special purpose company incorporated under the Indian Companies Act, promoted mainly by ADD Industrial Park (Tamil Nadu) Limited or AIPL - a flagship company of ADD Group of Companies.

Partnering with ELCINA Electronic Industries Association of India, AIPL is in the process of establishing a state-of-the-art electronics manufacturing cluster (EMC) at Coimbatore in an area of about 157 acres within a mega industrial park being also developed by AIPL in association with the Government of Tamil Nadu.

The industrial park would cater to a wide range of industries, which include manufacturing of engineering goods, textiles, electronics

Mr. Deepak Sethi CEO ADD Group hardware, IT / ITES, educational institutions, R&D centers, housing and other social infrastructure.

It would be an economic India

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phenomenon in which many businesses simultaneously compete and collaborate to gain different economic advantages. The EMC that

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would be set up within the industrial park, is with partial financial assistance of Government of India by way of grant-in-aid provided by t h e M i n i s t r y o f Communications and IT. Launched by the Government of India, the EMC Scheme supports creation of worldclass infrastructure for attracting investments in the Electronics Systems Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) Sector, which is one of the objectives of the National Policy on Electronics (NPE) to promote electronic manufacturing in the country.

AIPL is considered as its major investor. ELCINA Electronic Industries Association of India, Om Metals Infraprojects Limited and Adhunik Power Transmission Limited are also investing in the projects of AEEPPL. Realizing the potential of electronic manufacturing and incentives provided by the Government of India, AIPL is leading a consortium in association with ELCINA Electronic Industries Association of India. Already they have submitted a proposal to the Department of Electronics

and Information Technology (DeitY) of Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, GOI to develop a greenfield EMC on 157 acres of land at Coimbatore District in Tamil Nadu. This cluster would be a part of the industrial park that is being set up by AIPL in association with the Government of Tamil Nadu.

AEEPPL would develop all the infrastructure facilities to set up individual units within the cluster. There will be several plots of various sizes designed for various types and sizes of manufacturing units. The Cluster would also endeavor to bring the entire gamut of electronic manufacturing operations under one umbrella and facilitate all stages of the value chain of electronic manufacturing. Some of the high demand products, which are being considered for manufacturing in the EMC are Tablet PCs, Energy Meters, Mobile handsets and accessories, Set Top Boxes, Solar Modules, Lighting Products - LED's, CFL's and LED Packaging, Electronic Components including Solid State Memory Products India

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Memory Cards, USB Drives, CCTV cameras, Medical Electronics Devices etc.

But the group does not think that India is c ont ribu t ing e nou g h in Electronic Production. A spokesperson of ADD group said "In India, the manufacturing base of electronic products is grossly inadequate when compared to demand" It is reported that their proposed EMC will attract investment of about Rs. 3000 crores. The group also expect to generate direct employment for about 36000 people. The total project cost is estimated at about Rs. 190 crores. The grant-in-aid to be received from Government of India would be Rs. 70 crores.

The balance cost of the project, which amounts to Rs. 120 crores would be mobilized from financial institutions, promoters and strategic investors.

Presently Mr. Anil Sethi, the Chairman and Mr. Deepak Sethi, the CEO of the company execute the services with nearly thirty employees. They expect to bring 100 clients to its fold.

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Skybridge Infotech - Adds Technology to Strategy

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kybridge Infotech, a global leader in IT services offers a dynamic blend of software development and technology staffing services.

Since its inception, Skybridge Infotech has been reputedly paying attention to develop cost-effective and efficient management services for their clients from Startups to Fortune 500 companies.

Presently it offers Web Application development, Implementing Content Management Solutions utilizing Sitecore, Secure Enterprise Mobile Application Development, Mobile Business Intelligence and Analytics & Delivering applications using SaaS model on Cloud. It also offers Executive search, Long and Short term contract fixing, recruitment for almost all industries.

Skybridge has its headquarters in Michigan, USA and has a India based World class delivery center provides Cost effective, High quality solution that is consistently delivered ontime to clients in the other part of the world. Skybridge has also offices in Australia and Europe.

About the CEO: Sakthi Gopalaswami, the CEO of Skybridge Infotech, attended Wayne State University, USA for M.S in

Sakthi Gopalaswami CEO Skybridge Infotech Computer Science and completed B.E from PSG College of Technology. He has vast experience of running large organizations for Fortune 4 companies in USA. Previous to Skybridge, at Ford he played a key role as Global Program Manager in setting up Ford Asia Pacific operations Program Management Office. He worked closely with Ford India in transitioning IT projects from multiple Ford locations across the globe to India. He has worked with various Ford entities including Jaguar, Volvo, Ford Motor Credit & Mazda. As India

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well as Ford , he has worked as the Director of Health care of Practice at CSC serving the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and in General Motors and Visteon. He has also served CSC, EDS, GM and Visteon.

Over four decades Skybridge management team has been working in various businesses in USA and India.

It is a privately held global organization with extensive understanding of the various aspects of multinational and local business and industry's specific demands.

Its technology services include 24X7 application

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support, maintenance and monitoring for time-critical applications. Skybridge team has rich experience in Microsoft technologies development. The company is also an expert in the field of developing Mobile Web Apps, Native Apps, Hybrid Mobile Apps and Mobile UI/UX design for Android, iOS and Windows.

But IT is a huge industry, competition is very high.

What's the company's idea to offer unique solutions in this industry? " Nowadays employees would like to access the corporate data from their mobile devices. However due to security issues, companies are unable to do so.

Skybridge can offer solutions that allows the companies to let their employees to access the corporate data securely by setting the "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) policy using Enterprise Mobile Management (EMM)

Solution." - said an official of Skybridge Infotech.

"In the digital world, Enterprises would like build a w e b p l at f orm f or t h e i r customers with responsive and intuitive UI with manageable content in a short time. Skybridge helps you develop a web platform that easy-to-use interfaces, to email and automation platforms, to real-time personalization, to scalability and performance. We deliver a consistent, compelling experience virtually on any device, so that your customers can interact with you anywhere anytime." he also added .

Another important thing is they provide end to end B2B and B2C ecommerce experience that works across multiple devices which will convert more customers, increase average order value, reduce shopping cart abandonments, and offer relevant brand experiences

that keep shoppers coming back.

Within very short period the company has overcome many milestones. It's a NMSDC Certified Employer in USA, it's recognized by Silicon India as Top 25 Consultants and it's also a Sitecore Certified Implementation Partner. Now Skybridge is planning to extend their services offerings in Data warehousing using Big Data, Internet of Things(IOT), Mobile Business Intelligence and Analytics , Delivering applications using SaaS model on Cloud. But that's not their final mission. In the map of corporate world in Africa, Asia Pacific and Europe, they also want to expand their position by extending services across multiple industries including Manufacturing, Insurance, Healthcare, retail, Banking and Financial Sectors.

Road Map Feb 2011 March 2011 April 2012 Sept 2012 May 2013 Nov 2013 Dec 2013 Feb 2014 May 2014

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August 2014 March 2015 -

Started the Organization Acquired the first fortune 500 client.

Awarded a contract to do major consulting engagement for a large firm Started the India Development Center Rolled out the work flow tool for the Major services firm.

NMSDC Certified Employer in USA Established Data warehousing support center for a Tier2 Automotive firm Established the .NET center of excellence for a $6 Billion Manufacturing Company Established the Sitecore center of excellence & Mobile Application Development and Research Center Implementation of an inventory management application in 37 manufacturing plants across the globe.

Recognized by Sitecore as the Certified Sitecore Implementation Partner.

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Stern Advisory India to introduce business solution without Human Faculty Stern expedites well-researched and innovating technology culture in a transparent manner.

Prateek Srivastava Founder & Director (APAC & MENA OPERATIONS) Stern India

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hen an employer recruits employees from different zones, it has to doubtfully pass few key responsibilities, without knowing them properly. As a result, the firm may have to face internal

financial misrepresentation.

London based Stern Advisory Group has been offering excellent and very effective solution for such issues. They serve a global clientele by providing reliable solutions and nurturing a collaborative India

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Assuming its potential and to grab the Pan-Indian market, visionary entrepreneur Prateek Srivastava of Stern Advisory Group established Stern Advisory India along with Morris Stern (Group Managing Director) in August of 2012 in order to provide risk advisory services. Its India unit is based out of Gurgaon, Delhi-NCR in a well-equipped, state-of-theart office. In a very short span of time, Stern Advisory India has become one of the leading risk advisory firms in the country. Its experienced team includes 34 employees, who have made vital inroads in implementing and delivering bespoke solutions to 25 clients.

Primarily, Stern Advisory (India) Pvt Ltd is a risk advisory firm. Due to Prateek's exceptional capabilities in handling diverse projects, it is gaining a strong reputation as an internationally recognized

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and respected company, which provides a range of corporate intelligence solutions, assists foreign corporations and multinational companies to secure and develop their business opportunities in India and adequately qualifies their client- supplier relationships. Some of its notable clients are Aviva Life Insurance, EXL Services, Experion Developers, Spine Biz etc.

Stern Advisory India foresees technology playing a central role in our future objectives. With its innovative technology, the group intends to automate and thus revolutionise the corporate advisory industry. It is hoped that certain operations could be carried out without the involvement of the human element and the entire process thus expedited.

Services provided by Stern Advisory (India) l Complex

IT fraud investigation l Corporate fraud investigations l Business reputation management l Digital forensics l Risk assessment l Due diligence

l Screening intelligence

People behind Stern India Prateek Srivastava

Morris Stern FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR (APAC & MENA OPERATIONS) As the Managing Director of Stern Advisory (India) Pvt. Ltd., Prateek Srivastava plays an active role in the company's business development and oversees the account management worldwide. Previously he worked with the parent company Stern Advisory Group in London, United Kingdom, since its inception.

As well as his regular responsibilities in the field of M&A, including pre-merger due diligence and postacquisition integration; investigative due diligence; computer forensics; fraud investigation; political risk analysis; anti-money laundering; whistle-blowing investigation and data theft investigation, he has also assisted in internal corporate investigation for corporates in the United Kingdom and their subsidiaries in India and elsewhere. He has provided specialist services in cases

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related to cybercrime and Ponzi Scheme related crimes.

Prateek ensures the flow of business of the company towards globalization.

GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR Morris Stern has over a decade of experience in the commercial intelligence sector and PE funding markets both in the UK and US. He has founded a number of companies operating in ME, UK and the US, which provided clients with highly specialist research and intelligence gathering services. He has worked in Legal, Banking, Energy, Retail and Leisure, Defence and Data sectors.

He formed Stern Data Ltd., which offers a range of bespoke security and forensic solutions designed to ensure the security of data, hosting and remote access. Morris has also founded Stern Advisory India, assisting clients with the challenges encountered in the complex and emerging economies of west Asia.

Morris Stern is the Group's MD and Board member.

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Journey of VITEOS hundred employees, who provide service 24 hours a day, five days a week to clients in all markets.

Mr. Shankar Iyer Founder and CEO Viteos Capital

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ith his decades of experience in business and marketing, Mr. Shankar Iyer wanted to make his mark with a new startup to serve global financial services firms. To fulfill the dream, Mr. Iyer founded VITEOS Capital Markets with headquarters in New York and New Jersey in 2003. Today, the company

has branch offices in London, Cayman Islands and Singapore and services 52 clients who manage about 800 funds.

Since the financial world is global, the branch offices enable Viteos to deliver timely services to their clients in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The company employs more than four India

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VITEOS offers asset managers customized, straight-through processing and integrated post-trade operations across virtually every asset class, currency, border, and structure. The deep operational and accounting expertise of the team is backed by state-ofthe-art technology that enables a high degree of control and automation in a global delivery model. Unlike one-size-fits-all solutions, Viteos tailors its services and solutions to each manager's specific requirements, supporting the fund's unique strategy and portfolio and helping to ensure their success. Exceptional outsourced reconciliation services backed by proprietary technology that integrates seamlessly with existing front and back office solutions form the backbone of the Viteos solution.

Key Executive Mr. Shankar Iyer, Founder and CEO A consummate entrepreneur,

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Mr. Shankar Iyer wanted Viteos to be a business that would transcend borders and combine the unique blends of entrepreneurship, creativity, technology and business acumen found in America, India and Asia. To this end, Shankar created a company with an innovative tech-savvy and idea driven culture that supported his employees and his clients.

Before founding VITEOS, Shankar was the president and CEO of Silverline Technologies, a $120 Million company he had successfully guided from startup to public offering. Shankar managed

the acquisition and delivery of services for Fortune 500 clients. His efforts made Silverline the first Indian IT services company to be listed on the NYSE. Even as a child, Shankar was passionate about mathematics and education, and this passion for learning, education and personal growth continues to fuel and drive the success of VITEOS. He shares this passion with his entire suite of C-level executives, most of whom have been with the company for more than 10 years. His world-class team consists of Chitkar Baskar as COO, K.B.

Venkataramanan as Chief Information Officer and Sanath Ramakrishna as Chief Financial Officer.

As testament to its innovation, VITEOS has won many prestigious prizes over the years. In 2015 alone, Viteos was awarded the HFM European Hedge Fund Services Awards, Hedge Fund Award for Best Bespoke Solutions in Hedge Funds, Global Fund Awards, Global Shadow Accounting Firm of the Year and the CTA US Services Awards Best Shadow Accounting award.

Various Technology Solutions offered by VITEOS l ASTTRA Trade Life Cycle Management, Valuation and Reporting l Comprehensive ETL with built in Geneva integration l RECON REDUX Straight-Thru Reconciliation Platform l Rules-based hierarchical reconciliation engine l VEDA Single-Click Economic Allocation l A comprehensive shareholder accounting platform l SCHEDULER Application Process Workflow Enabler l Custom Integration with ASTTRA /REDUX processes l DOCUMENTUM Enterprise Content Management and Integration l EMC Partner and solution architect l SharePoint Collaboration Solutions for the Enterprise l Custom integrations with EMC Documentum

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How to become a successful entrepreneur?

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s't possible for everyone to be a successful entrepreneur ? The answer would be Yes and No. If someone dreams of a risk less, secured, so-called 'traditional life', then he or she should stay hundred miles away from starting up a business. For him it's better to join somewhere else as an employee. On the other hand, if dream makes somebody docile for a start-up, if the person is enthusiastic, eager to know about marketability, certainly he would not have to count more days to be an entrepreneur.

Successful entrepreneurship is a result of good teamwork.

It can not be accelerated by single person. If you are an aspirant of this challenging profession, you have to engage suitable persons in your company. To achieve something more, gain knowledge from experts, take advice from mentors. Explore the area, where you want to

invest. No one can predict the result here. Concentrate more on the subject, try hard to get the best output. Actually entrepreneurship is a journey from ignorance to experience, from zero to infinity. To be a successful entrepreneur, one should follow the factors : Plan and Seek Attention

Opportunity + Action = Success

Make effective plan, keep your schedule. Be passionate but not too much. Find new possibilities, may start something innovative but that should be market oriented or something which has

Opportunity is like the last train of night. When opportunity comes, it knocks you to stand up for start something new. Unless you can give the best in you, it will leave you and your

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demand. Try to compare your products or service with others , those are highly available in the market. Seek attention of clients and customers. Ask them to put their suggestion for quality monitoring.

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believe in yourself. Stay confident, be punctual. Your attitude would be very important for your company.

Your impressive role will be very effective. Spent time with family, visit relatives and plan for tours.

Social Media

surroundings. So don't consider it relishable, work hard and imagine less.

Choosing Partnership Entrepreneurs often engage their classmates or friends into the business.

Friendship is OK but don't drag it into business. Don't think your friend would be the best and suitable person for your business. Friendship is beyond business.

Nonetheless, first distinguish friendship from business, then look for a trustworthy, reputable and potential person. Let him or her clear about mutual benefits verbally too, papers not always play a big role. Mutual understanding is above signed in agreements.

Know and Learn , Stay Updated Degree in the particular

field is fine but that's not all. Work somewhere for few years, gain experience.

Learn everyday, instead of gossiping read a book, visit websites, check pamphlets and magazines . Learn from your mistakes. Know more and more about focused area.

Because Knowledge is power.

Money Matters Initially don't expense a lot. Think twice before purchasing accessories for your office. Always try to maintain low overhead, think about man-hour. Make sure that healthy cash is always in the account. Don't waste your money unnecessary, spent it for an honest purpose. You may donate the needy people or any charity society and earn reputation.

Behavior and Family

Participate and influence others Visit business conferences and parties. Get involved in various interesting activities that promotes your business .

Join business associations and raise your voice, share your ideas, influence others, solve others problem. Try to attend academic seminars related to your field , deliver an effective lecture and become an expert of your field. What else ? So, invest your talent and work hard till you get the best return.

Be generous and always India

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As well as employees, Social media is now very effective tool for employment also. Use it but don't get used.

Check the trends, track the latest products and compare with your products. Share few testimonies of your companies from companies profile. Update the company's site regularly. Upload videos of clients that promotes your business.

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Beyond Business

Places in India You should visit between July and August

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eing a mosaic of thousand ethnic groups, India has been bearing several traditional cultures. As well as her culture, the scenic beauty, marvelous hill sights, lively streams and historical skyscrapers attract tourists to visit the places again and again. Even fast changing Indian cities too seek strangers attention. If you plan to spend some time with family in shore between July and August, southern part and south eastern coast will be the best place to visit.

Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu would be suitable to visit.

Though it's monsoon, usually it rains intermittently. An Umbrella is enough to protect you and to ensure a successful tour.

Pondicherry : Pondicherry is the capital of the Union Territory Puducherry. It's also known as "Europe of India". Since it was a french colony, french culture and the tradition can be seen vividly.

The Matrimandir at Auroville, Pondicherry Chennai is 160 km away and it takes 3 hours drive. From Chennai, you can book AC buses, taxi or private car to reach. The scenic beauty through out the ECR road is highly enjoyable. So, you don't have to wait for your destination. Pondicherry is almost 320 km from Bangalore and before 5-6 hours you can't reach. It has also railway connection with Bangalore and Chennai.

There are numerous festivals that localities India

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celebrate in Puducherry.

Bastille Day, Aadi Amavasa, Sri Aurobindos Birthday are celebrated between July and August. Nearest touristic place is Sri Aurobindo Ashram, the prime location for tourists is open from 8 am to 12 noon and from 2 pm to 6 pm.Three hundred years old Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Kuthba Mosque, Muhamadia Mosque, Meeran Mosque , Vedhapureeswarar Temple,

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Marina Beach, Chennai

Kanniga Parameswari Temple, Varadaraja Perumal Temple,Sri Manakula Vinayagar Temple are famous places of worship. All those places are being visited by visitors of all communities.

Paradise Beach, Botanical garden, Chunnambar Boat House, Oustery Lake are also prime destination.

Auroville: Auroville is a universal and wonderful township. Matri Mandir is situated there. One can easily reach via East Coast Road which connects Chennai and Pondicherry. The population comprises 50 nationalities. Tamil, English, Sanskrit, French and other communities are there. It has also therapy centres, a dedicated area for Yoga and

suitable places for meditation. The restaurants offer different kind of taste, serve different ethnic foods. A dedicated debit card, Aurocard is there for financial transaction. All the details can be found on the website auroville.org .

Chennai : In Chennai there are so many places to visit. Most visited spots are Marina Beach, Golden beach, Lighthouse of Chennai, Covelong, Shirdi Sai Baba Temple,Kapaleeshwar Temple, Viswaroopa Temple,Parthasarathi Temple, Guindy National Park, Arignagar Anna Zoological Park etc. The Brihadeeshwara Temple is in Thanjavur.

Mundanthurai-Kalakad wildlife sanctuary, the Tiger Reserve is open for tourists from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

In Mundanthurai and Thalayanai, there are Forest Rest Houses, which provide accommodation for the tourists. It's a habitat of panthers, jungle cats, civets, dholes, jackals and striped hyenas. Even Nilgiri tahr, Malabar giant squirrel, sloth bear, Indian bison, elephant, deer, pangolin, rare birds can be found here.

Basilica of Our Lady of India

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Health, situated in Vellankanni, is one of the most important Christian Pilgrimages in India. Apart from those, you can visit Rock Fort and Srirangam. The places are near to Thiruchirappalli. If you love architecture, visit the M o n u m e n t s a t Mahabalipuram. In Madurai, visit Sri Meenakshi Temple.

Theni in Southern Tamil Nadu is a favored tourist spot for its serene environment.

Wonderful dams, mesmerizing waterfalls and innumerable pilgrim centers are waiting for you. Vaigai Dam is very popular picnic spot.

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Namo Dreams of

Digital India P

rime Minister Narendra Modi's version of Acche Din includes several changes for public services and in the governance. The PM emphasizes on Modernization and Digitalization in the administrative system. On 1st July, by launching Digital India campaign, PM has heralded a digital revolution in India. To empower the people of every corner, to enhance digital literacy and to deliver better, accountable governance, Digital India has been launched. Basically the The umbrella programme pulls together numerous projects and missions. All the projects will be implemented in a synchronized manner. By 2019, the government will provide broadband service in 2.5 lakh villages. It also ensures universal phone connectivity. Nearly 400,000 Public Internet Access Points will be created. Wi-fi service

programme aims on three things, Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen, Governance & Services on Demand and Digital

Empowerment of Citizens.

Nevertheless, those are very effective tool to structure a transparent and executable platform for the people.

will be available in schools, colleges and panchayats.

Even those villages, which are out of electricity, will be able to take advantage of these services. The new scheme will deliver faster service.

Committee. Finance Minister, Minister of Co mmunications & IT, Minister of RD, Minister of HRD, Minister of Health are also set to execute the project from their respective departments.

Secretary of DeitY is the Convener of the scheme and the Prime Minister is Chairman of the Monitoring

The Government expects to generate 1.7 Crore direct employment and and at least 8.5 Crore indirectly through

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of the country including North East region. It would also provide R&D, Product Development facilities.

Digital India programme.

Rs 100,000 Crore has already been allotted for various ongoing schemes. Rs 13,000 Crore will be spent for various new schemes and other activities. This project will cover 1,50,000 Post Offices within only two years.

Department of Posts is the nodal agency to make the Multi-Service Centres.

To minimize the usage of physical documents Digital Locker System is already introduced. Authentic users will be able to store their data on this Digital Locker. The portal MyGov is developed for democratization of information. Another service Bharat Net would be world's

largest rural broadband connectivity using Optic Fibre Cable. It will connect 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats. To promote Swachh Bharat Mission an application is already made. Through Next Generation Network BSNL will replace its decades old exchanges.

The Digital India project will enhance all the services in health, education, banking also. It intends to develop a cashless service through online financial transaction .

Very well-managed system will ensure Safe and Secure Cyber space.

The project will also create BPO centres in different parts

As Digital India would reform the administrative and other infrastructure, the project has potential to strengthen economy of the country. IT professionals, entrepreneurs, businessmen can take advantage of it. The programme needs massive investments for several sectors. Noted Indian billionaires have already pledged around Rs 4.5 lakh crore for various project of Digital India. It would generate employment for 18 lakh people. The campaign has got response from Sunil Mittal and many other top industrialists also.

Mukesh Ambai, Managing Director of Rilance Industries Ltd believes Digital India will be a huge success because of the adoption of technology by the youth of India. He will invest over Rs.250,000 crore.

The company will engage over 5 lakh people for the new projects.

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We must assure the world through innovation that if it is a product of India, the world is secure in the cyber world," - PM Narendra Modi India Magazine for Business Leaders & Decision Makers......

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Story of MakeMyTrip, the Revolutionary E-commerce India, MakeMyTrip heralded a revolution in e-commerce.

According to a study conducted by PhocusWright in 2013, MakeMyTrip was marked as the dominant market-leader with 47% market-share. Today, MakeMyTrip enjoys the reputation of being a technology-forward and innovative online travel portal that brings delight to its customers through service and value-based offerings.

Rajesh Magow Co-founder & CEO-India Make My Trip

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o empower the Indian travellers with instant b o o k i n g a n d comprehensive choices, MakeMyTrip started its journey in April of 2000 for the US -India travel market. It began to operate from India from 2005. Over the years, MakeMyTrip has received numerous accolades for

providing best-in-class services to travelers. Thomas Cook, Cox & Kings, Kuoni , GoIbibo, Yatra, Expedia, ClearTrip, Bookings.com, Agoda, Hotels.com etc are their competitors in the market.

As the pioneer among Online Travel Companies in India

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Through its website makemytrip.com serves users to book International and Domestic Air Tickets, Holiday Packages and Hotels, Domestic Bus and Rail Tickets, Private Car and Taxi Rentals, B2B and Affiliate Service.

Recently, it received the GSF Mobile Appies Awards 2015 for the Most Innovative Travel App Award and also India's Leading Online Travel Agency" at the World Travel Awards 2014. The company has been awarded CNBC Travel Award 2013 and the Lonely Planet Travel Award for Best Travel Facilitator 2013 & 2012.

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Offices MakeMyTrip has 24 company-owned travel stores in 18 cities, including one in Gurgaon, and 42 franchiseeowned travel stores which primarily sell packages in 38 cities and counters in four major airports in India.

Outside India, MakeMyTrip has leased offices in New York, San Francisco, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Phuket, Bangkok, Dubai, Amsterdam and Herzliya, Israel. It owns two offices in Phuket.

Key Figures of the Company Deep Karla is the founder and owner of MakeMyTrip.

Prior to MakeMyTrip, he served GE Capital, AMF Bowling Inc. and ABN AMRO Bank, under his stewardship,

MakeMyTrip has become the largest online travel company, as well as the largest ecommerce business in India.

Deep is currently a member of the Executive Council of NASSCOM and chairs the NASSCOM Internet Working Group. He also serves as an independent Director for IndiaMart.com, a leading B2B website. Deep is also a founding member of I am Gurgaon, an NGO focused on the improving the quality of life in Gurgaon.

Deep attended St. Stephen's College, Delhi and belongs to the batch of 1990.

He next went to Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1992 for PGDM. His interests include swimming, yoga, quizzing and travelling.

Rajesh Magow is the Co-founder & CEO-India of the company. He began his career with Voltas and has also worked with Aptech Limited, Quantum. He was a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Prior to joining MakeMyTrip, he was CFO and acting CEO for the India operations of eBookers.com, now part of Travelport.

He has over two decades of corporate financial and operating experience in the information technology and internet industries.

Delivering the all the responsibilities, when he gets time, he plays cricket and badminton. His best stressbuster is to spend time with family.

l August 2010: Company had a successful IPO on NASDAQ, becoming the first Indian travel

company to list overseas. l May 9, 2011: Acquired approximately 79% equity stake in Luxury Tours & Travel Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based travel agency l November 6, 2012: Acquired complete stake in the companies in the Hotel Travel Group.

HT Group has been operating the website www.hoteltravel.com for more than a decade and has its presence in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia. l February 7, 2014: Completed acquisition of the entire equity interest in a group of companies comprising the EasyToBook.com Group. Established in 2004, ETB primarily operates through the website www.easytobook.com and offers its customers online hotel reservations in Europe, North America and other key global travel destinations. l September 11, 2014: Announced the institution of a $15 million Innovation Fund to support early stage companies/start-ups in the travel technology space with a special focus on Mobile and IP based companies last year. l April 22, 2015: Acquired certain assets of Mygola to focus on cutting-edge innovation in online travel.

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How mobile apps are playing an important role in growth of IT services companies

Avnish Sharma CEO Syscraft Information System

by Avnish Sharma

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echnology is playing tremendous role to make our life easier and comfortable and mobile apps have become one of the primary ways people organize their lives, communication and businesses. Many of us use mobile apps now a days to do our work and organize ourselves and that's why companies are also increasingly willing to devote development resources to creating mobile apps that satisfy specific business needs. The pace of growth in mobile data traffic is staggering, and society has embraced mobile wireless technology in ways that were unthinkable few years ago.

More and more small and

midsize businesses are following the mobile trend, understanding that an effective mobile strategy involves more than just a mobile-friendly website. In fact, these days you'll notice that many small businesses you interact with in your everyday life have a running mobile app - be it the corner coffee shop or the beauty spa downtown or a grocery shop.

These companies are ahead of the game when it comes to taking their marketing to the next level.

Software development & IT Services is rapidly evolving from PC-centric and desktopdriven, to the mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones. The drive for India

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mobility is part of the business technology agenda for most companies today.

This medium allows businesses to get immediate feedback on services from clients and this new medium has helped generate business not only from Big Firms but even from Small to Medium Enterprises which adds up to a new whole customer base for IT Industry.

Undoubtedly, in current scenario we can't imagine business without mobile availability and it has led to a whole new segment and customer base to IT Industry along with increasing depth and acceptance.

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