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CONTENT 4RCE GLOBAL

Ravi Velagapudi

Managing Director & CEO

CEO

99tests

Aujas

28-29

Praveen Singh

Srinivas Rao

Co-Founder & CEO

ADD Group

BankBazaar

14-15

Deepak Sethi

Adhil Shetty

CEO

Aletheia

32-33

Bookmytrainings

Co-Founder & CEO

Director & CEO

Anant Computing

Bright Educational Services 34-35

18-19

Phani Bhushan & Gopal Pradhan

Prakash Gupta

Founder & Co-Founder

Founder

Anything500

Capricoast

36-37

Porus Arora

Jawad Ayaz

CEO & Co-Founder

Founder & CEO

Apollo International

24-25

30-31

L.A. Balamurugan

Clarence Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;souza

26-27

Murali Krishna C

12-13

16-17

ATMECS

10-11

Career Anna

22-23

Raaja Kanwar

Varun Saxena

Vice Chairman & MD

Founder

Aptech Limited

40-41

38-39

Citrix

Ninad Karpe

C. Ramanan

CEO & MD

Director

Citrus Informatics

DeepBiz

42-43

Muthu Swamy S

Sarji R Mohammedali

Founder

CEO

44-45

Collegedunia.com

62-63

Entrust Datacard

Sahil Chalana

Ajay Kumar

Founder

Managing Director-South Asia

Contri Construction

Eye-Q Super Speciality Eye Hospitals

46-47

Deepanshu Saini

Rajat Goel

Founder and CEO

CEO and Co-Founder

CRMNEXT

48-49

66-67

Febler Web

Founder

Founder and CEO

Cypress Solutions

64-65

Vikram BN, Chaitanya Naik

Nishant Singh

52-54

60-61

First Advantage

50-51

Arun Sharma

Mark Parise

CEO

Disruptive Technologies

68-69

Geometric

70-71

Manu Parpia MD & CEO

DM Systems

58-59

Holistic Nutrition

56-57

Mr. DK Bajaj

Dimple Mirchandani

Co-Founder

Founder

Ducere Technologies

74-75

IBEE

Krispian Lawrence

Betrand Yella

CEO & Co-Founder

Managing Director

72-73

IOTAP

Prime Focus Technologies

76-77

Ramki Sankaranarayanan Founder and CEO

Ebrahim Nalwala CEO

KENT RO

78-79

Vivek Bhaskaran

CEO

Founder

Quint

80-81

Rajesh Magow

100-101

Sunil Mehta

Co-Founder & CEO

mjunction

102-103

Radiant

Mr. Viresh Oberoi

Nishant Gupta

Founder of CEO & MD

Director & CEO

Mobiloitte

88-89

QuestionPro

98-99

Mahesh Gupta

MakeMyTrip

82-83

96-97

ReNew IT

84-85

JAGDISH HARSH

Mukund B.S

Founder

Co-Founder

Newgen Software Technologies

Shankar Chatterjee Founder Chairman & Managing Director

Managing Director

Sankalp Academy

90-91

Business Coach & Founder

Founder & CDO

Pervacio

StepinOut

110-111

Safdhar Adoor

Sanjay Kanodia

Co-Founder

CEO

PR Solution S Vijay Kumar Global CEO

108-109

Amit Punjabi

Pranav Dalal

92-93

S CUBE

106-107

Diwakar Nigam

Office Beacon

104-105

94-95

Sears Alok Kumar Vice President & MD

112-113

SecurView

114-115

TrepUp

134-135

Rajeev Khanolkar

John Verbic

CEO

SK Robotics

118-119

Founder & CEO

Tudip Technologies

116-117

Nitin Motani

Dipti Agrawal

Chairman

CEO & Co-Founder

Skybridge Infotech

Anand Kekre

CEO

VirtualEmployee

120-122

Founder

Stern Advisoty

144-145

Prateek Srivastava

Sunday

VITEOS Shankar Iyer

Founder & Managing Director

Founder and CEO

Viztar International Pvt Ltd.

126-127

Alphonse Reddy

Training Designer & Chief Mentor

talent21

148-149

Gurinderpal Singh

Tech Infoway

Vpayqwik Pankaj Kumar

CEO

Founder

21 Success Sutras for CEOs

130-131

Sathya Kumar Founder & CEO

132-133

146-147

Sachin Adhikari

Founder

128-129

142-143

Narinder Mahil

Smit Ganguli

124-125

Vaultize

140-141

Sakthi Gopalaswami

STEM to STEAM

136-137

The Final Flourish

160

Yupp TV

Neeraj Gauri

Uday Reddy

CEO

142-145

Editorial

Business magazine gives importance to season and weather conditions, as its distant cousin, a literature magazine does. As the first edition of The CEO Yearbook 2016 goes to press, August has arrived and changed the weather. It's monsoon now. Heavy rains have lashed some states for a few days. Incessant rains continue to cripple Northern India, throw life out of gear in Mumbai and give relief in other parts of the country. The arable lands of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka are no longer thirsty. The people of these states have enjoyed the rains of relief. Last year, we saw fluctuating weather conditions in many states. Probably Fiscal 2015 observed more farmers' funeral than ever before due to weak monsoon. Will India get good rains that keep food prices in control this time? There is huge interest and investment taking place in various new areas of the market. New norms of FDI would make India's economy open and close to the investors. We find it difficult to choose a proper rhetoric to represent the reality of the market. Market fluctuates like the weather conditions. But not the roles and responsibilities of chief executives. They always plan and project the path and possibilities of prosperity. Be it sun-baked summer, blissful monsoon, energetic winter or sprouting spring. Which markets will the company enter? What will be the product lines or solutions? How many will be employed and engaged ? Whom to remove? How to strive to stand alone in the competitive market ? Chief executives plan and decide. They determine the direction of growth. The CEO Yearbook 2016 is designed to provide you with a variety of writing - articles, columns, essays and opinions about entrepreneurial activities, entrepreneurs, market, marketing, marketeers and business practices. Not only does it cover all kinds of aspects of the business practices, cultures and people involved, but also tries to present different viewpoints and gives an analysis of different perspectives. Each article is briefly introduced, explained and covered by questions. We have interviewed CEOs, MDs, entrepreneurs, businessmen, experts, researchers and other professionals across IT, education, media, entertainment, PR, Healthcare industries. However, we did not put our effort to make an encyclopedic collection. Here you can find businesses that are behemoths. Businesses that are booming. And you will find ideas that are inceptive and innovative. The Yearbook is the work of no one individual. This would not have been possible without support of Publisher Shrikant Pandey, our editorial team, creative team and dozens of professionals, associated to us. I am grateful to Shishir Joshi, former Group Editorial Director of Mid-Day, Sony Shetty of Gartner and Merin Jose of SAGE Publications for helping to assemble some of the information and ideas at the last moment. Special thanks go out to the authors who gave of themselves to help provide their expertise on a vast array of topics. Professor MS Rao, author of the article 21 Success Sutras for CEOs, has penned thirty books. C. Ramanan, DirectorCommercial Business of Citrix, has authored the article - The inevitable truth about ignoring your networking infrastructure, while Ramki Sankaranarayanan has given his expert touch in the article - Pioneering ERP for the Media and Entertainment industry. We thank Mahesh Gupta, CEO of KENT RO. We are pleased to publish Stem to Steam by Sumit Ganguly, CEO of GAVS and an adjunct professor of International Business at Rutgers State University. Our editorial team started to file the stories for the Yearbook in last winter. We apologise for the delay. Our sincere apologies to those whose article we were not able to include. As a publication of The CEO Magazine, whose reputation rests on reliability, The CEO Yearbook values accuracy, credibility and exclusivity. The Philosophy of our editorial team is to research, report and reveal honestly, timely, fairly and sometime unfailingly. The CEO Yearbook will bring the brains behind the brands every year. We promise to cover more areas, introduce more entrepreneurs, address more issues in business, publish articles by experts and deliver the yearbook on time. Enjoy the eclectic mix of articles! ayanangsha maitra editorial associate The CEO Magazine New Delhi, India ayan@theceo.in @Ayanangsha

Why Do we need a Yearbook? Let's know its importance A yearbook, also known as an annual book, is a type of a book which is published annually to highlight, record and attracting attention of people towards the past one year events. In other words, a year book allows any reader to aware of events which can be read through just one book instead of reading monthly subscription. A yearbook plays a vital role to fulfill some standards. It takes you back to your favorite memories. In this hectic schedule age, people probably do not get much time to talk about any relevant event regularly. Even, some of events can be fruitful which should be in mind for a long period, but we could not keep it on because of high engagement. In such way, a yearbook captures memories frozen in time, events that happened, faces that change inevitably and memories that may only be remembered again by opening the cover. The year book of The CEO Magazine The readers of The CEO Magazine are well impressed with our monthly subscriptions. We are here highly motivated through getting feedbacks provided by our readers. Over thousands of readers along with the CEOs of emerged or emerging companies have appreciated our articles. Even, they shared their own opinions about the importance of the monthly subscriptions of The CEO Magazine. On the behalf of the feedbacks, The CEO Magazine has decided to publish its yearbook. The main objective would be to provide a source of back-up information along with some acquisitions news and relevant news related to entrepreneurs/businessmen. The CEO Magazine has been working with a team where

well qualified, skilled and innovative people are working with a high zeal. We are devotee towards providing indirect assistance to entrepreneurs/businessmen through our innovative ideas. According to our one of entrepreneur clients, "The CEO Magazine helps me to organize my business plans and business management though it's provided platform where entrepreneurs are exchanging their ideas and strategy." Editor views Reading magazines are just like a making knowledgeable conversation with our salutary friends. It doesn't only increase our knowledge, but also change our mindset from negative attitude towards positive attitude. The CEO Magazine works with multiple agenda which is very clear to our readers. We aim to empower ideological skills of related people through our unique creations.

4RCE GLOBAL aims to empower clients to accelerate & maintain their growth The CEO Magazine â&#x20AC;˘ New Delhi

rom its headquarter in Bangalore, 4RCE GLOBAL started journey in April 2015, which was formed by Murali Krishna C and RMS Reddy two alumni of IIM Calcutta. Years old experience of these seasoned and visionary entrepreneurs helped the company to widen its services. Nonetheless, in a very short span of time, the company has become one of the leading consulting firm in the country. Its management consulting service caters to the need of SMEs & startups. The company facilitates organizations to improve their Financial & operational efficiency, competitive advantage, Business diversification, Risk Management, cost leadership, define product/services road map, Alignment of internal teams towards organization's vision, Branding, Blue Printing & business transformation etc apart from Customer penetration and engagement strategy. The company follows an equity based model for startups, which is flexible to suit the organizations and Time & quality based model for SME segment. The newly established company has a mission to empower their clients to accelerate & maintain their growth. With an advanced strategy framework, superior customer service and compliance expertise delivered by experts who understand local markets, 4RCE GLOBAL facilitate their customers to achieve faster time to market their services/products, expansion, diversification of their business and competitive Website: www.4rce.in

Murali Krishna C Managing Director & CEO, 4RCE GLOBAL

advantage. Experienced consultants of the company have made vital inroads in defining and executing exclusive strategies to a diverse range of clients. 4RCE GLOBAL advises their clients on their Opportunity and Critical Issues in the areas of Strategy, Branding, Smart & Digital Marketing, Business Modelling, facilitate Investment pitch and encourage young Entrepreneurs to conceptualize their ideas including playing advisory & CxO Role. They partner with the organizations to arrive at customized strategies which is best suited to that particular segment/vertical. The company aspires to be a leading player in India by 2020 and induct more MNCs under our umbrella of services. e-mail: info@4Rce.in

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Key Officials Murali Krishna C is the Managing Director and CEO of 4RCE GLOBAL, who plays an active role in the company's business development and oversees the account management. He is responsible for overall business expansion. His key role would be to bridge the gap between VCs and startups, cross connect relevant players within the ecosystem apart from serving SME segment and other relevant players across all the verticals. Prior to assuming this position, he worked in a leadership role for 30 Years in Banking, IT, FMCG, Management & Strategy Consulting. Murali Krishna has been directly responsible for diverse number of projects for leading MNC banks, corporates and leading Product companies across the globe. His skills and areas of specialization include Business Catalyst, Board Advisory, Social Media, Branding & Marketing, Digital Strategy, IT

Governance & Delivery, Application Portfolio Management, Product Management, Change Management, GTM Strategy, Risk/Treasury / Forex, Corporate / Retail Banking, Business Architecture. He is a certified independent director from IOD, who attended Bangalore University for B. Com and earned a degree in Advance Strategic Management from IIM Calcutta. Mr. RMS Reddy, the director of the company, is responsible for developing and executing Digital & marketing strategy and involved in additional revenue generation activities.

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Transparency is the USP of their Products, tells Crowd Testing Platform 99tests The CEO Magazine â&#x20AC;˘ Bengaluru

ecessity of software testing is becoming more important and inevitable as technologies are accelerating the growth of any business. With an invincible and indispensable strategy to provide clients the access to the right crowd-sourced testers online, 99tests came into existence in 2011. Since then, it supports clients to define their projects and manage the execution of projects. Over five years 99tests has assembled over 15000 testers across the globe, skilled in various aspects of testing. Nonetheless, over four lakh testing engineers are beneficiary of this platform. Their quality control and assurance platform have helped over 300 businesses meet their expected standards for software applications. Mentored by legends like Kris Gopalakrishnan, founding member of Infosys, Steve P Coles CIO of Allianz and Teruhide Sato, founder of Beenos group (a global E-commerce and venture capital firm), this online crowd testing platform provides economical and effective crowd sourced testing solutions that enable individuals and businesses to pursue excellence in technology. To ensure that the testers chosen for the project fit within the client's way of testing to minimize costs and hassles at the client side, 99tests follows a particular system. As a result their customers get the results they are looking for, within the time frame they want. Headquartered in Bangalore, the company has partnership and strong presence in US, UK and Australia. Since the workforce of fourteen employees creates success stories, 99tests has invested in various employee engagement and development activities to hone the skills of the team. 99tests provides quality testing services that can improve software quality at every stage of the product life cycle. Its global network of professional testers have helped startups, Currently, these are the software testing services that they provide: 1. Automation testing: Makes testing simpler with automation services for Mobile and web apps to uncover issues quickly without breaking things. 2. Functional Testing: Functional testing is crucial to ensure that your App works great

Website: www.99tests.com

Praveen Singh Co-Founder & CEO, 99tests

everywhere all the time. Make your Apps better with expert insights. 3. Usability testing: Prepares your App to meet client expectations. Get insights to understand your App's user experience to make your UX addictively good. 4. Security Testing: Protects your brand's reputation by ensuring the security of your customer information. Discovers issues in time with a global team of professional testers. 5. Load Testing: Gains insights to understand your Apps performance under load. Unleashes your App's true potential. Be ready to handle big days every day. 6. Localization testing: Their global community of crowd sourced testers enable testing of your Apps by location, by your target market. It ensures success globally with localization testing. Whether it is a new web application or an app, testing is a crucial step that ensures the functionality and quality of the application. Their crowd testing platform enables enterprises to access quality testing solutions at reasonable prices. One of the key advantages, they have is the domain experience e-mail: contact@99tests.com

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they bring. It gives them the competitive edge to tackle many of the issues including coming up with the right algorithms which is the basis for a crowd based platform. They feel the USP of their product is the transparency it offers to the clients. Clients get the power to create the test plan, track the progress of their projects and turn off the service at their discretion. Crowd testing works beautifully for consumer faced testing for applications that are used by many individuals. With the booming app industry and the positive feedbacks, 99tests is receiving from their existing clients, they are very optimistic about the growth potential for crowd testing platform in the coming days. " One example would be the way we handled the project for our client, Flipkart. When Flipkart approached us for testing their first smartphone app for shopping, we knew the criticality of finding & fixing crucial bugs before the public launch of their app. The speedy & effective delivery of results helped Flipkart's developers immensely. With our results, their engineers were able to write user accepted scripts without using codes. We helped them in detecting and fixing crucial bugs in time to enable the successful launch of the Flipkart app, " says 99tests. Their pricing plans are segmented to cater to the four major kinds of clients: Self-Serve: Designed for start-ups, and entrepreneurs § Ideal for small development teams with no QA § Cost-Effective testing plans suited forApp launches § Uncovers critical issues before launch § Subscription: Designed for small & medium business owners § Suitable for larger teams with QA § Regular testing plans designed for stable Apps § Makes new updates easy & uncovers security issues § Enterprise: Designed for large corporations § Suitable for Enterprise applications § Secure, Enterprise class testing service § Test across multiple languages & countries § Partnership: Sign up for Partnership plan § Partner in the crowd testing success story § Gain new customers in new segments § Delight customers with quality software §

The Founders Praveen Singh, Co-Founder and CEO Praveen Singh, a start-up evangelist is the CoFounder and CEO of 99tests. He has worked earlier with leading software companies like Oracle, Webmethods and VMLogix (now acquired by Citrix). He brings in the business strategy, marketing and sales experience of running a start-up. He tweets at @praveensinghhv . Naveen Kumar, Co-Founder Naveen Kumar, IIT Bombay alumnus is the CoFounder of 99tests. He has worked with SAP and has also founded Foodtang, a food delivery start-up in the past. He brings in the technical skills, algorithms and operations experience of running a start-up. He can be followed on twitter @naveenkr59. "We feel the biggest merit our clients gain, is the easy access to skilled testers at economical prices, which is hard to get in the marketplace today. In contrast to crowd testing, traditional software testing options cost you a hefty price. An added advantage here is that you pay only for outcomes that are produced. That is, you pay only for the bugs found or for the test cases executed. This ensures that the system is transparent, and you know exactly what you are paying for. Clients also get the option to test in various geographies, on different devices, platforms and other variables as per their needs. We let them prioritize the features that they want to test and give them full control over the process. Mentors Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-Founder of Infosys Kris Gopalakrishnan, IIT Madras, alumnus, and one of the founding members of Infosys, is among their leading mentors. A recipient of the Padma Bhushan award for his role in research, Kris drives their passion for technology. Steve P Coles, CIO at Allianz Steve P Coles, CIO at Allianz, an international financial services company is a key mentor at 99tests. With an experience of over a decade in technology, he is passionate about innovative tech aided business transformations. Teruhide Sato, Founder of Beenos and Beenext Teruhide Sato, founder of Beenos group, a global Ecommerce and venture capital firm is one of their key mentors. Serial entrepreneur Teruhide is passionate about empowering entrepreneurs who solve problems and bring fruitful changes.

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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

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 hardware, IT / ITES, educational institutions, R&D centers, housing and other social infrastructure. It would be an economic phenomenon in which many businesses simultaneously compete and collaborate to gain different economic advantages. The EMC that 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 the Ministry of Communications and IT. Launched by the Government of India, the EMC Scheme supports creation of world-class infrastructure Website: www.addgrup.com/

Deepak Sethi CEO, ADD GROUP

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 e-mail: global@addgrup.com

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ADD Group 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 Memory Cards, USB Drives, CCTV cameras, Medical Electronics Devices etc. But the group does not think that India is contributing enough 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-inaid 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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Aletheia helps clients to have a structured IT approach, eliminate sporadic procurements

familiar name in the IT industry, Clarence D'souza has held various decisive positions in his work life, including executive and professional manager with established IT companies. He firmly believes in driving business through a partnership model and nurtures relationships. With his exemplary execution skills and business acumen, Clarence founded Aletheia along with Mangesh Karekar in 2010. Clarence D'souza is one of its visionaries, not only seeing the need for, but also structuring the technology framework that allows Aletheia to constantly be at the leading position of its industry. Aletheia is the Greek word for 'commitment,' which they reflect in their services. " And true to that meaning, our professional mandate for every member is crystal clear. To honour our customer, value their business and cherish the relationship we share. Nothing delights us more than catering to our diverse and ever-growing clientele. We offer solutions to various verticals including pharmaceutical, advertising, telecom, Realestate, manufacturing and many other small and medium-size clients. And with each new relationship, we commit to adding value to yet another business, " says spokesperson of Aletheia. Aletheia's IT Managed Services enable customers to focus on their core business. With Website: www.aletheia.co.in

Clarence Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;souza Director & CEO, Aletheia

the concept of IT Operations Outsourcing solution, the company helps the clients to have a structured IT approach, eliminate sporadic procurements. This organization is a specialist in Managed IT support services, such as. IT operations Outsourcing Services, Facilities Managed Services (FMS), Consulting & Advisory Services. Closely observing clients' area of difficulty, Aletheia consults to the business owners and has now become an integral part of their clients' business. Their core team consists of experts, who comprehend customers' dynamic business needs in changing scenarios; assist them in e-mail: sales@aletheia.co.in

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achieving their techno-commercial objectives through expertise and alliance partnerships. Besides, IT Managed Services, Aletheia also offers IT infrastructure Solutions. This team is headed by Miten Parekh. A highly experienced technologists focus on designing and implementing IT Infrastructure solutions, especially in the arena of Enterprise Computing. With his accomplished career of being a CIO and IT Strategist, Miten Parekh, CTO of Aletheia has spent over two decades in this field. He has held senior management positions in the MarComm Industry with companies such as the Rediffusion Y&R Group and Publicis Group, India.

whole gamut of offerings. â&#x20AC;&#x153; " Each one of our solutions is designed to add value and meet the business objectives of our clients. We have the ability to provide tailor-made, tangible benefits without compromising on performance at all. To sum it up, we strongly propagate our firm belief. To be 'technology partners' to our customers and their business, " he added. Aletheia thinks, plans, manages and executes IT for customers. The company's management possesses over sixty man-years of business experience in the IT industry, particularly in the services space. When the company started off, they had a staff strength of about 20 professionals, with a turnover of Rs. 89,00,000. Within five year of operations, they now have a team strength of over a 150 professionals and a turnover of around Rs. five crores. The growth is the result of their focus on Managed IT services.

Services, being the core strength of the company, the sales are driven by yet another respected professional in the IT industry. Roopesh Wani, Aletheia's, Western Region Sales Head Roopesh Wani has had an accomplished career of 2 decades as a IT Sales Professional, having honed his skills at marquee IT companies like Tata Infotech, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and IBM, prior to Aletheia. Mr.Vijay Naik, Financial advisor of Aletheia, is an accomplished Chartered Accountant and brings professional experience of two decades in the field of financial services.

The company has created a foot-mark in Mumbai and Pune (branch) and has plans to reach out to as many SME customers. They are implementing direct operations in Kolkata and in the south as a strategic plan for organic growth.

Speaking to The CEO Magazine, Aletheia's Director & CEO Clarence D'souza said "Our business is about people, hence, we give importance to leaders over titles. We believe, leadership creates vision and human energy. We strive to offer our clients superior technologies and comprehensive solutions. For Aletheia, it is not about "a" product or brand. But the solution. We keep a very sharp eye on costs vis-a-vis benefits to organizations. We have strategic alliances with leading technology brands, getting direct access to a

Clarence D'souza is very clear in his mind, that more and more customers will want to adopt the IT operations outsourcing model. He is personally passionate about service delivery, solutions and partnerships. Since its inception, the company has managed to retain over 90% of its clients, which has been possible due to its mission of being a committed advisors and strategic partner to their customers. "We do not limit ourselves to a brand or a solution. What is important for me and my team is to address the pain area of the customer, " Concludes the CEO.

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Express Your Business in Own Language, says Anant Computing reduces the time and cost of app development, cuts marketing budgets The CEO Magazine â&#x20AC;˘ New Delhi

he world of mobile applications in India caters almost exclusively to an English-centric developer and user base. The reality is that 700 + million Indians, who carry smartphones or feature phones, are unable to get the benefit of such applications in their own mother tongue/ vernacular. Anant Computing was born in 2012 with a vision of digital inclusion - an India where everyone with a mobile phone can both create and access high quality apps. The company created India's first vernacular language operating system for tablets. As the Smartphone revolution unfolded, they decided to create a robust ecosystem by complementing the existing mobile infrastructure and shifted their focus to the sphere of mobile application development. Under the aegis of Phani Bhushan, Anant unveiled a platform where a "Hindi' speaking weaver from Jaunpur of Uttar Pradesh from his Android phone, can purchase raw cotton from a Bengali speaking trader from Jalpaiguri of West Bengal on his Java phone. A Mumbai based English speaking designer on her iPhone can sell her handloom to Tamil speaking housewife from Chennai, who can buy it from her Windows phone. "Our core product offering is India's first indigenous mobile technology platform. Our technology facilitates app developers and companies to create apps that run smoothly on every mobile, in every Indian language. We also have a vision to make coding of apps possible in all major Indian languages. By making the mobile world accessible to nonEnglish speakers, we hope to increase adoption and usage of apps in the Indian market. What can be a better example of #MadeInIndia, than local language apps, which are also created by local language speakers, in their mother tongue? This has a potential to open up the world of apps Website: www.anantcomputing.in

Phani Bhushan & Gopal Pradhan Founder & Co-Founder, Anant Computing

to every Indian," asserts Phani Bhushan, CEO and founder of Anant Computing. "Simultaneously, our technology addresses some of the key challenges of app usage in India - slow/poor mobile internet connectivity, lack of space to store apps on low-end smartphones. Anant offers companies a unique app solution called 'App wallet'. Think of App Wallet like a folder, containing multiple apps. App Wallet is light on device and data usage, yet it updates dynamically and automatically. We believe that the App Wallet is the future format for apps in the emerging Indian smartphone market," he added. Anant Computing is a brain child of Phani Bhushan , an IIT Kharagpur Alumnus, seasoned IT professional and social entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience and Gopal Pradhan, an OUAT Alumnus and a geek with more than 16 years of experience in developing many world class product. Both were working together with SLM Soft, a Canadian MNC.

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They started their entrepreneur journey with VIAEDGE Technologies, a firm engaged with IT Infrastructure product and IT Consultancy which has served all top Indian corporate such as Aditya Birla group, Relaince Industries, Tata Insurance, Spice telecom, DRDO, Indian Railways, Kotak Mahindra, IBM, and many more. Phani Bhushan believes that a successful business not only needs to earn money, but also has to make a lasting impact on society. He operates with the conviction that technology can be used to bridge the vast gap between the 'haves' and 'have nots.' He has applied his knowledge and expertise to the immense task of bridging the digital divide in India. What makes Phani's approach unique is that he is the first to think of a holistic and simple solution to the problem that addresses both the developer and the end consumer through creation of a cloud programming environment that empowers developers to make their applications available in multiple languages. This leads to efficiency in resource utilisation, cost saving, higher ROI while increasing reach of applications amongst the mobile user base. Anant Computing plans to work closely with NGOs and government agencies to rollout this technology to maximum end users in India for varied applications such as banking, agriculture etc. In Conversation with Anant Computing The CEO Magazine: What business problem does Anant hope to solve? Anant: Customer Acquisition and Customer retention are two major existing challenges for any business house today. Once get rid of these challenges then expanding the market size is going to be another big challenge. At Anant, we are not only solving business challenge but also the need for bringing the next billion Indian consumers online. App discovery today happens through mass media (TV/Press/Outdoor) campaigns costing Crores of rupees. SMEs and startups that are bootstrapping cannot afford this outlay. App Download/ app installs is a key measure of success but it's hard to get consumers to download new apps. Sometimes,

the reason is very simple - people want to conserve data or space and so they do not download new apps. On the data published by a VC Firm 'Lighthouse'; insights revealed that in markets like India, ideal app size needs to be below 5 MB to get high downloads - unlike Western Markets, where it can be 10-15 MB. TCM: How does Anant Computing solve these problems? Anant: Anant is here to change the way mobile applications are being developed and consumed. With our Adwitya (Integrated mobile application development platform) our App Wallet and Language conversion tool, we guarantee that your app will work on all operating systems by coding just once, and in all vernacular languages. With cloud-based native apps that are light, yet rich and fast, the app size is no longer a constraint to develop your dream app. Anant AppWallet also allows you to remotely update, add or delete apps directly onto your customer's phones. Hence you can customize your app for Segment of One, identifying your customers with smart geo-location and built-in analytics; you can facilitate a unique app experience to each of your customer. All Anant apps perform well under all network constraints like poor connectivity, offline etc. TCM: Why should a firm choose Anant Computing? Anant: Anant Computing reduces the time and cost of app development, cut your marketing budgets for app promotion / discovery and also, you will be increasing the app retention and drastically reducing the chance of your uninstalls because your app will stay relevant to your TG by speaking to them in their language and also working on their existing handset without burning up their memory. TCM: What are the current and future plans of Anant Computing? Anant: Anant Computing will go to market first with "AppWallet". Its target will be marquee companies in India with pan-Indian presence. Anant will port or build from ground, the App Wallet, and demonstrate the use case of this technology to these companies and the wider world.

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Anything500 allows Buyers to become Sellers

nything500 is becoming popular between college students looking for some side money, housewives and senior citizens, looking for something productive to do with available time. It allows people to monetize their services, skills, resources and talents in a fun and amusing way. Being the First Movers in the segment of marketplace for services, Anything500 allows micro-entrepreneurs to access an expansive network of buyers and sellers online. The Delhi based start-up was incorporated in 2015. This platform allows buyers to also become sellers and vice versa. Established with the vision to enable service providers be engaged in jobs on a repeated basis, Anything500 follows a fairly simply business model, charging a base price of INR 500 for any available service. Upon the successful completion of requisition, the platform credits INR 400 in the accounts of sellers, along with displaying platform-centric badges to their profiles, as a token of appreciation. Securing badges and positive feedbacks allows service providers to further expand and grow their service-oriented business. The platform has an inbuilt mechanism to promote the sellers meeting the high standards of quality. If in case of a disagreement between the buyer and the seller, the entire amount is duly refunded. The unique appeal allows sellers to monetize their multiple skills, instead of being stuck in a monotonous job. Buyers also rejoice as some of the most intellectually stimulating services are now available digitally for a fixed price of 500. While company is set to capture bigger market share by smartphones apps, Anything500 is also gaining steam for the senior level executives and micro-entrepreneurs. Offering an easy access to a wide selection of buyer and seller consortium, the platform holds a lot of potential for the creative, innovating and bootstrapping user base at present. Offering services ranging from web Website: www.anything500.com

Porus Arora CEO and Co-Founder, Anything500

design, logo creation, market research, animation, counseling, customized gifts and a lot more, the company is excited to discover the interesting possibilities sellers may find to sell online. A self-confessed tech enthusiast, Porus Arora is the Co-Founder, CEO of Anything500, a marketplace that bridges the gap between service providers and individuals or brands looking for the same. In order to further streamline and escalate the procedures, the marketplace fixes the upper ceiling on amount to be charged on service offering to INR 500, an affordable price anyone can opt for comfortably. An alumnus of St. Xavier School, Porus Arora went to receive higher education from elite colleges across the globe. After completing his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Bradford, Porus found his true calling in marketing, going ahead to pursue a specialization degree in Marketing from Hass School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. e-mail: info@anything500.com

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Apollo International Helping Traditional Players Enter Online Retail Space

he e-commerce space is growing at an exponential rate in India with newer players joining the already crowded space. The industry itself may reach $100 billion by 2020. However, amidst all these growth stories and escalating valuations traditional retailers, who comprise of 90 percent of the entire retail market in India, aresuddenly feeling left out. These offline players may be a little late to the party, but they are trying to compensate this delay with their in-depth knowledge of the retail market. However, knowledge of the traditional market may not be sufficient to play the new game being played on the online space. Among the challenges faced by these new entrants include understanding & exploiting the ever-evolving digital technologies and also the massive logistical infrastructure needed to reach the doorstep of every customer across the country. It is in this setting that Raaja Kanwar, the founder of Apollo LogiSolutions, among the fastest growing logistics players in India, decided to partner with LYCOS to provides end-to-end solutions for traditional retailers who want to join the e-commerce bandwagon. The new joint venture - ApolloLYCOS Net Commerce (ALN)- aims to provide cutting edge technology and solutions to those offline retailers who are now looking at extending their presence in the digital market.

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Raaja Kanwar Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Apollo International Ltd.

ALN plans to design, develop and sustain ecommerce platforms for brands by enabling a full-cycle fulfilment. The exhaustive list of services provided include setting up of platforms, online brand promotion, digital marketing of their products and services, driving engagement and sign ups, fulfilling orders and inventory tracking and management, order delivery and reverse logistics. All this without compromising data security and consumer privacy, "We saw that many traditional retailers had their eyes set on the e-commerce space. But lack of expertise and shortage of talented (91-124) 4197200

resources prevented many of these players from entering the cut-throat space of online retailing. It is thereby we thought of joining hands with Lycos to offer the best of our respective expertise and credibility to customers who are all geared up to claim their space in the growing ecommerce market in India" said Raaja Kanwar. A business-to-business company, ALN's strength will also lie in leveraging the technology and digital marketing services of companies and providing a unique service to clients. The focus will be on enabling offline retailers, domestic, international brands and even shopping malls to promote more online and expand their customer base. The joint venture also saw the entry of LYCOS in India. LYCOS, which is one of the original and most widely known Internet brands in the world, has today become one of the biggest global one-stop shop for the e-commerce

world. LYCOS' expertise ranges from digital media, marketing, and Internet of Things. The entity also heavily banks on the logistical prowess of Apollo LogiSolutions. Customers of ALN will benefit from the company's 800000 sq.m of warehouse capacity, a presence in over 100 countries and 3 terminals spread across the country. The capacity and reach are expected to grow further in the next few years. "Among the biggest advantages our partnership offers is that we make the operations of our customers more efficient, lean and profitable. The combined expertise of Apollo LogiSolutions and Lycos will empower retail brands with the best techniques & customized strategies which will help them leave a mark on the online retail space in India. ALN's endeavor is also to bring unique digital shopping experience to Indian consumers, where they can interact directly with global brands they love" added Mr Kanwar.

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Aptech bridges the Gap between Demand and Supply Offering skill development programmes in 40 Countries

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 ecommerce courses that aim to train young professionals in the retail & e-commerce industry- one of the upcoming and booming industries in the Indian economy. In 1986 Aptech Ltd was founded by Mr. Atul Nishar to deliver the pedagogy focusing on job-oriented 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 Website: www.aptech-worldwide.com

Ninad Karpe CEO & MD, Aptech Limited

world including China. As a leader in career education, it 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.

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Nearly 399 employees are in the list of payroll and 72 are temporary employees of nonregular staff. MAAC & Arena 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. Key Executive A renowned voice of the education sector on 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. 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.

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Ravi Velagapudi, CEO of ATMECS by Editorial Staff

easoned, serial and young entrepreneur Ravi Velagapudi has an impeccable track record of professional success in Cloud and Big Data Engineering services has served several companies for twenty five years in Silicon Valley. With a vision to start his own company, he came back to India and started several initiatives. After acquisition of his previous company Rofous, he launched ATMECS. ATMECS, a technology startup founded in 2013, offers a wide array of services in the domain of Cloud, Big Data and IOT. Currently the company has a well-coordinated team of over 250 people that includes seasoned Information Technology industry experts, technical architects, engineers, project managers, marketing analysts, programmers and designers. They have hands-on experience and diverse skillset in-house, which enables the company to develop innovative and cutting edge products. The company is based out of Hyderabad in a well-equipped, state-of-the-art office. Within just two years of its illustrious journey, the company has crossed several milestones and now takes pride to make its footprints in foreign countries like Singapore, Chile and SĂŁo Paulo. Speaking to The CEO Magazine, Mr. Ravi, the CEO of ATMECS stated "We are very much comfortable in Hyderabad to deliver our services. We are glad to be a partner of companies like DreamWorks, HP, Citrix. Our company is trying to deliver best quality and scalable services to many start-up companies as well. " Website: www.atmecs.com

Ravi Velagapudi CEO, ATMECS

According to him they are uniquely positioned, and do not simply follow traditional IT services model. They do extensive research in cloud, big data and automation related services. Recently they have opened a new lab for Cloud services, which was inaugurated by Ulf Baumann, Vice President of HP Cloud Operations. ATMECS takes the role of a "Trusted Partner" with its customers to establish deep connect with product owners, engineering and support services of the customer. Needless to say, there is a constant visit of customer executives to ATMECS, to build & establish relationship with employees. What is the biggest achievement of the company? "HP cloud division was looking for a partner for Helion. We have partnered with e-mail: info@atmecs.com

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them to take it to next level" Mr. Ravi said. "Indian companies are delivering excellent services related to cloud, Big Data and will be a major force in IoT services. The country has a very big future." he opined. Presently the company offers following services: § Big Data / BI Services - Data Strategy, Data Ingestion, Data Normalization, Data Warehousing, Data migration to Cloud, Data Visualization, Data Monetization, Data Optimization, Market Research § DevOps - Infrastructure Automation using Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Docker, etc. § Cloud Computing - Building Private Clouds, Integration into SaaS applications, Maintaining and Optimization of Infrastructure, Cloud Data migration, Application development § Mobile Computing - Application development supporting Native and Hybrid apps on Android, iOS, and Windows. § Product Development - Java, .NET, NodeJS, AngularJS, PHP, Python § Automation Engineering - Desktop, Web Browser, Web Services and Mobile Automation framework Development.

Research on automation in Cloud & Big Data areas. Focused on Performance and Security testing. The People behind Success Ravi Velagapudi Serial entrepreneur Ravi Velagapudi founded ATMECS in 2013, he is also the president of the company. He has served several companies for twenty five years in Silicon Valley, California, USA. In the past he successfully built large software services company Innova Solutions, which was successfully acquired by Ness Technologies, a Nasdaq listed company from Israel. In recent years Ravi Velagapudi founded Rofous Inc with fourteen hundred employees and got acquired by Goldman Sachs, Sequoia, an NEA invested company. With Rofous, Ravi Velagapudi partnered with Google, Twitter, LinkedIn, Microsoft and helped to build their flagship products. Now he focuses on R& D services with state of next generation product areas - Cloud, Mobile, Big Data, Automation, and Internet of Things. Mr. Velagapudi enjoys gardening, travelling, meeting people and to learn new things in his free time.

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Aujas -a global leader in Information Risk Management Solutions The CEO , New Delhi

e live in a fast-paced, global economy that relies more and more on data and information carried through cyberspace where cloud and mobile computing are pushing the IT landscape away from the organization. Hence cyber security is becoming more crucial for any business organization. Mr. Srinivas Rao, co-founder of Aujas understood the potential of providing an effective information security service. Mr. Rao set up Aujas in 2008 with seed funding from IDG Ventures with a vision to deliver the best, well-researched and accountable service in the field of information security. Aujas is a Global Information Risk Management (IRM) company headquartered in Bangalore, helps clients to manage information risk through innovation and excellence. It helps organizations manage information security risks by protecting data, software, people and identities in line with compliance requirements and best practices; It also helps strengthen security governance and intelligence frameworks. Aujas Networks has come a long way from 2008; they entered the UAE market in 2009 and the US market in 2010. Also, they received series B funding from IvyCap Ventures, Rajasthan Venture Capital Fund (RVCF) and IDG ventures in 2013. Today Aujas has 300+ employees, 250+ skilled consultants from different regions, to deliver best and round the clock service. The company partners with more than 370 clients in over 23 countries helping them enhance their information value using its Information Risk Management solution portfolio. Website: www.aujas.com

Srinivas Rao Co-Founder & CEO, Aujas Networks

Aujas is recognized by Data Security Council of India. The company was ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India (a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in India) consecutively for the last four years. In 2014, IBM and RSA selected Aujas as one of their best partner in the security space in India. The company is also handling the security aspect of a large government initiative, which will impact life of 800 million Indians. Services: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aujas offerings are categorized in two streams to holistically address rapidly evolving security requirements of organizations. The first is the Information Risk Management (IRM) services which span strategy and advisory, control integration & sustenance and optimization. Aujas provides technology life-cycle services e-mail: raoms@aujas.com

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including strategy and design, control integration, sustenance and optimization services in the area of information risk. Second is the cutting edge platform that we develop that caters to the specific needs of the information risk management such as security analytics, cyber security etc. Security Analysis and Vitalization Platform (SAVP) is one of the platforms we developed and it is one of its kind in the market" Said Srinivas Rao. Security Analysis and Vitalization Platform SAVP addresses the need of monitoring of information security through a single window. It helps to ensure that at any given point in time the CISO, the business leader, the board or customer would exactly know their security position. SAVP is a technology platform that easily allows the connection, data and analytical aggregation of the independent security tools sitting on the network. Solutions offered by Aujas § Phishnix § Compliance Assure § Vendor Assure § Data Enforcer § Data Repository § Content Lock § Access Governor § Privilege Governor

§ Risk and Compliance Advisory § Identity & Access § Security Intelligence § Data Protection § Threat Management § Cloud and Mobile Security The Maverick behind the success M Srinivas Rao Co- founder & CEO Srinivas Rao is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Aujas Networks, Mr. Rao co-founded Aujas along with Mr Sameer Shelke and Mr. Navin Kotian in February 2008, after over 26 years of experience in the technology industry. Before setting up Aujas, Rao served as the senior vice president, market management at Cisco Systems and also served as the chief operating officer at Netsol. Mr. Rao has a strong background of entrepreneurial successes; he was part of the team at Network Solutions as Director and COO helping scale it from a USD 5 Mn to USD 33 M before it was acquired by IBM in late 2005. He has also worked as a senior executive with Microland, a leading Indian IT service provider. Mr. Rao completed his PGDM from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and his B E in Electrical Engineering from Osmania University.

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BankBazaar provides an end-to-end Financial Services likely to offer all personal finance products

CM; Chennai: Headquartered in Chennai, BankBazaar.com is India's first neutral online marketplace that gives instant customized rate quotes on all financial products like credit cards, loans, insurance products, and fixed deposits. Anyone can instantly search for tailor-made offers, compare, customize it as per their needs and apply for loans, credit cards, fixed deposits, and insurance products on Bankbazaar.com. The portal has a full-fledged application platform where people can search of offers, select the one that suits them the best, and then apply for it online. The application is not the end but merely another milestone of the customer's association with BankBazaar. They provide constant support and assistance at every stage from the application submission and coordinating with the bank regarding the paperwork, all the way to the final sanction and disbursal. Speaking to The CEO Magazine, BankBazar said, "The nature of our business is our biggest differentiating factor. We offer the largest number of financial products in the market as well as the largest number of partner organizations including the biggest nationalized and private banks, NBFCs, and insurance companies. We have more than 50 institutions on board as partner to provide more than 100 distinct products. HDFC Bank and ING Vysya were the first bank partners and it took us 6 months to get them on-board the Website: www.bankbazaar.com

Adhil Shetty CEO, BankBazaar

platform. Some of our other partners include ICICI Bank, SBI, PNB, Union bank, Axis Bank, CitiBank, Tata Capital, Standard Chartered, etc." Bankbazaar is a brainchild of Adhil Shetty (CEO), Arjun Shetty (COO) and Rati Rajkumar (CPO). Adhil Shetty is an engineering graduate from Anna University and holder of a Master's degree in International Relations from Columbia University. He held decisive positions at Deloitte Touche Tomahatsu's US East Alliance and Cisco Systems before he dived headlong into scripting the BankBazaar story. e-mail: support@bankbazaar.com

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BankBazaar started operations in 2008 and raised $1 million from AVT Infotech in angel funding. The angel investment was just before 2008 Global Financial Crisis and collapse of Lehman Brothers post which it became difficult to raise funds. In 2011, Walden International, the California headquartered VC firm, believed in their seamless banking marketplace technology and invested $6 million in series A funding. Once again the founders raised $13 million in 2014 from Sequoia Capital with the purpose to educate customers that now Banking is as easy as shopping and they can get seven-minute loan approvals online compared with seven days required to get the same through the offline channel. " The Investment of $60 million by Amazon and other existing investors, also has a tech vision i.e.to truly democratize finance by delivering 100% paperless financial products by leveraging various plaforms like Aadhar, eKYC etc. and other automation technologies that remove the need for paperwork, and effectively replace physical interaction with mobile-based secure interaction, " Adhil Shetty, CEO of BankBazaar asserted. BankBazaar was rated as one of India's Hottest Start-ups of 2010 by Business Today and featured on CNBC's TV series - CNBC Entrepreneur. In addition to Chennai, the company has marketing and sales office in Bangalore and Mumbai respectively. Over none hundred employees are serving this company. Commenting upon their business plans, the company said, "Our vision is to create a onestop financial services marketplace in India, where we can give quick and easy services to

consumers. Think of it like an online supermarket for all financial products. We are already leaders by far in online loan and credit card applications. Insurance along with other products like Fixed Deposit etc. are steps in the right direction towards fulfilling our vision.â&#x20AC;?

From our partners' perspective, we help them sell faster. Plus, the cost of acquisition is less. Our proprietary technology helps in reducing the sourcing and processing cost for the banks. The 'direct to consumer' online technology helps acquire genuine credit-eligible consumers. Also our technology eliminates the intermediates and reduces chances of leakages/slippages. All this saving can then be passed back to the consumer in the form of better deals, reduced processing, fees, and better service." BankBazaar's revenue comes from applications-based commission from banks. There is no commission or charge to customers. Soon they will include all personal finance products and become a dominant marketplace for instantly issuing financial products.

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Bookmytrainings aspires to expand services, inking Strategic collaborations The CEO Correspondent â&#x20AC;˘ New Delhi

pending 16 years in various wellknown corporate companies and in various roles, L.A.Balamurugan decided to do something on his own and started a Management Consulting firm in Jan 2010. But he was not satisfied. His creative instinct was encouraging him to offer something, which would be very productive and unique. He co-founded Bookmytrainings.com with an idea to provide a platform that can assist individuals to discover, evaluate and choose right course for improving their knowledge and skills. Since 2011 the portal is serving individuals as well as enterprises and so far has helped more than five thousand learners and two hundred corporate HR/L&D managers. The platform not only keeps visitors updated about training related events, workshops, conferences, seminars happenings across cities in India, one can also find e-learning and online courses that can be taken from the where ever they are. In essence, if someone has a training need, they will get as many choices as possible for fulfilling that need because the marketplace contains programs from as many as 400 toprated training companies in India. Bookmytrainings solves the problem, where learners looking for right training or certification program are now able to discover, compare, evaluate and choose the right course among a number of programs. It also makes it easy for corporate L&D managers to nominate employees for public training programs. It is a neutral marketplace for training courses in India which aggregates training schedules across India in a single portal. Bookmytrainings provides its services via two

Website:www.bookmytrainings.com

L.A. Balamurugan Co-Founder & CEO, Bookmytrainings

business arms- Individual training and Enterprise business. Under Individual Training, Bookmytrainings offers career and professional training. Individuals get excellent support and can choose a certified. Its Managed L&D services ensures companies to focus more on their core competencies. If a training company joins Bookmytrainings, they will get benefit by reaching larger audience. Bookmytrainings provides a one stop shop solution to and corporate HR managers. Following are solution suiting Corporate : Solution 1: Nominate 1 or more of your employees for upcoming public training workshops and professional events

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Solution 2: Get a training workshop organized by Bookmytrainings for 1 or more of your employees at an outside location. Solution 3: Plan an in-house training for 1-100 of your employees with 100% customization. Solution 4: Managed Learning & Development -Bookmytrainings will manage the entire training needs of a company. Bookmytrainings provides a win-win-win solution to corporate, individual and training companies. Availing their services enterprises get a single vendor that can cater to all kinds of training. Being a pioneer of training marketplace in India, Bookmytrainings to competes with the likes of Coursera.org, Udemy.com,Shiksha.com and serve more than hundred SMEs, MNCs, large business houses. Accenture, General Motors, Edelweiss, Reliance, Aditya Birla group, Tata Communications, Novell and, Unisys are among their marquee clients. The company's future plans include strategies that are tailor made to suit the need of the contemporary skilled world. Bookmytrainings aspires to expand its horizons in other parts of the world. It aims to get 1000 training companies in their network by 2017 and improve user experience. Key Official L.A.Balamurugan, Co-founder & CEO

L.A.Balamurugan has 20+ years of IT industry and consulting experience, who was briefly into consulting and training before launching Bookmytrainings.com. Bala drives the overall bus in es s s tr ateg y an d ex ecu tio n @ Bookmytrainings.com. Under his stewardship, Bookmytrainings has bagged many prestigious prizes awards like Redherring Asia 100 Award Finalist 2014. In the same year it was awarded NHRDN Promising Start-up Award. Recently the company has received Peoplematters Best in Talent Management Award Finalist 2015. Major Milestones for the company since founding ยง 2011 - company founded @ Bangalore ยง 2012 - Angel investment ยง 2013 - 250 branded training partners in network with 500+ catalogue programs, 50+ corporate clients ยง 2014 - Market recognition, more traction from corporate HR, increased web visitors ยง 2015 - Profitability, Launch of Managed L&D Services, 400+ partners, 5000+ individuals trained, 100+ corporate clients, 1200+ unique training programs offered

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Bright Educational Services targets to multiply International Network of distribution partners, franchisees and business associates

he education sector in India is going through a radical change with the adoption and implementation of advanced courses and technology. In the last decade, there has been a mass exodus of students to greener pastures in terms of education. Digital revolution has further given impetus to this quest for better education. The future for the Indian Education ecospace holds a lot of promise, as the country would be largest student base in the world, says Bright Educational Services. Aiming to shape the future of thousands of students year after year, Mr.Prakash Gupta founded West Bengal's first ISO 9001-2008 certified educational consultancy Bright Educational Services in 2010. Rooted in Siliguri, they have 15 centres across the cities of India and Nepal. This number will be increased by 2017. To strengthen presence in the North East India, the company is in talks. Backed by over fifty well trained & experienced employees, BES has bagged prestigious awards including West Bengal Educational Excellence Award (as Best Educational Consultant) in West Bengal by Prime Time Research Media Limited and Best Educational Consultant in Siliguri by Red FM. Now BES has been a leading player in Northern part of West Bengal. The company has strategised to position it as a company whose services in terms of range, delivery and quality stand out from the crowd. Also on the pipeline are efforts to develop a vast national and

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international network of distribution partners, franchisees and business associates will spread the Bright Educational Services brand and add to its value. Speaking to The CEO Magazine BES founder Prakash Gupta said, "We take pride in empowering students by making them realise their potential and by making them achieve their goals through our top-notch guidance. We are working on a broader canvas to cover all the prominent countries in the world. Bright educational services will have strategic tie-ups and alliances with educational and allied services provider, viz. educational institutions,

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hostels/PG accomodations, proven and certified teachers, educational and business consultants, counselors, recruitment agencies etc." Centres: Kolkata, Patna, Guwahati, Sikkim, Bhutan, Delhi, Lucknow, Biratnagar, Kathmandu, Bangalore, Dharan and Chennai

educational tour, bank loan, relocation assistance etc. Further, they have few more, for parents. BES always keeps them updated via SMS, Email and Phone on academic progress, attendance and results of the student. The company also takes care of health related issues of their students.

As education and career are the two sides of a coin, a better education undoubtedly leads to better career prospects. To make them jobready, BES has a wide range of services for students , which include one to one personalised counselling, telecounseling, online counseling, student aptitude evaluation, exploring personalised career opportunities, assistance on college selection, updates on admission notifications, help in application process, spot admission (for selected colleges), local guardian service, travel assistance,

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gone are the days when college meant only Science, Commerce and Humanities. Today, every vocation and interest can be turned into a career. There is no dearth of opportunities or platforms to hone your skills in any given stream of knowledge. There are so many career options one may choose after leaving school. While, this certainly is a good thing, however, the plethora of options may leave a students overwhelmed, confused and frustrated. This is exactly where we come into the picture," Mr. Gupta added.

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Capricoast partners with Sleek and Spacewood to strengthen services in 200+ Cities By Editorial Staff

ince Indian lifestyle is changing fast, the modular furnishing (Kitchens & Wardrobes) industry has witnessed phenomenal growth as a category in the last 5 years. It has become an essential premove in purchase for new home-buyers. The industry in India is pegged at $10 bn, a large part of which is unorganized. While a handful of both Indian and International brands exist, the large part of the demand continues to be fulfilled by small interior design firms and local carpenters. India's only marketplace for home solutions CapriCoast, aims to organize the highly-fragmented and unorganized modular furnishing market in India. The company plans to provide customers with a wide spectrum of premium products and the best price in the industry. Jawad Ayaz

Within only nine months, Capricoast has furnished 100s of homes. There are quite a few companies that have come into an online ledinterior space, which is the closest comparable to CapriCoast. But most people are taking a complete vertical stack ( own manufacturing / showrooms etc ) approach or trying to do it in a complete online manner with white labeled suppliers. Capricoast provides customers with a wide spectrum of premium products and the best price in the industry. Founded in January of 2015, the Bangalore based start-up raised $1.25 million in a seed round led by Accel Partners India earlier this year.The start-up has invested this funding Website: www.capricoast.com

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towards building its technology platform, hiring key talent and marketing. They launched unique marketplace platform by partnering with Spacewood and Style Spa. Just recently they tied up with Asian Paints subsidiary Sleek International, by partnering with Sleek International, over 30 plus Sleek showrooms would now be accessible to Capricoast customers As of now this service is available in 15 cities and will soon be in 50+ cities with a showroom network of 200+ . With its fifty employees, CapriCoast.com is pioneering the O2O (online to offline ) model, which enables modular furniture brands to take e-mail: info@capricoast.com

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their extensive showroom network online, thus significantly increasing their visibility and customer reach. With this model, customers can now begin their modular furniture purchasing journey online - exploring an extensive design catalog, customizing their design with free consultations, and then buy online or experience their design offline at these brand showrooms and buy from there. From the customer's research and discovery phase and personalized service of home consultations and showroom visits, to onsite installation and after-sales support, we provide constant support every step of the way. For their supplier network, CapriCoast will be significantly increasing their showroom capacity utilization, providing faster returns on capital already deployed. " We will be investing heavily into technology to improve the on-platform customization and personalization capability. We also intend to be launching other solutions for the home early next year." said a senior executive of CapriCoast.

Capricaost.com and Zansaar.com are funded by Accel Partners. 20 North, Openera, Xybridge Technologies, Ind - Telesoft pvt ltd, etc. are few other companies that Jawad started in the wireless technology space through 1995-2011. CapriCoast.com's O2O model brings in higher capacity utilization for partners, and a large part of that is passed on to the customer, making it possible for the price of a world class modular kitchen to be 20% lower than any other comparable offerings in the market without any compromise in quality. Being asked by The CEO Magazine, CapriCoast said " at CapriCoast, we are building India's only market place for buying "solutions". There is a key difference from a "product buying" platform, which is what traditional ecommerce, is. The key nature of "solutions" is that there is an aspect of on platform customization & spatial fit. We launched this unique marketplace platform by partnering with Spacewood and Style Spa and soon expect to have all the major brands signed up."

He added "We don't have anyone else operating in this model. That said, there are quite a few companies that have come into an online led-interior space, which is the closest comparable. But most people are taking a complete vertical stack ( own manufacturing / showrooms etc ) approach or trying to do it in a complete online manner with white labeled suppliers. Key Executive Jawad Ayaz Founder & CEO , Capricoast.com Jawad Ayaz is a serial entrepreneur and Capricoast is his second entrepreneurial venture in home furnishing. Prior to Capricoast , Jawad founded Zansaar.com, India's first online retailer offering a comprehensive range of home, garden and world food products, sourced from India and across the globe. Both CapriCoast Home Solutions Pvt. Ltd. #728,Grace Platina , 1st and 2nd floor, CMH Road Indiranagar Bengaluru - 560038

Career Anna Creates Job Oriented Education Ecosystem The CEO Magazine â&#x20AC;˘ New Delhi

t u d e n t s c o m e f r o m d i ff e r e n t backgrounds in India. To be job-ready in this competitive age, everyone has to go through certain challenges. They need someone to guide them throughout the preparation process. Career Anna has strong mentorship program on board where credible experts come forward to help students get through the exams. This Gurgaon based Career Anna offers live classes, recorded classes, assessments and personal mentorship at an affordable cost to enable students get strong hold of core subject areas like English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning and General Awareness for their career growth. The company assists students to leverage the power of Analytics, Mobility, Social Collaboration and Vernacular to prepare effectively with a customized approach. Varun Saxena

Career Anna commenced its education and training business in 2004. As a leader in career education, it has over 25,000 unique customers so far. Since eighteen months of its inception, they have collaboration with more than 100 educational institutes and 175 products. The company boasts of over 5.42 lac registered users and more than 160 mentors and faculties. Having eighteen workers, the company has well established itself to compete with Mock Bank and Online Tyari. Career Anna was the only Ed Tech company to make the cut to top 10 of the BITS Pilani Conquest 2015 and is also the part of NASSCOM 10,000 Startups Program. Now it is planning to launch mobile devices like Tablets, SD Cards, Pen Drives etc. It also aims to go global in emerging and developing Website: www.careeranna.com

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economies in two years time, since these countries still have the dearth of quality training in core subject areas needed to excel in career. "When we started off, our purpose of having strong in-house content team was mainly on providing customized study modules. As we grew and engaged with customers more, we realized the need of transitioning education training from push-based model to pull-based. Now, students suggest us what course material they need and we are able to serve them in a quick timeframe possible (within 5 days). We are closely engaged with our students and we gather their feedback and improve our content quality and delivery," a spokesperson of Career Anna told The CEO Magazine. e-mail: editor@careeranna.com

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Key Official Varun Saxena, who started Career Anna, holds a B.Tech degree from a premier government institute. He has worked in industry as SAP Consultant for couple of years and pursued MBA from NITIE Mumbai. He has served Business Wipro Technologies before starting Career Anna. He has also authored couple of books on banking and MBA preparation. He had been associated with multiple online education forums before starting Career Anna and hence he understands what the student needs when it comes to the Banking, Government Jobs and MBA exams. Most of the existing online and offline players are dependent on outsourced content and are not able to serve the students properly. Career Anna is the only platform where students get what they need and not what platform has. The courses offered at Career Anna are extremely state-of-the-art and industry relevant. This high-growth, end to end career commerce platform helps career dreamers realize their career aspirations. Equipped with personalized 24x7 student mentoring, high quality IP-protected in-house built content (in more than 7 Indian languages including English) that can be accessed even with limited internet access, Career Anna is building a job oriented education ecosystem. It

delivers products through both web and mobile app. It uses hybrid model of Gamification, Intelligent Algorithm and Data Mining to make learning more efficient and innovative. Speaking about robust personalised platform, Career Anna said, "Today we have equal focus on products and services, with the aim to learn as we provide services, and use this learning to launch breakthrough products substituting services in near future. Gradually replacing the word "automation" with "personalized automation" in online coaching space. Simultaneously, introducing courses in vernacular languages to assist those students who take exams in regional languages." Career Anna team believes that the students will earn much higher returns on their investment through their integrated Ed-tech platform. It not only helps them save money, but also in getting the value add which transforms to achieving desired results. Career Anna has quite a few expansion plans to serve this sector and is seeking continuous support and guidance from all the stakeholders who are bullish on the education system. The company is moving towards a mission to improve the quality of education and heightening the probability of a better employment opportunity to the youth.

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The inevitable truth about ignoring your networking infrastructure By â&#x20AC;˘ C. Ramanan

few years back, networking solutions used to be at the forefront of every enterprise. Even the consumer centric companies were aggressively boosting their networking infrastructure to meet increasing demands. But just as the sun sets and a new day brings new opportunities, innovative solutions that enable concepts like work from anywhere and workplace mobility have gained foothold. As these technologies gear up to become omnipresent across workplaces, companies need to understand that optimizing your networking is a critical to determining their deployment success. I'm not here to say that these concepts are not worth investing towards, in fact they are soon going to be omnipresent across all workplaces. My thoughts below represent the various challenges and subsequent changes that can and ideally should be made by every enterprise. Going mobile infrastructure

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features to optimize the user experience in a mobile-centric world. In order to take advantage of these developments, enterprise IT must deploy application delivery controllers (ADC) that are mobile aware and support the latest TCP protocol extensions. It has to been specifically designed to deliver the exceptional experience demanded by today's mobile workforce

Going mobile is the need of the hour if an enterprise truly wants to stay ahead of the curve. It's effective, flexible and even keeps the employees happy. But doing so also means pushing your datacentre network to an unprecedented amount of strain, including one of its fundamental building blocks, TCP (Transmission Control Protocol). TCP is one of the main protocols in TCP/IP networks and enables two hosts to establish a connection and exchange streams of data. Without change, standard TCP fails to meet the performance, availability and security requirements of today's mobile workforce. With the dramatic rise of mobile devices, wireless networks, and on-the-go users, TCP faces unfamiliar challenges. TCP was designed well before these mobile devices were even conceptualized and hence are often mischaracterized and mishandled, resulting in poor network utilization which in turn leads to inferior performance.

The ability to continuously assessing and improving the performance of business-critical applications is essential to ensuring a positive user experience and maintaining the highest levels of employee productivity and customer satisfaction. The challenge of establishing an effective application visibility and control function is only growing, as trends such as mobility, virtualization, and cloud-computing fundamentally alter datacenter and application architectures.

The solution: A number of TCP extensions that specifically address these challenges have been developed and there are many other mobility-aware

The primary factor leading to the visibility challenge is a lack of correlation of the network to applications. Again going back to industry trends

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such as mobility and virtualization, applications are increasingly in a dynamic and distributed- yetinterwoven computing environment-think mobile devices, mobile apps, hosted virtual desktops, and hybrid clouds. This poses a challenge from the perspective of achieving effective application visibility since users coming in from a variety of media have to be accounted for. Thus, constrained by a lack of application visibility and actionable information, most enterprises are stuck in a situation characterized by fruitless finger-pointing, persistent performance issues, and the inability to reliably deliver a truly exceptional user experience. The solution: Enterprise can tackle this leveraging strategically placed ADC solutions and technologies. The solution should focus on avoiding the need for cumbersome and costly agents or network tap infrastructure, while delivering unparalleled visibility into virtual desktop, web and enterprise cloud services. Load Balancing Early generation server load balancers are tried and true solutions for improving the availability and scalability of an organization's application infrastructure. Nonetheless, enterprises that persist in using such products run the risk of exposing themselves and their customers to increasingly poor application performance and a seemingly endless stream of application layer security threats. The solution: One option to overcome these shortcomings would be to implement multiple standalone devices that address each of the underlying issues. However, a much more efficient and effective approach is to replace old server load balancers with new Application Delivery Controllers. These tightly integrated physical and virtual appliances not only provide core loadbalancing capabilities, but also deliver the highest levels of security and performance for today's business critical Web applications. Furthermore, the eight criteria detailed in this paper can be used to help ensure that enterprises select a solution that is truly best of breed Security One of the biggest transitions taking place in IT today is the move from corporate-issued laptops to bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs that let employees use their personal mobile devices. While BYOD offers many productivity and employee

satisfaction benefits, it also presents significant challenges, perhaps the most significant of which is security. Enterprises that open their gates to personal devices and applications must find ways to protect the organization from unknown or "rogue" mobile devices connecting to the corporate network and gaining access to sensitive enterprise information, malware spread by mobile applications and websites that infect the enterprise network etc. The solution: The solution for this is, for organizations to have a secured device at the datacentre which can differentiate between and analyse known and unknown devices based on security policies which allow devices to access applications more securely. Additionally, this device should be capable enough to allow any user to securely access their apps & data from any network on any device. Optimizing application delivery With businesses moving to mobile devices and employees accessing critical data from an array of applications and devices, a very important requirement is optimizing the delivery of the application. Mobile device usage is witnessing a boom and leading to inherent problems such as congestion of IP networks which further inhibits the processing ability of mobile devices. Additionally, as more and more mobile apps are getting developed, the problem of heavy applications and thin networks which are not capable of supporting them is arising. This calls for having an optimization mechanism at the gateway level. The solution: One solution to optimize applications on mobile devices and overcome the issues caused by size and complexity of content is looking out for a networking provider who uses front-end optimization technologies. This enables faster execution by performing image optimization, reductive techniques, re-ordering of content and cache manipulation. Front end optimization can reduce many performance barriers by reducing the size and location content. As you would have understood by now, it all boils down to optimizing IT operations and the user experience, which is the underlying goal of all the discussed trends as well. The changes discussed above might not be the only changes that need to be made, but they are definitely the foundations that should form the basis for the type of networking architecture an enterprise chooses to opt for.

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Citrus Informatics Assures Innovative solutions that meet Quality, Reliability and Affordability

eep experience and expertise in the field of Information Technology & Communication, encouraged Sarji R Mohammedali to establish Citrus Informatics, an Organization building software products and providing services for the international market. His vision was to build high quality software products that would bring value to his customers. With this vision in mind, he founded Citrus Informatics in 2010 at Kochi, Kerala. Starting with just a few engineers, the company has grown over the past years providing IT consultation and software development services to a wide variety of clients in project management, healthcare, logistics, educational, non-profit, broadcasting, litigation support, manufacturing, energy, healthcare networking, risk management and real estate space. With technology changing radically, this company keeps themselves abreast of emerging technologies and aim to harness its power to enable its clients to seize opportunities and respond to change with agility. Rather than delivering a wide entire spectrum of services within the ICT space, this organization has been specifically targeting niche areas like IT Consulting, Project Planning, Scheduling and Management, Architecture and Engineering, Application / Web Development, Mobile Applications, Database Administration, Application Maintenance, User Interface Design, Software Testing and Quality Assurance, Product Engineering, Infrastructure / Network / Systems Management, Dedicated Research and Development, Offshore Development Center Set-up etc. "We are about to venture into product development where we plan to come up with good technology/application products which can solve specific business needs and which are needed for the global IT market. Our products Website: www.citrusinformatic.com

Sarji R Mohammedali CEO, Citrus Informatics

will be focused around niche areas. By 2018, we aim to generate at least 40% of our revenue from our products and 60% from software services," expressed Citrus Informatics. Citrus Informatics has over seventy high skilled and technically proficient engineers. Applying well-defined processes, best practices, innovative thinking, and technology expertise to develop breakthrough solutions have taken this organization to new heights. When most companies and entrepreneurs around the globe are finding it difficult to get reliable outsourcing partners, more than twenty five satisfied customers around the world (mostly from USA) have made Citrus Informatics, a partner of choice, for innovative solutions that fully meet requirements in terms of quality, reliability and affordability. Citrus Informatics is said to be one among the top e-mail: info@citrusinformatic.com

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IT companies in Kochi that is known for its healthy and professional work culture. Providing a family like work environment, where everyone is respected and encouraged to express their ideas, is another aspect that that company boasts of. Founder and CEO Founder and CEO of Citrus Informatics, Sarji R Mohammedali, has 20 years of diverse experience of spearheading large IT Divisions spanning Program & Project Management, Infrastructure & Operations Management, People Management, Research, Product Development & Engineering, Technology management, Systems Architecture, Application development, Information security and Quality Management across a broad spectrum of verticals in the IT industry in USA and India. Sarji began his career as a lecturer in Computer Engineering at the Institute of Human Resources Development for Electronics in Kerala. Later he moved to the IT industry and worked in various key roles. He worked at Avenir Inc. and Atinav LLC in India and USA in the capacity of Senior Vice President - Technology, prior to Citrus Informatics. He has also served as the Head of Projects & Operations at UCI Technology Private Limited (Software R&D Division of Trading Room Technologies, USA). Apart from Citrus Informatics (India) Pvt Ltd, Sarji Mohammedali decisively serves three

different IT companies in the USA. Since 2010, he has been serving Netspective Communications LLC, USA as Offshore Head; since 2009, as Offshore in charge of TCTI Inc, USA; and since 2010, for Alim Foundation, a USA based Non Profit Islamic Organization, as Board member and Senior Technology Consultant. He is also an IT Advisory to RGB Broadcasting Equipments, Kerala, India. Sarji Mohammedali holds an MBA degree in Systems & Operations Management, PG Diploma in Software Marketing and Bachelors of engineering degree in Computer Engineering. "Technology is not a constraint or barrier in our organization. We use a range of technologies to provide our clients with the solutions they need, and ensure greater consistency, reduced cycle times, lower cost of ownership, long term benefit, better risk mitigation and faster return on investment. We pride ourselves in being able to work on cutting edge technologies whether simple or complex, that allows us to fulfill the business needs of the customer in a significantly better way." Sarji Mohammedali told The CEO Magazine. "We assure our clients of transparency, integrity and ethics in all business transactions. Citrus Informatics is a place where the customer has the pride of place and customer satisfaction takes priority over everything else." he added.

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Collegedunia Lists 15000 colleges, Reaches out Students in Every Corner of Country

ounded by Sahil Chalana, Collegedunia is an education search engine, where students can explore and compare their future study destinations. Leaving its competitors behind, Collegedunia.com today has become a leading education portal of the country. It provides information of about 15000 colleges across country and aims to double this figure by year end. Having competitors like Careers360, Shiksha and clients like NIIT Group, Educomp Business Schools, NMIMS, Alliance Business School IDP Global, this Delhi based education portal enables users to view state and city wise listing of top colleges and universities with reviews and ratings. Collegedunia reaches out students in every corner of the country and helps them find the information that isn't easily available and make an informed choice. Students can explore and compare their future study destinations using this education search engine. At the first creative instinct of Sahil Chalana, encouraged him to start getmyforms.in, a startup that provided assistance for online filling up of admission forms. Unfortunately, this startup firm did not take off. But, the whole experience brought Mr. Chalana in close proximity to huge gap that existed between the available data about colleges and the quality of information as sought by the college aspirants. He started Collegedunia with only five people, which has now grown into a hundredemployee team. This number is increasing with more experienced members joining the team. With time Collegedunia has realized the need of a product absolutely catering to the needs of the aspiring college candidates, their parents Website: www.collegedunia.com

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and peers. Putting strenuous effort to maintain high standards in UI and UX, Collegedunia.com has seen a massive increase in its user base. Number of first time users for Collegedunia.com took a multifold leap from 15000 per month to 1200000 per month. These numbers speak a lot about the company's growing market share. Presently their only source of revenue is advertisement but they are planning to move for user payments with an online marketplace for preparation material. The company has successfully launched its Mobile App on Android owning to high mobile traffic. Since a big chunk of its user base is from mobile platform, they have a plan to launch an app for iOS. Its Personal Admission Assistant both on Mobile and Desktop, works together in the admission starting from Exam Preparation to College Selection. e-mail: contact@collegedunia.com

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This portal has three major sections to cater : College Section, Exam Section and Course Section. The college page offers info on Courses, Fees, Placement, Admission Updates and Reviews. It also has an exam section listing exam from over 18 streams. It offers Practice Papers, Preparation Tips from Expert and Toppers. Its Course Section is still in the development phase but currently it is offering info on over 6000 courses across India with info of average fee, eligibility, course structure, syllabus and career opportunities. The Maverick behind the Company Sahil Chalana Sahil Chalana is the founder of collegedunia.com. He completed his MSc (Tech) Information Systems from BITS Pilani, one of the premier technological institutes in the country. He went onto become a co-founder in zoutons.com, 3.14 digital, rocketstores.in before setting up collegedunia.com. High standard design, availability of most credible, updated and authentic information are

the reasons behind the success of the company. Collegedunia has more than 30000 genuine reviews spread across 9000 colleges, which means visitors can make an outlook critical during admission. Collegedunia is held in its strong vision to reach out students in every corner of the country and help them find the information that isn't easily available and make an informed choice. The vision is also rooted in the opportunity this sector entails. With college admissions a $45 billion market, collegedunia.com aims to sweep a major chunk by making the admission process as smooth as possible and not only in terms of information but also application procedure. The company has changed its model and worked on lead generation instead. It is also renovating its portal for exam preparation and study material. Raising Rs 3 crore (in pre-Series A round) fund from Umang Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Gaadi.com, the company plans to offer students such a product which can fulfill every needs of a student looking for admission in India. Collegedunia also plans to replicate the same model for Study Abroad and Online Counselling.

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Contri Construction specializes in Underground Construction, constructs road over the ground

acked by nearly Sixty-five employees, Contri Construction delivers high- quality construction in Naveda region of US. It started their journey as a small company in 1970 from Reno, Nevada. The company not only works over the ground but also under the ground. Contri's line of business includes providing general constructing services such as setting Sewer Transmission Pipelines, Storm Drain Systems, Pump Stations etc. This company also deals with construction works for Power and communication, oil and gas supply. They have a track record of building highways and bridges. In recent past the company has built up few Water Reservoir Tanks and Rate of Flow Control Stations in Naveda area. Their projects have ranged in size from $10,000 to $53,000,000. â&#x20AC;&#x153; Our company has license of construction in Naveda and California. Contri has been running its various projects in Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon and Utah. The projects have included pipelines for water, sewer, and storm drain systems, mass grading, concrete structures, pump stations, reservoirs, weirs and most other heavy civil work. In addition to pipeline works, we build bridge and highways," Deepanshu Saini, CEO of Contri said. Services : Sewer Transmission Pipelines, Storm Drain Systems, Pump Stations, Water Reservoir Tanks, Rate of Flow Control Stations, Chemical Addition Facilities, Mass Grading, Rip Rap and Roller Compacted, Concrete Drainage Structures. Website: contriconstruction.com

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consistently focus to deliver better service to the clients. Donald Davis is president of Contri Construction with responsibility for sales and serves as the senior leader for Naveda area. Tommy Caviglia is appointed as the safety manager of Contri.

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CRMNEXT runs largest Digital-CRM implementations in Asian Banking Sector The CEO Magazine â&#x20AC;˘ New Delhi

hen it comes to transitioning businesses from legacy CRM solutions to the Digital-age, one company has literally led from the cloud across Asia-Pacific. CRMNEXT, the flagship product of Acidaes Solutions, is touted as the No.1 Commutable-Cloud CRM solution provider in the BFSI Segment, in Asia & the Middle-East. Launched in 2006, CRMNEXT went on to win over large customers and awards like the 2014 Gartner Gold CRM Excellence Award, the Magic Gartner Quadrants of 2014-15 besides being showcased in the NASSCOM 2014 Product Excellence Matrix. CRMNEXT helps clients by offering services like Integrated sales platform, Effective cross-selling capability, Integrated Customer Service and Engagement, Customer 360Â° view, Relationship strategies based on segmentation, Reporting and analytics. Their proprietary Autobot Upgrade feature, Autonoma Integration and Shape Shifting Architecture, makes business perpetual, flexible with unmatched efficiency - Cloud in the true sense of the term! The company is presently executing the largest Digital-CRM implementation in banking in Asia at HDFC Bank with 45,000+ users, across 3,000+ branches and 1,500+ cities and towns. With its diverse set of in-house talent, the company provides its Commutable Cloud CRM services via two business arms - for SMBs and Enterprises. Now they have hundreds of satisfied clients averaging thousands of unique users. HDFC Bank, ICICI Website: www.crmnext.com

Nishant Singh Founder and CEO, CRMNEXT

Bank, Axis Bank, Max Life Insurance, TATA AIA, National Bank of Oman, TP Bank Vietnam etc are some of their marquee clients. Their principal customers are many organizations typically with twenty thousand users each. The percentage of business can be categorized under: BFSI- 70%, Media- 10%, Pharma- 10% Telecom- 5%, Others- 5% CRMNEXT's Global HQ & Research Centre is in Noida and Delivery Centre is located in Mumbai. Apart from India, they also have offices in Dubai, Singapore & South Africa. Companies like Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Zoho, Sugar CRM and Pegasus are presently competing with them. e-mail: sales@crmnext.com

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CRMNEXT is based on two sources of revenues: i. License (Private cloud) or subscription (Public cloud) (Major) and ii. Implementation and support services (minor). In May 2015, CRMNEXT raised a Series A funding from Norwest Venture Partners as a strategic investment. The Palo Alto based VC firm manages approximately $5 billion in capital and has funded more than 550 companies since inception. Key Executives Nishant Singh Founder and CEO Nishant Singh is considered as a leader of single-vortex architecture and is a Class-I patent holder. He established CRMNEXT in 2002. He is Chairman and CEO of the company. Since 1990s, Mr. Singh was involved in GPS development and played a key role in ushering in technological revolution for India's first stock exchange. This serial entrepreneur has 16 years of software experience, he was instrumental in founding qMGN, which emerged as a leader in online advertising, with collaborations with major product companies. A social welfare technology enthusiast, Nishant also founded Nimayaa Foundation, an NGO for under-privileged children. As part of CSR, he also implemented the corporate policy of offering CRMNEXT platform free for NGOs. Timeline 2002: Acidaes Solutions founded 2006: Launched commercial version of CRMNEXT after investing over 5 Lac manhours of product development efforts to create India's first deep intellectual property product.

2008: Signed-up India's some of largest companies in the BFSI space including HDFC Bank. 2012: Got featured in Gartner Magic quadrants. 2014: Signed up top 3 private sector banks in India. Expanded customer base in Middleast, Southeast Asia and Africa. Won the Gold Gartner CRM Excellence Award and Best CRM Technology Implementation Award by Asian Banker. 2015: Got Series A funding from Norwest Venture Partners. By 2016 the company will launch a reimagined product, which would be appropriate for the Digital Age. CRMNEXT also plans to introduce tons of innovations, like Vivid Journeys, Auto-flow process designers, Trinity cross-sell modeler, etc. These innovations will help their customers get faster ROI while at the same time driving a seamless Digital customer experience, turning it into a distinct competitive advantage. "Our Digital-CRM Solution powers Asia's top banks, FinServ and Insurance Companies. Soon, Asia's biggest Digital-native Bank will run on CRMNEXT too." a senior executive said. "With digital disruption shaking up traditional business models and challenging established processes, the customer is experiencing IT and has taken control of the business by self-servicing via multiple channels. We're enabling businesses with the power of Zeros - Zero touch, Zero-waste and Zero-TAT. That means integrating all business functions seamlessly to respond intuitively, instantly and omni-channel to customer journeys, thereby profiting from this digital disruption." he summarized.

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Data Centre Consultancy of Cypress Solutions help clients to determine best technology according to budget

tarting journey in 2001 as a networking solutions consulting firm, Cypress Solutions has kept its focus on delivering world class Passive IT Infrastructure solutions and invested heavily into training manpower and tools. At present this enterprise is fully equipped to offer services such as Consulting, Turnkey delivery, Training and Audit of Data Centres within India and abroad. Owing to their strategic focus and partnerships Cypress has accumulated massive knowledge and invaluable experience in the Data Centre industry. The company has established strong partnerships with most of the leading NSI (National System Integrators) in India to act as their extended Design and Execution arm for Data Centre projects. It has grown into all OSI Seven Layer models. The company has also ventured into the Data Center Solutions, Training and consulting Service. Having offices in Noida, New Delhi, Mumbai and Dehradun, the company helps enterprises do their business more efficiently by liberating them from the hassles of Designing and Implementing Passive IT Infrastructure, thus allowing them to focus on their core business functions. Cypress covers the complete design, engineering and installation of all the components including all passive components like electrical, civil, conditioned power (UPS, SMPS), BMS and all active components for voice, data, video solutions required for wired & wireless LAN & WAN. They have plan to provide analytics based data services to their partners and customers such as Conducting CFD analysis, Conducting What-If analysis of an equipment MAC (Move, Add, Change) in a Data Centre to know its impact on the overall Data Centre environment, Providing NOC for remote infrastructure management etc.

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this Cypress Solutions mandates its consulting staff to have project delivery experience. They also have a separate in-house team to monitor adherence to mutually agreed parameters and to raise alarm in the unlikely event of a deviation.

Cypress Solutions prides itself on retaining its customers through high quality consulting effort and project delivery within the agreed project parameters of Quality, Time and Budget. To ensure

Auditors at Cypress Solutions have handled large HT & LT installation besides handling large Data Centre. By virtue of handling large installation their experience with large size of chillers, Motors, Pumps, UPSs & DG sets help them identify the problem area quick and fast. Their Data Centre audit activity covers Power Audit, Cooling Audit, LSS Audit (Life Safety & Security) Audit and Environmental Audit. For the LSS Audit & Environmental Audit Cypress involves the domain expert with rich Data Centre experience. The company has made huge investments in various kind of tools and testers required for the Data Centre audits and trained resources to use these tools and testers. There are no external dependencies whatsoever.

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Corporate Training Founder of Cypress Solutions Arun Sharma is a BE in Computer Science. His professional skills include Designing Implementation & Project rollout of IT Networking Solution, Datacenter, Network Security, Passive Physical Infrastructure, Energy Management Solution, Building Management Solution, Building Automation Solutions. Mr. Sharma is a certified designer, Installer & Trainer for Northern Telecom of Canada, Siemon of USA and BICC Brand Rex of UK. Mr. Sharma is country's one of the earliest Uptime Institute certified ATS (Accredited Tier Specialist) bringing in the International standards to India customers with the help of Uptime Institute of USA. He founded Cypress Solutions in 2001. Under his leadership the company has achieved various prestigious awards and positions like Partner of Choice for 2012 by Religare Technova for all their DC related needs., SE -2B rating by CRISIL in 2011. Cypress has also been awarded as partner of Choice for 2014 by GEA Denco of Germany for their DC related Projects in India. Commenting on the future of Data Centre, Mr. Arun Sharma, CEO of Cypress Solutions said, " Most DC would be made by government organizations because of the network consolidation which shall take place for the next few years and end to end process automation which would get

pushed by initiatives like Digital India & EGovernance of the Indian Government. The workloads of this kind of Data Centre would increase by more than double by 2019. “ “ However most of the corporates would move to cloud based services and this market is expected to grow more than double over the same time. For organization involved in offering DC Solution there is a huge opportunity as Govt. business would offer stability and Corporate business would offer the growth." " In our technical teams we have certified resources that would cover the guidelines given by TIA - 942 & Uptime Institute separately. These are the two international agencies that most of the organizations refer to when it comes to Data Centre build. We are also working to have certified resources by IDCA (International Data Centre Authority) in the near future. So practically we shall be covering every thought process which is respected in this business domain. We deliberately involve BEE (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) Certified resources in every DC project we do. We also have on our board country's first ICRA registered Lead Tutor and Auditor for ISO 50001 (Energy Management System) who can help our client to see the requirement from ISO 50001 perspective also. As Data Centres are huge energy guzzlers; we strongly believe that going forward this would be one of the biggest needs of all the Data Centres which would get built in future, " Mr. Sharma added further. How does your Data Centre Turnkey Execution help your clients to get a wholesome accountability on quality, uptime and timely delivery of a DC as per international standards? Asked The CEO Magazine. " Cypress Solutions prides itself on retaining its customers through high quality consulting effort and project delivery within the agreed project parameters of Quality, Time and Budget. To ensure this Cypress Solutions mandates its consulting staff to have project delivery experience. This practice ensures that the consultant while designing a solution is not only aware of the theoretical as well as the practical challenges of the project, thus ensuring that the proposed solution not only looks good on paper but is realistic to be implemented within the agreed project framework of Quality, Time and Budget. Further, there is a separate in-house team to monitor adherence to mutually agreed parameters and to raise alarm in the unlikely event of a deviation, " Mr. Sharma replied.

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Disruptive Leadership - Dire Need for Competitive World By Venugopal Krishnappa

hile the talks are on for need for Disruptive Technologies, case studies of Milk Mantra, Oyo Rooms, Transferwise shows how the Entrepreneurs had thought process that has changed the rule of doing business. While we have tools and Technology to facilitate, we lack Leaders who can think Disruptive to grow Enterprise Organically. This Article aims at providing few inputs for Leaders of future, bringing the case studies of the past. CASE STUDY 1: I dressed up for an Interview for a Vice President Position at small IT Company to meet the CEO of the company. Coming from a large organization, suffering from the perils of red tapism and unable to grow myself nor the organization, wanted to join smaller company where we have the freedom and power to grow the company. CEO was sitting in a small confinement which was one tenth of my study room. This organization had grown to 100 employees after 10 years of slogging. Basically the CEO was looking for a Software Developer and since he was unable to get any resource for his dying organization, thought of giving a fancy designation to attract IT developers. But the real comedy started when he said Leadership roles can be handled only when a man is over 55 Years and I was too young at 35. Well this was the case of too small company. CASE STUDY 2: As part of Large Organization, been to Hongkong for Business Development. Well it was successful opening up business at Hongkong, with competitive billing rates of 50000 HKD for a 2 years experience. When we started looking for resources to fillup the positions, we realized the salary for Hongkong Resources was around 19000 HKD. So naturally no resource was not ready to accept. While some resources was ok for 25000 HKD, giving the organization a clear 50%

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profit margin, but thanks to Red tapism, the salary change went to a committee and its been 4 years and nothing is finalized, leaving organization with no exposure in Hongkong Market. While the above two case studies looks stupid but are so true to believe such events happen in our day to day business leaving the next Generation Managers to work in light of such Leaders setting a wrong example. WHAT IS DISRUPTIVE LEADERSHIP - IN LAYMAN'S LANGUAGE. Disruptive means changing the traditional way than an industry operates, especially in a new and effective way. Lets take example of High Jump. When it was originally invented the sports person was able to jump 1.8 Meters using Scissors Technique. This continued till Duncan used the Western Roll in 1920 an innovative technique that facilitated him to jump upto 2 52

meters. Western Roll was practiced by the rest of the sportsmen across the Globe. Some of the guys have won using the Western Roll till Straddle came as a Disruptive technique. As Rita McGrath says in her book The End of Competitive Advantage, some of the sports person can follow the leader and can be a winner for some time due to their practice, height, body built but cannot sustain and reach newer heights. As you can see the same happening here when Austin started Fosbury technique in 1980 that made him to reach newer heights to 2.4 meters. The same applies in Business Model too. Unless and until innovative techniques are not implemented in the way we do business, the traditional method of Business Model will only become weaker as Customer needs better results and higher satisfaction levels. WHY DO YOU NEED DISRUPTION LEADERSHIP There are tens of thousands books written on Disruption focusing on Technology, Marketing, Tools, Process, people, Culture, Economy to name the few. But in spite of that we hardly see 5% to 10% of CXOs who has that ability to think Disruptively. It needs a Leadership Style, Culture and Experience and passion to |Adopt, Implement and Lead Disruption. Let's take example of Transferwise. Till now SWIFT was considered as the Leader in International Fund Transfer and the most robust in terms of Technology and network of Banks operating the same. In spite of technology advancements and high productivity of the participating Banks, it was taking 3 to 5 days and yet the Remitter of funds and Receiver of the Funds were in dark of the net amount that used to get debited or credited to their respective accounts. With Transferwise both the remitter and receiver of funds have transparency of funds involved and the date on which the receiver will receive the funds with almost 99% accuracy. TOO BIG TO FAIL will not support SWIFT agency anymore unless they start thinking disruptively.

If you see the list of Fortune 500 companies of 2010 and 2016, you will observe that nearly 20% of the list has lost their Fortune tag within a span of 6 years. If you look at those list of companies that have taken the topper list, they have done something very differently than their competitors. If an organization needs to SUSTAIN, GROW, AND ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, Disruptive leadership is lingua Franca. HOW DO WE MEASURE DISRUPTIVE LEADERS VISIONARY L E A D E R : Dreamer. As Azim Premji states if people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small. Most of the CXOs are scared to set higher standards for themselves or f o r t h e organizations as they have fear of failure. When the standards are set high and when the organization has lost its competitive advantage, then comes dearth need for Disruptive Thinking. A Disruptive Leader starts thinking differently to achieve the set goals or enable the team to think disruptively. QUIT OR THINK DISRUPTIVELY VALUE PROPOSITION: As a freelance Interviewer to some of the top companies, my first question is about Value Proposition. Most of the answers I receive is royally confused with job responsibilities and job description. Kindly note any Disruptive thoughts should enhance the Value Proposition for the organization. A clear indication of what was the current Business Model and what was achieved for differential thinking or doing process; how did it help in increasing the Revenue Numbers, Customer Satisfaction, Reduce Cost of Doing Things.

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INNOVATOR OR ALCHEMIST: A Leader can think innovatively or enable the team to do things differently. As an innovator he can come out with a redesigning of the product, change in the business process, or implementing automation, or any activity that could benefit Customer/Organization/Employees through better service or reduced cost or increasing the productivity of the employees or all of the three above. As an Alchemist set a framework that can bring different stakeholders together and do brainstorming session to come out with new ideas to compete and deliver. ARCHITECT OF THE ORGANISATION : Disruptive Leadership is not a one man show. It has to be achieved through collective efforts bringing different stakeholders of the organization, and sharing the thought and brainstorming sessions to fine tune the thought process. Unless all the stakeholders are in agreement, appreciate the shared goal, the same will not be successful. While a separate book can be written developing the resources in the Disruptive journey, as of now restricting that this is a mammoth task and only a true Leader can achieve the same. H O W TO E X E C U T E D I S R U P T I V E LEADERSHIP Well there are different schools of thought to implement Disruptive Leadership. In order to ensure the execution methodology fits all kinds of organization the following would be appropriate INNOVATION AS A CULTURE : It is not necessary that only Leaders have to think Disruptive all the time. There are situations where the Leaders act as Alchemists to provide an environment for the identified Disruptors. Hence Disrupts can be implemented at any levels of the organization or across the levels of the organizations too. AGILITY : Instead of going on big bang approach, go in for a small iterations of development so that the people absorbing this change get sufficient time to digest and appreciate the progress made. Most of the leaders implementing the change come across

hindrances of Change Management and even the best of new methods will not be implemented due to resistance to change from the multiple levels of the organization. SUSTAINABILITY : Any of the Disruptive ideas need to measured and timely check needs to be done to ensure the execution are in the overall objective and goals of the organization body. Fine tuning of the ideas in a timely fashion is essential to ensure disruptions does not impact the sustainability factors of the organization. STABILITY: Any of the initiatives, innovations should not jeopardize the existence of the firm. It is nice to have innovative ideas but organizational stability is of utmost importance. So any of the innovative ideas need to be tested in a simulated environment instead of going ahead and implementing it. ORGANISATIONAL BUY-IN: It reminds me of a situation where we were implementing Robotic Automation in a KPO, as soon as the team mis-conceived this as job cuts, there was no support from the operational team and Robotic Automation was a disaster in spite of Automation bringing lots of Operational Effectiveness. It is essential that the Leader brings clarity about the initiative and get the team buy in at least from majority of the the important stakeholders. CONCLUSION Disruptions are happening in Technology where people are moving from coding to non-coding platforms; from dedicated Infrastructure to Cloud; from People oriented to Robotic Oriented. We are also seeing the way Disruptions are happening in Marketing world. We are seeing the same happening in the HR world where people are moving to more Shared Services Department. It is evident that Disruptions are inevitable. This articles was focused on change in Leadership Mentality to adopt to Disruptive Style and Encourage Disruptors of your organization to have a sustained growth in the dying market. Author is a trained Leader from Columbia Business School and IIM Calcutta with twenty years of experience with Global presence across US, UK, Russia, China, Denmark, Australia, Fiji and Singapore.

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D M Systems believes in taking advantage from in house technical expertise with a mix that is rich in security, application and storage technologies

M Systems has been at the forefront of researching, adapting and introducing smart IT solutions across the spectrum of hardware, software and middleware and has met with considerable success in the segment of SME Indian businesses on strategic path to expansion, modernization and new markets. Their inherent capacities in creating smart service models around channel sales has raised the benchmark in the segments and has also paved the way for innovative thinking, creative execution and customer servicing. Since last decade, D M Systems is familiar in the market for Security solutions. Recently it was awarded with Hall of Fame award by ChannelWorld for the year 2015. In 2012, the company received a special award for Security by ChannelWorld in Mumbai.

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Focusing on all kind of innovative IT solution providing companies, two young and visionary entrepreneur D K Bajaj & Amit Bajaj founded the company in 1999. The core ssolution set quickly adapted itself to offer dedicated for services like HPC, virtualization, Messaging, Mobility & Cloud adoption, APT's, Analytics, managed services for data protection, hybrid cloud management. With time the company leadership team quickly understood the changing responsibilities f the CIO/CTO in an organisation and started developing services which can govern

More than hundred companies make their client-strength strong. Companies like DMRC, PFC, PowerGrid, PNB, DDA, PineLabs, GlobalLogic, Subros are client of D M Systems. The company also provides security services to other companies India Glycols Wave Infra, BLK hospital, Batra Hospital,NSIT,ICGEB, DU,IUAC etc. In their New Delhi office, thirty-five people are working, setting focus on Information security solutions, like END Point, DLP, Firewall, Mobile security, cloud security, SIEM and Information rights management.

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Solution and Product Offerings Dell /HP range of solutions (including hardware and software), Netapps, HDS, Cyberoam, Lenovo, Cisco, Trend Micro, Sonicwall, Vaultize, Kemp, Fortinet, McAfee, Sophos, VMWare, Citrix, SSL Certificates, OpenStack, Microsoft Azure, IBM Softlayer and AWS, backup & DR solutions like Veeam, Logging/SIEM and performance management software, managed and on-premise Identity management and strong authentication and ADC solutions, Wireless networks etc. " We focus majorly on Information security solutions, like END Point management and encryption, DLP, Next Gen Firewall, Mobile security, Cloud security, SIEM and Information rights management. We have also aggressively offering spare management and AMC for EOSL/UNIX or enterprise grade storage and servers. We can offer 24x7 with 4 hours CTR for critical servers and core DC Infrastructure. Our company is working as value added subdistributor for leading solutions - Cyberoam, Sonicwall F-Secure, D-Link, Vaultize, Mdaemon, Sonicwall providing support to most of the IT vendors to support them to upscale their ,skillset and expertise to increase their bottom line. Mr. Amit Bajaj, director, minces no words in saying that the future would belong to those who have set their sights high, adopted smarter models of execution and lay stress on customer satisfaction through education and delivery Mr. D K Bajaj, the co-founder of the company has an overall experience of over 25 years in the industry and worked on senior management position with the companies like Birla, Hero and Oswal group of companies. After starting his own, he has been associated

with many Govt. / Pvt Sector companies and worked with all reputed organizations in Govt & Pvt. Sector. He intends to offer Manpower and skill shortage, controlling artrisan services. National Awards : § Awarded for Premier 100 Companies award by ChannelWorld 2012 in Mumbai § Awarded special award for Security by ChannelWorld 2012 in Mumbai § Awarded Emerging Solution Provider ( Security ) by ITPV for the year 2011. Cyberoam Awards : § Recently awarded Best SME Business Partner for the year 2014. § The Best Gold Partner for North India for the year 2013-14. § The Best Value Added Sub-Distributor /Enterprise Partner for 2012-13. § The Best Value Added Sub-Distributor for the year 2012-13. § The Best Value Added Partner for Delhi & NCR for the year 2011-12 § For Excellent Contribution for the year 2010-11 § Best Gold partner award for north zone year 2013-14 Other Awards : § Awarded by Trend Micro as a Value Partner for the year 2010. § No. 1 Medallion Partner - North for Sonicwall for the year 2010-11 § Best Medallion Partner - North for Sonicwall for the year 2009-10 § Awarded by Fortinet for Best Technical support § Awarded by HP for best sales person award in the year 2004-05

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LECHAL - World's First Haptic Footwear brand offers interactive Smart-Shoes By â&#x20AC;˘ Editorial Staff

f phone becomes Smart, can the footwear be far away? Lechal, the world's first interactive haptic footwear enables users to navigate hands-free and also tracks their fitness metrics. Available as an insole or a shoe, the stylish and comfortable smart footwear can be worn like any other, but offers never-before-seen functionality. By pairing with the Lechal app via Bluetooth, the users can set a destination and receive directions via haptic vibrations on their feet making any journey truly hands-free. If the wearer needs to turn left, the left side will gently vibrate and so on. Navigating to a variety of destinations has never been easier, and users are no longer required to stare at a screen constantly to ensure they are navigating to the correct destination. Lechal also has an offline mode, so the users don't need to be connected to use the product. Under the brand name Lechal, Ducere launched its first product - the world's first interactive haptic footwear in 2014. Now Lechal is a fashion and lifestyle brand that has been recognized globally for innovation, winning several awards and recognition, including Frost & Sullivan India's New Product Innovation Leadership Award and the second place at Rec@nnect Challenge, a partnership between CRDF Global and the United States Department of State in 2014. Recently, Ducere has been selected as a "Cool Vendor" by Gartner. By pairing with the Lechal app via Bluetooth, the users can set a destination and Website: www.duceretech.com

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receive directions via haptic vibrations on their feet making any journey truly hands-free. If the wearer needs to turn left, the left side will gently vibrate and so on. Lechal - the word's etymology lies in the hindi word lay-chaal, which denotes "Take me along". This footwear is a disruptive innovation designed to smoothly integrate into the everyday. According to the company, Lechal is for everyone - people who like to travel and explore, fitness freaks, cyclists, runners, people who are tech-savvy and those who are not, backseat drivers, design aficionados, the fashion-conscious, and the use cases are as varied as the users. e-mail: contact@duceretech.com

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Lechal currently accepts orders only through their website. Online and offline distribution will be available in India, US, UK and the Middle East very soon. Its manufacturer Ducere Technologies focuses on creating intuitive, unobtrusive and userfriendly wearable technology innovations. The brainchild of Krispian Lawrence and Anirudh Sharma, graduates of the University of Michigan and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively, the Hyderabadbased company was set up in 2011 with the aim of taking wearable technology to the people. "For users that desire fitness metrics, users can set goals, create custom fitness plans, track steps taken, calories burned and distance traveled. The App stores all of the data, making it easy to track progress and share with friends. For users visiting a new city, or looking to rediscover their own, the footwear allows users to tag locations, set destinations and get real-

time data on landmarks all around you. Lechal also boasts unique voice commands and an inherently social nature, enabling you to share your location with other users. The footwear is also ideal for groups of families and friends that want to keep track of everyone. For example, if a group is scattered across an amusement park but plans to meet at the same restaurant for dinner, Lechal can provide real-time location data. It's a boon for additional convenience and safety" said Lechal. " With a fashion-forward design that focuses on inclusivity, the footwear is also made with premium materials like leather and suede. For those that want the same functionality in their current shoes, the fabric insoles are an ideal choice. In both the shoes and the insoles, all electronic components can be removed to allow for washing, ensuring easy maintenance " the company added.

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DeepBiz : higher efficiency through hybrid technology.

eepBiz came into existence in 2011 to primarily focus on automobile industry with a strategy to tailor Te l e m a t i c s a n d r e l a t e d technologies for each segment-of-the-market. Headquartered in Bangalore and with PAN India presence, DeepBiz now becomes a pioneer in Telematics ecosystem. Their branch offices are located in Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, New Delhi and Ahmedabad. The company is planning to increase the strength of employees from 50 to 150 in this year along with dedicated support center in major cities. DeepBiz is professionally managed by highly qualified management team with vast industry experience and superior leadership skills. DeepBiz's DNA is into innovation and connect device ecosystem platform and deliver excellent outcome by fueling the entire eco system chain to work better. They have brought the device, fleet and digital world together in a smart way by inventing the next enterprise era to move, power, build and cure the world. Deepbiz continues in delivering on connected devices with their innovative solutions to build Smart City, office,home, and tracking solutions to Private, Public and Government segment. They have connected 20+ type of IoT devices , installed 60+ type of Vehicles and completed 24+ type of personalized implementation. In 2013, DeepBiz obtained manufacturing licenses for GPS devices, RFID, and biometric devices.Within 2014, this firm achieved 150 customer bases in Vehicle Telematics industry. Recently the company applied for ISO and CMMi certification, which is currently under the final leg of certification. Website: www.deepbiz.net

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DeepBiz's MAKE IN INDIA MANUFACTURING: It manufactures GPS Devices for Vehicle Tracking, Fleet Management, Asset Tracking, Personal Tracking and Pet Animal Tracking. They also provide personalized custom based end-to-end solution to their customers, based on their specific requirement. IGateway - DeepBiz launched Enterprise Vehicle Tracking Solution called iGateway by end of 2012. It is a cloud based Smart IoT Ecosystem Platform for Telematics world to connect vehicles and devices with people. The solution had implemented for more than 50+ type of industries including private, public and government segments. This platform has the ability and agility to provide local language e-mail: info@deepbiz.net

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support along with white labeling, enterprise API integration and ease of customization. In 2015 DeepBiz has received numerous prizes including Excellency award in Karnataka by Brands Academy, Hot Brand of 2015 in Young Organization by Paul writers, Top 50 Hot Brands in Bangalore by OneIndia @ Brand Summit 2015. It was nominated for FASTEST GROWING INDIAN COMPANY EXCELLENCE award by IAC @ 2015. In a conversation with The CEO Magazine, DeepBiz said, " We think that Customer satisfaction is essential for a long-term, profitable relationship ultimately leading to customer loyalty. Our key strengths includes affordable Total cost of ownership and faster time to market the customized development. We believe in achieving Excellency through coupling of right tools and technologies and experience our delivery mechanism. â&#x20AC;&#x153; What are the business problems that their services will counter ? DeepBiz has pointed the issues like lack of seamless tracking, monitoring

and controlling of vehicles, logistics, driving pattern to avoid vehicle/fuel theft, misuse-ofvehicle, speed-controlling, inefficiency related Routing-Schedule and Mileage-Calculation. About Founder : Muthu Swamy S Muthu Swamy S has over 20 years of successful experience in IT Industry, business development & Strategy Management, where he helped multiple companies to establish organizations growth from scratch in competitive global markets. He attended IIM Calcutta, from where he completed my Master studies in Computer Technology and Advanced Strategy Management. He is a member of M2M Working Group Committee of TEC Telecommunication Engineering Centre. As well as other social activities with NGOs, he also serves IEEE Fusion as an editor. He has received "Rashtra Vibhushan" award in 2014. Recently he was awarded "Excellence in Entrepreneurship, Social and Mentorship award" in 2015 towards National Economy and Social Development activities.

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Entrust Datacard Empowers Organizations Across the Globe to Provide Identity Based Security Solutions

ntrust Datacard is a global leader in card personalization and identitybased digital information security solutions. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, the privately held company provides strategic security solutions that authenticate identities and consolidate physical and logical access control systems. Offering the trusted identity and secure transaction technologies that make those experiences reliable and secure. With more than 2,000 Entrust Datacard colleagues around the world, and a network of strong global partners, the company serves customers in 150 countries worldwide. Today, Entrust Datacard enables its customers to issue over 10 million physical identities daily, handle over 400 billion online transactions per year and manage billions of electronic identities, including the majority of payment cards and identification solutions. A majority of the world's financial cards are issued on the company's solutions. Entrust Datacard authentication software is used to fight fraud and safeguard over 400 billion transactions annually worldwide. The company is also engaged in government identity programs in more than 150 countries for e-passports, national IDs, driver's licenses and other secure credentials. Solutions have been implemented in 18 of the 20 largest e-gov programs globally. 165,000 passports, 10 million credentials and 5 million Website: www.entrustdatacard.com

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smart cards are issued daily using Entrust Datacard's technologies. Entrust Datacard also serves customers in enterprises, hospitals, telecommunications, aerospace, pharmaceutical, education and petroleum markets as well as the consumer and the financial sectors. Its strong authentication platform is used by more than 500 companies in 85 countries. The Entrust Datacard awardwinning software authentication platform solves customers' digital security challenges in cloud and mobile security, physical and logical access, citizen eID initiatives, PKI, certificate management and SSL. The company also offers flexible solutions for card issuance, mobile payment, secure online identity and transaction authentication. e-mail: info@entrustdatacard.com

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Some of the awards and accolades won by Entrust Datacard include: ยง Tehnoviti Award - 2015 ยง Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal Titans of Technology, Executive of the Year, 2016 "Proven across the world, our award-winning software authentication platform manages today's most secure identity credentials, solving our customers' digital security challenges in cloud and mobile security, physical and logical access, citizen eID initiatives, certificate management and SSL," said Entrust Datacard. Entrust Datacard is using its insights and expertise to concentrate efforts in payments, identity, and credential management. Being asked by The CEO Magazine, Ajay Kumar, Entrust Datacard's Managing Director - South Asia and Regional Marketing Director - Asia Pacific said, " Today, what Entrust Datacard does matters - it matters to the everyday consumer who needs to secure payment information; it matters to the citizen traveling across borders and wants to ensure secure boarder entry; and it matters to the employee who may need to log into a network for work and ensure that company information or their ID's are not stolen and to protect life's most important credentials." The company aims to solve business challenges like card personalization (central or instant issuance), strengthen security, optimize efficiency, drive growth, enhance end user satisfaction and protect investments. Key Officials Todd Wilkinson President and Chief Executive Officer Todd Wilkinson is President and Chief Executive Officer of Entrust Datacard. Under

his leadership, Entrust Datacard has expanded its position in the Payments and Information Security markets. Mr. Wilkinson first joined the company a decade ago as the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. He has served as President and CEO since 2008. Previously he held executive roles at General Electric after beginning his career at USG Corporation. Mr. Wilkinson holds both a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science degree from Northern Illinois University. Ajay Kumar Managing Director - South Asia | Regional Marketing Director - Asia Pacific Ajay Kumar is the Managing Director - South Asia and Regional Marketing Director- Asia Pacific at Entrust Datacard, based out of Singapore. He is also responsible for driving business and marketing for South Asia as well as APAC and for the go-to market strategy, branding, strategic alliances, thought leadership and market development across the Asia Pacific region. Ajay is a subject matter expert in payments domain and well-connected marketing professional in the industry across the APAC region. He has over 15 years of experience in B2B and B2C marketing, sales, business development and strategic alliances with several payments, loyalty, research and ITES companies where he scaled up the businesses multi folds. Ajay possesses a Post Graduate in Business Management in marketing from a premier institution and is a qualified B2B strategic marketing management professional from IIM Ahmedabad. He is certified in Digital Marketing and completed LEAP (Lead, Education, Advancement Programme) from Smart Card Alliances, USA.

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Eye-care Specialities: Tech, Set, Go By: Mr. Rajat Goel, CEO and Co-Founder, Eye-Q Super Speciality Eye Hospitals

echnology has infiltrated every aspect of our lives. From the phones we use, to the cars we drive right up to healthcare, technology has been transforming and changing the world. Introduction of improved technology in therapeutic and diagnostic treatment and doctor-patient interaction has revolutionized the way healthcare is being delivered today. Upuntil the last decade only metro cities in Indiahad ample access to new technology in the healthcare sector, with barely any infiltration in tier 2 and 3 cities. This changed with the entry of single speciality hospitals in the Indian Healthcare system. Single speciality hospitals have made a huge impact on the delivery of healthcarein the country. They offer end-to-end services and personalized care to single therapeutic areas such as eye-care, cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, urology etc. They are focused in their specialization and hence demonstrate superior performance both therapeutically and financially. A speciality hospital model reduces the cost of hospitalization and provides the best care at the lowest cost, which is why their entry in the tier2 and 3 cities of India has been successful. Single speciality hospitals have more flexibility in allocation of their funds. For example some single speciality chains such as eye-care do not require patients to be admitted; hence investment in beds is limited. Therefore the funds can be optimally utilized in bringing superior technology to the patients and improving the service delivery to them. Website: eyeqindia.com

Rajat Goel CEO and Co-Founder, Eye-Q Super Speciality Eye Hospitals

When working with Bausch and Lomb, I along with My Partner Dr Ajay Sharma who is an acknowledged & reputed ophthalmologist noticed that good eye-care treatment in tier 2 and 3 cities inIndia was scarce. The aim was to offer these cities eye-care facilities and treatment equivalent to those in metro cities and at affordable rates.EyeQ was born with this vision. In our due course technology has enabled us to make available our facilities in all such cities via mobilityof doctors and machines in various locations so that every region is able to get the expert touch. An implementation that can be used as an example is the Forus Fundus photography technology. This is of help as a person from a small place doesn't have to travel to get an | 0124 287 5875

important surgery done from a renowned doctor. This photography documents the retina and the neurosensory tissue of a patient. These details can be sent to any location to a doctor of choice of the patient, who then guides the doctor in the patient's local branch to perform the operation in the best manner possible. Such technological advancements and computerized facilities in remote areas now cover large tracts of the eye checkup field and are reducing the risk of any eye problems in the future. Technology has also beentransforming the service delivery in single specialty hospitals. The introduction of cloud based server in several centres has helped bridge the gap between patients and doctors. There is an ease in access of files and data, and patients are assured of treatment no matter which centre they go to. The medical technology introduced in the centres complements the existing non-medical facilities to give the patients the best treatment. The useof advanced robotic assisted technology for treatment of cataract has helped our surgeons deliver predictability and quality in their outcome. This has ensured that every

one of our patients receives safe, accurate and superior treatment. Conclusively, even analysts are of the opinion that ophthalmology is a single specialty space that will see many path breaking developments. From development of low cost applications, to retinal photography, to surgeons wearing Google Glass to perform surgeries, to other "virtual reality augmentation tools", the potential this offers is astounding. It is essential that such potentials are tapped. Now that technology has entered the cities belonging to the lower rung of the ladder, it must be made a focal point in the healthcare delivery there and not stagnate at what it is. For, if one is to consider other aspects of the importance of technology for single speciality hospitals in India, then we must consider problems such as the scarcity of doctors when compared to the number of patients being served. Optimization of time becomes easy with technology such that fewer doctors can serve many patients. And it is in insidious ways such as these that single specialities along with technology are aiding in keeping the nation healthy from its very grassroots.

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Febler Connects Your Favourite Channels 'On the Go’

here has been a strong demand in the marketplace for quality content that can be heard through an audio mode that is of specific interest to individuals. While commuting, the Febler founders always felt the need for a platform which kept them up to date but they could only find text based platforms. They also find that Radio channels are music driven. That's why an audio platform for listening to News, Information, and Entertainment, Febler Technologies was founded in Bangalore. It was incorporated in 2015 and considered a unicorn in audio platform. To ensure better quality and to capture the imaginations of the general public, it was tested with numerous listeners while launching this new platform this can also. Febler is currently available in Web and Android versions. It caters not just to the urban agglomerations but also to the demographic with varying linguistic preferences. Febler is a user friendly app enables anybody and everybody, to not just listen, but also create shows in any language either by streaming live or by recording and uploading their shows. They have about 5000 listeners already and growing their base steadily, both in acquiring quality content, and also listeners across country. It is a platform for listening to trending stories across News, Comedy, Entertainment, Business, Cooking, Health and Wellness, and others through live and recorded audio shows while commuting, at gym or doing any other routine task. With 'On the go' mode, you can just swipe to switch shows. Audio shows and podcasts have remained dormant in India. With Febler, exciting audio shows are brought into the mainstream by providing equal priority to regional content too, Website: viztarinternational.com

Vikram BN & Chaitanya Naik Founder, Febler Web

along with English and Hindi which currently dominate the online entertainment sphere of India leaving others with little to no content at all. Interesting Features of Febler § News, Comedy, Entertainment, Business and Startups, Lifestyle, Health and Fitness, Indie music, Science and Technology, and much more on India's first audio infotainment platform. § Live audio streams of your favorite Radio and TV channels, providing loads of entertainment and news. Currently have channels in English, Tamil, Hindi and Kannada. § Discover audio shows trending in each category through 'streams'. Streams is a collection of audio shows with similar hashtags.

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ยง Listen to shows offline. You select the shows that you want to listen offline or listen later. ยง Record and upload shows right from the App. Create and upload your own audio shows about things you love. Everybody is entitled to an opinion, Voice yours. ยง With 'On the go' mode, you can just swipe to switch shows. ยง Live stream events that you are organizing, right from your mobile and reach large number of listeners to be rolled out soon. Live streaming from the browser is currently available in close beta and was tested in several live events. Febler currently has a content team that focuses on creating varied content that are professional, and also manages them. The founders: Vikram BN Vikram BN is the brain behind this technology platform. He takes care of the product development, product roadmap, and technology aspects in Febler. As the head of technology, he brings his experience in building audio platforms from his previous startup Kollabia, an online music collaboration platform and comes with strong technical background.

Chaitanya Naik He is a growth hacker and marketing expert, with 5+ years experience in management consulting and brings his learning from Talent neuron, an analytics startup acquired by CEB. At Febler, he focuses on marketing and partnership initiatives, including acquiring content, managing the content development team, and using social media to enhance reach. Shyam Sekar S He is an advisor and mentor on board with Febler; develops and executes strategies, business development and digital marketing at Febler. Driven by passion to build entrepreneurial ecosystem, Mr Shyam Sekar S founded Startup Xperts, who brings over 22 years of experience in working with many multinationals and Startups. He has spearheaded global marketing and sales initiatives building many successful enterprises. "By 2018, millions people will find it difficult to connect with the content on digital platforms due to lack of content in local languages. Audio shows are easy to create in any language, as it eliminates the need to type. With every mobile phone equipped with microphones and almost no production steps involved, it certainly is the easiest tool (app) to use. Also audio is eyes free, it enables multitasking. It can be listened, while working on any routine tasks or traveling. " said Febler.

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Fast and Unique service makes us First in the field, says First Advantage The CEO Correspondent â&#x20AC;˘ New Delhi

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. With the support of their employees, they constantly 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.

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

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

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.

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About The CEO: Mark Parise 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 Capital, 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 has offices in the business hubs of most countries. In Canada, it 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. 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.

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Geometric to offer multi-disciplinary blended solutions to support the move towards systems engineering, connected cars, smart factories, mobility

he way manufacturing is done has completely changed today with the advent of new technologies like cloud, smart factories, internet of things, additive manufacturing, etc.; alliances for collaborative design and manufacturing; and stricter regulatory norms. Having thirteen global delivery centers and multiple sales offices spread across in the US, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Romania, India, China, Japan and Australia, Geometric helps its customers stay competitive and speed up their product realization cycle while enabling them to benefits from the latest technologies. Geometric is a niche company with the rare combination of software, mechanical and electronics engineering experience, coupled with delivery presence across four continents. Its portfolio of Global Engineering services, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, Embedded System solutions, and Digital Technology solutions enables companies to formulate, implement, and execute global engineering and manufacturing strategies aimed at achieving greater efficiencies in the product realization lifecycle. The company's software product development engagement with leading PLM ISVs gives it an added edge while delivering software and engineering solutions to the manufacturing industry. It also has a unique set of point productivity tools and technologies that can be leveraged in customer solutions, thus helping reduce time to market and bring in more predictable efficiencies. The company is a specialist in the domain of engineering solutions, services and technologies. It employs a diversified, multiWebsite: www.geometricglobal.com

Manu Parpia Managing Director and CEO, Geometric

cultural workforce of over 4800 people spread across its global offices. Geometric offers end to end solutions to the automotive, aerospace, off-highway vehicles, and industrial equipment manufacturers as well as software vendors. The company offers the following solutions : ยง Software services: Complete suite of PLM solutions from consulting and implementation to customization, migration and application management services; interoperability solutions; software product development; CAx Solutions. ยง Engineering services: Product Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Value Engineering services, Life cycle services. ยง Embedded solutions: Functional and detailed design, simulation and modeling, e-mail: info@geometricglobal.com

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development and implementation, test automation/ v&v, development support. § Blended solutions for systems engineering, connect cars, smart factories, etc. Geometry Technology Solutions: Ÿ CAMWorks® Ÿ DFMPro® *MBEWeb™ ( joint solution with Anark Corp. ) Ÿ eDrawings® Publishers Ÿ Glovius® Ÿ Feature Recognition Ÿ GeomCaliper® Ÿ NestLib® Being one of the pioneers of software technology in India, Geometric launched one of the first drafting software on the UNIX platform as early as 1987. The very same year saw the launch of its first solid modeling CAM and FEA software. The company was spun off into an independent company, Geometric Software Services Pvt. Ltd. in 1994. Geometric made an initial public offering in February 2000, and was listed on the National and Bombay Stock Exchanges. Geometric Ltd.'s Managing Director and CEO Mr. Manu Parpia began his career as an engineer with Humphreys & Glasgow Consultants Pvt. Ltd. (H&G). Inspired and mentored by Naval Godrej and Vasant Seth, he later founded K. Wadia Exports Pvt. Ltd., a company manufacturing cast gold jewellery for export, and First Financial Compuserve Pvt. Ltd. which promoted the use of computers in the area of finance. He was the President of Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology (MAIT) in 1997-98. He served as the Chief Executive of the Electronic Business Equipment Division of Godrej & Boyce from the mid-eighties to 1999. During this period, he also founded Godrej Pacific, a joint venture between Tech Pacific and Godrej & Boyce, and served as its Managing Director from 1995 to 1999. In his

activities with Godrej, he oversaw the design, development, manufacture and distribution of a variety of high-tech products. He served as the Managing Director of Geometric from 1994 to 2006, and took over this mantle again in April 2011. Mr. Parpia holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from McGill University, Canada; an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, USA; and a Diploma in Finance & Accounting from England. His areas of specialization include international marketing and business development, business strategy and commercialization of technology. As a Director, he also serves Geometric Americas, Inc., Geometric Asia Pacific Pvt. Ltd. ,Geometric Japan K.K., Inventurus Knowledge Solutions Ltd. , Virgo Engineers Limited, Godrej Infotech Ltd, Equirus Capital Pvt. Ltd., Rand Worldwide, Inc. and Geometric GmbH. He Chairs the Mentoring effort at The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Mumbai. " Geometric follows a strategy of focusing on a few customers and deepening its engagement with them. The company has about 70 customers that form the who's who in their respective industries," Parpia told The CEO Magazine. "The company plans to combine its expertise across these areas to offer multidisciplinary blended solutions to support the move towards systems engineering, connected cars, smart factories, mobility, etc " he added. Geometric recorded consolidated revenues of Rupees 11.05 billion ($ 180.61 m) for the year end in 2015. Geometric was recognized amongst NASSCOM's IT Innovators in 2007, 2008 & 2009. The company is a recipient of the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Global Engineering Design Services Emerging Company of the Year Award. It was Inducted into John Deere Excellence Hall of Fame through a Partner Level Supplier Award from John Deere in 2007.

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To enjoy the journey of life, Body is the most precious vehicle to Dimple Mirchandani The CEO Magazineâ&#x20AC;˘ New Delhi

aving professional education in Finance and Accounting from Manchester University and hailing from a large business family, 25 Years old entrepreneur Dimple Mirchandani listened to her inner voice and discovered her passion. Her passion for doing something close to her heart supersedes everything and chooses a path for herself which is very unusual but equally exciting at Holistic Nutrition. Holistic Nutrition is a new concept in India, where healing is done with natural foods. It emerged naturally as a part of her being - based on an individual and not on some particular theory of eating. Eating well and living a disciplined life leads her to realize her gut feeling. As she followed her instincts, it lead to the discovery of a new aspect of life that can only be experienced - as she says "Universe is magical, you just got to be observant enough to feel the magic"- she believes that universe is a vast sea in which we are immersed and from which we are formed- once we are aligned with our energy, we become more cooperative part of the ecosystem. According to her "once you start eating the food that best works for you and calm your mind and body- your body gets aligned with mind and soul". One of her biggest notion is that "nourishing your soul is just as important as nourishing your body"- meaning eating good nutritious food will be of no good if a person is not happy. Thus, being happy in your relations and work is equally important to lead a healthy life as having a healthy relation with food. She helps people discover what way of eating and lifestyle works best for them , as no 2

Dimple Mirchandani Founder, Holistic Nutrition

individuals have the same body composition rightfully said "one person's food can be another person's poison". Dimple believes that wellness is an integrated process of physical activity, mental reflection, social engagement, and emotional awareness. Her program is a combination of personalised meal plans along with customized recipes based on individual likes and introducing functional activities with specific strengthening and flexibility exercises to achieve balanced physical function. Whether you are training for competition-or just training for life-she can get you on the right track. Dimple, the new age business woman of Lalvani Group, started her journey of nutrition at a very early age, the roots of which were 72

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planted by her mother who has been an inspiration behind all. Her mother being a wonderful cook, who replicated every dish in a healthy way, became the reason behind her curiosity to gain more knowledge in this field. As she says "I am just a true reflection of all that my Ma is". Dimple's love for fitness started at a very young age being a natural athlete. She grew up playing basketball, badminton, skating, swimming, learning classical dance and what not. Naturally she was able to initiate and supervise brief workshops for her colleagues and friends from various countries, ages and abilities, which sparked a passion to become a Holistic Nutrition Expert. At Holistic Nutrition, She inspires people to be more aware of their true selves, their strengths and to create their own signature lifestyle. As she says "we are all unique individuals - work of art, but are also work in progress - we must strive to be better of what we are each day". â&#x20AC;&#x153; I truly wish & hope that each one of you can experience the bliss of true health & fitness and experience LIFE in each moment of livingâ&#x20AC;? - Dimple Mirchandani Dimple Mirchandani, is an Internationally Certified Nutrition And Health Consultant from Institute For Integrative Nutrition

(Newyork ,USA), where she studied innovative coaching methods, practical lifestyle management techniques, and over 100 dietary theories; everything from Ayurveda, gluten-free, and Paleo, to raw, vegan, macrobiotics, and what not, with world's top health and wellness experts like Deepak Chopra , Andrew Weil, David Katz, Mark Hyman, David Wolfe, Marian Nestle and many other researchers and nutrition authorities. She also has certification in Astrology, Tarot Reading & Numerology. Recently she achieved an international certification in Yoga training & currently is pursuing Diploma in Sports Nutrition from oxford learning. Her own journey and experience inspired her to make use of her expertise for well being of others and that's how Holistic Nutrition was conceived. She passionately believes in the healing power of nature and works with an integrative approach to healthcare which incorporates wholeness in a person's being. Her work is about educating, guiding and empowering her clients - to tap into their own innate healing abilities & discovering foods that best work for them. As she says "body is the most precious vehicle, to enjoy our journey of life". Dimple is a nature lover and aspires to be an author in future.

IBEE Hosting diversifies services by launching Virtual Private Servers , Servers.com Best in Class Proactive support services

etting up their bases in Singapore and Netherlands, Dallas based XBT Holdings closely observed the Indian market and understood the need of providing most advanced server hosting technology at a reasonable price. To build a strong customer base in India among the rising startups, Ecommerce and SMBs in every sector, XBT Holdings opened its subsidiary IBEE Hosting in 2006. Since Hyderabad possess an ideal condition for their data center (Tier IV) operations, the company decided to set up their operational office in the historic city noted for its monuments, mosques and culture. In addition to India, IBEE Hosting operates globally with various datacenters in Dallas, Amsterdam, Singapore, Luxembourg. IBEE is known for its Proactive Support Service. The demand for Proactive Support Service and personalized assistance were infused into the company culture right from the beginning. This organization is engineered for the customers who stand at the forefront of the ongoing technological revolution. With its best data center infrastructure practices like clustering, failover, replication and own CDN ( ucdn.com), IBEE Hosting offers a full, varied array of Dedicated Hosting Server plans along with VPS Hosting and Allied Services. Backed by their Global private network, the firm ensures the security of the internal data transfer while the external connection keeps operations optimal. In addition to application level assistance service IBEE provides consultation on the best fit infrastructure which is scalable with the growing traffic and implementation performance. The company now has nearly 200

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clients including The Sandesh Digital Pvt. Ltd., AndhraJyothy, Apollo Hospitals, Rummy people, ShopPirate, SVG Media, Grocerkart, MyClassboard. Along with Webzilla, company is managing 25,000 servers. Now IBEE Hosting is in a phase of diversifying the services by launching VPS (Virtual private server) and Cloud Servers along with the customizable features in them. Initially IBEE started with few local customers and learned through the market research, the intricacies of the Hosting Industry. Since then Betrand Yella has been serving IBEE Hosting as Managing Director. He believes that every entrepreneur certainly experiences extreme highs and lows at unpredictable frequencies, what emerges out of

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them through these is what makes them love their art of doing things. He counts his accomplishments by developing and selling the products and solutions that actually solves his customer's problems. Under his stewardship, IBEE has helped clients to achieve 500% increase in their revenue and 800% increase in traffic to their website, a proven case study revealed. The company supports various Industry leaders like big media houses, Web Design and Development companies, System Integrators, E-commerce Startups, Gaming Industry, ERP Software Development companies, through its Application level hosting Solutions. Providing automated server infrastructure, IBEE also helps SMBs. In collaboration with few web design & development clients, IBEE motivates aspiring SMBs with a combo offer of domain registration, website design and development and web hosting services. Further, they have referral system, coupons, freebies and discounts offers to speed out more visibility in the market. They also have very flexible and fruitful plans for the resellers and the affiliates who are associated with them in adding value to the company. " We have initiated promotional activity for each specific target market. IBEE has penetrated in Indian market of 20 billion dedicated servers in India out of which we are

with the market share of 2%. We are in a phase of diversifying the services by launching virtual private servers and cloud servers along with the customizable features in them. We are a major upcoming project of launching servers.com in India in third quarter of this financial year, " Betrand Yella, MD of IBEE asserted. Speaking about the company's growth he said, " Our last year was very prosperous for us. Still there are several sphere which we need to work on and improve and grow. We have developed our core competencies in providing the proactive support to the clients, and we will continue to learn and grow, " he concluded. At various positions, nearly forty skilled employees work in Marketing, Sales, Customer Support Executive, Onsite Support Engineers, Offshore Support Engineers, Business development team, Accounts, and billing departments of IBEE Hosting. " We provide our employees with a world-class environment that promote innovation, productivity and desired work/life balance. Our employee-friendly HR policies are customized for each situation. A flexible work culture, access to the latest productivity tools, training, and resources and a complete family life, medical and dental insurance program are some of these initiatives, " HR team of IBEE Hosting expressed.

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IOTAP Thinks Global and Acts Local

n India as well as Oman, Microsoft Cloud Partner award honors IOTAP that has successfully scaled out its cloud practice. With dedicated teams to service the global markets, IOTAP has strong domain experience in consulting, procurement and software development to assist enterprises and Micro SMEs for trading. It enables businesses to effectively connect, communicate and collaborate with their internal as well as external customers and peer-group. Founded in 2005, IOTAP is not driven by short term gains. Over the years, they have crossed the steps like Onyx CRM Offshore Development, Dynamics CRM and SharePoint Development, US Business Development and Sales Office, Development Center in Chennai, UK Business Development and Sales Office, US Delivery and Local Projects, Oman Business Set up, Set Up of a Cloud Practice ( more than 46,000 Users on Cloud) , Building own CRM Products and Add-ons etc. This self-funded organization was a launch partner for Office 365 and SaS in Oman. IOTAP's state-of-the-art offices are based out of Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Washington DC, Milton Keynes and Muscat. The firm brings together company's best talent and works with its clients as a unified team. With hands-on experience and diverse set of inhouse skillset, IOTAP provides bespoke business consulting to their clients, be it in setting up of a new business, or running an existing business seamlessly. Among other things, they can assist with Digitization, Content Management, Customer Relationship Management. The well-coordinated team of IOTAP also expertises in the areas of Infrastructure and Cloud Services, Software Development (Microsoft), Business Intelligence Website: www.iotap.com

Ebrahim Nalwala CEO, IOTAP

& Insights, Collaboration and Document Management Solutions. IOTAP has successfully served dozens of organization and helped turn their dreams into reality. There are than five hundred clients in their client list. It has wide range of clients from one of the largest tire manufactures in India, the largest sovereign fund in Oman, and third largest toy manufacturer in Europe. This firm extensively provides solution to Micro SMEs for trading and licensing business. Moving one step ahead of the curve, IOTAP aims to strengthen their services by offeing Cloud & Security, Business Intelligence & Insights, Mobility, Digitization and Smart Businesses. They company will also invest in IP and Solutions, as they stated. Expanding geographicalpresence is IOTAP's next move. Initially they intend to expand in Pan Indian market. e-mail: sales@iotap.com

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IOTAP entered into apartnership with SAS Middle East as a Reseller & Consulting partner. This organization has been recognized by prominent figures like Microsoft Partner Advisory Council and Microsoft SMB Champion (US). This organization is also a Microsoft Authorized Education Reseller in India and Oman. In 2014 IOTAP was chosen as "Microsoft Cloud Partner of the Year" for demonstrating excellence and innovation in the implementation of Microsoft's cloud technology solutions. In the same year IOTAP joined an exclusive group of managed partners who excel in the Microsoft Cloud platform. The Microsoft Partner Awards represent the pinnacle of IT industry awards and is the main avenue through which Microsoft recognizes its channel partners. Speaking to The CEO Magazine, the company said "at IOTAP, we embrace change and love technology. We don't push boxes or products and we are not driven by short term gains. We always strive to do right by our customers (and not our suppliers). A long term relationship and trust is what we want to earn. Our goal is to help businesses realize the full potential and benefit of today's technology. At IOTAP we don't have a chalta hai (easy come

easy go) attitude. Our success is defined by our client's success. Our interest is not in how big you are, but who you want to be. This is a clichĂŠ but we think global and act local." The Men behind the success of the IOTAP Ebrahim Nalwala and Ismail Nalwala are coCEOS of the Group. They both are tech entrepreneurs, who have set-up multiple businesses in their career. Ebrahim started IOTAP at the age of 27 in Mumbai with his college friend during the tech doom in the Silicon Valley. Ebrahim Nalwala has an undergraduation degree from Arizona State University in Computer Systems Engineering. He has done an Executive MBA from the Harvard Business School, last year. Ebrahim is a tech enthusiast, learner and avid reader. "I think Usain Bolt's competitor is not the second fastest man in the world but any human who can run. Similarly for us any company that is passionate about technology, innovative, loves their customers, is in business for the long run and global is competition" says Ebrahim Nalwala.

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A man with dreams and self belief

r. Mahesh Gupta the man behind Kent Ro was the first member who dared to choose business over job in his family. An IIT graduate from Kanpur in Mechanical engineering and alumnus of Indian institute of Petroleum, Dehradun Mahesh began his career in sales in 1978 with Indian Oil. The journey of mechanical engineer started in 1985, from a small room in his house with just 20,000 which he had saved from his job with IOCL. His first invention was in the field of petroleum conservation instrument where he earned fame and half a dozen patents to his credit. His turning Point came with the establishment of KENT RO SYSTEM in the year 1998, when he charted out on a new enterprise after jaundice gripped his son in a posh colony of South Delhi. Knowing that jaundice is a water-borne disease, Gupta researched and analyzed all the available water purifier in the market. He was dissatisfied with available options and decided to make a better quality purifier. After several trails, he made his own water purifier and became confident that is product is good enough to be marketed. "Coming from an engineering background, making my own water purifier was not difficult task; all I needed to do was export the components. The experiment turned into success. And then I thought to bring it out in commercially in the market. I started from scratch with an investment of about 1 lac and four member team. Today Kent has grown 40% market share in RO mineral and has turnover 580 crore and 2,500 employees", says Gupta. Apart from him his son is actively involved into business, while his daughter is into a separate business. Website: www.kent.co.in

Mahesh Gupta CEO, KENT RO

Kent today is competing and international brands and outbidding them on basis of its latest technology, better service well equipped distribution system and good branding. Kicked off from voyage of self made RO system, Kent RO today manufactures Kent RO water purifiers, Kent Tap guard, Kent vegetable and fruit purifier, All Clean cleaner with their manufacturing plant in Roorkee. "We are competing with two major players, Hindustan Lever and Eureka Fobes. However we are confident to overpower them with better technology and products with latest innovation, but they should be according to consumer need. We can manufacture products and market them, but they should be according to consumer need. We can manufacture product and market them, but if it is not consumer friendly, you won't exist for long.â&#x20AC;? e-mail: sales@kent.co.in

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Innovative marketing strategies and state of the art technology has motivated him in taking his brand to the next level with confidence to beat the international champion too. Kent Ro is the most dynamic and visible water purifier company, which over the years has enjoyed the Bollywood brand ambassadors like Hema Malini, Esha Deol , Booman Irani, Ahaana deol and others. ` Water is basis component for the survival of human beings, and dirty or infected water can spoil the health and infrastructure of a country. HE says " My vision is to make a 'healthy and happy family ', and we are promoting the value of purity, importance of water for health, and keeping beauty and vigour intact with good drinking water through Kent.â&#x20AC;? Healthcare is not just a business for me, it is a passion. In fact it is very the very purpose of

existence of Kent. Like any other successful business, Kent too has been working according to the needs of our customers and we work hard each day to make our customers happy", adds Mahesh. His passion is to work, but besides working, he loves cars and having good food "Well, II love cars and love to drive whenever given chance. Cars for me are both luxury and mode of travel". I love wearing Louis Philippe shirt while rest of my outfit is mostly customstitched, for me an ideal holiday is attending Art of living sessions in Bengaluru.â&#x20AC;? His message for young entrepreneurs is. "They should bring new innovations, and must believe in their dreams. Think less and have passion to live."

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Story of MakeMyTrip, the Revolutionary E-commerce

o empower the Indian travellers with instant booking and comprehensive choices, MakeMyTrip started its journey in April of 2000 for the USIndia 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, 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. 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. Website: www.makemytrip.com

Rajesh Magow Co-Founder & CEO, MakeMyTrip

Offices MakeMyTrip has 24 company-owned travel stores in 18 cities, including one in Gurgaon, and 42 franchisee-owned 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,

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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 & CEOIndia 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 stress-buster is to spend time with family.

§ August 2010: Company had a successful IPO on NASDAQ, becoming the first Indian travel company to list overseas. § May 9, 2011: Acquired approximately 79% equity stake in Luxury Tours & Travel Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based travel agency § 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. § 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. § 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. § April 22, 2015: Acquired certain assets of Mygola.com to focus on cutting-edge innovation in online travel.

MakeMyTrip India Pvt. Ltd., Tower A, SP Infocity 243, Udyog Vihar, Phase 1 Gurgaon, Haryana - 122016, India

Mjunction runs world's largest e-marketplace for Steel and Coal

n this global business age, there are few business organization those have a reputation to leave a positive impact on the economic and social system in their course of existence. They actually concern the needs of people as opportunities to develop ideas and demonstrate business technologies, to find and serve newer market and to solve longstanding business problems. They choose these areas of performance to bring about that difference. Amongst them, mjunction services limited, the country's largest eCommerce company, which chose to be in the eCommerce business spectrum during the period marked with tribulations, but brought in a silent revolution in the way selling and sourcing business processes are conducted in industrial sectors. The benefits of this revolution are the small enterprises as well as the large corporate, which stand to gain through enablement, of a transparent, efficient and innovative business process. Freedom from corruption, inefficiencies, red-tapism were the derivatives of the transformation that mjunction brought in, who believed in this ideology of making a difference to the economy and society. Since the 20th century, almost companies of US, which aspired to grab online markets, mostly focused on electronic gadgets, travel and fashion. Indian e-commerce Company adopted and followed the same business trends till the end of century. Finally in 2001, Mr. Viresh Oberoi, a Tata Steel veteran and an entrepreneur to the core, who realized the value and need for e-commerce in steel and started mjunction services limited, then metaljunction.com, as its founder CEO. mjunction is India's pioneer of e-commerce in the B2B space, heralded a revolution in coal, steel and many other diverse businesses, empowering customers by offering them transparency and efficiency. Under his leadership, the company has developed well from a fledgling start-up to become the world's largest e-marketplace for steel and coal. Having sold over 12 million tons of Steel and 225 million tons of Coal till date, the company conducts

700 to 800 auctions every month. mjunction's biggest contribution to society has been the disintermediation of steel and coal supply chains. Coal is crucial national resource, and steel is an important indicator of India's economy. As mjunction transformed the steel and coal supply chains, it tackles a huge issue of transparency. For the seller, the influence of cartelized buying was minimized with the online bidding process, where even the smallest of buyer, even the largest of suppliers now fought for their business. It was a win-win situation for both. On the buyer side, whereas the large organization got a wider and thus fairer supplier base, even the smallest of suppliers could sell their products online from remote locations. E-commerce did away with cartels and also removed unwanted intermediaries. It was fair play and justice for all, as all transactions became transparent. Transparency led to efficiency and unlocking of value, which was lost to middlemen till then. The coal sales business unit of mjunction conducts e-auction of coal, its by-products and lignite on behalf of Coal India and its subsidiaries,

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Mr. Viresh Oberoi Founder of CEO & MD, mjunction

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SAIL, SCCL, Tata Steel, WBMDTCL and Neyveli Lignite Corporation. Coal junction is the pioneer of coal e-auction and has changed the face of coal transactions in India. The unit has more than 15,000 registered unique buyers from the Indian subcontinent. Let's know about its clients PSU: SAIL, HCL, OMDC, NMDC, VISL, WCL, BCCL, GRSE, OFB, BHEL, WBPDCL, WBSEDCL Private: Tata Steel, JSW, JSPL, JSL, Essar Steel Monnet Ispat, Hindalco, ITC, Maruti Suzuki, Eveready, Lafarge, Natsteel, SKF, Tata Power, Dalmia Group. On the basis of outcome-bases revenue model, the company has e-transacted goods and services worth over Rs 3,50,000 crore till date through its various business verticals and offers a wide range of sales and fulfillment, sourcing & procurement, channel management, transaction processing and knowledge services across diverse industry verticals that empower businesses with greater process of technology. The company exists on both the sell side and the buy side of the business. On the cell side, both the large seller and small buyers are its clients. The problems which are solved by mjunction, exist by way of inefficiency and opaqueness every time commerce takes place between a Buyer and a Seller. By using innovative technology, it is able to solve issues, thereby strengthening Distribution Networks and Supply Chains. Even, It is able to ensure scalability and robustness with the help of IT and Automation, and in this way it contributes not only to the health of industry in general, but also help increase its competitiveness and sustainability. It has brought some of changes in transformational those have a significant impact on society. On the one hand eliminating jobs and business models and on the other hand, creating new livelihoods and building a requirement for new skills and new thinking, "Mr. Oberoi said to The CEO Magazine. Achievement by mjunction 2006: mjunction won the Eastern Regional finals of ALL India Management association's (AIMA) National Competition for Business Simulation 2006. 2009: In August 2009, mjunction was adjudged among the top 25 innovative companies in India by the Tata Group.

2011: mjunction (for its CSR initiative) was adjudged as the Year in the Corporate category at the Apeejay India Volunteer Awards 2011 (AIVA) held in New Delhi in September, 2011. 2013: mjunction services limited was adjudged the winner in the Marketplace Behavior - Responsible Supply Chain Award category on the 28th June, 2014, at the Responsible Business Summit organized by the World CSR Congress in Taj Lands End, Mumbai. 2015: mjunction has won Inc. India 2nd Innovative 100 Award in "Most Innovative Product" category. mjunction's entry was T-Mart, the online platform for sourcing tea. The firm ejunction has won two awards at the CSR Retreat Awards Function organized by the Tata Sustainability Group for the Volunteering Week held from September 5 to 11 in 2014. The ideology behind its success Mr Viresh Oberoi Mr. Viresh Oberoi is the Founder of CEO and MD of mjunction services limited. He is chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)'s National committee on e-Commerce as also member of CII's Public Policy Council and National Services Council. He is also National President of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of India. Mr Oberoi was handed the mantle of the company after a 24-year-long stint at Tata Steel. He led from the front and made mjunction a profitable company from day one of its operations. He has also attended Business and Management Programmes in IIM Ahmedabad, INSEADCEDEP-Fontainebleau, France and Harvars Business School, Boston, USA. Some of Major Milestones of mjunction § India's largest e-Commerce organization in B2B space, having e-transacted 3, 50,000 crores till date. § World's largest e-marketplace for steel, having sold over 12 million tonnes of Steel till date. § World's largest e-market place for coal, having sold over 225 million tonnes of f Coal till date. § E-Procurement services worth Rs. 1, 00,332 Croes delivered so far. § Contributing to the environment by selling ewaste over 50 Crores. § Help companies generates cash flow by selling idle and obsolete assets worth 4,000Crores.

mjunction services limited, Godrej Waterside, Tower-I, 3rd floor, Plot No. 5, Block-DP, Sector-V,, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700091, WB, India

Mobiloitte aims to be a US$ 100 Million Company by 2020 Opening more offices in India and Singapore

n 2004, "Mobiloitte", an IT company of consulting and staffing, was founded by Mr. Jagdish Harsh with only 10 people. Now, it has become famous for its authority in development of future-ready mobile and web apps (including 2D & 3D gaming) and delivery of next-gen Digital solutions (Enterprise, Cloud, Digital Marketing) for business of all sizes from start-ups to SMEs, large enterprises to Fortune 500 companies. For serving a global clientele by providing reliable solutions and nurturing a collaborative culture with great transparency, the company has already established its branches in other continents. The company has been certified by an ISO9001:2008, complying with CMM Level 3 norms is headquartered in New Delhi and has development centers, client proximity centers and representatives offices in Indian cities, New Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and Mumbai along with New Zeeland (Auckland) and USA (Massachusetts) and currently employs over four hundred people. Mobiloitte enables businesses overcome the internal and external barriers both in micro as well as macro level environment by leveraging the power of digital offerings and mobility solutions. Mobiloitte is highly dedicated to bring newer products and services for the clients. Over a decade, the history of Mobiloitte, has grown-up with best-in-class solutions to renowned name like Microsoft, General Motors, Sandisk, Goodyear, All India Radio, etc. among the 1000+ clients based in different countries across 4 continents. They have already taken initiative to enhance employee wellbeing and productivity. The company has divulged that it is bestwed with innovative technologies like Unity3D. SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS DIGITAL Digital Transformation, Digital Workplaces, Digital Money, Reporting Website: www.mobiloitte.com

JAGDISH HARSH Founder, Mobiloitte

MOBILE Shopping & Discovery, Apps Design & Development, QA & Testing, Support & Maintenance, Apps Marketing & Promotion, Monetization, Mobile Gaming (2D, 3D) Technology Platforms: iOS, Android, Titanium, PhoneGap, Cross Platform, Ionic & AngularJS WEB Scoping & Discovery, Website & Portal Design & Development, Apps Design & Development, QA & Testing, Online Marketing, Support & Maintenance Technology Platforms: HTML5, PHP, MySQL, JAVA, NET, RoR, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, Wordpress, CMS Migration ENTERPRISE Digitization, Process Automation, Module Integration, Cloud & Security, Support & Maintenance e-mail: sales@mobiloitte.com

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Key Official Mr. Jagdish Harsh CMD, Mobiloitte Jagdish harsh is the founder of Mobiloitte, a though leader, speaker, Independent think tank and an entrepreneur having great vision, he has multidisciplinary experience spanning over two decades in consulting and IT. He utilizes his potential to serve as an advisory board member for multiple institutions. He has in-depth knowledge of information technology, digital platforms and mobility solutions and in the terms of multiple will and knowledge power, he reached up to finding a company a decade ago "Mobiloitte". He delivers speech on latest technology trends, future developments, data security, and privacy concerns, etc. He doesn't have problem in continuous travelling for making network of industry leaders. He has already been inspired by leading industrialists like, Bill Gates, N. R. Narayana Murthy and Steve Jobs. Under aegies of Jagdish Harsh, Mobiloitte is moving fast to make a larger and global client base. Mr. Harsh said, "We would like to be seen as the preferred technology consulting firm in mobile and web apps development, digital services and enterprise solutions". According to Mr. Harsh, the idea of the name of the company actually came from European market leader 'Deloitte'. A question asked by The CEO Magazine, "What kind of strategy is being used by Mibiloitte for business growth?" "Our strategy is simply to exceed rather than just meet our client's expectations. We follow a multipronged approach that includes online market places, lead generation from digital marketing and in-house research on country specific business sectors. We offer flexibility of wide array of client engagement models such as fixed bid, on-shore and off-shore delivery, "Mr. Harsh replied. Milestones of Mobiloitte 2004: Founded as a consulting and staffing company with 10 people. 2005: Establish US Office 2009: Team size crosses 100+ 2011: ISO 9001-2008 Certification and Mobile Apps Development 2013: Afflation with NASSCOM, NSIC, MSME; major client acquisitions General Motors, SanDisk, Equinox

2014: affiliation with FICCI, Durpal Association; Added Enterprise Mobility and Cloud Computing to service portifolio 2015: Integration of Digital services; NeGD empanelment; Team size 300+; 5 Office and Delivery Centers 2016: 7 new representatives' offices; Team size to double by year end Mission 2020: Become a US $ 100 million company. By 2020, organization is looking to expand the business and touch a milestone of US $ million company. Mobiloitte has a roadmap towards realization of its dream targeted growth by 2020 is with a sales approach of market segmentation and targeting, focused business lead generation and achieving customer delight. The HR mandate of the company is to acquire and retain the best talents, leadership development and delegation & decentralization of authority, while on the marketing front; the company is focused on brand building both across online and offline platforms. The organization is under process of management operation processes with aim to reduce the cost of operation and optimize efficiency, and focus on R&D with targeted RoI. However, in a competitive global market, there are few of domestic as well as global brands which are considered as competitor of Mobiloitte, even though the company is well poised for growth in the area of their service offering. Synapse, To The New, Iflexion, Comentum, Cygnis Media and Pulse Solutions are few names that are competing with Mobiloitte. Mobilioitte's clients from across the globe have endorsed their highly talented and skilled resources; excellence in service delivery; innovative technology solutions apart from deep rooted understanding of client's business needs. At Mobilioitte, the employees focus on continuous innovation in technology solution and offerings. Mobilioitte's solutions and design architects are well aware with current trends of relevant market, both in business and technology. The company has been providing the services with help of highly talented, skilled and experienced people of game developers who has shown zeal & zest in unraveling Mobiloitte's ambition. Aimed at strengthening its solutions portfolio with services in the areas of 'IoT' (Internet of Things) and SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud), the company in a developers (from different states of India) and is currently in the process of adding another 500 developers by year end.

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MyBon.Voyage redefines Infotainment on wheel

yBon.Voyage's co-founder, Mr. Rathiga Reddy was convener of Telecommunication Engineering Center for IoT working group committee. Nearly twenty years experience in IT and his expertise in designing b2b2c enterprise applications, fuelled Mr. Reddy to start Cloud based IoT EcoSystem MyBon.Voyage, which connects devices with vehicle & people to enhance the bus commuters' experience. Mybon.Voyage corridor is committed to innovate smart mobile gateway technology to offer right information with dynamic two way communication. This revolutionary travel application is designed for travelers to effectively communicate with travel agents, Bus owners or service providers. It is developed to ensure travelers are properly prepared, informed, and connected throughout their entire travel duration. As well as corporate enterprise customers and tours and travel operators, the company also targets Government bus operators and educational institutions. Services at a Glance : 1. Deliver Digital Intelligent Transport ecoSystem that connect Devices with Vehicles & People 2. Enable SMS based Booking, Tracking, Exchange & Experience 3. Provide In-vehicle Infotainment along with FREE WiFi 4. E n a b l e d i g i t a l m e d i a t o p r o v i d e bus/passenger Information, Digital Add 5. Provide Shared Services as a PlatformAPI 6. Enable Hyber-Local contextual services based on Mobile Value Added Services 7. Enhance safety features to Teens, Kids & Senior Citizen 8. Improve Feedback, Rating & Compliance System Its two way communication makes the travelers to plan, share and get a best rate from the bus operators before booking. While traveling ,

they can share their location with their community to track their itinerary from a safety point of view. Wifi sharing in the bus allows the travelers to use their smart devices or hire devices from the bus operators to experience on board entertainment. On-the-go, they can taste their favorite foods and snacks. Extraordinary services like Teen Safety, Kids Zone and Senior Citizen care center allow the traveller community to travel hassle free and safely. Its services also help non passenger community to integrate with local tourist guides and plan pick up or drop of loved ones. Even for emergency call integration with Police, fire station and hospitals MyBon.Voyage works. MyBon.Voyage appeared in 2014 through its web version, and in the same year it was listed as TOP 50 Mobile App, showcased at 4th National Telematics Conference by Telematics Wire. Finally in 2015 MyBon.Voyage geared up its android version and spread its areas. Apart from its Headquarter in Bangalore, fifteen employees are working in Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad branches. By this year MyBon.Voyage plans to implement the passenger information system along with on-board infotainment such as movie on demand service. Limited live tracking, no traveler tracking, i n t e r n e t d e p e n d e n c y, c o m p l i c a t e d communication, poor signage system, unhygienic food, hassled pickup/drop time, poor compliant system, less safety & security, varied fair structure - are the issues that travellers face during travelling. The company intends to solve all these issues through its services. Finding bus providers highly fragmented & unorganized, MyBon.Voyage will make them able to overcome the challenges like, week-end only operation, increased operational expenses, reduced revenue, increased violation among teens, theft, no connected communication platform, limited awareness on ITS, limited technology infrastructure. 86

Newgen hails Digital Transformation for Businesses by designing and delivering innovative software products and solutions of highest quality. The CEO Team

he concept 'One World One Workplace' epitomizes the need to integrate business across geographies, enterprise applications, processes and emerging technology disruptions. With such an idea and years old experience, Mr. Diwakar Nigam, founding member of NASSCOM, founded Newgen Software in 1992. At Newgen, under his dynamic leadership, a team of highly qualified software professionals develop software, which is totally indigenous. Headquartered in New Delhi, now the company has become a leading global provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Content management (ECM), Customer Communication Management (CCM) and Adaptive Case Management (ACM) solutions. Newgen's Quality Systems are certified against ISO 9001:2008 and Information Security Standard, ISO 27001:2013. Newgen has been driving Digital Transformation for businesses by designing and delivering innovative software products and solutions of highest quality from its 13 domestic branch offices in India. Its overseas offices are located in McLean VA, United States of America; Ontario, Canada; Dubai, United Arabs Emirates and Raffles Place, Singapore. The company has a strong global footprint of 1200+ customer installations in over 58 countries with large, mission-critical solutions deployed at the world's leading Banks, Insurance firms, Government agencies, Healthcare Organizations, Shared Service Centers, BPO's & Telecom Companies. Website:www.newgensoft.com

Diwakar Nigam Managing Director, Newgen Software Technologies

The company is developing innovative worldclass software products and solutions that can serve enterprises across a wide range of business functions. Its continuous focus on integrating new age technology forces like Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC), makes it easier to attract clients. Newgen's client list consists of some of India's and the world's largest Banks, Insurance Companies, BPOs, MNCs and big corporate houses. Its marquee customers include ICICI Bank, Union Bank of India, United Arab Bank, Bank Muscat, IndusInd Bank, Metlife Insurance, Max Bupa, Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam, East West Bank, Diamond Bank, Mashreq Bank, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Department of Scientific and

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Industrial Research (DSIR), HSBC, Indiabulls, Aditya Birla Financial Services, IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company, Coca Cola, HCL, Johnson & Johnson, Bajaj Electricals, Fortis Healthcare, AstraZeneca, Omaxe M3M India, Castrol, Airtel, Reliance etc. Their flexible licensing polices allow customers to opt for 'partial solutions', which lowers the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Their highly cost-effective solutions can be integrated with customer's legacy systems. This facilitates end-users to leverage the benefits of Newgen solutions while continuing the usage of their existing systems. The Maverick behind the Success Mr. Diwakar Nigam, MD Mr. Diwakar Nigam, the Managing Director of Newgen Software Technologies, has been an active player at the national software industry as a founding member of NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies). He is also a member of the Anti Piracy Task Group formed by NASSCOM. Mr. Nigam has been pursuing the goal of building a world-class Product Development Company ever since his graduation and Newgen is the fulfillment of that goal. Prior to forming Newgen, Mr. Nigam, along with a few colleagues, had incorporated Softek Limited, a product development company in 1978. Mr. Nigam attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras for Masters in Technology in Computers Science. Completing his M.Tech, he had worked in the Software R&D of HCL from 1976-78. § Newgen is involved in the development of

Enterprise Content Management and Business Process Management Software and has made an impact in India and Internationally.

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global operations through channel partners Foray into newer verticals with new configurable offerings that can cater to specific requirements of clients. Developing innovative world-class software products and solutions that can serve enterprises across a wide range of business functions. It offers an integrated offering built on ECM, BPM, CCM and Case Management platforms that enable end-to-end business transformation for Enterprises. Newgen has been assessed at CMMi Level3

Newgen provides Imaging and Workflow solutions to organizations across industries, automating their key business processes and establishing paperless operations, as it offers software engineering services to clients with very specific business needs. Newgen projects have been benchmarked for their ROI (Return on Investment) and organizations across verticals and geographies have achieved demonstrated Business Benefits, independently validated by leading consultancy groups and industry associations. Newgen has also developed highly configurable point solutions for addressing specific business needs of various industries. Newgen's solutions for FATCA compliance, Retail Loan processing, Trade Finance automation, Corporate Credit approvals, Loan Origination, Mortgage Lending, On-Screen Marking and Account Opening are some of their highly successful offerings built on the core ECM-BPM. Recently Newgen has received Asian Banker Award 2015 for Best Brannch Automation Project and D&B Business Excellence Award 2014 for excellence in IT & IT enabled Services. It has also been awarded the Skoch Smart Governance Award 2014 for India's Best Governance Projects, and Red Herring Asia 2014: Top 100 companies awards etc.

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MEET OFFICE BEACON'S FOUNDER & CDO PRANAV DALAL

oftware entrepreneur, Pranav Dalal is doing a remarkable job on his way to leaving a legacy of disruption in the business arena. Just six months ago, Dalal and his Office Beacon team beta launched the world's most cutting edge "Business Management Software (BMA) and a service" platform. The demand has been astounding. Dalal Says "We knew there was gap that needed to be filled but we didn't realize the insatiable appetite that our clients would have for this type of platform. It's phenomenal to see our goal to help businesses run seamlessly and grow their bottom lines, come to fruition." Not one to follow the crowd or shy away from innovation, Dalal recently changed his title to Chief Disruption Officer of Office Beacon. Dalal's journey into business and entrepreneurship has been an unusual and eventful road punctuated by many twists and turns. EARLY YEARS Dalal was born in Stone, England. But his father was offered a government job only after a year, Dalal's parents permanently settled in Toronto, Canada. While growing up there, Dalal's passion for business was flourishing and it is easy to say that resilience and hard work are rooted in his DNA. At the age of 14 years, Dalal appeared for an interview in a pizza restaurant located at the Canadian National Exhibition Centre in Toranto, Canada and he was hired as well. "I knew earlier on I was never going to depend on anyone. Financial independence was always integral to me on every level." said Dalal. It was this tenacity that compelled the teenager to travel three hours via public transportation to his Website: www.officebeacon.com

Pranav Dalal Founder & CDO, Office Beacon

pizza job at the CCNE. Once he realized the autonomy that came with his first paycheck, Dalal never stopped working. Throughout high school, the budding entrepreneur picked up gigs at burger joints, warehouses and shoe stores among others. ENTRY IN TECHNOLOGY FIELD At Cantel, Dalal was hired to work as an executive in the office of Canadian telecommunications giant, Ted Rogers. "Working directly with Ted Rogers was quite an experience; it gave me a phenomenal insight into the marriage of technology and business. Rogers-Cantel owned by Ted was the introduce cell phones to Canada," says Dalal. During working with Cantel, Dalal quickly gravitated towards sales, marketing and technology. At the age of only 22 years, Dalal pioneered "mobile messaging", now known as visual voicemail. Dalal led to unprecedented e-mail: support@officebeacon.com

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success for the company implementing strategic campaigns. FROM $2,000 TO MILLIONS With speedy growth, Dalal has successfully transformed his investment from $2,000 into multimillion dollar company. Now a team of over 1500 employees has been working full time in office based out of Vadodara- India, Los Angeles- California, Toronto - Canada, Cambridge - U.K, Sydney- Australia and Manila- Philippines. Although it sounds great but this growth was not achieved easily. There were many challenges and hurdles during the journey. Infrastructure was the biggest challenge. During those days, real estate was booming in India and Dalal decided to establish his first office around 2005. This space valued considerably allowing company to borrow amount against its value to fuel growth and expansion. OFFICE BEACON IS BORN Office Beacon was conceived when Dalal decided to explore opportunities abroad in India. Inspired by the success of the many companies he initiated, Dalal's desire to control his own destiny was now more indomitable than ever. That meant focusing on establishing a company that could withstand the test of time. And so the brainchild of Dalal, Office Beacon, was born. The fundamental premise for Office Beacon was to provide companies of any size and vertical with back office support. In 2001, armed with the conviction of success, Dalal boarded a plane and headed to Vadodara, India. In hindsight, there was no other city under consideration for the intrepid entrepreneur. Vadodara was the only city Dalal was accustomed to, as his family hailed from that city. However, prior experience taught Dalal one rule and that was not to have family involved with his business. That posed an interesting decision, how was Office Beacon to start operations in India without familiar management. Never one to be held back by

obstacles, Dalal hired five individuals, all of whom are still employed by Office Beacon today. After renting an office for the new team, Dalal returned to Los angles to garner business. Initially, the original plan was to offer data entry services. With no outside funding and only an initial investment of only $2,000, Dalal had no choice but to do the cold calling himself. He was remarkably effective in selling. Initial contracts include the State of California and Smart and Final, a large west coast brick and mortar retailer. After a year of growth from five overseas staff to seventy-five, a friend, Craig Morantz, who owned a promotional products supplier company in Toronto, contacted Dalal. Morantz was looking for a way to improve his bottom line and he approached Dalal to help him achieve that goal. Together, they enabled India to handle artwork, order entry and other tasks that would support the promotional product industry. In just under a year, Craig sold his company to the world's largest supplier now known as PCNA. This milestone now positioned Dalal's company in the big leagues. SOFTWARE AND A SERVICE Office Beacon is now growing with double speed every couple of years, but never one to rest on his laurels, Dalal wants to leave much more of a legacy. Dalal's aspiration is to redefine the interaction of software and service by introducing "Software and A Service," According to Dalal, "Traditionally business software is the service and clients have to figure out how to operate these systems without any prior knowledge. Additional investment to hire experts can rack up hundreds of thousands of dollars. While this may be feasible for multimillion dollar companies, it leaves small to mid-size businesses without highly efficient operating systems that are integral to grow their businesses and this is where Office Beacon can bridge the gap. We offer software and hire a minimum of two experts who will ensure implementation and ongoing maintenance of your operating systems for a fraction of the cost of what you would traditionally pay for"

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The future will see Pervacio challenge market convention and embrace change: Sanjay Kanodia, CEO of Pervacio The CEO Magazine â&#x20AC;˘ New Delhi

aintaining the highest standards of ethics, honesty and openness and supporting Fortune 500 customers in more than 35 countries, USA born Pervacio has become a global leader in mobile device automation solutions for any device on any network in any organization. The company delivers its solutions through a web-based software management platform for mobile device suppliers across the retail, enterprise (government and security) and warehouse sectors, as well as insurance underwriters and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). It also offers self-serve solutions through in-store kiosks and apps for on-device management. By combining extensive technology acumen with industry knowledge, Pervacio always aims to exceed client expectations. This is achieved by building world-class products that support businesses throughout the mobile supply chain in containing the cost of device management. This firm was established in 2004 by software technology industry expert Sanjay Kanodia, who has hands-on experience in building and developing enterprise class software solutions. In 2008, Pervacio signed up its first major US-based mobile telecommunications carrier, opened its first Indian campus and introduced the company's flagship data-wipe product. Pervacio raised Series A first round funding in 2010 from venture capitalists in the USA and successfully purchased the investment back in 2015 with a Website: www.pervacio.com

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positive return for investors. For the past five years, Pervacio has consistently doubled its revenues and has been cash-flow positive for six years in a row. In 2011, the company opened its Hungary development centre. The following year, Pervacio doubled in size again and signed up two more major mobile telecommunications carriers. The company also set up its UK operations and recorded four straight quarters of rapid growth. In 2015, Pervacio extended still further, adding to its product solutions mix for warehouse and retail applications, opening another R&D campus in India and set up product campuses in Japan, Australia and Singapore. This year the company has opened a e-mail: sales@pervacio.com

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new regional development hub in the UK to support its European client base and a new centre in Finland for the Scandinavian markets. Presently Pervacio operates in Canada, Hungary, India, Japan, Finland, Australia and the UK. Its four hundred employees work in 12 different offices across five continents and the company has plans to hire another 400 people by the end of this year. As a Software as a Service (SaaS) based company, Pervacio provides network carriers, retailers, enterprises and warehouses with a unified solution to manage every type of mobile device, irrespective of the network, the operating platform, or where the device is in its life cycle. For carriers and retailers in particular, Pervacio helps them to be more successful by improving the customer experience at multiple touch points. Pervacio understands that its future depends on the sustainable success of its clients and partners. To this end, the company develops collaborative business relationships and ensures it fully understands its customers and their needs. Every experience with every customer forms part of a long-term, mutually beneficial journey. What differentiates Pervacio from many others in the field is that it is acutely conscious of its social and environmental footprint. The company believes that everyone is a global citizen and part of one global ecosystem, so it commits to protecting its employees, safeguarding the environment and making a measurable and sustained difference to the communities in which it operates. The company recognises the value of partnerships and this approach drives everything that the company sets out to achieve. Partnering with Microsoft, Apple, Google, LG, Samsung and IBM, the company

has achieved an enviable position. Now Pervacio's mission is to provide a single unified mobile device platform for carriers, original equipment manufacturers, retailers and enterprises so they can deliver superior customer service, thereby enhancing the customer experience, while lowering costs. Founder & CEO of Pervacio, Sanjay Kanodia, spotted the need for a comprehensive device management platform well before it was recognised as a need by the general market. He was part of fast moving technology companies such as Riverbed during rapid growth and acquisition periods. Sanjay began his engineering and management career at Image Memory Systems. He also led successful development teams at ISSI in Washington, D.C., with Manugistics (now JDA), with mobile software pioneer Riverbed Technologies and at Aether Systems, where Sanjay established and managed technology partnerships. Sanjay holds a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Dayton, Ohio, and a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Bengaluru University. His company's global goal is to provide a smarter way to develop the best technological solution to manage the complexities of the forward and reverse supply chain for all mobility products. "The future will see Pervacio continuing to think big, to challenge market convention and to embrace change. We will continue to deliver consistently high levels of satisfaction for customers through a right-first-time approach. By developing ever more intimate business relationships, we will continue to safeguard the environment in which we operate, driving more and more growth through our steadfast commitment to total integrity," Sanjay Kanodia asserted.

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PR has changed almost beyond recognition since I started my career : S Vijay Kumar, Global CEO, PR Solution The CEO, New Delhi : To connect the companies of India and International arena and helping them in organizing Press Conference across the Country and abroad, S Vijay Kumar the founder of PR Solution, has built country's first Press Conference Portal. The former investigative Journalist, Vijay has an instinctive understanding of how the media tick and what clients really want. With an entrepreneurial bent of mind, Vijay has spent a decade in PR industry. He has experience in leading strategic communications, marketing and branding for global companies, Vijay has proficiency in helping clients clearly articulate their value proposition to assist drive and achieve business goals. His track record covers Education, Automobile, financial services, technology, event marketing and much more besides. Describing himself as a passionate, workaholic, honest and sincere yet a fervent person, Mr. Vijay embarked his journey in the media relations world as a sub editor and reporter at Central India's leading English daily Central Chronicle. After polishing his reporting, editing and leadership skills for about a year, he went on to join INC, a division of ICFAI University, Hyderabad as the Media Relations Officer. The employees of PR Solution, led by him enjoy working for latest scalable businesses from the start-up stage. Experience of meeting and knowing hundreds of entrepreneurs across the world has made them easier, why some

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businesses fail, the shades of balancing valuecreation and cost involved in a new business along with street-smart business plans. Strategic communications across verticals, crisis communications, media outreach, brand visibility and positioning, media relations, conceptualizing breakthrough communication concepts, marketing and corporate strategy across sectors are their biggest forte. As well as traditional media, the agency deals with New Media and digital agencies also. "With the growth of social media and search engine technology, I can candidly say that I have never been as excited about the value and power of PR as I am today in this digital age. We can make a real and clearly measurable difference to our clients' businesses." Mr. Vijay Kumar said. 94

" Today's incredibly fast-paced and competitive world demands a lot from your communications strategy. That's why it has never been more important to invest the time to hone your key messages up front. Get that right, and the opportunities are considerable. That's how you become recognized for specific things and take ownership of key areas in your segment. What I love most about my job is the opportunity to touch every aspect of a client's business and work in tandem with them to achieve their business goals. Since every client is exclusive, every day is different and the landscape for success is infinite. " he added. As the CEO of the company, S Vijay Kumar plays a key role in generating PR Solution future growth initiatives and developing strategic vision. He has always had a passion

for technology and get a real buzz from working in such a fast-paced industry. Having the opportunity to lead their company, it has enabled him to broaden my skills and with the explosion of the internet and the advent of social media. Vijay Kumar, the young entrepreneur of 29 years, had started professional journey from Bhopal and travelled to Malaysia. His vision encompasses "Aiming Global Excellence". He was nominated for the European Union Media in the year 2005-06 and was selected for the Media Fellowship Programme from FPA India. The company PR Solution aspires to become leading Brand and Image Management Group of world by offering innovative and result oriented 360 degree brand development solutions to their customers.

Pioneering ERP for the Media and Entertainment industry By Ramki Sankaranarayanan, Founder and CEO, Prime Focus Technologies

s the total worldwide media and entertainment (M&E) revenues rise at a CAGR of 5.1% over the coming five years, from US$1.74 trillion in 2014 to US$2.23 trillion in 2019 (PWC) and the Indian M&E Industry aspires to be US$100 billion (CII-BCG), the common strand that runs through both the diverse trajectories is broadcast enterprises placing content at the center of business, seeking 'digital transformation' through 'disruption' and 'deliberation'. Silos in technology have to be rethought as 'Digital Next' realities emphasize the need for speed, efficiency & collaboration amongst diverse departments of a content enterprise. Broadcast enterprises have to move away from islands of automation to build a connected enterprise and a digital ecosystem. Studies indicate that in the quest for short term growth, several media & broadcasting enterprises built disjointed & disconnected standalone asset management systems that hang like the proverbial 'millstone around their necks'. Standalone asset management system spread across geographies serves the needs of Broadcast Operations and Engineering (BO&E) departments but if production, marketing & other functions of a Broadcast enterprise invest in their respective storage and processing systems, it leads to inefficiencies and high cost of ownership. Such ill-fitting model lacks agility, prevents scalability and incurs huge costs of ownership across various stages of the content lifecycle. If M&E Website: www.primefocustechnologies.com

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enterprises need to battle losses or low margins and build operational efficiencies, they need to digitally transform to build connected enterprises. They need to become hyper digital to cater to the hyper digital consumer. That's the 'digital next' reality. Seven years back, we, at Prime Focus Technologies predicted that M&E companies taking a leaf out of the proliferation of IT across sectors such as manufacturing & banking also need ONE enterprise-wide software. PFT launched CLEAR as an ERP solution on cloud that is tailored for the M&E industry. CLEAR Media ERP Suite virtualizes the content supply

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chain, facilitating agility and driving operational efficiencies. CLEAR breaks free from isolated islands of automation and brings content to the center of business helping drive creative enablement, enhancing efficiencies and aiding the realization of new monetization opportunities. Cloud delivers speed, scalability and yet offers dissimilar and distinct uses for diverse stakeholders. A SaaS (Software as a Service) offering, CLEAR allows content enterprises to 'pay as they go'. Today, CLEAR manages over 1.2 M hours of content, helps process over 100,000 new TV episodes annually and delivers over 10 million files yearly for TV Everywhere/OTT platforms. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi dreams of a digital India, the movers and shakers of Indian media & entertainment have been amongst the earliest adopters of enterprise digitization in key workflow processes across the supply chain by merging content and

commerce. Indian Television industry is years ahead of its western counterparts when it comes to enterprise digitization in the M&E sector. India was the first country in this sector to question the status quo and adopt digital transformation. I can proudly say PFT played a pivotal role in making this a reality. Our award-winning, pioneering technology, talent pool, scale & innovative business models makes us the partner of choice for the Media industry. The successes that came our way in the recent past - be it strategic acquisitions, key client wins, award winning projects, and product innovations, give us confidence to be bold and daring to think BIG. The M&E sector has got to think transformation, to change the way they traditionally work and reinvent. In this time of transformation, PFT remains committed to advancing the technological capabilities of the M&E industry to meet the demands of consumers globally.

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Emerging Markets Deserve and Need the Same Set of Technologies and Tools that Developed Markets Demand: Vivek Bhaskaran, founder of QuestionPro

ince the new technology for online survey is evolving, it is about to over the existence of traditional survey. All section of society like enterprises, politicians and researchers have preferred web based survey, since research will be faster, cheaper and less bias. Now, after all integration of multimedia makes it more advanced. With over 2.5 million users across 100 countries, QuestionPro is a leading provider of online survey software that allows users to generate the insights they need to make better business decisions. The company gives users the best tools possible for collecting and analyzing data and with live support 24 hours a day. Their software includes not only tools for creation, distribution, and analysis of surveys, but also provides a platform for polling, tablet-based mobile research, and data visualization. The company has provided a reliable and innovative technology to Fortune 100 companies, academic institutions, small businesses, and individual DIY researchers for over 12 years. Top most research institutes like Harvard University, UC Berkeley, Stanford, Northwestern and MIT; tech-giants Microsoft, Intuit, Yahoo, HP and Intel have been using QuestionPro for websurvey. Further, Industry leaders like 3M Chevron, Texaco and Nissan etc. are their clients. But the majority of people using their survey platform are unpaid subscriptions. Seattle-based QuestionPro laid its foundation back in 2005. Initially they had to put hand-built servers in the garage. By late 2005, they made enough money so that they Website: www.questionpro.com

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may pay for the T1 line-this was before Amazon and the cloud. In 2012, the company acquired Poll bob, a New Orleans-based startup at the forefront of the mobile social polling space, which allowed QuestionPro to enter the mobile space and add to their portfolio of research-oriented resources. Last year, they embarked on an ambitious agenda to merge two of their business- QuestionPro and Survey Analytics together into a single unified brand and technology stack. " It has been, by far, the most challenging project I've have taken on. Last quarter, we finally finished the merger and I am extremely proud of the team that pulled this off! Merging two companies together while maintaining an organic growth rate of about 100% is a testament to the amazing team |

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that we have here at QuestionPro," Vivek Bhaskaran, founder CEO of QuestionPro told The CEO Magazine. After completion of high school in India, Vivek moved to Russia and then U.S. He has earned bachelor Degree in Computer Science from Brigham Young University, it was the period when he started dreaming to start his own company. "I bootstrapped the company for the first couple of the years - which is code for I was working my day job and working on developing the core software behind QuestionPro during nights and evenings. Over the last few years, working as a consultant, who made me realize how much I hated working for other people. As a consultant for big companies like Washington Mutual, I always joked that I was the professional apologizer. I am sure anyone who has done any amount of Tech/IT consulting will resonate with my feeling. While the money was great, it was definitely soulsucking. I was always at the beck-and-call of our clients and like all good consultants - and always took the blame if something went wrong and someone else to take credit if a project went smoothly" says Vivek Bhaskaran. As an executive chairman of QuestionPro, Vivek plays a vital role in terms of defining the company strategy and using technology and innovation continuously to maintain its leadership in the industry. According to Vivek Bhaskaran, the reason of quitting his day job was not money factor, it was actually freedom. Freedom doesn't mean job timing or job pressure, it was freedom to do whatever he wanted to do. It was freedom to pursue a technical strategy that he had seen fit for the company. Freedom to experiment with business models and create new ideas. Freedom to engage with customers and create value for all of us. Freedom to take a put his own ideas to practice. But most of all, the freedom to import and drive Auto Rickshaws in Palo Alto.

QuestionPro considers that India has been a special case for them. They've partnered with over 350 Universities in India- including all 14 IIM Campuses, XLRI, BITS Pilani and IIT Delhi. "Our goal to offer the same tools and services we offer worldwide to all the students and faculty members of universities in India for FREE. We do not charge the academic institutions for access to our platform. We want all the students and faculty members to have access to the same level of sophistication and analytical toolsets that enterprises have. Our goal is to get to 1000 universities by the end of this year," Views of QuestionPro. QuestionPro is highly concern for its customer satisfaction and devotee to take feedback. Conducting research should be interactive, easy and dare we say it, fun, "said John Johnson, QuestionPro.â&#x20AC;? Commenting upon the organization's culture, Vivek Bhaskaran said "I look at our employee base as an extension of my own family. We run a very close knit company and a lot of the folks who work for/with me are personal friends and people who I have befriended over the years. I've made a conscious effort to make QuestionPro an amazing and laid back place to work. I also make it a point to be friend and get very closely connected even with our customers. Today, I see work as a logical extension of my life.â&#x20AC;? Now, QuestionPro has offices in San Francisco, Merida, Mexico, Pune, India, Berlin and Germany. As emerging markets deserve and need the same set of technologies an tools that developed markets demand, QuestionPro has made heavy investments in India and Latin America. "We don't see our India and LATAM expansions as cost arbitrage exercises - but actually, market opening and betting on the emergence of a strong intellectual class in these markets, "Vivek revealed.

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Quint welcomes to the era of Business Driven IT

he awareness is growing in the market that a well-functioning IT department is an essential condition for achieving the intended business result. To resolve various IT-related organizational challenges and ultimately help clients in achieving the intended business result, Quint Wellington Redwood, an independent boutique consulting and education firm was formed in 1992. Assuming the Indian IT market's potentiality, Netherlands-born Quint started operation in India by the end of last century. Putting strenuous effort, Quint began to raise awareness within the Indian IT organizations for IT Service Management. The outcome was not satisfactory at the beginning. But when the evangelist phase was over, the response from the Indian IT professional was overwhelming. In their own words " The response was so great that we were not able to meet up the demand for training programs for the initial period and had to garner additional support from regional centres in Malaysia, Netherlands and US." Quint is first company to launch ITIL training offerings in the country. It was also first to globally launch CoBIT5.0 Implementation and Assessor modules. Quint Academy, the education arm of Quint, is one of the world's largest IT best practice training organizations, which trains and certifies close to100,000 professionals per year on an average. The expertise of Quint in the field of IT Service Management, Governance, Lean IT and Architecture & Innovation guarantees improved professionalism of your IT department's processes and business in line with all relevant standards. They have dedicated services aimed for various sectors, which are: IT Service Management With almost 25 years of experience and hundreds of successful improvement projects under their Website: www.quintgroup.com

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belt, Quint advises clients on how to organize, optimize and manage IT departments. The company utilizes their own best practices developed (such as IPW® and DSGF®) combined with best practices in the marketplace (s uch as ITIL®, A S L®, B iS L® and PRINCE2®). Sourcing Advisory To stay competitive it is imperative that organizations apply sourcing strategically. To harvest potential, organizations should use the available sourcing best practices, lessons learned and expertise. Quint's offerings include the Sourcing Strategy, Cloud Sourcing, IT Infrastructure and Application Outsourcing, Shared Service Centers and Captives, Business Process Outsourcing and Best Value Procurement. IT Governance IT has developed from its roots as an administrative instrument into one of the driving e-mail: quint@quintgroup.com

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forces behind the creation of competitive edge, innovation and new business models. Quint introduced the Demand Supply Governance (DSG) concept in 2001 together with several leading Dutch organizations. On the basis of its Sourcing Governance Framework, Quint then developed its best-practice guidelines for sourcing governance. LEAN IT The Lean IT Quint method builds upon the principles of Lean Manufacturing combined with Six Sigma elements to the IT environment. Quint achieves results with its clients by focusing on customer value, creating transparency, focusing on results, coaching in Lean leadership and the ability of the staff to learn continuously. Implementing Lean will increase IT productivity by an average of 25% within 12 months. In addition, the IT department will work more efficiently, transparently and will become more relevant to the business. DevOps Most DevOps teams are still encountering problems that prevent them from benefiting fully. By choosing for coaching by Quint DevOps coaches, enterprises will be able to break the bad habits of teams and develop the personal leadership skills of team members. Their coaches combine direct feedback, personal interventions and monitoring in combination with analytics to challenge teams and individuals. This results in new behavior and the desired outcomes for the business, teams and individuals. Architecture & Innovation Quint knows that enterprise architecture can help many an organization to regain the IT department's sense of "self-confidence" by not avoiding the issue, but addressing it tactfully. With its unique approach, architecture offers insight-driven recommendations. This company has a range of solutions to engage innovation within organization, from organizing brainstorming sessions to embedding innovative solutions in your existing development processes. With over twenty-three years of global experience, four hundred senior consultants and clients across various industries including IT Service Providers, Banking & Insurance, Telcos,

Automotive, Healthcare, Oil & Natural Gas, Utilities and Government, Quint currently operates in Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia. Awards & Recognitions § Our Consulting and Education processes are ISO 9001 certified § The best outsourcing company globally by IAOP - 4 times in a row starting 2013 § Rated No 1 in ITIL and ITSM Training and Implementation organization - Silicon India § Rated Most promising IT Governance consulting firm - Consultant's Review Magazine Quint's global CEO Maurice Boon brings over 25 years of experience in managing consulting organizations. He was an Officer of Marine Corps, Royal Dutch Navy. He has also served various reputed organizations including Accenture as the Director outsourcing. Sunil Mehta heads Quint's India operation as the Managing Director (India) of Quint since its inception in 2005. Under his leadership, Quint has achieved various milestones including being the largest Academy revenue country in the world for Quint. The company now has a strong set of 22 members in the India team across multiple locations such as Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune and Mumbai. "Management of Change plays a major role in many of our projects. Our approach ensures that we realize the changes and improvements required in comakership with our clients - we don't provide advice from the sidelines. Coaching, training and education all play an important part," Sunil Mehta said. Quint strongly believes that no future business can be successful without maximizing the return on Information Technology. At the same time, they also believe no future IT-organization can be successful unless it becomes truly business-driven. "In the combination of these insights, lies the origin of our vision and future strategic direction. Organizations that can achieve integrated management across the domains of business and IT will gain strategic advantage over their competitors. Quint has the vision that this strategic advantage will be crucial to create sustainable success," Quint told The CEO Magazine.

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Radiant plans to implement the Push and Pull strategy to create the perfect balance for business expansion

n today's dynamic and unpredictable IT i n d u s t r y, t h i n k i n g b e y o n d t h e conservative networking and backing up technologies, Radiant Info Solutions has emerged as a prominent name among the IT and Networking companies in India. Making a humble start from New Delhi in 2007, Radiant Info Solutions Pvt. Ltd has carved its own path to glorious successes year after year. Within nine years of its illustrious journey the organization has crossed several milestones and now takes pride to make its footprints in Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai and Jaipur. As a value added distributor, their main focus is to increase the demand of new product lines by providing desired quality and quantity in affordable price that reach out to all the verticals of Networking Communication. The company aspires to build a long term relation with existing OEMs and channel partners. Including its recent expansion of product and service offerings, Radiant now covers almost the entire portfolio of Networking products. Radiant Info Solutions' wide and comprehensive product lines satisfy the connectivity needs of any networking architecture or application. The products are distinguished by value, performance, and excellent support. The complete product range consists of Structured Cabling , Wireless solutions, Racks&Enclousures , Power solutions, VoIP Solutions and other customeroriented networking applications. Radiant is associated with Molex and Rittal for many years and already set benchmarks in

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Structured Cabling and Racks segment. Now this firm is aggressively moving forward in Power Solution, Wireless segment and VoIP in association with CyberPower, IP-COM and ALCATEL respectively. Radiant has a plan to add more partners across India in next few months, with an objective to work closely on multiple products and technology sectors like Networking Communication, Security, Wireless, Power , Server/Storage and probably Managed Services in future. This reputed, rewarding and rapidly growing enterprise deploys, manages and optimizes technology to help clients gain more from their investments in infrastructure communications with some of their key deliverables like unmatched supply chain e-mail: info@radiant.in

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management, innovation, quality, easy to use, competitive priced products, and partner profitability. Serving market leaders like Wipro, HCL, Vodafone, Haldiram's, Hiranandani, C & S electric, Wolters kluwer, IDP education, Radiant's present focus of business in the country is to address all the verticals like Government, Large and SME customers through the focused channel partners.

implement the Push and Pull strategy to create the perfect balance for business expansion. As part of the Pull strategy the company has already started their marketing campaign through print media ( Pan India and regional channel magazines /newspaper ) and aggressive offline marketing. To create brand awareness and visibility, the enterprise is participating in various online and other promotional activities .

The Maverick behind the Success of Radiant

In a conversation with The CEO Magazine, Nishant Gupta, CEO of Radiant said " IT industry has become very glamorous, since it attracts many players to enter in this market but very few get the success as in most of the cases basic crux to maintain the pace with growing competition is lacking . So to remain in the market one needs to continuously focus to ensure a robust supply chain management that is viable and meets customer's demands . Our channel plans is to tie up with more OEMs and maintain effective supply chain management. We will follow through on all ethical business practices that help to foster an environment of reliability and support to maintain client satisfaction.".

Nishant Gupta Radiant's Director and Chief Executive Officer Nishant Gupta entered the IT industry long back in 1995 as an IBM Professional Server Specialist with Certification from Microsoft & IBM. Before Radiant, Mr. Gupta was in association with many corporate, institutions and govt controlled bodies as an independent IT Consultant. He had supported those organizations in designing their IT infrastructure and delivering a high performance Network. His prime focus is business expansion and meet customer demand. In this area Radiant plans to

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India's first Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher

ReNew IT Converts Scrap Computers into Millions of Smiles, Supply refurbished computers to rural schools, NGOs to make every Indian digitally literate - Supplies By â&#x20AC;˘ Ayanangsha Maitra

ith just 10% IT penetration India is already a leader in IT, but most of the citizens do not have better access to computers, because still Computer is not affordable to everyone. Due to its cheaper price than a PC, mobile phones have changed million's lives, transformed the world, brought the world mutthi mein and after all have become a part of everyone's daily life. But tablets or phones alone cannot ensure complete digital literacy. Computers unlike mobiles, have no low-cost options unfortunately. Most of the new age economy jobs today require some amount of computer skills. Without computer literacy, getting almost any job is impossible. Which appears as the major challenge to the country. Considering qualified and educated citizens are the primary building blocks of a strong economy, when the NDA government is putting Digital India and Skill India into effect, a Bengaluru based ISO certified company ReNew IT is consistently working to provide good-quality computer to every house in India. With a mission to make computers affordable for everyone, India's first Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher ReNew IT was founded in 2009. They collect used computers from large organizations, refurbish them, install genuine Windows and provide it to customers assuring post-sales support. Surprisingly enough, the company sells computers starting from four thousand and five hundred rupees. Their service partners are located across the metros and some tier-II towns. Website: www.renewit.in

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Unlike other classified platforms like OLX or Quickr, ReNew IT ensures that all computers are passed through standardized, stringent testing procedures. Only the best computers which pass all the processes are marketed to schools, students, small offices and millions of Indians who have never had a computer. Further, they provide genuine Microsoft Windows licenses on each and every computer, which ensures that the computers don't crash often and also gives better security to the systems. An Electronics Engineering graduate and Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta alumnus Mukund B.S co-founded ReNew IT. Though he began his career with ITC Foods, he finally gave up to start this great initiative. Presently he is the Managing Director of Sriram Eco Raksha Computer Services Pvt Ltd. He often speaks at various TEDx events. e-mail: sales@renewit.in

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As the Secretary of the IIM-Calcutta Alumni Bangalore chapter, Mukund actively manages the Alumni e-group and actively involved with social causes. He was the Director - Youth Services at Rotary Bangalore West and very closely works with AMBA CEEIC, an organization established to holistically empower the intellectually challenged community through Economic Empowerment. He won the coveted title of CNBC Masterpreneur Season 2. Under his leadership, ReNew IT has bagged the "FKCCI Innovation Excellence Award" in 2014. Mukund is keen to enhance learning through technology in education to bridge the digital divide in rural schools through the "Computers in Schools" initiative. There are millions of students studying in Indian schools where they have never had a computer, because they can't afford one. There are many large organizations which dispose 1000s of computers every year. These computers which have negligible value on the books of the large organizations hold the passport to a better future for millions of students across the country. "Computers in Schools" is a CSR initiative of ReNew IT where they collect old computers from large organizations, refurbish them, install genuine Windows and provide it to schools. They company also provide after sales support to ensure that the schools get maximum utility of these computers. "We realized that millions of computers are being prematurely disposed. If they are refurbished and made available to millions of Indians, we could transform lives, " Mukund B.S expressed The CEO Magazine. " With less than 1 in 10 households having a computer, India is renowned for its $100 billion IT industry. There will be a dramatic transformation across all strata of the Indian society if IT penetration reaches 30% like China or 45% like Brazil. India would see a

new generation of icons like Narayana Murthy, Azim Premji or Satya Nadella. There would be a very bright chance of an Indian Google or Facebook coming to the fore. Millions of employment opportunities will be created, GDP will be higher. I strongly believe that IT would be one of the driving forces behind India's transformation from a developing economy to a developed country, " Mukund added. Commenting upon ReNew IT's success, Mukund said, "We had to persevere for more than a year to get all the required approvals from various government bodies since we didn't want to pay any bribes. I just hope and pray that the next generation of entrepreneurs don't have to deal with these bureaucratic hurdles. Once we had all the approvals, most people ridiculed us and were wondering why B school grads are becoming kabadiwallahs. But what kept us going, is the smiles on the faces of the little children who were getting access to their first computers." As of now ReNew IT has impacted the lives of over 50,000 Indians. Many parents are proud to have bought a computer from ReNew IT for their kid which they couldn't afford before. Rural BPOs as well as NGOs have been able to save costs on their IT infrastructure by purchasing refurbished computers from this company. Influenced and inspired by ReNew IT, many Micro-entrepreneurs now sell computers, provide AMC and after sales support across the country.

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S CUBE - Serves, Supports and Simplifies

ost Projects in the developing economies faces different challenges, which includes COST OVERRUNS, due to several factors.. Riding on the core team's collective work experience of over 100 years, S CUBE Trans Continental Group is now poised to cater to and add value towards these inherent and yet fundamental challenges, within the domain of specialised global logistics. Initially incorporated in DMCC Dubai, alongside its Group companies subsequently registered in India and USA, S CUBE is structured to provide focussed Logistics Services between continents, propelled thru its IT Enabled Solutions, Trading & Dealerships and finally supported with a very in-depth Logistics Audit as in-house Consultants. The buffet of services ranges from the traditional to transformational requirements of customers - spreading over a varied range of sectors & geographies such as Power for EPC (Thermal/Nuclear/Solar/Wind/Hydro), Oil & Gas, Automotive, Railway/Metro Projects, Fertiliser & Pharmaceutical plants, Telecom, Chemical plants, Iron & Steel, Metals & Mining, Engineering goods Exports, Cement Plants / Infrastructure & Realty Projects. Since its inception towards the end of 2013, S CUBE are focussing towards very specialised services related to Project Forwarding - including Heavy Lift/Over Dimension Cargo transportation, as well as related civil works, besides sea/air chartering, Multi-modal general freight forwarding (sea/air/road), Plant relocation including dismantling & site infrastructure management, Warehousing & Storage solutions for 3PL clients, e/mCommerce solutions for Global Logistics, complete logistics Consultancy & training. This ISO 9001 : 2008 certified company with its own Multi-modal transport operations license, can not only directly cater to large EPCs and other such customers, but is likely to also play a supplementary/supporting retainer-ship based role for new business development for and on behalf of Global Freight Forwarders, as well as Heavy lift Equipment Owners/operators, thus reducing their overall head-count and yet adding sectoral & geographical business synergies adhering to the highest levels of code of conduct compliance. Thus the span of S CUBE's business strategy is in many Website: www.scube-transcontinental.com

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ways 'double layered' while making sure that there a re no conflict of interests and business confidentiality between different assignments. During these formative years, S CUBE's geographical focus and client data base and network is initially spread over Middle East & Africa, India - South Asia regions, while gradually they plan to multiply and comprehensively cover the Asia Pacific, European region, as well as the American continental markets. S CUBE Trans Continental Group's unique business model has been moulded around creating value through net-savings for customers besides helping them structure their overall logistics cost budgets through a detailed operational audit, right from inception. A Global Logistics e/mCommerce platform coupled with a separate business unit focussed towards trading & dealerships, with it's own import exports license have been formed within the Group, to cater to the diversified yet well integrated business interests within the overall platform of its service offerings. Promoted by a core Management team/Board of Directors, with varied experience and years of

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proven business credentials; the company ultimately aspires to be a very specialised/ customised and niche Global Multi-modal Transport Operator, which would then generate business not only from Global clients, but also integrate and support International Freight Forwarders, which in turn would reciprocally form a part of it's world-wide network and support structure, without having to add huge overheads. S CUBE Trans Continental Group's Founder Chairman & Managing Director, Shankar Chatterjee, has a Business Management background, specialised in International Sales & Marketing. Shankar's career now panning over 26 years, saw him in professional Director & Board Member positions, over the last 13 years now. Shankar's career in Logistics & Supply Chain business, largely revolved around the Global Automotive customers, Thermal & Nuclear Power projects, Fertiliser plants, while he networked around the world to enhance his role, both in the areas of business development and also to develop business' from inception as a Profit Centre Head, over the last several years. Shankar is also an internationally invited speaker in many forums around the world, besides also being an executive committee member in some of them. As a mentor, he is also a Member of Governing Councils for Business Schools and also frequently writes for business magazines and business/social media platforms. He firmly believes that in the business of logistics, the key driving force is always the PEOPLE, around whom any organisation is always built and created. Customer focus and most importantly attitude and commitment towards service, according to him are the pre-cursor to success. Shankar Chatterjee now assumes his new role as an entrepreneur; yet another milestone in his distinguished and eventful career. S CUBE are not trying to become just another large freight forwarder - who are making profits through buying and selling of logistics services. SERVE, SUPPORT & SIMPLIFY are just the three key words that defines the business model and philosophy of the Group. As a relatively young business, there are obvious challenges and handicaps the Group faces in its formative years, but is driven by a resolute passion to create a difference despite all odds. The collaborative approach of S CUBE, wherein they literally walk

into the shoes of any customer and derives strength from the client's business volumes, instead of flaunting their own, is unique in many ways besides offering the clients a feeling of oneness towards a common objective and partnership, is a major step away from a customer v/s service provider relationships.. Creating value through actual SAVINGS, basis a well-structured budgeted number is a daunting task for any logistics business, wherein the uncontrollable factors are many and some of them are even not visible during most commercial agreements. This is exactly where past experience, transparency and an open book strategy with business ethics makes a world of difference for S CUBE and in-turn also for customers. This format of retainer-ship based business model is undoubtedly well ahead of its time moreso in several transformational economies; but it often compels several customers to introspect and say, well why not!! S CUBE dares to make this differenceâ&#x20AC;Ś Speaking to the CEO Magazine, the company revealed, "S CUBE plans to grow through related diversification and acquisitions in creating a wellstructured, customised and professionally run, midsized Global business organisation - where we can blend the best of both worlds - a Global company's professional outlook with 100 percent adherence to compliance norms and at the same time the flexibility to be able to cater to customised services with sound local/regional knowledge and expertise. S CUBE firmly believes that there is vast delta of opportunity in creating a professional business structure to offer to a niche market, which lies between the global giants and local organisations, without competing with either of them!" This young business group are presently looking out for Global Strategic partners to augment their efforts and business plans to accomplish their mission to GO BEYOND LOGISTICS..

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How to Be a winning CEO? tells Amit Punjabi, Business Coach and Founder, Sankalp Academy.

mit Punjabi is an accomplished Business Coach is an NLP trainer ( Neuro Linguistic Programing ) and an expert at studying the human mind & its correlation with resulting behavior. He works with start ups helping them realize their full potential by helping them change their mindsets and break preconceived notions. A startup that started with only seven hundred rupees in the pocket and a strong will to change mindsets of the younger generation by a determined 20 year old Amit Punjabi who set up his company - Sankalp Academy, amidst protests from family and friends. He failed in his B.Com but instead of sulking in a corner he decided to use the energy and channelled it into creating something innovative and constructive that will help the new generation find their own voice instead of being slotted into existing pre conceived notions of 'success', 'jobs' and 'status' . Today, 8 years later, his family has not only joined him in the business but has also helped him grow the business in different directions as he continues to change the lives and mindsets of more and more people into a positive and powerful one. He personally chooses to work with start ups and coaches them from the ideation stage to final realisation and further as he helps them bring alive their dreams. So far, he has trained over 36000 people which includes professionals, start ups and students in India and internationally. As a founder of a company himself, he helps the start up founder hone in on key skills that will make the defining difference between a successful venture and a me-too one. Amit Punjabi would like to share his story with you along with key innovative leadership skills that helps today's business environment demands ongoing innovation to stay ahead of the pack.

Amit Punjabi Business Coach & Founder, Sankalp Academy

What does it take to be a Winning CEO? Even though there are millions of CEOs of millions of companies that we come across or hear about everyday, there are very few of them who become well known. There are many successful CEOs of the past who have written books, given interviews and talks which prove that there is a huge difference between being a CEO and a winning CEO. Let's talk about a few qualities and skills that differentiate a winning CEO from just another CEO. 1. A Winning CEO creates Winning Strategies: A winning CEO becomes who he/she is because of winning strategies. Everyone makes strategies to make their organization a more successful one but a winning CEO also makes strategies for key people in the organization and in the industry that ensures the success of the organization or company. 108

2. A Winning CEO utilises his people : Knowing how to utilize people and their skills for growth is one of the most important attributes of a winning CEO. Everyone who joins an organization or a company has to work and that is a given but do they work to their potential? Mostly no. A CEO is a person who surely manages the company but a winning CEO is much more than that. A winning CEO shifts the way the company works by bringing shifts in the most important resource of any company "people". 3. A Winning CEO makes a difference : The most important outcome for a winning CEO is not just to manage but to make a difference. If you continue to manage your people then you will only help them do work but not necessarily grow and if they don't grow, then neither does the company. Most CEOs today manage their people and yes that ensures the company is working but not necessarily growing. This is exactly why most CEOs of most companies are not well known and if you do not want to be one of them then you will need to start looking at making a difference rather than managing. Only the one's that are able to make a difference directly impact the growth of their companies and that is one of the most important things that makes them a winning CEO soon they and their strategies become well know.

4. A Winning CEO is also a Mentor : What will make sure that the people of an organization or a company are working to their potential is mentoring. A winning CEO is not a manager but a mentor. A mentor is the only one who can provide people with the clarity of how to become better at what they do and how to deliver better results. Not all employees would necessarily look up to a manager but everyone surely looks up to a mentor. For you to become a winning CEO, you will need to learn to develop strategies as a mentor and not a manger. You will need to start focusing on facilitating growth rather than managing it. A CEO may know how things work but a winning CEO will always know how to make things better and more efficient. As a winning CEO, you must know that people hate being managed but love being helped. And that is exactly what you need to do. Don't manage them on making things better, but mentor them on how to do it and become more efficient. Following these simple strategies of mentoring and making a difference you will soon reach a point where people around you are not just working to their potential but growing their potential as well.

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After SteppinOut and Hangover, Rices Obliquity to launch Dr Owl aims to make SteppinOut Food Festival an all-India brand to attract tourists

ith over 25% growth each year, the Food and Beverage service industry is one of the most growing industries in India. Because of the consumption habits of the youth, this market is to reach INR 3,80,000 crore by 2017. A study shows the interest of youths are incredibly increasing, they spend large amounts from their pocket money towards eating out. But penetration in this segment is not remarkably high. This story seeks to find how Bangalore born Rices Obliquity makes a difference with its offerings. About six years ago, Safdhar Adoor and Dawn Thomas, two teenagers decided to throw a Fresher's party for their college that left Bangalore's Brigade Road jammed. They didn't take much time to understand how their passion is turning to be their profession. They began throwing parties in Bangalore at the best clubs in the city. In 2012, with an introduction from India's best DJ Ivan Nilkon, they joined hands with Sharath Rice (now aged 33), who had the experience and the muscle to cruise through the industry. With this combination of expertise & energy, Rices Obliquity was born. Including the trio, Rices Obliquity has a strong team of 8 people, each having a very integral part in the planning, operations & execution of the various ideas. Over the years, the team went on to throw the biggest parties in the city & even coproduced concerts like David Guetta, Above & Beyond, Armin van Bureen, DeadMau5, Hardwell & Avicii among others. Having more than one million people coming for their events, Rices Obliquity overtook the entertainment scene in the city. Website: www.ricesobliquity.com/

Safdhar Adoor Co-Founder, Rices Obliquity

Witnessing this exponential growth and generating over 4crores of revenue since setup, Rices Obliquity launched SteppinOut in 2015, an App which aggregates premium restaurants & pubs & also started their own cocktail bar & diner Hangover in late 2015. SteppinOut gives its users upgrades & deals at the most premium restaurants, pubs, discotheques & breweries of the city like Hard Rock CafĂŠ, Shiro, Sheraton, Taj West End. The App gathered a good amount of downloads(currently at 15,000 downloads), traction & usage. However, after a year of operations, the team realized that customer behavior in this field is very temporary & monetizing this was becoming a challenge. The other option was to move into the coupon space, but the team didn't want to do that. They e-mail: info@ricesobliquity.com

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instead decided to use all the resources and database built over time in a manner which would profit both, its user and its venues. They organized events which directly involved the participation of their restaurants. Speaking to The CEO Magazine, Safdhar Adoor, co-founder of Rices Obliquity said "We are reaching out to cities like Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai. Our future plans include tie-ups with clubs across the country to do events & international tours of world famous DJs." On Feb 21st, 2016, the day of the SteppinOut Food Festival, Bangalore witnessed its biggest food festival with a footfall of 20,000 people in one day. With 30 of Bangalore's most legendary restaurants coming together, the city flocked to UB City for a day filled with food, liquor & lots of fun. Back on demand, SteppinOut put up an Easter-themed festival at UB City. This time, there was also a flea market & there was a footfall of 30,000 people. There's lots in store for this brand of Rices Obliquity as they are taking this to the next cities - Pune, Hyderabad, Goa & Mangalore.

They look to make the SteppinOut Food Festival an all-India brand & aim to make it big enough for it to become a tourist attraction. They also have Hangover Cocktail Bar, where they sold Kingfisher beer at five rupees last year. Speaking about their Cocktail bar Sharath Rice said " What Hauz Khas is to Delhi, 12th Main, Indiranagar is to Bangalore. And in the middle of all the madness is the Hangover Cocktail Bar & Diner. With a gorgeous turquoise blue cocktail van, Hangover has taken over the city as the destination to drink from the buckets, literally. The cocktail buckets of the place are its USP alongwith its delicious food & excellent ambience. With a footfall of over 5,000 people a week, the place is outdoing its competition in the market. Hangover too is looking to open a second outlet soon." "Having tasted success in all three aspects entertainment, food & beverage and in its own cocktail bar, our team is definitely going places & is not looking to take a break anytime soon. Dr Owl healthcare is our next brand that we are launching next month. This platform deals with the home delivery of medicines," Dawn Thomas concluded

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Sears India Aims to Take Care of its Associates Through Path-Breaking HR Policies and Benefits that Attract and Retain Millenials

ears IT & Management Services India Pvt. Limited or Sears India works as an extended arm to the core Information Technology (IT) team of United States based Sears Holdings Corporation. It assists in developing and maintaining systems, services and applications used by Sears Holdings Corporation, Kmart, Sears retail chain and subsidiaries. Systems integration, delivery, product development and support, e-commerce applications, mcommerce solutions and managed services are some of the offerings of Sears India to its parent company. Sears India strives to provide quality IT solutions to SHC and its subsidiaries, powering their IT, business and financial functions with cutting edge technologies to build customized retail and e-commerce solutions. Building a firm reputation on delivering results, reliability and dependability, the company aims to take care of its associates through path-breaking HR Policies and benefits that attract and retain millenials. Widely acclaimed corporate leader, Mr. Alok Kumar is Vice President and Managing Director of Sears IT & Management Services India Private Limited since its inception in December 2009. He turned Sears India into one of the most valued investments of Sears by creating value much beyond cost arbitrage. Having been in senior IT management positions in Fortune 500 companies, Alok has won several national and international awards. Website: www.searsindia.co.in

Alok Kumar Vice President & MD, Sears

Over the last six years, with his strategic vision, Alok helped Sears grow roots in India, develop and support technology applications and infrastructure across core main frame, eCommerce and big data technologies. Under his tutelage, Sears India has been recognized widely for its best practices in HR and other areas, including having been featured in a couple of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) case studies. Sears India also became a CMMI Level 3, PCMM Level 3, and ISO 20000 certified organization, the very first under-five organization to have achieved CMMI Level 3 and PCMM Level 3. Prior to joining Sears India, Alok worked as Senior VP - IT for Reliance Industries (Global 200). He served as CIO of Tata Teleservices

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Limited and worked in key technology positions in Hutchison Telecom. His twenty four years of professional career spans across manufacturing, telecom and retail domains. He has published two whitepapers. He regularly participates and leads various forums as a keynote speaker and is an author of several books in different genres. A handwriting analysis enthusiast, Alok collaborated with his wife Nandani on the book, "Handwriting Speaks" in 2006. His second book "Value Sourcing - Future of IT Outsourcing" was coauthored with Keith Sherwell (currently CIO of New York based company Cablevision) and was released in 2013. His third and latest book, a novel, "The Spy from Unaula" is a 2015 publication. Alok completed his graduation in Engineering from National Institute of Technology - Calicut (India) and Masters in Management from BITS Pilani. Alok lives in Pune, India with his wife Nandani and son Manit. On the personal front, Alok loves to Golf regularly, believes in spending quality time with his son and loves to take his family on exotic getaways in his quest for travel. About Sears India: Sears India provides corporate IT services to Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) and its family of companies including Sears, Roebuck and Co., and Kmart Corporation. World-class professionals at Sears India provide exemplary services to help SHC generate more value for its members (customers) and shareholders. Established in December 2009 and head quartered in Pune, Sears India is one of the fastest growing technology development centers in India. In a span of six years, Sears India has grown 1000+ associates strong, and has recently opened a development center at Bengaluru.

Last year, the company was awarded 6th CII National Excellence Award 2015 for 'Significant Achievement in HR Excellence.' Sears India is also a member of NASSCOM, the industry association for ITBPM sector in India and Alok has been included in the distinguished panel of NASSCOM's GIC (Global In-house Centers) National Council members.

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"SecurView is experienced with delivering cyber security services on a global scaleâ&#x20AC;?

ecurView provides a full life cycle of cyber security services to clients on a global scale. Founded in 2007, SecurView received strategic funding from Cisco Systems to become a leading cyber security service provider. Since then, SecurView has received the NISCON (National Information Security Conference) prize and is recognized as a Cisco Security BU sponsored ISE service provider. The company specializes in three types of services: Advisory, Integration, and Managed. First, Advisory services identify security gaps in the clients' networks and provide recommendations. Two examples are Network Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing for clients' network infrastructure. Second, Integration services remedy the identified security gaps with appropriate solutions. This includes Design, Implementation, and Optimization services for Cisco ISE, Sourcefire, and Firewalls. Third, the company's Managed services include unique features, such as Advanced Analytics and protection from threats caused by Malware/ATP, for the clients' IT infrastructure. The Managed services include comprehensive management for the leading network security products (e.g., firewall, IPS, VPN). SecurView also provides customized solutions for Security Operations Centers (SOCs). The company has a history of building and operating SOCs, CERTs and NOCs for Fortune 500 companies across the world. Exclusive partnerships enable the company to access next generation security solutions (e.g., "Continuous Threat Defense" and "Active Deception for Breach Detection") and, in turn, build sophisticated and intelligent Operation Website: www.securview.com

Rajeev Khanolkar CEO, SecurView

Centers. As a result, the company was the first to build an "Intelligent Operations Center," which is a combination of a SOC, CERT, and NOC. The company's esteemed clientele includes top tier telecom operators, financial institutions, airports, oil and gas companies, cable operators, and hotels. SecurView is experienced with delivering cyber security services on a global-scale. The client list in America includes large enterprises such as Cisco Systems and CDW. Standard Chartered Bank, KPIT, Du Telecom, Ooredoo Telecom, and BT are some of the clients in the Middle East and Europe. "We have developed products to enhance our services. CASPER is the first multi-tenant managed services platform and it enables us to deliver services in a SaaS model. IDA (ISE Deployment Assistant) reduces Cisco ISE's e-mail: sales@securview.com

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deployment time and provides operational support," stated Rajeev Khanolkar, President and CEO of SecurView. The company's two main offices are located in Edison, New Jersey and Pune, India. The Edison office specializes in next generation security solutions in cloud and mobility. The Pune office specializes in remote and Managed security services. Over the past few years, the company has expanded and set up sales offices in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. SecurView looks forward to opening more offices globally in the near future. SecurView follows two revenue models: a) The SaaS Model requires clients to pay monthly recurring fees for the devices that SecurView manages. There is no cost for software licenses, hardware licenses, or any upfront fees. b) The Traditional Services Model requires payment per delivery milestone. Key Executive Rajeev Khanolkar Co-Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer Mr. Rajeev Khanolkar is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded SecurView with Niten Ved in 2007. As the CEO, Rajeev forms several strategic partnerships that, in turn, contribute to the development of new products and solutions. He has been instrumental in building and maintaining a strong partnership with Cisco Systems, which enables SecurView to reach a global customer base. Under Rajeev's leadership, SecurView has become a leading cyber security solutions company.

He also co-founded NetCom Systems in 1995 with Niten Ved. From 1999 to 2005, Rajeev was the CEO of netForensics and he helped to shape the company into a global leader in Internet security information and event management. Rajeev attended University of Birmingham in Great Britain for M.S. in Thermodynamics and a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in India. Niten Ved is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of SecurView. Joseph Rooney is the Chief Financial Officer. Sanjeev Khanolkar is the Managing Director of SecurView's operations in India. SecurView's Milestones: § Founded in 2007 § Opened India delivery center in 2007 § Created a next generation SOC (Security Operations Center) in 2008 § It delivers 24x7 managed security services to US customers § CASPER was launched in 2008 § Industry's first multi-tenant and managed services platform § Delivered largest Cisco ISE project in the world in 2013 § Launched IDA (ISE Deployment Assistant) in 2014 § The product has been OEM by Cisco § Created a SaaS based OneApp Store for security applications in 2014

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SK Robotics hopes to introduce Robot in every home by 2020

s automation is becoming more and more important in today's world, robotics as a system is also becoming more acceptable and adoptable in various sectors. Apart from hospitality, medical and industrial sectors, robot driven services are now used for domestic work also. SK Robotics is a specialist in operating robots and providing the best robotic services for cleaning applications at the most affordable prices. SK Group gives the guarantee of exceeding international standards. The company has turned into a competitor to the market leaders like ABB, KUKA, PA N A S O N I C , T O Y O TA , FA N U C , SCHNEIDER and SIEMENS. Surprisingly enough, the products offered by SK Robotics are cheaper than even the China-made products. The company has already signed seven service dealerships in India. The group's turnover in its formation year was a modest 2.5 million INR and from then on, it has only scaled new heights of success every year. Having six years of experience in Robots and Robot Development, SK Robotics assembles, distributes and provides services to robot having consumers. Its headquarters is based in Mumbai, whereas factories and service centers are located in several cities across India. SK Robotics has been selected as the Best Robot manufacturer in India in 2014 by its customers. The group is proud to have professionals, who have grown with the organization. The average tenure of the core team is 12 years. This qualified team has the likes of executive directors, general managers and senior managers who have laid the foundation for the Website: www.skgroup.com

Nitin Motani Chairman, SK Robotics

group's current structure. In this fast evolving world, the group's executive director believes that faster and reliable deliveries will determine the growth. Leading from the front, the ED is supported by general managers and all other team leaders. With 700 dedicated employees working under 14 visionary leaders, the group is poised to keep SK quality a reliable benchmark worldwide. Our Brands Our brands typically have a discrete marketing plan, analysis of competition, and marketing campaign even though they may be part of a larger business entity. SK Robotics all together has seven brands of businesses; 1. Consumer robots: Customers uses these robots for their own personal use. SK e-mail: info@skgroup.com

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SK Robotics ROBOTICS has three types of consumer robots which are: Vacuum Cleaning Robots, Swimming Pool Cleaning Robots, and Glass Cleaning Robots. 2. Industrial robots: These robots are used in various industrial applications such as manufacturing companies, Oil industries etc. SK Robotics offers two types of Industrial robots - Duct Cleaning Robots and Dustbin robots. 3. YRC-Your Robotic Consultancy: Behind YRC, their main objective is to replace human interaction and make the plant fully automated. Factory automation service robots and customized robot development is their forte. They will close the gap between cost and automation. 4. Integrated Robotics Services: India's first cross-integrated robot service provider for all service and industrial robots having industrial and commercial applications. Their specialty lies in providing the best robot services across all functions at the most affordable prices. 5. Original Design Manufacturing: ODM is a never before heard of concept in the automation industry. If someone has a design of a robot, he/she can contact ODM to get that design realized practically and manufactured at an affordable cost. 6. Home and Office Robotics: According to the customer's office or household requirements, SK Robotics designs the robot which will fulfill customer's requirements. These robots may vary according to the customer applications. 7. International Robotic Company: This section deals with the customers located outside India. Just because IRC is an Indian based company with a strong foothold, that doesn't mean they don't cater to international needs. The international customer base is slowly, but steadily increasing for IRC. Clients The Lalit Hotel, JW Marriott, Shangri-la,

Renaissance Hotel, The leela hotel, ITC Maratha, Blue Star, NDTS, Mr.Clean pvt Ltd, Airflow Ducting Solutions, ISS, Hydraflux, Manmachine Sparklean, Shapoorji Pallonji, Regency Group, Sahney, Reliance Industries, Alembic Pharma, Emcure. Chairman of SK Robotics A pioneer in technological businesses, SK Robotics's Chairman Mr. Nitin Motani has developed and managed India's largest narrow Fabric Textile Machinery manufacturing business. His company has been exporting Machinery & Raw materials to 35 countries across the globe. His financial expertise and strategic thoughts have contributed distinctively to the group's success within the country and abroad. A doer rather than a man of words, Mr. Motani handles the commercial operations and international marketing responsibilities. Ensuring their dominance in the sector, he spends time envisioning the challenges of next generation and inspires the group to seek newer benchmarks. SK Robotics is also a house of professional Robotic experts, who not only reduce risk of making wrong decisions, but also keep your technology up to date, easily and effortlessly. Their advice enables enterprises to provide better services adopting robot-driven technology. "We aim to implement Robot-driven technology in every home by 2020. People will be able to gain more benefits over it and more effectively using robotics as a support system. We are able to set up robot manufacturing facilities and gather more benefits so that we can take the manufacturing of robots not only for the domestic market but also for the international market. We aspire to become the OEM supplier to the world of robotic industry," the spokesperson of SK Robotics expressed The CEO Magazine.

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Skybridge Infotech Adds Technology to Strategy

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 on-time 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 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 Website: www.skybridgeinfotech.com

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multiple Ford locations across the globe to India. He has worked with various Ford entities including Jaguar, Volvo, Ford Motor Credit & Mazda. As 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 support, maintenance and monitoring for time-critical applications. Skybridge team has rich experience in e-mail: contact@skybridgeinfotech.com |

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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 web platform for their 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.

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STEM to STEAM By Sumit Ganguli

t started as nice sounding acronyms, that got me hooked. N Chandrasekaran, CEO and Managing Director of TCS was speaking at the NASSCOM forum on Smart Enterprise. He spoke about technological disruptions that we are witnessing today, in IT and business. Finally, when he spoke about the new profile of resources that his company needs to recruit Chandra elaborated, that in this new Agile world of software development and for people to be able to link business imperatives with technological enablement, we need people with a more rounded personality and training, with experience in Arts, Liberal Arts along with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Chandra had gone on to say, that in the future, humans will largely be focusing on design and empathy and all algorithms will be written and generated by machines. And that really set me thinking, and I have been obsessing on this for a while. I was listening to Ted Turner, the founder and promoter of the 24 hours News Service, CNN and other Media Channels like Turner Broadcasting Network, Turner Classics etc. He recounted a story, that while growing up, his father, an established business man, in his own right, was mortified, when Ted Turner took up Liberal Arts in college. But according to Ted Turner, the Greek Classics actually helped him immensely to look at the world with a much broader and deeper perspective and he was able to take up some big hairy audacious goals on the basis of his appreciation of the classics. India has done very well in IT development, software support and has been the resource provider for the West in terms of IT. But in the past, we have often been relegated to do the more back office, repetitive tasks of program writing, code generation. This has of course changed

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significantly today. Leaders from TCS, Infosys, Wipro are strident advocates of innovation, automation and Machine Learning. TCS speaks about IGNIO, their predictive analytics platform, Wipro recently announced that its automation tool HOLMES will replace almost 3000 people and Dr. Vishal Sikka, CEO of Infosys, a Ph.D. on Artificial Intelligence, has actually challenged the world to look at AI differently and explore how it can be leveraged further. We at GAVS have been promoting the concept of Zero Incident Framework in the Infrastructure space. But this is where my whole thesis of STEM to STEAM comes in; we need Art to be incorporated into the study of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Today's software development is about interacting with clients and users directly, the programming is strictly a means unto an end, and even the means is getting reengineered into Design. In today's 120

Agile Methodology we need people to be able to work at various intersection of business, technology and experience and here we need multifaceted engineers with Art infused in their expertise. We need folks to be able to communicate, visualize, dream, imagine, and there we need practitioners with big picture and big idea mentality. Today we need more problem solvers, we need innovators to promote new disruptors like Ubers, Amazon, Ola, Flipkart and entirely new banking concepts like Block Chains and Bit Coins - and this needs a very different mindset. We need folks to use Math without thinking about numbers, from scaling to actual creations with precision and more importantly approach everything as a problem to solve, we need Design Thinking. The right brain - left brain theory is often bandied about in pop-psychology. The common myth is that people who identify as left-brain thinkers might feel that they have strong math and logic skills. Those who profess to be rightbrain thinkers, on the other hand, feel that their talents are more on the creative side of things. This Right brain-left brain theory originated in the work of Roger W. Sperry, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1981. Sperry suggested that language was controlled by the left-side of the brain. But today this theory has been deemed a myth.

sinews of business transformation, we need to be able to communicate, to be able to review business problems and scope them into Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics, we need to delve into both sides of the brain. We need them to have an orientation towards imagination, thought, risk taking ability and look at the big picture. We need our students to appreciate how a group of young artists comprising of Monet, Manet, Renoir, Degas decided to break from the tradition in 1860s. In those days the painters' emphasis was on details, realism and meticulous reproduction. But these French artists decided to be pariahs and aimed to capture the momentary, sensory effect of a scene - the impression objects made on the eye in a fleeting instant. They had forged the first distinctly modern movement in art, Impressionist Paintings. They took on the institutions and cognoscenti and promoted an artistic movement which definitely had a scientific basis.

Generally speaking, the left side of the brain tends to control many aspects of language and logic, while the right side tends to handle spatial information and visual comprehension. But today research has shown that people perform stronger in subjects like math when both halves of the brain work in tandem. According to neuroscientists the two sides of the brain collaborate to perform a broad variety of tasks and that the two hemispheres communicate through the corpus callosum, a broad band of nerve fibers joining the two hemispheres of the brain.

Impressionism was a representational art form that did not necessarily rely on realistic depictions. In the 19th Century, scientific discoveries had begun to recognize that what the eye perceived and what the brain understood were two different things. The Impressionists sought to capture the former - the optical effects of light - to convey the passage of time, changes in weather, and other shifts in the atmosphere in their canvases. This was the most classic example of Art and Science manifesting itself in the most brilliant form and opening an entirely new vista.

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and narrow is the optimal way to earn a livelihood, would gain a lot from reading about Masters of Indian Art, Maqbool Fida Husain, FN Souza, SH Raza, KH Ara, Akbar Padamsee and Tyeb Mehta. After the partition of India and Pakistan, the group wanted to break with the Revivalist Nationalism established by the Bengal School of Art and established an avantgarde painting style, engaged at an international level. This group, including Gaitonde, Krishen Khanna wanted new standards for India, they were influenced by the European Modernism, Expressionism and Abstraction fused with specific Indian Imagery and landscapes. Their intention was to "paint with absolute freedom for content and technique, almost anarchic". Today, reputed art auction houses like Christie, Sotheby's have been holding regular sales of Indian art, that has become acknowledged as a genre of repute. At a Christie's auction, an untitled painting by Vasudeo Gaitonde, who died in 2001, was sold for a total of $4.4 million, and in 2015, F.N. Souza's painting "Birth" set a new record for Indian art with a hammer price above US$ 4 Million, which shows the worldwide appeal of the group. I would also urge my readers to check out the Ted Talk of Bran Ferren, Technologist, Architect, Artist, Engineer, Photographer, Inventor from MIT, where he relives his experience, about seeing the 2,000-year-old Pantheon in Rome. It struck him that people were smart 2,000 years ago and were doing some amazing things in design, architecture, and technology in order to make this amazing edifice. Ferren compared the Pantheon to the modern day Internet and feels that the Autonomous cars from Tesla, Google and others would be the future Pantheon, because of the far reaching impact, it will have on society at large. He uses the Pantheon as a classic example of the fusion of Art and Science and Techno And I feel compelled to invite Farren to come and witness some of India's oldest temples, the complete symbiosis of Art, Architecture, Design, Science and Technology.

The Brihadeshwara Temple, of Tanjore in Tamil Nadu built by King Rajaraja Chola in 1002 AD; could be one of the finer examples of Dravidian art. It is a fusion of architecture, sculpture, painting and other allied arts. Then there is the Konark Sun Temple in Odisha, that is shaped as a gigantic chariot with carved stone wheels, pillars and walls.There are many others all over India. The temples, mausoleums and monuments in India have a history of celebrating the fusion of Art, Science, Architecture and Technology. There were never any contradictions in the brilliant Mathematician Ramanujam's mind, when he linked his tradition, devotion and piety with the most complex mathematical algorithms. India needs to bring back this culture and not train people just for livelihood. They need them to live, live a life of legacy and disruption and leave a mark in the sands of time. STEAM promotes more people-centricity and not subject or competency centricity. The common refrain that we hear from US and European clients are that IT leaders from India, do what they are told. We do not project our individual personality and individuality in our work. It is my belief that by incorporating Art into our Science Technology and Math curriculum, we shall remove the burden on our students and co-workers not to just focus on becoming scientist or engineers; they could evolve into becoming Designers, Analysts, Digital Designers, Analytics guru, Security Hackers, Art Director, and Scientist and Engineers - this is what the Digital Enterprise of today need. We can actually be better Engineers by learning how to think artistically, and we can re-engage artists with science by letting them see how STEM can work in the arts. Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, during his highly applauded speech at the US Congress spoke about his vision for India to be ready to support and engage with the Digital world of the future. To be able to do that, we need a multifaceted STEAM trained resource pool. ( Author is CEO, GAVS Technologies and Adjunct Professor of International Business at Rutgers State University)

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Gartner's India VP and Research Head Partha Iyengar spends 26 Years at Gartner

artha Iyengar is VP, Country Leader Research, India and Gartner Fellow in Gartner's CEO Research team. He has spent 26 years in total with Gartner. His research interests cover areas of strategic interest to CEOs and their direct reports, including digital business, customer experience, expectations of the CIO and IT organization, and globalization issues. Mr. Iyengar is a frequent and much sought-after speaker and presenter at numerous Gartner and external forums, as well as for various government organizations in India, China and other countries. He is the co-author of a book published by Harvard Business School Press on India and China strategies, titled "IT and the East: How China and India Are Altering the Future of Technology and Innovation." Mr. Iyengar served for three years as a nonexecutive director on the board of directors of State Bank of India, India's largest bank and one of the world's largest financial institutions. Mr. Iyengar has more than 30 years of experience in the field of IT, including in the U.S., where he has held senior

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technical and managerial positions at major U.S. corporations, including Gartner. In addition to Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, he speaks Tamil and Kannada also.

Neeraj Govil, Marriott International's South Asia VP

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eeraj Govil, a diehard fan of the Arsenal Football Club, was appointed as the Market Vice President for South Asia, Marriott International, succeeding Rajeev Menon in 2015. He will be based out of the Marriott's Mumbai office. Website: www.sternindia.com

Prior to this Mr. Govil was General Manager at the Shanghai Marriott Hotel City Centre, China. In his new capacity, and as part of the core Asia Pacific leadership team, Neeraj will be responsible for creating and executing a strategic road map that will focus on establishing brand positioning and effectively expanding market share of the Marriott portfolio in South Asia. An alumni of IHMCT & AN, Goa; Neeraj graduated in Hotel Management and Catering Technology in 1997. From 2006 to 2011, Neeraj led Operations at the Brisbane Marriott Hotel in Australia, the Renaissance Riverside Saigon in Vietnam and the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel Hong Kong in China. From 2011 to 2015 He was General Manager at the Beijing Marriott Hotel Northeast and then at the Shanghai Marriott Hotel City Centre. Under his strategic leadership the hotels were recognized with "Marriott Hotel of the Year" awards in the Asia Pacific region in 2011, 2012 and 2014 respectively.

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Stern Advisory India to introduce business solution without Human Faculty expedites well-researched and innovating technology

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 culture in a transparent manner. Assuming its potential and to grab the PanIndian 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, stateof-the-art 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 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 clientsupplier relationships. Some of its notable Website: www.sternindia.com

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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) § Complex IT fraud investigation § Corporate fraud investigations § Business reputation management § Digital forensics § Risk assessment § Due diligence § Screening intelligence e-mail: info@sternindia.com

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People behind Prateek Srivastava 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 post-acquisition integration; investigative due diligence; computer forensics; fraud investigation; political risk analysis; antimoney 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 related to cybercrime and

Ponzi Scheme related crimes. Prateek ensures the flow of business of the company towards globalization. Morris Stern 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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Sunday- A Health conscious, new-age online mattress brand ..that offers customers high quality sleep products A 100-nights risk free trial and Same Day Delivery are the USP of the brand Our Correspondent

unday founder Mr. Alphonse Reddy's vision was to disrupt the space by bringing high quality sleep products and services to Indian households. Alphonse brings retail, operations and start-up expertise in Sunday (www.sundayrest.com), it is his second venture in the retail and sleep spac. Sunday is considered as India's first sleep focused online start-up, that aims to offer internationally certified products such as Mattresses and Pillows that have been developed after extensive research of almost a year. All key raw materials are certified by European agencies (Euro Latex, Oeko Tek 100) to make sure that the products are not only comfortable but meet international health standards. Sunday's Latex Plus mattress is the first fully certified mattress in India. Sunday sourced the latex from the most advanced factory in the world, in Belgium. The design of their marquee products was led by acclaimed Japanese designer, Hiroko Shiratori Since most mattress brands take 7-14 days for delivery, and dont really meet basic quality standards, customers usually don't purchase these products online. But Sunday attracted customers by offering same day delivery of mattresses. Though it's currently being offered only in Bangalore, it will be available soon in Chennai , Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, and Delhi. The customer is eligible for a 100% refund if they decide to return the mattress. Their products were also tested by people across different Indian cities in both summers Website: www.sundayrest.com

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and winter months to make sure that they are suitable for different profiles of customers in different climatic zones. " Sunday was started with a need to fill the gap in a space that is somewhat cluttered & confusing - it is not easy, after all, to choose a mattress. A key endeavor is to pair great products with a simplified and hassle free buying experience with special initiatives such as 100 nights risk free trial and same day delivery." said an executive of Sunday. Lead investors in Sunday include Anand Morzaria and other co-founders of PennyWise Solutions Private Limited - a digital services e-mail: hello@sundayrest.com

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company acquired by Ogilvy & Mather in 2013. A team of highly qualified professionals operate the company, who comes with previous experience of running Fabmart (www.fabmart.com), India's first and largest market place for sleep related products. The team has a collective experience spanning across companies such as Fabmart, Flipkart, KFC, Peter England, Delta Partners, etc. and with educational degrees from institutes such as BITS Pilani and INSEAD France. Key Official Alphonse Reddy Founder & CEO, Sunday Alphonse Reddy is the Founder & CEO of Sunday (www.sundayrest.com),India's first online only sleep focused venture. Prior to founding Sunday, Alphonse was the founder of Fabmart, India's first and largest

e-commerce market place focused on sleep related products. At Fabmart, he was instrumental in offering "100 night risk free trial" for mattresses, which was the first in the Indian market. The same is now being extended to Sunday products. He comes with over a decade of experience across technology, sales & distribution, strategy and private equity domains. He worked with Flextronics and Sasken in London before joining Delta Partners to work in their strategy consulting and investment teams. Alphonse holds an MBA from INSEAD Business School, France and is a graduate in Engineering from BITS, Pilani. Alphonse returned to India to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities in the burgeoning online retail and technology space, where he founded Sunday. Travelling is his passion; he has traveled to or worked in over 40 countries as of now.

Pradeep Lankapalli manages nine Global centers of Thomson Reuters

s MD of Thomson Reuters India, Pradeep Lankapalli works with all businesses including financial & risk, tax and accounting, legal and intellectual property and science. He is responsible for leveraging global capabilities and expanding local presence and development. In his role as Global Head of Operations Centers, Pradeep is responsible for managing all nine Global centers located in Beijing, Manila, Bangkok, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Gdynia, Buenos Aires and Costa Rica. He is responsible for managing enterprise level programs for these centers with a focus on efficiency and global innovation.

Prior to this role, Pradeep was the Senior Vice President of Global Operations for the Professional Division and before that he was the Head of Operations for Thomson Reuters Global Business Services. Before joining Thomson Reuters, Pradeep worked as an associate partner for IBM Global Business Services. Prior to IBM, he served The Summit Group as a management consultant .

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We Compete With Ourselves, says talent21's CEO Gurinderpal Singh The CEO Magazine â&#x20AC;˘ New Delhi

r. Gurinderpal Singh, CEO of talent21, has over eighteen years of experience in corporate world at various leadership positions across different geographies. He founded talent21 in 2010 with a distinguishing vision to assist clients in acquiring leadership talent through outstanding research capabilities and access to global talent pool. Headquartered in India, the company is young and fast growing executive search organizations, having offices in Hyderabad, Bangalore, New Jersey and Dubai. This organization operates through a matrix structure (organized by geography), industry specialization and functional expertise as well as by additional leadership services. talent21 helps clients thorough assessment methodology and in depth reference checking. At talent21 the consultants are committed to provide highest level of service, delivering utmost expertise, results in the acquisition and development of world-class leadership teams. Proving their excellent capability in Professional Services, Business Consulting and HR Process reengineering, talent21 has created foot marks in The Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and China. Their global presence allows them to serve companies around the world - covering all the major industry sectors. Their clients, whether large or small, global or local, benefit greatly from this structure as they have access to the most relevant resources and relationships Website: http://talent21.in

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wherever clients may exist. This enables talent21 to understand clients' cultures, operations, business strategies and industries thoroughly. Sixty employees of talent21 are encouraged to challenge opinions and ideas, and to push the boundaries of what is possible. As the Managing Partner, Mr. Dhanu Laxmi heads operation and delivery teams in India. talent21 owing to its growth in recent times, has set its mission be global organization in the field of recruitment and business consulting. "talent21 endeavors continually to surpass client and candidate expectations. Our consultants are committed to providing the highest level of service, delivering utmost

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expertise and results in the acquisition and development of world-class leadership teams. We are proud to apply the ethics, and standards prescribed," talent21 expressed. "We have implemented these guidelines with our own stringent quality standards and procedures in our everyday working processes and procedures. This way we are able to guarantee that each and every one of our offices meets a specific standard of service excellence. Merely implementing these measures is not enough as we strive for not only client satisfaction but also client loyalty - that is why each of our offices conduct a quality performance review after completion of our searches. The results are published annually. We are proud to say that more than three quarters of our clients have indicated that they will use our services again and have given us the highest rating in our surveys, " the company added. Major Milestones 2010 Started with one person with an office 2011 20 members in Hydrabad 2013 Started office in Bangalore, Team of 30 2014 Started in USA, Team of 40 2015 Started in UAE , Team of 60 Talent21 assists and advises a large number of clients from different sectors. One of their

client was faced the challenge of strengthening the team for their startup to a substantial figure of 100 in four weeks. Another challenge was eighty percent of these had to be lateral resources with similar experience. Entire HR functions and leadership and Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) teams were also to be hired. After all, the biggest challenge was that getting resources on board with in a month . "When this organization approached us we knew that this was critical position and would need at least 15 to 20 days for initial screening. However time was scarce to spare, we also knew that conventional sourcing will not help us with getting right candidate for this position. So we decided to get unconventional and used our specialized service Refer a FriendTM , By this we did not look just for active job seekers we were also able to reach the passive job seekers, we spread the word with all our contacts who were hold similar positions in various organizations and explained about our Refer a FriendT, " said talent21. According to talent21, the company competes with themselves. This organization is known by its customers for its flexibility and delivery excellence with continued efforts to innovate its services.

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Leading healthcare management firm Techindia underlines its presence in the global Care Continuum space. The CEO Correspondent, New Delhi

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 a value addition to customers have ensured that Techindia 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 Website: www.techindia.com

Sathya Kumar Founder & CEO, Tech Infoway

like an SBU within Techindia. Techindia boasts of state-of-art 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 Tech infoway Private Ltd; a man who is deep-rooted, gritty and sports a never-say-die attitude. A e-mail: info@techindia.com

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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 technology-enabled healthcare services became stronger....and subsequently, Techindia was born! Today, Sathya is one of the most-soughtafter 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 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 15odd 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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The Final Flourish to launch Resident Coach and Coaching To Coach Certification by this year TCM, New Delhi: " The success of any Business, irrespective of its size, depends on three key pillars - People, Process and Infrastructure. Interestingly, the successful contribution of Processes and Infrastructure entirely depends on people capabilities. We therefore are able to assist any organization, irrespective of industry, enhance and accelerate their performance successfully," said Neeraj Gauri, CEO of The Final Flourish. His organization works with Corporates across diverse industries like Healthcare, Legal, IT Services, Banking, IT to drive their business outcomes through enhanced people performance. Based out of Delhi NCR The Final Flourish Offers services like Leadership and Performance Coaching and Mentoring, Customized Behavioral Workshops and Assessments. The Company is in its fifth year of Operations. Since its inception the firm extensively uses technology to successfully coach and mentor professionals all around the globe. Their mature 'Performance Coaching Framework' applies to leaders across industries and has delivered extremely successful outcomes. "Our interventions demonstrate measurable progress linked to the business outcomes defined by the sponsor business leader. Most of our interventions are conducted one-on-one. In some cases we also deliver capability development through a hybrid model i.e. Group coaching followed by one-on-one sessions. We are the exclusive Resellers of The Judgment Indexâ&#x201E;˘ Assessments in India," a spokesperson of The Final Flourish told TCM. Website: www.thefinalflourish.com

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" Our key milestones include the first customer feedback regarding the improvement of CSAT of their 120 strong production Support team coached by us to signing up every new logo from industries like Healthcare, EPC, Legal, Manufacturing and IT Products. Repeat business from every customer is another highlight we take pride in. Our milestones also include customers signing us up after 3 years of initial contact. We have also recently been signed up as the exclusive resellers in India for 'The Judgment Index â&#x201E;˘' USA," the spokesperson added. The Final Flourish aims to launch two strategic services this year namely, 'Resident Coach' - which will provide a highly contextual, flexible and cost effective

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engagement model for organizations and 'Coaching To Coach Certification' - which will entail coaching 'aspiring coaches' on how to make coaching a revenue generating and profitable business. Through their successful experience of leading large and diverse teams, they have learnt that behavioral skills like attitude, learnability, communication, adaptability and empathy are the key differentiators for the success of any team and organization. After successfully coaching and mentoring hundreds of people on the job, they decided to commit to supporting and partnering with organizations and people to enhance their performance through behavioral shifts. In addition to numerous individual professionals, the company has partnered with over 20 corporate clients world-wide. It makes them proud to be trusted by the likes of Apollo Hospitals, DMD Advocates, SSP, NEC, Religare, Adventz Group and Tech Mahindra. The company is currently in the process of negotiating a few large consulting assignments in the people development space. Speaking to TCM Neeraj Gauri said " The initial couple of assignments came through the belief of professional friends. Thereafter, our performance helped us expand our base with existing customers as well as references from our happy customers.â&#x20AC;? Shalini Chopra and Neeraj Gauri founded The Final Flourish five years ago. Both have successfully Coached and Mentored Entrepreneurs as well as Leaders in the Senior and Middle Management roles, from diverse Industries. The founders of The Final Flourish, have been successful global business leaders, in Fortune 30 companies and have lead large

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global teams of 4000 plus. Both the founders worked together in the last jobs at Dell. Neeraj Gauri, serves the company as the CEO. He is a business leader with close to 3 decades of experience across multiple functions, geographies and cultures. He is a Performance and Leadership Coach with International experience in management positions in Fortune 30 companies as well as Start-up businesses in the Services Industry. Mr. Gauri is a people's person - be it customers, teams or other stakeholders. He has the unique capability of thinking strategically and translating it to operational and tactical goals. His contextual awareness and learnability allows him to be extremely nimble and flexible in his approach. He has conceptualized and implemented large business initiatives and practices and also lead integration of complex business acquisition. He is also mentoring the Practicing and Aspiring Leaders across the world. As an entrepreneur, his key beliefs include 'Heroic success can be a boon and a bane', 'an average idea with constant evolution and exceptional execution succeeds more often than a bright idea' and 'Entrepreneurship leads to becoming your own boss is a myth, every customer and employee is your boss'. He is passionate about golfing and cooking. "Performance of a professional is a manifestation on one's behavioral skills. We enable huge Performance Enhancement through minor behavioral modification. We are committed towards empowering the girl child and have been participating in several endeavors, " Neeraj Gauri informed The CEO Magazine.

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Small in size yet heavy in weight:

SMBS must not be ignored

n 2012, when John Verbic gave up his career as an investment banker to become the self-funded Founder and CEO of Trepup, he was sure that Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) were getting the raw end of the deal. With no budgets for big media splashes and the lack of resources to manage web activities, SMBs have always been missing out on customer and investor attention. Ask him now, after he’s raised $1 million in seed funding and has a dedicated team of ten working with him on the business network, and he says, “The socialization of business has made it easier for SMBs to have a web presence, but it’s not good enough. SMBs don’t have the money to plough into managing multiple social pages, a website, and search engine marketing. We need to solve the resource and scale problem. We need to give SMBs a compelling and effective platform. Let’s not forget that we rely on them for our daily needs. They fulfil the last mile, both directly as service providers and indigenous brands and indirectly as partners to big businesses and international companies.” Has the Web proved itself a good enough enabler for SMBs? It’s one thing to be a disruptive startup: a one of a kind company that gets plenty of media time after proof of concept, an unlikely occurrence for a company offering property management or art valuation, or even logistics. What we fail to realize is that SMBs make up 90% of global businesses, and most of these are not tomorrow’s unicorns, they are companies with small teams that fulfill the need of a market. They match supply to demand, while keeping services and products competitive and affordable. Mr. Verbic says, “Absolutely, you might be buying online, from an ecommerce giant, like Flipkart, or shopping at the neighborhood store, but the business that is fulfilling your need is most likely an SMB. Website: trepup.com

John Verbic Founder & CEO, TrepUp

Yet our ways to find SMBs are traditional, such as recommendations from friends and family, and wide, untargeted searches on search engines. We need a more direct approach.” It does seem absurd that to find a business that you need, for example a screen printer in your city, close to your preferred location, you have to navigate through a complex “web” of content. Even though Google searches throw up comprehensive results, genuine company pages may never make it to the top, because they are competing with third party pages that may be better optimized for search. Over 2.5 quintillion bytes of information are created every day, while the number of indexed pages is 30 trillion. Why should a consumer have to sift through this maze to find the most reliable content? Do we really have that kind of time? What’s at stake? It is factually known that SMBs curb unfair practices and keep local markets competitive. e-mail: info@trepup.com

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They are breeders of innovation, even our world’s black swans – those that have brought unprecedented change to market – retain lean structures to keep innovating, or they buy stake in small ventures with market viability – example Google Inc. and its investment in Nest Labs, a home solutions inventor. SMBs are also trailblazers in newer, less popular sectors that help diversify a country’s economy and expand its global potential. These are good enough reasons to ensure that we support SMBs. Where does Trepup fit? Trepup’s mission, as shared by the team, is to organize and index the world’s businesses and transform how people find the solutions and establishments they rely on every day. Simply put, if you want information, you go to Google, if you want business information you come to Trepup. Many SMBs don’t have websites, and they will no longer need them, because Trepup is ensuring that its business pages substitute sufficiently. “Our business pages, much like the rest of Trepup, are designed using the latest in web technology. A balanced mix of large visuals and useful data makes it easy for viewers to find what they need,” says Mr. Verbic, “And since these pages are managed by business owners and their representatives, we are ensured authentic and recent information.” This systematic organizing of contact and business data into a detailed, easy-to-use directory has given us a ready reckoner on businesses across the world that can meet a diverse set of our needs. But Trepup’s plans are not restricted to information and visibility. They want to help bring in the numbers that count and to overcome growth challenges for SMBs. “We want to convert likes into buys. If you’re an SMB you can’t possibly care about garnering 5000 likes but not one buyer. Besides building a good product, a business needs smart and targeted marketing to ensure a profit and access to capital, skills, and networks to scale,” says Mr. Verbic. Trepup’s searchable contact directory is just the beginning. According to Mr. Verbic, the real fun will begin with

Trepup’s upcoming features, to-be-launched in 2016. The transaction component of the product will change how we use business information. It will enable us to buy directly from wholesalers, retailers and neighborhood names. What this does, is opens up options for everyone and changes how we interact with businesses. About the Founder and CEO Prior to founding Trepup, Mr. Verbic was a director at Rosemil Finance in India. Previously, in New York, he was a principal at the Chatterjee Group, co-head of private equity finance at ING Group, and senior vice president at Bessemer Group. Mr. Verbic received a BA from University of Chicago, MBA from Kellogg School of Management Northwestern, and CPA from the State of Illinois. More about Mr. Verbic, in his words: “I moved to Mumbai with my family from New York City in 2007. After 15 years of banking experience, the four of us left what was familiar in order to take a chance on an uncertain future. It was our decision alone – no company moved us. Like immigrants, we arrived with hope, and optimism that we could succeed no matter the challenge. With its unmatched diversity and enthralling character, the world we found in India was nowhere close to flat. Access to resources was skewed and the scales were always tipped. Coming from banking, I had seen what tech companies were capable of, and wondered why technology was not being applied to level the playing field. Why were we not moving the world closer together for business? SMBs struggle to scale: Opportunities arise and disappear, because the necessary factors are not present together, at the right time. This limits innovation and productivity, with the result that society remains deprived of progress. Trepup was started as a solution to this problem. By revolutionizing business to business to consumer interactions, we aim to change the world.”

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Tudip Technologies is Known for Integrity Innovation and Serenity The CEO Magazine â&#x20AC;˘ New Delhi

n 2010, Dipti Agrawal and Tushar Apshankar both decided to quit their jobs and open an enterprise which would focus on the client and its needs and provide world class nearshoring services. Their mission was to build a different software services company, that will focus on high integrity and stringent quality implementation. Founded by them, Tudip Technologies is a value driven software services company, incorporated with innovation and expertise as the key features, that delivers excellence in terms of dedicated and business-centric web and mobile solutions. Headquartered in Pune, the organization is strategically transforming their clients. It offers flexible, customized and cost-effective nearshoring solutions. The company ensures the utmost confidentiality of the sensitive business data and on-time and inbudget delivery. Having a strong track-record of industry expertise, over 150 employees, footprint in California and channel partner in Netherlands, Tudip works as an extension to the client's team. Tudip Technologies has competencies in Web Applications Development, Mobile Applications both native & cross platforms, Quality Assurance (Testing - manual & automated), Customized ERP & CRM Implementation and maintenance, Development Operations, Consulting across domains, Cloud Computing and Big Data. With frequent health checks with its clients on the project progress, Website: www.tudip.com

Dipti Agrawal CEO & Co-Founder, Tudip Technologies

Tudip bridges the gap and helps set the right expectations around the go to market strategies. The company follows the agile methodology and has its own project management system named SteerSimple, that helps track task's priority and real time progress anytime. It also follows "Near Shore" methodology, where the team constantly interacts with a client. Team at Tudip works as an extension to the client's team. This is a client focused company, where "Client is the King." Tudip has client base ranging from East to West Coast of US, Canada and Europe. For 6 years, they tried to assess their capabilities, test water, learned from their e-mail: info@tudip.com

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mistakes and every passing year, they stood stronger and proved their mettle. "We are not just a vendor but we are technology partners for our clients. We are a core technology company. Our hard work speaks for itself, as our clients had been driving the strogenst referral traffic towards us. " said Tudip. "We believe in our own competencies and making ourselves stronger.â&#x20AC;? Key Officials Dipti Agrawal, CEO and Co-Founder, Tudip Technologies Dipti Agrawal is a visionary entrepreneur with a belief that it's all about providing value to its clients and money is just a byproduct of that process. She has a great domain expertise along with right kind of exposure to international markets. Dipti has worked with various multinational billion dollars + club companies. Tushar Apshankar, CTO and Co-Founder, Tudip Technologies Tushar Apshankar brings over 15 years of

technical experience. He continues to be a kickass hands on coder. He holds MS degree from the prestigious Louisiana State University, USA. Tushar Apshankar has been part of quite a few successful product startups in his career. It is this unique blend that made Dipti and Tushar, a perfect match to build a world class enterprise. An amazing positive energy, vibrant office, and smart developers are its key strengths. Tudip's high quality, cost effective, reliable and scalable services helped it in building an enduring relationship with its clients. The company is known for Integrity and Innovation. It differentiated from others as by being a strategic forward thinking consulting & development group, defining complete business solutions, processes, technologies, metrics and revenue. By the end of this year Tudip would be venturing into new markets like UAE, South America and partnering with different technology partners and funding product companies.

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THOTS improves learning ability of children by focusing on their Thinking skills development

irth of his first son in late 2002 forced Ashutosh Khurana to dwell deep upon the existing vacuum in the current education system with regard to training a young mind on thinking. With this realisation, he decided that they should conceptualise and formalise life learning into a program and take it to the schools where the early and the most important development of an individual happens. He started Mind Edutainment Pvt. Ltd. (MEPL) to improve learning ability of children by focusing on their Thinking skills development. The Delhi based company is known through its brand name THOTS in the market. The vision of THOTS is to make Thinking development an integral part of the child development process during the formal years of education. Along with his team Mr. Khurana spent four years studying not only the school education system but also the minds of school authorities, teachers, parents and students. Based on these four years' worth of research and analysis, they started working on structuring the program. They have designed the program curriculum and content for classroom delivery around the following four pillars - Thinking Skills, Thinking Concepts (Coined as ThinkabularyTM by us), Thinking Processes and Thinking Models. " Our sons, Krishnansh (now almost 13 years) and Shivansh (now 11 years) are our inspiration. During my 14 years stint in the corporate world (before starting Mind Edutainment), I realised that the one thing that brings about a difference in an individual is their thinking abilities," Ashutosh Khurana, Co-founder & CEO of Mind Edutainment expressed The CEO Magazine. Website: www.geometricglobal.com

In Conversation with Ashutosh Khurana TCM: What is the need of a different pedagogy like that developed by Mind Edutainment? Ashutosh Khurana: In any individual, Thinking forms the basis for any performance professional, personal, academic or nonacademic. And, as we know Thinking can't be developed just by giving instructions, it gets developed by direct experiences. For e.g. If someone were to tell me "Ashutosh you need to be patient". I would appreciate the input but I would not know what I need to do to be 'patient' or what thinking should I apply to be 'patient'. Thus, to develop thinking in children, we should be able to make children see how they think, what is the gap in their current way of thinking, how can they overcome it, and if they overcome it, how this new way of thinking can help them perform better in other spheres academics and real life. And, it can only be done when such experiences are standard, engage the child completely, are structured to bring the same kind of experience even in a group environment, and deliver pre-defined mental actions in each child. THOTS is designed to develop required higher order thinking skills through progressive curriculum in an age appropriate manner. In THOTS Lab, children use various physical thinking tools and mind games to go through thinking experiences in the class. Each session ensures development of thinking skills in each child irrespective of his/her current academic performance. The THOTS facilitators ensure that thinking skills developed through this process extend beyond the tool & classroom to real life situations as well. e-mail: info@geometricglobal.com

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TCM: Is it an alternative approach to education or an extension to the current education framework in schools? How does it help/aid in the school curriculum? Ashutosh Khurana: It is not an alternative approach to education but a supplement to the current education process. Our existing academic process focuses on academic content and development of thinking skills through the academic content i.e. it is not a direct process to develop thinking skills. Thus, engagement of the child in the academic content, classroom interaction and teaching process, ability of the subject teacher to draw real-life interrelationship of the content learnt for its application, etc. shall always play a major role in the content absorption and real-life value of the content. So, what we do is make the development of thinking skills a direct process whereby all the learners, irrespective of their current academic performance, get developed on certain thinking skills. As thinking skills development means development of certain mental behaviour and mental processes, it can best developed through simulations and hand-on experiences. Once children have developed certain thinking skills, for example how to do 3-4 steps sequencing by interrelating various steps in the sequencing, they start performing well in those subject contents (as well as real life) where the context shall require such a kind of thinking behaviour, their performance in learning and application of the subject content improves naturally. TCM: How is the program structured? Do the children have to adopt this program right from the beginning of the learning process at schools or can it be implemented after a certain age too? Ashutosh Khurana: The program is age appropriate and is structured as a progressive curriculum from UKG till Grade VIII. It is best recommended for all the children to get initiated in this program during the primary years of schooling and continue it for minimum 4-5 years.

By use of Thinking Skills children focus on 'knowing how' as well as 'knowing what' i.e. learn how to learn. Thus, in order to develop 'Thinking' amongst children we should aim to develop and promote children's knowledge and understanding through engagement, encouragement and age appropriate experiences. And, the basis of the same should be derived from how does a child learns and acquires information? What environment acts as stimulant and what environment acts as catalyst? The initial 12 years of a child's life are extremely crucial to the primary development of both physical skills and mental capacities. Thus, one of the basic aim of education is to provide the right inputs to help children grow up into conscientious individuals, equipped with an ability to create right perspectives along with the fundamentals to make the right choices in life and be responsible citizens. Thinking is a conscious act. Thinking demands space and time. Thinking skills stand at the heart of learning whereby they make certain learning possible. As a result, they make the learner learnable to carry out certain tasks. TCM: What is the long term vision for Mind Edutainment? Ashutosh Khurana: The long term vision is to touch life of a child from the conception stage itself through parents. If we can make the parents become the facilitator of their child's thinking process by providing these parents with relevant and effective tools, our vision shall be served. In doing so, we are looking at entire globe as our market place. However, to quantify this philosophical vision, the company plans to scale its business model by developing thinking tools and games which can be used by schools and parents. Though our current pricing is the most reasonable across the country and deliverable list the most exhaustive, the objective is to bring the pricing to a level where it can be made within the reach of Tier IV cities.

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We don't have Competitor, claims Vaultize CEO Anand Kekre Opines others have ignored the security aspects of enterprises IT Desk, The CEO Magazine

he experienced employees of Vaultize, have made vital inroads in implementing and executing bespoke security solutions to a diverse range of clients. Headquatered in Pune, the company serves a global clientele by providing reliable solutions and nurturing a collaborative culture in a transparent manner through its sales offices in India, UK and US. With their global mindset and limitless global reach, their fifty employees are well-equipped to serve corporate interest. The company was founded in 2010 in order to provide enterprise file security platform that enables continuous data protection, digital rights management , unprecedented access control for zero data loss enterprise file sharing and VPN-free secure access. In a very short span of time, raising funds from TATA CAPITAL and expanding its presence in more than fifty countries,Vaultize has become one of the leading security service firms in the country and beyond. The company runs it business on SaaS and on premises license model. With hands-on experience and diverse set of in-house skillset, they provide services to thousands of clients like BARC, Aditya Birla group, TATA Capital Financial Services, TATA AIA, HDFC Standard Life, RPG , Arvind Ltd., DDB Mudra. The company has won many awards that speak volumes of its growing popularity and impeccable quality services. It won Forst and Sullivan's "Secure cloud file sharing, mobility and Backup Platform for Enterprises" Award in Website: www.vaultize.com

Anand Kekre CEO, Vaultize

2013. It was also selected for Amazon Web Services (AWS) "Rookie Technology Partner of the year 2015". Vaultize is a solution for secure enterprise file sharing and mobile collaboration with integrated digital rights management, mobile content management, endpoint data protection and data loss prevention. Vaultize uniquely combines encryption and de-duplication at the data source, enabling the most secure and efficient solution for anywhere, anytime, any device access. The company intends to ensure file security for unstructured data residing on endpoints through EFSS integration with DRM. e-mail: sales@vaultize.com

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Being asked by The CEO Magazine, Mr Anand Kekre, CEO of Vaultize, revealed they don't have any competitor. He explained, " Unlike others, Vaultize follows holistic information-centric platform approach to file security where the corporate documents are secured and protected throughout the lifecycle (i.e. at-rest, in-motion and in-use), across enduser devices (company-managed and BYOD) and even beyond corporate network after the files are shared with third-party. All this is without compromising on end-user experience (including mobility) - creating a win-win for enterprise IT and employees. So the focus for security is on information (or content) and not on devices or network (like in traditional perimeter-based security and mobile device management). " " Competitors are mostly point products and focus more on end-user functionalities. Most of them have ignored the security aspects of enterprises." he added. The Maverick behind the Success Anand A. Kekre Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Anand Kekre holds fifty-eight U.S. Patents. He drives strategy and business execution for Vaultize, where he brings over 20 years of technology innovation and executive

leadership experience in security, storage and data protection working for leaders like Symantec, McAfee, VERITAS and IBM. He attended IIT Bombay for Master's degree and SGSITS Indore for bachelor's degree.. Prior to Vaultize, Anand was the head of Pune operations for McAfee (now Intel Security). He came to McAfee in 2008 through the acquisition of Reconnex, the leader in DLP solutions, where he founded the firm's India R&D center as Country Manager. Prior to Reconnex, Anand spent a decade with VERITAS Software (now Symantec), holding various senior technology leadership positions, including Worldwide Chief Architect and Technical Director of Storage and Server Management business unit. Ankur Panchbudhe is the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of the company. He has played an invaluable role in leading this company scale new heights. He drives technology strategy and R&D efforts for Vaultize. He brings more than 13 years of product research, development and strategy experience in data protection and security, content management and storage software. He also holds thirty U.S. patents.

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With VirtualEmployee clients can open their own offshore office in India at Zero Cost plans to enter into Cloud Services The CEO Correspondent â&#x20AC;˘ New Delhi

ince India has a massive talent database, it has been attracting MNCs from all over the world to open their offshore offices in the country. At present VirtualEmployee.com is the only company in the world that offers clients their own 'offshore office in India', at zeroinvestment cost. Its office becomes an extension of their clients', complete with office infrastructure, hardware, software, and staff. Companies from different parts of the world hire dedicated virtual employees in any field or profession from VirtualEmployee. These employees would work exactly like a local, inhouse employee, except they would do so from VirtualEmployee.com's well-maintained and supervised offices here in India, remotely via the internet. Narinder Mahil Founder, VirtualEmployee.com

The company VirtualEmployee.com was founded in 2007 with the primary purpose of helping Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) across North America and Europe enjoy the same benefits of offshore outsourcing as the MNCs. Presently, VirtualEmployee.com has a strong global footprint of 1421+ customers across 27 countries and in more than 150 domains, both IT and non-IT, including rare and niche skills. It is a member of IndoAustralian Chamber of Commerce and Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce. The company was shortlisted for the NASSCOM Emerge 50, 2012 Awards.

SMEs typically cannot open their own Global Inhouse Centres (GICs) in a talent-rich and low cost destination like India, unlike the MNCs due to budgetary, manpower and resource constraints. The traditional outsourcing model is not really suitable for these SMBs as their actual need is to outsource daily, ongoing tasks which are not suited to either the freelancing model or the more expensive project outsourcing companies.

VirtualEmployee.com boasts of vast handson experience in the supporting and operations areas and helps Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) around the world hire dedicated virtual

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employees in any field or profession - in both, IT and non-IT fields.

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and staff function as an extension of the client's own local office and staff. It is the most flexible and cost-effective business model today in the outsourcing landscape, and particularly suitable for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) across the globe," said VirtualEmployee to The CEO Magazine. Their revenue model is operated as a prepaid monthly rolling contract where clients only pay for the service they have consumed. Office: The company is headquartered at sec-63, Noida, with 3 branch offices spanning the length and breadth of the country. Its overseas sales offices are located in Birmingham, UK, USA and Australia. They have already worked in very diverse range of fields but now they want to have stronger and stronger teams in as many areas as possible. Now VirtualEmployee.com plans to expand its India operations for more talent acquisition in cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai.

The Maverick behind the Success Narinder Mahil & Shaunvir Mahil VirtualEmployee.com was founded by a visionary father-son duo, Narinder Mahil and Shaunvir Mahil. Mr. Narinder Mahil is a software engineer and has worked in both the UK and US with some of the top multinationals like Oracle, Ford Motor Co., Blue Cross Blue Shield, Lloyds Bank, TSB. Shaunvir is based in the UK and is a Law graduate from a top university in the UK. " We are the only ones in this space offering an entire offshore office to a client anywhere in the world - complete with employees, infrastructure and a full staff at zero investment cost," said an executive. VirtualEmployee.com is going to launch several apps. Two of them are already up and ready while several more will be launched this year and the next year. The SEZ-approved company is embracing other areas of outsourcing and entering into other technologies like the cloud services.

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Journey of VITEOS

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

Shankar Iyer, Founder and CEO, VITEOS

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-of-the-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. Website: www.viteos.com

Key Executive Mr. Shankar Iyer, Founder and CEO A consummate entrepreneur, 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 techsavvy 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 e-mail: reply@viteos.com

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

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Cultural Quotient: the new differentiator for a Successful Leader By • Sachin Adhikari

oes an opportunity to work in a foreign land excite you ? Are you conscious of the sensitivities of your teammates with respect to their religion or backgrounds? If you are, then your chances of reaching the top of your organization is far more than if not. These traits, which are being sighted as the key differentiator between a good and a great leader, is your Cultural Quotient or CQ. CQ measures the capability to function effectively in a variety of national, ethnic and organizational settings. It's a form of intelligence that has been tested by academic researchers in more than 30 countries over nearly a decade and coined the term to keep up with present age of globalization. CQ is similar to IQ and EQ in that it quantifies a set of capabilities believed to be important to both personal and professional success. It is unique in that it focuses specifically on the skills needed for success in unfamiliar cultures. Cultural intelligence is being described by experts as a core capability essential for success in 21st-century business and has attracted worldwide attention across diverse disciplines. Research has examined what gives rise to cultural intelligence and looked at testing strategies that may lead to enhanced CQ. The good news is that though everybody has a specific CQ, it can be assessed and enhanced through effective training. World is shrinking into one global village where organizations are spreading their businesses beyond geographical borders. This means that resources need to be equipped to handle different cultures and perform well under diverse situations. Even if a position doesn't require any international travel, Website: viztarinternational.com

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managers and HR departments are realizing the importance of having culturally savvy employees who can vigorously meet the challenges of serving a diverse customer base at home and abroad, as well as becoming effective participants of culturally diverse teams. In addition, employers are finding that personnel with high CQ are not only more effective cross-culturally but also are more adaptable and innovative as they go about tasks within their own cultural contexts. Transformational training is a unique module that helps candidates develops their CQ in a way that enhances their professional performance. In our observation, these are some of job-related traits that work for better individuals with higher CQ: § Decision Making: One reason why CQ can increase your job performance is that it results

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in better judgment and decision making. Individuals with higher CQ are better at anticipating and managing risk and at making decisions that involve complex, multicultural dynamics.

and also for successfully attaining 'Make in India' policy which will require cross-border negotiations, understanding new markets, unifying dispersed leadership teams and developing global marketing plans.

ยง Negotiation: Being able to negotiate effectively across cultures is cited as one of the most important competencies needed in today's global workplace. Individuals with higher CQ are more successful at cross-cultural negotiations since this trait gives a better understanding of how to read the nonverbal cues during a negotiation and make one more aware of how to motivate an individual or company from a different culture.

So we know and understand that CQ is important and it can be enhanced. The immediate question that arises, is how? As mentioned, it is certainly possible through effective training. Transformational training, for instance, begins by assessing that person in terms of four distinct CQ capabilities:

ยง Networking: Networking is another one of

the most sought after skills in today's work environment. Needless to say, individuals who can successfully network and build relationships with individuals and organizations that span geographic, cultural, and ethnic boundaries will be sought after for their ability to know how to network effectively across varied contexts. In today's age, companies constantly depend on creative mergers and acquisitions across nations and are best facilitated by individuals who can build multicultural networks. ยง Global Leadership Effectiveness: Today's leaders need to effectively hire, motivate, and develop personnel from a variety of cultures. Even if he doesn't aspire to a primary leadership role, one's job performance certainly requires that he effectively influences and develops teams of culturally diverse participants. With higher levels of CQ, one is more likely to develop trust and effectively lead multicultural groups and projects at home or in other parts of the world.

Employees can be trained to understand how to encounter new cultural situations, judge what goes on in them and make appropriate adjustments to understand and behave effectively in those otherwise disorienting circumstances. Such discernment is becoming more and more critical, for a country like India where government is inviting FDI in all sectors

Motivation which is the person's interest in and confidence at functioning effectively in culturally diverse settings and forms the core of such trainings Cognition- the person's knowledge of how cultures are similar and different which does not necessarily mean that one needs to be an expert on every culture but to understand fundamental cultural differences and their effects on everyday business CQ Strategy which is basically how the person makes sense of culturally diverse experiences. This comes into play when making judgments about one's own or others' thought processes and makes it easier to draft effective planning in the context of cultural differences Behavior- the person's capability to adapt his or her behavior to different cultures which requires having a flexible repertoire of responses to suit various situations while still remaining true to one's self It is important to note that just as in the case of IQ and EQ, it is very important to have robust assessment techniques that give an objective evaluation of one's CQ abilities in order to gauge his development and progress. This is also the best way to ensure that the weaknesses can be turned into strengths over a period of time, through personalized training metaphors. The author Mr. Sachin Adhikari,is India's first Transformational Training Designer & Chief Mentor of Viztar International Pvt Ltd.

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Meet Pankaj Kumar, Founder of Vpayqwik likely to serve 12 million Vijaya Bank users

TCM, Bengaluru: In India people use different apps for different services. As a result, customers face limited memory space issues in their handsets. Realized Pankaj Kumar, who always wanted to be a role model to others. Initially he started working on an app which could become the app of apps and started providing all the services like, travel, bill payment, banking, market place in one single app. Finishing his MBA at James Cook U n i v e r s i t y i n 2 0 11 , P a n k a j K u m a r incorporated F1Soft International in Singapore with his partner. Finding an endless opportunity to explore, the firm created footmarks in Nepal and Cambodia. They have started giving their mobile banking services to banks and also developed one shared digital wallet platform with Nabil Bank in Nepal. Since Nepal was one of the prime destination to receive remittance, there they also started developing remittance software and approaching international remittance company to tie up with them for remittance business in the region. The core business of the firm was to provide mobile banking and mobile wallets to Banks. In order to raise fund they approached various international entity and eventually acquired by First Global Data Corp Canada in March 2013. Pankaj Kumar's latest venture is MSEWA Software, a company based on people, one that attracts customers and one that nurtures collaboration, neutrality, independence and universality principals directly inherited from Website: www.payqwik.in

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various software communities. The company employs highly qualified and skilled software Engineers with in-depth understanding of various software qualities and wide range of services. In addition to Tamil and Malayalam, they are offering services in Telegu. They provide NFC enabled cards and deploy a kind of mobile payment platform where customer do need to shuffle through the app. MSEWA introduced VpayQwik which is now associated with Vijaya Bank as prime partner and would provide services to 12 million vijaya bank users as well as entire nation. Partnered with Telebuy, a Chennai based teleshopping company, they got a great reach to around 3 million customers across southern part of India. e-mail: care@payqwik.in

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" We never focused on providing cash back to users as this is not the right way to sustain customers, the best way is to provide the best experience of services & process flow. We are providing the application in regional languages and also kept the process pretty simple.â&#x20AC;? "We are also focusing on acquiring entire communities rather than customers for example Telebuy having 3 million customers is a community to us, Vijaya Bank with 12 million user is a community, our next community is digital villages adopted by Vijaya Bank then we are moving to corporate societies which has 100,000 employees across India. We have housing societies with more than 5000 residential building across India. Providing them daily services through our wallet would give us an edge and sustainability, " revealed Pankaj Kumar. Recently they visited Chandagalu, a Digital

village adopted by Vijaya Bank and acquired around 2000 customers who are going to use their wallet for their daily transactions such as grocery, milk, newspaper, top up, bill payment etc. They also visited various engineering colleges and B.Ed colleges with Vijaya Bank team to bring them onboard as their corporate partner. On being asked about his alma mater and entrepreneurial journey, Pankaj Kumar said " I completed my engineering from College of Engineering Roorkee. Suddenly from a bright student, I became an average student. The reason being the medium of education. That transition was tough to me however I managed and was committed to overcome this English medium issue and chosen to go for MBA that too abroad.â&#x20AC;? "The journey has been so exciting and was with full of ups and downs but I never gave up on my vision to become an entrepreneur. " he added.

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21 Success Sutras for CEOs By Professor M.S.Rao, Ph.D "I saw the angel in the marble and I carved until I set him free." - Michelangelo

adinah Institute for Leadership & Entrepreneurship (MILE) invited me to lead a webinar on leadership. I chose the topic 'How do CEOs Overcome Leadership Challenges in Turbulent Times?' which is based on my awardwinning book 21 Success Sutras for CEOs. I got this trigger when I was delivering leadership development training programs for C level leaders. The senior level leaders often raised several concerns during my leadership development training programs. Hence, I decided to author a book outlining their concerns with clarifications, and also to underscore 21 success sutras to lead during turbulent times with examples of international leaders including Jack Welch, Alan Mulally, Lou Gerstner, Carlos Ghosn, Tony Hsieh, Jeff Bezos, Alan George Lafley, Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, Herb Kelleher and Lakshmi Niwas Mittal. Additionally, I am passionate about executive coaching, executive education and CEOs. I successfully led the webinar on it. The response was overwhelming as it created an immense interest among the attendees. The participants raised many questions but I could take only a few of them due to the time constraint. Before outlining the webinar questions and answers, it is essential to understand the 21 success sutras for CEOs. 1. Communicate Clearly. 2. Build Trust. 3. Carry all Stakeholders with You. 4. Emphasize Organizational Culture. 5. Keep People Before Profit. 6. Be Adaptable. 7. Take Feedback. 8. Encourage Innovation.

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9. See the Big Picture. 10. Overcome VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity). 11. Avoid Information Overload. 12. Make Decisions with Limited and Imperfect Information. 13. Conquer Stress. 14. Learn When to Hold and When to Fold. 15. Be Bold to Lead in Turbulent Times. 16. Adapt Locally to Grow Globally. 17. Appreciate Diversity. 18. Practice Continuous Dissatisfaction. 19. Encounter Economic Decline. 20. Avoid Clinging to Status Quo. 21. Invest in the Future. 150

Webinar Questions and Answers Q: Leaders are supposed to motivate and inspire, don't you think it's an essential part of leadership? A: Yes. Inspiration is an essential ingredient of leadership. It is the role of leaders to constantly inspire all the stakeholders including shareholders to overcome challenges to achieve organizational goals and objectives. Q: Is there any difference between big picture and vision and how? A: Yes. There is a difference vision and big picture. Vision means where you will take your organization while big picture is the ability to predict and anticipate both threats and opportunities, and interlink all aspects into one, to think holistically and make decisions. It helps exploit opportunities and overcome threats in the present global business environment. Big picture is also about interconnecting the aspirations and expectations of all stakeholders including employees, investors, customers, board members and shareholders and rising up to them. Only connecting thread between vision and big picture is that vision helps leaders see the big picture. Q: How do CEOs acquire adaptability? A: The only thing constant in the world is change. Hence, it is essential to adapt to environment quickly. The Dean of leadership, Warren Bennis once remarked that adaptability is the key factor for leadership effectiveness and success. Additionally, Charles Darwin quoted, "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change." Adaptability is the key to CEO's success in the current global business environment. CEOs must learn continuously. They must have learning agility. Learning agility is knowing what to do when you don't know what to do or how to do. When it is blended with the ability to identify trends and predict future

certainties and probabilities, it would make a successful leader. Hence, CEOs must acquire learning agility through executive education. Above all, they must learn, unlearn and relearn to adapt quickly. Q: How can we respond to VUCA? What skill-set do we need to counter it? A: VUCA is the acronym for volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. Volatility is the nature and dynamics of change; uncertainty is the lack of predictability; complexity is about the multiplex of forces; and ambiguity is about the haziness of reality and the mixed meanings of conditions. Due to the rapid growth in technology, the leaders must encounter VUCA. First, leaders must accept this fact and be prepared mentally to overcome it. Constant communication with both internal and external stakeholders helps greatly overcome turbulent times. Above all, leaders must acquire learning agility to manage VUCA. Q: How to keep employees happy and satisfied? A: Bring your employees under one platform by emphasizing on organizational culture. Value people as people, not as workers. Herb Kelleher, the cofounder and former CEO of Southwest Airlines valued people as people, not as workers. He emphasized on human resources to keep his company profitable for 30 years consecutively. Respect your employees. Empower them to make their own decisions. Coach and groom them to grow as leaders. The old method of command-and-control doesn't work anymore. Hence, treat them as partners. If they are happy and satisfied, they will keep other stakeholders including customers and shareholders happy. Q: How can CEOs introduce their leadership models with their team members effectively? A: Communication plays a crucial role in this regard. CEOs must build strong team based on the competencies and capabilities of employees. 151

They must build the team in such a way to leverage the strengths of team members. Once successful team is built, they must communicate clearly about the merits of adopting new leadership models to achieve organizational excellence. It helps employees understand and appreciate the models and implement them wholeheartedly. Q: How to integrate various business units into one system within the organization? A: It is essential to connect employees under one platform through organizational culture as it is the culture that connects different employees under one platform. It creates an emotional bonding to improve organizational bottom lines. For instance, A. G. Lafley of P&G and Tony Hsieh, the CEO of Zappos.com strove hard to connect people by emphasizing on organizational culture. In fact, strategy and culture are two eyes of an organization with strategy as the guiding path while culture as the driving path. Balancing and blending these both will enhance CEO effectiveness. Q: How do CEOs emphasize on the corporate social responsibility? A: It is essential for CEOs to emphasize on various stakeholders such as shareholders, employees, investors, environment, customers, and board members to name a few. Precisely, they must emphasize on people, plant and profit. Although profit is the main motive of organizations, taking care of all stakeholders including social responsibility is the need of the hour. Q: Is cross-industry experience essential to succeed as a CEO? A: Leadership skills are transferable as what worked in a particular industry will work in another industry. For instance, Alan Mulally, of Ford worked in airline industry (Boeing) who proved as a successful CEO in automobile industry (Ford). Similarly, Daniel Akerson the CEO of General Motors grew up in the

technology and telecommunications industry who succeeded in automobiles. Bob Wright, head of GE Capital, went on to head NBC, a media company. Sam Walsh of Rio Tinto had similar experience. Hence, CEO success skills have nothing to do with domain skills. At the same time, being good at domain skills helps significantly to lead as CEOs. James Strock in his book Serve to Lead: Your Transformational 21st Century Leadership System shares the inspiring story of Eisenhower as follows: After the First World War, Eisenhower's skills as a manager were applied at high levels in other domains. He served as the first Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, forging the NATO alliance. He served as the president of Columbia University. Ultimately he served as president of the United States. In each task, he did not add technical acumen. He had not been a professor any more than he had been a battlefield commander. He had not been a party politician or previously sought elective office. Eisenhower's singular management skills enabled him to elicit extraordinary performance from complex organizations and networks, including in the face of existential challenges. The present CEOs must be jack of all trades and master of one domain that is - business acumen to succeed. The 21st century CEOs must have transferable skills with cross-industry experience. The CEOs with cross-industry experience encounter innumerable leadership challenges. They must have encountered a lot of failures and learned leadership lessons. It equips them with more tools and techniques to overcome them. Although both technical and business acumen are essential for CEOs to succeed, having business acumen in diversified industries helps them overcome any kind of leadership challenges. Working in various industries provides both breadth and depth of experience which is an asset for CEOs. It is like generalists versus specialists. We cannot exactly say which one to prefer between generalists or specialists. It all depends on the type of leadership challenge the 152

company is facing and also on the mindset of the leaders. Hence, CEOs should be selected accordingly. At times, board selects the CEOs with transformational leadership skills to tide over their crisis and turnaround their companies. Subsequently, they recruit another CEO with a track record to sustain business which is not a step in the right direction. Q: How do you justify that CEOs are timber from a different tree? A: Yes, CEOs are timber from a different tree. They read different types of books that inspire them. They appreciate reading books like How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, The Essential Drucker by Peter Drucker, Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, Losing My Virginity by Richard Branson, Art of War by Sun Tzu, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, 21 Success Sutras for Leaders by M.S.Rao and Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin to name a few. They are continuous learners and constantly look for ways and means to acquire knowledge from multiple sources to update and inspire themselves. They look up to leaders from all areas. For instance, they look up to business leaders - Jack Welch for extroversion and efficiency; Steve Jobs for innovation and excellence; and Richard Branson for flamboyance and risk-taking. At the same time, they look up to political leaders - Abraham Lincoln for team-spirit and transparency; Mahatma Gandhi for sincerity and simplicity; Winston Churchill for persuasion and motivation; Nelson Mandela for struggles and sacrifices; Ronald Reagan for courage and communication. They look up to other leaders M o t h e r Te r e s a f o r c o m p a s s i o n a n d contribution; and Dalai Lama for charisma and commitment. Q: As an executive coach what advice would you like to share to budding and experienced CEOs? A: Here are some suggestions for both budding and experienced CEOs:

1. Craft your vision, and articulate it effectively. 2. Emphasize on organizational culture. 3. Keep things simple and straight. 4. Be transparent and ethical. 5. Keep people before the profit. 6. Be a risk taker. 7. Never look back in regret. 8. Learn quickly from your failures and move on. 9. Leave your ego at the door. 10. Spread the fame during success and take the blame during failure. 11. Hire a coach. 12. Be a soft and servant leader to make a difference. Be prepared for to encounter leadership challenges arising out of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity in the prevailing global business environment. Be a risk taker and adaptable as the times and technologies are changing rapidly. Above all, treat your employees first, customers second, and shareholders last. Q: What is your message to CEOs? A: If you keep your employees happy, they will keep your customers happy. Happy customers improve your organizational bottom lines. Hence, value your employees to add value to your company, and to grow as a great CEO. References http://www.amazon.com/21-Success-SutrasCeos-Rao/dp/162865290X https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Oc1A6 wgZ4&feature=youtu.be 21 Success Sutras for CEOs by Prof M S Rao (Motivational Press, Inc. April 21, 2016) ( Author is International Leadership Guru and has authored 30 books on leadership, coined 3 grids, and published 250 articles in prestigious global journals and magazines.)

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HLFPPT bridges the gap of affordability and accessibility by delivering innovative and affordable Healthcare solutions

n developing countries like India, most women can't avail quality healthcare services, especially those pertaining to reproductive & child healthcare, owing to lack of access, awareness and affordability. HLFPPT strives to ensure safe motherhood and better child health, ultimately building happier and healthy future generations. HLFPPT laid its foundation in 1992. It is a venture of HLL Lifecare and registered under the TravancoreCochin Literary, Scientific, Charitable Societies Registration Act 1955. Since inception, this organization has become a pioneer in promoting Public Health through Social Marketing strategies. It has also become India's leading organisation in Reproductive & Child Healthcare. Founded in 1992, HLFPPT has been working on the entire spectrum of RMNCH+A (Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Healthcare) and HIV Prevention & Control, and reaching out to underserved communities with affordable healthcare solutions at their doorstep. It has been an active contributor towards the goals of the National Health Mission, National AIDS Control Programme, FP2020, Millennium Development Goals and post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. It's a chosen collaborator for implementation of programmes for the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Rural Development, State Government Bodies, National & Global Development Agencies, top PSUs and the Corporate Sector. In the last 24 year, HLFPPT has emerged as a pioneer in Social Marketing & Social Franchising and Website: www.hlfppt.org

Sharad Agarwal CEO, HLFPPT

gradually evolved technical expertise on thematic areas of its work. "This organization operates in the areas of Maternal and Child Health, HIV Prevention and Control, Family Planning, and Adolescent Health through its products and technical assistance. Our parent organisation, HLL Lifecare Ltd, is a Govt of India promoted enterprise. We promote products including Condoms, Contraceptive Pills, IUCD, Sanitary Napkins, Pregnancy Test Cards, Contraceptive Injections, Vending Machines, Oral Rehydration Salt and Zinc Sulphate, etc, through social marketing. Our parent company, HLL Lifecare Ltd, is one of the world's leading condom manufacturers, accounting for nearly 10 percent of the global production capacity. We have closely worked in rural India, independently as well as with other organizations," said Sharad Agarwal, CEO of HLFPPT. |

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"We have developed technical expertise in areas of Social Marketing, Social Franchising, Capacity Building, Community Development, Behavior Change Communication, Corporate Social Reponsibility, Skill Development, Programme Management, Branding & Product Development, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation, Hospital Management and Public Health," he added. "One of our flagship programmes is Merrygold Health Network (MGHN), which is India's largest Social Franchising Network in health sector comprising 715+ Health Facilities, 800+ Doctors & 15,000+ Community Health Volunteers across 152 districts in 6 states (UP, Rajasthan, Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Telenagana)," said Mr Agarwal. MGHN is a network of social franchisee hospitals & clinics based on Public Private Partnership (PPP) model that offers quality Reproductive & Child Health (RCH) and Family Planning (FP) Services at affordable rates (50-60% lower than market price). It's a three-tier network, comprising L1 Hospitals (equipped with MCH facilities including Emergency Obstetric Care & Family Planning services), L2 Hospitals/Clinics (with MBBS or AYUSH doctors at sub-divisional level), and Merrytarang Members or L3 (community health volunteers who provide elementary MCH information to people and eventually link them with L1 and L2). Partnerships In the last 24 years, HLFPPT has worked with National Government Bodies such as NACO, National Health Mission, Health Sector Skill Council, ESIC, etc as well as International Donor Organizations and Agencies such as UNICEF, UNFPA , USAID, DFID, , Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Global Fund, Institute for Reproductive Health (Georgetown University), Merck for Mothers, Oxfam, Deloitte, etc. Having a proven track-record of result-orientated programme implementations

in the development sector, HLFPPT has gradually emerged as a trusted partner for the Corporate Sector in its CSR initiatives. HLFPPT is implementing CSR programmes in alliance with leading corporate such as Cairn India, Essar Group, Suzlon Energy Ltd, Jindal Steels & Power Ltd, DLF Foundation, Apollo Foundation and the like. "We are increasingly providing Primary Healthcare Services to underserved communities through multiple CSR Initiatives. One such successful model developed for taking healthcare services to the underserved communities in far-flung, remote and inaccessible region is our Mobile Medical Units (MMUs)," said Mr Agarwal. MMUs or health vans offer free health consultations, diagnostic tests and free medicines to the underpriviedged through door-to-door services. They also conduct health awareness camps and free checkups and make patient referrals to the public healthcare system. HLFPPT is currently operating 11 MMUs in 7 states (NCR, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, Kerala & Uttrarakhand). Out of these, five are being operated in partnership with the corporate sector. In recent years HLFPPT has also forayed into Skill Development program. Going ahead, HLFPPT shall be rolling out a couple of new programmes and models such as Amrit Clinics. HLFPPT has been working on Amrit Clinic, a chain of 600 specialised clinics offering comprehensive reproductive health solutions. This Delhi based venture would act as one-stop destination for availing information, products and services of entire range of globally-adopted family planning methods. The clinics will be set up in three phases across all districts in the country, starting with eight Empowered Action Group states having high levels of fertility and mortality. These states are Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Odisha and Rajasthan, HLFPPT informed. . One such one-stop clinic has already been set up in Lucknow, UP.

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GAVS brings predictability in IT operations, Plans for in-organic growth

t was a summer's evening in Chennai. The CEO Magazine spoke with Sumit Ganguli, CEO of GAVS Technologies, and a General Partner at Basil Partners at his Chennai office. Finishing reading the book Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, Sumit Ganguly leafed through History of the World by E.H Gombrich. "Reading these books give one a broader perspective towards life, gives you dollops of humility and it spurs you to work towards leaving a legacy behind," said Sumit Ganguli who has been in the US for the last 25 years. "Living a life is more important than supporting a livelihood," he had heard this phrase from a commencement speech. A lot of these values and life goals are directly implemented at GAVS Technologies, which obsesses on its RITE Values - Respect, Integrity, Trust and Empathy for all its employees, clients and stake holders. GAVS Technologies is focused on Enabling Digital Transformation for its clients through Infrastructure Solutions and newer technologies. GAVS and its leaders have committed to use this as a platform to truly create a disruption in IT, and has developed a Predictive Analytics tool, GAVeL in the IT Service Management Space. GAVeL has recently been awarded the Gartner's 'Cool Vendor' status in the ITSM 2.0 for 2016. GAVeL can predict potential outages and enhances user experience in contact center as well as data center environments. GAVS is also promoting a truly disruptive frame work, of GAVS Aided Zero Incident Infrastructure Landscape (GAZEIIL) that employs Instrumentation, Real User Monitoring, Automation, Predictive Analytics and Virtualized Desktops. Through these innovative and disruptive technologies GAVS Website: www.gavstech.com

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is committed to be a trusted partner of its clients in the Bi-Modal IT trend, managing current operations, lift & shift while using Automation, Instrumentation and other tools to redefine the IT Infrastructure Landscape. The company is also planning for some in-organic growth to either acquire new clients and new IP and would like to look at some liquidity event in the next 24 - 36 months. The company has been largely operating in the US, ME and is again growing its UK foot print. Health Care, Manufacturing, Media & Publishing are the focus areas of GAVS and it has strong presence in Oman and UAE, with the leading banks in that region. GAVS is convinced that it will bring in genuine disruption in the Infrastructure Management space and usher a newer phase using Automation, Predictive Analytics, Instrumentation and reduce this total dependency on people based support, presently employed by the established IT Services company. |

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GAVeL & GAVS Aided Zero Incident Infrastructure have been conceived, developed and deployed by GAVS' key leaders Chandra Mouleshwar, Balaji Uppili and Rao Haridasu. GAVS' Predictive Analytics platform GAVel correlates events and data based on human intelligence and machine learning, to provide predictive insights into the operations, thereby driving increased revenue and enhanced customer satisfaction. GAVS has also built strong expertise around Microsoft's Azure and other Cloud and Machine Learning technologies and IBM's Blue Mix and Softlayer. "Our endeavor is to bring predictability in the IT operations, reduce manual interventions and drive towards a higher availability of business services" Mr. Ganguli said. GAVS was formed over 15 years ago, and one of the key characteristics of the company promoted by its two founders was deep rooted, concierge like client intimacy. Basil Partners and its investors have taken majority control of GAVS during the last few years. GAVS is continuing this legacy of trying to provide obsessive, Seven Star Service to all of its clients while adding Innovation, Technology bias and RITE to the original recipe. "As a mid-sized organization, GAVS has been doing multiple things primarily being driven by clients. The current challenge is to change the organization inside out - moving away from doing multiple things to focusing on our core competencies, developing solutions and framework of IP, and to bring about cultural changes in the organization to support the growth and changes, " revealed Rao Haridasu , GAVS' Head of Solutions and Strategy. "By focusing on the crest of technology, trying to stay ahead of the curve, identifying niche and developing solutions, challenging our delivery leaders to focus on solutions to address client needs, and constant upskilling and training of the people to build on the existing competencies to align with the changing needs," he concluded.

To upskill employees, the company has built GAVS Learning Academy (GLA), in association with George Washington University. GAVS also has a tie-up with the British Council for employees to go through communication and presentation skills. In order to prepare GAVS as an International Consulting company with CXO presences, GAVS has instituted in-house courses on Business Etiquette and cross cultural training. GAVS is immersed in the concept of Social Enterprise. "At GAVS, we believe that a bias towards altruism and being connected with the society at large gives our employees and leaders a larger vision and purpose, and we attract a different profile of personnel and it promotes a higher level of dialogue. GAVS is closely engaged with the Dream Runners Half Marathon in Chennai that directly impacts the disabled by raising funds for prosthetic limbs. GAVS is extremely blessed, that we have been given an opportunity to nurture and support a small isolated village named Ramanwadi in Maharashtra. The volunteers involved in supporting this small village have brought success in several areas of rural development and have the small hamlet inching towards selfsufficiency." Balaji Uppili, GAVS' Chief Delivery Officer explained. Sumit Ganguly, CEO of GAVS, has been involved in the IT & IT Services business all of his career. He attended IIM Kolkata and NYU Sterns School of Management, after his degree in Engineering. Prior to GAVS, Mr. Ganguli worked with companies where he was involved in Global Sales, M&A, & Strategic Consulting. He was intimately involved in GE Equity, investing in one of the companies and was the CEO of a BSE listed entity that was created through the merger of three companies with the focus on Embedded Systems. As an Adjunct Professor he teaches International Business at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He contributes opinion pieces for various periodicals in the US and India.

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Come, Live and Start business in Mumbai calls Mumbai First secures city, empowers citizen, beautifies 36 railway stations

umbai is always among the top destinations to live and do business to the millionaires, the seasoned and serial entrepreneurs. The city of dreams inspires and encourages startups to start their own business, providing plenty of opportunities. To transform the Mumbai Metropolitan region into a world class destination for the citizens to live and do business in, through the specific role of a catalyst to foster partnerships with stakeholders, eminent journalist Shishir Joshi conceptualized Bombay First. Bombay First, also known as Mumbai First is a private sector representation think tank which works closely with the public sector on collaborative areas aimed at making Mumbai a better place to live, work and play. This organization is acknowledged by the Government of India as a best practice in Public Private Participation. Bombay First works in collaboration with Industry and the Government and is grateful to the support of the Tatas, Godrej, Mahindras, Hindustan Lever, Larsen and Toubro, Asian Paints, SBI, ICICI, HDFC, as its original Promoters and Patron Members. In recent times, Siemens and Standard Chartered Bank too have come on board as Patron members. In its decade and a half growth story, Bombay First has had the distinction of putting together the much accepted and recognized Mumbai Transformation report with Mckinsey and subsequently, the initiative of advocating to the then Government in Maharashtra to adopt what is now known as the 40-Year Concept Plan for Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Mumbai, thanks to Bombay First is probably the only city in the country to have a forward looking vision document of this Website: www..org

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nature. This Concept plan is in the process of being integrated with the Development Control Plan. Bombay First also actively collaborates with international bodies in the journey of Mumbai's transformation. The European Union, the UK Trade and Investment organization, the New York Police, Scotland Yard, the office of the Mayor of London, the Mayor of Barcelona and the Government of Singapore are just a few of the institutions with whom they have active and constant collaborative engagements. Very recently, Joshi led the Mumbai First team in hosting the First BRICS Friendship Cities Conclave, 2016, on Urbanization in Mumbai. Cities across Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa sent key representatives at this conclave held in Mumbai, to discuss and forge dialogue and partnerships on urban growth, with India,

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jointly partnered and supported by the Government of India and Government of Maharashtra. In recent times, Bombay First has also been engaged with the Mumbai Port Trust, specially invited by the MbPT Land Development Authority to be on its committee which will soon present its report on the Port Regeneration plan to the Hon. Minister for Shipping, Mr. Nitin Gadkari. Speaking to The CEO Magazine, Mr. Joshi said "We are also actively engaged in discussions with various departments of the Government of India, especially the team led by Mr. Narendra Modi in Delhi and the team led by Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, in advocating key projects for the MMR." As youngest CEO of Mumbai First, Shishir Joshi's role is to drive initiatives in the sectors of Healthcare, Infrastructure, Mobility, Governance, Environment, Education, Business , Entertainment and Security. The initiatives could range from creating discussion platforms, providing solutions, identifying problem areas, playing the role of a catalyst and initiative meaningful dialogue among best pratise players to ensure the end purpose of urban growth is met. " Mumbai First has been instrumental in setting up the ambitious War room for the Government of Maharashtra to fast track growth projects which impact people. Mumbai First is also acknowledged for its effort in setting up the Empowered Committee, the Citizens Action group and the Concept Plan, a unique 40 year approach document for the growth of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region" Mr. Joshi added .A Lawyer by Education and a post graduate in Journalism, Shishir Joshi has been associated with several key media institutions in core Journalistic and senior management roles including NDTV, Indian Express, CNN.com, TV Today with his last assignment being with MiD-Day as its Group Editorial Director.

In his role, Shishir closely engages with citizens at the grassroots, domestic and global institutions on a regular and collaborative mode. In recent times and over the last few years, Shishir has played a critical role in formulating focused dialogue with EU member nations through a working group platform, exchange of expertise as well as education in the space of Environment, Healthcare, Waste Management, Mobility, Urban Development and planning as well as governance. Currently, Joshi is driving a unique Crowd Funding and Crowd sourced initiative to beautify 36 railway stations of Mumbai, within a span of seven days. This has the makings of the largest such project through citizen participation. He has over 25 years of working experience across professions. His professional qualifications are in Law and Media, which he practiced for over two decades. But, in this area too, his engagement with public policy and governance experts has helped him enhance the goals identified by Mumbai First through its various developmental verticals. In another avatar, Shishir is also Chairman of Muskaan-Sharing smiles, a not for profit institution engaged in providing day care and education to the under privileged, in a specific pocket of Mumbai. He is the founder trustee of Engage the Citizen, a citizen empowerment group which mentors citizen journalists through education. He has mentored over 1000 citizen journalists in seven states across India. Shishir is also a Coach, Trainer and Counsellor by practice, with the who's who if India's Corporate leadership being part of his core clients. He has been part of the founding team which set up Nithya Sahay, a first of its kind free walk-in Counselling program for people across religion and faith, at St. Michael's church in Mahim, which sees a footfall of over 80,000 people every Wednesday from across India.

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YuppTV Provides Reliable, Resilient and Scalable Platform for all Broadcasters to reach their target audience globally

hile the Over the Top ( OTT ) industry has become a part and parcel of lifestyle of users across the globe, especially in the major economies, OTT in India is yet to come of age. Today, with the increase in the number of internet users, broadband reach and infrastructure getting stronger, there is more awareness amongst the Indian masses in regards to OTT and VOD services. Owing to globalization and uncertain routines of users, Indians are adopting to this new rage of OTT industry, where remotely accessing the content holds more prominence over owning the same. However, as a nation we still lag behind in terms of overall infrastructure for the OTT industry to flourish completely. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, YuppTV offers 200 Indian TV Channels in 13 languages that include Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Oriya, Gujarati, Sinhala, Urdu and Bangla and continues to revolutionize the way TV is viewed across the world. YuppTV provides a reliable, resilient and scalable platform for all Broadcasters & Content Providers to reach their target audience globally over 6 screens of Connected TVs, STBs, PC, Smart Phones, Tablets and Social Networking sites. The mission of the company is to make it simple and instant for Broadcasters to deliver and consumer to view; live TV, Catch-up TV and Movies anytime and anywhere in the world to any internet enabled device. YuppTV has been exponentially growing since its launch in October 2015 in India and has more than 5 million app downloads on Android. Indian users have shown more inclination towards Mobile than on the Web to watch South Asian TV content on YuppTV, in addition to movies, short films and news. Udaynandan Reddy is the man behind YuppTV that has grown to be the world leader in converged Over the Top (OTT) live TV and Catch-up TV Solutions. While he is a successful entrepreneur, Mr. Reddy is also a visionary philanthropist. His foundation, the modernvillagevision2020.com is an effort to reduce the social and economic disparity between rural and urban sectors through the introduction of technological infrastructure into the rural sector. A focused attempt has already begun in the village, Veenavanka, India. Udaynandan Reddy is an Engineering Graduate of Electronics and Communications from Delhi College of Engineering Delhi University. He chose to be entrepreneur instead of joining Executive MBA program in Kellogg School of Management.

Uday Reddy CEO, Yupp TV

Mr. Reddy firmly believes that dreaming is one thing and bringing the dream to reality is an entirely different facet. During the course of his work at Siemens and Nortel Networks, he traveled more than 50 countries; an experience that helped him understand the socio-economic conditions of communities and publics. He has seen how Indians abroad did not have access to Indian content and this lead to the birth of YuppTV. He is transforming the way consumers and businesses converge, deliver and communicate, globally. To start with, YuppTV offered two channels. In a span of 8 years, the number of channels that can be viewed on YuppTV stands more than 200. Being asked by The CEO Magazine, he said "Video on demand is still a new concept for many Indians, who are traditionally accustomed to cable TV and download. However, following the Digital India campaign, the current government has invested a lot in improving the current infrastructure. Also, we have enhanced internet capabilities today, owing to the advent of 4G, advanced fiber optic network and the availability of superior broadband services. Hence, we experience OTT gradually making inroads to Mainstream Media, attractive users with its quintessential features like device and location independence, wide array of entertaining shows and movies, catch up TV and more." 160

Sameer Dua, founder of Institute for Generative Leadership ameer Dua is the Founder Director and Program Leader for Institute for Generative Leadership, India, which is established in association with IGL, USA. The programmes are offered in USA, India, Spain, Mexico and Chile. Sameer has done several training, coaching and consulting projects with organizations of different industries and varying sizes. In accordance with his purpose to positively impact millions of people around the world, Sameer set up the Gift Your Organ Foundation that works with the

Karnataka government and the Maharashtra government . It is the first organization in the country to have introduced the Green Heart Driver's Licence, which is having an organ donation option on the driver's licence. Sage has just published his book Declaring Breakdowns: Powerfully creating a future that matters, through 6 simple steps.

Redstone Learning reinforces its stance in the space with continuous improvement of content and delivery

ounded in 2014, Redstone Learning is a leading global ed-tech company that is headquartered in New York with an offshore center in Bangalore. Founder Subrata Ghosh is an IITian and a serial entrepreneur with ventures spanning Ed-tech and Service-tech startups, and earlier having worked in the US with startups and Fortune 100s. Redstone owns and operates 2 established learning brands globally ezCertifications.com and Compliance.world.

In the US, Redstone Learning closely works with over 300 professional trainers, several of them being exclusive with Redstone. It is a fast growing self-funded and profitable firm, and is targeting US$10 million in sales this financial year. Some of Redstone's marquee global customers include Coca Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Cisco, Intel, KPMG, Pfizer, Deloitte, KPMG, Microsoft and Dell among others.

Vivek Mehra, MD and CEO of SAGE India

ivek Mehra, MD and CEO of SAGE India, penned his maiden novel, 'Seven Shades of Grey' in 1999. When he approached a few publishers, no one wanted to publish. Finally he self-published the book in 2013. He joined SAGE India as Deputy Managing Director in September 2005. On 1 December 2006, he officially became Managing Director and CEO of SAGE India. Today the company has close to 400 employees across 6 offices in India. He was awarded the "Sharda Top Rankers Excellence Award for Visionary Leadership" in January 2016 and "Vijayshree" by the Government of Maharashtra in 1990. He is visiting faculty at the Ambedkar University Delhi and teaches courses at Post

Graduate level. Vivek was also the Vice President, Association of Publishers in India and is on the committee for CII and FICCI on IPR and Copyright. He has an MBA in Marketing from Columbia University, New York and a B . S c . i n Te x t i l e Technology from the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. He is currently pursuing a masters degree in International Business Law at the University of London.

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Actor Anil Kapoor funds Indi.com

long with Actor Anil Kapoor and Divyansh Bajpai, Neel Grover founded Indi.com, a prominent global video platform enabling both individuals and brands to create and monetize content, whilst integrating multiple social networks. Incepted in the year 2012, Indi is based out of Irvine, South California. Following a nationwide launch in the United States in 2013, Indi registered its presence in India in April, 2016. Owing to his dynamic career spanning across 2 decades, Neel Grover, CEO of Indi.com, has driven many companies to explore their infinite potential and enjoy the greatest levels of success. His credibility and perseverance as the President and CEO of Buy.com was instrumental in bringing about the sale of Buy.com to Rakuten worth $250,000,000. Thereafter serving as the CEO of

Rakuten.com, followed by Bluefly.com further strengthened Neel's position as the thought leader in the world of e-commerce. The idea of Indi.com happened when Neel was trying to help artists audition for important roles without having to travel. Being the founding member, Neel has been completely invested in the platform from the very beginning. Indi.com is poised to empower Brands and Influencers better engage with their fans and customers digitally. In addition, Neel intends to democratize talent discovery online, completely eradicating educational pedigree or socio-economic biases. Actor Anil Kapoor also invested in Indi.com as a Co-Founder. Indi.com hosts elite challenges by celebs like Anita Dongre, Mohit Suri. It recently hosted first even startup video challenge by IBM.

Oxigen - India's first Non-Bank Mobile Wallet app

xigen Wallet is India's first Non-Bank Mobile Wallet app, approved by RBI, which allows you to send and receive money through popular social channels like Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, SMS and Email. Customers can instantly send money to any mobile number or bank account in India, even if the recipient is not a registered Oxigen Wallet user. Oxigen Wallet services include money transfer/ Mobile/DTH/Data Recharges, Postpaid, Utility bill payments and Gift Cards for over 60+ brands. Oxigen Wallet offers a safe, secure and convenient payment solution via the mobile. Oxigen Services has 150 million active users and 150 million Oxigen

users through retail touch points also 20 Million users through Mobile Wallet. Ankur Saxena, Director and Chief Mentor, Oxigen Wallet, has been successful in transforming the IT and Development function in Oxigen. He has institutionalized internationally accepted best practices, to help Oxigen become a tech savvy, systems and process driven organization. He has spent 13 years in the USA where he studied for his Bachelor and Masters in Telecom and Computer Sciences and worked for Motorola and Lemco Corp. for 10 years in software development and architecting of Next Generation telecom networks. Ankur an NRI is part of the "Promoter Group of Oxigenâ&#x20AC;?

Lohia Manav Kalyan Supports Education for Underprivileged

yush Lohia is the CEO of Lohia Auto Industries (LAI), a part of Lohia Global that is Rs.630 Cr. Venture. It is an automobile company that offers traditional as well as green energy mobility solutions and has business interests in Manufacturing, Exports, Retail, Real Estate, Energy and Automobiles. As CEO at Lohia Auto Industries, Mr. Lohia strategically expanded the portfolio of Lohia Global by acquiring the stainless steel manufacturing unit, where he roped in an exposure to the Production and development of the raw steel During his association with the stain

less steel unit he developed his perspectives about the production and development science. He leads a team of strategists, R&D, Sales, services, marketing, and business development managers who work closely with the brand, dealers, vendors and agencies to ensure optimal delivery of consumer experiences across the company's pallet of offerings. He is dedicatedly working on social projects promoted by "Lohia Manav Kalyan", a trust run by Lohia Global, that supports the education for underprivileged. 160

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