Special Edition February, 2023

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

Henry Ford has quoted once, “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” And the entrepreneurs of the present generation have understood the assignment very well. Talking about the present status of the business world, we can surely assert that “comebacks” are always more powerful than “setbacks”. The whole world had held itself back during the global pandemic of COVID-19-but the entire phase of previous years was visible proof that together, we can rise from the dust to the sky with our willpower and dedication. Positivity and the excitement of starting something new were everything going through my mind while creating this note for our global readership.

This exclusive edition is entirely dedicated to all our zealous and inspiring business leaders out there in the market. The members of our Business Connect family have put their utmost effort and skills to bring this particular edition to the table for you. And we can assure you that every single page that you will flip will add extra value to your life and will immensely influence the upcoming entrepreneurs. Now, jumping straight to the data of the business surveys of the year 2021-2022, more than 5.4 million new business ventures have been launched in the market during the particular year. This truly shows that neither a hurdle nor a pandemic can stop an entrepreneurial brain to flaunt its talent. Although, the industry that got directly affected by COVID-19 was the primary sector as most of the businesses in this realm, such as construction, mining, fishing, etc., need a presence outside the homes. Many businesses in the construction arena still proved that rising back isn’t that difficult. One such influencing leading company is Mining 360, which is revamping the industry. Our editorial team had an interesting and exciting virtual session with the leadership panel of the company, where the team’s unmatched expertise and experience tremendously hit and made us feature him on our cover page.

At last, I would say that your consistency and focus are the main stepping stones on the path to success. Just be focused and try your best to sustain consistency to excel in your goals with flying colors. I would like to sign off with a quote for our entrepreneurs out there by Mark Zuckerberg, Founder, and CEO of Facebook, “A simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.”

Keep Shining!

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Mining 360 Services

Revamping the mining industry with unique solutions…

Mining consulting has become a new hype for the successful execution of mining projects. This complex industry needs the guidance of expert mining consultants now when environmental regulations, political interference, corporate responsibility, and a lot more have come into the picture. Acknowledging the increasing popularity of mining consultants at present, we have decided to feature one such reliable organization that is delivering outstanding mining consulting services to its diverse client bases across the industry. Mining 360 Services is the name of the company under the spotlight and as we got a chance to interact with the Founder and Director of the company- Deepak Gaur, we came across some interesting facts and food for thought. We firmly believe that our global aficionado will find this narrative equally informative.

The humble beginnings

The founder of the Mining 360 services pursued consultancy as his passion which led him to embark upon a spectacular entrepreneurial venture. He is so much into guiding and creating value for people at the ground level. The consultancy services offered by them range from small mine owners to large corporations. Never do they ever let go of an opportunity to learn something new. As per the dynamo, the journey has been quite exciting as I got to know the real challenges of small and mid-size owners. Since the recent changes in Mining Laws by Central Govt, there have been several opportunities for the latest technologies in the Mining Business. The implementation of strict laws and rising energy costs force the mining community to be more efficient and productive for better sustainability. When it comes to quality consulting services, bridging a major gap between the current situation as well as sustainable business practices became essential which inspired the founder to start this venture.

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While working in India after graduating from Mining Engineering in 2005, I found that the conditions of Indian Mines are not at par. It was much more labororiented. After having worked in Australia, it gave me huge insight into delivering quality services. I always wanted to help the Mining companies in India, so that’s why I chose to start this organization where I can build a team of technical consultants and massively help the Mining industry, explained as he made an opening remark.

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Value to customer money is the most significant aspect of their service portfolio. The business world now acknowledges the prominence of ensuring a happy and satisfied customer base which is the need of the hour too. As they are focused on end-to-end mining companies, they offer comprehensive services from feasibility to preparing the mine closure plans. Owing to the skill shortage across the mining industry, the company has commenced due diligence work for the small mine owners. Relying on the tech advancements utilizing drones, DGPS instruments for survey work, and International Planning Software to develop Sustainable Mine Designs. Except for coal, oil, and gas, the company operates and deals in all kinds of minerals.

The USPs at a glance

Mining 360 takes immense pride in its execution of the project that it also claims as its USP. When it comes to project handling, a well-defined process that could benefit the customers in the proper upgradation of their skills and competencies is their foremost priority. To prepare the best mine designs, they rely on the globally recognized 3D Mine Planning software- GEOVIA Surpac that caters to the client’s needs. As the luminary claims to have been trained by the professionals of the Australian Institute of Management in Western Australia, his expertise plays a key role in providing bestin-class solutions to the clients which are yet another USP offered by them. All of these factors allow the company to understand the fine skills of training and effectively share knowledge. “We believe that every mining project is quite different and unique in some or another way. Every year we prepare more than 25 Mining Plan reports and drawings which get approved by Govt agencies. We use the 3D Mine Planning software to understand the mineral deposit and further use pit design tools to create the conceptual pit design to yield maximum recovery of ore (mineral). We use drone technology & DGPS to gather the topographical data of the mining project. Our team members are constantly being upgraded to learn advanced software to improve their efficiency,” claims the founder.

R&D and tech orientation

Mining 360 is very much aligned with the R&D procedures to improve the overall business operations. To improve the efficiency of their project completion process, their main aim is to find the best possible way of optimization by performing constant R&D. The team at the company is highly adaptable to the happening changes that could contribute to the enhanced efficiency.

Addressing the prominence of technology in terms of making a huge difference to their consulting business, the founder asserts the significance of technology which has become the core part of their consulting business. Utilizing the project management platform of Zoho, they are aptly handling the projects here and there. Regularly, they are investing in newage technologies and software to lessen the time in project delivery to stimulate better functioning.

The cultural principles

An optimistic approach to establishing a work culture that is a well-balanced place of values, traditions, beliefs, interactions, behaviors, and attitudes is what they stand for. It is a popular opinion that a positive and exuberant work culture attracts talent, better engagement, happiness, satisfaction, and improved performance. A business’s growth is directly linked to the kind of cultural principles it nurtures in its ambiance. At Mining 360, the work culture is open-ended. Here, everyone is well-aware of their respective work. Micromanagement was never a part of the culture since the inception of the company. The room for improvement is always open for every person in the organization. The management at the company asserts that mistakes are important too as this help evolve a person to become a more valuable service provider.

The road ahead

For its journey so far, the company takes immense pride in receiving good responses from the Indian Mining Industry that are quite encouraging to their spirits. Soon, they would be scaling up and expanding their wings across PAN India in the next five years. They are in constant stride to help more and more mining companies by providing quality services to their respective customers. And above all, their core mission for the upcoming years is to convert every Mining Engineer into a Mine Planner in India.

“I strongly believe that when you provide value to the customer through your service or product and he feels satisfied then it is a real success. I know that we need to do the hardwork and smart work to achieve that state and our culture is adding value to this mission for sure,” claims the dynamo.

Words of wisdom

“Nothing is impossible. Always work for your future. Be a better version of yourself. The present moment is to work on a bigger goal.”

MECPower Solutions

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Kriti Anand | Business Connect

Coming from a family that was invested in the field of energy conservation since 1990, Setul Shah was no stranger to the energy industry. He finished his engineering to help expand the scope of the business and explore its future possibilities. They began by creating awareness about the solar industry-by establishing an image of it as essential technology rather than an investment. They initially focused on simply educating the folks around them of its uses and advantages, and it being a future necessity. “People were considering solar as an investment rather than essential technology, we had to change that notion to solar as a future of electricity generation, where each and every house-hold is solar powered.” With this in mind, MEC Power Solutions was born.

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Our aim is to accelerate the adoption of solar technology across the nation to conserve our environment and provide an environmentally friendly, sustainable and conflict-free power supply,

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COMPANY AT A GLANCE

“Progress for us has never been a dream. It has always been a distant reality and once one milestone is achieved, there is always another one waiting to be crossed.” With this belief, the Founder and Director of MEC Power Solutions, established the company in 2016. A leading name in the renewable energy sector, MEC Power Solutions provides end to end solar power solutions. It was in collaboration with WAAREE that MEC Power Solutions was founded, under its franchise network with an office in Vadodara. They went on to establish thirteen offices for the company, all across the state of Gujarat.

The company provides one stop solar energy solutions, from reliable, high quality products to certain mandatory services like repairing and maintenance. MEC Power Solutions has a strong reputation in the energy sector across the country, and is one of the most preferred partners for the trading of various solar materials and providing superior EPC services.

Owing to its experienced and dedicated team in EPC, MEC Power Solutions provides best in class services to its strong customer base comprising respected commercial

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and residential projects. In a short span of time since inception, MEC has become a reputable name providing quality deliverables at competitive rates in the national market, with a Quality Certification under its belt. The company boasts of all required approvals and certifications for modules Network, Maintenance Support and On-Ground Track Record. It has accomplished large installations with consistent on-ground performance.

A value-based selling company, MEC Power Solutions has a team of well qualified technocrats. The company has made a place for itself in Top EPCs of Gujarat 20 MW ++ projects within the span of three years. The company achieved a revenue growth of 288.8% in 2019, and has achieved 350% of customer’s growth with 100% customer satisfaction. It has commissioned over 3500 projects so far.

THE GUIDING VALUES

MEC Power Solutions has established a reputation for itself in the industry by adhering to its founding values of integrity, ethics, and respect. The company has a people-first approach, where they invest in ensuring customer satisfaction. Standing true to customers’ expectations is the core value of the organization. This has helped them grow and cultivate a reference base. They have retained their clientele through consistency, transparency, open communication and maintaining the clients’ trust through quick and correct responses.

The company has embraced innovation and introduces new technologies and products constantly. It is known for providing high quality and costeffective renewable energies across emerging markets. Their methods and solutions have resulted in reducing carbon footprint, and paving the way for a more sustainable energy future, thereby improving the quality of human life. “We share our customers’ commitment to the environment, and we believe in the importance of caring for our planet and encouraging others to do the same.” The company strives to reduce its environmental footprint through energy conservation, recycling and green construction. Setul says, “Investments in renewables today could play an important role in reducing the overall energy costs in India in the future.”

It is the passion to deliver the best, combined with honesty, long term commitment, service mindset, problem solving ability, and fulfillment of commitment even at the cost of commercial loss that has set MEC Power Solutions apart. The team’s ability to take up complex projects, engineering skills, experience on utilities and project management has helped the company create a stronghold for itself in the industry.

“We believe in quality over quantity, we offer a premium range of products with a performance guarantee of twenty five years.” These are some of the differentiating factors that keep MEC Power Solutions ahead of the competition curve. Recently, the company has started building a solar farm named Earth Green Solar park located in Anand and Tarapur.

People can invest in the solar plant and earn for up to twenty five years. These projects encourage people to invest in solar and be a part of the green revolution.

The engineering and design team at MEC Power Solutions is one of the best in the industry, and they have deep knowledge on project engineering. The team keeps itself updated with all the latest advancements in the solar industry. They constantly look for new ways to utilize solar energy. For instance, they have installed a beautiful gazebo on the office terrace, aesthetically placing a solar panel over it. “We want to break the stereotype where people think that solar panels block your terrace. We have started using a solar tracking device which helps us in designing the placement of solar panels.” These innovative outlooks have contributed to the company’s reputation and credibility over the years.

The company has an open culture and the employees are encouraged to give feedback irrespective of level: “What is Right” is more important than “Who is Right”. Under a mature leadership, they have open sessions, a performance review at least once a year wherein they give positive feedback as well as improvement areas to the employees, and take their feedback for the same. It is a two-way channel that allows the entire team to grow in the respective zones. “Cultivating a diverse, inclusive workforce takes time and energy, as does creating an atmosphere for open-mindedness, a passion for learning, and a desire for exposure to different ideas. I believe in creating an eager and inquisitive, as well as aggressive at some point, atmosphere. Our biggest strength is to flourish under pressure, logical thinking, creating win-win solutions for the customer and the employees,” explains Setul.

HIGHLIGHTS AND FUTURE PLANS

The company has a successful EPC set up. It has had a reputation in the market since 1990, an in-house team for project management, sales, marketing, and electrical, PV design and civil engineering. MEC Power Solutions has partnerships across the industry to enhance sales, a welldesigned and regularly updated website and regular activity on social media platforms.

They are amongst the top inverter distributors of India, and have sold more than 6000 inverters amid lockdown and crossed last year’s target. MEC Power Solutions has also started a floating solar project of GACL Dahej. The company has collaborated with Reewa Energies and MEC Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd, and accomplished over 7 MW commercial solar projects.

MEC Power Solutions has signed the PPA (Power Purchase Agreement), which is expected to increase the value of its upcoming renewable projects. The upcoming commercial projects for the company are a 12 MW IPP project and a 3 MW capex.

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ZUNAVISH: VIVIFYING TALENTED PEOPLE, EMPOWERING COMPANIES

Indranil Roy | Business Connect

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new” , Dan Millman.

The above-stated phrase is quite old but completely resembles the era we live in now. The year 2020 was undoubtedly the epitome of challenges. However, it had been a great opportunity for many. Many flexible and transcending minds have taken challenges as blessings and are continuing/ expanding/ starting their business. 2020 – a year filled with uncertainties and challenges –reshaped both our personal and professional lives. Within the avalanche, unemployment has been one of the massive challenges. Zunavish became a beacon amid this turbulence.

OVERLAY OF ZUNAVISH

With time and evolution, mankind has witnessed incremental changes in its community. Innovations are bringing the world to our fingertips. Everything, from products to services is available on demand. Despite living and breathing in a profoundly connected era, finding a prolific job often becomes a daunting task. On the other hand, seeking out potential candidates in this immensely volatile market is a tough nut to crack. Zunavish aims to address these complications with its tailored solutions. It works on a very prominent challenge –bridge the gap between talent and empowering Companies. The name Zunavish is derived from two Sanskrit words ‘Zuna’ meaning Growth and ‘Vish’ meaning people. As mentioned above, the brand has been envisioned to vivify business and people.

The motivation to shape a passion comes from experience. Dr Hyma Rao’s versatile experience from multiple fields/ industries helps her in creating innovative solutions that help motivate both people and business. Being an adroit leader she sensed the pain of candidates as well as organizations, when it came to people selection. She had first-hand experienced a lot of consulting firms - their inability to put the client first or as she calls it “Stay with the client”, was a big problem. Zunavish was born to build that bridge between expectations and aspirations of the corporate world and consulting skills. Here also she believes very strongly that “Zunavish brings not only the skills to solve your concerns, but recognizes that you are the SME (subject matter expert) and you know your business the best. Hence, Zunavish lives it’s value-of-co-creation every day.” What differs Zunavish from others is its ability to address diverse people-related matters through customizable solutions. Its specialization encompasses six areas of People Management - People Selection, People Development, Inclusion, Organization Development & Change, Peripheral Processes, and Legal & Advisory.

Dr. Hyma Rao Director

A TAILORED BUSINESS MODEL

With innovations and innovative practices re-defining business, people have shifted focus to all-in-one inclusive platforms. Zunavish’s business levitates on 5 core values – Humility, Trust, Co-Create, Resilience, and Zeal. Whenever a client walks through its doors, the team engages in conversations and curates solutions that respect the client’s viewpoint. Team practices actively listening in true sense and values client’s perspectives. They wholeheartedly involve the client in their processes to ensure the best results /outcomes for the clients and their wider ecosystem. The cohesive process powers its core value to cocreate. With a gamut of oriented services, the Zunavish family ensures the client’s business sees new heights in every aspect. Dr Rao comments on this, “Sustainability, is the heart of our business and we prefer being summoned for different problems”. In short, Zunavish assures, as they move out, the problem moves out as well and the client ecosystem is more strengthened than before.

Another forte of Zunavish is its assurance of candidate longevity. Despite being a young Company, it proudly guarantees – ‘Candidates hired from Zunavish will stay minimum 18 months to 24 months’. But how do they ensure this? In the words of Dr Rao, “We have a secret sauce with ourselves.” Staying inclined with the market – its trends and requirements, Zunavish gauges its candidates’ stability. Every member on board carries a considerable experience that further helps in guiding candidates. Zunavish interacts with candidates with a customized set of questions to create better engagement and get a complete picture of every candidate, as a whole lot goes beyond the resume

DRIVEN BY PASSIONATE LEADERS

Dr Rao has amassed an extensively plausible career. She carries a degree in LLB and is a doctorate in various subjects. Moreover, she has done a triple MA in Astrology, Indian Philosophy & Psychology and double MBA, in Hospital and Personnel Management. Being a part of a Doctorate club, Dr Rao is well-connected with people of all age groups, especially the young ones. She has an in-depth cognizance of the scarcity of a customized support system. Dr Rao sought out like-minded people from the industry and met Anila Kalyani (Vivify lead) and Bhavini Khatri (Vivify Head). Both Kalyani and Bhavini are encompassed with diverse expertise of the industrial segment.

Kalyani’s prowess encircles talent management, talent communication, talent retention, and performance management. She has done an MBA from Osmania University and recently earned Certification on ‘Design

Thinking’. Moreover, she has a Master NLP on Diversity and Inclusion. She has worked with big names like Infosys, Virtusa, and Hinduja Global Solutions. With a multitude of experience, Kalyani emphasizes on handling complex employee relations, working on reward strategies, and talent & succession planning. Also, designing and working across HR projects, developing HR policies and procedures to drive performance are her specialities. She is a very defined person, with a passion for people’s engagement and surmounting challenges in the transformational HR sphere. Kalyani is also a fitness freak and a talented dancer too. In her leisure time, she nurtures her dancing skills and loves baking; these help her turn stress into eustress.

Bhavini Khatri is the Vivify Head at Zuvanish and parallelly serves as an HR consultant. Prior to Zunavish, she has worked as the head of HRBP at TresVista Analytics, supervising the entire employee-lifecycle for two branches at Mumbai and Pune. Bhavini is certified on leadership and Change management from XLRI, Jamshedpur, and holds a Master NLP in Diversity and Inclusion. She has also accomplished tenures with Tata, HDFC, Vodafone and Formula 1 and gauged her specialization in HR Business Partnering, Talent and Capability, Manpower planning, Organizational Restructuring and Development, Change management, Employee Engagement, Employee Relations, Performance Management and Corporate Social Responsibility. Bhavini is also a passionate mentor, who guides employees on career choices, behavioural patterns and relationship management. Her mentoring skills come from experience at management schools in teaching millennials.

The trio devised Zunavish in July 2020, with the motto – Vivify Your Business and People. “People talk a lot about reimagining business, but to reimagine business, you need to reimagine people first”, asserts Dr Rao. Zunavish has grown into a one-stop-shop revolutionizing people management while ensuring productivity to people and business as well. However, the journey – despite being short has been a significantly arduous one. The prime challenge was accommodating knowledge. Though daunting, the wide network of people Dr Rao had given Zunaivsh an upper hand. The team received a lot of help from the business fraternity – many professionals took Zunvish’s pro-bono sessions on sales and business development that eventually paved the path for revenue flow. Also, the core team welcomed many aspirers on board. At present, Zunavish is powered with 150 years of combined experience.

Another challenge was preparing a captivating dashboard that can navigate clients in the proper direction. For this, Zunavish partnered with a well-known tech-provider in the region. Zunavish’s website exhibits the passion of each of their leaders and ways it can be a holistic business development partner.

A RAY OF HOPE AMID COVID-19

By integrating technology and ingenuity, Zunavish responsibly supported the career of many people who’ve lost their jobs due to COVID. “We not only secured the life of candidates but their families as well”, says Dr Rao. Contrarily, the lockdown was a period of learning and everyone at Zunavish made most of it. They worked on gathering knowledge on industrial facets – not only to survive the period but to thrive thereafter. On the other hand, Zunavish kept an eye on helping the needy. They used social media to connect with people and provided essential groceries and medicines to many.

Despite being a new firm - that too in an era of distress, the Zunavish family enjoys collaboration and enthusiasm amongst everyone. Safeguarding employees and keeping their morale high is prominent. For this, Zunavish took a very unorthodox approach. The leaders sent potted plants to every teammates’ home. Dr Rao comments, “Plants are a sign of positivity and growth. They will stay for a lifetime when nourished with proper care. We did this to make them understand – As the plant grows, you grow.” Also, they leveraged digital platforms and social media to stay connected and integrated on the core mission. For further engagement, employees were sent flowers on their birthdays, to make them feel special despite everything. Despite all of the safety efforts, some of their team members/ extended family got infected. Zunavish supplied them with appropriate medical facilities and further aided in admitting severe cases to hospitals.

EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY

Corporate Social Responsibility is often an integral segment for some companies. However, at Zunavish, empowering the community is the heart of their business. Dr Rao has not just propelled Zuvanish’s business, she has been a profound encouragement to aspiring women entrepreneurs or developing entrepreneurship. In a short span of time, Zunavish has supported several small entrepreneurs.

Currently, Zunavish is fostering the growth of a handcrafted soap brand. Zunavish has trained the brand’s team members on business development aspects. Dr Rao personally oversees these training sessions to make sure it’s money for work. Zunaivsh paid for all the raw materials, even the moulds so that the brand can prepare its product and distribute it accordingly. In short, Zunavish is ensuring whatever help it can provide for their growth.

Zunavish’s approach to providing free groceries was, evidently an upper hand – especially for the middle-class people. “The middle-class people were most affected in the COVID. It was our biggest privilege that we could help them with their needs”, acknowledges Dr Rao. Zunavish also helped in the treatment of many affected by COVID. They admitted many of the affected to hospitals. Majority of the affected have recovered and returned to their families. Dr Rao’s efforts have been a big inspiration for Zunavish. Her leadership has manoeuvred Zunavish through the pandemic while upscaling the career of many aspirants.

OPENING ROADS TO PROGRESSION

After a few months of challenging yet growing business, Zunavish aims to spread its radar of engagement across the nation. Becoming digital is the new development - and to optimize the engagement, Zunavish is developing an online portal – that connects candidates from all over India. Also, Zunavish is working on an HR analytics platform and an automated platform accountable for all their courses. The training-oriented platform will oversee the performance of trainees and provide assistance as required. Lastly, Zunavish is developing an app that can tabulate the performance of candidates for recruiter’s assessment.

WORDS OF ENLIGHTENMENT

A learner’s mindset, resilience, and co-creation. In the upcoming years, these will be the turnkey for aspiring entrepreneurs, Dr Hyma Rao

BUILDING AN ADAPTABLE COMPANY CULTURE

A company is incredible when it is made up of an amazing team –a team that is dedicated to execution and excellence and is never afraid of trying new things, never have cold feet towards failure, who keeps on trying hard to achieve everything they wish for, and keeps on learning.

A company needs to have people who value their culture as the strategy to a successful organization should have a culture that is built on a strongly held and widely shared set of belief. A firm that follows a strong culture has employees who are aware of being rewarded for demonstrating the values of the company.

A significant role is being played by the HR of the company in perpetuating a strong culture by starting with the initial stage of recruiting and selection of applicants who will be sharing the beliefs of the company and will be seen thriving in that culture. Orientations are also being developed by the HR, where programs such as training & performance management are done that will outline and help in reinforcing the core value of the company along with that it will be ensuring the rewards and recognitions to the worth employees.

SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPANY CULTURE

Company culture defines the proper way to behave within the company. It comes up with shared beliefs and values that are established by leaders and later it is communicated as well as reinforced through different approaches. The culture of a company is known as a common denominator among the most successful organizations. In successful organizations, leaders are seen living their culture every day and go out of the way to communicate their cultural identities to employees and prospective new hires. There is always a clear vision about values and how will those values be defining their companies and determination on how the companies run.

FACTORS SHAPING COMPANY’S CULTURE

Every company has their own different cultures that are followed, where some are well-known for their unique and rare one. Most of the people in a company strive to be team-oriented and to demonstrate concern for one another. People are more focused on being driven rather than relaxed because there is a lot of competition for market share. A company’s culture is characterized by its values, task orientation, organizational subcultures etc.

HOW TO CREATE AND MANAGE COMPANY CULTURE

The culture at a company keeps on emerging over time with being shaped by the company’s leadership and by actions and values that should be perceived to have contributed in an early stage of success. The culture followed in an organization can be managed through the awareness regarding culture and organizational leaders. In order to manage a culture, it takes a lot of efforts to sustain cultural elements that helps in supporting the effectiveness of an organization.

CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS

Traditions, rituals, behavioural norms, symbols, and a few general ways of doing things are the customs of an organization, which one watches out while walking into the company. Culture is something that emerges naturally in an organization, it is really very important to keep up the desired culture alive in the company.

BOTTOM-LINE

In order to keep up a healthy culture at your organization, one needs to make good stories to keep up the soul of the company alive. There are stories of your company that circulates between your new employees as well as clients, all that is to be done is to maintain and live by your values each day. An organization must maintain consistency in its cultural message that will influence the team around you in a positive manner.

ASHAPURNA BUILDCON GROUP Bridging Your Dreams With Reality Via Its Thought Leadership

As one of the most globally recognized sectors, real estate industry has been well-complemented due to the escalating demands of the corporate ecosystem and urban accommodations. But the COVID-19 scenario has majorly hit this industry that was already suffering the adversities from three consecutive years of recession- putting all the operations at an immediate halt. During the challenging situations caused by the global pandemic, the real estate industry turned towards innovative ideas that can help retain their business operations effectively. A plethora of exemplary enterprises has invaded this industry with their unique strategies and aspirations to serve the common people with their awe-inspiring business acumen that perfectly resonates with the changing market trends.

In this exclusive edition, Business Connect has recognized a company with the endeavours to make a difference to the industry while keeping innovative and humanitarian approaches at its core business values and has successfully made its name in the game.

Owing to its 24-years of rich and diverse industry experience, Ashapurna Buildcon Limited has emerged out as a well-renowned name in the real estate industry. They are the first ISO 9001:2000 certified company of western Rajasthan. The company proves its extreme forte in building well-comforted and luxurious homes with over 10000 happy and prosperous customers. Their portfolio has outstretched real estate milestones completing various residential and commercial projects. Furthermore, their business has outgrown into hospitality, education and power sector as well. The group has successfully established the very first mall of Jodhpur and Marwar region- Ashapurna Mall and Multiplexes.

Being a reliable name for real-estate business in Rajasthan, Ashapurna always ensures 100% transparent transactions. Owing to their expertise in the domain, they have delivered 32 projects where 36 Lakh sq. yard space has been developed and 50.75 Lakh sq. ft. area has been constructed. With its commendable 18-month delivery track record, the group has catered to the demand of more than 25000 smiling residents.

Ashapurna Buildcon has an adroit team of professionals with diverse levels of experience and expertise on board. The teams are seamlessly aligned towards a common objective by passiondriven approach. Keeping their indomitable spirits high with “working together, growing together” motto, they transmit the adequate flow of optimistic energy in every part of the group’s larger system. Additionally, every individual associated with the group constantly endeavours to ensure a 100% ROI and upto 20 times of the investment to its clients on each potential project.

When the whole world was confronting the disruption caused by the global pandemic, Ashapurna Buildcon stood in solidarity

KARAN SINGH UCHIYARDA Chairman & MD, Ashapurna Buildcon Limited

in support of the commonalities. The Group incessantly supported the state Government to curtail the risk of the viral outbreak alongside helping the underprivileged sections with food essentialities and medical care at the time of unprecedented crisis.

THE LEADING LIGHT FOR THE GROUP- Shri Karan Singh

Uchiyarda

The foundation of the Ashapurana Group was laid by Shri Karan Singh Ji by seeking guidance and mentorship from his father- Thakur Shri Mohan Singh Ji. He is leading the organization as Chairman & Managing Director. Owing to his exclusive business acuity, Karan Singh has been the guiding light to the organisation.The father-son duo also operates a charitable trust under the name of Shri Magmohan Charitable Trust that has selflessly served the local community during the Mehrangarh tragedy. The trust regularly organizes medical camps and other initiatives towards the betterment of society. So far, it has performed several CSR activities such as - offering free of cost residential villas worth over 2 crores as of now to widows in different projects, blood camps , medical camps, support to needy via blanket distribution and food packet distribution and many others.

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Ever since its inauguration, the company has been in the sight of success. Ashapurna was the first enterprise to complete a project of 225 plots/villas in a record time of 18 months. After that, delivering projects in 18 months has become a trendsetter and the group had constructed 2647 villas 7896 plots in residential segments with a concept of Integrated Township till date.

Regarding their surging success, the Chairman asserts, “I believe that achievements are what make us and define us and no achievement can be attained without the seed of a dream. Ashapurna Group is a perfect example of this vary philosophy.”Apart from this, he accredits the company’s commendable success to the blessings of their ‘Kuldevi’ – Maa Ashapurna. She has been the prime motivation to name the organization as- ‘Ashapurna Buildcon’. As a sign of their utmost gratitude towards their adored goddess- the group always ensures to establish a small temple for her at every project they establish.

Being the changing face of Ashapurna Group, Harshvardhan Singh Uchiyarda is leading the Group by keeping technology at the forefront. The Post Graduate from Oxford Brookes University relentlessly focuses on ensuring cohesiveness and integrity across different teams under the parasol of the organization. Chiselling the path to a sustainable and promising future, he always strives for innovation while playing an instrumental role in the strategies, business planning, sales, marketing, CRM, human resources, operation and after-sales service.

THE VISION BEHIND THE MISSION

The team at Ashapurna Buildcon Limited has a mission to deliver the best workmanship, in both product and service, by maintaining the highest level of professionalism while dealing with employees and customers. And to accomplish that, they hold an exclusive vision to emerge out as a leader and most preferred real estate name in India by constantly striving hard to put innovation and futuristic perspective in every fine detail of designing and execution.

A JUBILANT WORK CULTURE

Ashapurna ensures a vibrant work atmosphere for the employees. They share, care, and celebrate every step of success. The company has a ‘growth-pivotal’ and encouraging environment making certain the work efficiency. It is more of a jovial and supportive family than just an organization. “We always stimulate employee engagement activities, training of employees for additional skills, family get-togethers alongside encouraging the best performers on the regular basis,” states the Chairman. From festival celebration to conference hall meetings, Ashapurna ensures a touch of humanity in each aspect of its work culture. Be it cricket matches between Ashapurna family or skill development programs for honing the relevant skill of the employees, everyone takes immense interest in every activity offered by the management.

AN INHERITED TRAIT OF HUMANITARIANISM

For the Group, the corporate face is just one side of the coin. In lieu of that, they are well-reckoned for their CSR activities as well. From education to disaster relief to community awareness, the phenomenal industry leader avidly ensures support and empowerment to the society. Be it social initiatives or community building exercises, the group constantly endeavours to make justice to its substantial vision. Several key dignitaries have been part of their thoughtful programs for social upliftment where they have addressed innumerable social issues.

Moreover, the Group is also indulged in the education industry. It is conducting an architectural course at Buddha Group of Institutions by ensuring quality education with its matchless team of lecturers and managing staff. To their immense delight, several alumni have attained reputable positions in numerous megacorps and even have commenced their own architect offices.

Ashapurna Group has also attained numerous milestones in terms of environmental conservation. In this context, it is introducing windmills and solar power generation hubs under its vision to ensure sustainable development. Its progressive growth is always in sync with the sensibilities for environmental projections. In the upcoming years, it is about to launch new projects in Mumbai and Bengaluru while extending its service verticals across the nation.

The group has also ventured in the Hospitality industry with hotels in Jodhpur, Jaipur and Pushkar and a 5-star resort under-development in Jodhpur. Along with this, they have envisioned upcoming malls and multiplexes in Jaipur and Mumbai and residential apartments in Bengaluru and 8 new residential townships in the year 2021 in Jodhpur and Jaipur.

HARSHVARDHAN SINGH Director, Ashapurna Buildcon Limited

CUROTHERM TECHNO SOLUTIONS LLP

A Prominent name in the Healthcare Industry

A GLIMPSE OF THEIR FOUNDATION

Curotherm Techno Solutions LLP was incepted in the year 2016 as a partnership firm. After the acquisition of expertise for more than 24 years in the sales and services of the medical domain, industrial diagnostic equipment and sales of engineering software solutions, Mr. Nirav Mehta decided to bestow his knowledge with the world by making primordial process automation products with prime quality at affordable prices. Howbeit, due to accreted Chinese influence in our nation, he moved back to his elementary field with a US-based company pioneered in the hand-carried, point-of-care ultrasound only to make an astounding return after working for 13 years with the brand. The exemplary and widely-known “Make In India”initiative gave him an uplift and stimulation to go after his dreams and explore the realm of manufacturing in India and he finally initiated his idea into a plan of action by bootstrapping a self-funded firm in 2016.

HAILING A LIGHT ON PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION

NIRAV MEHTA Director & Founder

Curotherm Techno Solutions LLP is an established and presumed brand in the healthcare sector. “CTS”, as the acronym symbolizes for its name, is a manufacturing venture of latest medical and electronic equipment requisite in the healthcare industry. Established with a vision to impart technological advancements and cost-effective solutions to the patients making certain of their safety with no compromise in the product quality. The company comprises of expertise in the field of sale of capital goods and financial management. Curotherm Techno Solutions LLP is one of the best and profoundly reputed name following the best healthcare practices while keeping in-tact the norms and law-abiding to the place where equipment is installed.

“Novopec”, a Hipec system, is their first product which was entirely made in India and seventh in the world. The foremost product “Novopec” is aHipec system. HIPEC stands for ‘Hyperthermic Intra Peritoneal Chemotherapy’ that is substantially an electromedical device designed to procure isolated Hyperthermic perfusion in the peritoneal and thoracic cavity employing extracorporal circulation of the warmed and physiological compatible sterile solution. The Novopec system safeguards quick and even distribution of heat and diluted chemotherapy drug fluid within the abdomen or thoracic cavity at a higher flow rate.

The system works by heating the chemotherapy drug in a contactless manner through a precisely maintained temperature bath which is then circulated at a given flow rate through the medium of peristaltic pump in a retracted open/semi-closed/ closed manner within the peritoneal cavity of the patient,postCyto Reductive Surgery (CRS),for 60-90 minutes approximately as decided by the operating surgeon. Once the procedure is effectuated, the fluid is drained out and the surgery undergoes as closure procedure post which the patient is shifted to the SICU.

HOW CTS HAS DIVERGENCE FROM OTHER COMPANIES IN THE SAME ARENA?

At CTS, the freedom of speech and ideas is practised persistently.

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The leaders of the company leave absolutely no stone unturned in making sure a homely and congenial environment for the employees, encircling the core of bonding. This succours CTS to stand out from other ventures in the healthcare industry. The meritorious employees are rewarded and rest are equally motivated and trained to be optimistic towards their goal. Encouragement to groupism or war for credit is strictly forbidden as hard work is the solitary key to success. The company’s focal point is to design and develop products that are credible and offers extreme authenticity that differentiates them from other brands in the market on different aspects.

R&D TO PREVAIL OVER COVID-19 CRISIS

With an in-blood habit of listening carefully to the users’frank feedback and equally to the critics, incessant R&D has been the cardinal pillar of the company. As cancer surgeries were not included as a part of elective surgeries to be granted permission during Covid-19, meticulously focusing on R&D to devise their products has been an extensive help. They believe in providing the right products for day-to-day surgical practice. Assuring the safety and wellness of patients is of utmost priority to them. The company strongly believes that it is peremptory to innovate each day on all facets of product development.

CTS’s QUALITY POLICY

It is the preeminent responsibility of the Curotherm’s management team to illustrate the obligatory commitment and leadership to ensure a work culture of the finest quality and sustained improvement:

• Each manager, supervisor, employee and everyone who is a part of CTS’ family is firmly held accountable for meeting the quality standards of the company and the performance of those working under them.

• The company facilitates with competent resources and methodical training to ensure the professional execution of work.

• They ensure that all the quality incidents are well scrutinized and corrective measures are taken to eliminate the drawbacks.

• A comprehensive program for reporting and auditing customarily is periodically reviewed by the management to ensure the effectiveness of the quality management system.

SYNCHRONISM WITH TIMELY TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS IN THE MARKET

The company’s idea of holding up with the latest technological advancements and upgrades is to design and develop products only after closely analyzing its application and how it may act as an asset to add the value and growth. The team regularly takes part in national conferences and CME’s to be extensively aware of the upcoming demands and efficient usage of technology.The design and prototype team is provided with full exposure to recently developed tools, jigs and fixtures.The design and production team incharges are always exposed to the practical healthcare environment. They explore the prerequisite facilities accessible in terms of labs and expertise to be outsourced for a broached purpose in reach of the development cycle.

MAINTAINING A VIGOROUS RELATIONSHIP WITH CLIENTS

With “Novopec” being their most successful product, Curotherm Techno Solutions LLP has served one of the most reputed super speciality hospitals where “surgical oncology”services are catered to the patients. To give an instance, some of them are Tata Memorial Centre, JIPMER, Saifee Hospital, HCG Cancer Center group, Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, Apollo Hospital Group, Fortis Hospital group, Manipal Hospital Group, Care Hospital Group, Zydus Hospital and various other leading teaching institutes and corporate Hospital groups. By delivering exceptional quality products offering an excellent value for money and safeguarding patient’s health is the most graceful and abiding way to keep client’s faith in the company in-tact.

ACQUAINTING THE FUTURE ENDEAVOURS

The company primely exerts on motivating the buyers and users to start purchasing more “Make In India” products. Alongside, they are also working on an inventive product for palliative care largely used in laparoscopic surgeries and products for laparoscopy surgery and medical oncology. The skilful team has a larger purpose of bringing in more products making ease for surgeons and patients to serve with diligent employees working orderly towards it.

WORDS OF WISDOM FOR ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS

Always prioritize quality and patient’s safety as opposed to any other facet. Accumulating all the necessary certifications and sufficient tests before the execution of a product is of utmost importance as the end-user holding your system would be held responsible for a patient’s outcome and his /her repute. One should execute the insistent analysis and survey the market rigorously before stepping in. Always aspire to be established as an Indian Multi-National Company with a vision of Globalization, and creating job opportunities and helping their families inturn.

BUILDING TRUST IN 2023

Innovation and an Imperative for Embracing Data Privacy, Transportation and Security

In 2020, from the Covid-19 to Cyber-attack have been the biggest concern. Companies like SolarWinds, BlueKai (Owned by oracle), a UK-based security company called Keepnet Labs, South Africa Postbank, and many others have been hacked. According to selfkey, around 16 billion records, including credit/debit card numbers, home adders, phone numbers, and sensitive information, have been revealed. With more than 8 billion records have been exposed, the first quarter of 2020 has been one of the worst in data breach history. 37% of cyberattacks have increased in India in Q1 2020, as reported by Kaspersky Security Network. According to the economic times, cyber-attack surged since lockdown.

The bombardment of misinformation and data breaches has made us wonder about the privacy and security of our sensitive personal, and organizational information. These all events have delivered many blows to public trust. It could be seen the lack of trust in everything from government agencies to brands.

This year founder and entrepreneur have an opportunity to bring those issues, get creative, and solve them, but make sure you are not part of that problem. It begins by addressing the breakdown of these following areas.

DATA PRIVACY

Protecting personal data privacy has been the biggest concern, but long gone are the days when sensitive consumer docs were locked in a filing cabinet at the end of the workday. In the digital era, half of the population is online and sharing more information about themselves by using different online platforms. However, there is debate over who is responsible for data privacy. The Cisco Consumer Privacy survey has shown, around half of the respondents believed it was the government’s

responsibility, a quoter thought consumers should be responsible for their own safety online. While one in five felt it was up to the companies who collect, process and store the information to keep it safe. Data pricy laws, like European laws GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and CCPA, have been followed by India and put greater onus on organizations to ensure data privacy. Bart

Willemsen (VP Analyst Profile) Gartner has a prediction that by 2023, 65% of consumers’ personal information will be protected by data privacy laws. The Fines and other business impacts, such as reputation damage leading to lost business, make companies keenly aware of the importance of maintaining data protection.

The majority of new businesses do not meet the minimal criteria necessary to be compliant with data privacy regulation, but that doesn’t mean founders can ignore data privacy protection. Rather, meeting data privacy criteria initially can ensure the company is prepared as it scales as new privacy laws are inaugurating. Applying tech that categories data while lessening redundancy make you ready for customers request to be forgotten or verify what data is held. It is essential for you to consider what data, is valuable to maintain, and could be cast off. There should be governance over the data, either by appointing a person on specificities position, adding tech or by bringing a third party to protect privacy properly. Also, request from the user can be immediately addressed.

TRANSPARENCY

Transparency is very essential in data privacy compliance. As per GDPR articles, answer to consumers’ questions surrounding their data will be made in “Concise, transparent, intelligible and easily accessible form, using clear and plain language.”

Questions like do they share information to 3rd party? have they defined the intention for holding customers’ private data? how long will it be kept? How is it currently processed? must be answered by the companies.

Although these questions come under GDPR, (so whatever company setting up their business in the EU or doing business with European residents, they have to follow), these such type of transparency would be stranded for new businesses. It only indicates loyalty among consumers, partners, and investors.

It is a big challenge to be transparent, but you should be because that’s the way you will know how data is used.

Founders or entrepreneurs must look at the technology that is available to address the issue. Without being transparent, data is useless because you don’t know how it will benefit you. Achieving the transparency need to have data privacy laws - it will give you better insights into your data. The solution of data transparency won’t just allow you to clarify why you are holding user’s data, but also how it can provide your company with improved business agility.

DATA SECURITY

Amid the pandemic, customers were ordering the essential home products online and spending more time on the social media platform, while employees were doing work from home, which has led to an increase in data breaches. As per Malwarebytes, 20% of the breach and cyber incidents are directly related to the remote job. Data breaches linked to the pandemic lockdown, such as the attack on the small business administration that disclosed of applying for emergency loans from the government.

It has no question that data is being under attack. It is rested on business to take action to shield it. Of cure, it could be far more difficult to do when your startup is small, you have very limited resources, and your workforce is accessing the network on personal devices all across the globe. Some basics rules like using multifactor authentication for getting all company and users’ data and enforcing strong passwords (did you know the SolarWinds attack relied on weak passwords to get access). VPN is more secure than home routers, and encryption would be used for any sensitive transmissions. The cloud-like SECaaS (Security as a service) provide accessible management for the worker, and tools that offer security on the edge can provide proper data security, whether it is on the network or access on the smartphone through the cloud.

In 2020, many were compelled to readjust their approach to data protection. In 2021, many entrepreneurs and founders have the opportunity to learn from them and build trust.

THE INSIDE STORY

A dedicated & committed team of global geeks & delivery experts across various domains started with infrastructure setup, talent acquisition & a dedicated delivery model as per the business requirement. Ivalueplus’s services have been tested across geographies & have generated positive business outcomes for their clients.

• Ivalueplus Services Private Limited, established in the year 2019, under the guidance of Mr. Sumeet Gupta and Mrs. Jayanti Gupta, provides services across varied domains from Infrastructure Setup, Business Functions, Consulting Services & Project Execution.

• They have been certified under ISO 20000-1:2018 (Information technology — Service management) by UASL & also members with NASSCOM, startup India initiative & Good firms.

Both Mr. Sumeet Gupta and Mrs. Jayanti Gupta, are professionals, coming from an Information Technology background, having a corporate experience of more than 2 decades, thought of this unique concept of helping customers set up/expand their businesses in India taking care of two most important aspects – time & money.

Ivalueplus uses this simple strategy to become a business leader Ivalueplus understands your objectives, business dynamics, and the associated business needs and then proposes a tailored approach around the desired business functions closely adhering to the allocated budget.

Closely monitoring the execution of the proposed solution under welldefined processes & procedures & by leveraging deep industry and technological knowledge.

FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE OF IVALUEPLUS: VALUES ~VISION~MISSION

The company’s values are both its identity & promise. They are extremely proud of what they do and are highly passionate about providing the best possible services/solutions to the customers helping them to take their business to the next level. They believe in seeking and providing honest feedback and are open to changes & continuous improvement.

Ivalueplus works with total transparency, authenticity, and commitment thereby adding value to the business and driving efficiency to go beyond.

Offering a sophisticated combination of services in constructing your business their value proposition is structured around a lean model which helps the clients to test the market before making any significant investment.

Enhancing one’s business functions & requirements & making work a better place, is what Ivalueplus believes in with 3 crisp & subtle Steps which are: -

Authenticity: - It’s a guiding principle in their service to their clients. Transparency: - Open access to information, participation & decision making. Cultivate a transparent working culture and as an organization, they are upfront and visible about their actions. Commitment: - Towards servicing their clients with excellence, dedicated to the success of their clients, partners & stakeholders.

WHY CHOOSE IVALUEPLUS

• Ivalueplus provides exceptional services to any business from managing operations to project execution & delivery. They understand the business’ ambition and then tailor their services in order to achieve the desired business goals.

• Generating positive business outcomes for their clients, having a Know-how on multiple domains, Ivalueplus has been delivering quality work rapidly, providing complete project management/ownership, effective end-to-end services, customized solutions, continuous improvement & a sustainable approach.

YOUR NETWORK IS THE NETWORTH: IVALUEPLUS’S GROWING NETWORKS

• Ivalueplus believes that the biggest building blocks should be accessible, responsive, empathetic, collaborative, and putting the best interests of the ‘customer first’. This approach has led them to create a significant development in such a short time and they shall continue to do so.

• Ivalueplus has been exhilarated to provide managed office services & assisting their Australianbased client with Office setup, IT Infrastructure, Administration, Vendor Management, HR, Accounting & Finance in India so that the client can focus on business development. For Ivalueplus, the biggest value is to harmonize their client’s brand their way!!

Ivalueplus is thrilled to be working in Indian Geography for clients based out of Boston, Sydney, and Melbourne. They started their journey more than a year back and take pride in their managed services. Customer satisfaction and ongoing relationships are what they strive for.

For Ivalueplus, the biggest value is to harmonize their clients’ brand their way!!

Jayanti Gupta | Founder Sumeet Gupta | Founder & MD

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Accura Biomedical Solutions

Revamping the healthcare space with value-added services

Kajal Dobhal | Business Connect

The ‘crisis- of- the- era’ unveiled the frailty of the healthcare systems across the world. And recognizing these loopholes, many ventures made a debut to be substantive to this industry, but only a few were able to make a substantive impression. This edition presents you an inside story of Accura Biomedical that has flagged its name in the respective space with an extraordinary product line.

SHIBI ACHENKUNJU Managing Partner

Be impassioned for your work. Be there to a stage, where you are restless without into your business. Don’t worry about what others may think or say about you. Don’t quit working even if you didn’t get much profit for the first few months or even years. There will be a time when you can alter the next gear of your vehicle. Recognize that time and get on the track. We believe that actions speak louder than the words. You have to fight hard to reach your dream. Never Lose Hope. Get a reliable and friendly partner to conduct a business. Because there may be the times when you will lose the hope, then he can get back you on the track.

A MEMENTO OF ADVICE FOR BURGEONING ENTREPRENEURS

With the motive to bridge the gaps in the fragile healthcare delivery models, Accura Biomedical has forayed into the space proposing exemplary products and services. The company was designated with a vision to be the best onestop solution provider of medical accessories and supplies that can satisfy the clients with best-in-class offerings all over South India. Making its unequalled presence felt in the industry, Accura has successfully attained the reputation of being very first absolute biomedical accessories company in the entire state of Kerala with majorly reputed hospitals under its parasol. As a result of their years of practising some extraordinary marketing strategies, they have been bestowed with the trust of over 500+ hospitals and collaborated with them accordingly.

BUSINESS PORTFOLIO AT A GLANCE

Accura majorly converges on Biomedical Accessories that are commonly utilized in the formulation of Medical Equipment. For the past 8 years, they have managed to conduct their operations effortlessly by offering unfaltering customer support to their adored clientele. Their swiftness to respond and on-time delivery have allowed them to ensure an edge over their peers in a short period. Granting top-notch products while imparting customer satisfaction has made them a preferred choice for their clients in the industry. With their sheer dedication to supply integrated high-quality, reliable, and abiding product portfolio, they are leaping the industrial space steadily.

When asked what makes them getting ahead with the same zeal to make a difference, the CO-Founders elucidates, “There are always the unfavourable circumstances in our life, but what matters the most is to identify the loopholes and fill in them accordingly.” Their commendable business acuity and adept tactics have always granted them with a competitive edge.

Moreover, Accura has also commenced a venture naming - ACCURA MEDICHARTS in 2017. The firm deals with Medical Grade Papers including ECG, TMT, CTG Paper, etc and Operation Theatre Instruments.

UNVEILING THE INCEPTION STORY

A duo of insightful individuals acknowledged the thriving opportunities in Biomedical Engineering while being the alumni in the same college. Shibi Achenkunju and Anu Rahuf are the brains behind the Accura Biomedical Solutions. After attaining BE in Biomedical Engineering in 2011, they both envisioned being substantive to the medical industry. This zeal fuelled when they got to know that Biomedical Engineers in hospitals are in the dearth of medical equipment and accessories. As the significance of such equipment in saving a life is unimaginably crucial, they became impatient to make these parts reach the patients as soon as possible. Recognizing the golden opportunity to make a difference in the industry while serving mankind, they incorporated their very first brainchild that delivers imperative equipment to the relevant hospitals and that too, in their early twenties.

As starting a business venture from scratch is no cakewalk at all. Shibi and Rahuf’s entrepreneurial journey also had a fair share of ups and downs. Earlier, their families were doubtful about this idea, increasing their struggles. Surviving all the odds, they sailed against the waves and begin thriving as a reputed name in the respective industry. Gradually, they

impressed several big names as their clients in the healthcare sector. Amidst the desperate times, both the partners supported each other incessantly and carved a niche for themselves with the determined zeal to hit the crescendo of success.

AN EMPOWERING LEADERSHIP

As the frontrunners, Shibi and Rahuf always ensure to maintain a cordial relation with their workforce. They firmly believe it is a crucial element behind the company’s exponential growth. Being the thought leaders, they always consider the needs of their staff and enlighten them with their significance in the development of the company. While encouraging their teams to put on their dedicated efforts without any irrelevant pressures, they always ensure an optimistic and effortless workflow in the culture.

CONTRIBUTION TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS

As businesses across the world were drastically disrupted due to the global pandemic, Accura also witnessed turmoil from various levels. Owing to multiple factors, the management at Accura Biomedicals made a huge transformation in the delivery model where they started the formulation of ‘necessary products’ such as N95 Mask, 3Ply masks, Infrared Thermometers and Sanitizers. This quick turnaround effectively allowed the rolling out of the considerable amount of revenue even amidst the swirling storms of the ‘crisis like no other’. Eventually, their swift adaptivity and business resilience ensured them to be on the safer side in the midst of prevailing chaos. Moreover, they also donated masks, IR thermometers and sanitisers to welfare organization in different area during the hard times.

CLIMBING THE LADDER OF SUCCESS WITH A POSITIVE OUTLOOK

According to the key persons, the positive attitude and actions pave the way to optimistic workplace culture.

“Let them work comfortably and witness the result that will eventually lead to exponential growth. People won’t please someone who is seemingly unpleasable, so being passionate about the work that is being done in your organization is crucial. When you are happy to be at work, your staff will be happy to work for you and will be motivated to keep the good vibes on,”

ASSERTS SHIBI

In the same notion, Rahuf exemplifies, “Be focused on making sure that your employees are cordial with each other enhances employee engagement and thus, resolve issues effortlessly. Appreciate your staffs regularly to boost their confidence and enhance their performances as no better performance booster can substitute the sincere words of appreciation.”

GLIMPSES OF FUTURE OUTLOOKS

For the upcoming years, Accura has envisioned to expand its ubiquity from South India to North India. In this regard, they have speeded-up their marketing and planning programs to expand their wings all over India as well as GCC. At present, they have been importing the products from various countries but soon, they endeavour to promote the ‘Make In India’ drive, by developing their own products.

COSMOS - SAHARA ELEVATORS Sculpting The

Urban Space With Environment

-Friendly Elevators

When we scale how innovations have re-designed our generation, it’s beyond measurements. In all corners and nooks, innovations have modified our lifestyle – making it more comfortable. However, people’s convenience is ever-changing and one cannot deny the tranquillity created by infrastructures. Nowadays, when we visit any shopping malls or corporate complexes, its vertical transportation system catches the eye. The turmoil of traversing long stairs is replaced, with escalators and elevators. Infrastures like this have not only made our lives better, it has contributed to nationwide development too.

In India, Govt. as well as private-sector invest rich capital, in construction and development projects such as elevators, lifts, walkaways, etc. not just in malls but in homes too. These infrastructures are evident that India has shifted from its nascent stage and striving to become an augmented nation. Nonetheless, the construction space is influenced, by several factors, thus making it both dynamic as well as volatile. Despite that, there are construction enterprises conferred for reliability and quality of services. COSMOS Group is one such construction conglomerate known, for the manufacture of construction equipment and aluminium work with 35 years of field experience.

In 2013, COSMOS Group took a step forward in construction space and floated the COSMOS – SAHARA ELEVATORS to meet people’s expectations with suitable innovations. Leveraging on the core values of its parent Company, COSMOS – SAHARA ELEVATORS positions itself as one of the Indigenous competitors providing a diverse range of elevators and components.

MEHUL SHAH CEO

Indranil Roy | Business Connect

BRIDGING THE GAP OF EXPECTATION AND QUALITY

Elevators, escalators and similar services are heavy infrastructures, where an adept quality is a must. On that note, COSMOS utilizes bleeding innovations and procures wide range and configurations of hydraulic lifts, goods lifts, home lifts, lifts made to measure, etc. customized according to clients preferences. It stays with customers at every point of the solution and builds a holistic relationship with customers that lasts indelibly. With this end-to-end approach, COSMOS – SAHARA ELEVATORS has attained laudable growth in the 7 years.

The trust between all stakeholders helped it build partnerships, with International technology partners, such as MORIS (Hydraulic Lift Kit), MONTEFERRO (Guide rails) and MONITOR (Complete Lift Kit). They are also associated with noteworthy architects like Talati Panthaky Associated Pvt. Ltd., Usha Rangarajan, JW Consultants, Archicon, Shashi Prabhu Associates, Atul India etc.

R&D – AN INTEGRAL PILLAR

In innovative and infrastructural development, R&D plays a prominent part. At COSMOS – SAHARA ELEVATORS, R&D is done on elevators, machinery and aluminium. To ensure efficiency and safety, R&D practices are implemented on aluminium refurbishing and further in the maintenance of elevators. Mehul proudly asserts that where other Companies provide elevators with tight spaces, COSMOS –SAHARA ELEVATORS have made its presence by offering idyllic elevators. Attention to quality ensures the provided elevators tranquil which further enhance the reputation of the company.

A focus on research further helps them form new partnerships and attain tech developments. They are partnered with Aluminium Technology Companies Yukon India Pvt. Ltd. an International Aluminium supplier.

WIDE YET INTEGRATED WORK CULTURE

A GLANCE AT THE MASTERMIND

Behind the success of every company are like-minded people of diverse backgrounds, whose shared experience shapes its ultimate goal. Nonetheless, the proper functioning of a team depends on its leader. At, COSMOS – SAHARA ELEVATORS, the helm is held by Mehul Shah (CEO). He is also the marketing director at COSMOS and contributed almost two decades in its growth. He is an adroit and passionate leader, who dedicated his entire career to COSMOS, shaping it according to this era. His journey started in 2003 as a marketing executive, but with sheer will and dedication, he harnessed his prowess; now he oversees the marketing aspects - across India and exports as well.

VALUES THAT KEEPS THEM AHEAD

Like every leading Company, COSMOS’ maintains specific guidelines to implement a constant growth. Excellence, Closeness, Innovation, Safety and Integrity are the five core pillars that nurture its journey. COSMOS – SAHARA ELEVATORS was designed to deliver sustainable experiences of vertical transport in buildings and other urban areas, while at the same time retaining creativity, efficiency, attractive designing and comfort. Since its inception, its dedication has been to surpass expectation with unmatched quality. The Company absorbs every opportunity provided, by the customer and curates experiences that ensure a distinct value and a streamlined relationship.

COSMOS – SAHARA ELEVATORS ensures the integrity of the ingenuine minds behind its growth. Their factories contain every measure that imparts value - to employees’ health and safety. The company has a diverse workforce of 250 people categorised into the marketing team, social media team, etc. The integrity help COSMOS – SAHARA ELEVATORS in maintaining consistency towards customers and stick to its commitments. To ensure the content of such a huge workforce, cultural program, theatre activities and similar recreational activities are performed on the organisational level.

The cohesiveness amongst all deliberately helped in alleviating the COVID-19 challenges. Despite offices being shut, the company ensured an autonomous communication channel with employees. The Company also provided food and shelter to migrated employees who needed it, which further improved trust between the two.

ATTENTION TO SOCIETAL DEVELOPMENTS

Along with shaping diverse enterprises, COSMOS – SAHARA ELEVATORS sets its focal point on societal developments. It provides stationery goods, electronic facilities, etc. to several schools across diverse states in India.

MILESTONES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OVERTIME

In its long and plausible journey, COSMOS – SAHARA ELEVATORS have put several landmarks. Mehul was honoured with the “Upcoming business entrepreneurs below 40” award by Man In India. COSMOS – SAHARA ELEVATORS is recognized by renowned journals like ET Now. It has successfully installed more than 350 elevators in prominent cities of Maharashtra such as Pune, Kolhapur and Mumbai.

With such a journey, bestowed with achievements, COSMOS – SAHARA ELEVATORS has bright plans for its future. The Company aims to partner with tech companies across the Asian Continent in the near future.

WORDS OF ENLIGHTENMENT FROM MEHUL SHAH

Build something that not only inspires you to grow but others, not just in the economy but life as well

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8 Big Trends For 2021 Travel Comeback Story

In 2020, the travel industry was most neglected, has been largely impacted by the pandemic. According to UNCTAD, the world’s tourism sector has lost at least $1.2 trillion, 1.5% of global gross domestic product (GDP). Since the year 2021 is seeing as a revival for the travel industry, the industry has made many arrangements for travelers to ensure safer journeys. Also, the way we used to travel has changed forever. In order to know that, we will see the 8-travel trend in 2021.

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WORK FROM VACATION.

Work from home is going to become work from vacation as office space becomes fluid. Before the pandemic, many employers would have balked at the idea of employees regularly working remotely. In 2020, the lockdown helped to clarify that work can operate smoothly even beyond the four walls of an office. This learning can tide us well in 2021 as we carry laptops for remote destinations and do the job from picturesque settings. Although, around 20% or more workforce could work remotely and, more than half the workforce has little or no opportunity to work remotely, as world economic firm articles state.

2 MORE DOMESTIC TRAVEL WITH ROAD TRIP

After being made to feel insecure in 2020, the majority of travelers will be left with a lingering sense of trouble being out and about in the world, add to that threat of being stuck in other countries in the event of a resurgence. As result, many people may want to stick to travel within their own border for a little while. Road Trips are all set to make a huge comeback as people prefer to stay away from crowded flights and trains. Taking Flight or train means, you have to carry a current Covid test report, which can be found annoying and not good for many. In such a scenario, road trips will emerge as the best option, and domestic destinations will definitely take precedence over international travel.

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TRAVEL BUBBLE.

Speaking of International travel, Travel/ Air Bubbles will continue to be formed with other countries as border curbs remain in some places. The Globe will take time to open up entirely to pre-covered levels, which means more and more travel bubbles will be created as the situation gets controlled. Even though India has extended its embargo on international flights till Sep 30, the travel/air bubble has become the only medium that commercial international travel has restarted since mid-July. Since then, India’s air bubble count has increased up to 25. Counties like the United State of America, United Kingdom, UAE, Ukraine, Tanzania, Rwanda, Russia, Qatar, Oman, Nigeria, Netherlands, Nepal, Maldives, Kuwait, Kenya, Japan, Iraq, Germany, France, Ethiopia, Canada, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, and Afghanistan are included.

4 OFF-GRID DESTINATIONS

Amid the Covid 19 pandemic, in 2020, we were maintaining social distancing and avoiding crowded places. The instruction is still being followed by people. In such cases, new offbeat locations will have emerged as people avoid the common tourist hot spots, and travelers will also pick homestays and Airbnb’s rather than staying hostel or some random palaces that don’t have so many other customers to ensure heightened safety.

5 CONSCIOUS TRAVEL.

Travel is said to become way more sustainable as most people realized the impact of their steps upon the globe. The world has already raised voices against china’s animal markets Wuhan, where the virus is believed to be born. Similarly, travelers are going to consider the after-effects of their actions and thus make much more holistic and ecofriendlily choices.

6 REGENERATIVE TRAVE

Travel has often been looked upon as a luxury. However, after being made lockdown and the stresses that it came along, have dispelled that myth. Instead of a luxury people will see travel as necessary to maintain good health. Travel will be considered essential for its regenerative properties. In turn, this means people will want to go on vacation nearby nature.

7 THE LOYALTY SHIFT

The pandemic has upended the traditional dynamic of traveler loyalty. Since people are giving top priority to hygiene, tourists and host alike are going to become far more conscious about hygiene and maintaining clean surfaces. Now Hotel owners and airline organizations understand that health, hygiene, and safety are the new key for earning customer trust. Normal hygiene standards simply won’t be acceptable, especially in 2021. Also, they have to take care of any medical and quarantine expresses in case the traveler is found to Covid-19 positive during the travel.

8 DIGITIZATION

From booking tickets to making payments, everything is digitalized and was seen as optional. As Airline, airport, and many industries have been quickly adopted touchless technology, which shows the sign to give importance to digitization. Most of both hosts and tourists will prefer online payment. The cash transaction is going to decrease dramatically. QR Code or UPI take place of key cards. People will experience digital check-in and checkout standard as well.

In 2021 a lot of promising facilities will be offered in the travel industry. But what remains to be seen is how long they last.

ROBIN BIENFAIT

A Passionate Leader Catalysing Technologists Across the Globe

What Oprah Winfrey states is valuably represented in the endeavours and skills an entrepreneur brings to the table. Entrepreneurship was once perceived as a questionable career choice, but now it is a moving trend amongst men and women alike. Women entrepreneurship has been making a significant impact since the last decade. From products to services that can create a more comfortable lifestyle –change is now authored by renowned businesswomen. People like Gina Heart, Denise Coates, Wang Laichun, Sara Blakely, etc., are setting the trends in their respective segments. We have often heard, “It’s a men’s world”, but the brave women of this generation have overpowered their male counterparts. Many are revamping the industry on several facets. IT is one such ever-evolving facet – influenced by timely innovations and governed by both men and women.

Among the many female IT business leaders, Robin Bienfait is a revered persona with immovable expertise in enterprise technology, mobility and security. Since founding her Global Innovation Centre, Atlanta Tech Park and her growthstimulating venture Emnovate established within The Park, Robin is driving the transformation of numerous global tech players. Her business is driven, by her commitment to help technology-based businesses ‘land and expand’ in Georgia.

DRIVEN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Robin’s passion for entrepreneurship is derived from several factors of her upbringing. Since her childhood, she was driven to create differences out of opportunities which eventually attracted her to engineering and technology. With the support of her family, including seven siblings, this girl translated her dream into action. In her words, becoming an engineer

enabled her to enjoy fast-paced learning in technology. Her parents were educators, which further motivated her for selfdevelopment and foster the growth of others.This childhood learning played an integral role in her career. Robin began her professional career in 1985 at AT&T and spent 2 decades as its SVP & Chief Compliance Officer EHS. Afterwards, she scaled new heights in her career by serving global tech cloud-borders such as Blackberry and Samsung.

Yet even all this success wasn’t shaping her motivation to bring transformation in the technology space. As such, after 30+ years in global firms, Robin stood down brought her dream to reality and focused on helping other technologists. In 2017, she founded Atlanta Technology Park, which is an ecosystem of entrepreneurial acceleration. Robin is a C Level executive and board member and a lucrative advisor to almost 100 Global Companies. Through Atlanta Tech Park, she is shaping her ambition to support others in their development. The foundation is a technology catalyst, capable of nurturing a company despite regardless of its growth stage. The foundation provides cuttingedge infrastructures, timely coaching sessions and necessary connections to help companies achieve their goals. Robin’s long-standing expertise and oriented focus have scaled many businesses to established ones. “My ability to continue helping industry disruptors is what excites me the most and positions me where I am today”, Robin asserts proudly. Robin is well-edified with ways technology revolutionize business communications, improve supply chain efficiencies and create competitive advantages. Under Robin’s aegis, Atlantic Tech Park has become a global acceleration ecosystem that transforms business while enhancing people’s interaction through her diverse corporate connections.

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

ROBIN BIENFAIT CEO of Emnovate

Indranil Roy | Business Connect

A LEADER OF FERVID QUALITIES

Whether it is leading her organisation, mentoring or amassing new trends, Robin has conquered all the facets. She is an excellent communicator and translates her mission and vision in whatever he does. Her enthusiastic nature gains quick buyin, which helps her in team building to achieve her goals and objectives. Her cordial nature also helps hew work closely with other technologists. She contributes to events and networking with the tech park, to build sustainable relationships and incorporate world-class technologies. Robin derives her learning ability from her long-standing professional experience. She enjoys meeting and learning from interesting people. Recognizing that there are many ways to contribute has kept her alert to the opportunities that presented themselves.

A DIVERSE AND PASSIONATE WORKFORCE

While Atlanta Tech Park is home to diverse tech-geeks entrepreneurs, there is an ambience of integrity amongst all. From Robin to his her teammates and other companies in the facility, everyone possesses out-of-the-box thinking to pursue and achieve their ultimate goals. The cohesiveness amongst all significantly alleviates the challenges of team-building whether it is her staff or members of The Park. The culture is nourished with recreational activities like Wine Wednesdays, cook outs, ping pong tournaments and more. Robin focuses on building individuals as well as achieving their goals with an eye for fun. In this way she nurtures her motto for the team - Together Everyone Achieves More.

HANDLING CHALLENGES WITH SHEER WILL AND BRAVERY

Robin has surmounted several ordeals. During her time in AT&T, she aided the recovery efforts of 9/11 and several others, which built her expertise in handling challenges. “My approach is to evaluate the situation at hand and develop the best possible outcome based on my experience”, asserts Robin.

Amid the Covid-19, Robin and her teammates capitalized their state of the art technology by offering everyone a safe, sociallydistanced facility to host virtual conferences, zoom meetings and virtual social events. They further conceptualised a virtual membership option, for those staying in far locations or unable to come to The tech Park. The membership provides a way to stay connected and reap the benefits of being part of their ecosystem.

A HEART FOR SOCIETAL DEVELOPMENT

Robin’s experience in handling uncertain challenges and aiding in recovery helps her address societal needs. Through her tech foundation, she provides free support and space to help the Veterans Memorial, bringing a technical high school team in to build out the video capabilities for the memorial. She further sponsored Prototype Prime’s launch event at the facitlity’s aviation building, and enabled the engagement of 250 people. Not just this, Robin unfurls several assignments for interns at the Park and invests her time towards training ingenuine minds. She and her teammates also host events for SWGC as well as their Score activities.

BESTOWED WITH MILESTONES AND ACCOLADES

In her professional career, Robin is honoured with several accolades. At AT&T, she earned the ‘AT&T Software Excellence award’, for Project Ruby. Her end-to-end support as host of Tiffany Circle was recognized, by The American Red Cross. Her name was listed in the ‘Top 18 Women to Watch in 2018’ by Inc. Magazine. She also holds a respectful presence as one of the top 100 CIO’s in STEM. Robin’s career further conferred the multimillion-dollar Samsung Business Services and successfully controlled a $9 Billion P&L as BlackBerry’s Chief Information Officer.

In her illustrious career, Robin mostly executed leadership positions like CEO, CIO and COO across global business units and mentored 30,000 employees. She has in-depth knowledge of leadership and expertise in P&L, strategic planning, vendor management, data analysis, business development and matrixed team leadership.

THE PATH FOR THE YEARS AHEAD

After so many years of relentless efforts in developing the tech-space, Robin plans to proliferate her global influence and build on her 15 patents to develop new technology. In the next 5 years, she aims to build success stories of Atlanta Tech Park alumni, who accomplished their goals and objectives with the help of Robin and her team of Emnovaters.

ROBIN’S MOTIVATIONAL THOUGHTS

It’s important to enjoy what you do as well as the people you work with.

MEET THE 5 BEST LUXURY TECH FOR THE MODERN HOME

No doubt that we have been amid technology revaluation. Ever since technologies have become more advance, life has become easier. In the innovative world, Luxury home appliances are no exception. To know more luxury home appliances, today we will see the top 5 Luxury Tech, which can convert your traditional home into a modern one.

SAMSUNG THE FRAME – RS 75,000 TO 85,000

“TV When it’s on Art when it’s Off.” When TV is not being used, it looks like nothing more than a black rectangle that doesn’t fall in line with the interior of the home. In the case of the Samsung frame, if it turns off, it will go into art mode and covert into a real piece of art. It has been developed with the Quantum Dot technology, which means it truly does look like a canvas and not like a normal TV with Screensaver on. It comes with no Gap Wall-Mount, which makes it sit sung against the wall with hardware stored in a Bluetooth box – which you can keep nearby. All of that means, if put it on the wall amongst a bunch of panting, people will have very hard to tell which one is TV. It is filled with more than 1,200 masterpieces. You can turn your own photos into a real piece of art with help of The Samsung Frame.

KOHLER DTV + DIGITAL SHOWER INTERFACE – RS 120,000

What, you just surprised? Well, if the thing is strange to you my friends, you are missing out. No matter how good is your personal hygiene is, it’s time to get wet in style and luxury. Kohler Digital Shower Interface is a more advanced showering system, which offers a real multi-sensor showing experience by standing in it. This technology is fully waterproof, uses a power button to activate the interface, and has an up & down arrow button, which allows you to adjust the water temperature. Kohler digital shower has several amazing features, including select your preferred lighting and steam level and plays your favorite music. Of course, it remembers your setting too, not just for you but also your family members.

SMART MIRRORS – RS 40,000 TO 90,000 AS PER SIZE

In general, Mirror is just a piece of reflecting glass to look at ourselves with. In the digital era, where everything is becoming smart, how can we let mirrors behind becoming one, After all, it is used frequently by the people. Now mirrors are going digital. If a healthy lifestyle is what you are going for, you may want Smart Mirrors. It connects to your devices like Fitbit, Apple Health, and others. So, when you go to Infront of it, it’ll display the new stats on your sleep, weight, exercise, calories, even some health tips. The Smart mirror also keep motivated by giving some inspirational quotes. You can easily access all pieces of information by using your voice and motion sensors. Since it doesn’t have a button to push, you won’t have fingerprint smudges on it. Let me clear up the privacy part, it doesn’t come with any camera lenses. If you want just the best conditions for personal grooming and cool lighting, you can buy Verdera Voice lighted mirror, it is Alexa enabled. All you have to ask Alex to adjust lights to give ideal brightness.

SMART OVEN

During the lockdown, Home cooking became part of our daily routine and I’m sure you have got some culinary skills up. In case If you haven’t or once again you have a bit of a busy time, Smart Oven will take the effort out of it. There are two Smart Oven very famous out there, first The June Intelligent Oven and other Amazon Smart Oven. Unfortunately, it is not available in India, so you have to see a source where you can get it. Let’s back to the topic to know about their features. The June Oven will cook restaurant-quality meals, all you have to do is put the raw food in the oven, and a built-in camera identifies what is inside, later it will give you a recommendation, how to cook them. The program constantly updates based on user feedback.

SLEEP NUMBER 360 I10 SMART BED

If you and your significant individual have a disagreement on the smoothness or firmness of the mattress, then you may need a sleep number bed. They have developed a very advanced technology, which allows you to adjust the firmness on each side of the bed to a sleep number setting. They have also developed a premium model, which is called 360 I10 smart bed, which goes well beyond. This I 10 will track your movements of heartbeat and breathing to adjust its firmness, temperature, and position until you feel comfy. The I10 Bed will give feedback on your sleep pattern. If you are still not happy, you can use the remote to adjust anything as per your wish. You have to pay 5000 dollars to buy this mattress.

VIBFAST PIGMENTS

An Unmatched International Success

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Vibfast Pigments is a renowned manufacturer and exporter of pigments and solvent dyes, and has created a stellar reputation for itself in the textiles and leather industry. The company has established a global presence, as a result of its Founder’s dedication and fierce determination.

Vibfast Group was incorporated in 1992 by a young visionary, Amit Banthia at the age of twenty three. The aim behind VIBFAST was to grow in the field of textiles and chemicals, which were two major businesses that were to take corporate India into the next century. Vibfast Pigments, an auxiliary of Vibfast Group, was established in 1995 to trade in dyestuffs for textiles and leather. With the rapid market expansion in local and overseas territories, Vibfast gave rise to another company, Vibfast Pigments Pvt. Ltd.

Today, Vibfast Pigments is a leading manufacturer of PhthalocyaninePigments, Azo Pigments, High Performance Pigments, Tonal Pigments, Ultramarines, Chrome Pigments, Self Dispersing Pigments, Universal Pigment Pastes, Fluorescent Pigments, Food Colours and Colors for Home and Personal Care. Their pigments are extensively used in Offset Inks, Water based Inks, Gravure Inks, Solvent Based paints, water based paints, plastics, textile, food industry, home and personal care and in all kinds of polymers.

main advice I would like to give the readers of Business Connect India is that never stop learning. There is so much knowledge out there-make sure you read a lot and keep learning new skills and about the developments happening in the industry. This is the only way to stay ahead of the competition. Another thing I would like to add is to sit and think about the vision of your company and then base out your strategy, this will help you achieve your long term goals.“

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A COMMITMENT TO QUALITY

Vibfast strives to maintain quality standards with each dispatch for its customers. It has fully equipped labs to test the material in various applications. The company follows rigorous processes to ensure superior quality of its products.

Before the material is shipped, the product is preliminarily tested by the plant chemist. The approved sample is then sent to the in-house laboratory where the technical team further analyses the products and conducts various tests. After the product is approved, the team sends a pre-shipment sample from the blended lot to the customer. After the customer has approved the PSS, during the packing stage the technical manager collects random samples from the bags and tests the samples once again before dispatching.

With extensive knowledge and consistent efforts, along with established world-class manufacturing facilities and high-quality products which are competitively priced, Vibfast Group has become a well-known brand in Pigments & Dyes Industry across the globe.

Vibfast has employed in house innovative technologies for automation of production as well as creating dust free environment for the production of pigments and colourants.

The key strategy of the company to stay ahead of the competition is Value Addition. Along with practices to ensure customer satisfaction, such as post-sales services, specialized packaging, custom color matching, excellent communication, prompt dispatches, etc, Vibfast focuses on intensive and continuous Research and Development. The team consistently works on new product development and also on how to make the existing product range better both in terms of performance and pricing.

THE VISIONARY BEHIND VIBFAST

Mr. Amit Virendrasingh Banthia is the Chairmancum-Managing Director of Vibfast Group. It is under his stewardship that Vibfast is one of the leading Manufacturer and Exporter of high-quality Pigments, Solvent Dyes and Food colourants with a presence in more than 90 countries across the globe.

A Chartered Accountant by education, Mr. Amit Banthia ventured into his entrepreneurial journey with an interest in dyestuffs textiles and pigments in 1995. He started with trading in textiles and pigments in the domestic market. While doing this business, he noticed a growing demand for Pigments & Dyes in the international market, and hence, with a clear vision and focus to export, in

2001, he set up the first of the many plants of Vibfast Group in Vatva, Ahmedabad. With his marketing capabilities, extensive experience in the chemical industry and a well-groomed team, Vibfast started exporting pigments all around the globe and marked its presence in the field of coatings, plastics and inks.

Madhu Banthia, the co-founder of Vibfast, looks after the administration of Vibfast Pigments. She has a masters in international business from AMA. Under her leadership, the company has been able to create a niche for itself in the market.

The team at Vibfast is one big family, with a broad hierarchy system of management. This ensures that everyone in the team, from the CEO to the peon, can go and freely discuss their problems with the MD. Honesty, integrity, transparency and respect for all individuals are key to its corporate culture.

The company has training and skill development programs for the employees to help them grow their career trajectory. They make sure that the needs and safety of the employees is well taken care of. All these factors have led to a very low employee turnover rate. The culture at Vibfast has made the team feel extremely proud of working for such an astute company.

HIGHLIGHTS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

In a short time since the inception of Vibfast Pigments, the company has achieved various milestones and received a number of awards. One of the biggest milestones for Vibfast was becoming a trusted supplier for multinational companies like- Seigwerk, Sun Chemicals, Flint, Ampacet, etc, to name a few.

The company also boasts of the various new product ranges it has developed over the years. Vibfast is one of the only three companies in the world that produce ready to use, stirin pigments. The company has also been the recipient of the Export Award from the Gujarat Dyestuff Manufacturing Association.

Progressing steadily on its path to success, Vibfast is set to expand further in the industry. The company is to launch quite a few new products in the near future. Vibfast will be producing a full range of Fluorescent Pigments for various applications, and is planning to launch more products in its existing range of products for food, home and personal care.

6 Tips for Leading with Compassion while working Remotely

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted millions of lives. Whether you planned on having a meeting from a conference room or going out for lunch with colleagues, it is hard to imagine at the time. Remember that Every person in the world is reacting to this situation in their own way.

During this difficult time, your employees need support and a little motivational push so they can successfully work remotely.

The whole world is dealing with the current situation in their own ways.Showing little kindness may aid your employees navigate their situation.In the end,I would say,you can lead the team effectively with compassion.

ACKNOWLEDGE WORKFORCE DIVERSITY

It is important to know that every individual has a different culture and background. And we all must acknowledge that each employees’ circumstances are different and unique during this pandemic. While some may adore working from home, others may find difficulty with their new routine. It is very important to lead with compassion and look after your every single employee’s well-being during these tough times.

ASK EMPATHY-BUILDING QUESTIONS WHILE HAVING MEETINGS

since nationwide lockdown, people have been following an unusual daily routine, that makes them feel anxious, sad, and frustrated. During the one-on-one meeting, take the time to listen to how your employees are handling themselves. Susan Milligan, (CHAM, CRCR, Patient Experience Director, Ensemble Health Partners) said “Being sensitive to the needs they have never shared with you is the essence of empathy.” You don’t have to give all answers, but listen and try to understand what they are saying. At the time not just your employees, but also others need support and compassion. By asking the question, “how are you feeling?” And “how can I support you?”, you make them feel great.

BUILD A SENSE OF COMMUNITY

The office’s mutual trust and friendship among colleges and a sense of community don’t have to end while working from home. So, when your meeting is about the end, extend a little more time for just a casual chat with the team. If it is possible, set up virtual “Coffee Chat” to connect with each other regularly. By doing such kind things, your employees feel a lot better. A lot of people working from home at the time, which means they have to balance home and workload, sometime it could be challenging. Encourage employees to take breaks throughout a day and reduce the pressure by offering online Yoga session.

A lot of people don’t like to express their feeling among co-workers, so it would be great if communicate privately with other available resources. Share some training programs that can help your employees through these days.

BE WILLING TO MODIFY THE RULES

Being a boss of a company, you may wish to keep business running as usual, but you need to understand that the current situation is totally different and worse, which we haven’t seen in our entire life before. Offering work flexibility to employees can help them to get their footing and adjust to their new normal. If it is possible, you may consider these points.

Provide mental health days: In a difficult time, employees may start feeling depressed and anxious while maintaining work productivity. It would be ok If they take a day off to focus on mental health.

Allow for flexible hours: let them create a schedule that works for them, while reaming could be used for a business needs like meetings.

Communicate expectations: If you prefer Sunday to get mails out, inform them that a response isn’t expected until Monday.

Allow for distraction: For some reason, some employees cannot set up a working studio at their home. So, if you hear any sound, like a dog barking or kids crying, in the middle of your meeting, Greet it with a sense of humor.

COMMUNICATE FREELY AND TAKE OUT TIME SOME TIME TO LISTEN

Fee communication and full transparency are important that may minimize any feeling of uneasiness throughout the tough times. As per Dan Grupe (a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Centre for investigating healthy minds,) “Uncertainty itself can lead to a lot of distress for humans in particular.” Over talking isn’t a bad thing. Keep your employees updated about what decisions have been made and why they’re having to be made. Take out some time to listen to employees’ concerns and adders to them. Tell them about tools or resources available that can help them.

MAKE A STRONG CONNECTION WITH EMPLOYEES

Focusing on business goals on your own can make it a bit more challenging to build a solid report with employees. David DeSteno, (Psychology professor at Northeast University) has said “Do something that makes them believe that you are one of them.” That single that “Even though you are the boss, in the end, you’re all in this together.” – from Harvard Business Review. Engage with your employees letting them get to know you on a personal level, like share some personal and work-related stories, that humanize your interaction, without being shy or worry about anything. Relating to your employees and empathizing with them may aid beef up the individual ties which construct a great team.

The whole world is dealing with the current situation in their own ways. Showing little kindness may aid your employees navigate their situation. In the end, I would say, you can lead the team effectively with compassion.

Environomics Projects LLP A Top Renewable Energy Company

There is a pressing need to shift towards renewable energy sources. If we don’t show the urgency, the consequences would be harsh. The International Energy Agency (IEA) in a recent press conference revealed that if we were to see a noticeable level of pollution decrease by 2040, we have to decarbonize our power supply by 40%.

Significant growth in renewable sources would be possible if we tend to shift the investment pattern towards industries that develop these resources. In our new edition ‘CEO Of The Year 2021’, we bring you a story of such personalities that are helping to accelerate the low carbon transition by generating and selling renewable energy right now.

Mr Parag worked for more than two decades in an American MNC and had witnessed the journey from being a trainee engineer to the director. Then there was a point in life where he thought of moving out of his comfort zone and begin a new journey. He believes that if one opts for a safe life, he would never realise what it feels like to win big.

He shares his decision,

“It was a tough call as I had to drop a very handsome pay package. I was getting an opportunity to switch to a new job which was a dream job of being a Managing Director of a European MNC. Finally, after a lot of thoughts, meeting with mentors, discussions with family members and a lot self-discussion, I decided to check my potential as an entrepreneur and started ENVIRONOMICS PROJECTS LLP in partnership with past colleagues. I explained it to myself that if I want to make it big I must come out of my comfort zone.”

Idowu Koyenikan in his popular book Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability has rightly said:

“Sometimes it is good to be in uncomfortable situations because it is in finding our way out of such difficulties that we learn valuable lessons.”

MEET PARAG SHAH - THE COFOUNDER OF ENVIRONOMICS PROJECTS LLP.

PARAG SHAH | Co-Founder & Partner

Avishek Singh | Business Connect

WHAT DOES ENVIRONOMICS PROJECTS LLP DO?

Environomics was formed with a mission to generate clean and green energy. The company is passionate to help customers use solar PV systems to alienate dependency on non-renewable resources for energy generation with the Green Energy revolution. It aspires to be a leader in the field of engineering by deploying the best and most efficient practices and developing self-sustaining systems.

While talking to the team of Business Connect Mr Shah shares what his company does

“Our company focuses on providing EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) and Life Cycle Management for industrial projects, our strength lies in best in class core engineering and design, project management and services through the life cycle of projects. We cover Solar Rooftop Projects along with 10 years Operation and Maintenance Contracts with a commitment of generation linked with commercial penalties, we are also expertise into HVAC projects, Electrification both High Tension and Low Tension, Utilities covering Compressed Air System, Water Network etc.”

The team ensures that the safety measures during construction and operation are incorporated in various components of the solar plant. The best part is that it guarantees delivery in their committed time frame, else they compensate for the delays.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTOR:

An industry lives by its goodwill. People remember the value addition long after they have forgotten the cost. Mr Shah has worked meticulously in building a brand value for a company that makes it stand out in the crowd.

“We are not selling any proposition on Cost per se, we are ValueBased Selling Company”, shares Mr Shah. “We have very well qualified technocrats in our team. We invest in people for their skills and behaviours so not only are they good employees but they become good human beings working with us. Our differentiating factors are Integrity, Transparency, High Quality, Life Cycle Service Support and all these factors help us get 80% of our new business just from the reference of our existing customers. We offer multi-year service contracts with a commitment of output linked commercial implications, our ability to take up complex projects, core engineering skills, experience on utilities and project management, these are some of our differentiating factors”

FOSTERING LEADERSHIP

RISE AND RISE OF ENVIRONOMICS

Environomics started their journey back in 2016 and till date, they have successfully executed more than 75 projects. They have long term operation & maintenance agreements with very large clients. Mr Shah believes that they have been fortunate to work with Major Organization covering Pharmaceutical, Textile, Engineering, F&B, Automobiles etc.

Talking about the future endeavours, Mr Shah shares “we are very excited to grow our Solar Rooftop Business, also our HVAC work is well recognized by the Pharmaceutical Industry. Energy Audits, Electrification, Automation, Solar Charging stations for Electric vehicles etc. are the areas we look forward to expanding in coming time.”

Mr Shah highly credits the work culture and leadership style in moulding a person. He says “We have a very open culture and we encourage employees to give feedback irrespective of level, we always share that “What is Right” is more important than “Who is Right”. We have very matured leadership so we have open sessions, at least twice a year we have performance reviews wherein we give all positive as well improvement areas to employees and similarly we take their feedback for leadership positive points and areas of improvement so it becomes a two-way channel and we all grow in respective zones.”

MESSAGE TO ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS

The founder has a strong message for all the young minds who are willing to bring a change through their efforts and innovation.

He believes “It is a great journey, there will be highs and lows, initial years are real testing, challenging, there will be a lot of questions, and with freedom, some bad elements may come up, so we need to stay focused, passionate, committed, honest, work very hard and must avoid distractions! If we succeed it is great, if we fail, the experience will make us wiser, so go for it.”

The Man Behind the Smile Face Symbol Harvey Ross Ball

HARVEY ROSS BALL

(BORN JULY 10, 1921- AND DIED APRIL 12, 2001)

The Smiley face emoji ☺ is the most common and universally applicable, evolved from an ideogram into a template for communication and use in writing. The creative mind behind the smile for a mouth on yellow paper was Harvey Ross Ball.

Harvey Ball was a native American and an iconic artist, known as a designer of the very famous smiley graphic picture, which became an enduring and notable international icon. In 1963, Harvey was hired by an insurance company to design a morale-boosting icon for its employees for the smiley iconic image. He made $45 for his 10 min effort. In 1999 ball established a non-profit charitable Trust called Word Smile Foundation that supports support children’s cause.

Ball grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts, raised by his parents Ernest G. Ball and Christian or Kitty Ross Ball. He had five siblings, three younger their names of merit, Virginia and Raymond, and two older by the name of Jessie and Ernest jr. During his study, he became an apprentice to a local sign painter. Ball did schooling from South Sigh School in 1940. Later, he went to Worcester Art Museum School to study fine arts.

During World War II, Ball was an army veteran who worked in the National Guard for 27 years. He was serving in Asia and the Pacific, Okinawa, and Leyte. In 1973, Harvey Ball retired as a Brigadier General. In 1979, He also worked in the Army Reserves, retired as a full colonel.

CAREER.

After World II, Harvey started working for a local advertising firm until it came an idea to start his own business. In 1959, he created a company and named it Harvey Ball Advertising.

The state mutual life assurance company (now called Hanover Insurance company, headquarter Worcester Massachusetts), had just merged with an out-of-town competitor - a Mutual company of Ohio. The merger resulted showed low morale in an employee. In resolving it, the insurance company hired him as a freelance artist to create an image that can bring lift up the sprite around the office. In less than 10 min, he apparently created a design smile face and got paid $45 for the creation.

The symbol of a smiley face became part of the insurance company’s friendship campaign, whereby state mutual gave 100 smiley pins to employees. The intention was to bring a smile while working or handling another task. The yellow smile icon on the buttons became very popular sold more than 50M by 1971.

The very iconic artist Harvey Ross Ball didn’t apply for a trademark and copyright, nor did State Mutual make money from the design. Harvey’s son Charlie said “he was not a moneydriven guy, he used to say, hey, “I can

eat only eat one steak at a time, drive one car at a time.”, as per Telegram & Gazette reported.

it was French Journalist Franklin Loufrani, first registered the mark and many rights, introduce it “Smiley” and formed a business around it by licensing it to companies like Levi’s and Mars candy. The Smiley Company is run by Loufrani s son, Nicolas, and has turnover around $100 million in revenue in a year by charging very popular fashion luxurious brands like Zara and Fendi a fee to put the recognizable grin on apparel and other merchandise, according to CNBC.

SMILE FOUNDATION

In 1999, Ball founded a non-profit charitable trust called World Smile Corporation. Today, the corporation licenses Smileys and organizes World Smile Day raises funding for Smile Foundation.

DEATH

On April 12, 2001, at the age of 79, Harvey Ross Ball passed away due to liver failure following a short illness. He left his wife for 54 years, Winifred Trudell, and four children.

FEW SENTENCES FROM HARVEY ROSS BALL -

“There are Two Ways to Go about it. You can take a compass and draw a perfect circle and make two perfect eyes as neat as can be. Or you can do it freehand and have some fun with it. Like I did. Give it character.”

Once he said, “I made a circle with a smile for a mouth on yellow paper because it was sunshiny and bright.”

Important Skills Required for Enhanced Education Experience in Future

While bidding bye-bye to the year 2020, we cannot forget the significance, the period of coronavirus pandemic has made on the education system across the nation.

Likewise, the year that got hit by the virus also has transformed the ways of learning procedure across the world. The pandemic affected in shutting down of schools that led students to shift away from classrooms to adopting online learning.

With this suddenly updated version of education, the question arises is that, is there any need for upgrading the skills accordingly? Off course yes! In order to match up with the trends, there is always a need for upgrading your skills. Students are required to prepare themselves accordingly to cope up with the future of education and career opportunities.

Nowadays, students are enrolling themselves in programming with Python training, digital marketing, web developments, machine learning, etc.

Education Skills

THE FUTURE OF LEARNING

Well, there are some, who believes that the rapid move towards online learning, which has issues like no training, insufficient bandwidth, and little preparations will be resulting in a poor experience of users, whereas, others are in a belief that the new hybrid model of education will be evolving with some significant benefits.

The future of education will be the integration of information technology and online education will become an integral part of school education. During the pandemic, the way of teaching has changed because the platform of teaching has shifted from the classroom to chat groups and video meetings.

E-LEARNING: A PART OF ‘NEW NORMAL’

Learning has become more effective with new methods of educating students. While there are multiple worries regarding the future of education, will e-learning skills be that effective such as traditional academic skills? Well, this is the rule. Things need to change and everyone is required to adjust to the changes accordingly. The future of education will be online learning and it comes with a massive transformation of technology as well as digitization that plays the most vital role in our lives. Time is unfurling a future where children will prefer e-learning over the prevailing method. The traditional classrooms will be seen modifying into a better version by the introduction to modern technologies.

ONLINE LEARNING – CHALLENGES

Internet is the main challenge that can be faced by students in online learning. There are students, who are without reliable internet access or technology due to which, they struggle to involve themselves in digital learning. Many are not getting a certain degree of technical proficiency that includes successfully getting logged in, submission of work, etc.

Many a time, there are technical issues like low bandwidth and weak internet, which affects in e-learning.

BOTTOM LINE

For an enhanced education experience in future, all we required to have is skills to cope up with the new normal trends. Online learning is a different and new education that allows you to study in your comfort area and earn the degree that you desire. Although online learning has a few things that people might find challenging, however, it is not impossible to be done. Simply focus on your goals to succeed.

WaroftheWits Solutions A Steadfast Ed-Tech Start-up

Education technology in India is setting new benchmarks with each passing day. With digital books, multi sensory classrooms, remote learning, virtual sessions, etc. Education has surely seized a reformed configuration. It succors students to acquire exemplary learning experiences and contemporary technological advancements. The global pandemic has played a prominent role in reviving the significance of e-learning. It has stipulated educational institutions and students to progress their learning online. Besides, this sitch has also opened the doors for many Ed-tech firms to make an unparalleled impression in the industry.

Likewise, in this exclusive edition, our magazine Business Connect is presenting the vision of an EdTech company, WaroftheWits. Their idea is to impart an efficient and reliable learning platform while minimizing the cost and efforts of the students. The firm comprises of highly qualified IT professionals, subject matter experts, teachers, tutors, volunteer parents, students & mentors.

WaroftheWits is an innovation-based firm that offers e-learning packages for students, coaching institutes, schools, and for the aspirants of competitive exams like JEE, NEET, Olympiad/NTSE. It is a technologydriven digital platform delivering enhanced academic performance through self-assessment, gap-remediation, memorization, and practice. The mission is ensuring a succeeding pathway for both students & institutions alike.

The company offers various provisions for schools, tutors, and coaching institutions for rapid digitalization, expedited teaching, revision, assessments, LMS, IMS/ SMS, CMS etc., all through their flagship platform.

A GLIMPSE OF THE FOUNDATION

WaroftheWits came into existence in June 2018 by three friends with a vision to disrupt the digital education industry – i.e. to make learning simple, easy, affordable & fun. Ever since it’s inception, the company is perpetually growing and scaling new heights in the Edtech industry and has been rated amongst top 20 most promising Edtech Startups of India.

ANIL KUMAR SHARMA CEO, WaroftheWits Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

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PORTALS IN 2023

ENLIGHTENING VARIOUS E-LEARNING PROVISIONS

For every enterprise, it is salient to be ahead in the market. To clinch that gauge, they need incessant synchronism with the technological advancements.

Apart from 40+ e-Learning courses for individual students, WaroftheWits also offers several features for Schools, Tutors & Coaching institutes. Some of these are:

• readymade notes, auto-evaluated assignments,objective & subjective tests, group revision activities, games, quizzes, and competitions

• live video classes, digital notice board, attendance, admission, student and fee management

• practice-oriented, adaptive & machine learning, automated workflows & real-time reports

• various research edtechniques applied for higher comprehension, retention & recall

• co-branding, white labelling support, improved educator-parent-student collaboration etc

EXCLUSIONARY APPROACH GIVING AN EDGE

The firm promulgates various services, rendering an edge over its peers in the industry. Some of them are catalogued below:

• multi-user, interactive, individual & group learning & teaching

• focus on individual learning styles for best results

• B2B, B2C & hybrid revenue models supported

• high visibility of efforts, progress, speed, accuracy, coverage, rank

• catalyst for collaboration between student, parent & teacher

• weekly live competitions to foster competitive spirit

Most importantly, they render extremely cost-effective prices as opposed to others in the digital education space

ACCENTUATING COURSE STRUCTURE

WaroftheWits offers various online courses to their students for subjects such as Maths, Economics, Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology), Social Studies, Accounts and Business Studies ranging from 6th to 12th standard. They also offer courses for aspirants preparing for IIT-JEE (Engineering), NEET (Medical), and Olympiad/NTSE.

BRIEFING THE KEY OFFICIALS

• The CTO of the company, Mr. Manoj Bisht (PG in Statistics & Computer Applications) is holding experience of 21 years in IT development and architecting software solutions using Microsoft Technologies. He also specializes in Cloud (Azure & AWS), AI & Data Science.

• The CFO of the company, Mr. Sandeep Goel has strong business acumen, he is involved in

multiple businesses spanning across different industries and has keen interest in emerging EdTech arena

• The CEO of WaroftheWits, Anil Kumar Sharma who has credentials such as MCA, MBA, EPLM, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, and a dozen more, has 22 years of experience in heading product management & delivery, R&D centers of various software, training and consulting firms

ILLUMINATING AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

WaroftheWits is rated amongst The Top 20 Most Promising Ed-Tech Startups in India. They also have empaneled many top schools and coaching institutes throughout NCR & some cities across India.

EMBLAZING FUTURE ENDEAVOURS

The company plans to target under & un-digitalized schools of 2nd/3rd tier cities, explore and expand underinvested channels like B2C, corporates, affiliates, etc., scaleup presence, pan India and globe. WaroftheWits team believes that there is huge potential in the EdTech arena in the coming years. With schools and other educational institutions being closed, COVID has essentially increased digital education demand and there are still limited set of serious players in coaching arena & low cost eLearning solution providers. WaroftheWits has been self-funded since its inception. So, they intend to attain investments to target larger user base and geography.

A TOKEN OF ADVICE FOR POTENTIAL ENTREPRENEURS

WaroftheWits CEO: “Aspiring entrepreneurs, we are coming out of COVID menace and the business are bouncing back to normalcy so it’s a great time to start or expand your venture. However, do not commence anything in haste – do a detailed market research & feasibility study, competitor analysis etc. before you dive in. Our foundation team researched for more than 1.5 years, visited several countries, studied education systems of a dozen of countries, and carried out alpha & beta tests on 500+ students before formally rolling out our platform. Still we faced a lot of hurdles, setbacks & learnt hard lessons in the due course - so prepare wisely before you make your next move and then stay invested, as sooner or later things certainly do turn around!”

KISHORE GOKAVARAPU

A Humanitarian Who Endeavours to Ensure A Social Impact via Affordable Medications

Thought leadership can take any enterprise to greater heights while being the flagbearer to the society for peace and prosperity. With impeccable tools such as compassion and sensibility, a leader can effortlessly soft-pedal numerous existing issues in society. In its brand new edition, Business Connect presents a success story of such an insightful business luminary who

is a prominent leader at the limelight and humanitarian at his heart. It is the inside story of Kishore Gokavarapu who has made a mark in his targeted industry with his sheer determination and utmost dedication.

As an altruist, Kishore reckons on giving back to society and has contributed significantly towards many non-profitable organisations and charitable trusts on the whole to help the underprivileged people. He was born and brought up in Pulletikuru, near Amalapuram, in Andra Pradesh and perceived his Master’s in Organic Chemistry from Andhra University. Later, he forged to the pharma industry in pursuit of starting his career as a research scientist that allowed him to expand his perception and make a difference to the world.

At present, Kishore is in close collaboration with M/s Helio Lifesciences Limited as a ‘Plant Head’. Starting his career expedition as a chemist, he sailed through several ups and downs across his profession. But, his core principles and values always motivated him to get ahead with high-spirits. Now, being the ‘Plant Head of Operations’ at a reputed institution, Kishore has reached the pinnacle of success. His adamant zeal to take new risks while being in sync with the technological advancements has helped him upgrade his skills that have been the secret sauce to his roaring success. For him, success has a very distinct definition. He avidly reckons,

KISHORE GOKAVARAPU

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Undoubtedly, success is not an overnight phenomenon rather it is a constant process involving hard work and thorough analysis over time.

ENDEAVOURS TO TOUCH THE HEIGHTS OF THE SKY

With an enriched experience of 13 years in the pharma industry, Kishore has acquired expertise in API production. Having worked in multiple organisations, he has identified his sole motive to develop the medicines at a cheaper price to facilitate poor people in attaining better quality medicines at reasonable prices and grow the business alongside contributing to India’s economy.

Leading Helio Lifesciences at the forefront, he is determined to take the company to greater heights while being substantive to the common people. So far, under his thought leadership, several institutions have climbed the ladder of enthusing success. He had always been aligned towards filling the gap between the production, marketing and operations with absolute technical exposure. Aiming to attain the position of Director in the upcoming years, he has envisioned to hit the crescendo of ultimate success by attaining a topmost position in International as well as domestic companies. He incessantly strives to fulfil his dream of acquiring the maximum number of shares for BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe for the future.

At Helio Lifesciences, Kishor’s responsibilities are aligned with operations management that is concerned with designing and controlling the process of production and redesigning business operations in the production of goods or services. He firmly ensures that business operations are always sustainable in practice as needed and effective in terms of meeting customer requirements. Moreover, he is primarily concerned with planning, organizing and supervising in regard to process development, manufacturing, distribution of pharmaceutical products. His matchless insights and business acuity are allowing the institution to witness the considerable growth in leaps and bounds.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF KISHORE GOKAVARAPU –

• Achieved one of the topmost position in the pharmaceutical industry as a Plant Head – Operations at a very young age.

• Kishore has performed rigorous research that allowed him to make a major contribution in advancing the knowledge for the development of medicines. Moreover, he has also published so many national and international journals/ publications that have been cited below:

1. Modified reaction condition to achieve high yield and cost-efficient hazardous free synthesis of sorafenib API”, authored by Shiva Rama Krishna Samala, Srinivasa Rao B, Kishore Gokavarapu, Sarita Gokavarapu, and Sunil Gandhi, has have been published in Asian journal of research in chemistry (AJRC) (print ISSN 0974-4169, online ISSN 0974-

4150), Vol 11, issue 5, September-October 2018, pages 806-810, DOI: 10.5958/0974-4150.2018.00142.6

2. An efficient and novel synthesis of pregabalin with enantioselective enzymatic hydrolysis using CAL-B Enzyme”, authored by Kishore Gokavarapu, Rahul Devkar, Sarita Gokavarapu, Shiva Rama Krishna Samala, has been published in Asian Journal of Research in Chemistry (AJRC) (print ISSN 09744169, online ISSN 0974-4150), Vol 12, issue 2, March-April 2019, pages 55-57. DOI: 10.5958/09744150.2018.00142.6

3. “Simple Convenient and efficient process for removal of Genotoxic Impurity (F Impurity) from Imatinib API treating with Base using water as a medium”, authored by Shiva Rama Krishna Samala, Srinivasa Rao B, Kishore Gokavarapu, Sarita Gokavarapu, and Sunil Gandhi, has been published in International Journal of current research Vol 10, issue 08, page no 72876-72878, August 2018. DOI: https://doi. org/10.24941/ijcr.32142.08.2018

4. “A mild, simple, cost-efficient, chemoselective and high yielding procedure for the anti-cancer drug letrozole key intermediate 4-fluorobenzonitrile”, authored by Shiva Rama Krishna Samala, Kishore Gokavarapu, Srinivasa Rao B, Sarita Gokavarapu, and Sunil Gandhi, has been published in International Journal of current research Vol 10, issue 08, page no 72908-72910, August 2018. DOI: https://doi. org/10.24941/ijcr.32211.08.2018

5. “An efficient and alternative method for synthesis of Nitroxoline”, authored by Rahul Uttamrao Devkar, Durga Prasad Rao P, Kishore Gokavarapu, and Shiva Rama Krishna Samala has been published in Asian Journal of Research in Chemistry (AJRC) (print ISSN 0974-4169, online ISSN 0974-4150), Vol 12, issue 2, March-April 2019, pages 69-70. DOI: 10.5958/09744150.2019.00015.4

• Mr Kishore has received ‘Honorary Doctorate D.Litt’ from University of South America for his excellent performance in his career trajectory, in 2016.

• The thoughtful leader has also been conferred with ‘HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP AWARD’ from Madhya Pradesh Healthcare Leadership Awards in 2019 for his outstanding performance in healthcare (pharmaceutical) industry.

• He also bagged ‘Best/Outstanding Manager National Award 2020’ from Kamraj Institute of Education and Research (KIER) for his remarkable achievements and contributions to the society and research segment.

• For his extraordinary achievements at such a young age, Kishore has also been venerated with ‘Indian Achiever’s Award’ for ‘Man Of Excellence’ in 2020.

Success is nothing but where you were before and at present through this, you can analyse your success.

Expected to Be Launched

4CARS NEW

many cars are about to launch in the Indian market. However, there are few cars which are expected to launch very soon. Here, I have picked 4 upcoming cars, which will be launched in Feb and March.

TATA SAFARI

Expected Launch

Estimated Price – Rs 18.00-23.00 Lakh

The Tata Safari is now back in the market! Recently, Tata has opened their official booking for the all-new Safari of its Feb 22 launch. In terms of Safari Variants, the car will be offered publicly in six trims: XE, XM, XT, XT+, XZ, and XZ+. The safari seating capacity is 6- and 7. The six-seat variety safari will have the option of driver seats in the top-spec version. This harrier-based three-row SUV car is powered by the same 2.0 L diesel engine that produces 170Ps and 350Nm. It has a choice of 6-speed manual and a 6-speed automatic. But the automatic could be limited to the top-spec variant at launch. It has also an expectation that Tata is going to offer a 1.5 L turbo-petrol unit and an AWD at the later date. As far as Safari Features are concerned, The Tata Safari is coming with 8.8-inch touchscreen infotainment, iRA Connected car tech, a 9-speaker JBL sound system, a panoramic sunroof, and a 6-way powered driver seat. Moreover, it has cruise control, mood lighting, auto AC with 2nd and 3rd-row vents, tire pressure monitor, and leatherette upholstery for the dual-tone cabin. Talking about Safety, it is occupied with disc brakes, an electronic parking brake with auto hold, traction control, six airbags, rollover mitigation, and corner stability.

JAGUAR I-PACE

Expected

Estimated Price 1.50-2.00 Crore

Recently, Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) made an announcement to launch Jaguar I-Pace in India on 9th March. For your information, this car will be the first electronic model. JLR has already started taking orders for the car in the country. You can book from the official website. JLR I-Pace is equipped with a 90 kWh lithium-ion battery and dual electric motors, that can produce 294 kW and 696Nm of peak torque. The 2.2-tonne electric SUV is able to do the 0-100kph sprint in 4.8sec, and go on to hit a top speed of 200kph as per the official website. While there is no ARAI-certified range yet, the car has a 470km WLTP-rated range on a single charge. JLR is going to offer their customer’s 5-year service package and 5 years of roadside assistance. Moreover, the car will come with 8 years or 1,60,000km battery warranty. JLR will introduce I-Pace electric SUV in 3 variants – S, SE, and top-spec HSE. It will be well-structured and come with Led Headlamps and tail-light, a full-length fixed glass roof, dual touchscreen infotainment system, and 19-inch diamond alloy wheels. Besides, It will have features to support Android Auto support and Apple CarPlay.

MAHINDRA eKUV 100

Expected Launch

Estimate Price – Rs 8.00-9.00 Lakh

Mahindra ekUV100 is about to knock India Market‘s Door, which will look pretty similar to the ongoing gasoline-powered unit. However, few changes will be made to differentiate it as an EV. In terms of design, still will be seen the Sharp LED DRLs upfront here. The eKUV100 only comes up with a new lower front bumper in comparison with the KUV100. Black side skirts are also a sweet addition. The front grille will also draw great inspiration from other EVs in the market. Overall, the car interior will be the same. The eKUV100 carries a different type of fog lamp housing and a slight bump with a matte finish ditching the shiny plastic bits from the gasoline-powered car. Mahindra eKUv100 will be introduced with many modern techs, remote of their driving pattern and battery rage. The eKUV100 SUV carries a 30kW powerhouse, which will give a 150km driving range on a single charge. The quick charging features will be seen, meaning you can charge from 0 to 80 percent within hours. Mahindra is also likely to offer a powertrain during the launch of the eKUV800.

AUDI NEW Q3

Expected Launch

Estimate Price – Rs 33.00-44.00 Lakh

Audi Q3’s all-new generation is expected to launch this march; the next-generation Q3 was last showcased at the Paris Motor Show in 2018. It was predicted to be introduced in the first quarter of 2020. Due to the pandemic, the launch date was postponed. The New generation Q3 is based on the VW’s MQB platform, which makes it 96mm longer and 18mm wider (lightly bigger) than the first generation. Edgier design, in-line with the company’s great design philosophy, make its appearance more sculpted as compare with the previous model. All the developed interior space significantly and that is compared by all modern interior design theme similar to more expensive models cars, such as A8 and Q7. There are four engine options available internationally – Including three petrol and one diesel engine. However, it’s hard to say which one will be in India.

Audi New Q3

Mahindra E-KUV 100

Jaguar I-Pace

Tata Safari