The Fastest Growing Software Company To Watch Globally - 2022

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As we bid adieu to 2022 and welcome 2023, Business Connect unfolds this year with some captivating success stories of a few companies that dynamically embrace innovation and excellence. We always aspire to impart amazement and inspiration via exclusive content, we have created this monthly print publication by promoting the expertise and business acumen of some insightful leaders. One business executive pioneered a specific domain with unrivaled solutions whereas another leader ventured into a less-traveled road by tapping into their innovative streak. Undeniably, you will be enlightened by the strong-willed companies that have defied all the odds to emerge as an epitome of inspiration to the entrepreneurial ecosystem at a global scale. We will take you on a tour of how these ventures pitched in the entrepreneurial space and ensured cumulative growth. Defying all the odds and etching a niche for themselves were nothing short of phenomenal. Moreover, the unique perspectives of some outstanding business tycoons featured in this special edition will leave you amazed.

While going through the triumph tales of these extraordinary businesses, I was electrified to see how these enterprises navigated through unprecedented times while fostering leadership at every level of their work culture. I avidly believe that the leadership approach these top-level executives have been applying in their companies perfectly resonates with the respective workforces, making them a surging success. It is quite commendable how these enterprises, even amidst the challenging times, offered opportunities to their employees for personal, professional and of course, financial growth. Moreover, their implementations of customer/employee-centric values will guide the burgeoning entrepreneurs to create a roadmap for their own successful ventures.

As for the cover, we couldn’t help but notice the way INTECH Creative Services Pvt. Ltd. has been making a difference with its sustainable solutions addressing real-world issues. A perfect concoction of expertise, experience and agility is how we would like to explain its business model. Under the tutelage of Dhiren Sanghadia and Viren Sanghadia, the company is expanding its presence across the targeted market gradually. If you wish to explore more about the company and its various aspects, dive into this exclusively created narrative and share your views on it. Our publications are always directed towards granting our readers unparalleled tips and techniques by highlighting emerging leaders and their respective companies. Feel free to let us know how we are doing!

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knowledge as well as an approach to client’s requirements analysis, they incorporate accountability and authenticity into their offerings. Developing technology service tools leveraging AI and ML with a straightforward user interface that could reduce operational costs is how they define their specialization.

The involvement of the latest technological tools allows them to stay ahead of the curve and bring something unique to the targeted audience. And above all, a highly-qualified team of industry enthusiasts have been the motive force behind the

success of E4 Software Solutions. The company is in constant search of talented individuals under its talent hunt program. The cultural environment is such that the employees are motivated with growth opportunities to explore the bestsuited possibilities in their favour. The low attrition rate itself speaks volumes of what they offer the workforce. The five cornerstones of their work culture are – sincerity, teamwork,

The company’s overall growth stands firm on these values only and all of the team members are being propelled towards a greater high, based on a philosophy that speaks of holistic growth. Moreover, the technical backbone of the application developed by the company is something that they put their sheer focus on no matter what. The whole product development cycle of the company revolves around carving such products that could change the scenario across the BFSI sector.

LEADERSHIP CREATING A DIFFERENCE

The duo of luminaries is a firm believer in leading with examples where they are in constant strides to add value to the lives of those around them. To them, a leadership that nurtures and promotes growth is something setting them apart from the crowd. Needless to mention, they are crossing exemplary milestones based on the support extended to the leaders by the workforce. Both of their insights, leadership and experience have posed to be the success mantra behind what E4 Software Solutions become today.

The

Nirmal Mishra

INTECH CREATIVE SERVICES PVT. LTD.

A TECH CONGLOMERATE CREATING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO REALWORLD CHALLENGES…

Kajal Dobhal | Business Connect

Today, technology has turned out to be a major distinguishing factor in the business landscape. More and more enterprises are turning to tech automation to introduce efficiency and productivity to their business functions. Hence, the need to find a partner organisation that could cater to the thriving business issues with tech-empowered solutions is in high demand. Featuring INTECH as our cover star is the reason aligned with this motive to draw the attention of our global aficionados to how are they adding substance to the business world. To get to know them better, we dedicated a thorough research on its business portfolio and reached out to the senior leadership.

The Managing Director of INTECH Creative Services Pvt. Ltd.Dhiren Sanghadia, sat down for a freewheeling conversation with us to enlighten us on various aspects of this tech-driven organisation. All the narrative is based on the excerpts of the conversation held with him.

CoverStory

Dhiren Sanghadia Managing Director

Viren Sanghadia CEO

THE INTRO

Keeping a deep consideration of digital science and advance technologies, INTECH is into solving complex business problems. Dedicated to creating futuristic and sustainable solutions targeting realworld challenges, they are in a constant process to collaborate with the best-in-class scientific minds hailing from premium institutions. With their COE (Center of Excellence) department collaborating with IITians to pour scientific aspects in the direction of resolving any kind of complex industrial issues.

So far, they have adeptly handled several challenges thriving across port and logistics business. A few of the worthy mentions that are creating a ruckus in the space are as follows-

• Lake of information integration between two major solutions – Port solution and logistics solution

• Driving efficiency through Industrial Automation

• Multi-layer decision making using AI

MAINTAINING AN EDGE OVER THE PEERS

As they walk the path of phenomenality, they have ensured a perfect blend of experience, expertise and agility to put a substantial value to the table while being the tech partner to its customers.

For example, with their new-age solutions, their customers are benefited in terms of their eCommerce business expansions. All across the eCommerce industry, they are allowing customers to witness - customer reach, customer experience, customer support, security threats, managing multiple shipping & payment integration, managing returns, managing technology, etc. Backed by a robust team of corporate professionals that possess great experience in implementing eCommerce solutions, they proudly portray multiple customer success stories. Considering their core strength in designing the right fit technology solutions, they deploy a web of varied technologies that required for a end-to-end eCommerce solution. Be it a web portal, mobile application, vendor onboarding, integration with ERP or other systems, integration with social media platforms, SEO optimization, integrations with multiple shipping and payment services, etc. Top-notch quality solutions and services delivered on schedule, they utilized best practices and tools for day-to-day operations for cost-efficiency and optimized solutions.

R&D AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION

As per the luminary, R& D has to be approached differently, “Sometimes it may sound like R&D means always inventing something new but our approach of R&D is to finding new ways and means to provide innovative product or state of the art new services to our clients, we are constantly striving to become growth partner for our customers through our Centre of Excellence department.”

Indeed, they are very much focused on providing an enriching experience to their respective customers with their unique to adopt any new technology. They have a Centre of Excellence department with a vision of providing a WOW experience to the customers by being vigilant concerning current and futuristic technologies and business trends and adding 1 new technology offering every year into INTECH Technology Horizon. They are ceaselessly investing a significant portion of the accumulated profit into R&D to provide innovative, impactful and sustainable solutions to the customer base.

SETTING NEW BENCHMARKS

What has been the most successful aspect of the company changing the way people perceive them is the way we design and develop our new service / technology offering.

One of the newest addition in that is Oracle ERP Cloud implementation and intergartion service. Currently, they are working as implementation and integration partner for one of the world’s most complex and probably the biggest Oracle ERP Cloud roll-out project for one of their prestigious client.

Oracle ERP Cloud implementation not only requires knowledge of the product but very thorough understanding of business processes of finance, human capital management, supply chain management etc. For this, they have a deployed a dedicated team of certified business analyst with vast experience in the above mentioned processes alongside technical team who work hand-inhand. A separate integration team specializes in integrating Oracle ERP Cloud OIC layer which can integrate with other organizational systems like CRM, Operational systems and legacy systems to complete the whole ecosystem.

INNEXIA- HOME AUTOMATION BRAND

INTECH has designed as well as developed an exclusive retrofit smart home automation solution i.e. INNEXIA. Based on its one-and-a-half decade of experience and expertise in Industrial & Port Automation, this out-of-the-box solution was developed. The Platform runs with INNEXIA OS ( Operating System ), and INNEXIA mobile APP, which converts any home to a smart home in 4 hours where any device that uses electricity can be at your command via a smartphone, TV and Magic Cube or any intelligent Voice Assistant such as Alexa, Google Home, etc. The core motivation behind INNEXIA came from the experience of complexity in home automation products on the market, but no one is a master at compiling all the products on a single platform where end-users get the ease of handling different types of applications and the freedom to choose multi-brand automation products that can run smoothly under a single platform.

In building smart homes by integrating all the existing devices and appliances, an ecosystem is connected wirelessly via Zigbee protocol. This exclusive solution is retrofit as there is no alteration needed across the interior along with no need for an active internet connection that will work with existing wirings and switchboards. So far, their IoT solutions have created a profound impact on the quality of life of users by providing them with the utmost comfort where the users can control or manage each and every device giving commands via unified and simplified applications.

HOW HAS TECHNOLOGY TURNED THE TABLES?

The tech disruptions generally influence enormous scope undertaking applications as it’s truly challenging to oversee the speed of innovative changes in the existing framework according to the latest market trends. INTECH detected its way previously and is adjusting its clientage by upgrading and upscaling its current frameworks with the most recent state-of-the-art advancements. They have taken on Artificial Intelligence/ML, Cloud computing, IoT etc and providing partnership to their clients in giving an edge to their heritage frameworks. Through this period of remarkable interruption, they are tracking down another road for organizations to redo existing conventional frameworks. Concerning covid- 19 disturbances, with their future backword approach, they truly changed over this breakdown into a forward leap for them, they took on an extremely compelling and useful work-from-home culture and opens INTECH entryway for the world. After the Coronavirus pandemic, they have now a worldwide workforce operating from various nations of the world and a sheer multiplication of their workforce during Coronavirus time is done. Indeed, they have effortlessly navigated the waves of such challenging times.

LEADERSHIP DRIVING THE WORK CULTURE

When it comes to leadership, Intech believes in a genuine articulation of working on “ Standing for something bigger than oneself with integrity and being cause in the matter.” Leadership is an ongoing production of chances for creating, supporting and hoisting administration in individuals around you to reach the ideal future.

How it is reflected in INTECH’s way of forging ahead is present concerning gatherings of around 60+ pioneers (Core Team, Team Anant and iNLP Leaders) that emerged 5 years and presently, these pioneers are driving the association at all levels. As a whole, the company is rehearsing arrangements and enlistment for causing a “SELF LED” association that isn’t subjected to any one or restricted gathering of people. And all leaders are ongoingly finding and creating future pioneers from the group working with INTECH. This will guarantee the coherence of the association and its development forever.

NOTCHES ON THE BELT

• The company has successfully multiplied its past 7 years at the average of 40+% though having multiple challenges across the industry.

• They have continuously been recognized and certified as “Great Place To Work“ for 4 consecutive years in a row.

• Owing to its technical expertise and profound knowledge of port, logistics, retail and e-commerce business domains, it is delivering and fulfilling the customers resulting in long terms and ongoing business relationships with the customers.

• The culture facilitates the best-exampled growth for its workforce as people are their source. A true spirit of Live together, work together, Grow together is established.

• INTECH’s listening as a proffered growth partner to DP World for more than 14 years in fulfilling multiple digital initiatives of DP World to power their ports & logistics and other digital initiatives.

EMERGING PROSPECTS

INTECH is envisioning to ensure creative, effective and supportable arrangements in the space of home and industry automation with the brand name “INNEXIA”. INTECH is having a tremendous possibility and readiness to offer an allencompassing IoT based solutions to various ports, mines, oil & gas and logistics companies across the GLOBE. It is projecting its image as a special posting as Preferred Technology Outsourcing Partner for retail and e-commerce business enterprises.

Mark Zuckerberg

The Entrepreneur Who Took Social Networking to the Next Level

Mark Zuckerberg, the man who came up with an idea that helped people to connect with each other around the world. Facebook has not just changed the entire social networking landscape but it has also been successful in the way how millions of people are communicating and keeping in touch with their dear ones.

EARLY LIFE OF MARK ZUCKERBERG

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born in White Plains, New York, on May 14th, 1984. He was born to an educated family, being the second of four children and the only son to the family. Edward Zuckerberg is Marks’ father, he is a dentist who also had a dental practice next to the family house, and his mother, Karen Zuckerberg is a psychiatrist. Arielle, Randi and Donna are Mark’s three sisters and all of them were raised in Dobbs Ferry, New York.

Mark at an early age had developed an interest in computer programming. At the age of twelve, Mark Zuckerberg had created a messaging program that was named ‘ZuckNet’, which was implemented by him as an inter-office communication system for his father’s dental practice.

He showed signs of success in his early age, due to which his parents hired a computer programming tutor at the time when he was still in high school in order to provide him with some private lessons. His parents made him enrolled in a prep school in Hampshire. There he showed excellent results in literature and science, also received a degree in classics. After getting graduated from prep school, Mark Zuckerberg enrolled himself at Harvard University.

THE STEP TOWARDS SUCCESS

At the time when Mark Zuckerberg was at Harvard University, he built programs like CourseMatch that helped students to choose their subjects according to the lists of courses from other users. The other program that he built was FaceMash, he created this by hacking the database of Harvard. Both the programs had become wildly popular, but it was supposed to be inappropriate due to which the university made it shut.

Mark Zuckerberg had partnered with his friends in order to create a social networking site. The website was only allowed within Harvard students to connect with each other. It officially went live in June 2004 and was named as “The Facebook”.

After the second year, Mark Zuckerberg dropped out from the college as his focus was to pursue Facebook for full-time. By the end of 2004, the website had reached to one million users. Facebook grew from a company that experienced various legal troubles to a company that is being used worldwide.

With the easiest way of communication, Facebook is a medium that helps you to connect with a family member or a friend that is far away from you. Since the inception of Facebook, it has come across many issues including settling of numerous lawsuits but it didn’t stop Facebook from growing.

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook was successful in not only turning Facebook into a billion-dollar company before the age of thirty but also he made it all while being sued by his former colleagues and business partners.

After the extraordinary success of Facebook, the man behind the social media platform was being noticed by people. Mark Zuckerberg is also known as one of the most influential people in the world and, in terms of net worth, he is also one of the richest person.

CONCLUSION

Eight years ago, it all started with a coding project in Mark Zuckerberg’s dorm room and now that coding project made Mark being the Facebook owner. Facebook is known as the world’s largest social networking platform, which helps in connecting people. A single Facebook search will help you to reach someone who is far away.

MARK ZUCKERBERG Chief Executive Officer of Facebook

PERFIOS SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

A pioneering player in real-time analysis and decisioning

Kajal Dobhal | Business Connect

‘Innovative, Disruptive, Category Creator, Cutting Edge Technology and Trusted Partner’— are a few terms, that sum up the business values of Perfios Software Solutions. Being a key disruptor across the BFS industry leveraging technological advancements, the company has made its steadfast presence in its market niche. To that extent, their innovations have had a positive disruption on the industry practices, that testifies their impact scale.

To get in-depth insights into this decade-old business venture in detail, we sat down for a freewheeling conversation with the Co-Founder and CEO — V. R. Govindarajan that concluded in this gripping read.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Founded in 2008, as a product technology company— Perfios Software Solutions has become a reliable partner for businesses to aggregate both structured and unstructured

data, as well as curate and analyse this data, to boost their decision-making processes. With its diverse product portfolio targeting Financial and Banking industry, Perfios endeavours to stimulate a substantial impact in the fintech ecosystem. Today, its matchless product line has become the go-to digital solution for Loan application processed by Banks, NBFCs & Fintechs. At present, the company serves over 270+ financial institutions across different geographies. Addressing the services offered by them,

Mr. Govindarajan asserts, “Perfios’s platform has been designed to analyse Statements (irrespective of whether they are e-statements, online statements or paper-based scanned images) for customer onboarding & credit-decisioning along with analysis of other financial documents like ITR, GST, Payslip, Financial Statements etc.”

Team Perfios has been striving on its unique theme – “One Thought One Dream One Team” since its inception. The core inspiration behind the formulation of the company’s exceptional offerings has been the intend to enable as well as drive an ecosystem, where all the financial decisions could be backed with the power of data science in realtime.

Currently, Perfios’s exclusive data analytics platform is being utilized by some eminent Financial Institutions across 20 countries, including India, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Hongkong, the UAE, Middle East and Africa, which reveals a lot about its efficiency.

ABOUT THE USPS

Perfios’s proprietary technology facilitates seamless automation of the highly cumbersome manual processes, that serves as a platform bridging the gap between data and intelligent insights. Hence, its clientele can reap the benefits of automating data-driven, risk mitigated and frugal decisions.

In the current environment where customers are looking for quick Banking products, lenders are dealing with large amounts of disparate data, and impediment to stringent privacy and compliance environments, they are relying to partners like Perfios to help them achieve customer delight.

Across the financial institutions, the insurmountable range of unstructured & structured data needs to be managed for accurate decisioning making. Thereby, Perfios has extended a helping hand for seamless customer onboarding, digitising manual data to reduce fraud rates, and use analytical capabilities for decisioning, cross sell & upsell.

Perfios accelerates the processing of large volumes of data eliminates slow, error-prone manual work by human to save time and improve data accuracy. That means response quickly to new opportunities, improve compliance transparency, power-up automated workflows with valuable data, and achieve faster turnaround time.

V. R. Govindarajan Co-Founder & CEO

ENABLER OF REAL-TIME BUSINESS DECISIONS

Perfios technology platform and its solutions have made the entire credit decisioning process faster, cheaper, and smarter for their customers. Manual activities at Financial Institutions which earlier took weeks, even months are now done in real-time with much more accuracy. using their analytics platform.

Further expounding their USPs, the CEO walked us through the scale and size at which the company operates-

• 10 Million + Statements are processed on an average monthly.

• 1 Million + Scanned Statements processed every month.

• 500 Million plus transactions categorized monthly.

• 755 + Institutions supported.

• 2,500 + Bank Statement variations supported.

• 1,700 + Data Formats supported.

• Access to 850 + Data Sources.

PRIVACY AND SECURITY AT THE HEART

Security and data privacy is at the heart of all activities carried out at Perfios. They have strict internal policies and processes around data management and are regularly audited by the Big Four along with leading CERT-In Empanelled vendor for Information Security Audits.

LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY

To make a difference in its market niche, Perfios has been extensively leveraging upon the usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) for pushing the boundaries of digital banking with their cutting edge technology. Their products are extensively consumed in Lending, Risk & Credit Scoring and Data Governance modules.

Perfios has always been a preferred choice by Financial Institutions due to their inherent domain expertise in handling complex data, constant innovation, highly customizable solutions, short deployment cycle and quick Go-To-Market implementation. Mr. Govindarajan affirms that their proprietary technology is capable of categorizing millions of narrations every day which is the crux of their analysis, justifying their tech inclusiveness.

One of their products called “Perfios CAM” which generates Credit Assessment Memo report, that participates in the Bank’s underwriting process, enables the digitization of the process and helping the lender take an informed data-backed decision. It also provides cross validation across Financial documents and triangulates data while identifying any tampering to document and validates integrated reporting & analytics, thus simplifying an underwriters risk.

INNOVATIVE STREAK

Perfios thrives on the idea that every innovation starts with an idea. Ever since its inception, the company has put sheer emphasis on innovating as well as experimenting. The CEO cites that innovation is their middle name and they give credence to this element for their process efficiency, which has also boosted their business productivity and overall organisational health. The positive work culture ensure that the employees feel the sense of belonging to the company and their contributions bring about a significant impact in company’s growth.

In order to maintain their leadership position, R&D is the lifeblood of product innovation. The co-founder addressed, “R&D plays a pivotal role as underlying technology gets frequently upgraded and to be on top of it we are required to continuously innovate to ensure we maintain and foster our leadership position.

POISE AS THE LEADING FIGURE

For Mr.. Govindarajan, being a hands-on leader is what leadership is all about. He avidly believes that motivated employees can help achieve the wildest of the dreams. Therefore, he always asserts on working in close association with his employees while offering them a holistic growth both on professional as well as personal front. Addressing the team building process, the influential leader says that most of the talented individuals intend to be part of the pioneering product building process. Identifying this aspect, the company has offered quite generous ESOP plans for employees that can provide significant monetary upside also. So, a dynamic combo of both professional pride and monetary benefits induced talent heads to join hands with the organisation. No doubt that owing to his management acuity like mentioned in the premise above, the company has been growing consistently at an average rate of 100% year-on-year.

GOLDEN FEATHERS IN THE CAP

The journey for Perfios has been quite spectacular that is embellished by recognitions and rewards from some eminent institutions hailing from the different industrial sectors. Here, we have encompassed some worthy mentions below -

• The Economic Times BFSI Innovation Tribe Award 2018, in the Tech category

• Award for Best Fintech –Value Added Service in March 2018 – Business Today

• Technoviti Award for Innovation in BFSI in Feb 2018 – Banking Frontiers

• Economic Times BFSI Innovation Tribe Award in the Tech Category 2019

• Emerge50 Awards 2019 by NASSCOM - Ranked Among the Top 50 Organizations in the Fintech Category

• BTVI National Awards For

Marketing Excellence In IT 2019Award For Analytical Innovation

• WCRC Transformational Brands 2019 - Perfios Software, India’s Transformational Brand 2019

• FICCI PICUP Fintech 2020Most Formidable FinTech Growth Story

• Business Today Money Today Financial Awards 2020 in the Best Fintech in Value Added Service

• In the year 2021, the company bagged Global Inflection Awards - Alden Global & NASSCOM Centre of Excellence IOT & AI - Best Technology Vendor of the Year – Finserv.

FUTURE OUTLOOKS

For the upcoming years, the company will be fixated on nurturing its unwavering thought leadership position, with its committed focus on tech trends. And the senior executives have envisioned to make Perfios - the category creator in their chosen domain as well as geographies while making a robust identity as a global player in its key focus areas.

PARTING WORDS BY THE LUMINARY

“As an entrepreneur, one needs to be passionate about the chosen goals/vision and sustain it throughout the journey. The moment passion goes away, everything else will go down.”

Skyislimit Technologies Pvt Ltd

RENDERS A LUCRATIVE GROWTH TO YOUR BUSINESS

Kriti Anand | Business Connect

Automation in business operations adds an extra layer of productivity for any enterprise. Resiliency and flexibility are some additional advantages of the automated workflows. Besides saving an organization’s time and money and much more, sales automation allows the respective teams to intensely focus on their targets. But for such notable transformation, an adroit business project management team needs to be considered in the first place.

With its innovative product line, Skyislimit Technologies adeptly partners its clients for augmented productivity of sales, order and marketing teams. Its comprehensive suite of sales productivity tools, Salesfokuz, allows the end-users to operate their businesses in a more systematic and sophisticated way by allowing unparalleled sales automation.

Salesfokuz is a brainchild of a tech-advocator, Manodh Mohan who laid the foundation of Skyislimit Technologies- an end-to-end SaaS service provider. The tech firm is turning heads in the respective domain with its state-of-the-art products that target different aspects of a client’s business.

MANODH MOHAN Founder & CEO / Shareholder

SUNEEL (SONNY) MENON Board member & Investor / Shareholder

HOW DID IT ALL START?

A journey to touch the pinnacle of success asks for patience, perseverance and determination. Five years back, Manodh developed Salesfokuz as a revolutionary breakthrough to bridge the differences in sales and communications. After a series of rigorous developments and examinations, this unique product was launched in the market in 2019. But, prior to the launch of Salesfokuz, Skyislimit Technologies was established as an integrated tech suite to promote and support the product for system implementations and back-end services.

Incepted in 2019, Skyislimit Technologies has been pioneering the relevant industry with its ingenious products. The company constantly strives to make valuable sales and marketing information available at the fingertips for better workflows. So far, it has developed products like HrmNxt, Storeware, Alpha Billing, and PROMA, addressing multiple needs for HR Management, Storeware management, Billing software, and Project management respectively. Basically, the company delivers integrated SaaS services that allow smooth business operations by automating the sales and operational functions. At the organization, an impassioned team of 70+ selfmotivated individuals is in a continuous process of questioning, challenging and learning to come up with innovative deliverables to ensure a leading-edge in the relevant space.

Skyislimit Technologies proficiently formulates a perfect amalgamation of domain knowledge, technology competence and one-of-its-kind methodologies to develop its best-in-class products at affordable prices. And the customized offerings boost the competitive advantages and productivity quotients in favour of its esteemed clients.

The organization has successfully inclined some megacorps under the parasol of its clientele within a short period. To mention, a few of those clients areSBI DFHI Ltd, Saraswat Bank, DCB Bank, CSB Bank, Godrej Industries, etc.

FOKUZ- AN AMENABLE SOLUTION

A newfangled add on in the list of their enticing products is Fokuz. Being an indigenous video conferencing app, the product has been developed to facilitate secure and flexible collaboration within the sales teams. Post its launch on 29th June 2020, Fokuz received an exceptional testimonial from Stock Market Institute for being an outstanding tech-partner in its ‘Mega Online Employment Fair’ that was hosted in collaboration with 50+ Fortune corporations and 3000+ participants all across the globe.

The unit that led to the creation of Fokuz has won eight awards and has been well-recognized by highly renowned organisations for the customercentric approach. So far, the team takes immense pride in having been served 10K end-users across the world.

ABOUT THE VENTURE CAPITALISTS

Skyislimit Technologies has garnered a seed capital of $2 Million from its key financiers- Sonny Menon (Suneel Menon) and Shari Menon. With the steadfast support from both the investors, the company aspires to leap in the business landscape. In view of this, let us be acquainted with both the magnates.

SUNEEL (SONNY) MENON

Board member & Investor / Shareholder

MANODH MOHAN Founder & CEO / Shareholder

Sonny Menon is a visionary who well- reckons the spotting opportunities in business space. He ensures building value via budding businesses and create the ultimate revenue for the shareholders. Always seeking extraordinary talent, he has been entrusted by investors and employees alike for his outstanding talent to deliver matchless financial rewards and business value. Now well-settled in the USA, Sonny Menon began his career excursion as franchise holder for Sprint Corporationan American Telecommunication Company. After attaining immense industry knowledge, he commenced his first entrepreneurial venture in 2001. His business acumen and passion for work allowed him to ascend the ladders to enormous success effectively. Sonny’s intense attitude towards his work can be understood by his catchphrase-

Shari Menon is a strategic planner who is well-reckoned for her focused approach towards growth progressions for numerous startups, she has collaborated with. Her fortes lie in cost-optimization, executive recruitment and infrastructure-development to facilitate swift growth for the businesses.

A GLANCE OVER ITS COMPETITIVE EDGE

When asked about the differentiating factor that makes the company’s offerings stand apart from the rest, Manodh revealed multiple parameters making them unique yet relevant. Apart from proposing an exclusive solution for the respective problem, the team pays intense heed on bridging the gap in the user-software interaction. Moreover, the end-users need not have any technical knowledge to avail the services from the product. Making a difference in the business landscape, the company offers cost-efficient and highly- customized solutions for its clients.

In addition to this, the tech suite majorly relies on its specialized testing department enriched with experienced professionals that ensure on-time product delivery with high-quality standards. Owing to its adroit sales/marketing team, Skyislimit Technologies has a satisfied client-base that places its unwavering trust on its matchless services.

MANODH MOHAN- A TRANSFORMATION FROM A LEARNER TO AN INNOVATOR

The Founder, Manodh Mohan is leading the way for Skyislimit Technologies with his unmatched professional acuity. He firmly reckons on the statement – ‘learning is the key to success’ and motivates his employees to be avid learners as well, as knowledge is a gateway to the surging success. Under his aegis, the management ensures employees to get the hang of tech trends and be updated with emerging innovations. As the guiding light to his team, he keeps an ardent watch over the recruitment processes and prefers the individuals who can resonate as per his wavelength. An employee at Skyislimit Technologies is always expected to sync with the project deadlines and the company commitments towards the clients.

Moreover, Manodh speaks of 8 pillars that are the leading representatives of different departments at the organization,

“These 8 operators have exclusive expertise in various fields such as R&D, Designing, UI, Frigid Management, Development, Client Management, Customer support, and Content Writing and serve as the cornerstones of the company.”

SHARI MENON Board member & Investor / Shareholder

“People go to work and I go to war.”

Team

To ensure better productivity of different teams, the organization utilizes ingenious tools for measuring aspired outcomes. Manodh asserts that to keep a track of the team’s efficiency, they use Salesfokuz for the sales team and PROMA – Project Management Tool for the rest of the departments.

ACHIEVEMENTS TO BOAST OF

Skyislimit Technologies has successfully grabbed the eyeballs of the business fraternity, owing to its irreplaceable products. We have enlisted some of the major achievements of 2019 that allowed it to garner multiple awards and accolades in the business community.

• The company was awarded as ‘The Best CRM Brand 2019’ by ‘Ende Samrambham - Yes 2019 Biz Conclave & Awards’.

• The CIO review recognized Salesfokuz as one of the ‘Top 20 Most Promising CRM Solution Providers of 2019’.

• It grabbed ‘The International Invention & Innovation Award (gold medal)’ from ‘Malaysian Association of Research Scientists at the Malaysia Technology Expo – 2019’.

• The company was also conferred with ‘The Bizz Awards’ by ‘World Confederation of Businesses (WORLDCOB) at San Francisco, USA’.

• For Salesfokuz, they were awarded ‘India’s Most Innovative Startup’ at the DCB Bank Innovation Carnival 2019.

• Salesfokuz received a token of appreciation for being the Best Sales CRM Product of 2019, by Kairali TV.

Amid the swirling storm of COVID-19 pandemic, Skyislimit Technologies effectively made its presence felt

in the respective domain. Herein, we present the list of key highlights from the year 2020.

• The beta version of Fokuz was officially launched by some prominent dignitaries.

• Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Fokuz managed to secure US angel investment. The US-based healthcare and manufacturing provider has invested $2 million in Fokuz.

• Skyislimit Technologies was one among the top two featured exemplary startups in CNBC TV 18.

• The organization was picked for NASSCOM 10,000 Start-ups Virtual Incubation Program.

• Spreading its wings to Kuwait and Saudi, Skyislimit Technologies has collaborated with its first authorized distributor.

• For the company’s outstanding achievements & contribution to nation-building, it was rewarded INDIAN ACHIEVERS’ AWARD 2020 as an innovative EMERGING COMPANY.

• Fokuz and its success journey got featured in the eighth edition of Inc42 Plus’ — “30 Startups To Watch” List.

• Business Connect has also recognized Skyislimit Technologies in its previous edition- Startup of the Year 2020 for its inspiring innovations.

A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE OUTLOOKS

With the tech trends making a significant impact on the enterprise landscape, the company will witness an exponential growth in leaps and bounds. As we enter a new tech dominant era, cloud adoption will become the foremost priority for most of the companies and the relevant services providers will witness unique opportunities in their favour.

For the future, Manodh and both the financiers have envisioned to make Skyislimit Technologies an entrant in Wall Street by the year 2025. The company foresees a bright and blazing future ahead and will soon ensure its steadfast presence in the USA as well. For the employees, the Management has planned to put forth a policy, where each associate with 3 years of association with the company can claim for partnership in the shares.

WORDS TO CONVEY

Manodh shares his wisdom with aspiring entrepreneurs, “You must never follow the ‘Mob Mentality’, instead go chase your passion. To ascend the stairs of success, it is crucial to forge ahead with utmost patience and perseverance.” For him, getting the knack of every mistake can grant any entrepreneur unimaginable benefits. He believes that entrepreneurial ventures should be enriched with passion, sustainability and patience. But, while keeping these aspects into consideration, one shouldn’t overlook the need to develop an innovative idea. In the end, Manodh propels the entrepreneurs to be self-confident and not to be intimidated by the mega-players in the competition as every giant in the industry, started from scratch only.

Valuable Tips to Avoid Computer Vision Syndrome

To prevent infection from the coronavirus, during the pandemic, people from all sections including business, education, sports, TV, media spent the majority of their time at home. With the work-from-home cultures developing nowadays, in all spheres, people are spending an increasing amount of time on their computer, laptop, tablet, or cell phone. Many that do not work from home but are required to sit at home due to Corona spend the bulk of their time gazing at a phone or television screen. People can encounter problems such as burning or itching in their eyes as a result of this. This affects not only adults and older people, but also children who spend time on tablets or use laptops for school-related activities.

According to recent reports, Computer vision syndrome is an eye condition caused by spending long periods in front of a laptop, television, or computer. Because of the corona infection, everyone is at home, and the problem with the eyes has been getting worse in recent months. Otherwise, vision problems can grow if care is not received promptly.

Symptoms of the Syndrome

Over some time, repeated computer usage affects the eyes. While there is no evidence of this at this time, working on a computer screen for 8 to 10 hours a day puts a lot of strain on the eyes, which can cause pain and lead to computer vision syndrome. The following are signs and symptoms of this: 1. Blurred Vision

Double-eye look

Reddening of the eyes

Eye itching

Headache or Migraine

Neck or back pain

“Computer Vision Syndrome affects 60 million people worldwide. Computer vision syndrome or digital eye strain causes burning and prickling in the eyes, as well as dryness, heaviness, redness, and trouble holding the eyes open for long periods”.

Doctors agree that people nowadays spend the majority of their time on a computer or laptop for 12 hours. When you read a book, you can get up and go anywhere you want in 30 to 40 minutes, but you can’t do that when working on a computer. For hours, people do not get up. The term “computer vision syndrome” was coined as a result of this. Dry eyes, swollen eyes, watery eyes, and muscle fatigue are all signs of this.

Here are few suggestions for keeping your eyes safe when operating on a tablet or laptop.

• The computer screen should be located directly in front of or just below the eyes. The computer should not be put directly in front of the eyes. The higher the screen is above the eyes, the greater the focus on the eyes would be.

• Antiglare lenses should always be used while operating on a regular monitor or laptop. Antiglare lenses should be used in the frames of those who wear them. Those that do not have glasses should wear plain antiglare glasses. Antiglare glass can also be used on the computer screen.

• Every storm hour requires a break, and the eyes should be quickly washed 5 to 10 times to ensure that water enters all regions of the eye and maintains the eyes moist.

If you have an issue with your eyes, see a doctor right away to get medication, so you don’t get a potentially dangerous disease.

Perform these eye exercises.

• Do stretching exercises as well as eye exercises.

• It’s important to keep in mind that the air from the Air Conditioner (AC) should not be directed directly into your eyes.

• Protect your eyes from some kind of bright light; if there is clear light from a lamp or tube light on the screen; avoid it as it will damage your eyes.

• When operating on a computer or laptop some people turn off the light. This should not be done. While working on the screen, adequate lighting is needed.

Methods of protection

1. Visit the doctor if any symptoms remain.

2. Just wear glasses while working. Wear blue contact lenses or buy a pair of blue-blocking glasses.

3. Do not use your computer, television, or phone in the dark.

4. Keep your desktop, laptop, and phone at least one and a half feet away from your eyes.

5. Apply eye drops to your eyes if they are dry.

6. Take regular breaks when working on the computer or laptop. Remove your eyes from the screen after a half-hour break, shut your eyes, and sit for 1-2 minutes to relax your eyes.

7. Eating Green vegetables (which are high in vitamin A) will help you maintain good eye health. The antioxidant and antiinflammatory effects of the nutrients lutein and zeaxanthin found in green leafy vegetables protect our eyes.

BS Group Company

that specializes in Digital Marketing, Web Designing, Software Development, and Mobile Applications

“ It is our job as a strategic partner to respond swiftly to market trends and developments, whether it be new technology, regulatory changes, or something much greater like COVID-19. Not only must we be aware of the changes, but we must also be able to rethink objectives and assist customers in adapting so that they may enhance their effectiveness.”

Mr. Bhavesh Singla- Founder and CEO - B.S Group

BS Group was founded with the intention of providing specialized services in the fields of Digital Marketing, Graphic Designing, and Web Designing. The clients’ gratitude and support have inspired the team to focus on extending their operations into the sectors of Software Development, Mobile Application Development, and the Entertainment business.

The slogan of BS Group is ‘Perfection is Tradition.’

“ At BS Group, we work hard to achieve perfection in all we do for our clients. We have professionals in every field that provide specialized customized services based on the client’s demands. Our packages are priced such that even the tyros in business may afford them.”

BHAVESH SINGLA Founder & CEO

says the Founder and CEO - Mr. Bhavesh Singla.

BS Group firmly believes in creating a personal connection with clients and making them feel like they are a part of the BS family.

LOOKING BACK

The founder shares an inspiring journey of starting the BS group and how he overcame the odds and emerged as a winner.

“ Following my graduation, I was offered a position at a prestigious business with a salary package over 5 lakhs. Everyone was overjoyed, and my relatives said, “Ab toh life set hai.” My start date was supposed to be May 1st, but it kept being pushed back due to Covid-19. In the middle of May, I had the idea of starting something new.

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I have always wanted to be my own boss. Couldn’t accept the corporate culture where someone else decides what is important for me, when I should take leave and where I need to justify my every step. Fortunately, I was able to combine my passions with a company concept, and on May 31, 2019, my brainchild was born. For approximately three months, I worked solely on its planning and documentation, as well as how to proceed forward. I asked Anushka Agarwal, a junior in college, to oversee the content department and collaborate with me on future planning.

When Rehana Khan and Khushbu Kumari were appointed as Human Resource Managers, it was a defining moment. They were the best the BS Group could have gotten. They took over HR, RECRUITMENT, and other divisions, allowing Anushka to focus on content and me to concentrate on the administrative side. We were able to gain new clients since everything was simplified.

We are progressing as a group today, and watching BS Group succeed today brings tears to my eyes. There have been months when we made no money and when we had no new clients. The team, on the other hand, was there for me.”

A DISTINCTIVE APPROACH

Workplace culture is something that the BS Group team believes is critical to the company’s success. The cornerstones of our work environment, according to the owner, are flexible work hours for employees, a balanced workload, paid leaves, proper respect for all team members, and respect for the mental situations and circumstances.

“ We have an atmosphere of mutual trust and understanding in the company. 99% of our employees are women.”

There’s something very interesting that the founder shares talking about the qualities of his employees.

“ Every candidate that we hire should possess the quality of ‘Jugaad.’ It comes in handy during any crisis. Our employees should have the basic etiquettes. We do not discriminate if he/she is an amateur as long as the candidate is eager to learn something new. Our employees stand high on perseverance and are excellent team players.”

Appreciation plays a vital role in boosting up the morale of a hard-working employee. Considering this fact, BS Group has a culture of appreciating employees for all the efforts they put in by sending gift hampers every month to top performers.

LOOKING FORWARD

Going forward the team looks ahead in stepping in diverse sectors. Bhavesh steers,

“ We aim at expanding into diverse sectors and in various industries. Curating personalized services at minimal costs with utmost perfection is how we strive towards attaining this dream. We plan on Expanding BS Group’s reach by diving into various industries like IT- App development and

software development, entertainment industry, clothing, and merchandising industry, and education domain.

THE FOUNDER FURTHER SHARES

“ My ambition is to become the first Bhavesh Singla. In the next five years, I envision myself progressing toward being more like the people I like and who inspire me. Every day, I put forth a lot of effort to get closer to my goal. I envision BS Group as a firm that encourages newcomers to embark on hard positions while also offering a source of income.”

LIFE-LONG MENTORS

Mentors are the guiding lights of life. Without them, we are directionless and probably would remain unaware of our potential. The founder shares his gratefulness towards everyone who has been the wind beneath his wings.

“ I proudly call myself the son of Mr. Sanjay Singla and Ms. Puja Singla. Without my dad’s support, I could not have achieved even a single milestone in my career. He was always there for me, always guiding me by giving examples of his own experiences. He never really stopped me to pursue my dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Whenever I was under pressure or was facing losses in the business, he was ready to support me both morally and financially. My mother always made sure that I don’t skip my meals and was someone who would always ask if I needed any help from her. My little brother (Kanav) sometimes helped me with some important decisions. My Family celebrated my every little achievement and supported me during my bad times. When others did not believe me, when everyone thought that starting my startup by leaving my job was a bad idea, my family was there with me. I am grateful to Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce for providing me with the kick-start that I needed in my career. The lectures were more than just professors and the various associations and events allowed connecting with a wide variety of people.”

WORDS OF WISDOM

So you think you’ve got what it takes to start your own business? The founder shares some inspiring thoughts for every young entrepreneur looking to build a successful career.

“ It is a journey that I have just recently begun. I have a lot more countries to visit and people to meet. However, based on my current understanding and business experience, I would like to emphasize two important things that might help you succeed as an entrepreneur.

• Take chances and trust in yourself. When your legs shake for the first time, don’t give up. This is only the start.

• Dreams come true when people work together. This is the golden guideline to remember. Take care of your team, respect your teammates, and your dream will be taken care of by them.”

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Design Makers

Where creativity, innovation and integrity are the prerequisites

In a virtual interview session with the key officials of Design Makers — Megha Satish(Co-Founder & Creative Director) and Abdul Rahiman(Co-Founder & CEO), Business Connect discussed the start-up’s business portfolio, vision, mission and a lot more. So, let’s walk through this exclusive ‘read’ featuring the inspirational story of this 2-year-old venture.

COMPANY PROFILE

Design Makers — a Bangalore based start-up began its entrepreneurial journey with a belief that ‘design is intelligence made visible’. The company’s goals are not just focused on creating designs for the brands, but also reflect the emotions expressed by them. It offers a range of wide problem-solving solutions where each design is unique that has been customized as per the client’s brand. Their services include — brand identity, packaging, signage and wayfinding design, industrial design, and much more. While harnessing the power of innovation, imagination, and ingenuity, Design Makers allows effortless synchrony between ideation and problem-solving. Today, within a short period, this start-up has bagged multiple projects in 11 countries targeting 13 sectors. Highlighting their approach to end-to-end solutions to address the pain points for the clients,

Abdul explains, “When we approach any design agency office, we are always treated as clients or a source to make money out of. Do they confuse us by saying jargon like Identity, Pantone, Grip?. The hustle-bustle, the glamour, the schedules make us feel alienated. The idea with Design Makers is to keep it simple. Talk to them as people, share their stories and experiences and translate them into the essence of brands they are building!”

Moreover, their “Discovery Session” is the core of their design process where they sit down with the leaders and get to know about their goals and visions, and how they wish to approach their target group.

“Having an analytical discussion like this creates moments where we are aligning their ideologies with our design thinking approach and work towards their success,” adds Megha.

A GLANCE OVER VISION AND MISSION

The company was ideated with the vision to carve an ecosystem for the makers(i.e. designers) or creatives to discover, learn, collaborate, innovate, and grow as a community to voice and

Rahiman Co-Founder & CEO

promote their ideas as well as stories across the targeted channels. And the mission statement goes as — Designed by humans, for humans. Their mission was established on the fact that humans are the most creative beings who have immense potential to evolve this world into a better place.

THOUGHTS ON THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM

Both the co-founders claim that earlier business was considered a scary term because of the innumerable risks related to money, problems, stress, and other issues. But ever since they entered this space, both the leaders have acknowledged the beauty of the entrepreneurial debut.

“Yes it does have its pros and cons but the challenge is what drives you to wake up each day and keep hustling,” states the duo.

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Abdul

To them, the most amazing transformation is witnessing the younger generation taking responsibilities and ownership in the direction of value generation driven by their passions while standing firm on their grounds. Both of them are fascinated by the disruptions across the entrepreneurial ecosystem and innovations that are taking every industry by storm.

Megha and Abdul also assert the need for self-discipline to make any business a major success. Though business is a bumpy road to take, be it any age— selfmotivated and enthusiastic attitude can help one build an empire even from scratch, they say. It is basically the experience we attain that helps majorly in building a successful business, affirms Abdul.

THE ROLE OF R&D

Beyond any doubt, R&D plays a vital role in the success of any company irrespective of its targeted industry. For making a difference in any area, R&D is crucial otherwise, the enterprises end up being outdated and stagnant and soon lose their identity. Acknowledging this fact, Design Makers is intensely focussed on its R&D processes to create seamless workflows establishing connectivity and team building within various departments.

“We work on activities that encourage creative and intuitive thinking for all departments and not just the design. We work very closely to understand the problems of the clients and implement creative problem-solving solutions that are researched and developed to solve problems that are unique to each business,” quotes Megha about their R&D procedures.

ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP STYLE

For a business to reach greater heights, insightful leadership is a must to have a factor. And this is absolutely true in the case of Design Makers. Both the leaders believe that there is a huge difference between being a boss and being a leader. Their leadership is typically focused on motivating the workforce

via comfortable conversations, webinars, etc, and leading by example is their mantra to success. “As we both are from a design background, we evaluate first if it is possible to deliver in a certain style or timeframe. And when we are sure that it is possible, we set out a roadmap for others to follow,” revealed the phenomenal leaders.

A CULTURE CURATING CURIOSITY

Design Makers has always ensured its culture with an environment enriched with teaching, encouraging and empowering streak. To the management, every department is imperative for the holistic growth of the business. From handing over suitable information to the teammates to ensuring constructive feedbacks on every performance to sharing the real-time implementation of their work, the administration strives to develop a sense of ownership and pride within the employees.

At the company, curiosity is nurtured and promoted at every step as it leads to the formation of new ideas, development and growth.

“Providing a space where curious minds have the freedom to explore their ideas, develop and grow those concepts to fruition is the aim as we walk through the doors each morning,” says the Creative Director.

Additionally, the start-up also emphasizes the personality development of the employees and conducts several programs in this direction.

MILESTONES AND FUTURE OUTLOOKS

In just 2 years of its iconic journey, Design Makers has witnessed exponential growth and takes immense pride to get the opportunity to work with some great clients in the UAE, Switzerland, KSA, Germany, Australia, and more – for enterprises like Barakat, Kosher Arabia, Meggit, She Burgers, and many others. Its expanding reputation across the business community speaks in favour of its success.

Megha Satish Co-Founder and Creative Director

In addition to it, the duo has also decided to handle some mega projects that are in pipeline at present. Their committed efforts towards better prospects are not only focused on expanding their horizons but also ensuring International recognition in the respective space. And for this, they are leaving no stone unturned to add substance to the design space.

HANDY TIPS FOR BUDDING ENTREPRENEURS

Before signing off, both the leaders shared some useful tips for the aspiring entrepreneurs that can allow them to reach their goals

• Always focus on living a disciplined life

• Have a schedule and time-block your day.

• Being productive during your work should be your priority.

• Keep your assets organized.

• Eliminate any unnecessary distractions while you work.

• Always have a creative personal side project.

• Keep yourself updated about your industry and competition.

PARTING WORDS BY THE LEADERS

“Read, watch and learn as much as the world can provide. Move away from your screens and pick up a book, magazine or newspaper – traditional media has a beautiful way of opening our minds to absorbing information.

Keep yourself updated in the business world and as Nicholas Sparks said “Inspiration can come from anywhere.”

Exabyte Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

Complete IT Solution

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THE TRANSITION TO A LEADER

Mr. Das is a well-defined and enthusiastic technocrat with extensive experience in strategizing and executing tech-innovative projects. Beginning at the turn of the millennium, he witnessed the changing tides in technologies and the surge of opportunities that accompanied them. He realized that technology would bring dynamic transformation across segments. Digitization and automation will transpire the best prospects, further driving immense competition amongst players. Mr Das saw this as an opportunity for an IT Service company, having categorised solutions and robust infrastructure to scale customer’s business. To turn this opportunity into a concrete reality, he incepted Exabyte Infotech Pvt. Ltd. in 2018. The company is an ISO 9001:2015 Certified firm and recognized under the ‘Startup India’ initiative. It offers a comprehensive set of transformational IT solutions that can help clients improve their ROI, increase the value of their IT investments, and adapt to changing market conditions.

Manas Das Director & CEO

The sphere of software and solutions is unveiling a spectrum of opportunities. Needless to say, it is allowing technocrats to emerge above mediocrity and do something innovative with their lives. In the past few years, the emergence of software technologies has seen the advent of many tech integrators. Manas Kumar Das is an emerging tech-integrator in the coup. From managing a leadership position in a world-class tech magnate, he changed his route and became a ‘Techpreneur’. This is his story of growing as a passionate and benevolent leader in an extremely cutthroat space.

The founder’s firm grip and passion for technical elements further helped in creating an ecosystem of accomplished professionals. Exabyte is still evolving, and its internal team works tirelessly to keep it progressive and adaptive to trends and innovations. The adaptive model enables it to serve multiple industry segments. As of now, Exabyte serves almost all the major verticals i.e., Healthcare, Education, Human Resources, Automobiles, IT & BPM, Retail & E-Commerce, Textiles & Apparel and Tourism & Hospitality etc.

The company offers integrated software solutions, infrastructures, and end-to-end IT consulting to assist clients in achieving their core objectives and have sustainable growth.

FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE

As a first-generation entrepreneur with over a decade of experience, Mr Das is well-versed in the Tech-Industry’s mainstream culture. And, like any good leader, he believes in delegating responsibilities, allowing other team members to shine. He allows team members to

perform and do, what they’re best at. This promotes a team effort and drives results that are better than the sum of its parts.

The holistic culture ensures transparency and engagement between everyone. Mr Das and other leaders go to every extent to inspire the team with subtlety and care. They conduct review meetings, where team members can freely share their issues/problems to get necessary resolutions.

“Our team members are the main pillars of our company, and we strive to provide the best of everything,” says Mr Das.

Teams are equipped with appropriate infrastructures and constantly encouraged to explore the tech world while being inventive. The motivating factor further powers individual growth and healthy competition amongst everyone. To sum up, it’s a clanlike culture, driven by the friendliness and familial collaboration.

A TRANSFORAMTIONAL MODEL

The Indian technology market is congested, with a slew of tech integrators focusing on mainstream or innovative solutions. However, the abundance often doesn’t conform to quality; clients often find solutions that may or may not tailor the actual requirement. This is something Exabyte aims to change. It has a distinct portfolio and works on a communicable model, which allows it to go above and beyond what the consumer expects. Exabyte works with all sizes of companies, from Startups to big enterprises. And since every company has individual concerns and requirements, Exabyte invests a good amount of time and resources in training its team members. The leaders on board conduct timely in–house training sessions and online programs to constantly update the team in technology matters.

Exabyte also focuses on R&D to evaluate and develop its overall efficiency. It has a board of senior experts with solid technical backgrounds, hailing from a reputable technical institute in Delhi –NCR. The team scours the IT marketplaces for emerging trends and participates in R&D at the institute with other students on a variety of technological platforms.

SPROUTING WITH OPPORTUNITIES

The IT space is presenting cluster of opportunities to innovate on. Particularly, the increasing digitisation is presenting opportunities to create products that address emerging concerns and needs. As for Exabyte, it already has a robust portfolio of services, but now, it’s venturing into product-based operations. The Company aims to create a niche presence and attain new heights in IT in near future. It also plans to build a dynamic team of professionals - motivated spirits, willing to thrive in a challenging atmosphere. Exabyte’s upcoming feats will be:

• To achieve the highest levels of client success rate.

• Be one of the leading IT Services companies in India.

• Utilize technology more effectively to develop and deliver highquality solutions.

AIMING TO BE THE PARTNER OF CHOICE

Technology is one of the selective segments constantly influenced by changes. Every now and then, the sphere contrives a new innovation or practice stirring a cut-throat competition. And in IT, the competition is up by ten times. So how does Exabyte uphold a competitive position? The Company leverages the expertise of its employees. Although it’s still a small cadre, it includes skilled professionals, technocrats from leading IT enterprises, such as TCS,

HCL, etc., with proven expertise in optimizing customer experience. Such in-house resources help Exabyte offer perfect synchronization of technical solutions with business requirements at optimized cost.

Exabyte also drives inspiration from corporate values imbibed within its modus operandi. The five underlined core values include - Business

Integrity, Passion, Excellence, Unity and Win. These core values define their very purpose and code of conduct. Exabyte strives to be a trusted IT partner across different verticals and geographies.

“We strive to win our client’s trust by offering eminence in innovative products, excellence in support, and our shared values to be loved by our partners & teammembers”,

asserts Mr. Das.

Exabyte maintains a laser-likefocus when it comes to scalability of its resources and solutions.. It believes in instilling trust, transparency, and responsibility in its employees - so that they bring the same value to its solutions. From the very beginning, employees are made aware of the core values and vision statement and ensured they adhere to them. The approach further helps in maintaining an assertive culture and ensure trust between everyone.

A CONCISE PARTING NOTE

“Establishing a business venture is easy but conducting it, is little difficult! “Technology is a vast and arduous space and aspirers have to be patient, flexible with focus on small-term goals.

“On the other hand, try to build a strong network of professionals and always try to have an uniqueness – for it attracts more attention”

Mr Manas Das, Director & CEO, Exabyte

Showcases Spellbinding Progress Amid Covid-19 Healthcare Sector

The spread of COVID-19 has drastically disrupted the lives of livelihoods, communities, and businesses across the globe. Concerning public health, its potential lives all stakeholders, especially global businesses came together. Although our healthcare workers battling the crisis, our pharmacies prudent work towards providing medicines to reach people around India and the globe.

The healthcare system, its potential and has been providing a shift towards self-sufficiency. The Healthcare system take initiative to pursue ideas to the government that would pave way for a self-reliant ecosystem.

The Healthcare center started 24/7 monitoring facilities by trained professions. Through this patients and physicians can connect virtually during treatment.

Faucet The Enormous Potential

Government Implemented Telemedicine Facilities

Handling patients remotely referred to as Telemedicine. In these facilities, patients and providers are not physically contacted with each other. It is a modern technology that enabled doctors to consult patients in this pandemic. Some organization has changed the knowledge of regulations, legalities, and technological aspects of implementing telemedicine. Many organizations decide to consult their patients through telemedicine due to COVID-19.

Startup Awards

Healthcare Innovation and Midas Touch Categories have been shortlisted for startup awards for the Economic Times Startup Award 2020. In the time of the global outbreak, pivoting business models and bringing effective healthcare solutions, a group of a highly powered jury consisting of top business leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs will decide the winners on a virtual meeting held on August 20.

Strategic Innovation Ventures Infosys

On Thursday, August 27, Infosys IT service has signed a five-year deal with the cloud customer experience and contact center solutions provider and started five partnerships with Genesys it enables that both companies will develop and deploy innovation and provide the best level solutions in the customer experience market. To endurance, the capability of both organizations clients will be combined to stand benefit from investment innovation.

TATA Groups

Group of the Shapoorji Pallonji will compel the Tata Group to scale back its equity holding shares, pledge equity of its listed companies against debt, or allow an outdoor investor in Tata Sons. A number of these options will help to scale back Tata Sons’ financial flexibility.

Tata group of companies has pledged shares of the financial services, Alternately Tata sons sell the share of a non-core asset and pledge the equity of its listed companies. While the debt was raised, there has rarely been a priority over the potential loss of control. In doing so, the group will reverse its past 24-month effort to scale back debt, prop up shareholding in listed companies, and untangle the cross-holdings across the group. This may accompany the conditions attached. For one, outside investors in Tata Sons will want the corporate to travel back to being a public company from its current private limited state.

IBM

In India, IBM playing an important role in developing innovative solutions for cloud technology for local as well as global markets, South Asia Managing Director Sandip Patel ae combining synergies of IBM and RED HAT – an opensource of software solutions firm it acquired last year for USD 34 billion. IBM cloud innovation developed India and other country foundation platform. This offer will help software labs teams to develop their condition from India.

e4 Software Solutions:

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Our next hand-picked story is of a company that firmly believes in forming strategic partnerships that facilitate businesses with incessant growth. It has been introducing excellent resources to its clients in line with building a mobile application with an exemplary user interface where operational cost is gradually cut down. To get in-depth insights into the company and its overall business portfolio, Business Connect arranged a telephonic interview with the leading faces of the companyNirmal Mishra -Director & Ramesh T.- CEO. Explaining the motive, vision, values and a lot more- the duo walked us through various aspects of the company and its offerings.

Nirmal Mishra Director

Where innovative, cost-effective and timely solutions are catered across the world…

Let’s dive in to come across some outstanding insights and ‘food for thought’.

Constantly striving to innovate by utilizing technologies, E4 Software Solutions has been leaping in the direction of exemplary growth. Today, it has become a reputed name in terms of improving the positions of businesses in the market when it comes to application testing, web design, mobile application development and different product development services. With a sheer motive to enable businesses to achieve their true potential, E4 Software Systems has been revamping the scenario for struggling companies in the most effective manner. Granting your businesses with an invaluable competitive advantage, the company is adding substantial value to businesses’ core objectives.

THE PREFACE

Registered in the year 2007, Business Software Development is the forte of the company. Over the period, they have emerged as one of the strong technology service providers that are mainly focused on the BFSI domain. Moreover, they provide effective custom development solutions to pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and FMCG sectors. Value sourcing business is something they have introduced in the market allowing them to expand their presence across the targeted audience. Also, they cater managed application services and software development and IT support to the end clients. Whatever technical requirement any customer ever has, they provide him with the appropriate support.

THE INCEPTION STORY

We couldn’t help but ask about the motivation that made them establish E4 Software Solutions. As per the luminaries, the zeal to cater for the products that are driven by innovation and new-age ideology was the motive force behind the establishment of the company. Facilitating more interactions with the clients while addressing their grievances and pain points is what kept them going day and night.

Cross-training programs where senior members of the teams train the juniors to build a robust team of skilled individuals. Relying mainly upon the latest upgraded technology, they are performing outstandingly by delivering scalable, transparent and effective solutions. “Best-in-class technology that is delivered as per the time deadlines and comes at costeffective prices is how we describe our solutions,” stated the duo.

WHAT MAKES THEM STAND APART?

With sound industry knowledge as well as an approach to client’s requirements analysis, they incorporate accountability and authenticity into their offerings. Developing technology service tools leveraging AI and ML with a straightforward user interface that could reduce operational costs is how they define their specialization.

The involvement of the latest technological tools allows them to stay ahead of the curve and bring something unique to the targeted audience. And above all, a highly-qualified team of industry enthusiasts have been the motive force behind the

Ramesh T. CEO

success of E4 Software Solutions. The company is in constant search of talented individuals under its talent hunt program. The cultural environment is such that the employees are motivated with growth opportunities to explore the bestsuited possibilities in their favour. The low attrition rate itself speaks volumes of what they offer the workforce. The five cornerstones of their work culture are – sincerity, teamwork, innovation, delivery and consistency.

The company’s overall growth stands firm on these values only and all of the team members are being propelled towards a greater high, based on a philosophy that speaks of holistic growth. Moreover, the technical backbone of the application developed by the company is something that they put their sheer focus on no matter what. The whole product development cycle of the company revolves around carving such products that could change the scenario across the BFSI sector.

LEADERSHIP CREATING A DIFFERENCE

The duo of luminaries is a firm believer in leading with examples where they are in constant strides to add value to the lives of those around them. To them, a leadership that nurtures and promotes growth is something setting them apart from the crowd. Needless to mention, they are crossing exemplary milestones based on the support extended to the leaders by the workforce. Both of their insights, leadership and experience have posed to be the success mantra behind what E4 Software Solutions become today.

KALPANA ANNU AND SUMA MUDUMBI

TWO NEW-AGE VISIONARIES OFFER TOP-NOTCH IT CONSULTANCY AT FORAY SOFTWARE

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Two passionate, charming, diligent, and empathetic professionals, Kalpana Annu and Suma Mudumbi put their leadership hats on spearheading Foray Software Pvt. Ltd., a premier IT consulting & services firm, envisioned to deliver long-term solutions that would empower organizations and contribute to their success. Incepted in 2011, this Hyderabad based premier IT consultancy offers Fortune 500 companies with a promise for superior performance, a quality-focused approach, and world-class service delivery while reducing overhead costs by approximately 70%.

Today, Foray Software is recognised as one of the top consulting firms, offering customers more than just technical advice. Foray is dedicated to delivering each solution in accordance with a precise sequence of design, development, testing, maintenance, and support. Milestones enable the team to break down complex projects and develop straightforward, realworld, and long-lasting solutions, and they are essential to their long-term client relationships.

A BRIEF OF THE LEADING LADIES-

KALPANA ANNU Director- Staff Augmentation

Kalpana Annu, Director of Foray, is an excellent business leader with more than 13 years of expertise in the field. She holds experience managing business connections with clients, projects, partners, and board members and is a skilled communicator. She has an LLB from PRR Law College in Hyderabad and an MBA in Human Resource Management from ICFAI. Having taken on several tasks, Kalpana rose to the position of young HR manager at a young age, garnered numerous accolades, and succeeded professionally, inspiring her to take the lead in the fields in which she worked.

Suma Mudumbi, Senior Director of Foray, is an innovative, goal-oriented, hands-on leader with more than 25 years of considerable expertise managing large functions owning Delivery, Business and People; Managing functional testing for cutting-edge SaaS systems, Agile techniques, etc. She received her Masters in Mathematics from Osmania University, where she is a graduate. After working in this sector for years (In India and USA) and taking on a variety of hats—including those of a product owner, end user, service provider, and service seeker—Suma saw the critical need for connecting the dots in this sector. This gave her pause as she considered entering this industry and securing a market share using her knowledge to enhance the services they provide to their clients and the solid foundations established by Foray to achieve.

SUMA MUDUMBI Senior Director - Delivery

THE INNOVATIVE WORK CULTURE

Foray Soft is dedicated to providing a workplace that is equitable, inclusive, and free from bias and discrimination. The company has unique insights with a diverse group of people driving the core values to action for the betterment of society. Foray supports an open culture and offers its staff the greatest degree of choice in selecting their working environment. The management heavily supports group decision-making, which encourages teams to become selfmotivated. The management fully supports its staff members and recognises the need for work-life balance.

At Foray, the secret behind employees’ motivation is having caring and supportive leadership. The leading team is aware of how encouraging and standing by the team members makes them more accountable, which leads to better results.

COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19

Even though the company’s profitability took a hit, Foray assisted employees in becoming immunized on time at their own expense and provided the greatest care for Covidien employees by assisting them with their medical care and offering the best consulting in corporate hospitals.

THE INSIGHTS INTO TECHNOLOGY & ADVANCEMENTS

• Business case and feasibility studies

• SAP’s roadmap for deployment and implementation

• Target SAP operating model

• Architecture design, considering risk and costeffectiveness

• On-premises cloud or hybrid architecture

• Private or public cloud comparison

DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP IN THEIR UNIQUE WORDS

When Suma was asked to define leadership, she stated, “While there are many different leadership styles that exist in this industry, I personally believed in “Inverted Pyramid Leadership” style, which gave me a lot of motivation to climb the corporate ladder by taking on more responsibility and being able to sustain this for a long enough period of time. I am glad that Foray management also implements the same, which made me feel like I am in the right place.

Leadership, in Kalpana’s words, is “the one who is confident, who is honest, who motivates, who influences, who makes decisions, who are innovative, who is transparent, who learns from failure, who understands, who accepts both strengths and weaknesses, and who drives the business and teams toward success.”

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AT FORAY SOFTWARE

Foray firmly believes in diversity and inclusion and has put it into practice by hiring the right personnel and placing them in the proper positions. The executive team at Foray is a major advocate for gender diversity, gives women more responsibility in all divisions, and has 50% female leadership. It encourages female leaders to be self-aware, creates policies that are advantageous to all genders, and cultivates a diverse workforce. Foray thinks that female leadership can help an organization grow and achieve work-life balance.

FORAY’S FUTURE OUTLOOK

“My plans and tactics are based on an analysis of our prospects, weaknesses, and strengths. empowering our personnel to continuously enhance customer service. When asked about her future goals for Foray Software, Kalpana Annu stated, “My goal is to keep my firm on top by maintaining the lead position and providing a stiff competition to my stakeholders and competitors that drives the organization and its people to build its business.”

WORDS OF WISDOM

“Becoming a successful professional woman in the corporate world is not always easy. We must always keep in mind that a woman’s strength is determined by how much she resists letting those challenges define who she is and what she does. Keep thriving to persist with failures and successes in this corporate world and be a part of making an effect,” shared Suma Mudumbi.

“Neither a female nor a man leader exists. I believe that a leader is a leader, regardless of gender, and that they should lead by example. Make an effort to be a leader and an inspiration to the next generation,” mentioned Kalpana Annu.

Education Has Put off Physical Classrooms and Shifted to Online Classes

The best days were when schools and colleges were open and students were seen rushing to school in neat and tidy uniforms with bags in their shoulders and sometimes running with those heavy bags to not get late. After reaching school, to stand for morning prayers and then some physical activities, after that straight to the classrooms filled with our classmates. The same way for college, when students were always confused with what to wear today, what period to bunk and go to the canteen, etc. Those days now seem to be just a memory to cherish.

An education center is the best public policy tool available to raise skills. While school/ college time can be fun along with raising social skills and social awareness if we look from an economic point of view the primary point of being in school/college was that it helped in increasing a child’s ability. But the arrival of COVID-19 has led to the departure of students going to education centers.

Well! we say a coin has its two sides, the same way this too has both good and bad impressions but let’s just go for a positive version because 2020 has brought us enough negative things.

Whatever the condition comes, one should never stop learning, and if one way of going to an educational center is closed than open another way of e-learning.

The arrival of Covid-19 has forced schools and universities across the world to put off physical classrooms and shifted to online classes. While the faculty deals with the new ways of managing this sudden transition to online education, students are left clinging on to their mobile phones and computer screens.

FUTURE EDUCATION SYSTEM

The new way of learning where courses are conducted online, examinations are conducted online, assignments are submitted through

email. For India, this seems to be a good opportunity to strengthen internet connectivity across rural India. It will help every village and town to be digitally connected for the better interaction between the students and teachers. When it comes to the students some are quick at adapting this system and some take a little longer time to acquaint with this system. Fundamental structural changes should be made in the curriculum/syllabi and programs should be a part of the curriculum in engineering and science degree programs. This will help in creating future entrepreneurs and this can be one way to help beat unemployment and increase business skills amongst the youth. The business community should play a foremost role in this new educational system.

Higher education in India needs to be more international but more locally connected and socially responsible, more flexible(curriculum), should be innovative and open for more collaboration. Innovative models should be introduced, Universities/institutes could be online that would provide internet-based flexible offerings.

The Post Covid-19 is an opportunity we look forward to transforming the higher education system. Institutes/ Universities should definitely utilize this opportunity to transform itself. the focus should be more on internationalizing higher education as today we are facing Covid-19 but no one knows what lies ahead in the future for millions of youngsters.

– Kurt Lewin

“Learning is more effective when it is active Rather than a passive process”

TRANSFORMING THE FINANCIAL SPACE WITH ITS EXCLUSIVE SAAS PRODUCT LINE

“Startups are game-changer in the competitive business world as they have innovative ideas and potential to provide cost-effective products and services,” expressed the Managing Partner of Jainam Software, striking up the virtual conversation with us. As this ‘just out’ edition highlights the list of some promising start-ups, we concluded to feature Jainam Software, a 4- year-old start-up, by conversing with its Managing Partner – Jitendra L Luniya. After addressing the instrumental role of start-ups in the business community, he forged ahead to explain the business portfolio and other aspects of this venture.

A GLANCE AT THE COMPANY PROFILE

Jainam Software has become a prudent Cloud-based SaaS software provider for its diverse clientele including–NBFC, Credit Co-operative Bank, Micro Finance Institution, NGO, Credit Cooperative Society, Payday Loan Company, Nidhi, Kuries, and many other lines of business in the finance and mutual benefit domain. It is

efficaciously centralized on the businesses that require automated accounting processes backed with a staunch digital payment solution.

The web-based software enterprise is fundamentally converged on rendering 15 min loan disbursement capability to NBFCs. “However, the product supports more than 25 lines of businesses (LoBs) in the area of automated payment collection,” reveals the Jitendra L Luniya.

Just only in 4 years, Jainam Software has endorsed the establishment of over 100+ NBFCs in India and assisted over 500+ financiers worldwide. Governed by its niche competencies in field collection via mobile and userbased customization in loan product schemes, its product portfolio has been adding substance for the financial institutions. As a matter of fact, each product is crafted while keeping the financiers’ loan produce scheme ad-hoc requirements in mind, claims Jitendra.

Jitendra L Luniya Partner

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Incepted with a sound vision to bring forth some cost-effective web-hosted software solutions for bridging the gap between borrowers & financiers and investors & depositors while carving a stature as a globally recognised enterprise, Jainam Software has left no stone unturned to enrich its product and service portfolio with exclusiveness. Parallel to this, Jitendra also unveiled the company’s steadfast mission to bring 1000+ NBFCs on board by 2022. “We want to automate every single manual effort. We never say no to customer requirements or problems because that is the opportunity for us to do something new and something different. Our product design supports end-user configuration as per their business needs,” elucidates the visionary leader.

EXPEDITING THE PROGRESS

The business operations for Jainam Software were commenced somewhere in mid of 2017. The following year i.e. 2018 brought its fair share of ups and downs, due to the lack of high-profile testimonials in its favour. But persistent hard work and unwavering determination allow them to develop a product line enriched in effortless user interactions and automated concepts that led to a swift turnaround in terms of its growth. Indeed, they strived hard to make a difference in this competitive scenario and stand apart in the crowd. Jitendra also reckons that during the nascent stage of this start-up, the incomparable support it received from several NBFC start-ups was quite instrumental. Step by step, they climb the ladder of expansion, in which word of mouth was quite critical, and eventually, within a year they brought over 500+ global financiers nder their service parasol.

R&D- GIVING IT AN EDGE

Jitendra reveals that in his 15 years of a successful career as a software engineer while being associated with India’s 3 leading IT firms, he used to develop at least one innovative idea every day. His incessant zeal for the amelioration of services and products made him realize the significance of R&D in the business world. He asserts that owing to extensive R&D process only, Jainam Software has been able to get an

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES

edge in the market. By following the above-mentioned belief, he stated, “ We follow agile scrum methodology and keep our product updated every day using continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). Moreover, we discuss every possible challenge with customers, take it positively and try to convert it into an opportunity to do something better.”

At present, the R&D team of the company is intensely focused on the utilisation of blockchain in microfinance that can make a huge difference to financial space.

WORK CULTURE DRIVEN BY AGILITY

Jainam Software is known for its open and cordial work culture suffused with self-motivated individuals. Here, leadership is aligned with the overall thought process for the betterment of the operations. Jitendra affirms to have put immense efforts into eliminating micromanagement in the company to save time as well as energy and the individuals own up to their responsibilities by an agile process. “We have a relaxing work culture because everyone in the company is self driven. Team members decide their work as per priority and are responsible to complete their respective task,” quotes the Managing Partner. Additionally, for each employee, continuous improvement and daily growth is quite imperative to quantify their success. On that note, the management ensures to implement a system of constant learning to stimulate creativity among the teammates.

ROADMAP TO BUSINESS EXPANSION

Jainam Software has designed a perfect roadmap towards surging business growth where they are firstly fixated on adding more NBFC merchants to their clientele. The company’s global representatives are targeting China and other Asian countries. “We tend to follow zero distance process improvement so that our merchants also grow their business with less effort. Our idea is to make entire loan on boarding, disbursement and management with zero manual intervention,” professed Jitendra, highlighting the future outlooks.

Within a short stint, Jainam Software has scaled greater heights. Their clientele is flourished with different Line of Businesses (LOBs) from the finance domain that has been possible due to their exemplary products and service offerings. At present, with the 100% customer retention and 90% customer satisfaction rate, the start-up is leaping towards better prospects while crossing significant milestones.

UTILE TIPS TO THE ENTREPRENEURS

As we asked Jitendra to share some handy tips with the aspiring business leaders, he responded by saying, “Building few clients initially is a big challenge for a start-up. We need to find opportunities from the problems around us and what we listen to from clients. As a start-up, we need to be agile so that we are real-time in problem solving, design, development and deployment. To be competent in the business, we need to keep upgraded almost daily and intend to be ready for future scope.”

THE CONCLUDING NOTE BY THE KEY DIGNITARY

Before signing off from the virtual session, Jitendra wanted to convey some words highlighting the flagship product, “Our product helps merchant to apply niche finance schemes using customized configuration so that they stand out from the traditional way of doing business. We never say no to changes because that is how we improve the product daily. We anticipate business problems and provide long term approach to solve it. Merchants lean to do more business with less effort using our product.”

NEHA LUNIYA Partner

LEE & NEE SOFTWARES (EXPORTS) LTD.

Staying Ahead Of Its Time

Sugandh Bahl | Business Connect

Lee & Nee Software (Exports) was established in 1989, before software and computer technology took roots in India. The Director, Mr. S. M. Gupta, ideated a a software company which could provide effective services to the businesses in and around the country. He foresaw the prospect of the growth of the IT industry in the near future. There were incentives announced by the Govt. of India for promoting computers, automation & IT industry. This inspiration helped him lay the foundation stone of the company, LNSEL.

Company Overview

Lee & Nee Software (Exports) Ltd. is an IT-enabled service based in the IT hub of Kolkata, India. With over 30 years of experience, LNSEL focuses on providing ERP Solutions to its clients.

Our strength is our strong, diligent and skilled professional team, which has the capability to provide efficacious, endto-end business solutions to its vast clientele. We have a brimming pool of some of the best talents in the industry coming from different fields of expertise to meet the needs and challenges of the changing business scenario.

MAHESH GUPTA CEO

Apart from this, they provide a wide range of services like Digital Marketing, Web Design and Development, Mobile Application Development, Software Development and Robotics Process Automation. The company also provides Cloud Solutions, IT Security Solutions, and offers Staffing Services.

The company started its operation back in 1989, by developing software for the domestic market, and gradually entered the international market in March 1992. In 2005, LNSEL took its first steps towards the world of digital marketing and other web services. 2009 was yet another year of achievement, as in this very year we became SAP Partners. As of today, mobile app development has become an inseparable part of its operations. In 2015, the company

expanded its ERP Solutions to large enterprises and became a valued Gold Partner with Oracle. LNSEL furthered its journey by becoming partners with IBM, AWS & Microsoft. The very fact of being consistent in the market for the last three decades shows that Lee & Nee has achieved a high level of stability & maturity in business. This has happened because of the team’s strong values & vision, which is ethical, transparent, & open communication with the clients as well as within the team. In terms of quality control & timely delivery of projects, they maintain a strong process which incorporates advanced tools & techniques. The leadership continuously motivates the team members so that they give their best at work & keep the clients happy. The team is very proactive in implementing the company’s growth plans, which has been reflected in the last couple of years in the holistic development of LNSEL. The aim is to be amongst the top ten players in the IT industry in Eastern India.

Work Culture Ethics, both in terms of work & communication, is a factor of utmost importance in the company. “As a leader, I always guide my team to become more ethical & transparent in their professional lives. In our company, you will find a perfect blend of work discipline and flexibility and independence among the entire team,” states Mahesh Gupta, CEO at LNSEL. This ensures bringing out the best from the team as well as making the team accountable for making proper decisions. Apart from this, a horizontal communication system throughout the hierarchy always helps in maintaining a positive work ambience. This way, the employees stay happy & energized and get the motivation to work hard. Being a leader rather than a boss to his team is more important to Mr Gupta. His leadership philosophy embodies ‘walking the talk’. He believes in setting an example by practising things first himself and then getting them done by

his colleagues. He works as a part of the team & believes in providing equal opportunities to his colleagues & fellow members, letting them breathe their ideas whenever they face a challenge or feel any innovation is required. “We acknowledge and appreciate the efforts of each member and try to incorporate their ideas into our projects,” Mr Gupta says. The work culture at LNSEL gives the employees a sense of independence and empowerment. At the same time, they are held accountable for the work assigned to them. Thus, there exists a perfect balance of freedom, flexibility and authority along with responsibility. At the end of the day, the CEO keeps them accountable for the profitability of the department while also giving them the freedom to make decisions in order to meet their goals. In the business of technology, the world is seeing constant change & up-gradations almost every day. So the team is provided with continuous training programmes to and challenging projects to enable them to learn about different technologies & tools, which lead to end-to-end client satisfaction. The company provides continuous technical training programmes, seminars, webinars, & access to effective tools & technologies to the team for their continuous professional development.

Parting Words

Awards and Future Plans

Among all the awards and achievements, some of the notable ones LNSEL has been endowed with are:

• Awarded by the Govt. of Orissa for three consecutive years for the highest export from the State of Orissa.

• Recognised as the Top Partner of Eastern India by SAP in 2021.

• Received a recognition award from the Govt. of West Bengal.

For the future, LNSEL is focusing on two aspects of diversification; first is the domestic market, where they are selling ERP & software solutions. Here they are reaching out to different industries for which they offer customised solutions. They are also reaching out to other geographies within Eastern India. In the international market, they started off with two countries. Today, they provide their services to more than fifteen countries and this journey is ongoing. They are continuously adding new countries and new partners in other parts of the world. The company is investing its resources to further develop the team’s expertise in the areas of ERP and Digital Marketing. They are extending their services in the areas of Industrial Automation that involve IoT & Artificial Intelligence in the near future.

In today’s world, we have to work very smartly, need to make the best use of time and deliver the work in the proper quantity & quality. Simultaneously, it is also required to scale our business. Thus, every business should focus on scalability & put constant effort into growing their business. Last but not the least, I would like to suggest that you focus on the process of delivering your service or product, which can make your customer happy & make them stay with your business for a long time. One should make effective use of tools, technology & automation in every aspect of your business to achieve your goal and to build a big business network for the company.

Mahesh Gupta, CEO, LNSEL

5 Things you need to know before going on detox diets 5 Things you need to know before going on detox diets

Detox diets and Cleanses are the most followed diet plan by people. This generally short-term dietary intervention is designed to reduce toxins from your body. However, many have opposite opinions. There are views that no such thing as detoxification exists, which is just not true. Our body has systems and organs of detoxification, including the urinary system, liver system, lymphatic system, skin, and the instance.

Suboptimal detoxification is defined as health conditions and weight loss resistance. On the flip side, there are many who have been following detox diets for a long time. They have become very restrictive and can in themselves include nutrient deficiencies. It must be only done strategically and with monitoring.

What is the need for a detox diet?

As I said before, it is a short-term intervention to the systems or organ of detoxification, wherein your body can aid those to advance their function, such as promoting weight loss, improving mental clarity, digestion, and more. They often involve the use of laxatives, diuretics, vitamins, minerals, teas, and other food consumption, which have detoxing properties.

Throughout the detox diet course, which system you want to detoxify, you will need to prevent specific foods, including alcohol, caffeine, processed foods, salt, sugar, wheat, red meat, cheese, cream, oil, fats, and specific vegetables. The liver and the lymphatic system work fine with a fat-free diet. Specific vegetables or fruit consumption may be advised. On this diet plan, it is encouraged that you eat organic.

What should you consider with a detox diet?

Usually, a detox diet is followed under qualified nutritionists, who can understand the system and navigate how to manage nutrients necessity and any detoxification symptoms, that can occur.

A detox diet is not a weight loss diet plan.

A detox diet is not defined as a weight loss diet, and it should not be. Many detox diets do restrict calories, and when people start losing weight, they continue to follow the term for a long time. The weight loss that you experience as a benefit of a detox diet, usually leads to loss of cellular fluids and emptying of glycogen stores from the liver. Staying on this diet for a long time can impact muscles leading to loss of protein stores, and when you go back to normal diet eating, also regain the weight. It can root cause of the decline in basal metabolic rate and deterioration of health status. The diet is used to improve the function of detoxification systems, which can then strengthen your tendency to lose weight once you return to a regular diet.

Do not start a detox diet because it is a fad or someone has told you so.

Many people follow a detox diet because they think it is a fad, or someone (friend and family) have recommended to them, this should not be. Because your body type is different than others, and in such a case, it needs different approaches. You should find one who can direct you with what is needed for you specifically based on your signs, body type, and even lab makers. Avoid beginning with a juice cleanse, which can be popular. However, there are a lot of people out there who need a detox diet cannot manage the blood sauger fluctuation that happens from a juice cleanse. Start the diet by just avoiding those foods which are hard to digest. Just giving your digestive system a little bit of break can be the best detox diet.

Never ever do a detox diet as a purge for eating bad food.

It happens quite often where people continually swing between binge drinking or eating and green juice cleanses. Some cleanses even use this as their marketing tool to advise that you can fix your weekend of binge drinking with a juice cleanse. It could be harmful and ineffective for your body. It can just end up hurting the system and making the health of the gut microbiome worse.

A detox diet basically reset the internal harmony and reduce the suboptimal detoxification organ of your body.

A Detox diet is not a way to the right course after overeating desserts or sweets in the festival. When you do that, it slowly triggers the mindset that you can eat anything and solve it with a cleanse, which increases the chance of eating disorders. This can also happen if you avoid eating specific foods for too long and, later, you get scared of eating them.

Do a detox diet only when you are physically and mentally ready.

To get ready for this diet, it takes a lot of preparation to put together foods based on specific intent and recommendations. Many people go on a detox diet enthusiastically, but later they give up in the middle of course, because it needs a different eating methodology. If you are preparing food for yourself, it would be great if you take a few days extra from the actual detox diet course to understand the food preparation, their ingredients, and plan how will you put them together. If you are depending on someone, make sure he/she is on board. Many people also end up struggling because of the less food prep skills of the detox diet. It is also important to prepare mentally, being on Detox diets, you may feel angry, overwhelmed, or weepy. It basically triggers an emotional purging. So, you should know before going on the diet.

Better to do a simple detox diet.

You can follow a simple detox diet, such as avoiding alcohol, caffeine, fried food, and sugar. Implementing a more challenging detox diet ought to be under guidance. If you consider this diet as an unwanted fat reducer to support the liver, it must be done only short term. Keeping up a detox diet in long term can cause mental health issues, as our brain needs more fats.

Juice cleanses should be taken more than a day. If you have headaches or dizziness, your body probably has blood sugar imbalances, and a juice cleanse is not the place to start.

In conclusion: - The key point to keep in mind is that the Detox diet is not meant to be followed for a long time and must be followed under guidance.

AVANT - GARDE AND PIONEERING WEB DESIGNING WORLD

Kajal Dobhal | Business Connect

Parivartan in Sanskrit translates to change; a change for the better. Change is the only thing that is constant in life; and a great thing in itself. Yet another industry entrepreneur with a similar approach who associates with an appreciation for change, is Mr Anand Pohankar, the CEO of Parivartan Software and Multimedia Pvt. Ltd.

He believes that change is inevitable and that the essence lies in accepting the change and adapting to it in the best possible way.

Parivartan was founded in 2002, its repertoire of services today includes responsive web designing, digital marketing, online application development, workflow automation, video production, and eCommerce development. Parivartan today is a one-stop for all web designing and branding services.

With an experience of 17 years, Parivartan Software & Multimedia Pvt. Ltd. has created a diverse range of solutions for its clients and only continues to expand.

“Parivartan” first started at Anand’s house, and took almost 4 years to move out into shaped premises. Parivartan has worked on over 4500 projects till date in different domains like retail, health care, IT, education, hospitality, finance, to name a few, along with government projects; Parivartan is a boutique, studio organization in one of the prime localities of Hyderabad.

BRAWN AND LATEST MARKET TRENDS Designing is never constant, albeit, constant in change. Parivartan works with the latest technology and around the newer trends to stay ahead in the market.

17 years of experience and a passionate team gives them an edge in the market. Hands-on knowledge of technology is something they pride themselves on.

OBSTACLES - THE STEPPING STONES TO SUCCESS

According to Anand, a business faces challenges in numerous forms: it could be in the way of acquiring clients, making key strategic decisions, or even coming up with newer, better ideas. Challenges in itself are unique, so are the solutions to them; no challenge ever has the same solution. Challenging these challenges is the most important attribute along with perseverance and belief; that is the key to sail through them.

One of the most essential things to understand is that not every idea is going to be successful, especially in the creative world. Patience is a virtue that you will learn. The world is not a cakewalk, and one must get to know this when they are on the field, setting up their dream. They need to believe in everything that they are going to do and that is what is going to help them in building their brand in the long run of business and market.

CLIENTELE

They have a diverse range of clients both internationally and in India. Some of the prominent verticals for them include government organizations, corporates, retail stores, manufacturing companies, schools, hotels & restaurants, small and medium businesses as well as individual clients.

Some prominent names would be International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy New Materials, Infrastructure Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd., Andhra Pradesh Airports Development Corporation Ltd., Green Gold Animation Pvt. Ltd.,

Annapurna International School of Film + Media, Centurion University, HDFC International Life and Re Company Limited, and Care Hospitals.

They have a team of professionals that are highly adaptive with high-end technologies. They ensure that the data of their clients, as well as their own, is safe.

LEADERSHIP CAN BE EARNED THROUGH THE BEST EMPLOYEES

“If you don’t have trust inside your company, then you can’t transfer it to your customers.” –Roger Staubach

In Mr Anand Pohankar’s words, ‘Having a vision and the belief to reach what you dream for is one of the key aspects that a leader should possess. A leader should bring a change in themselves first to have expectations fulfilled by others. It is also important to be a good listener to be able to understand situations and for it to enable you to make the right calls most times. It is key to remember that ‘a captain is always as good as his team’.’

Their employees bring in ideas which they think are great. The company is open to any ideas that will help it grow. If the team doesn’t steer well, there would be no progress. Everyone is an integral part of the team for the winning goal.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS: THE KEY TO EFFECTIVE EMPLOYEES’ ENERGY

Research is the core of any task. Elimination of research would lead to an incomplete job with nothing to base it on. Every task taken up at Parivartan company is executed after proper research.

The staff is a group of individuals who speak their own mind, and they have the freedom to do it at Parivartan’ under the supervision of the leader behind an admirable company. The employees are given their own space to put their creativity to work, so it doesn’t hinder their growth. As it is always said, “Do not build the business, build the people, and these people build the business.”

They also conduct team activities in a day of a week to keep the team energized. The team is free to choose what activity they want as long as everyone accedes.

CONVERTED MILESTONES FOR THE COMPANY

Since its first breakthrough in 2002, when Mr Anand received his initial project, the company has come a very long way. In the 17 years of work, the company has successfully completed more than 4500 projects, with the proper zeal and determination to strive the competitors. There have been various little milestones in this journey, but looking at the big picture always keeps them happy.

KEY OFFICIALS; PARIVARTAN

Mr. Anand Pohankar: Chief Executive Officer. The man behind the company who has been delivering designs, where his expertise lies, for the past 16 years, and only continues to do so. He possesses various sets of skills that the company is built on. He has extensive experience in marketing, brand management, business development, man-management and organizational skills.

Mr. Chaitanya Nagulapalli: Chief Technology Officer

Chosen for his analytical abilities, and the complexity of his computer programming skills, Chaitanya started his career at Parivartan in 2006. As a Project Manager, he has had extensive experience with numerous technical aspects of the business.

MR. PRADEEP HASANABADA: TEAM LEAD Pradeep takes charge of the major internal project operations. He’s been associated with Parivartan since 2010 and has long been the point of contact for the clients.

JAGRUTI POHANKAR:

HEAD CLIENT RELATIONS

Jagruti has actively been involved in client management from the onset and is the primary bridge between the clients and the team. She’s the driving force behind Parivartan’s bigger projects and executes them with efficiency and accuracy.

SAGE SOFTWARE

Where innovative, interactive and influential ERP solutions are delivered

If you look at history, innovation doesn’t come just from giving people incentives; it comes from creating environments where their ideas can connect.” a famous quote tossed by Steven Johnson, a Science author & media theorist, speaks a lot about the company that we have featured here. We were in a virtual conversation with Jitendra Somani (CEO) to touch different aspects of this ingenious business venture and came across some valuable and insightful nuggets. We firmly reckon that our readers will find this elegant read enjoyable and inspirational like always!

THE PREFACE

JitendraSomani CEO

Sage Software Solutions has become a reputed name as a distributor of Sage group in India offering integrated cloud and on-premise ERP and CRM solutions. Launching an exemplary product portfolio comprising Sage X3, Sage 300 cloud, Sage CRM, it has become a prominent player across the space. For the last two years, its flagship product — Sage X3— has been at the centre of its product offering, which is an enterprise-grade solution, unlike any conventional ERP. Today, it has brought thousands of clients across multiple industries under its service parasol and still counting. With one-to-one customer interaction being its mantra, its customer-centricity has allowed it to play the trumpet of its success across the space. Innovation and customer feedback have been its impeccable tools to excellent performance allowing it to make every imperative adjustment while building economical solutions under a certain time frame.

INSIGHTS ON INNOVATION

When questioned to define their innovation management strategies at the company, the CEO claims that ‘innovation in customer success and delivery is the backbone’. And here, customer feedback fuels their innovative speckle. The management has offered the employees absolute access to the new-fangled platforms to monitor the market trends, customer expectations and customer choices. “At the crux of innovative strategies stands deep analysis of each input and see how it might help our clients save time and resources,” asserts the luminary.

And when it comes to establishing business model innovation, the company attentively analyses its offerings, target audience, geographies while acknowledging their fortes as well as weak points. They believe rather than generalizing any issue, considering the business pain point is crucial. And hence, their product portfolio targets macro as well as micro verticals. No doubt, their team is a collective of the right tools blended with decades of experience in market exploration and sectors that guarantee maximum ROI.

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“We are always motivated by the evolving technological ecosystem and try to become a part of the change by including modern and innovative solutions into our products,” affirms Jitendra.

At the time of the inception of Sage Software Solutions, ERP automation in SME was the least popular topic in the Indian business space. Two decades ago, this company started delivering solutions for— ‘simplified business process and reduced operational inefficiencies with fewer complications’. Now, enhanced productivity and boosted profits are the outcomes for opting for their extraordinary ERP solutions integrating business functions.

THE X- FACTOR

When questioned about their differentiating factor, then the luminary responded that their DNR comprises of freedom of choice as they never imposed any solution on the endcustomers. They are free to choose — be it choice of Database and Infrastructure platform, deployment option of Cloud or on premise, Licensing model of Perpetual License model to a subscription model, it’s their free will. Apart from this, another aspect of their leading edge in the market is the availability of Industry-specific Micro vertical solutions developed with sheer profoundness. All their offerings are designed to address the end-to-end needs and functionalities of the client organisations.

Additionally, information silos pose major challenges to the free flow of communication among the departments of any organisation, eventually hampering overall productivity. To combat this scenario, Sage X3— ERP solution, addresses such issues by integrating different business functions like accounting, purchase, manufacturing, inventory, data management and reporting, SCM, and sales and marketing into customizable dashboards for easier readability, enhancing the business productivity. And for better organisational flexibility, their unique cloud applications (on-cloud ERP and CRM Deployment) has been known as quite effective solutions. These applications allow companies supervise instrumental processes with minimum human interference. Moreover, in the present work from home scenario, Sage’s exemplary offerings have minimized the remote working hassles.

RELIANCE ON R &D

The organisation fervently believes that the R&D process is imperative for company growth. For this, they are consistently investing so much time and resources to get the market pulse via R&D techniques. It has ensured them a better comprehension of challenges, inefficiencies, compliance issues, and areas of mismanagement existing across the industry. To sum it up, the exemplary success of the company is a sheer result of possessing an apt R&D team.

SUSTAINING THE ‘CRISIS LIKE NO OTHER’

The pandemic was like a wake-up call for the overall business landscape where it spotlighted the inconsistencies and inefficiencies that has been prevailing in the system. Likewise, enterprises had to deal with a plethora of impediments to getting essential raw materials since a majority of vendors, suppliers, and distributors were struggling to supply products from source to destination. Recognising this alarming situation, the Sage product development team updated Sage ERP software to allow businesses to recognise real-time insights into their inventories to place orders in case the material quantity goes below the set goal. Along with this, digital supply chains have boosted the performance of Sage X3 ERP software assuring complete electronic connectivity via the deployment

of electronic sensors. Real-time tracking of the movement of goods via the product line and transportation routes have become a cinch with these sensors. Also, smart manufacturing algorithms to automate and monitor production activities and the use of data analytics for the ameliorated manufacturing process are the additional gains of their tech inclusion.

LEADERSHIP NURTURING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION

As the leading figures of the company hail from the technology and management education space, Sage Software is adamant about driving transformational tech changes across the business world. They motivate every ounce of the team’s effort on tech trends mixed with relevant functionalities to be substantial to organisational functions. The workforce aspires for an ultimate solution that is easy, agile, useful and impenetrable to business problems. Jitendra’s leadership is heavily aligned with the notion that the workforce is their most precious asset, ergo, the management hosts regular training sessions annually to enhance their talents and skills for their personal as well as professional development.

Under intuitive stewardship thrives a collaborative culture that incentivizes the outperformers. Transparency and employee engagement are at their core values supervised by the senior management team itself. Addressing their cultural principles, Jitendra

says,

“To foster an overall departmental growth, the responsibilities are exchanged between the members to promote individual contributions and avoid monotonous work schedule. This allows our employees to pick up new skills and contribute to the company in varied ways. Moreover, we have built a grievance redressal technique that ensures speedy solutions to complex business challenges at the earliest.”

RECOGNITIONS AND FUTURE OUTLOOKS

Owing to its phenomenal offerings that have revamped many businesses sophistically, Sage Software Solutions has been granted several awards and accolades. One of those is Edge awards that the company bagged for its successful and highly impactful business technology adoption in favour of its valued customer base. Furthermore, SageX3 has been rewarded with the best SaaS software for ERP MRP in SaaS 2020 awards. This outstanding product has also been awarded Techradar’s 2019 Best Business Awards and many more to mention.

For the future prospects, the senior executives of the company are converged on bringing the best out of technology and functionality that can be easily owned by SMEs. Soon, owing to their innovative streak Sage core product team will be including practical usage of RPA, AI/ML and IoT enabled devices, side by side seeking ways to utilize technologies to solve real-life problems for small and medium business leaders.

At last, the speaker signed off by providing us positive feedback on experience, “I want to congratulate The CEO Story for building a robust platform that provides a voice to organizations working hard to create a difference.”

Facebook introducing the Newest Shopping AI

For those of you have ever daydreamt of being able to click photo and buy it, whether it’s your favorite celebrities’ suit or the things that they use very often, a giant social media company Facebook has proclaimed it’s moving ahead toward e-commerce game with a brand new and unique shopping experience that is powered by AI.

On May 19, 2020, in a Facebook Live, Mark Zuckerberg (Founder& CEO of Facebook) has made a statement a snap-and-shop feature that will allow users to purchase, sell and identify products seamlessly all over the Facebook platform. An auto-tagging feature – is coming on the Facebook page very soon, now autofill product description upon uploading, facilitate it to rank in search and share or exchange information in all languages. The company has the intention to make all images shoppable across its app, and in time, videos too.

Though Facebook’s new shopping AI doesn’t have users-facing names like Alex, the co-founder Sean Bell named it GrokNet to represent the scale that can analyse data very frequently. Actually, created at GrokStyle, a start-up co-founder by Bell and invested by Facebook, this universal AI model leverages computer version to recognize fine-grained product attributes from the dozens of images.

On Facebook Ait blog, the Bell has explained about how their GrokNet’s product work simultaneously analyse billion of disparate verticals like a car, clothing, and home goods. “We built, trained, and deployed a model with 83 loss functions across seven data sets to combine multiple verticals into a single embedding space. For some of the tasks that are really difficult, you need to apply a very large weight on the loss function and you need to apply many images for every batch when training. For easier data sets, you can use a small weight, and just a very small number of images per batch. We then scaled this up across all different data sets and then figured out a way of how to combine everything at once, without compromising on any one of the tasks. We use weekly supervised learning, where a model is arranged in a feedback loop to automatically create additional training data.”

As we all know that Snap-and-shop features have been using for years, by several different big companies like Amazon, Shopify, and Stitch Fix. However, Facebook’s AI team has created advanced segmentation, detection, and classification abilities that allow it to do the seemingly impossible, that recognize unseen products. That means, Facebook AI can recognize a blazer under a t-shirt, and even skirt seated under a desk. In order to get this experience, The AI modal uses a new technique known as “Instance Mask Projection” that is capable to parse clothing and segment street scenes including small details. To ensure accuracy of the forecast and account for a verity of images, Facebook’s team skilled its AI on varying people styles, ages, sound, skin, body structure, location, socioeconomics classes, and many more.

“We’re building a system that can look at a picture of your outfit, segment each piece of clothing that you’re wearing, and organize them into a digital close, allowing you to shop anything in the context of what you won,” said Tamara Berg (Facebook AI Researcher). In Future iterations, Facebook is hoping to launch an AI lifestyle assistant that helps users in different areas like AR try-outs to share with friends, wardrobe management, personalized recommendations of products to purchase, and many others. Facebook has been testing augmented reality with advertising brands such as Ray-Ban, NYX, and NARS that allow consumers to try sunglasses, lipstick, and other things virtually.

All product’s images will be uploaded in 3D with rotating views and Facebook Shops and e-commerce allow businesses to set up Facebook and Instagram storefronts for free, Also WhatsApp integration coming very soon. For those of you have been waiting to transact on the platform.

“We’re hoping to play a role in helping small businesses get through this difficult time and thrive long term,” said Mark.

According to Statista.com, With over 2.6 billion monthly active users across the world in the first quarter of 2020. The world still under the COVID-19 pandemic restriction. In such a situation, AI-powered social commerce may be a silver lining for Facebook and its users.

WEBTECH SOFTWARES & SERVICES LTD.

A REVOLUTION IN THE SOFTWARE ARENA JUST GOT BETTER

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Business Connect has been a great appreciator of organizations setting high standards in the corporate world with their innovative service panel. And here again, we are back with another tale of inspiration. Our editorial team had an interesting and joyful session with the leadership panel of Webtech Softwares & Services Limited. The management panel of the company, along with the Founder and CEO, Amit Khemka, shared numerous unknown facts and his entrepreneurial journey so far. We truly hope and desire that this fascinating read will add some extra value to the lives of our global readers and encourage them to chase their dreams.

COMPANY PORTFOLIO

Giving a brief introduction of the company, Amit asserts, “Webtech Softwares and Services Ltd. is a company dedicated and committed to bringing the internet closer to the consumer by providing them with unique, engaging and engrossing content curated from across the internet. The idea is to inform, entertain, delight and intrigue our users by offering innovative and data driven applications and services. Moreover, our mission is to bring sports fans under a common umbrella to enable cohesive and collaborative information sharing and consumption. We pride ourselves on our highly competent technical team and especially our content and marketing head who has tirelessly worked to bring us where we are today and whose visionary and pragmatic approach has enabled us to streamline our offerings and delight our users.”

He further adds, “Most people in the world follow 2 passions in some form or the other – Music and Sports. Over 50 million sports related searches are conducted on the internet each day. After religiously working for 5 years we have been able to create one of the largest and widest sports information and statistics database in the world – www.spoogle.in. To put in perspective, our website contains over 5 million pages, more than 25 million records spanning over 50 sports across 150 years of history. We offer over 55 innovative and engaging modules and sections and 10 mobile apps to satisfy even the weirdest queries of our users.”

EDGE IN THE REALM

Founded by Mr. Amit Khemka, a die-hard sports enthusiast and technology buff, who has conceptualized, designed, and implemented several innovative technology solutions over the years, Spoogle is built completely from scratch without significant external code and offers unparalleled flexibility, performance, and cutting-edge technology.

“Our strong R & D based approach has enabled us to enact an error free and fairly accurate repository of sports based information. We offer complete flexibility to our employees to enhance their skills and add value. We believe in a collaborative and cohesive approach, rather than an authoritarian one,” says Amit.

WHAT FUTURE HOLDS

“Although, yet in its beta stage, we have received rave reviews from sports enthusiasts and domain experts as to the efficacy and market potential for spoogle. A lot is to be done to make spoogle a complete product, and shortly, we plan to enrich it with advanced data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, along with deep regionalization and adding an ultra-local flavor to it. We also plan to build one of the most enriched communities of sports content writers and journalists by providing them with innovative data tools to churn out engaging and delightful content. These endeavors are capital intensive and time-consuming. In this regard, we welcome like-minded and visionary investors to back us so that spoogle can truly become what it’s meant to be. In 3-4 years, when spoogle would have matured, we see it as the de facto tool for global sports fan engagement by continuously bringing it closer to matching the aspirations and expectations of sports fans globally.

In a nutshell, we have created a data-driven behemoth that caters to a massive, largely unexplored global market of sports enthusiasts and followers who are expecting to be delighted. With little technical competition and with a sector largely dominated by news agencies and broadcasters, a huge gap is ready to be bridged that just might prove to be a highly scalable and profitable business model.”-Amit Khemka.

AMIT KHEMKA Founder & CEO

Trekkers Adapting to COVID-19 Norms, are Exploring New Tracks

Trekking is a social sport, loved by wanderers. Just imagine yourself climbing up to the Himalayas. The satisfaction of reaching to the top and sitting on a cliff, enjoying the enormous surrounding from the top will take away, all your stress. The more realistic way would be to imagine yourself there with a hot cup of tea along with a bowl of Maggi in the chilly weather!

Climbing through the Himalayas will assure an experience that can never be forgotten. The willpower to start and finish the trek is a motivation in itself. But trekking was forced to be at a halt for some time due to the Coronavirus pandemic that has taken the world by a storm.

The most difficult days faced by trekkers were the time of lockdown when they were forced to lock themselves down at home for a long period. It is extremely difficult for trekkers to live in four-cornered rooms, who are used to live in tents on the lap of nature. No air condition can provide the cool breeze that nature can give. A pure freshness of tropical forest is everything that a wanderer needs. The pandemic hit hard like a termite who ripped through the layers and made its presence felt. When the entire country was in lockdown, train journeys were on hold and trek routes were forbidden territories.

When the lockdown was unfolding slowly, the paths for trekkers were gradually opening too but just like other guidelines, the trekkers also have to get adapted to the new COVID norms. It seems like after a long time, the trekkers are reconciled with their backpacks and jackets filled with dust.

Three months back, when the coronavirus was calmly unfolding, a pastor and trekker from Mohali, Daniel Francis looked forward at the journeys to several Himalayan treks. He picked one to Bhrigu Lake, which is one of the well-known routes along Manali’s Himalayan trekking trail. “I plunged into action, as I enjoyed a trek to Hatu Peak. It’s easy if you can drive to Barog from Chandigarh and then take the next stop at Narkanda, which is the beginning of a seven-kilometer trail to the artistic Hatu temple,” shares Francis.

Surrendering to nature is what trekkers love to do and by inhaling the much-needed dose of oxygen and embracing the world of nature with a walk on the wild side. A Chandigarh-based trekker, Jashan Chatwal states that whenever a trek in the Himalayas is planned, he not only looks forward to climbing, tent stays, make-shift bathrooms, or the delicious meat curries but also the break from all the noises that exist in the urban lives. “I have been exploring local urban hikes and forgotten parts of the city, discovering gorgeous dead ends and pretty houses around where I live,” says Chatwal.

It is said that walking in nature is something where you can be lucky to witness a thousand miracles. A passionate hiker, Sheena Singh emphasizes the view, “You have to be super present and that’s what trekking is, it’s being in the moment. It’s not being somewhere else. It’s being in the right now. With COVID-19 numbers going up, I am concerned about the possibility that trails may close again which is why it’s sensible to follow the local guidelines and maintain a physical distance. That means, for instance, avoiding popular trails or peak times.”

When one decides to do something, nothing can come in their way. Just like the world has resumed with the guidelines being followed, trekking has also resumed, adapting itself to new COVID norms. The most common challenges that can be faced when you are on trekking will be interacting and adjusting with locals, evening camaraderie, sharing stories with people around, and then the warm hugs. A lot might have been changed when you go for trekking next time but in the end, you will be mesmerized with the beauty of nature anyhow. The world might have changed but still, the sky will be the same as always.

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you are climbing it.

– Andy Rooney