The 30 influential business leaders to watch in 2019

DR. THUMBAY MOIDEENDR. THUMBAY MOIDEEN
A VISIONARY’S LASTING LEGACY
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30
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Influential
TO WATCH IN 2019
EXPERT’S NOTE
A Guide to Stay Calm
and Focused in the
Lowest or Turbulent
Phase of Business
VOL 3
ISSUE-4
MARCH-2019
Dr. Thumbay Moideen
Founder & President
Thumbay Group
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From the Editor
Inspiring Minds,
Empowering
Future
ountless opportunities and innovative ideas are driving today’s leaders to
Cexplore new territories while giving the entrepreneurs enough market space
to embrace new business models and implement ideas.We often get
enthralled while analyzing the miraculous achievements attained by the global
leaders who have been at the forefront in revolutionizing the change in the business
fraternity.This is a continuous process wherein we witness various success stories
that fuel our determination to aspire for new prospects.
These influential leaders have evolved as a symbol of triumph and fortitude as they
redefine the boundaries of the business eco-system by following their ideologies and
work-culture. Strong conviction and years of experience have led them to achieve the
podium of success and their journey of life is an inspiration for young entrepreneurs.
Armed with innovative ideas, funding strategies, analyzing untapped opportunities,
these entrepreneurs have one thing in common – they always look up to some leader
who has crafted their own road and written their success stories. For the budding
professionals who don’t shy to embrace key learning’s that helps them to be the
leaders of the future generations are laying the foundation for a better future.
To summarize the conversation, leaders are playing an ardent role in cementing the
platform for the upcoming professionals and on the other hand, nascent
entrepreneurs are following the traits of successful leaders to embark their journey!
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DR. THUMBAY
MOIDEEN
A Visionary’s Lasting Legacy
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COVERSTORY
Expert’s Zone
Why Market Research
Should is an Integral
Part of a Business Plan?
24
Business Personas Who Made India ProudARTICLE 34
CXO
Expert’s Note
A Guide to Stay Calm
and Focused in the Lowest or
Turbulent Phase of Business
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Anil Modi
Journey fostering
Creativity and Innovation
Frameboxx 2.0
CAPTURING CREATIVE EXCELLENCE
WITH AN EYE FOR QUALITY
Buteos Aerobotics Corporation
Leading the Robotics
Solution in Unmanned Vehicles
Intellika Technologies
Driving the Digital
Transformation
MATTLOOK
Everything You Ever Wanted
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INTERVIEWS

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Hubert Enviro Care Systems
Innovating Trends in
Environment Management
Ankur Goel
Revolutionizing the
Face of Indian E-commerce
Nebu K Abraham
Embracing Technology
to the Core!
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Pradeep Janakiraman
The Intellectual Entrepreneur
Leading With Excellence
44

Priya Sachdev
Delivering Enriching
Sales Solutions
56
Uday Zokarkar
A Media, Marketing
and Business Articulator
64
Vipul Thakkar
An Entrepreneur
in Disruptive Times
66
Pradyumn Jain
Enabling the Idea of “Cloud
Computing & Cyber Security”
46
Prashant Kumar
Leading PromptCloud as a
Pioneer in Data as a Service
50

Creating Leaders
of Tomorrow
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t’s often said that great leaders are the craftsmen who shape an ideal society and contribute to building a
Ipowerful nation. In today’s new-age, leaders are exhibiting innovative traits that have been unheard of and
the best part is – they aren’t afraid to embark journeys to unexplored territories.
In this exclusive edition, we bring you up, close & personal with “The 30 Influential Business Leaders to
Watch in 2019” who have cemented their dominance by sheer hard work and the zeal to succeed. Having
worked in diverse industry segments, these leaders have been at the forefront in leading the change and in
redefining a whole new eco-system that exhibits the finer traits of these distinguished leaders. The unsaid
contributions, countless milestones, and determined to surpass the challenges are what make these leaders
stand tall amongst us in the society.
Commencing this exciting journey, on the cover page we have Dr. Thumbay Moideen – Founder &
President of Thumbay Group. Thumbay Group is a diversified international business conglomerate with its
headquarters in DIFC – Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Right from his early days, he was a young ambitious
businessman who always had the aspiration and inclination to expand their family business beyond the Indian
shores.
Alongside, we have encompassed other noted leaders who have outperformed themselves and are constantly
progressing forward. Starting the list we have Abishek Moses - Director, Hubert Enviro Care Systems Pvt.
Ltd who has shattered the traditional customs of managing a family business and talks about novelty and
evolution. Next is Ankur Goel who envisions every opportunity as a gateway to attain greater entrepreneurial
creativity. He is the Founder of Zencommerce India Pvt. Ltd. Manu Abraham Mathew – MD of Barcorp
wherein he is the Chief Architect for BAC’s inception, designing and evolution. Nebu K Abraham – CEO of
7Nodes Technology Solutions. His passion and eagerness about technology fueled his determination that laid
the foundation of a sprawling professional career. As the Founder & CEO of Drive-Analytics, we have
Pradeep Janakiraman who is a seasoned technocrat with a sprawling career spanning over two decades.
“Seeing my team succeed and gain positive feedback from our customers is what keeps me going” – is how
Pradyumn Jain, Chairman – NetDataVault likes to build his teams. An IITian, Prashant Kumar – CEO,
PromptCloud was initially at crossroads in deciding his professional journey. Priya Sachdev is the Sales
Director of Miller Heiman Group. She is a straight -talking, transparent leader with a trademark low power-
distance persona. Founder of Mantra Media Pvt. Ltd, Uday Zokarkar believes in co-creating values on a
sustainable basis and making a positive difference. The best way to describe Vipul Thakkar - Chairman &
Managing Director of Silver Touch Technologies Ltd is a person who is an entrepreneur by choice and a
technocrat by heart!
Alongside, industry leaders like Biswas Bhaskar Nair, Siddharth Lal, Arpit Shah, Vaibhav Dobriyal Dobi,
Manav Garg, Rajan Ramesh Navani, Rohit Kishore, Nandan Umarji, Sudhir Gandotra, Vaibhav Jadhav, Pawan
Kumar Bhageria, Aravinth Subramani, and Abhishek Mago have also been featured in the listing of ‘The 30
Influential Business Leaders to Watch in 2019 .
Additionally we have some interesting insights penned by some of the industry stalwarts and finally to
complete this journey, our editor reveals his choice of Indian business leaders who have inspired every Indian
to believe in them and are admired globally.
Flip the pages further to unveil the success stories along with the other noted sections in the magazine!
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CoverStory
Dr. Thumbay Moideen
Founder & President
Thumbay Group

DR. THUMBAY MOIDEEN
A VISIONARY’S LASTING LEGACY
Over the last decade, global healthcare has witnessed a gigantic
transformation and continues to shape up the sector as innovation
and awareness have emerged as the key parameters to deliver
premium health services. As the fraternity of the global business leaders are
at the forefront in empowering people and the industry with all the possible
resources, the real beneficiaries are the citizens spread across the globe!
One such persona who needs no introduction and has bought a renaissance
in the healthcare sector is Dr. Thumbay Moideen. As the Founder and
President of Thumbay Group, Dr. Thumbay Moideen holds an honorary
doctorate and is often ranked as one of the top Indian business leaders in the
Arab world. Starting his odyssey by launching the Thumbay Group in the
Persian Gulf in 1998, he is at the forefront of crafting the canvas of
healthcare in the UAE. Under his affluent leadership, the growth of
Thumbay Group from a single-entity company to a diversified global
conglomerate has been a remarkable journey that has created countless
milestones and continues to be at the helm of unveiling new chapters. With
numerous global awards and recognitions been bestowed to Dr. Thumbay
Moideen and Thumbay Group for their contribution to the industry, the
group continues to progress ahead with grit and high on energy.
The Early Life
Coming from a business-oriented family, Dr. Thumbay Moideen learned the
ropes of the business from his Father and Grandfather, who were very
successful businessmen. Honoring his father’s contribution, Dr. Thumbay
Moideen expresses, “I owe my success to my father for bringing me up the
way he did, giving me the freedom to experiment and excel, while teaching
me the importance of values and ethicality. I learned a lot, working in his
company for 19 years”.
A vision to create a diversied
corporate business entity with
global presence
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As a young ambitious businessman, Dr. Thumbay Moideen
always had the aspiration and inclination to expand their
family business beyond the Indian shores. He was
particularly fascinated by the vast opportunities in the Gulf
region as the countries within had a robust economy, had
excellent air connectivity with the global regions and had
true visionaries at the helm of their governments.
After an initial meeting, the Government of Ajman
extended an invitation for setting up a Medical University
in the Emirates. This is how Dr. Thumbay Moideen became
the ﬁrst expatriate to establish region’s ﬁrst and only private
medical university - the Gulf Medical University. This path-
breaking decision turned to be the most decisive turning
point for Dr. Thumbay Moideen as all of Thumbay Group’s
subsequent accomplishments sprouted from this initial
venture in 1998. Recalling the early days, he asserts, “As a
businessman venturing out into new terrain, I had my
apprehensions in those initial days. Nevertheless, I had
hope and focus and was willing to work hard. My family
gave me their wholehearted support”.
Building an Empire with Family Values
His family has been one of the greatest sources of
inspiration for Mr. Moideen. Introducing his family, he
expresses – “My wife, Zohra was already an accomplished
artist when we got married. My sons also help me in
business; Akbar, the elder one is the vice president of
Growth
Through
Innovation
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Thumbay Group’s healthcare division, while Akram looks
after the Construction & Renovation Division as well as
Thumbay Technologies, as Director”. He proudly accepts
that marrying his wife has been the best decision of his life
and counts her as the pillar of his strength. While Akbar’s
wife Nousheen Salma is the Editorial & Design Advisor of
HEALTH magazine, Akbar and Nousheen are blessed with
three boys, Ahmed, Omar and Rashid.
Thumbay Medicity
In pursuit of delivering unmatched services and aiming
excellence, the Thumbay group is going to inaugurate
‘Thumbay Medicity’ that aims to serve 20,000+ people on a
daily basis. Situated in Al Jurf, Ajman, the regional hub will
have state-of-the-art healthcare facilities and plans to
st
evolve as the futuristic medical education hub for the 21
century. As one of the latest additions to the healthcare
sector, Thumbay Medicity stands to be a ﬁrst-of-its-kind
venture in the region’s private sector. Gulf Medical
University, Thumbay Labs, Thumbay Pharmacy, Blends &
Brews Coﬀee Shoppe, Body & Soul Health Club and Spa,
Thumbay Food Court, Thumbay Housing Project, Theatre,
and much more, this healthcare centre has everything for
everyone! Cementing technology and innovation as the
pillars, Thumbay Medicity is going to be one of the most
iconic healthcare cities in the Middle East. Counted as one
of the most preferred and reliable healthcare systems across
the region, the Thumbay group has showcased itself as a

brand that is synonymous to treatment, healthcare, and
academic excellence. In words of Dr. Thumbay Moideen –
“At Thumbay we are busy erecting an effective and reliable
network of healthcare services ranging from hospitals to
clinics, pharmacies, and laboratories, where patients can
repose their trust.”
Center for Advanced Simulation in Healthcare (CASH),
Thumbay Research Institute for Precision Medicine
(TRIPM) are some of the unique services that constitute the
core areas of Thumbay Medicity. Thumbay Dental Hospital
is the first private dental hospital in the country and also the
largest academic dental hospital in the Middle East region’s
private sector. Thumbay Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation
Hospital is the biggest state-of-the-art rehabilitation facility
of its kind, in the country. Thumbay Medicity also includes
the Thumbay University Hospital, which is envisioned as a
500-bed academic hospital, the largest one in the region’s
private sector.
The Group
As one of the most admired healthcare ‘icons’ in the region,
Dr. Thumbay Moideen describes ‘diversification’ as one of
the group’s key strategies. With its network of academic
hospitals and medical centers, the Thumbay network of
hospitals has blossomed as one of the largest healthcare
providers in the region. Today, the business has diversified
across twenty sectors; however, the group’s core businesses
are in the sectors of healthcare, education, and research.
Most of the subsidiary businesses such as pharmacies,
nutrient outlets, health clubs, retail opticals, publishing,
health communications, hospitality and trading, marketing
and distribution, diagnostics, and real estate are related to
its core businesses. It has grown and diversified as per the
Our commitment to
quality and innovation
remains as sincere today
as it was at the start
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Group’s vision and its focus has been significant in the
process. Intelligent diversification and timely innovation are
considered to be the mainstays of the group’s continued
growth.
As a symbol of superior service, quality, and innovation, the
group is playing a dominant role in the UAE’s medical
tourism industry. Dr. Thumbay Moideen reveals that the
need to provide training avenues to GMU students
prompted him to establish the Thumbay network of
academic hospitals. As time progressed, this has evolved as
the largest chain of private academic hospitals in the GCC
region. “Doctors at our hospitals are also academicians
and researchers, and are hence abreast with the latest
developments in healthcare,” explains Dr. Thumbay
Moideen. Together, GMU and Thumbay academic hospital
network train up to twenty percent of the doctors and up to
sixty percent of the healthcare professionals in the UAE
region.
Thumbay Foundation – Touching Lives
Thumbay Foundation is committed to achieving lifelong
change that transforms people’s lives. It was formed as a
charitable arm to support charitable activities in Healthcare,
Education and other areas for the upliftment of the weaker
sections of society. The ultimate objective is to influx a
positive impact in the society as a whole, through
comprehensive activities addressing the needs of education,
healthcare, employment, as well as other social needs. Few
of the core services that are touching the lives of the people
are listed below:
• Free medical & dental camps
• Sponsors a student Program
• Happiness Hour
• Coffee on the Wall
• Patients Affairs Department
• Staff Welfare Activities
Insight to Indian Healthcare
Expressing his thoughts about Indian healthcare segment
and its growth path over the next decade, Dr. Thumbay
Moideen feels that Healthcare has been among the priority
sectors for successive governments in India. The focus
remains to increase the existing healthcare infrastructure
and improving the quality of service delivery extended to
the people. By identifying and implementing PPP modules,
the country has successfully found a realistic solution to its
ever-growing healthcare needs.
On a parting note, Dr. Thumbay Moideen is confident that
medical tourism is the next big ‘thing’ that is in the
emerging phase. He is optimistic that the next decade will
not only see huge investments but will also witness a
transformation in healthcare technology and showcase the
country into a major medical tourism destination.
Innovation is
the key driver
of growth
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INTERVIEWWITHINSIGHTSSUCCESS
18 March 2019|
Anil Modi
MD

As the pioneer of driving customer experience
revolution, Anil Modi is the Managing Director of
Aryan Labs and is a seasoned entrepreneur &
Angel Investor in Analytics, ML, AI and CX Domains.
With over 25 years of experience that includes CEO, CMO,
EVP, and VP positions till today, how would you like to
define this journey?
My journey can be best defined as “Expanding the
frontiers”. In all of my roles, I was fortunate to lead
initiatives that delivered innovation in business plans and
then leverage these innovations to do some marquee deals.
It all started with my first business role in Hughes, before
that I was more of a technology Geek. I was given
responsibility to initiate a key function of revenue; it was
fun painting on a clean slate and makes a success out of it.
Gaining confidence, I was able to steer the largest deal of
the industry for Hughes. At GTL, I started remote
management of IT infrastructure for Global corporates, won
a marquee global deal from a large consumer goods
company. Later on, industry caught on to this practice, now
popularly known as “Remote Infrastructure Management”.
At Aegis, the journey involved multiple roles, watching the
firm grow from a few millions in revenue to more than a
billion dollar. Here too I won a large outsourcing contract,
which turned out to be the most profitable deal ever. At the
helm of Aegis Marketing, I ensured a number of
innovations leading to strong brand recognition, so much so
that we were being pegged in the same set as our much
larger competitors. Innovation Lab, a unique initiative,
delivered some path-breaking products like LISA, ANN and
Analytics. It was at this point, Ananto Analytics took birth,
a firm that delivered business analytics as a service. An
insightful journey for our customers, once again the
innovation in algorithms, process excellence and integration
of diverse tools brought together to create solutions that
industry considered as cutting edge. Aryan Labs now raises
the bar still further and targets better understanding of
“Customer Experiences” using proprietary Algorithms,
Marketing Innovation, and Customer Centricity.
Expanding horizons excites me, it’s in my DNA and I shall
continue to do so.
Kindly brief us about the key milestones you have
accomplished or some of the mentionable moments of your
professional journey.
Some of the key professional milestones were; being
youngest business manager, fastest growth to business role,
largest deal closure in the history of the firm, recognition as
business leader in various forums, featured as one of the 12
Global Marketing Leaders by a book from Thomson Press,
Marcom professional of the year and brand leadership
awards among others.
However what truly excites me are the personal milestones,
which truly shaped me. I started as a hard-core technologist
in R&D, yet pivoted to a business role when I wanted to. In
business roles, I was fortunate to get opportunities for
closing marquee deals, start new functions and lead
innovation. More than professional success, recognition by
industry leaders and gaining the significant trust of my
bosses was most rewarding. At the height of my
professional success, a leap to entrepreneurship happened.
Jumping in an unknown, risky and financially draining
entrepreneurship came only naturally; comfort zones never
challenged me enough. For last year and a half, I am
developing another paradigm shift in the way businesses
understand and deploy customer experiences. This shall
yield a significant change in their business outlook. In
addition, I spent time helping young budding entrepreneurs
with advice and capital, another milestone that gives
immense satisfaction.
ANIL MODIJOURNEY FOSTERING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
March 2019| 19

What is the one thing that is acting as your motivational
tool? Or, who is your role model and how the person
inspires and motivates you?
Sustained motivation is largely an inner calling.
“Challenge” me to get the best out of me. Don’t challenge
me and I shall find a way to challenge myself. My
competitive spirits are kindled by challenging situations and
warrior traits of sharp mind, meticulous planning, and
detailed preparation come afore.
There is no particular role model per se, however, over the
years two of my bosses had a major impact on my work
life. One is Aparup Sengupta and other Partho Banerjee.
They have been instrumental in building some of my work
principals and ethos.
What are the distinctive services offered by Aryan Labs?
Aryan Labs services are quite simple to understand. Based
on three pillars - Leadership Priority, Customer
Intelligence, and Empowered Employees, we advise firms
to become customer-centric. Behind these pillars is a
plethora of competencies of Research, Management,
Change Management, Analytics, Business Intelligence,
Predictive Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine
Learning, Market Surveys, Satisfaction Surveys, CX
measurement among others. It’s unique to bring these
competencies together for an integrated CX outlook.
Net-Net we help from design to implementation to
measurement of CX in your organization.
Kindly explain the Customer Experience Management as a
successful business model.
CX Management is going to be the way of life for most
consumer-oriented businesses. No longer is the product or
service a key differentiator; it is going to be all about
meeting customer expectations. Both Wal-Mart and
Nordstrom have happy customers and both are quite
profitable as well; a strong example that meeting customer
expectations is the key to sustainable and profitable
business, irrespective of nature of your market. As to the
business models, it’s about time that consumer-oriented
organizations realize that Gross Margin increments are less
because of the decrease in direct costs and more due to
higher revenues by happy customers. Making a customer
happy is no longer in the marketing domain; it is equally
impacted by all the major departments of the firm. Imagine
a telecom customer who gets fantastic service and coverage
but ends up getting incorrect bills each month, CX levels
shall be obviously low in spite of great service.
Kindly share your perspective on the current industry
scenario and how do you see the future at the Industry level.
The market is in transition; firms are still struggling with
imbibition of some recent technologies of Analytics, BI, AI,
and ML. The insights so gained are however used to
improve one of two business parameters. With CX
Management, the emphasis is on the overall functioning of
the firm. Think of it this way, Analytics can help a particular
marketing campaign to be most effective and bring success
to the campaign. Even if the campaign were successful, CX
management would suffer if let’s say implementation or
service or billing department are not delivering as per the
expectations. All functions have to be effective, work
cohesively and deliver on firms overall promise to get a
high margin customer.
Today firms are yet to transition to such a thought process.
Aryan Labs is ahead of its time; we choose to be early, in
the process working closely with early adopters.
Encouraging news is to read how Big-5 consulting and
management firms are now pinning CX Management as the
next frontier of game-changing business advantage.
What would be your advice to the budding players waiting
to make a mark in this industry?
Be aware of the complexity of the solution you are offering.
Combining Marketing, Analytics and Customer Service
fundamentals in one outcome is much more complex than it
sounds. However the market is nascent, there is a
significant opportunity for innovation, market expansion,
growth, and sustenance. Try and be a relevant and trusted
partner to your customers. Deliver this with focus,
commitment and perseverance and Market will soon
enough take notice of you.
20 March 2019|

ABISHEK MOSESINNOVATING TRENDS IN ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
“If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you
to help them build theirs.”
- Dhirubhai Ambani
Leadership quality is one of the few in-built
characteristics that cannot be learned, conveyed, or
incorporated within. The mindset that drives us to
think ‘out-of-the-box’ ideas and more importantly, stand by
the outcome is what nurtures us to evolve as the leaders of
tomorrow.
The Journey of a Maverick Leader
This inspirational story is about a young, dynamic leader
who has broken the traditional customs of managing a
family business and talks about novelty and evolution. The
man of the hour is Abishek Moses – Director, Hubert
Enviro Care Systems Pvt. Ltd. Driven by ‘hunger for
change’ Abishek has successfully managed to scale up the
family business to optimum heights.
“Never tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints
on the moon” – With such intent, Abishek has cemented his
space in the corporate fraternity as he continues to explore
untouched possibilities with utmost passion and
confidence.He believes that business models should evolve
with time and as a leader, patience and perseverance are the
two key characteristics required for running a successful
business. After completing his B.Tech in Chemical
Engineering from Anna University, Chennai he did his
post-graduation in management from SP Jain Institute of
Management and Research, Mumbai followed by Masters
in Finance from University of Sheffield, UK.
Consistency and Constant Efforts Balances the Wheel
Hubert Enviro Care Systems Pvt Ltd is India’s leading
Environmental Management Company and a service
provider that is serving as a catalyst to the cause of
environmental preservation for the industrial and domestic
sectors. Founded by his Father, Dr. J R Moses in 1998,
Abishek joined the business a decade later and since then
looking back or playing within the safety lines was never an
option for the young leader.
Abishek Moses
Director
22 March 2019|

Under the affluent and aggressive leadership, the company
has grown in heaps and bounds. In the last ten years, since
then the annual revenues have grown by over ten-twelve
times and is expected to touch the magic figures of one
billion next year. Incepted in Chennai, today it has eight
branches in the country and still counting! In 2017, the
company started its one-of-a-kind e-commerce
platform - PurityPortal.com and in its continuance aim to
touch the untouched territories, in the next fiscal it’s
planning to set up a subsidiary in Oman to cater the middle-
eastern global market. Acknowledging its operational and
financial performance, Hubert Enviro has been ranked as
SME1 by CRISIL – for the last five years in a row! The
company has aligned with strategic global partners like
Daiki Axis, Japan to bring Jhokasu Technology packaged
sewage treatment plants to India under the brand name
HECS-Daiki. These automated sewage treatment plants are
much efficient and consume about 80-90% less power than
the conventional plants. Under the leadership of Abishek
Moses the company hasn’t just grown organically and
through strategic tie-ups but also through acquisitions, the
company has acquired BI Marketing & Service Private
Limited a water engineering firm which provides solution to
water pumping, distribution and heating needs in the year
2017 and Essaar Instruments Private Limited a company
involved in the business of providing online process &
pollution control equipments in the year 2015.
Unique Business Models
The young leader has crafted an innovative concept under
which HECS assists the companies throughout their life
cycle – from inception to operations. This unique
proposition has been the USP of HECS that makes it stands
ahead in the market. Over the last two decades, the
company has been growing steadily as compared to various
other Water Treatment / Environmental Management
companies that have lowered down their shutters or have
become bankrupt. With a focus on the bottom line,
combined with efficient operations, the company manages
to lower-down the operational costs, which ensures the
company is able to provide quality solutions at the most
competitive rates.
Illuminating the Young Minds
Abishek believes that this field is still in the nascent stages
and as the country develops and people become more
aware, the environmental space will witness a huge
transition. As India evolves into a superpower in the next
few decades, the biggest strength of our country will be its
vast demographics, which will ensure that demand keeps
increasing year on year. So for the budding entrepreneurs,
patience, persistence, and focus on technology are the key
parameters to taste success in this industry!
Defining the Journey Ahead
With a focus on technology and delivering value-added
services to clients, Abishek is carrying the torch of HECS
with high esteem. He has designed an overall growth
pattern for the company instead of targeting a particular
segment. HECS would be shifting to a sprawling new
30000 sq. ft. facility in Guindy, Chennai by the next quarter.
Investing about 250 million INR, this facility will be having
state-of-art technology with latest equipment’s and
resources. It is also looking to expand in the BOOT/Leasing
space as well for water and waste-water treatment plants in
the coming future. Other distant areas that have been
marked are the eco-buildings development along with other
environmental-friendly green technologies by next year.
Aiming to cross the horizons, HECS has evolved as one of
the top environmental management and water treatment
companies in the country; however, Abishek is not stopping
or limiting himself to explore new markets. It considers the
middle-east and south-east Asian regions as the potential
markets for the future. It has aimed to double its revenue in
every four years and in which it plans to achieve about
one-third revenue from outside India. One of the most key
milestones would be to transform into a 2 billion INR listed
MNC in the next five years.
HECS strives hard to
provide world class products
and services at the most
compe ve price and in the
commi ed schedule of me
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Krishnakant
Panchal is a Founder
and CEO of the
company. He is young,
enthusiastic and most
innovative in the eld of Market
Research. Rushi Market Research
Services is a Marketing Research
and Consultancy rm, incorporated
in 2012, with Team and Expertise to
provide the best Market Research
Assistance to the companies of
different Sectors. Krishnakant has
more than 16 years of experience in
the eld of market research and
analytics.
About the Author
Krishnakant
Panchal
Founder & CEO
24 March 2019|

Why Market Research
Should be an Integral
Part of a Business Plan
Why Market Research
Should be an Integral
Part of a Business Plan
The product or service your company has to provide.
Its end use is a set of people and purchasing power.
Those are known as target markets. Where they
share their needs and characteristics. The target market
helps your company to develop appropriate and effective
marketing and develop business.
There are different improvements in the ever-changing
market of ever. If you want to know about the change of the
modern market and want to give your business the right
place in a competitive market, then marketing research is
needed for continuous research. It is necessary to
understand market research, to reach your target audience
and to know the competitive company. Which is full of
great importance for you to increase your sales.
The risk of running any new business is high. You may
need to search for money to start a new business. Those
who wish to invest in your business. Those people may
need to give some evidence. You can show them the
evidence prepared by Market Research. And a good report
prepared by market research helps you reduce the risks and
risks associated with your business.
If you are running a business for a long time, then a
different part of your daily business’s operations should be
market research. Which is very important to you.
You can learn about the risks and opportunities in the
market through market research. And with that information
you can make specific decisions in your business. A good
decision can be made because of the exact information you
have. The market risk reduces the risk of the business due
to the wrong decision taken by you and the cost of money.
Helping you make the right decision because of accurate
information you received in your hand.
Market research helps you in this.
• Help identify new products and services in the market.
• The trends or changes in the market help in the
immediate or expected event.
• Knowing the satisfaction and dissatisfaction of the
customer and being dissatisfied, help find out the reason.
• Help your competitors stay ahead of one step.
• Helps to know the signs of a quick decision and warning
in your own business.
• In your business, it helps to know where the advertising
medium is more effective.
• Helps your business get updated with the new
technology coming up.
• Helps you find out whether the new ideas you have are
likely to be in the market.
Your new concept reduces the risk of failure. And it
provides a proper way. It reduces the risk of getting into
your business. Market Impact is a tool for the business. It
helps in settling your business in a short time and increasing
profits in the business. Due to lack of knowledge about
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market research and being unsure of running market
research properly, much less market research is conducted
in most of the business.
Research in the business industry is the first step in market
research to keep current active and the latest changes in
market use. However, changing of market research varies
with the nature of the industry. As an industry husband or
marketing giver. You need to know the importance and
meaning of market research in business.
You might not have thought that large industry husbands
allocate large amounts on market research for their
business. The reason of its importance is that. That they can
help to understand and understand new information every
day in the market and gain proper guidance in their
business. Companies such as Google, Google, and the
Railways are investing money for the research of the latest
trends for gaming technology and market research.
Conservation behavior can help the contestants know better,
so they help them to move forward.
Your business, products or services are able to meet the
needs of your target audience. If your answer is yes then it
is possible that you have invested money in market research
since the very beginning. But if your answer is no, you need
market research to move your business forward and target.
Reduces risks in your business.
Handling the market research helps in measuring the risks
involved in implementing different decision-based
measures for your business, after detailed research and
deepening research, it provides a proper guidance for
whether to work on decisions or not. Probable to be. If there
is a market research with remarkable evidence, you will
have to go for it. However, providing a lot of data or self-
confidence is not a research, then you should not take risk.
If there is a need for a bigger investment, if there is a new
specific activity, you will need market research for market
analysis which will help you to understand how this risk
will remain.
Sales rise
By repeatedly researching market research, you can make
your business products / services more effective, which
indirectly leads to your sales. If you hold on to the ideas of
your customers, it becomes easy to target them and
therefore get your sales route Is there.
One of the reasons for common reasons in the business is
market research which helps in increasing sales in a short
period and in transit. To increase sales in businesses, people
work on different methods and themselves are familiar with
new technologies and used in businesses which are used for
more sales. Market research is an effective way of
identifying the areas of success for the business.
Improvement in customer relations and management
Market research is used to get a better understanding of
your target audience and by providing them products and
services that are connected to their desires and needs,
asking them to ask questions about your business and
getting them a good response from your customers. Ask
them how they know your brand about your brand vs. Pick
and choose what areas of
Develop in business
A complete market research helps you find more and more
challenging opportunities that can help you grow your
business better.
To increase your business, you need to do something better
than promised promise that will delight your customers and
connect your brand to your business will be easier to grow.
Size Brand Reputation
How can any business know if they like their brand or not?
Market research helps in measuring its brand reputation in
the market among its target audience in periods of time, it is
a great way to see what is the need or extraordinary to move
forward in your business and to compare your situation to
your expectations.
We believe that before you start a business, market research
further explains how important it is. A detailed analysis of
the situation, consumer, environment, and marketing trends
can give you a better understanding of what is needed to
succeed in your business. Helping businesses in the better
understanding in all the activities that work well in the
market
Market Research in Business for Summary This factor is
not limited to. Start marketing expertise and give her proper
importance to market research and check out what works
best for your business.
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1. Kindly brief us about the inception story of
Frameboxx?
Frameboxx was founded in 2008 with the idea of providing
industry relevant courses, so that student can come up as an
industry ready artist.
There was always a huge gap of proper on-job environment
during student’s education cycle. We fulfilled this void by a
concept called ‘Incubation Centre’ at Frameboxx. We
trained students through live projects. There was the
pressure cooker environment of client handling, providing
quality output within deadline, working as team and other
such challenges that come from typical production
processes. Various studios appreciated this methodology
very well. The whole idea was to make Frameboxx to
become very industrial relevant education training institute.
2. With over 2 decades of experience in Animation and
Visual effects, kindly talk about your professional
journey– starting from your initial days, success stories,
and challenges, to name a few.
I started my first journey with an educational training
institute named MAAC (Maya Academy of Advanced
Cinematics) as a Founder in 2001. My biggest challenge
was that there was not enough manpower available to take
up that demand which was coming. We designed a course
which encompasses softwares, required by an Animator. It
was named as ‘Techno Artist Training’. So, if you are an
artist, we teach you technical skills and you become a
Techno Artist, who in turn becomes viable artist in the
industry.
The other challenge was that the parents were not willing to
let their children enter into this industry. We held many
seminars all across India to give them exact idea of
Rajesh R. Turakhia
Founder
In an exclusive interview, Rajesh R. Turakhia – Founder
of Frameboxx talks about his journey and the state of
current Animation and Visual Effects industry.
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prospects that this industry offers. Another challenge was
on software and hardware side. They were pretty expensive.
But, around 2002-03, we saw decline in prices. This also
helped to get boom in the industry.
We saw tremendous success because the employment was
very good at that time and all our students were picked up
by leading Animation and VFX studios. We were successful
in providing the industry with much required artists. This
led us to have phenomenal growth of almost 100%, year on
year, for all our institutes.
Later on, in 2008, I started Frameboxx. During this time,
we also tied up with leading education brands including
Seneca College, Canada to and Anglia Ruskin University,
UK to give international certification to our students. Apart
from ‘Frameflixx Awards’, our student movies have also
won in FICCI BAF Awards, Golden Cursor Animation
Awards, AAROHI Film Festival, Mofilm, CGT Awards and
many more.
Working on the notion of continuous development, we
launched our self in a completely new avatar named
‘Frameboxx 2.0’. It is ‘Premier Academy for Media &
Creative Arts’ which is amalgamation of various creative
and technical skills, required by Media & Entertainment
industry. We enlarged our gamut of creative design and
visual art, by adding new verticals of new media
technologies and creative research.
3. After completing your MBA from University of
Hartford in Finance & Marketing, what inspired you to
indulge into this world of creativity?
I started off in a business of importing and selling high-end
computer equipments to Animation and VFX studios. I
sensed it as very attractive business. I saw great potential in
Indian industry to become hub for Animation outsourcing.
As I was always inclined towards education training side, it
attracted me to launch business of education training. I got
this opportunity when I joined Maya Entertainment Limited
in 2000. In 2001, I launched this initiative of training
institute.
4. Kindly elaborate your views on the evolution of the
Indian Animation Industry over the last decade along
with the key areas that have driven this growth?
The Indian animator is very well versed with English
language and is computer savvy, which have been the major
key factors. Our artists understand the language of
international directors, their instructions and scripts. It
made possible to get quality work from foreign market.
Majority of today’s Hollywood block buster movies have
some components of Indian work, as they are outsourced to
us. Credentials of artists range from entry level to lead job
roles. Many important sequences of ‘The Jungle Book’
movie were executed by Indian artists at MPC, Bengaluru.
Baahubali 1 and 2 are also majorly conceived, supervised,
produced and executed by Indian artists.
It also led to lot of international Animation and VFX
studios to open their own setups. Some of the best examples
are Dneg, Method Studios, MPC, Mr. X, The Mill and
Framestore.
The second stage of the growth was mainly due to increased
number of TV channels along-with local and international
OTT platforms (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Voot, ALTBalaji,
Sonly LIV, Eros Now, ZEE5, Hotstar).
5. Frameboxx is run and managed by Industry experts
and professionals – kindly elaborate on the contribution
of these experts.
From day one, every course designed in my education
ventures, have always been in consultation with industry
professionals to make course industry relevant. We have
continued to keep them on our advisory board and
governing panel to keep constant watch on quality content.
Seeing this professional approach, lots of software
companies gave us huge technical support by providing us
latest updates and trends of the market.
6. Kindly explain the various courses offered by
Frameboxx. How does an industry-orientated course
differ from the traditional courses offered by other
institutes and organization?
Basics of the courses are the same regardless of them being
taught by any institute. But the fact is that, when the
teaching is done by industry people, they teach you what is
relevant with its complete set of tips and tricks used by the
industry. The examples are also taken from post production
pipeline, not from books.
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Frameboxx focuses on teaching techniques and creativity,
not just the software tools. How would an artist approach a
software is more important rather somebody teaching how
to use the software. We blend this very artistic approach in
our teaching methodology to give the best knowledge to the
student.
7. Kindly brief us about the various collaborations with
internationally acclaimed technologists along with
animation & VFX studios that have helped you to gain a
breakthrough in creating jobs in this field.
We are associated with Unity as ‘Authorized Training
Partner’ for AR, VR and Gaming. Unity is already working
on new technology to make animation artist’s life easy by
truncating the time of animation process.
We are also associated with MESC to ascertain that our
students are trained as per industry parameters and norms.
Pixel Digital Studios is our industry partner. We are
affiliated with Jagannath University to provide B.Voc. MAV
(Media, Animation & VFX) and YCMOU to provide B.Sc.
MGA Degree (B.Sc. in Media Graphics & Animation).
8. Kindly share a piece of advice for the budding
students who aspire to make it big in the Animation
industry?
My one piece of advice which has been constant from last
20 years is that anybody who wants to enter in the industry
must work as per international standards and expectations,
when it comes to quality and deliverables.
We in India tend to compromise for giving quality output,
we don’t hesitate to deliver less than 100%. While abroad,
as I have seen, they have mindset and determination level to
provide more than 110% quality output in stipulated
timeline. They also don’t hesitate to say no, instead of
accepting whatever work that comes in their way.
I realized it when some of test projects were submitted to
international studios and got rejected. International
supervisor pointed out small details that were overlooked
by our Indian animators. I understood that, to get success in
the foreign market, we will have to give more than 100%.
To overcome this technical challenge, I roped in
international supervisors in our production work to check
our quality and making sure that we deliver the best output.
So, my first and only advice is that make sure your
commitment to quality, deliverables and timing are 110%.
Don’t mess on these three and you will have the world’s
work handed to you.
9. With your expertise and knowledge, what kind of
challenges do you incur – in terms of emerging market
players and freelancers, Animation industry, costs, and
in projecting these courses as a career alternative?
Apart from India, there are also other countries which are
delivering various local and international projects of
Animation and VFX, including China and Singapore.
We are seeing a new wave in software market which cut
down production cost. There are so many open source
softwares which permits an artist to work on commercial
purpose. Blender, Krita, Synfig, Pencil2D to name a few.
Even for AR and VR, there are open source softwares /
engines available like HoloKit and Apertus VR.
There was a time, when VFX was a part of miscellaneous
budget of a movie. But, now-a-days, VFX had become an
integral part of the movie. Ra-One, Krissh, Robot, 2.0,
Baahubali 1 and 2, Eega are most known. Many people are
switching from typical studies to Animation and VFX to
cater this huge market.
10. How do you analyze the key differences or shortfalls
(if any) while comparing with the global VFX
standards?
As I stated earlier, we intend to compromise in our output.
‘Chalega’ and ‘unnes-bees’ are common terminologies in
our production and post production pipeline. It will not help
us to receive outsourced projects from international market,
as they seek for 110% quality.
11. “Hard work has no substitute” – how do you relate
your journey with this quote?
I completely agree with the said sentence that to succeed,
you have to work hard but also work smart. If you follow
these two, surely you see success coming. In this industry
specifically, there is a very different kind of commitment, it
requires passion. If you have these three, then definitely this
industry is for you.
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Ankur Goel
The motivational story that is going to unfurl in the
later stages of this excerpt is the perfect example of
grit, patience, and the will to out-class own
milestones. Renowned global business leaders hitting the
news or reaching the book stands with their contributions
and success stories is a common phenomenon in today’s
modern era. However, exploring the journey of a commoner
with a modest lifestyle who had the audacity to cross the
horizons with his sheer confidence is much more appealing.
An Adroit Leader
One such avid leader and persistent entrepreneur, who not
only dreamt of a castle but rather built a complete online
e-commerce platform is Ankur Goel, the Founder of
Zencommerce India Pvt. Ltd. He envisions every
opportunity as a gateway to attain greater entrepreneurial
creativity. His biggest strength has been sensing,
researching technology opportunities and executing the
planned design with economic benefits. One key element
that has transformed Ankur as a person is the days when he
started as a trainer. He asserts that “I always believed that
training is something a subject, which in my opinion,
everyone should take up in life. Everyone should take that
particular cycle. Yes, I was a trainer in life because training
gives you a lot of benefits”. What impacted him the most is
the fact that since he trained people from diverse
age-groups, the questions asked were unique and
spontaneous in nature. Ankur realized that patience is one
of the key things in life and also learned the art of handling
multiple questions coming at a time.
Ankur has been an ardent speaker at various forums and has
conducted webinars as a corporate trainer in prestigious
companies including Boston, Aptech, Softpro, NITIEE, and
Datamatics. As an IT management professional with
extensive experience in operations, planning and execution,
Ankur has steered Zencommerce through various phases
Revolutionizing the Face
of Indian E-commerce
Ankur Goel
Co-founder
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and has cemented the company as a matured player in the
Indian e-commerce industry and abroad
.
Flipping Back the Pages
Ankur started his professional career in 1999 as a faculty
for computer institutes and it was the year 2001 when he
launched his first venture – AIM Computers that was a
computer institute. Although the venture failed to prosper, it
was the learning’s that drove Ankur to taste success at later
years. Shifting his gears and prioritizing his needs, he
joined NETEsoft India Ltd in 2007 as a Project Manager
and led various projects for the hospitality sector & US
Government related to website development and mobile
applications. As a proficient project management
consultant, his hard work paid off as he was appointed as
the head of India operations. He continued to scale up and
gather experience by finishing projects within deadline and
implementing various life cycles like SDLC, Agile and
Waterfall under different delivery models.
Alongside experiencing the life of a corporate professional,
Ankur and his wife – Ridhima Goel decided to launch a
new venture – Arkloop IT Solutions in 2010. ‘Once bitten –
twice shy’ – this phrase seems to be apt for this situation as
the Goel’s carefully avoided the mistakes committed in
their past venture and steadily progressed to fortify
Arkloop. The company offered quality web solutions
including designing, marketing collateral, web applications,
and digital marketing. As the company flourished Ankur left
NETEsoft in 2012 to join his wife in taking Arkloop to new
heights of success. As the company prospered and revenues
soared, the Goel’s took a crucial decision to cross the
boundaries and collaborated with a European company –
DreamCommerce S. A. The two companies later formed the
brand - Zencommerce that is presently headed by Ankur as
a CEO.
Identifying the Needs of the Clientele
Right from the inception, Ankur was absolutely crystal
clear about managing the operations at Zencommerce. He
was swift in incorporating the effective learning’s from his
past exposure – building up a long-lasting relation with
clients and delivering quality products in the Indian market.
As time progressed, the business scaled up as clients
appreciated the premium quality of deliverables offered to
them. As one of the best-rated e-commerce software’s, it
operates on a SaaS-business model and has been awarded
as the ‘Best Online Store Platform’ for three consecutive
years – 2013, 2014, and 2015. Offering more than 250
built-in options that a customer can drag and drop as per
their own requirements, the platform is integrated with
Messaging apps, Payment Gateway & Logistics companies
that lead to a hassle-free experience for the buyers.
Compared to other players, Zencommerce has crafted
packages which are all-inclusive of hosting and domain
charges and it comes as a great benefit for the customers
who have just 100-200 products to sell. In its endeavor to
give maximum benefits to the customers, the minimum
package is designed to upload up to 10000 products that can
go to 50000 products without any glitch or extra charges.
The platform has evolved as a complete ‘solution-provider’
that works seamlessly with all modern gadgets including
tabs, mobiles, laptops, and desktops. Over the years,
Zencommerce has worked towards creating new
possibilities and offering innovative solutions to clients at
optimum prices and erasing the traditional concepts in this
arena.
The Propositions for Future
Ankur carries a very optimistic view of the future. He
acknowledges the fact that inspiring professionals entering
into the business arena are settling down in some way or
another. Ending the conversation on a higher note, Ankur
has crafted the roadmap of Zencommerce that takes them
forward to create new milestones. He shares that within the
next two to three years, he plans to increase the turnover by
approx. 50 - 80 cores per annum.
Think big,
Think ahead,
and Think
fast, ideas
are nobody’s
monopoly
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Business Leaders who have succeeded to reach to the epitome of success have one thing
in common - to encompass out-of-the-box ideas that have ultimately evolved as the
game-changers in their respective domains. For these leaders, neither the road to success
was easy and nor were they born with a silver spoon having a sprawling business legacy. It is the
sheer commitment and dedication of these leaders that created opportunities and opened new
ventures along their business journey.
To honor and acknowledge the contributions of such leaders, we talk about some of the business
personas who are the trendsetters – within the global business fraternity as well as the
mega-icons in the society who have made it big by walking the ‘hard way’.
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A recipient of India’s most distinguished civilian awards - Padma Bhushan as
well as Padma Vibhushan, Ratan Tata needs no introduction on the global
platform. Belonging to a family of industrialist and philanthropists, Ratan Tata
rose to become the Chairman of the Mumbai-based conglomerate TATA group
in 1991 and had a brief stint in 2016.Apart from his business acumen, it was his
gritanddeterminationthatledtotheexpansionoftheTATAgroupattheglobalmap.
London-based Tetley Tea, South Korea’s Daewoo Motors, Anglo-Dutch steel manufacturer Corus Group,
UK-based Jaguar and Land Rover are some of the international acquisitions and purchases under his affluent
leadership. He fulfilled his promise and dream of making India’s first ‘People’s Car’ – Tata Nano with a
starting price of just one lakh rupees! Although it was nearly impossible for other automotive companies to
even think of the same, RatanTata had the vision of delivering something moderate and economical mode of
transport for the Indian middle-class family. He is also the Chairman of Tata Trusts, - one of the oldest
foundations in India, that works in 170 districts across 17 states and has partnered with 450 organizations for
variouscauses.
While his Father was a wholesale drug distributor, Dilip Shantilal Shanghvi
has crafted his own roadmap and has been successful in building India’s
largest drugmaker company – Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Reckoned
as one of the richest in the country and a self-made billionaire in Asia, Dilip
Shanghvi is the man to reckon in the Indian healthcare industry. Under his
leadership, Sun Pharma has grown extensively in terms of acquisitions and
takeovers of various firms at the global level. His meteoric rise has truly been a journey to watch out
for! Insiders term his style of working as ‘consultative’ and ‘democratic’ that has actually helped him to
think of innovative ideas that proved to be the talking point of his career. His acumen to spot business
opportunities has assisted the company to rise and evolve as the biggest market player in India.
His personal life is equally inspiring for the young generation. As a self-made personality, he has been
awarded the civilian honor of the Padma Shri in 2016. Apart from pharma, he has a great interest in the
field of renewable energies. Along with his wife – Vibha D. Shanghvi, Dilip Shanghvi is an active
supporter of numerous charitable organizations and together they donate millions to such organizations
annually.
Dilip Shanghvi – Sun and Simplicity
Ratan Naval Tata - The Strategic Industrialist
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Azim H. Premji – A Philanthropist at Heart
Dr. R A Mashelkar – The Warrior of Haldighati
Indian tech-magnate Azim Premji is an ardent philanthropist and investor
along with being the Chairman of Wipro Limited. With a presence in
approx. 58 countries, Wipro is a pioneer in leading environmental initiatives
that helped them to evolve as a global leader in sustainability. Azim Premji
is known as the driving force behind the diversification and growth of
Wipro over the last four decades. His determination in creating a culture of
striving for excellence in business operations has led Wipro to be the first software company to attain
an SEI Level 5 certification. Azim Premji walked against the wind and transformed Wipro into an IT
powerhouse along with cementing itself in the foreign soils. Across the global business platform, he is
been regarded as a highly ethical entrepreneur who is a role model for countless Indian firms.
Recently he has been bestowed with the highest French civilian distinction - Chevalier de la Légion
d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by the French Ambassador. This award marks his
contribution in developing the IT industry in India along with his economic outreach in France. It
further acknowledges his outstanding contribution and initiatives launched under the platform of the
Azim Premji Foundation and University. He is also the first Indian and only third non-American to
give away twenty-five percent of his wealth as a part of the ‘Giving Pledge’.
Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar is a well-known eminent scientist who led
the legal crusade against the US patents on turmeric, neem, and basmati rice
and hence got the title of ‘The warrior of Haldighati’. As the Director-
General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – CSIR has a
network of thirty-eight laboratories with about 20k workforce, Dr. Mashelkar
has made numerous contributions that have inspired millions of people in
India. His initiative to transform CSIR into user-focused, performance-driven, and an accountable
organization is hailed as one of his biggest contribution in the field of Indian Science & Technology.
Conferred with prestigious civilian awards like Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, as well as Padma
Vibhushan, Dr. Mashelkar has received countless awards and accolades in his career. He is only the third
Indian engineer who has been elected as Fellow of Royal Society (FRS), UK along with being the first
scientist to win the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award. In his constant endeavor to work for the
underprivileged people across the globe and fighting for the upliftment of the developing nations, he is
honored and appreciated at the global platform. His business acumen has put forth him as the Board of
Directors of various companies including Reliance Industries, Tata Motors, to name a few.
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Mukesh Ambani - The Charismatic Business Tycoon
As the legendary co-founder and ex-Chairman of Infosys – the name of
Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy is synonymous to the evolution of
the Indian software professionals across the globe. Times magazine had
crowned him as the ‘Father of Indian IT’due to his contribution to
outsourcing and has been listed among the top 12 greatest entrepreneurs of
our times by the Fortune magazine. A recipient of Padma Vibhushan &
Padma Shri, Narayana Murthy has been instrumental in articulating, designing, and implementing the
Global Delivery Model that has become the foundation for the IT services outsourcing from the Indian
subcontinent.
An iconic ﬁgure In India, he is widely admired for his ethics, personal conduct, and a living a simple
lifestyle and his vision and leadership have transformed the business arena in terms of innovation and
entrepreneurship. He is a trustee of Murty Foundation and Murty Trust along with being a Trustee of
the Infosys Science Foundation. Having an astute business sense, he is equally concerned about the
social upliftment issues prevalent in the country. Incorporating the family values and lessons with
utmost honesty, Narayana Murthy has walked and preached the same lessons throughout his life.
The Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited,
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani has the perfect blend of hard work,
determination, and the zeal to cross the horizons that has cemented him as
the richest business magnate of India. However, he was not born with a
silver spoon as believed, as his Father – Dhirubhai Ambani was still
laying the foundation of Reliance Industries. His perseverance and vision
have made him set up the massive empire and claim success at the international business platform.
He is a true inspiration for the budding entrepreneurs as his optimistic approach has led to the
astounding growth of Reliance Industries over the years.
As one of the most respected business leaders at the global canvas, Mukesh Ambani is the face of the
Indian business that represents the new-age personas that are embracing innovative ideas and
changing the concept of business. Reliance Foundation – founded by Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian
philanthropic initiative that promotes sustainable growth in India. The foundation works in diverse
areas like rural transformation, health, education, and urban renewal to name a few. It has received
the prestigious - Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Award in 2017 for its initiatives to promote grassroots
sports.
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Automation and digital disruption in today’s
business market have compelled the business
leaders to comprehend and embrace technology
at a rapid pace. The business environment has
transformed from the past and is much more aligned, fast
and collaborative. This renaissance has enabled the
‘new-age’ leaders to be more agile and shed the
traditional concepts of executing business decisions.
This story is about a young and dynamic business
persona who has successfully delivered and spearheaded
countless tech projects by working on multiple platforms
for a wide client base across different regions.
A technocrat and an avid entrepreneur – Nebu K
Abraham is the CEO of 7Nodes Technology Solutions
– a Web Development company that delivers innovative
Internet & Web-related technology solutions. His passion
and eagerness about technology fueled his determination
and completing his academics in Computer Science
along with BS (Hons) in IT and Business Information
Systems was just the foundation of a sprawling
professional career ahead!
As a professional with multi-faceted excellence,
Investment Management & Strategy, Product
Management, Startup’s, E-Commerce, Fundraising are
some of the diverse areas where Nebu has excelled and
continues to look for new learning platforms. The
exposure and acumen he attained while working with
various IT companies strengthened his thoughts to step
into the world of entrepreneurship in 2010. With a
hawk’s eye on the ongoing tech advancements across the
globe, Nebu finally launched his venture that included a
wide-ranging portfolio of innovative internet-based
products to assist the small, medium, and large
businesses.
Alongside 7Nodes, he is also the Founder, and Director
of AEN Information Technology LLC an IT firm based
in the UAE and is also the CEO of Cocoon Venture - a
venture capitalist firm that supports startups with growth
funding. His grit and the zeal to cross the horizons have
fueled his determination to acquire knowledge and
in-depth insight into diverse business verticals. Over the
years, under the affluent leadership of Nebu, 7Nodes has
been bestowed with several awards and accolades that
cement their credibility and prominence.
7Nodes – Aligning Services
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DEVELOPMENT | DIGITAL MARKETING
Ensuring impeccable quality all-inclusive IT and
branding related solutions mainly through prolific
products, which genuinely alleviates the discomfort of
hiring innumerable companies for multiple requirements
is the forte of 7Nodes. It owns the expertise to define an
even balance between gracefulness and functionality of
the products, empowering them to deliver seamless
performance.
It has partnered with some of the technology giants
spread across the globe - Invokevoke, Redshift Wireless,
Circles Asia, GetGrover, Eagle-Review, Markat Atlas
Healthcare Group from Canada, Australia, Singapore,
Germany, France, Turkey and the UAE and continues to
expand its footprints in new territories. ‘Client-Centric
model ’, ‘Global Delivery model and ‘Research-Backed
Innovation’ are three unique business platforms that
enable 7Nodes to evolve as a major contributor in
today’s competitive market on the global canvas. 7Nodes
is a Ruby on Rails Specialized development firm that
offers a plethora of services. Additionally, it offers a
hybrid Cloud Hosting and consulting services and 24/7
maintenance services for their clients on could platforms.
Nebu K Abraham
Embracing Technology to the Core!
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HashMyBag | AirMeLive | World Startup Expo
HashMyBag is a merchant chat application built on a
versatile communication platform that enables brick &
mortar stores to connect with their customers and share
updates. It comes with a ‘Buy In Chat’ facility that
allows customers to make purchases from their stores
through chat. AirMeLive is another multipurpose talent
platform that allows registered user to advertise, post
videos, pictures, gifs or articles, tech inventions and
showcases their unique abilities in the field of
technology. The World Startup Expo is an initiative from
Cocoon Ventures that brings along the Global startups,
global investors, corporates and business professionals to
one common platform. This 3-day conference has been
hugely successful and has grabbed the eyeballs of the
business fraternity for organizing this event.
The state-of-the-art design solutions are inherently
scalable to meet system loads along with been agile
during the development and delivery process. By
following global quality frameworks like SCRUM and
TDD, all the software solutions come with quality-
assurance. The company’s solutions enhance deal
efficiencies by leveraging existing enterprise
information, human capital, and customer assets.
Future Outlook of 7Nodes
Over the last decade, 7Nodes has marked its global
presence in the regions of Saudi Arabia, Europe, United
Kingdom, Japan, and the UAE. While continuing to
explore and innovate new tech-enabled solutions, the
company is committed to delivering quality services and
solutions in the global market. As the IT and ITES-
enabled markets across the globe are exploring new
opportunities, 7Nodes looks forward to increasing its
business model to ensure more business from these
areas. It has drafted a road map and plans to work on
mobile applications, IoT and wearable technology in the
near future. Developing their own new devices for these
sectors is also not a distant dream for the company.
Ambient User Experience is another technology that they
are looking forward to experimenting in the future.
Lastly, touching new markets along with expanding their
presence in the Indian and other international markets in
the segment of delivering prolific custom made
technology solutions is in the pipeline.
Pioneering
Internet
products and
experiences that
our customers
would love!
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ntellika Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is a state-of-the
art Cloud solution’s provider and Microsoft
Gold partner headquartered at Mumbai-
Maharashtra, India. It provides sophisticated and
comprehensive suite of Cloud Solution such as SAAS,
PAAS & IAAS. In an Interview with Insights Success,
Ashish Gupta, Co-founder &Director talks about his
journey, milestones, and how Intellika Technologies is
introducing changes in the cloud environment.
From taking the first step of your professional career, till
today, how would you like to define this journey?
This journey has learninginvolved at every step. I wouldn’t be
where I am today if not for my experience with each of the
company I have worked with, so it goes without saying that
I’m a firm believer taking up new learnings and challenge at
every momentin life.There’s no shortcut to success and hence
getting hands dirty in whatever possible work assigned to you
is very important as everything has learning for you! The
transition into the working world can be frightening and
taking over tasks which were out of my comfort zone has
always worked as a stepping stone in my career. Be it my
decision to move from a Software company to an MNC bank
or from an MNC Bank to a PSU Asset management firm or a
switch from Banking into a real estate company and finally
starting my own venture Intellika. Taking up new challenges
has always given me a new zeal for growth and the immense
Technologies
intellika
TechnologiesDRIVING THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
learning opportunity which was not possible if I had taken a
comfortzonewiththecompany,I startedmycareer.
Kindly brief us about the key milestones you have
accomplished or some of the mentionable moments of
your professional journey.
Well there have been many great moments throughout my
career however there are two such incidents which holds
special place in my heart. One was my first overseas
assignment where I was given an opportunity to work in one
of the biggest transformational projects in Banking sector
impacting the way settlement between banks happen in
Denmark. This was one of the best projects I have ever
worked, and the result was a project which went live with lot
of appreciation from the client. Second milestone off course
was the first project we bagged for Intellika; it was a Sales
Transformation project using CRM for a manufacturing firm.
Though project size was not large in terms of value but for us it
was a big milestone in terms of the impact we had brought to
our customers in terms of productivity improvement and
ReturnonInvestment.
What is the one thing that is acting as your motivational
tool? Or, who is your role model and how the person
inspires and motivates you?
I
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Co-founder & Director
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My father has been my role model and he has always
inspired me to take things with positive attitude. He used to
always tell me that “Never look back at your past mistakes
learn from them and move forward, as a person who does
not make mistakes can never be successful ”. His words
have always motivated me to look forward in life and try
new things even though it may lead to failures. His
teachings have always helped me to become a better person
in life and improvise further.
How do you define ‘consummate quality work’ as the
vital differentiator for you in the market?
At Intellika we believe in consummate quality work and it
has always acted as a big differentiator for us in market. We
are known in market for the great skills we posses around
the services we offer and the passion we have to make our
customer successful. All our associates are groomed with
the vision to keep customer first and then work on the
solutions. The customer first mission has always helped us
to understand our customer better and provide the quality
which is not compromised.
What are the distinctive services offered by Intellika
Technologies?
Intellika is Digital transformation consulting Services
Company where Microsoft stack of technologies are the pillar
to our services and solution offerings. For us the Digital
transformation initiative revolves around, how well we can
help any company better engage their customers, empower its
employees, transform products and optimize operations. We
offer complete stack of Microsoft solutions to support each of
these strategy for our customers be it Office 365 Solutions for
employee productivity, Dynamics 365 Solution Platform for
Customer engagement and Operational efficiency, Azure
Cloud services as an extensible platform, integrated
applications to use data as a strategic asset and innovate with
new business modelswithshiftfromreactivetoproactive.
Been a Gold-certified Microsoft Dynamics
Implementation Partner, how does it add value and
keeps you ahead of the fierce market competition?
Microsoft has set some stringent processes to differentiate its
partners and gold competency is one of them. Gold
competency for a partner is set on various parameters which
include product offerings and threshold in terms of minimum
revenue, certified resources and referenceable customers in a
particular year. This competency is renewed every year and
hence maintaining them regularly requires a partner to be
always on edge and deliver quality as per the standard laid.
This accolade definitely adds value to us when competing
against our other players in market who does not have this
competency as most of the customers are well aware of the
benefitswhichthiscompetencyoffers.
Kindly share your perspective on the current industry
scenario and how do you see the future of Cloud
application in India at the Industry level.
In last two years the cloud services market in India has seen a
phenomenal growth. It reached 1.8 billion$ in the year 2017
against 1.3 billion in the year 2016. SMB contribution to the
Cloud services is expected to grow at a rapid pace and by 2020
it is expected that by adopting cloud SMB would contribute
additional 10% to GDP this making overall contribution
towards GDP as 46-48% by 2020. This will help Cloud
business surpass 4.1 billion dollars by 2020. In fact, a recent
survey by Microsoft India and the Thought Arbitrage
Research Institute (TARI) shows that small and medium
businesses can improve cash flows by up to 308%, owing to
the flexibility provided by cloud solutions, and that 96% of
SMBs find a positive impact on their operating expenses
within two years of cloud use. India Today is second only to
china in terms of the growth in cloud services across Asia
Pacific. With a robust GDP growth in last fiscal year and
increased penetration of internet in India, cloud services will
beoneofthemostboomingsectorsfor IndianMarket.
What would be your advice to the budding players
waiting to make a mark in this industry?
Keep innovating around your customers! The world today is
changing at a very past pace and technology will play major
role in what it shapes into. The simple mantra for budding
players would be to keep pushing themselves and bring in
innovation to disrupt the world around them. Every customer
is different and hence every problem defined by customer is
different. Keep innovating around those problems and this
willdifferentiateyou fromothers.
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PRADEEP JANAKIRAMAN
THE INTELLECTUAL ENTREPRENEUR LEADING WITH EXCELLENCE
ndia is a melting pot of opportunities when it comes
Ito startups and innovation. The whole ecosystem
has become very strong compared to a few years
ago. There are many accelerators, early-stage funds,
mentors and various other support systems in today’s
environment for budding entrepreneurs. As the overall
startup ecosystem strengthens and thereby creates a
fertile environment for startups to bloom and mature, it’s
the most ideal situation that would see the rise of
sustainable SME’s who would in turn strengthen the
economy, lead GDP growth and create several job
opportunities. Similarly, as cutting edge AI based
solutions gain more adoption and standardize across
industries, over the next decade, there would be a
paradigm shift towards an AI-first and AI-led economy.
This exceptional story unveils the journey of Drive
Analytics- an Computer Vision / AI solutions company
that excels in deep analysis of visual data to solve
real-world problems for businesses. Incepted in 2015
Drive Analytics is a VC backed, award-winning startup
in the Visual Big Data analytics space. Their image and
video analytics platform is built on the most advanced
Computer Vision / AI techniques and is applicable to a
diverse range of solution domains.
The core engineering team is comprised of dynamic
young professionals from the most prestigious institutes.
They are inducted and trained rigorously on diverse
areas of computer vision, Data Analytics, User
experience, and product engineering, thereby acquiring
the acumen to build world-class solutions. The company
aims to empower a new generation of intelligent
applications by leveraging computer vision and deep
learning.
In a very short span, Drive Analytics has successfully
managed to cement its presence within the industry and
its innovative approach has been well received and
appreciated across various platforms. In a quick
snapshot, it has amassed popular awards including:
• NASSCOM AI game changer award in 2018
• The Best startup Internships in India, 2017-18 - India’s
largest hiring portal ‘Internshala’
• The Top 10 startups at India’s largest VC and Angel
event‘LetsIgnite’ in 2017
•The Top 10 finalists in the Wharton India Startup
Business competition in 2016
Powered by the latest advancements in Computer Vision
and AI, it caters to the B2B segment by offering
Pradeep Janakiraman
Founder
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Actionable
Insights
from Images
and Videos
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innovative cutting edge products and solutions that help
the clientele to attain or retain market leadership in their
respective segments. AI driven Sports Coaching for
budding sportsmen, Sponsorship Analytics / Brand
Insights in Sporting events, Health and Fitness, Online
fashion retail, are some of the domains in which niche
solutions have been developed in today’s competitive
market. Core Research & Development and strategic
GoTo market alliances, are the two integral factors that
have fuelled Drive Analytics to gain prominence and
have attracted the eye-balls of the business fraternity.
Getting an early feel of the industry pain points and
analyzing the market pulse through strategic partners has
helped the company to chart out farily accurate product
roadmaps, and to refine the product features in order to
meet the pressing unmet needs of the market.
The Erudite Leader
Pradeep Janakiraman, Founder & CEO - is a
seasoned technocrat having a sprawling career spanning
over two decades. He has amassed expertize in the areas
of Product development, Software Services Delivery,
and R&D. Commencing his career
with the prestigious IBM Watson
research labs, New York - USA, he
has managed to create countless
milestones in his professional journey.
He has 3 patents filed under his name
for the projects he had worked on
while his stint at IBM research labs.
Having completed his Bachelor’s
degree from BITS Pilani, Pradeep did
his Masters in Computer Science from
Syracuse University – the US. Also, he
completed the Ph.D. coursework that
he pursued part-time from Columbia
University. While heading the
engineering team at a Big Data
Analytics start-up, Pradeep realized
that there weren’t enough solutions in
that space to cater to the kind of
features that were required while
designing a proposal. This market-gap
prompted Pradeep to craft the idea for his startup venture
and was supported by an early Angel investment.
Talking about role models, Pradeep asserts –“Nothing or
no one in specific. I usually get motivated by leaders who
have built things from scratch, and done it the hard way
and the proper way. There are 100s of startups, and
many might even be successful in their own yardsticks,
but to me, the ones that I regard highly are the ones that
built solutions addressing real customer problems, the
ones that are built on solid fundamentals and the ones
that are run ethically.”
An Expert’s Advice
Expressing his thoughts on the budding entrepreneurs,
Pradeep feels that people need to understand the fact that
a startup journey is not only about flipping money, either
for themselves or the investors. “Good businesses are
built on solid fundamentals. It is actually important to
have a solid product, which solves some real customer
problem and/or addresses some unmet need in the
market, and it has to be able to fetch revenues and be
profitable and sustainable. Technology
and other things are just incidental”
– explains Pradeep.
The Prototype for Future
Since the last few quarters, Drive
Analytics has dug deep into solutions
in the Mixed Reality (MR) and
targeted some niche domains like
Sports Coaching, Health and Fitness,
Online retail reverse logistics. With
innovative solutions in the offering, it
aims to disrupt the current business
models and the way solutions were
being delivered so far. The entity is
confident to evolve and be known as a
company that is reckoned among the
best of breed in a particular category of
solutions.
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PRADYUMN JAIN
Enabling the Idea of “Cloud Computing & Cyber Security”
A True Leader
Pradyumn is the one who likes to build teams by giving them a
helping hand, on the job training, and creating an environment
where team members at all levels are free to express their views
and take decisions. He encourages all his team members to hone
their skills and improve their own market value. Pradyumn
believes in the notion of continuous development and encourages
the team follow the same, working closely to support them and
leads by example. He lives by the mantra that ‘Nothing is
impossible’ and ‘Every problem comes with an opportunity’; one
must just choose the best alternative.
The Genesis
Pradyumn co-founded NetDataVault’s parent company, NGBPS
LIMITED in 1993 and has since served as Chairman of the Board
of Directors. In 1993, he also co-founded Software Technology
Group (STG), a knowledge based solutions provider in the field of
software training and consulting. A true leader, he is involved in
every aspect of the business. Right from inception to date he has
held the record of on boarding the first customer for each line of
business himself.
Pradyumn was also a part of the core team of HCL until 1990,
following which he went on to setup the telecommunications
division of Escorts Limited. Throughout his career, he has founded
several start-ups in the IT/ITES and communications sector,
serving on their board of directors and taking an active role in
guiding the companies.
Moving from a product and solution centric approach to a 100%
service organization in 2012 and setting up NetDataVault while
exiting the Data Center build space was a big challenge and risk.
The successful execution and a rich customer base is evidence of
NetDataVault’s Success.
eeing my team succeed and gain
Spositive feedback from our
customers is what keeps me
going.”
–Says Pradyumn Jain, Chairman -
NetDataVault. It is a global brand of
next generation Cloud and SOC Services
that are aimed at helping Small and Large
Enterprises make their IT Capex-free,
productive and revenue generating. It
offers innovative cloud services that
allow its customers to participate in the
Cloud revolution by eliminating
complexity, maximizing control, and
reducing cost.
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Chairman
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Current Industry Scenario
Several firms have predicted that the cloud market is
bound to grow exponentially by the year 2020. And, thus
there is need for business agility and innovation. Many
SMBs and large-scale enterprises are adopting cloud
solutions as businesses gradually comprehend the
complexities of data centers. Today, organizations need
solution providers who can actually understand their
business requirement and help them in achieving their
business goals. This can be a daunting task with the
proliferation of an increased number of me-too solution
providers in the market that lack the knowledge, skill set
and the right technology to ensure a satisfied client.
The Global Brand
Today, NetDataVault is a global brand of next-generation
Cloud and SOC Services and is successfully serving its
clients from various verticals including, the BFSI,
NBFC, IT, ITeS, and IoT. It has been able to offer simple
solutions to complex requirements, where many
multinational and local cloud providers failed. NDV’s
Cloud services effectively assist their clients to achieve
the desired performance.
Unique Business Model
NetDataVault follows a highly customer focused
approach, help customers to overcome challenges like
security and compliance, cost management and vendor
lock-in associated with cloud. It has also taken care of
other major factors including reliability, performance,
and support. Moreover, the company has built a robust
Cloud (IaaS) Platform offering virtual machine instances
on its own technology stacks which ensures high
performance and maximum reliability for its customers.
The platform is highly secured and has been adopted by
many reputed companies across industries like
E-Commerce, BFSI and a host of new-age digital
businesses.
NetDataVault launched North India’s first ANSI/TIA-942,
Tier-3 Certified Data Center in North India in 2012 and
the most advanced Cloud Platform in the country. The
facility assists large enterprises and small and medium
businesses in the areas of hosting, collocation,
Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service and Back-up-as-a-
Service. The NetDataVault Cloud Platform was the first
IaaS platform developed in India with an orchestration
layer and auto scalability. The latest offering from
NetDataVault is the AiCyberWatch - Security Operations
Center (SOC) as a Service offering which is India’s first
AI and ML enabled SOC as a Service Platform. Built in
partnership with World Leaders in the field, the platform
has already become a popular choice for the BFSI and
NBFC sectors.
Future Purposes
With an empowered team, NetDataVault is sure to be
counted among the top five Cloud and Managed Security
Service Providers in India. It is striving to reach this
position by 2025. It will continue to launch futuristic and
world class solutions in the cloud and support its
customers with its unrelenting and uncompromising
service support.
Wise Words
“Believe in yourself and your dreams. Work towards
building your business with 100% commitment and
razor-sharp focus. Let your end goal be to help your
customers with solutions to their problems and the rest
will fall in place.” advises Pradyumn.
Hybrid cloud solution
is what will continue
to drive overall cloud
adoption in India
and across the world
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In the present time, one of the buzzwords is ‘startup’.
The world of entrepreneurship has attracted limelight
as popular media, and blogs have added colors to the
canvas while covering success, failure, and the huge
business opportunities.
The Perfect Example of Data-driven Leadership
This story is about a young entrepreneur who initially was
at crossroads in deciding his professional journey. On the
advice of his professors, he decided to take a plunge into
the corporate world and experience a new life! Honoring
the determination and the zeal to succeed, we showcase the
journey of Prashant Kumar, Founder and CEO of
PromptCloud – a company that specializes in end-to-end
ownership of clean and large-scale web data delivery.
Prashant is an IIT Kanpur alumnus and had joined Yahoo!
for a year before he launched his entrepreneurial venture. A
passionate technocrat and innovator are the two best-suited
words for Prashant as he was never afraid to experiment
and fail. Around 2009, he tried to start a venture offering
mobile VAS services; however it didn’t go the distance.
While looking for viable ‘out-of-the-box’ ideas, he realized
that extracting clean web data in ready-to-use format at
large scale was a tiring process. The existing sources were
limited and available in a fragmented format. There was a
need to have a systematic platform that offers data in a
clean, structured, and ready-to-consume format, ensuring
the relevance and quality of the data. This was the spark
that crafted the roadmap and in 2010, Prashant incepted the
company and today, PromptCloud has evolved as a leading
cloud-based solution provider for web data catering to wide
range of industries and companies.
Decoding the Business Model
Elaborating the concept of his startup, Prashant asserts that
“Over time, we have built a team of passionate data
wizards who absolutely love the freedom internet provides
when it comes to information flow and wants to share the
same with businesses across the globe.”
Founded in 2010, PromptCloud is a pioneer and global
leader in Data-as-a-Service solutions. Currently its big data
solutions are enabling some of the biggest names from a
range of domains including travel, finance, health-care,
marketing, analytics and more. The USP of PromptCloud is
dealing with data on a very large scale and being able to
provide low latency feeds that are clean and ready to use.
These factors position them as one of the market leaders in
this segment.
Adapting to constant changes has been a key success factor
for the company. With the exponential growth of data on the
web and increasing complexities, the entity is witnessing
sharp increase in demand for web data. Owing to this and
the brand value, last year it has doubled up its revenue and
increased the client base by 1.5 times that includes some of
the Fortune 10 companies.
Distinctive Solutions and Diverse Services
As the web crawling market continues to get congested by
the advent of new players, PromptCloud leads with
innovative solutions that act as the biggest differentiator for
them. Some of the notable elements have been listed below:
End-to-end monitoring: Web sites have dynamic content on
their pages, and structure changes quite frequently.
PromptCloud tackles structure changes on the website via
sophisticated monitoring system and supports clients until
data gets imported into their systems.
Complete Customization: PromptCloud offers completely
customizable tech stack that can cater to any type of
business requirement irrespective of its complexity. For
example, PromptCloud can setup custom crawlers to fetch
dynamic rules as inputs in real time to control the data
extraction.
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Large-scale complex crawls: Managing large-scale crawls
from websites that use complex technology is one of
PromptCloud’s USPs.
Also, their solutions are backed by an impeccable customer
support team. Embracing technology to the core, the team
offers industry-leading data coverage and delivers result by
going beyond the SLA.
Given below are the flagship solutions offered by
PromptCloud:
Site-specific crawl and extraction: This solution fetches
relevant data from the web that gets converted into
structured data, and then delivered to clients via API. Data
can also be pushed to client’s FTP server, AWS S3, Google
Drive or Drop Box accounts.
JobsPikr: As a vertical-specific solution, it extracts job
listing data from popular job boards and 1000+ corporate
sites daily.
Prashant Kumar
Founder & CEO
Datastock: This solution delivers clean and ready-to-use
pre-crawled web datasets that can be instantly downloaded.
Live crawls: These are highly optimized crawls which can
fetch data in real-time when the client hits custom-made
API for a particular site.
Hosted Indexing: Structured data created from custom
crawls is hosted and indexed and exposed to clients via
APIs for query.
The Future Journey
Prashant holds an optimistic view for the future. He
understands that to be on edge of the curve, PromptCloud
needs to adapt new technologies regularly and facilitate
innovation. As the parting words, Prashant gives a glimpse
of his future plans – “For the next 3 years we are looking to
strengthen our core technology advantage, increase
robustness of our automation techniques using AI and
invest in a greater talent pool”.
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Manu
MathewLeading the Robotics Revolution in Unmanned
Vehicles through Buteos Aerobotics Corporation
We primarily focus on 3Ds: Determination-
Direction-Deliver. I believe personally in one
thing- I’m not an Optimist or Realist, I’m just
an opportunist. Opportunity whether small or
big just knocks once, if you have the ability to
recognize it, then you need to grab it instantly.
If not, then the old proverb comes into saying-
Time and Tide waits for none!
Ethics
Our core principle is to penetrate,
sustain and retain both global and
national market in unmanned
vehicles through smart robotics in air,
land and sea. We are a start-up but
with our in-house facilities and
renowned advisors on board, we are
suretohitthetarget.
Principle
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