2. About Astral
Astral Management Consulting Private Limited is –
 Managed by experienced professionals
 Engaged in the business of providing Technology
& Consulting services to customers
 Backed by an experienced resource pool
Astral will strive to be different by –
 Providing cost effective services to customers
 Under committing & Over delivering to customers
Our Mission
To be the Consultant of choice for our customers
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3. Board of Directors
Gopalkrishnan Iyer, Director – Enterprise Applications
Gopalkrishnan Iyer leads the Enterprise Applications practice at Astral & his experience includes developing the Infor FMS SunSystems practice at Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu India for more than 8 years. He was responsible for the Presales & Delivery of SunSystems & has successfully managed SunSystems projects in India,
Singapore, Malaysia, Srilanka, Bangladesh & UAE. Prior to joining Deloitte he had worked for more than 3 years with PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ SunSystems practice in
India.
A Commerce graduate with a post graduate Diploma in Computer Science, he has more than 20 years professional experience in Infor FMS SunSystems.
Kumar Iyer, Director – Performance Management Solutions
Kumar Iyer leads the Performance Management Solutions practice at Astral & his experience includes developing the Infor FMS SunSystems, Infor PM & SAS FM
practice at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India for more than 7 years. Apart from managing the Sales & Presales function for SunSystems in Deloitte, he also managed
Sales, Presales & Delivery of Infor PM & SAS FM solutions. Prior to joining Deloitte, he was a practicing Chartered Accountant, specializing in Management Consulting
services for more than 12 years.
A Chartered Accountant & an ISO 9000 Lead Assessor by qualification, he has a professional experience of more than 20 years in the areas of Management &
Technology Consulting.
Samir Pradhan, Director – Business Intelligence Solutions & Application Development
Samir Pradhan leads the BI & Application Development practice at Astral & his experience includes developing the Infor FMS SunSystems, Infor PM & SAS FM
practice at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India for more than 7 years. He was also responsible for delivery of Technology Integration projects & managed the Support
function for Infor & SAS solutions. He has successfully managed large technology projects for development & implementation of application software &
implementation of DW/BI applications. Prior to joining Deloitte, he has worked for more than 7 years with PriceWaterhouseCoopers India, UK & US.
A graduate in Commerce with a Post-graduate diploma in Computer Science, he has more than 18 years professional experience in the Information Technology.
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4. Key Personnel
Raju Iyer, Vice President – Business Consulting
Raju Iyer was a Partner with M/s. Haribhakti & Co., Chartered Accountants for six years from 1987 to 1993 wherein he was responsible for the Systems evaluation, Internal Audit and ISO 9000 documentation practices.
Thereafter, he moved to UAE to be part of Corporate Management team in an organisation specialising in supply & installation of finished products for the Construction industry. He has been with Astral since January
2010 & leads the Business Consulting practice of Astral.
A Chartered Accountant by qualification, he has more than 20 years of post qualification experince in Consulting & Industry.
Shajil T.K., Assistant Vice President – BI & Application Development – Presales & Delivery
Shajil was a senior team member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India’s Technology Integration practice for more than 5 years & was also part of Deloitte’s Infor SunSystems PSA practice. Prior to joining Deloitte, he has
worked for more than 5 years with PWC India, US & UK. He has extensive experience in Program management & Product development projects in India & oversea & leads the Presales & Delivery of BI & Application
Development practices of Astral.
A graduate in Engineering & a Certified Project Management Consultant (PMP), he has more than 13 years' of qualitative experience in the areas of Product Development & Project Management.
Devidas Duraphe, Manager – Application Development - Presales & Delivery
Devidas has worked with reputed organizations in US and India for more than 5 years & managed large application development projects on Microsoft Technologies using tools like WCF, WWF, Web Services, UML; and
actively involved in all phase of SDLC . He has been with Astral since Nov 2009 & now leads the Presales & Delivery of Astral’s Application Development practice.
A Honours graduate in Engineering & Certified Microsoft Technology Professional, he is has more than 10 years of experience in Software Development and Project Management.
Neelam Sharma, Sr. Consultant – Oracle EPM Solutions - Presales & Delivery
Neelam is an experienced Infor FMS SunSystems Consultant who has delivered several SunSystems projects in India during her work experience since May 2007. She is a senior member of Astral’s Oracle EPM
(Hyperion) solutions Presales & Delivery team.
A graduate in Commerce & a Chartered Accountant by qualification, she has more than 4 years' of qualitative experience in the implementation of Technology solutions.
Renuka Nair, Sr. Consultant – Infor FMS SunSystems - Presales & Delivery
Renuka is an experienced Infor FMS SunSystems Consultant who has delivered several SunSystems projects in India during her work experience since May 2008. She is a senior member of Astral’s Infor FMS
SunSystems solutions Presales & Delivery team.
A graduate in Commerce & a Chartered Accountant by qualification, she has more than 4 years' of qualitative experience in the implementation of Technology solutions.`
Dhimant Shah, Consultant – IBM Cognos FPM Solutions - Presales & Delivery
Dhimant’w work experience includes more than a year with PriceWaterhouseCoopers Mumbai’s System Proces & Assurance team & thereafter more than a year as an Assistant Manager with Larsen & Toubro Ltd.’s
Audit Division. He is a senior member of Astral’s IBM Cognos FPM solutions Presales & Delivery team.
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A Post Graduate in Commerce & a Chartered Accountant by aualifications, he is also a CISA professional. He has more than 4 years' of experience in industry & Technology Consulting.
5. Services
• Enterprise Applications
• Performance Management solutions
• Business Intelligence solutions
• Business Consulting
• Outsourcing
• Application Development
• Project Management
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6. Competencies & Products
• Enterprise Applications
• Infor FMS SunSystems
• Microsoft Dynamics AX & CRM
• Infor EAM
• Business Intelligence & Performance Management solutions
• IBM Business Analytics (Cognos, SPSS, Clarity)
• Oracle EPM (Hyperion, Oracle BI)
• Infor PM
• Microsoft BI
• Application Development
• .net
• Astral’s Employee Expense Reimbursement Solution
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8. Some of our Customers
Axis Asset Management
Company Limited
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9. Alliances & Geography
Strengths –
Vendors
• Strategic Alliance with Thirdware Solution Ltd. to deliver Oracle Hyperion
Partners solutions
• Strategic Alliance with Barry Wehmiller International Resources to deliver
Microsoft Dynamics AX, CRM & Infor EAM solutions
Geography • India, US, Africa & Middle East
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10. Resources – 40+ strong resource pool
Strengths –
IBM Business • Cognos Controller – IBM Trained & Certified resources
Analytics • TM1 – IBM Trained & Certified resources
• Cognos BI – IBM Trained & Certified resources
Oracle EPM • Hyperion Planning – Oracle trained resources
• Hyperion Financial Management – Oracle Trained resources
Infor FMS & PM • SunSystems – Infor Trained resources
• CPM & BI – Infor Trained resources
• Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) – Infor Trained resources
• Professional Services Automation (PSA) – Infor Trained resources
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11. Astral’s Technology Solutions Implementation
Methodology
Stage 1 - Initiate & Define
Stage 2 - Design
Stage 3 - Build
Stage 4 - User Acceptance Test
Stage 5 - Deploy
Stage 6 - Train End Users
Stage 7 - Go Live
Stage 8 - Handholding support
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