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Any innovative business idea can be successful in a very short time if that idea makes people’s
life easier or people’s problems go away. Many people believe that only those businesses get
successful that started with large capital. It’s nothing like that, an innovative idea behind the
business is the most important thing than the large capital. We know many success stories of
businesses initially started with a small amount of capital.
Those who do business with positive thinking, and do not hesitate to take the risk to reshape the
business and constantly try to take it forward, they surely achieve success.
In this issue of The Enterprise World, The Disruptive Companies to Watch 2019, we are proudly
bringing you such businesses that made their unique position in the market with innovative ideas
and strong will power.
Featuring for the cover story is NeoNiche, NeoNiche Integrated Solutions Pvt. Ltd is one of the
fastest-growing experiential marketing companies in Mumbai. Mr. Prateek N. Kumar, founder,
and CEO of NeoNiche is a leader in the experimental marketing landscape. With his innovative
vision, dedication, and teamwork, the company has achieved many milestones.
Maharashtra, one of the industrial hubs in India has become a favourite place for investors.
Nagpur, the business centre for the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, has had contributed a lot to
the economic growth of the nation. Various cultures in Nagpur show the unity in the versatility
which is the backbone of strong standing India. In our special feature upshot metros, read more
about Nagpur and open gates to new business opportunities in the city.
Tardid is an Artificial Intelligence Product Company, which is continuously changing the way,
everyone perceived Artificial Intelligence. Behind the massive growth of Tardid, the master brain
is Mr. Niladri Dutta. TARDID built BRAINBOX, is an Industry Specific Artificial Intelligence
Platform for Shipping, Aviation, Railways, Wind Farms, Oil & Gas (upstream & midstream),
Original Equipment Manufacturers and Government Entities.
Readout a candid talk with Siddhi Pise, Managing Partner at Micro Precision, let’s get inspired by
her entrepreneurial journey and discover more about Micro Precision. Micro Precision
Manufactures High-Pressure Oil Lubrication Systems for Sugar, Rubber, Forging, Petrochemical,
and Heavy Engineering Industries.
A change is the only constant thing in the world that matters a lot. A business should always be
prepared to adopt new changes to be ahead in the market race. Read more about how a business
can do it in our special editorial, The Challenge of Disruptive Change.
The one who has an innovative mind and hope can never lose!
Happy Reading!
From Editor's Desk
A positive idea, The greatest force in the world
Rushikesh Deshpande
Any innovative business idea can be successful in a very short time if that idea makes people’s
life easier or people’s problems go away. Many people believe that only those businesses get
successful that started with large capital. It’s nothing like that, an innovative idea behind the
business is the most important thing than the large capital. We know many success stories of
businesses initially started with a small amount of capital.
Those who do business with positive thinking, and do not hesitate to take the risk to reshape the
business and constantly try to take it forward, they surely achieve success.
In this issue of The Enterprise World, The Disruptive Companies to Watch 2019, we are proudly
bringing you such businesses that made their unique position in the market with innovative ideas
and strong will power.
The one who has an innovative mind and hope can never lose!
Happy Reading!
Maharashtra, one of the industrial hubs in India has become a favourite place for investors.
Nagpur, the business centre for the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, has had contributed a lot to
the economic growth of the nation. Various cultures in Nagpur show the unity in the versatility
which is the backbone of strong standing India. In our special feature upshot metros, read more
about Nagpur and open gates to new business opportunities in the city.
Tardid is an Artificial Intelligence Product Company, which is continuously changing the way,
everyone perceived Artificial Intelligence. Behind the massive growth of Tardid, the master brain
is Mr. Niladri Dutta. TARDID built BRAINBOX, is an Industry Specific Artificial Intelligence
Platform for Shipping, Aviation, Railways, Wind Farms, Oil & Gas (upstream & midstream),
Original Equipment Manufacturers and Government Entities.
Readout a candid talk with Siddhi Pise, Managing Partner at Micro Precision, let’s get inspired by
her entrepreneurial journey and discover more about Micro Precision. Micro Precision
Manufactures High-Pressure Oil Lubrication Systems for Sugar, Rubber, Forging, Petrochemical,
and Heavy Engineering Industries.
Featuring for the cover story is NeoNiche, NeoNiche Integrated Solutions Pvt. Ltd is one of the
fastest-growing experiential marketing companies in Mumbai. Mr. Prateek N. Kumar, founder,
and CEO of NeoNiche is a leader in the experimental marketing landscape. With his innovative
vision, dedication, and teamwork, the company has achieved many milestones.
A change is the only constant thing in the world that matters a lot. A business should always be
prepared to adopt new changes to be ahead in the market race. Read more about how a business
can do it in our special editorial, The Challenge of Disruptive Change.
From Editor's Desk
A positive idea, The greatest force in the world
Rushikesh Deshpande

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Featuring for the cover story is
NeoNiche. NeoNiche Integrated
Solutions Pvt. Ltd is one of the
fastest-growing experiential
marketing companies in Mumbai.
Starting off as an event
management company in 2011, the
company quickly started focusing
on developing event planning and
experiential marketing solutions for
clients.
ISHIR assists its clients to achieve
their business objectives by
successfully outsourcing their non-
core business processes and
functions in the areas of technology
and digital marketing. ISHIR has
been servicing clients thousands of
miles away, maturing into a core
dependable extension of a client's
internal team. In a conversation
with Rishi Khanna, CEO at ISHIR
lets discover more about the firm
and their journey from the
inception.
Micro Precision Manufactures
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Disruptive Companies to
Watch 2019features,
Tardid is a unique organization
based in Bangalore, which gains
insights from academia,
researchers, industry, and domain
experts to tackle today’s and
tomorrow’s challenges effectively.
The Tardid think-tank group
provides companies, academia, and
government entities, the
opportunity to know how Artificial
Intelligence Technology and
Brainbox can enhance their
success.
High-Pressure Oil Lubrication
Systems for Sugar, Rubber,
Forging, Petrochemical, and Heavy
Engineering Industries. In a candid
talk with Siddhi Pise, Managing
Partner at Micro Precision, let’s get
inspired by her entrepreneurial
journey and discover more about
Micro Precision.
Necurity Solutions, a cyber-
security solution company founded
by 2016, Mr. Ishwar Prasad Bhat
with the mission, “to make
information technology an asset in
business expansion across the
industry through affordable and
innovative security solutions”. In
an interview with Mr. Ishwar
Prasad Bhat, let’s discover the
business landscape of cybersecurity
and its quality offerings.
Robolab Technologies is a venture
by graduates from the prestigious
College of Engineering Pune.
Robolab is a technology driven
company, with their current
offerings in the educational and
industrial sector. Robolab
visualizes the ideas of their clients
and their research and development
effects.
In a talk with Mr Vikas Owdhbal
Co-Founder and Director at
Senaxus, let’s get inspired by their
success story and let’s discover
what they offer to their valuable
customers. Synonymous with
innovative solutions, Senaxus
under the hegemony of two college
friends, Vikas Owdhbal and Rajesh
Kumar Budia, commenced its
operations with a humble seed
funding, and it has grown by leaps
and bounds doubling its size year
Leaders in Spotlight
In a talk with Anjana Agrawal,
Digital Marketing Manager at
Target Integration lets discover
more about the company and their
journey since the inception.
after year and now it aspires to be
around Rs.90 Million by the end of
this year and around Rs.1000
Million by 2025.
Target Integration was founded in
2008 by Rohit Thakral in Dublin,
Ireland, since then, Target
Integration team has expanded to
include experienced Project
Managers, Senior Developers, and
Business Analyst, CRM & ERP
Functional Consultants, Trainer and
Resources has also made its
presence worldwide.
Citrus Inc. Studios is an innovative
and creative animation company
helping businesses to reach out to
more people through the highest
quality CG animation and VFX.
The master brain behind the
company’s long-standing success is
Vrinda Sood, CEO at the Citrus
Inc. Studios Pvt. Ltd.
IT Champs was founded in the year
2005 in Mysore, India by two
technocrats, Rajesh & Prajakta
Kutnikar, who had been working
with large Organizations outside
India for over a decade in the ERP
Space. Rajesh Kutnikar, the
founder & CEO worked for SAP as
a Developer in the HR module and
was instrumental in the rollout of
several Country versions of HR
solutions in the standard SAP
system.

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NEONICHE
INTEGRATED
SOLUTIONS
PVT. LTD
Building Brands,
Delivering Growth
Prateek N. Kumar, Founder & CEO
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CITRUS INC.
STUDIOS PVT. LTD.
Innovate.
Create. Animate.
Vrinda Sood, CEO
IT CHAMPS SOFTWARE
PVT. LTD.
TARDID
TECHNOLOGIES
Expanding Technology
reach
An Innovative
AI Company
Niladri Du a, CEO
Rajesh Kutnikar,
Founder & CEO
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ROBOLAB
TECHNOLOGIES
Creativity Tends
to Innity
Amol Ashok Gulhane,
Director & CEO
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CARBANIO
Digitising the Chemicals
Industry in India and Beyond
Dr. Raﬁ Shaik ,
Founder & Chief Scien fc Oﬀcer
ISHIR
MICRO
PRECISION
NECURITY
SOLUTIONS
A Global Diversied
Outsourced It Services
Company
Master in Oil
Lubrication
A Cyber Security
Company
Rishi Khanna, CEO
Siddhi Pise, Managing Partner
Ishwar Prasad Bhat, Founder
SENAXUS
Brightening The Future
Vikas Owdhbal ,
Co-Founder & Director
TARGET
INTEGRATION
Rohit Thakral, Founder & CEO
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NeoNiche has more than 120
expert and solution-oriented people
working harder to transform
clients’ business. The master brain
behind the long-standing success of
the company is Mr. Prateek N.
Kumar, Founder, and CEO of the
company. His innovative vision
helped many businesses with
marketing as well as different
promotion solutions to stand strong
in the market. With the experience
of selling everything from
fireworks to soaps, to yellow pages,
he quit his job and started
NeoNiche Integrated Solutions Pvt.
Ltd. The company is headquartered
in Mumbai and runs its processes
smoothly from branches at
Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurugram,
Hyderabad, New Delhi, and Noida.
The Inception
A smooth sea never makes a good
sailor. Challenges are everywhere.
A business cannot be successful
without passing through any
hurdles. Once we overcome the
problems one by one, the business
process gets stronger and with the
experience, any crucial problems
seem smaller one.
NeoNiche started with very humble
beginnings. Mr. Prateek decided to
get out of his comfort zone, quit his
corporate job and start his own
venture. He says, “I remember we
worked out from a basement we
converted into our office space and
borrowed my wife’s laptop for
making my first pitch presentation.
I did not have the backing of a
family business, nor did I have the
means to run the company, yet with
limited resources I managed to get
our first client. Interestingly, I
thought that with my network I
would easily get business but none
of the people I knew supported me.
Due to the economic rise,
businesses have more
opportunities but less time.
People don’t have much
time to execute marketing
strategies and events for the
promotions of business which adds
a break in the growth of the
business. A word spread about
business and its offerings is a basic
need of the business in any sector
to stand strong in the market.
Advertising and marketing is that
component of the enterprise that
you could never forget about. A
sector is a large place and it’s very
difficult to reach your target market
faster and get powerful
consequences.
Creating events regularly offers a
brilliant opportunity to promote
business all over. From a business
prospect, event management is vital
for promotion, branding, integrated
marketing, etc. to maintain your
business’ position better at the
marketplace. The more people are
coming for your event the more
methods are coming to you to
extend your business. Event
management gives you greater
possibilities through publicity and
builds a positive image of the
brand.
NeoNiche Integrated Solutions
Pvt. Ltd is one of the fastest-
growing experiential marketing
companies in Mumbai. Starting off
as an event management company
in 2011, the company quickly
started focusing on developing
event planning and experiential
marketing solutions for clients. We
help brands create a seamless end-
to-end experience for their
audience and deliver immersive
experiences that lead to
unforgettable memories.
I had to reach out to clients on my
own.” The first big client they got
was when they told them not to pay
if they were not happy with their
services. That is how they built
trust in the industry and from there
on there was no looking back.
• 2013 - 10 crores
• 2012 - 5 crore turnover
Day 1.
• 2014 - 20 crores
The Rising Graph of Company
Since Inception
The Triggering Point for Growth
of the Company
After the first 2-3 years, they
reached a stagnancy and realized
that they need to change the way
they were operating if they needed
to scale-up the business. That is
when NeoNiche introduced new
processes and hired experts to be a
part of the team. It was critical for
them to lay the right building
blocks in every area of business to
ensure that it would accelerate their
business growth.
NeoNiche is one of the fastest
growing companies in the industry
and our growth has been above
industry standards right from
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(in crores)
NeoNiche in the careful detailing
of a consumer experience.
Along the journey, NeoNiche
expanded their operations to other
cities. Their event management
capabilities soon expanded to
Bangalore, New Delhi, Chennai
and Gurugram. They specialize in
corporate event management with a
focus on creating a seamless end-
to-end experience to create
unforgettable memories.
Mr. Prateek says, “I believe that
innovation is a necessity for
evolving your product/services. We
constantly produce new products,
services, processes and responses
to be on top of the market offerings.
We also bring in data intelligence
on the table to study the global best
practices and use them as a
benchmark to upgrade our
offerings.”
The Company Taking Further
Step With
Events are a beautiful field that
involves countless effort but can
create everlasting memories. From
brand activations and product
launches to corporate seminars and
conferences, they look to bring
something that will put a smile on
people's faces.
The industry is highly competitive
and is growing leaps and bounds.
Innovation and Technology are the
key drivers for sustainable growth
and development of the product
and services.
NeoNiche has started their
sponsorship services plus they're
looking at other ideas for their
customers' experience to maximize
ROI for their customers’ brand.
Looking at tech to boost customer
• First 3 years - 100% y.o.y growth.
From simply being another event
management agency in Mumbai to
being an experiential marketing
company, the journey required
constant adaptability to understand
how to improve. The competition
amongst event companies in the
whole of India was difficult. At the
start, event management helped
• 2019 - 70 crores
Quality Service Offerings
The Reason Behind Company’s
Long-standing Success
• There on - 45% y.o.y growth
Business is an art as well as a
science. It’s a matter of practical
experience, judgment, foresight and
luck. To be successful in business,
one must master the basics of
business success. Fortunately, all
business skills can be learnt. The
key is to set goals and learn the
skills you would require to achieve
them.
At NeoNiche, they have
continuously worked towards
mastering the basics and making
concern for our customers a top
priority.
About the Founder & CEO
While addressing to the rising
entrepreneurs Mr. Prateek says, “A
truly responsible entrepreneur is an
individual who has assessed their
ability to recognize an existing
problem and found a viable
solution to make the quality of life
in general a little better for
humanity. It was my dream to start
NeoNiche and change the face of
the industry but it was not possible
for me to do everything on my
own. It was equally important for
me to get a top team in place who
extended the values, vision and
mission I had for the company and
accelerated the growth.”
Mr. Prateek N. Kumar started his
career in Hotel Management and
worked with the Taj Group.
However, he decided to pursue his
passion in the event industry and
joined a start-up event company.
From there on he worked in the
same space with his last stint being
with Showbizz for almost a decade.
He always had a burning desire to
start on his own venture and hence
gave birth to NeoNiche.
The first thing was getting a great
team onboard as his partners who
shared his vision and have made
NeoNiche be a profitable company
Words for Rising Entrepreneurs
from The Founder & CEO
experience, they’re working on a
whole new product line addressing
the supply chain, product inventory
experience and campaign
applications.
Mr. Prateek stated that there are
various milestones that are close to
his heart and have been important
in this journey.
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share that their company is known
for looking out for each other. His
aim has always been to create a
workplace where people actually
want to come and work and thrive
as individuals. They are a young
empowered company and have
various initiatives where they
encourage employee engagement.
In fact, they have several instances
where their employees have come
back after leaving the organization
as they have not been able to find
this culture anywhere else.
Overwhelming Client Experience
Mr. Prateek says, “I don’t believe
in being part of the rat race. I
believe I am like a Trojan horse,
that changes the playing field for
me completely.”
NeoNiche has always believed in
taking up projects where they
would be pioneers and would take
them outside of their comfort zone.
Recently, they worked on executing
a project for one of the largest
cloud computing companies.
Mumbai does not have a large
convention Centre to accommodate
10,000 + people, so they converted
a shed to host India’s largest silent
conference. The entire event was
segmented where attendees could
walk around and hear sessions by
switching the channel on their
headset.
To execute an event of such a scale,
required leveraging technology to
the maximum. Right from the start
of the event, they automated
processes like registration where
the process took only 15 seconds
which is 200% decrease in time as
compared to a regular registration
process. The entire event was
seamlessly executed with the use of
technology at various touchpoints.
For Mr. Prateek taking care of a
team is something which always
has been a natural extension of who
he is as a person. He feels proud to
He is fond of History as a subject
and that one person he has always
admired is Mahatma Gandhi due to
his simplicity and philosophy of
non-violence.
Mr. Prateek says, “For me the
biggest achievement has been my
personal growth. Over the years,
due to my resilience and frugality, I
have made the best of every
situation that has come my way and
been grateful for the opportunity to
learn.”
from the start. The second was
building a company culture they all
are proud of. Keeping the focus on
customer excellence has helped
them to create some remarkable
experiences for their clients for
which the company is known for.
The timeless Bhagavad Gita is one
of the favorite books of Mr Prateek.
The saying which resonates most
with him is “Karm kar, phal ki
itchha mat kar” which means that
we should do our work without
worrying about the results.
Ratan Tata, Chairman of $100
Billion Tata Group is a big
inspiration to him. In the world of
business where loyalties are ever-
shifting and competition dictates
values, he stands out with his
beliefs and is driven by principles
that are rooted in responsibility
than in self-fulfillment. Besides,
two-thirds of the Tata group is
owned by philanthropic groups
which are rare in today's capitalistic
world.
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CarbanioDIGITISING THE CHEMICALS
INDUSTRY IN INDIA AND BEYOND
Studying medicinal chemistry was
my first step into the world of
chemicals.
realised that this course has
applications in research and
business. The course content was
advanced compared to that of a
master's in Organic Chemistry. So,
it was a no brainer for me.
After completing the master’s in
2002, I found a berth on GVK
Biosciences team of 12 scientists
recruited from across India.
However, within a couple of
months, the Pondicherry Central
University selected me for
conducting research. So, I packed
my bags for Pondicherry.
The Chemistry department at the
university collaborated with the
pharma industry’s big names, such
as AstraZeneca, heavily and
actively. Processes, methodologies,
new innovations filled my world
even as the industry’s big names
kept discussing with us many
challenges they faced.
I focused on the most pressing
problems in the industry. Five and a
half years flew by. And I was
awarded the doctorate for my
thesis, Studies on synthesis and
stereochemistry of selected
saturated heterocycles.
Also, we developed many patented
As a student, I loved Chemistry. I
particularly liked Organic
Chemistry. I would always score
very high grades in Chemistry and
passed my bachelor’s with a
distinction in Chemistry.
In 2000, Sri Venkateswara
University introduced a Medicinal
Chemistry concentration in M.Sc. I
an you imagine what
Chappens when a young and
aspiring student loves a
subject in his undergrad years? A
whole industry can be disrupted to
be digitised.
Read on to join the entrepreneurial
journey of Dr. Rafi Shaik, who has
built the digital platform Carbanio
for the Chemicals industry.
“Thank you. That is a great
question to start our conversation.
Naturally, I was thinking of
research in Chemistry. So, I was all
charged up to ace my entrance
examinations for the master’s
programmes.
How did you come to know and
become part of the world of
chemicals?
I stood among the top candidates in
the entrance exams at Andhra, Sri
Venkateswara, and Osmania
universities. So, I got to choose.
During my research, I participated
in three industry projects and
published 14 papers in the national
and international scientific journals.
materials, and the university
benefitted from the royalties.
My grounding in the Chemicals
industry grew from my research.
Where did your journey take you
after completing the research?
I opted for post-doctoral research
with National Health Research
Institutes (NHRI), Taiwan. It was a
nodal agency for 16 healthcare
organisations. Multi-layered
research from exploring a molecule
to developing a drug was part of
NHRI's capabilities. I was part of
the team that developed the first
anti-cancer drug. It was sold to an
MNC and NHRI benefitted through
royalty payments.
After my postdoctoral research, I
moved back to India, worked with
a pharma company, worked as a
process innovation scientist in the
University of Hyderabad. At the
later, I threw myself into the thick
research testing more than 350
molecules for drug development.
This was exciting for me. I got to
hear the pressing challenges of the
industry.
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And the process of obtaining
chemicals is time-consuming.
The industry faces supply-chain
challenges. Sellers don’t know who
to sell to, and buyers don’t know
where to obtain chemicals at
optimum prices. In other words,
buying and selling are happening in
pockets.
Above all, the industry is not
digitised.
Even the disposal of chemicals is a
challenge and resource-heavy.
I thought I should create a platform
How did you hit upon the idea of
Carbanio?
I was lucky to be observing the
pharma industry and academia
research extensively. I understood
the pharma industry’s pressing
challenges. They ranged from the
commercialisation of new products
to sourcing. I started spotting some
key disconnects in the ecosystem.
In the Chemicals industry, there is
no seamless way to buy and sell
chemicals. Universities, pharma
companies, bulk drug
manufacturers, research scholars –
all of them need chemicals.
After spending some resources on
acquainting myself, I hired a ﬁrm
to develop my idea into a
prototype. The prototype contained
10% of the functionality I wanted. I
took it around, and the buyers and
sellers showed some interest.
I am no techie. I started attending
conferences and courses related to
the application of technology in the
Chemicals industry. This was to
develop an understanding of what
challenge I was bracing for.
How did Carbanio take shape?
to address these very problems.
Carbanio is an Online B2B marketplace for listed and
On-Demand Chemicals. Through Carbanio users can
easily source a vast variety of chemicals in just a
few clicks. It serves as a One-Stop shop for all
Chemical needs.
For the buyers, we guarantee the purity of Chemicals
and receive in a shortest time.
Apart from many small and midsized
companies, universities across India
and IITs , NITs and IISERs are using
our platform.
Carbanio empowers it’s users to order Chemicals
which are tailor-made as per their requirements.
Do visit our company page, Why
Carbanio, to know more.
DR. RAFI SHAIK
Founder &
Chief Scientic Ofcer
Interview with The Enterprise World

Carbanio enables chemicals
manufacturers and buyers to buy
and sell seamlessly.
One can donate chemicals or ask
for chemicals that are not listed on
the platform.
Do visit our company page, Why
Carbanio, to know more.
Today we are focussed on the
Indian market. But we will extend
our services to include global
markets. We will also diversify the
products and services. As far as
What is your revenue model?
Can you talk about the product
roadmap?
supply-chain and payments. Most
of the supply-chain players were
concerned about the safety and
legal aspects. We had to educate
them in a big way. After a long trail
of trial and error, we found our
logistics and payment partners.
Finding the payment partner took
some time and effort.
Carbanio takes care of logistics. All
that the seller has to do is to
package the chemicals as stipulated
by us and maintain the quality of
the chemicals.
Can you tell us something about
Carbanio?
For the buyer, we guarantee the
purity of products, on-time
delivery, refunds, and returns.
Apart from many small and
midsized companies, universities
across India and IITs , NITs and
IISERs are using our platform.
Our revenues are based on
commissions charged on sale
volumes.
Along the way, I convinced
On a pleasant evening, we both sat
down for a talk. It lasted 6 hours
and then Vijay agreed to join me.
Vijay has a long career in product
management and brings in a wealth
of technical expertise. After Vijay
came on board, there is no looking
back.
After successful development of
prototype In 2017, we launched
Carbanio.
The next step for me was to come
up with a full-fledged version of
the platform.
Vijay Devarakonda to join me as
the CEO. We met at a conference.
Later, my mentor put me in touch
with Vijay when I started looking
for someone to support my idea on
the technology front.
How did you get the traction
during the first 2 or 3 years?
After the launch, we started
approaching sellers in person. All
they knew about digital was the
listing directories. However, the
sourcing, orders, and logistics
followed the same old paper-based
systems.
We educated them about the
benefits of joining the platform. We
explained what internal processes
need to change to adopt Carbanio
into their business. In firms where
the processes are minimal, the
adoption of the platform was easy.
We demonstrated the product. We
helped sign-ups. We set up a very
strong contact centre to handhold
the buyers and sellers.
Two of the key challenges we faced
in this period was with
Coupled with the fact that the
younger, tech-savvy generation is
taking over the stewardship of
businesses, we are looking at a
major upswing in the usage of
platforms like ours.
As with the other sectors, firms that
embrace globalisation and
digitisation will lead the industry.
There is a catch here. Firms cannot
overlay digitisation on top of the
existing processes and routines.
That calls for an overhaul. The
sooner firms start their journey on
this path, the higher are the chances
to lead the industry.
product usage goes, we already
have buyers and sellers inquiring
from the neighbouring countries.
How did you manage the
funding?
I started with my savings. Later, the
family and friends pitched in. Last
year we received seed investment.
We will soon be looking for angel
funding.
When we add big data and AI to the
existing mix, it will get even more
exciting.
What are the trends in the
Chemicals sector?
Globalisation and digitisation are
two huge waves transforming this
sector. No doubt, there are
challenges. But these trends are
here to stay.
According to Statista, Asia
accounted for 78.5% of the global
B2B e-commerce gross
merchandising volume (GMV) in
2017.
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company.
• Tell us about the
and digital
marketing. ISHIR
has been servicing
clients thousands of
miles away,
maturing into a
core dependable
extension of a
client’s internal
team.
In a conversation
with Rishi
Khanna, CEO at
ISHIR lets discover
more about the firm
and their journey
from the inception.
ISHIR, an Inc. 5000 company, is a
trusted partner to many
Independent Software Vendors
(ISV), System Integrators (SI),
Interactive Digital Marketing
Agencies, start-ups, and large
fortune 500 companies since 1999.
We recently got the accolade from
Great Place to Work.
ISHIR has extensive experience in
providing outsourcing non-core
he business world changed
Ta lot with different digital
techniques and ideas.
Many businesses are processing
smoothly in their domain with the
help of digitization.
ISHIR assists its clients to achieve
their business objectives by
successfully outsourcing their non-
core business processes and
functions in the areas of technology • What were the initial challenges
ISHIR is an SEI CMMi Level 3
company. We are also Microsoft
Gold Certified Partners, VM Ware
Solution Partner, and Google
AdWords Company. We minority-
owned and certified by NMSDC
and NCTRCA.
business processes - IT functions
(custom software development,
application development, product
development, SharePoint
consulting and development, PWA,
software testing, managed IT
services, managed hosting, cloud
computing solutions), Web Design
and Development, Internet
Marketing (search engine
optimization (SEO), paid search
(PPC), display, web analytics, and
social media marketing services),
Artificial Intelligence(AI), Internet
of Things(IoT), Robotics Process
Automation(RPA), setting up Built
Operate Transfer (BOT),
specialized R&D facilities, and
non-IT business process
outsourcing (BPO) functions (data
entry, research, photo editing,
customer support, finance).
Rishi Khanna
CEO
A GLOBAL DIVERSIFIED
OUTSOURCED IT SERVICES COMPANY
18 January 2020

success?
company focuses on? How are
experiencing growth.
• What is the reason behind your
company’s long-standing
Our focus on core purpose, core
values and maintaining the culture
of the business along with
focussing on our people, their
personal and professional plans has
given us a foundation of great
talent and business leaders who are
passionate about what they do and
are able to work on the unique
abilities to create a path of
continuous growth and learning.
Our people our culture our
continuous desire to grow has been
the reason for our long-standing
success.
The Services
• What are the services the
We focus on custom software
development for the web, and
mobile. We provide infrastructure
services around Cloud, DevOps
and offshore, nearshore, onshore IT
staffing services, and Digital
Marketing services. Our focus on
customer experience and ideal
customer outcome has ensured our
services provide the right value to
our customers which differentiate
us from our competitors.
in the market?
We are very good at accessing the
emerging technology trends. We
your services different from those
How do you decide to take the
company a step further in terms of
your products/services?
changed since the foundation?
• Which was that point that
company?
Started the business at the end of
1999 where the business model was
to provide IT talent to the dotcom
businesses. 5 months after the
formation of the company there
was the major dotcom burst in
March 2000, which make us think
who are target customers are going
to be. We pivoted our services
leveraging our capabilities in web
application development and
design towards software
development companies that were
traditionally building software for
the desktop and traditional
marketing agencies that needed to
build a web presence for the
businesses.
In 2002, 9 months after the 9/11
attack we almost went out of the
business because of the back lash
on outsourcing services outside the
US. Our firm commitment to our
business model and our confidence
in our services made us relentlessly
focussed and committed to the
business. Despite economic and
political challenges, we never look
back we just bulldozed forward.
The business has had its ups and
downs based on economic and
political changes over the last 20
years. We saw tremendous growth
from 2002 to 2007 much like other
companies experienced. We saw a
flat growth or decline between
2007 and 2010 and since then, we
have been continuously
you faced?
triggered the growth of the
• How have the company graphs
Is there any new addition to the list
of products/services? Anything
exciting you would like to share?
invest in continuous training and
proof of concepts to help our teams
to try out, risks, experiment with
the new technologies. We
constantly stay ahead of the curve
on tech trends.
Leadership
• What do you think are the
Currently, there is a lot of demand
around business automation
leveraging AI and machine
learning. We are currently investing
more in RPA, AI, machine learning
and services around them for our
customers.
responsibilities of an
entrepreneur?
An entrepreneur has superpowers
to bring a change in society
improving our daily lives by
challenging the stethoscope and
issues that concerned our
community.
Entrepreneurs’ responsibility is to
leverage superpowers towards the
betterment of the community and
society as a whole.
If my mind
can conceive it,
and my heart can
believe it - then I
can achieve it.”
-- Mohammad Ali

through the platform of our
business. And even we have
impacted 2500 businesses over the
last 20 years. Our social
responsibility programs have
impacted the people who are in the
most needs and we have the
support of our people impacted
their lives through monetary and
non-monetary contributions.
As a business leader, it is my
responsibility to help people much
like creating a business plan for
their lives. To help people identify
their own core purpose, core
values, and core beliefs and their
unique abilities to impact their lives
and families. Working together on
the things I make sure that I and my
team members become better every
day.
• How do you look after your
• Can you tell us what your
team unique?
• Is there any special experience
to highlight?
employees? What makes your
favourite part of the book?
Personal Questions
In ISHIR, we have some amazing
relationships with our customers.
And we have been able to help our
customers scale and disrupt and
stay relevant and innovate. We
appreciate client relationships
where they share our core values
and purpose and treat our people
with the utmost respect and dignity
to help achieve excellence for all
stakeholders involved.
with your clients you would like
favourite book is? And your
I have been able to navigate the
business through 3 major economic
and political cycles over the last 20
years, the business and I have
impacted over 1200 employees
They are risk-takers. They have
comfort in continuous change and
disruption.
First and foremost, over the last 20
years, I have been able to discern
my own unique abilities and
appreciate the things I was not
good at and to identify people who
are good at the things I was not
good at.
They don’t get led down,
demotivated when they face a dead
end. In fact, it challenges them to
find a way and do it.
of your entrepreneurial journey?
• Can you please brief us about
your professional experience?
• What are the key achievements
I started my career at Deloitte in
the management consulting
practice. Deloitte give me the
foundation to understand
unstructured business challenges
and make structured meaning out
of them. Deloitte gave me the
foundation to even how
professional companies run. The
training and experiment allowed
me to think and start ISHIR in IT
services. My short stint of 16
months and now 20 years of ISHIR
as an entrepreneur has shaped me
into a well-seasoned business
person. As an entrepreneur, I have
learned a lot of stuff about myself
as well as how to attract a great
team of people to build a business.
the most?
find the most inspiring?
It’s a strategy because what gets
inspected gets improved.
• It’s a rat-race out there. How do
I’m an avid reader, I try to consume
as many useful books each month
as I could and try to implement
nuggets in our business. My most
recent book, Powerful: Building a
Culture of Freedom and
Responsibility lays a number of
great concepts around people and
human resource management.
There is a number of chapters that
help us to come out of the editorial
challenges and reinforce initiatives
that we are already working on.
• One person, who you admire
Both my parents have a lot of great
influence on my life as an
entrepreneur. Both my parents have
been entrepreneurs and while
growing up I watched them grow
their business and now they
appreciate my business acumen and
how I took it from them and have
taken it forward.
• Whose business story do you
Tony Hsieh from Zappos, his story
about how ‘Delivering Happiness’
to his employees has led to great
business and growth of the
company.
• Constant vigilance- a need or a
strategy? Please share your
views.
you cope with that?
You have to stay away from shiny
objects and focus on what’s
important for your business and
you.
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The real job of the leaders is to
translate vision and mission or the
strategic direction to objectives,
actions and accountabilities. To
achieve accountability,
sustainability, predictability,
learning and renewal, leaders must
bring discipline in their leadership
process.
Communication-
Communication is the key in any
organization. Everything happens
because there is a conversation.
Good communication ensures the
impact of your message, how
consistent you are with your
intentions. The performance culture
is mostly dependent on what you
say, the way you say it, and what
are the circumstances under which
you said it. Leaders must maximize
their daily contributions to
conversations. This ensures that the
people are aligned around a
common cause, they are focused
and reduce the uncertainty.
Accountability-
Delivery-
Delivery is an important aspect of
the organizational effectiveness.
Your products and services will
only be successful if they are
delivered to your customers. If your
organization has long and complex
processes, it will encounter errors
These are few of the steps for
organizational effectiveness-
Leadership-
It is the role of the leaders to define
and refine the key processes, and
also implement them with a daily
discipline, in order to achieve
higher performances. A leader must
be able to translate his goals and
visions into strategies and
objectives. Leaders are meant to
address three important questions
regarding-
rganizational effectiveness
Oin simple words is the
efficiency with which an
organization is able to meet the
objectives. This is important in
order to achieve the set goals of the
company. With organizational
effectiveness, one can monitor how
effectively an organization
achieved its set quota of results,
and how much waste is produced
overall.
• Vision and Value
• Strategy and Approach
• Structure and Alignment
Generally, the organizational
effectiveness for any company is
expressed in terms of how well is
the net profitability as compared to
the target profitability. Some
additional details also include the
growth data and the results of
customer satisfaction surveys.
Measurement-
As the leader, it is your duty to hire
the right people for the right jobs.
Only then it will show in the
performance of the team and
ultimately the organization. There
is no one size that fits all and not
everyone is made to fit in the same.
In the 'Performance' step of
organizational effectiveness, it is
the responsibility of the leader to
hire, train and retain the perfect
applicants.
and the efficiency will be at risk. So
for the success of your
organization, you need to make
sure that your processes are
focused on priority work, and that
you are using much more effective
techniques. This in turn will help
you to boost the performances of
your organization and you can also
focus on improving operations for
it.
Performance-
The application of these business
processes is only useful when you
can measure the success it brings.
Organiza onal Effec veness
22 January 2020

different fields of Animation.
Citrus Ink Studios Pvt. Ltd. is an
award-winning full-service
animation studio focused on
delivering the highest quality CG
animation and VFX in India. Their
goal is to give amazing production
quality in the
shortest possible
time. They have
worked with
numerous leading
brands in the
advertising space
such as the Coca
Cola Company, Nestle, Minute
Maid Juice, the History Channel,
Honda, Panasonic, Horlicks, and
the World Health Organization.
Citrus Ink Studios Pvt. Ltd.is now
working on transitioning into
working on TV series and films.
The initial challenges
Initially, they had to face a lot of
challenges. Their geographical
location, lack of talent were the key
challenges. In this industry just
being new itself can pose a big
challenge as it is difficult for clients
and the talent to trust a new studio.
Animation services were very new
to Delhi in advertising and since
advertising is always time-pressed
and heavy on good quality it was
difficult initially to gain the client’s
Citrus Ink Studios Pvt. Ltd. is an
innovative and creative animation
company helping businesses reach
out to more people through the
highest quality CG animation and
VFX. The master brain behind the
company’s long-standing success is
Vrinda Sood, CEO at the Citrus
Inc. Studios Pvt. Ltd.
The Company
All of us know that
animation, VFX, motion
graphics play a vital role in
the business landscape. Pictorial
representation of anything hits
faster than the verbal one. The
human brain can process images up
to 60000 times faster than the
words. For the sake of storytelling
about your brand, there is a need
for these things a lot.
Citrus Ink Studios Pvt. Ltd. started
it off as a sole proprietor on
Feb’2014 and was registered as a
company – Citrus Ink Studios Pvt.
Ltd. April 2019. In these 5 years of
journey, Citrus Ink Studios has
touched many milestones in
trust. People took a lot of time to
trust the fact that small studios can
deliver good work in the promised
time.
The triggering point for the
growth
The industry will continue to
upgrade itself in infrastructure and
technology, however we cannot shy
away from creative traditions. The
traditional animation, posing
structuring, the golden rules of
Citrus Ink Studios Pvt. Ltd had
been working for almost two years
now. They had done a lot of ad
films by then. Their film
“PaperBoat” which was a short film
format, branded story (promotional
film for PaperBoat) just proved to
the world that they can create and
deliver international quality
animation. The film’s animation
quality and style caught the media
attention and we were also
compared by, a leading social
networking blog to “Pixar” as the
article mentioned “Pixar of India.
The concept of the film belonged to
a leading advertising agency in
Delhi however the execution of the
film had happened completely in
their studio. This was a
breakthrough and the film also won
many awards at the International
film festivals.
Have the courage to follow your
heart and intuition. They somehow
already know what you truly want to
become.
“
Citrus Ink Studios Pvt. Ltd.
Innovate. Create. Animate.
24 January 2020

revenues have also shown a steady
upward rise and we hope to
continue to work hard and double
the numbers.
The reason behind the company’s
long-standing success
The main reason
for our company’s
long-standing
success is that the
team is bound to
each other and the
company by a
common thread -
our love for
animation. Vrinda
Sood, CEO Says,
“When we started in Delhi - we
didn’t have leading industry
personnel to start the company and
to guide us through. I was fresh out
of college for animation and so was
my colleague. Together we were
joined in by more animation loving
The graph of growth since
inception
The company’s growth has been
steady and it has been an upward
graph. From a team of two in
February 2014 they have now
expanded to a team 40 in the last 5
years and are continuing to grow.
Similarly, Citrus Ink Studio’s total
animation will always remain the
same and will continue to guide
and form the foundation of modern
day animation and film making.
Being in the animation industry
does not leave you with any scope,
but to upgrade yourself and
embrace new technology. Where it
is important for us to keep
upgrading our infrastructure and
software's it is also very critical for
us to reduce our production time
and effort for more effective and
affordable outcomes. We
continuously have to work around
to figure out new ways of doing
things that may require fewer man-
hours and machine time.
The Services
individuals and our passion for
animation led to the growth of this
beautiful company. We continue to
live our dream by doing better and
delivering an even better output
each time and it is this commitment
towards our job that we have found
continued success.”
Vrinda Sood
CEO
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The key achievements
In this journey, she has learned a
lot, how to deliver in extreme
pressure, how to work with a small
team and deliver the unthinkable.
The most important thing she has
learned Is the micro and macro-
management of the business
simultaneously, being an
entrepreneur leaves with you little
opportunity to delegate your
responsibilities due to lack of
resources to hire an HR to do the
multiple tasks. At one point in
business, she remembers working
as the production coordination,
CFO, accountant quality
supervisor, etc. However, to reach
where they are today being the
most satisfying feeling. They have
had some great releases in the last
few years, garnering a tremendous
response from the viewers and that
makes it all worth it. Citrus Ink
Studios’ Films for PVR, Paperboat,
Hero, Honda, Arctic Fox, and some
other international brands were
well received and appreciated.
Giving an equal opportunity,
respect, and creative freedom to the
team has helped them a lot. They
recognize each other’s passion for
animation and the desire to do well
and give their best - this is one
thing which is common to all and
hence easy to understand. By
continuously doing better and
working with different characters,
environments and products without
having any creative restriction have
only brought the best out of each
one.
A Unique, creative-minded team
Citrus Ink Studios Pvt. Ltd.’s forte
is animation and VFX. They are
committed to a very high-quality
animation and VFX and they
continually strive to deliver and
match their quality to the
animations available worldwide.
The team at Citrus Ink Studios Pvt.
Ltd. think that they still need to
work a lot in many areas, however
they are happy that their quality of
work is acknowledged wherever
they exhibit show reel
internationally. The quality of work
definitely sets them apart from
many other studios.
The only way to remain ahead in
terms of our products and services
is to remain consistent and deliver
quality in the promised time. There
is no other mantra for success. The
differentiated output in good
quality can resolve a lot of issues in
the service industry, however
coming up with your own IP which
may be recognized again by the
international audience will be a
proud moment.
The professional experience
Vrinda has been able to establish a
good connection with her clients,
deliver the best to be able to have
them come back to us without any
hesitation. It has been great to be
working with the best talent in the
industry and help them realize their
dreams while working together to
achieve a common goal. The
experience may have had many ups
and downs, however all ups have
taught us to be humble about our
achievements and all the lows have
pushed us to do better.
There is a rat race in the market,
but only the best rat wins. You have
to be the best and that’s the only
way to stay ahead. To win the race
it is not important to be noticed,
important is running. And as Steve
Jobs once said “We’re here to put a
dent in the universe. Otherwise,
why else even be here?” So put that
dent and get noticed. Stay up with
innovation and quality and you’ll
be good.
For Citrus Ink Studios Pvt. Ltd.,
each client has been special and
they have only grown with them.
There is a client in particular in
America who really encouraged
them to do better and he being from
one of the best animation
companies in the world has really
taught them in the process and help
them work on the finer nuances of
the characters.
About the rat race in the market
Overwhelming client Experience
Constant vigilance is a strategy to
fulfill an everlasting need to not get
complacent. It’s important to be
vigilant to not lose track once in a
while and not get complacent while
doing what we love to do and
especially when we are doing it
every day and earning a living out
of it. It is also important to be
vigilant of the environment in this
competitive world.
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IT Champs soon got a partnership
with SAP, initially as an extended
business member
and later on as a
value-added reseller
for SAP licenses. IT
Champs has been
proud to serve
several marquee customers like
ABB, N. Ranga Rao & Sons of
Cycle Agarbathies fame, AT&S,
Bhoruka group of companies,
locally in Mysore and several other
customers globally like American
University in Cairo, 31 Country
locations of ABB, ONGC Videsh,
Al-Muhaidib Group of companies
in Saudi Arabia, Subex Limited,
Manipal Global Education, to name
a few.
Antecedent Hurdles
The initial challenges faced haven’t
been very different from what most
entrepreneurs do. Convincing the
resources to join and that they can
build a career by learning and
getting certified in SAP, convincing
the banks for credit facility against
the inventory of software licenses
which are intangible assets,
convincing the prospects about the
one ERP. Since then, there have
been more than 250 consultants
produced by IT Champs in the past
decade and a half, many of whom
have moved into very high
positions in various organizations
across the globe.
IT Champs was founded in the
year 2005 in Mysore, India by
two technocrats, Rajesh &
Prajakta Kutnikar, who had been
working with large Organizations
outside India for over a decade in
the ERP Space. Rajesh Kutnikar,
the founder & CEO worked for
SAP as a Developer in the HR
module and was instrumental in the
rollout of several Country versions
of HR solutions in the standard
SAP system. He has been working
with large consulting firms and a
then, big-5 firm in the US
overseeing SAP implementations at
large customers like Microsoft,
Starbucks, Continental General
Tires, Brown-Forman Corporation,
J. Crew, Paccar and many more.
Alumni of PESIT, Bangalore,
Rajesh Kutnikar wanted to
establish a SAP consulting firm in
Mysore as he came across many
bright minds graduating from top-
rated engineering colleges in
Mysore forced to migrate to larger
cities for lack of opportunities
locally. This was a small way of
giving back to the native town of
Mysore by creating opportunities
for local talent to build a career in
consulting in the World’s number
There was a large SAP
implementation and rollout being
worked on by a multinational
company. However, they weren't
able to handle some complex
requirements in Countries like
Singapore and other APAC
locations. SAP India, then referred
them to CEO, Rajesh Kutnikar for
expert consulting help. He traveled
to Singapore and brought the
rollout under complete control
which impressed the customer very
much and they entered into a direct
contract with IT Champs. They also
referred IT Champs to several other
Country locations/branches which
spurred rapid growth.
investment required in buying the
software to reap the benefits of
enterprise-grade solutions,
especially in conservative places
like Mysore has been challenging.
However, with time, businesses
soon realised that the adaption of a
stable and standard solution to run
their business is inevitable to
survive, let alone stay ahead of the
competition.
And the growth started…
You must be the change you
wish to see in the world.
“
Expanding Technology Reach
IT
28 January 2020

IT Champs’ customers and its
commitment to them is the main
reason behind the company’s long-
standing success. Customers have
always given repeat business apart
from referrals to other customers.
They see value in the company’s
deep understanding of the software
and the industry best practices
which they bring to the table based
on decades of collective experience
across industry verticals. IT
Champs never compromises on the
quality of deliverables which has
helped to win the trust of
customers.
Quality Offerings
Also, once they did a couple of
local implementations, those
customers started referring to other
customers which helped the
company immensely.
The reason behind the long-
standing success
IT Champs has offices in Mysore
and Bangalore where they offer the
• End to end HR and payroll
outsourced services with all
statutory compliances for over 30
• SAP license sales for both on
premise and cloud-based products
• SAP Implementation and SLA
based application maintenance and
support services
• Managed solutions for the entire
enterprise by integrating several
different systems with a suite of
industry-leading products as well as
home-grown portals and solutions
which makes it simple and
seamless for the customer to focus
on their core business rather than
worry about IT Support for their
business
following quality services
• SAP Unlock – system audit and
assessments to unlock the full
potential of the ERP use for
customers to maximize their returns
on investment
• SAP Academy offering SAP
Authorised training and global
certification for aspiring
consultants
Countries across the globe.
IT Champs focuses on delivering
value through end to end
automation to customers so that
they can operate with better
efficiency. Company’s USP is, they
first study the business processes
and the manual activities performed
across various departments and
without any prejudice of fitting
their process into standard
products, they identify the gaps and
then do a detailed analysis with a
focus on automating manual
processes, transactional entries,
interfaces between various systems
so that the errors are minimized and
efficiencies are gained.
Mr Rajesh says, “We would like to
grow to serve more customers
globally. We have plans to further
our presence in the middle east and
Africa region through our partner
network. Our ultimate objective is
to put Mysore on the World map
for quality of service and trust. We
Rajesh Kutnikar
Founder & CEO

The key achievements
Steadily growing the number of
customers, projects and
competencies year on year.
Managing resources and skills
Mr Rajesh stated, “One book that I
love to read over and over again is
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. One
person whom I admire most is our
Honourable Prime Minister, Mr.
Narendra Modiji. He has shown the
commitment to the development of
our great nation with amazing grit
and determination. There are many
inspiring stories about rags to
riches and business successes.
Some of the better ones I have
come across are that of Warren
Buffet, Steve Jobs, Jack Daniel, and
that of Sri. Dhirubhai Ambani.”
1995 and were sent to Singapore
and Germany for training since
there was no presence of SAP in
India. The team was responsible to
build country versions of the HR
module in the standard SAP system
for the south-east Asian countries.
After a couple of years, he was
promoted as quality coordinator for
four Countries and was to relocate
to Melbourne.
In 1998, he got an opportunity to
work on the consulting side which
would give him an option to be
client-facing. He moved to the US
to take up this job. While in the US,
he worked on several project
implementations for clients like
Continental General Tires, Brown-
Forman Corporation, Microsoft,
Starbucks, J. Crew, Cadence
Design Systems, and others. While
executing and managing these
projects, he had an opportunity to
be part of medium to large
consulting organizations, one of
which was a big 5 consulting firm.
are also aligning with a large
organization with a presence in
North America to offer our services
in the USA and Canada.”
Based on long-standing experience
with HR systems globally, they
believe that they can take away the
pains of dealing with mundane
transactional processing and
statutory compliances by providing
a proven and effective solution at a
very reasonable cost. This will
enable the in-house HR teams to
focus on providing more strategic
value to their organization by
streamlining recruitment processes,
learning and development of the
workforce for better productivity,
and so forth.
People at IT Champs have invested
all of their experience across the
globe and the best practices they
have gathered from the various
projects executed in developing
own Human Resource management
product called iEmpPower. This is
an easy to use employee portal with
not only employee, manager and
administrator self-service
functionalities, but also enables
employees to track and regularize
their attendance and absence data,
view their payslips and maintain
their tax-saving investment data
and so on.
Rajesh Kutnikar, the founder &
CEO
After completing a Bachelor’s in
Engineering Degree from PESIT
Bangalore, and a brief job stint as a
developer in Integra Microsystems,
Bangalore, he was selected as a
part of a team to work for SAP as a
Developer in the HR module. They
were a team of 10 developers
recruited from India amongst
hundreds of applicants in the year
effectively to keep up the utilization
as high as possible, managing
relationships with customers and
partner companies to get new leads
and references, setting up of
processes and internal controls,
mentoring and developing
leadership skills in managers, are
all part of achievements in the past
decade and a half.
IT Champs always strives to
provide all to differentiate
themselves from their competitors,
small and large. They also work
with the lifestyle constraints of the
employees to provide flexibilities to
manage their personal and
professional time without
compromising family and non-
work related responsibilities. They
are always on the lookout for
bettering the benefits and
infrastructure provided to the
employees to ensure that their time
and focus can remain on the
learning and work rather than other
issues.
In any entrepreneurial journey, with
so many factors playing on your
mind, it is so easy to get caught up
in day to day operational issues and
it is very easy to lose track of your
bigger goal. Hence, there is a need
for constant vigilance, a regular
process of introspection and sanity
check of where we are headed and
is that what we set out to do in the
first place.
The environment at the company
We need to always aim at bettering
ourselves and keep improving the
level of knowledge, service,
efficiency and overall efficacy to
stay ahead of the competition. We
just need to keep things simple and
straight forward to keep winning!
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It came under British influence in
1817 AD. In 1854, Lord Dlhauji
seized the princely state of Nagpur
as heir to the King of Nagpur and
made it part of the British Empire
and auctioned the precious gems
and ornaments of the dynasty there.
Presently, a fort and other bhavnadi
of the reign of the Bhonsle dynasty
are located in Nagpur. In 1861, it
was made the capital of the Central
Province, which remained until
1956 AD.
almost in the center of India. It was
founded by the Gond King Bakht
Buland in the early eighteenth
century. Nagpur was a princely
state of British India. Which,
during Peshwa Bajirao I, Raghuji
Bhonsle made his capital. After
1761 AD, Bhonsle of Nagpur woke
up to rule it independently.
An economic hub of north-
eastern Maharashtra
MIHAN the industrial sector in
After independence, the state
reconstruction made Nagpur the
capital of Maharashtra. Nagpur is a
major center of nationalist
associations. Nagpur is named from
the Nag River. This river passes
through the old Nagpur region.
There are a river and a serpent on
the sign of the Nagpur Municipal
Corporation. Nagpur is famous for
oranges and is also known as
Santra city. And due to the presence
of a snake in Nagpur, Nagpur is
named Nagpur.
Nagpur city is world-famous for
Oranges. Oranges from Nagpur and
nearby areas get exported in many
countries around the world. Being
forefront in the business of oranges,
Nagpur got its unique identity, The
City of Oranges.
agpur, a metro city in the
state of Maharashtra is
also known as ‘Orange
City’. Nagpur is the third-
largest city in Maharashtra after
Mumbai and Pune. It is also called
as the ‘Tiger Capital’ of India. The
Gond dynasty established Nagpur
and afterward the Bhosales of the
Maratha Empire had assembled
their kingdom.
With the increasing infrastructure
and fast developments, Nagpur is
set to be a metro city soon. The city
of Nagpur was founded by the
Gond state. Then he joined the
Maratha Empire after King
Bhonsle. In the 19th century, the
British made Nagpur the capital of
Madhya Pradesh and Berar.
Nagpur is also the winter capital of
Maharashtra, and the fast
developing and the third-largest
city in the state. According to the
2011 census, the population of the
city was 24 lakhs 5 thousand 421.
The geographical area of the city is
the 13th largest among the
country’s urban areas. Recently,
Nagpur has been recognized as the
cleanest city in India and the
second greenest city. In 2002, the
city of Nagpur completed 300 years
of its founding.
Nagpur city is located in the state
of Maharashtra in south-western
India. Geographically it is located
Nagpur is the 13th largest city in
India and 114th in the world. About
half of the population of Nagpur
speaks Marathi. This city is very
famous for its oranges. Therefore,
Nagpur is also called the city of
oranges. Recently, Nagpur city has
received the award for the
‘Cleanest and Most Beautiful
City’ in the country.
Nagpur contributes a large amount
in the economy of India. Infosys
has started its facility’s construction
in SEZ. AIR India also has its
facility in SEZ constructed by
Boeing.
Nagpur is also called as a north-
eastern Maharashtra’s IT hub.
Major IT giants like TCS, Tech
Mahindra, HCL, Global Logic,
Persistent Systems, Hexaware and
etc. run their operations smoothly
in various IT parks in the city.
Nagpur is a place where all the
communities with different
languages, cultures, and traditions
live together in a healthy and
peaceful atmosphere. One should
visit Nagpur to explore different
geographical, economic and
cultural aspects of India.
The food sector in Nagpur has
always been in talks worldwide as
it is a home for many food brands.
An Indian world famous snacks
company Haldiram’s is from
Nagpur. An ice cream company
named Dinshaws, a spices
company Suruchi International are
originated from Nagpur. Ayurvedic
Products from India are helping the
world for better health without any
adulteration. Nagpur is a home for
such big brands as Vicco and
Baidyanath.
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Must Visit Places in Nagpur
After forests in Nagpur, Navegaon
Dam is the most popular thing in
Vidarbha. Kolu Patel Kohli is
appreciated for building this dam.
The dam, which is more than 300
years old, has a sanctuary called
'Dr. Salim is a bird sanctuary.
Sitabuldi Fort is an important
monument in Nagpur city. This fort
is one of the most important
landmarks in the history of India.
This fort is in the middle of the
double (twin) mountains. The fort
was built by a British officer during
the uprising of 1857. The fort is
built on the memories of those who
lost their lives in this revolt.
The fort of Ramtek is famous for
the legend associated with it. As
stated in the legend, Shri Ram
along with his wife Sita and brother
Laxman stayed in this place to rest.
This temple is more than six
centuries old. Sitting here, Kalidas
wrote his epic 'Meghdoot'.
Thousands of pilgrims and tourists
visit the land every year for
initiation. There is a Buddhist stupa
that is 120 feet long. Hundreds of
Dalit people have come to this
place. He accepted Babasaheb
Ambedkar as his leader and
embraced Buddhism. This day is
celebrated as 'Ashok Vijay
Dashami'.
Dragon Palace is a large, iconic
temple that covers 10 acres of land.
In this temple, a large statue of
Lord Buddha is placed on the first
floor of the hall. This temple is
located in the satellite city of
Nagpur, which is known as 'Comp
Tea'. It is also known as the 'Lotus
Temple'.
Navegaon Dam
Diksha Bhumi Dragon Palace
Sitabuldi Fort Ramtek
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MICRO PRECISION
M A S T E R I N O I L L U B R I C A T I O N
In a talk with ,Siddhi Pise
They play a very important role in
saving businesses money, time and
manpower.
ubricators are one of most
Lthe essential elements in
the manufacturing industry.
The use of the correct lubrication
system helps to maximize the life
of machinery.
Micro Precision Manufactures
High-Pressure Oil Lubrication
Systems for Sugar, Rubber,
Forging, Petrochemical, and Heavy
Engineering Industries.
• Tell us about the company.
Managing Partner at Micro
Precision, let’s get inspired by her
entrepreneurial journey and
discover more about Micro
Precision.
The Company
Micro Precision was established in
1979. The day to day operations
and management activities were
handled by Mr. Sachin Pise, the
Managing Partner.
We have a full-ﬂedged state of the
SIDDHI PISE
Managing Partner
36 January 2020

success?
Preserving the core competency
and parallelly stimulate the
progress in terms of change,
renewal, improvement and the
pursuit of your set goals.
Another important factor that
contributes to the company's
success is to trusted and satisfied
customers. And as said,
perseverance is the key to success.
The Products/Services-
• What are the products/services
the company focuses on? How
are your services different from
those in the market?
Happy customer’s
acknowledgment and their
maximizing word of mouth was a
plus for us.
Lubrication represents the single
largest opportunity in machines
reliability.
Micro Precision make Lubricators
guarantees proper lubrication to
reduce the friction and abrasions
caused by direct metal -to metal
contact, transport heat generated by
friction, guarantees long life of
machines and precision bearings
and prevents harmful rust and
corrosions.
For Rubber Industries, Micro
Micro Precision manufactures a
variety of Oil Lubrication Systems
based on the different types of
Industries with their different
requirements related to the type of
lubricants, oil viscosities, oil
delivery and oil pressure.
Initially, there were many
challenges faced. When the
company was formed, we had a
little capital so investing in some
heavy equipment and machinery
was a challenge.
Due to the sad demise of my father,
Mr. Sachin Pise in the year 2016,
my mother Sneha Pise and I,
Siddhi Pise have started handling
the business.
• What were the initial challenges
you faced?
art workshop to manufacture High-
Pressure Lubricators and other
parts required. Our industrial shed
is spread over 2,500 sq. ft. Micro
Precision is located in Pune,
Maharashtra.
With the upcoming technology, we
started moving along with it, by
investing in machines, doing in-
house research and development.
company?
We have a client base of over 200
Sugar factories, Rubber factories &
Forging industries in India and
abroad.
In the early 90s, many sugar
factories who had purchased our
products were shut down due to
their own reasons, indirectly
affecting our future work with
them.
The availability of skilled workers
was another challenge.
When you want to maximize the
return on investment, with efficient
and targeted marketing you get
those results.
These lubricators are capable of
delivering less viscous oil (very
thin) oil at the maximum pressure
of 6,000 P.S.I. ensuring high life of
dust stop seal / gland seal.
The pumping elements mounted on
the lubricator can deliver variety of
oils, less viscous oil like S.S. 16,
Elasto 245 to high viscous oil like
Elasto 760. The flow of oil/stroke
is adjustable to give output of oil as
per requirement.
Precision manufactures high
pressure lubricators for Rubber
Intermix, “Rubber Kneaders”
Banbury mixing mills with the
brand name “Oilube-R”.

• How do you decide to take the
company a step further in terms
of your products/services?
In this changing world, we need to
evolve as per the changing needs of
the customer. At Micro Precision,
we strive for continuous
improvement. I believe that a
continuous improvement approach
is necessary to keep ahead of the
game. Also, the use of digital
As said, our products and services
do stand out differently from other
as we follow the customer centric
and quality-oriented approach.
guaranteed oil delivery to the
bearings increasing the life of
bearings. These lubricators are also
suitable for grease.
As per the customer’s requirements
we also provide Control panel
along with the lubricators.
Customization related to increased
oil capacity is also done. We are
known in this field for “Quality
Products & Services”, examples
include Interchangeability of the
spares and proper heat treatment of
the parts. Our products and services
are trusted and well acknowledged
by all our customers. We also
undertake overhauling and repair of
the lubricators, to increase the
efficiency over the years.
For Sugar Industries, Micro
Precision is the leading
manufacturer of Mill Roll
Lubricators with the brand name
“Oilube-D”. Lubricators are
available in 2 different types i.e.
Motorized & Sprocket wheel chain
driven. These lubricators have
facility of fine control of oil from
0.00 cc/stroke to 0.1 cc/stroke.
These lubricators are suitable for
Oliver, Vacuum filters, Roller
Mills.
For Forging Industry, Micro
Precision makes high Pressure
Lubricators which are capable of
delivering high viscous oils like
Elasto 710, Gear oil 460 at high
pressures of 1500 P.S.I. This gives
I have completed my Bachelors in
Engineering (Computer Science)
from MIT, Pune. After which I
worked in Cognizant Technology
Solutions as a Java developer for 2
years. I then perused my Masters in
Information System from the
University of Maryland Baltimore
County, USA. Currently, I am the
Managing Partner of Micro
Precision.
• What are the key achievements
of your entrepreneurial journey?
technology in terms of online
marketing to increase product
awareness, extending business
networks
With the heterogeneous mix of
Information Technology and
manufacturing, we are working
towards analysing the massive
amount of manufacturing data to
increase the efficiency of the
manufacturer. Analytics has the
potential to boost the
manufacturing business and give a
competitive edge in the
marketplace.
• Is there any new addition to the
list of products/services?
Anything exciting you would like
to share?
As a managing partner, I have met
and conversed with many people.
Every day you get to learn
something new for them. Be it a
shop floor staff, Chief Engineers or
Upper Management.
About Leadership
Currently, Micro Precision is
focusing on techniques to merge IT
in the manufacturing world.
38 January 2020

the most?
My father, Sachin Pise. I admire
him the most. He rightfully
balanced his personal and
professional life. He has given us
so many life lessons that I still look
up to and cherish every day. Even
though he is not with us, the
positivity and his strength will
always be with us. In a true sense,
he is the backbone of our company
and family.
More than an Entrepreneur
favourite book is? And your
favourite part of the book (if
any)?
Recently, I have read “The 7 Habits
of Highly Effective People” by
Stephen Covey and I have learned
a lot from it. It is an inspiring and
very positive book and one of my
favourites.
I find Mr. Ratan Tata’s business
story inspiring.
• Which is the most inspiring
quote you have read?
you cope with that?
Just don’t follow the crowd.
Explore the ways were others turn
“However difficult life may seem,
there is always something you can
do and succeed at”
Understand what you really want to
achieve, set our priorities and work
towards your goal.
What I follow is transparency in
communication and I also ask them
their views or ideas and inputs to
promote continuous learning for
them as well as for myself.
• Is there any special experience
with your clients you would like
to highlight?
I have learned that we should trust
our team but have regular checks
and accountability.
It is very important that the
workforce should be equally
enthusiastic about their work.
team unique?
So, we have an esteemed client
from Malaysia who flew to India
for a business trip in 2015. He had
visited our factory and he was so
impressed with the quality of
lubricators and its functioning that
he purchased 5 units of lubricators
in just one go.
As we know, the mechanical
industry is said to be a male-
dominated field. I had been
undermined and have heard so
many things like why do you want
to handle machinery and get
lubricants and grease all over you?
“It’s a man’s job to handle a core
mechanical industry, it does not
come naturally to women”.
Coming from a Computer Science
background, getting moulded into a
completely different field was
definitely challenging.
At work, I deal with the workforce,
which is mainly men in their
forties. But that has never been a
problem.
out.
Message to young girls!
Never Give up! Prioritize! Give
equal importance to your
professional and family life. Find
time for yourself. Focus on what
you really like, your passion,
ambition, dream big.
I also encourage girls and young
women to challenge male-
domination wherever it occurs. Just
because a particular space has
historically been occupied by men
does not mean it should remain that
way. With awareness and a little
cheerleading, young women can
become more confident participants
in any male-dominated space.

Necurity Solutions
A Cyber Security Company
of the top government assets to any
private records. This consists of
your personal electronic devices
including laptops, mobiles, tablets,
and so on. We may be unaware of
the information, but it may contain
certain information that the hackers
and the cybercriminals would love
access to. this will contain other
people’s phone numbers, email
addresses, their names and
birthdates, and all the personal
information. A hacker then can
input malware in their system by
using your name.
Necurity Solutions, a cyber-
Cybersecurity is a wide term and
entails everything from the security
yber protection is essential
Cbecause without any
understanding or
consideration of the issue you’re
ready to be attacked. it is able to
not happen now, or next week,
however eventually you will be
breached and you will deal with the
fallout. In reality, in the last few
years, cybercrime has grown at this
type of speedy rate it is now an
issue all businesses should
constantly be monitoring and
handling.
Ishwar Prasad Bhat
Founder
40 January 2020

We provide Red Teaming,
Vulnerability Assessments, and
Penetration testing. We always
believe that “To catch a thief, think
like a thief”. “To be protected from
hackers, have ethical hackers”.
Hackers are not software or
computers. They are human minds
who have a unique methodology to
hack into the system. We use
Ethical Hackers to provide real
security from all kinds of Cyber-
attacks.
When the industry understood that
Cyber Security protection is
important, that’s where our growth
started, since our services are
unique and we provide real
protection in an Ethical Hacker’s
way.
Our dedication and passion for
protecting the organization from all
the Cyber-attacks. We have a great
team that can find out the
vulnerabilities that cannot be found
by any industry available software.
Customers trust us, we deliver with
utmost dedication.
company?
success?
• What are the products/services
the company focuses on? How
are your services different from
those in the market?
security solution company founded
by 2016, Mr. Ishwar Prasad Bhat
with the mission, “to make
information technology an asset in
business expansion across the
industry through affordable and
innovative security solutions”.
In a talk with Mr. Ishwar Prasad
Bhat, let’s discover the business
landscape of cybersecurity and its
quality offerings.
• Tell us about the company.
Necurity solutions, a Cyber
Security company with a vision to
make information technology an
asset in business sustenance and
expansion across the industry
through affordable and innovative
security solutions. We do
Vulnerability assessment,
Penetration testing including web
and network, Red teaming. We
make sure that the organization’s
infrastructure is safe and secure
from all kinds of attacks. We
always believe “To catch a thief,
think like a thief”. “To be protected
from hackers, have ethical
hackers”. We provide Cyber
Security protection in an ethical
Hackers way.
• What were the initial challenges
you faced?
Initially, it was difficult to make
industries understand why Cyber
Security protection is much needed.
Many did not understand the
difference between an IT team and
a Cyber Team.
ETHICAL
HACKERS
ARE
NOT
MADE,
THEY
ARE
BORN
‘‘

my remarkable achievements in the
field of cybersecurity by
AKKINENI FOUNDATION OF
USA. I was also awarded
Entrepreneurs of the Year Awards
by Entrepreneurs Council of India
for my remarkable achievements in
the field of Cyber Security.
team unique?
We always make sure our
employees are happy and have a
great passion for Cyber. We have a
great team of OSCP certified Cyber
experts who make sure the
cybersecurity of our client’s
products and infra are 100% secure.
It is indeed a need. In the changing
I always prefer reading books to
spending quality time. From many
books that I have read, “Business
Adventures” - by John Brooks is
my favourite one.
Sundar Pichai, who recently
became CEO of Google parent
company Alphabet Inc. He is a
mastermind behind Google growth
worldwide.
favourite book is?
• Constant vigilance- a need or a
strategy? Please share your
views.
Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba
has always been a source of
motivation for me. I admire him the
most.
the most?
Our main services are
3. Mobile Application Penetration
Testing
4. Red Teaming & Enterprise
Security
• Is there any new addition to the
list of products/services?
Anything exciting you would like
to share?
The technology world is at the
cusp. To be ready to deal with the
change we are working on an
exclusive product on Cyber
Security, which we would like to
release by 2020.
• What do you think are the
responsibilities of an
entrepreneur?
2. Network Penetration Testing
As an entrepreneur, it is extremely
important to take the company in
the right direction thus benefitting
society.
I am a Certified Ethical Hacker and
Certified Information Security
Expert. I am known for finding a
serious vulnerability in eBay that
allowed hackers to purchase
anything for one rupee. The record
about the vulnerability is available
in Google as the “eBay One Rupee
Vulnerability”. I am currently listed
in more than 20+ companies’
prestigious Hall of fame which
includes eBay, AT&T, Blackberry
and many…. I was also awarded
more than 1000$ from companies
like Shopify, Uber for reporting
Multiple vulnerabilities in their
system. I have been awarded
“VINUTNA RATNAAWARD” for
1. Web Application Security
Assessment
world of technology, it is extremely
important that you are vigilant.
you cope with that?
♦ “Entrepreneur of The Year 2016”
Award by Entrepreneurs Council of
India
♦ “VINUTNA RATNAAWARD”
for my remarkable achievements in
the field of cybersecurity by
AKKINENI FOUNDATION OF
USA.
Awards and Recognitions
♦ Speaker and Panellist at FICCI
(Federation of India Chamber of
Commerce & Industry)
♦ Winner of Bug Bounty Programs
of Uber, Shopify and was awarded
more than 2000$
Ishwar Prasad Bhat Popularly
known for his finding a serious
vulnerability in eBay that allowed
hackers to purchase anything for
one rupee. The record about the
vulnerability is available with
Google search as “eBay One Rupee
Vulnerability”.
♦ Speaker at National Information
Security Summit and Hackers Day
Conference
Every day is a learning for me. I
keep updating myself with all the
latest tech news and code that are
out there in the market. I am a CEO
by morning and Cyber expert by
night.
♦ National Technical Committee
member at National Cyber Security
and Safety Standards.
42 January 2020

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The Ch
DISR
his is a world where truly
Tchange is the only constant,
and seldom this challenge
of disruptive change is pretty hard
for the big organizations to adapt
to. Often very few companies are
able to innovate successfully. The
needs of the market change day in
and day out, and it will continue to
do so. With such recurring changes,
the business managements will
have to ﬁnd new ways to adapt to
these.
What exactly is this disruptive
change then?
Disruptive change can be deﬁned
as a change that is not localized and
becomes irreversible eventually.
This is the kind of change that
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hallenge of
RUPTIVE
Some of the common indicators for
a disruptive change can be-
early which allows the managers of
businesses to deal with them,
although, sometimes the change is
not clear until the very last
moment.
• The public sentiments,
• Changes in government policies
and regulations
• Vast customer dissatisfaction
And many more of such.
This challenge of disruptive
change can impact many
companies and its effects depend on
the preparedness of the companies,
• Market availability of the
products
To explore the new possibilities
you need to consider the past and
present trends to take into
consideration the future
possibilities. As the changes in the
industries are ever-changing,
changes in the market trends are
inevitable. And for the business to
succeed, it is the responsibility of
the managers to identify the change
indicators the earliest and be
prepared to deal with it all.
how well do they deal with the
change and adapt to it. Some
businesses get swallowed in during
the process, while there are some
businesses that emerge quite big.
After all, the consequences of a
change depend completely upon
how people decide to take it. Some
people try to ignore the situation
and decide to do nothing about it,
while some people play smart and
minimize the disruption a change
has caused by adopting to it as
quickly possible.
Dealing with a disruptive change is
not as hard as it may seem. You just
need to have a proper market
analysis and also the analysis of the
enterprise as a whole. As a business
manager you need to understand
the trend of the market and also the
nature of the challenge. The next
step is accepting the challenge and
exploring new possibilities.
Change will neither knock you on
the door, nor will it give you a
second chance. It is better that we
be prepared. And as it goes,
precaution is better than cure!
affects a portion of the industry.
Disruptive changes can be a result
of the market trends that also cause
a shift in the production that fit the
customer demands. The best
example of this is the introduction
of the mobile phones. Mobile
phones were introduced to replace
the regular analogue phones. The
first mobile phones had poor sound
quality and were also expensive.
With time, better phones came out
in the market, innovations made
way for better phones, or what we
call today the ‘smart phones’.
It is evident that the challenge of
disruptive change suffers lower
performances initially in the
mainstream market. The indicators
of a disruptive change can be seen

Automation Laboratory- Robot
Study Circle in COEP, Robolab
Technologies was bound to happen.
Having worked on a variety of
projects, participating in various
types of competitions and securing
laurels for the Alma Mater at all
levels, the founders decided to
continue with the same zeal and
impart the knowledge to the
newcomers and other students. The
idea was finalized when they came
across a survey regarding the
“Research and Development
Instead of taking up lucrative jobs,
the founders chose to start a
company. Having worked in the
Robotics field for four years of
their Engineering and being
associated with the Robotics and
Robolab is a technology driven
company, with their current
offerings in the educational and
industrial sector. Robolab
visualizes the ideas of their clients
and their research and development
effects. With their focus on the
prime objective, the delivery of
highest quality solutions to their
clients at optimal costs by adopting
the most relevant and advanced
technologies,
Robolab is
providing cutting
edge solutions to its
clients today.
With the rigorous efforts of its co-
founders, Robolab Technologies is
in an attempt to transform the
educational facilities in the country
and to provide the students to
nurture their skills and talent and
also to create employment for the
youth.
Who doesn’t love robots?
Students today are keen
on learning robotics,
and one can see many engineering
students taking up robotics. It is
also because robotics today has
evolved tremendously, and so is the
scope for it. And Pratik Deshmukh,
Ajit Pawar and Amol Gulhane
recognised this and started the
venture of Robolab Technologies.
Robolab Technologies is a venture
by graduates from the prestigious
College of Engineering Pune
(COEP) and is incubated by the
BHAU Institute of Innovation
Entrepreneurship and Leadership
(BIEL) which is the incubation
centre of the College of
Engineering Pune.
Inception-
Facilities and Center of Excellences
in India” by a reputed agency in
India.
• Standard guidelines and essentials
Their Services-
Product Features:
Robolab is your very own, on
campus, Centre of Excellence in
Robotics, Internet of Things (IoT),
Rapid Prototyping and Industrial
Automation, tailor-made for you. It
is an advanced, state of the art
platform to explore, learn and build
robots and related technologies. We
provide innovative and interactive
training by experts consistent with
the latest curricula and the industry
requirements. This empowers the
trainees to successfully run the lab
for the benefit of the larger group of
students. Robolab is a perfect
platform for its users to learn, build
and share their ideas.
• Hands on practical experience
along with required theory
• Superior quality and Advanced
robot study platforms
• Affordable excellence with Quick
Return on Investment
• Advanced state of the art technical
research facility within campus
• Consolidation of concepts
• Industry- institute Interaction
• Training by Industry Experts
What is Robolab?
A perfect platform to
explore, learn and build robots
“
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Director and Chief Executive
Officer
Born and brought up in Yavatmal
District of Maharashtra state, Amol
Gulhane is the Co-Founder and
CEO of Robolab Technologies. He
is a first generation entrepreneur
and a Roboticist Shaping the Best
Robotics and Automation
Company. A roboticist, Amol has
deep experience of designing and
manufacturing complex and task
Amol Ashok Gulhane
• Rapid Prototyping Lab
About the Team
Bachelor of Technology in
Electronics and Telecommunication
Engineering from Government
(COEP), Pune, Executive
Management Development
Program from Indian Institute of
Management, Lucknow (IIML).
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab
For Industries, Defense and
Research Organizations
• Research and Development
Consulting
• Product Development
Education
For Colleges and Research and
Development Centers
• Center Of Excellence in
Mechatronics (COE-M)
• Center Of Excellence in Artificial
Intelligence (COE-AI)
• Center Of Excellence in Robotics
(COE-R)
• Research and Development
(R&D)
Main Products/Services
• Center Of Excellence in Internet
of Things (COE-IoT)
• Center Of Excellence in Industry
4.0 (COE-I4.0)
• Center Of Excellence in Rapid
Prototyping and Scanning (COE-
RPS)
• Center Of Excellence in
Pneumatics Technology (COE-PT)
• Center Of Excellence in Vacuum
Technology(COE-VT)
• Center Of Excellence in Industrial
Automation(COE-IA)
• Faculty Development Programs
(FDP)
• Consulting, Guidance,
Mentorship
For Schools
• Atal Tinkering Lab
• Do it yourself (DIY) Lab
• Robotics Lab
• Internet of Things (IoT) Lab
Director
His right mix of technology and
business skills forms a unique
blend and comes in as a great
positive feature to an innovative
company. He has earned experience
in technology consulting &
solutions in the area of business
analytics, analysis and consulting
space. He is well versed in
executing technology projects and
has deep knowledge on various
specific industrial robots. He has a
profound knowledge of educational
and defence robots and is
specialized in digital image
processing, embedded
programming, design analysis and
optimization. With his
entrepreneurial, management and
technical skills and being an
accomplished sports-person, he
implements his unique ways to
motivate the entire team and get the
best out of people.
Education
Pratik Pravin Deshmukh
Electronics and Telecommunication
Engineering from Government
(COEP), Pune
Amol Ashok Gulhane Pratik Pravin Deshmukh Ajit Balaji Pawar

• Best Startup award in the field of
Artificial Intelligence Innovation
Domain in Education and Industry
by MITSOT, ITU, The IET
• Top50 Ed-Startups in India that
will redefine the education system
by SCOONEWS media
Robolab’s Awards and
Recognitions include-
• Best ICT Start-Up in India by
Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology (MeitY),
Government of India, ASSOCHAM
and ERICSSON
• Top25 Tech Companies in India
by Insights Success Media
• Best startup to work for in the
year 2017 by The Economic Times
• StartUp of the Year Under Future
Education category at World
StartUp Expo 2016 , Bengaluru
• Recipient of Young MSE
Achiever Award by Small
Industries Development Bank of
India (SIDBI) and The Economic
Times 2018
He is the recipient of the National
Entrepreneurship Award given by
Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship (MSDE),
Government of India and Young
Achievers Award (SIDBI).
• National Entrepreneurship Award
Winner 2018, Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship
(MSDE), Government of India
experience of working with large
corporations majorly in the space
of technology and operations
domains. His experience in
management and business
operations is an asset for our
company.
• Chosen for the Startup India
Initiative, Department for
Promotion of Industry and Internal
Trade , Government of India
• Winner of the HOT100 Startup
Award by CORE
industry methodologies. He comes
with unique ideas of working with
large corporations majorly in the
space of sales & marketing
domains. With business
development background and
technical education, he has a fitting
understanding on extensive areas of
sciences. He is the recipient of the
National Entrepreneurship Award
given by Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship
(MSDE), Government of India,
Young Achievers Award (SIDBI).
Ajit Balaji Pawar
Education
Mechanical Engineering from
Government College of
Engineering Pune (COEP), Pune
Ajit is immensely passionate about
Robotics right from his graduate
studies, earned expertise in design
& development of robots. He took
part in many national &
international robotics events and
has won laurels for his Alma Mater
COEP. His knowledge in product
design and his way of approach to
product development is
commendable. He has deep
experience in 3d CAD modelling,
simulation, animation and analysis
of the products. He has set a high
standard of excellence in the areas
of running high growth operations,
affecting successful deployments
and executing profitable
integration. His exceptional people
skills and sincerity have been
instrumental in building an
innovative enterprise.
Chief Operating Officer
He is an expert in executing
technology projects and has deep
knowledge of the industry working
methodologies. He comes with an
• Robolab Technologies CoFounder
and Director, Amol Gulhane
awarded with Youth Inspirator
Award by Sakaal
• Top50 Manufacturing Innovative
Leaders by World Innovation
Congress
• Part of the Delegation from
Government of India to Singapore
for “Business and Innovation
Summit”
• Most Innovative Company in
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Space amongst Indian Startups by
Insights Success Media
• Robolab Technologies CoFounder
and Director, Amol Gulhane
awarded with South India's Best of
40 under 40 Startup Entrepreneurs
by The New Indian Express
• Awarded with Young Super
Achiever 30 under 30 title by
Hindustan Times
• Top Innovators in India who
changed the Startup world by
Insights Success Media
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