The document provides a profile of Sriram Subramanya, founder and CEO of Integra Software Services. It details his educational and professional background, highlighting how he started the company in 1994 with just 5 employees and has grown it to over 1,100 employees with operations in the US, UK, and Spain. It also discusses Sriram's social responsibility work through the Sriram Charitable Trust, which supports healthcare, education, and rural development. Sriram and Integra have received numerous awards for their work in e-publishing, entrepreneurship, gender inclusion, and more.

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SRIRAM SUBRAMANYA
Founder, Managing Director & CEO, Integra Software
Services Pvt. Ltd
“Integra is a pioneer in the industry, in so far as being extremely
process oriented. We have the wherewithal to leverage automation
through technology for improving productivity and saving costs...”
Think of e-publishing industry in India and the name that comes to mind immediately
isIntegra Software Services, the Puducherry-based e-publishing company. From a DTP
company providing typesetting services, the company has grown tremendously to an MNC spreading its wings to
USA, UK and Spain. The success story scripted by the founder and CEO Sriram Subramanya through his tremendous
dedication, skill and commitment is worth telling.
BRIEF PROFILE:
A Mechanical Engineering Graduate of the 1982-86 batch of Annamalai University, Sriram has a passion for
technology and new gadgets. Deeply spiritual in nature with an interest in Carnatic Classical Music, Sriram is also an
active sportsperson, who enjoys table tennis, swimming, and has recently taken up golf.
CAREER PROFILE:
Sriram Subramanya is the Founder, Managing Director & CEO of Integra Software Services, an 1100 employee
Company and one of the top Digital, eLearning and Content Service providers to the Publishing Industry, globally. As
the chief visionary and architect behind the growth of Integra, Sriram conceptualized and implemented operations to
realize Integra’s vision, by building an organizational culture that is recognized worldwide for delivering innovative
and high quality services to global Publishing Companies.
After completing BE mechanical engineering from Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, and gaining the required
exposure by working for nine years with three companies in Bangalore, Chennai and Puducherry, he initiated this
company in 1994 with his wife Anu and a five-member team right from his home. Later he moved to a 14 different
buildings in Jawahar Nagar and finally to the company’s own building in 2006 on a 70,000 square feet land on East
Coast Road near Pakkamudiyanpet. In fact he started the company at a time when youngsters were flying off to USA
for lucrative jobs — he was determined to succeed as an entrepreneur.Integra has witnessed a compound annual
growth rate of 28 per cent for the past four years. It has also acquired two companies in USA and also launched its UK
subsidiary. Integra also offers editorial development, new media services (e-learning) and language polishing. The
company has handled over 1.25 million typeset pages so far. Employee strength has crossed 1,300. Integra is probably
the biggest employment provider in Puducherry. Women constitute 60 per cent of the staff.
Sriram has just ventured into the business of fresh, organic, fruits and vegetables, sorted and packed, under the brand
name of ‘Farmerie’. The brand addresses the needs of the consumers seeking safe food and also provides sustainable
livelihood for farmers. Also on the cards, is the launch of natural, traditional, organic and wellness food products, the
R&D for which is underway.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPOSIBILITY:
With a deep commitment towards working for the welfare of the underprivileged, Sriram launched the ‘Sriram
Charitable Trust’ which has benefited thousands of poor, sick, needy and underprivileged people in areas of
healthcare, women empowerment, funding of education, social rehabilitation and rural upliftment. The Trust also
works in helping the Government for better Governance as well as in the area of the environment, carrying out tree
planting on an extensive scale. Website: http://sriramcharitabletrust.org/. Under the leadership of Sriram, Sriram
Charitable Trust had also launched Puducherry Vision 2025, in collaboration with CII, for the development of
Pondicherry, involving all stakeholders.
AWARDS & ACCOLADES:
During the course of his exciting journey as an entrepreneur, a plethora of awards and recognitions have come his way
and that of his Company. Starting with the Vocational Excellence Award from the Rotary Club, as early as 2002, and
Trailblazer Awards from the Times of India Group in 2008 and 2011, Sriram was featured recently by best-selling
Author and Entrepreneur, Rashmi Bansal, in her book ‘Take me Home’. His Company, Integra, too, has been raking
in the Awards from organizations as diverse as MAIT, Star News, inc.India and NASSCOM which had recognized
Integra with the Gender Inclusivity Award.
A past Chairman of the CII, Puducherry, 2008-09, Sriram is on the Southern Regional Council of CII and on various
committees of the CII as well. A member of NASSCOM as well as Chambers of Commerce such as the Indo American
Chamber of Commerce, the Indo Japan Chamber of Commerce and the Indo German Chamber of Commerce, Sriram
is also on the CII National Innovation & Entrepreneurship Council.