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Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Rajith Nair: Digital Radio Broadcasting is being mandated across the globe by all countries including India due to the advantages of multiplying the number of channels, excellent quality Audio for long distance reception and availability of useful data like traffic, news etc. Digital Radio will also play a crucial role in bridging the digital divide in developing countries such as India by providing free access to educational programs and on a large scale deployment. It is also useful in broadcasting emergency warnings in the advent of natural disasters in an automated fashion to all radios including car, desktop and mobile phones when mobile networks may be completely dysfunctional. Also, Digital broadcast Radio is a viable and useful option in rural and remote areas where ensuring internet access may not be that easy. However, current Digital Radio Broadcast Receiver solutions (DRM/DRM+, DAB/DAB+, HD-Radio, CDR) in the market require dedicated chips to perform complex operations like Demodulation in hardware and hence end solution becomes very costly due to high chip costs. Such high costs prevent swift penetration into emerging and high-volume markets like India, European Union, South Africa, Indonesia where the usage of Digital Broadcast Technology is mandated by the Government as part of shut shutdown of Analog Radio transmission in AM and FM bands. Inntot was formed with the very idea of breaking the general convention that high quality and cost effectiveness will not go hand in hand. With strong expertise and considerable experience of founders in the area of digital broadcast receiver solutions, Inntot was able to come up with high quality and cost-effective solutions based on the concept of Software Defined Radio with its own patented improvisations. Inntot has 4 granted patents and 4 pending patents. Inntot solution runs on ARM processors and eliminates the need of dedicated radio chips and thereby reducing the Bill of Materials (BoM) cost and product cost significantly. Hence Inntot solution facilitates the availability of the best of next generation technology to common man at very low cost. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Inntot Technologies Pvt Ltd Rajith Nair: Inntot provides Product/IP based solutions in the area of digital broadcast radio receiver solutions. Inntot has one shop stop solution for digital broadcast radio receiver components for all digital broadcast radio receiver standards which makes the solution universal along with the aspects of high quality and cost effectiveness. Inntot provides IP enabled engineering services related to productization to its customers - which are mainly Automotive Tier-1 companies whose customers are major car manufacturers. These engineering services include product development, product testing for feature and performance, pre-certification support testing, field testing etc. Great Companies: What makes Inntot Technologies Pvt Ltd different from hundreds of other similar service providers? Rajith Nair: Inntot solutions eliminates the need for radio decoding chips which makes the solution attractive in terms of cost (3-12 USD saved per digital radio receiver) and easy maintenance of the solution through software upgrade. Since it is software based, Inntot solution is unaffected by the global shortage of chips and reduces the need to manufacture carbon intensive hardware. Inntot solution scores over its competitors in terms of performance through its granted patents and provides a huge competitive edge to its customers. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Rajith Nair: Inntot's software based IP solution is a direct competitor of radio chips manufactured by semiconductor giants who are well established in the industry. It has been an amazing journey for Inntot to develop the first product prototype, optimize the solution for the best performance and rope in the major customers who are accustomed to using the solutions of major semiconductor giants. Now, Inntot solution is being used by major customers and is in production for some of the heavy weights in the car manufacturing industry replacing their first generation solution based on the radio chips provided by established semiconductor companies. For every new customer, Inntot has to get its solution evaluated and validated for its feature and performance and this customer acquisition cycle takes a long time. This process is getting easier as Inntot solution is now in production for some of the major companies. Building cost intensive testing infrastructure and niche area competency were some of the other challenges faced during product/IP development. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Inntot Technologies Pvt Ltd? Rajith Nair: Inntot plans to raise the next round of investment with the objective of expanding its solutions globally. Inntot has a vision of becoming market leader for the digital broadcast radio receiver in next 5 years and acquire much of the market in in-car and after-market solutions in the automotive segment along with a substantial presence in the upcoming segments of consumer electronics and smart phones. Inntot plans to further improvise its IP solutions for providing outstanding performance and further reduced costs. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Rajith Nair: Always dream big, keep attempting with the right intentions and be open for changes ! Success will come to you for sure ! Website : https://www.inntot.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/inntot-technologies-pvt-ltd-/ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/inntot/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/inntot

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Leo Patnaik: It all started in the year 2011 when my elder cousin and I identified a raging issue with the small and medium businesses not being able to tap into the power of digital marketing. Most S&M businesses and start-ups weren’t even aware of the fact that internet marketing can do wonders for their business. And a few of those who knew about digital marketing wanted success overnight, without putting much thought and work into the organic process. This felt like an opportunity for us to educate and elevate these start-ups to help them grow and scale their business. Once we started doing this, we could see that most clients needed an all-inclusive service provider that could cater to all their digital needs, from getting a domain name to building a website and marketing their business on the internet. Thus, we expanded into a team with diversified expertise. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by ONMATECH Solutions Leo Patnaik: As a comprehensive service provider, we offer a wide range of services which includes but are not limited to web designing and development, e-commerce website, website management, mobile app development, digital marketing, SEO Services, Social media marketing and optimisation, creative designing, content writing, and hosting services. Great Companies: What makes ONMATECH Solutions different from hundreds of other similar service providers? Leo Patnaik: We believe that IT & digital services cannot be offered as a “One-Size-Fits-All” solution. Most of the service providers in this domain have pre-designed plans or packages that may or may not help the client to achieve their goals. But, at ONMATECH, we believe every client/business is different and so are their needs and challenges. We understand and identify their needs first and then offer a tailor-made solution that is specifically designed to upscale their productivity and business. All IT firms, like us, use the same advanced tools and technology but what makes us stand out from the rest is the innovation and the attention-to-detail that reflects in every work done by us for our esteemed clients. In short, we invest ourselves in each project as if it is our own and not just some work for the client. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Leo Patnaik: Progress and struggle, go hand in hand. We believe that every challenge offers an opportunity to grow and get better. One of the major challenges that we’re facing these days are the cybersecurity threats and the rise of data theft by hackers and malicious entities. At ONMATECH, we take web security very seriously and constantly work towards keeping your digital information safe and secure. Another challenge that has been helping us to evolve is creating engaging content. Research shows us that the average user attention span is getting shorter by the day and this poses a challenge to create quality content that engages users and converts them into potential customers. We always have to be on our toes and think outside the box in order to ensure that our marketing efforts are fetching the right results for our clients. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for ONMATECH Solutions? Leo Patnaik: Five years is a long time and even longer in the ever-evolving technology world. We started with a vision of providing quality services to help small and medium businesses and start-ups scale to their potential. We will continue to work with the same vision while evolving our technology and procedures to fit clients' needs. We are constantly working on concentric diversification. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Leo Patnaik: Entrepreneurship has taught me many invaluable lessons, and I’m still learning. One thing that I’ve learned in all these years is ALWAYS DO QUALITY WORK and then let it speak for itself. There’s no alternative to good quality work and it helps you to build long-term relationships with your clients or customers. Website : www.onmatech.com

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Palash Dhawade: Indian agriculture market is unorganized. This affects agriculture sector’s growth compared to other sector. Farmer is not directly connected with food and agriculture businesses in India, despite being the original producer and supplier of raw material. Post harvesting farmers face two major problems with their produce, firstly how to sell & second whom to sell. Currently they have two common options to sell first to sell a middleman and second is MANDI. In both options farmer does not get best rate for his produce. Middleman purchases on very low rate and make profit after resell it. If he chooses to sell his produce in MANDI he still have to pay excess percentages to commission agents. Due to lack of awareness and communication, farmers are not able to connect to their end consumers (i.e. food industries) and complete the documentation needed to sell their produce. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by RaamSetu Agrotech Private Limited? Palash Dhawade: Raam Setu is a network-centric B2B trade platform, designed specifically for medium & large scale farmers in India. It brings farmers and buyers on to a single platform. Driven by technology, on time 24 x 7 active bidding systems allow farmers to trade their produce directly to food industries, across India. Great Companies: What makes RaamSetu Agrotech Private Limited different from hundreds of other similar service providers? Palash Dhawade: We are the first private online platform who is auctioning the agro commodities to food industries. Our competitive bidding system with huge demands provides best cost to the farmer since their buyers are food industry. Farmer can sell their product anywhere in the country from the comfort of his place and in his own language. Farmer does not need to bear transportation, labor and packaging charges to mandis as our platform procures it from buyer which results in farmer’s benefit. Our android application is specially designed for farmers. Its user interface is as simple as it can get to understand and anyone can use it with ease. 24*7 online servers to keep the bidding system active, AI and call support to assist the farmer with their problems. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Palash Dhawade: It was difficult and time consuming task at the beginning to switch farmers to our system from their traditional trading system but eventually they started realizing the benefits of switching. Apart from that we needed a large chunk of money in order to manage company’s cash flow as the payments from food industries takes 7-10 working days to process. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for RaamSetu Agrotech Private Limited? Palash Dhawade: We want to be the next Alibaba of India. A complete organized B2B marketplace for all the agriculture products and direct supply chain from farmers to food industries, eliminating all the middlemen and brokers of the current traditional trading systems followed in APMC mandi’s. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Palash Dhawade: You will definitely fail. Success will not look like what you have in mind and is only achievable if you don’t give up as you will fail along the way. Be prepared to pivot, be comfortable with being wrong, and expect everything to fall short of your goals. Winning will come but only if you’re the deserving one.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Manjul Krishnan: Idea was very simple as we know the fact that everyone now a days is on internet and searching for everything that they need so we jumped into this ,our Idea was not so unique many other companies doing same type of business but our location was a big task as state like Bihar and Jharkhand is not a corporate or industrial state where you can not go easy. We started as social event planners and now we are into wedding business also and working on bringing all the vendors of these states on a single platform. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Event Panda Manjul Krishnan: As i have told you we started our service from social event planner and now we are into wedding planning services , corporate events ,Photography and generating leads for local vendors and providing customer base on no commission basis. Great Companies: What makes Event Panda as Owners Foundation different from hundreds of other similar service providers? Manjul Krishnan: Many service providers come and go from the market but we are standing in the small market just because of our creativity in our work. Creativity in our work and proper marketing in the market makes our organization different from others. Marketing plays a very important role because it's a show business where you have to show people how you are different from others. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Manjul Krishnan: Challenges come with every project as every customer has a different budget , different choice and matching their choice with their budget is the biggest challenge in this industry. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Event Panda? Manjul Krishnan: Growth is something which u cant target in this industry because as this covid situation going on all entertainment sectors are loosing hopes but this can't go long all we can hope for the best and 5 year down the line i will be 5 times much better position than now. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Manjul Krishnan: Have patience and be real. Do less projects but unique projects.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Sandip Nakhate : I began my career in IT Recruitment after completing my Computer Engineering and MBA degrees. I had the notion to establish my own firm in a similar business line in my first year of employment, but it took me ten years to put it into action. Finally, after 10 years of experience working for numerous reputable software companies, I launched my own firm two years ago. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by SPN Globe? Sandip Nakhate : We are a corporation that specialises in IT recruitment. We now service over 20 clients, including MNC IT companies. Great Companies: What makes SPN Globe as Owners Foundation different from hundreds of other similar service providers? Sandip Nakhate : You do not need to be concerned about the competition if you are a perfectionist in your field. We earn confidence by offering on-time, honest, sincere, and excellent service with our best skills. It makes no difference whether it is billed or not. The objective is to provide a perfectly reliable service, and you must be excellent to do it. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Sandip Nakhate : The first client is a challenge, rest everything is sorted out. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for SPN Globe? Sandip Nakhate : When I first started at SPN Globe two years ago, I was the sole employee. I now have a strong team behind me. They are always studying with my objective of becoming perfectionists. My single monthly tax is now more than double of what my last drawn salary was, and I gladly pay it. From the begining, every month gets better than the one before it. This gives me and the rest of the team a sense of accomplishment. We will soon be the top brand since we have a clear vision of what we want to achieve. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Sandip Nakhate : The key is knowledge. Examine your company concept in depth. Start with confidence and honesty. Make sure you learn from your mistakes. It's all up to you to achieve success.

Company Name: International Center for Entrepreneurship and Skill Development- India (ICESDI) Founder’s Name: Dr. Kunal Vinod Premani Company Detail: Creating Entrepreneurs and Developing Skill In Youth Of India. Location: Mumbai, India Establishment (year): 2021 Employee size: 1-10 employees Funding (type): Self-Funding Business models: Business to Consumer (B2C) Business Category: Education Top reasons why customers choose to do business with them: Our Accreditation with ICDE Website : www.icesdi.com Linkedin URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-kunal-premani-0b2ba225/

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or Concept for the business? Bidyut Kalita: The execution of an idea is more important than the idea itself. Business is primarily about making money and there has to be some kind of Demand. The ideas behind the business I have been involved in were relatively straight forward. The initiatives were the result of combine Specialism. I completed my Graduation in the year 1997 and I was preparing for some Competitive exams but could not clear viva though I cleared written. And then I moved to Delhi and tried some Private Jobs and worked in Couple of Companies. After working for Couple of years I decided to move outside India, but then the idea of opening up my own venture came in my mind with the experience of working in Delhi. And I returned back to Guwahati along with one of my school friends and started my own in 2002. It’s been almost 20years and no looking back. In these last two decades we have been able to Successfully cater services to more than 300 organization (MNCs, Central Govt, State Govt). As we are into Manpower services, we have been able to provide employment to around 5000 Persons. Great Companies: What are the various services provided by Omega Security Solutions? Bidyut Kalita: We Started with Security Services and then we lately started Corporate Housekeeping, Payroll Management, Executive Staffing, Close Protection Officers, Crowd Management and Event Management through Manpower. Great Companies: What makes Omega Security Solutions different from Hundreds of other similar Service Providers? Bidyut Kalita: There are many elements of our business and value proposition that makes us different, but what really defines us is our combination of top-down structured direction and bottom-up employee level engagement. The Processes, structure, and systems of our company are the machineries of Success, so we focus there to help our clients achieve organizational excellence. Without softer elements like culture, behavior, and individual empowerment to drive it, a company cannot unleash its potential. That’s why we take a balanced approach. We provide a different experience to our clients because we focus on what is unique to them and combine it with our unique, balanced approach to create joint value. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Bidyut Kalita: Lack of Quality Manpower: The private security services industry is manpower intensive and requires a considerable number of Personnel to sustain its growth momentum. Availability of quality manpower is one of the key issues plaguing the industry. A majority of security guards do not receive significant higher wages than the stipulated minimum wages. This makes it difficult to attract and retain personnel. Compliance Concerns: Increasing compliance requirements such as training and minimum wages can lead to escalation of costs which pressurizes margins as well as reduces the attractiveness of certain opportunities for leading players, where the unorganized sector, with low compliance costs, will be more cost competitive. Our dependance on Manpower: The security industry has predominantly become manpower intensive. Due to lack of availability of skilled manpower most of the agencies hire people to meet the basic demand of guarding entrances and exists. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the Future? What does 5Years down the line look like for Omega Security solutions? Bidyut Kalita: Having manpower with the right skills in the right number for the various jobs in the organization. Motivating the organization’s employees to be more productive and to perform at their maximum potential. Creating connections among the various resource planning activities of the organization and the organization’s business objectives. In next five years, I would love to be a Manpower industry expert that others go for ideas, help and strategy. Secondly not confining to North Eastern States we would like to have a PAN India presence. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Bidyut Kalita: Business is eventually going to force you to be more disciplined and consistent. No business is going to be successful without consistent hard work. In a startup there are no weekends, no days off. Your business is your baby and its going to demand your attention. The only way to run a successful business and keep your sanity is to use your hours wisely. Don’t be fooled by the Calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/OMEGA-Security-Guwahati-546945235685503/ Email : omegasecuritysolutions@gmail.com

Great Companies: What are the various services provided by Globe Communication? Arvind Batra: Globe Communication is a young and dynamic company, pioneer in Bulk SMS, Bulk Email, Business WhatsApp, Virtual Mobile Number, Missed Call, Short Code, International SMS, and Voice Call. Recently, spreading its business wings in Port Louis, Mauritius; Globe Communication opened its branch ‘GLOBIFY Ltd’. Last year i.e. in 2021, Globe Communication ventured into Export Business of Marble too. Our vision is to empower every organization on the planet to achieve more, and to build best-in-class platforms and productivity services for every industry. We provide our message services in the following industries: Travel and Logistics, Education, Healthcare, IT Companies, Transport, Telecommunications, Insurance, Banking, Real Estate, Airlines, Stock Brokers, E-commerce, etc. Our services deliver a host of unique features like personal data security, customization to handle unique business requirements. Great Companies: What makes Globe Communication different from hundreds of other similar service providers? Arvind Batra: Globe Communication Pvt. Ltd., having the latest communication technologies is a crucial link between the Operators and Bulk SMS service clients. Globe Communication, has multiple connectivity from all the major operators with highly efficient SMSC to ensure fast delivery. We have developed innovative technology that enables organizations to utilize our secure SMS messaging. Our solutions enables companies to provide simple and user-friendly platforms that ultimately lead to better collaboration and communication between employees. It is a simple, co-friendly and direct medium of communication. Our bulk SMS helps businesses to reach their customers instantly for marketing. In today’s world every business needs to make use of the digital communication tools to create customer engagement, and as a leading Best IT Service Provider Company, we offer unparalleled bulk messaging, web, cloud and voice-based services. We give highly secured services at unmatchable delivery rates and too at lightning speed. All our clients are under the supervision of highly qualified and experienced managers and technicians. Our teams cater and promote our business model through large number of enterprises, and ventures. Technology has evolved and our team adapts itself constantly to provide the customers with the best-upgraded solutions. At Globe Communication, you are able to customize your bulk SMS campaign in minutes using our easy and powerful user interface. Globe Communication has won the Global Entrepreneurship Award in the year 2019 and in 2020 it was selected for India's 5000 Best MSME Awards for Quality Excellence and has won many other laurels. It has The Certificate of Recognition of India 5000, Best MSME Awards. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you have faced? Arvind Batra: Globe Communication believes that ‘We don’t grow when things are easy; we grow when we face challenges.’ We make sure that all the challenges that we face, we overcome them and we grow stronger with each of them. The Privacy Regulations, Security Threats and Data Protection which have been very intimidating for most of our competitors, Globe Communication has exploited them and turned them into opportunities! We have generated our strengths out of them and have overpowered these petty concerns. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Globe Communication? Arvind Batra: Apart from working on the big ideas that will shape the future of Globe Communication, we want to also pay attention to detailing and minute Clientele needs. We plan to invest in Research & Development of our organizations so that we can serve better. We also look forward to develop our recently opened branch ‘Globify’. 5 years down the line, we want to achieve global recognition for Global Communication. We want to have detailed plans on new focus areas in IT industry. We want to expand to more and more countries and cater to more and more clients. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Arvind Batra: All the Corporates must fulfil their Social Responsibilities. Behind every Business Establishment there is Human Resource, Capital Resource and Environmental Support coming from the Society and Nature. All the Corporates must give it back to the Society and Replenish the Environment. Website : www.globecommunication.in https://www.linkedin.com/in/globe-communication-420193186/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/arvind-batra-7b034617/ https://www.facebook.com/arvind.batra.395 https://www.facebook.com/GlobeCommunicationJPR http://arvindbatra.in/

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Madhav Prabhas: During research, we found that many startup companies from different categories like retail stores, hotels, restaurants, and even educational institutions face a common problem to promote or market their products / services in the current market. We started this company in order to help other startups and other institutions to reach their goal and market their products not only locally, but globally as well. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by GeneRays Madhav Prabhas: Our services include social media marketing, website development, e-commerce sites, web apps, graphic designing, building brand identity, bulk sms services Great Companies: What makes GeneRays different from hundreds of other similar service providers? Madhav Prabhas: The main USP of our company is we provide all digital solutions under one roof. We are one stop solution for all the digital needs. We provide customized plans which can help all sectors (small, medium, high enterprises) Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Madhav Prabhas: Most of the people think that digital marketing means posting creatives on facebook. But there is much more than that in digital marketing. In this competitive world, making a client feel that we are trustworthy is the most challenging thing and we are proud to say that most of our clients are pretty much satisfied with our services. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for GeneRays? Madhav Prabhas: Digital marketing is a field that you can see major changes quite often. We plan to keep up with the advancements that are happening in our field and provide all the services relentlessly to our clients. We are planning for a couple of franchises down the lane in the coming years and gain global visibility Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Madhav Prabhas: One always feels that starting out is a tough thing. But the fact is starting out is easy, taking it forward amidst this competitive world is the biggest challenge. So my advice to all the startups is even if the going is tough, think why you've started this. This will give you motivation to go ahead.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Tuhin Mukharjee: I-STRATEGIC is a strategic consulting and business coaching organization based in Kolkata. India has almost 6.3 cr MSMEs and the number is growing. Small and medium sector is backbone of any economy and small medium industries are fueling growth of Indian economy. But small and medium industries need structured support in strategic management to make it more competitive. So the idea of setting up I-STRATEGIC came in to picture to support small and medium industries in strategic consulting. Great Companies: What makes I-STRATEGIC different from hundreds of other similar service providers? Tuhin Mukharjee: I-STRATEGIC provides high quality strategic consulting and business coaching to its clients. We focus in developing mindset and extra ordinary capability. We feel that business owners need to have a growth mindset and strategic capability to make his/her organization world class. So we provide both and equip business owners to combat any situation. Our approach is based on India centric management philosophies which very different and unique from others. We focus on building an organization with difference that can have its own identity. Our approach is totally based on India based management principals. Many concepts are drawn from ancient scriptures and put in to practice in today’s dynamic business world. So we can proudly say “WE ARE DIFFERENT”. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Tuhin Mukharjee: We faced many challenges in our journey and overcame successfully. Our philosophies are very different from others and based on India centric philosophies and holistic development. This method was not very popular earlier and many people wanted us to focus on only business problems. But we focus on developing growth mindset and extra ordinary capability to make organizations sustainable. Business owners also need motivation and business needs to be spiritually down to earth as well. We focus not only making profits but also helping society and planet. our philosophy is based on four pillars – “SOCIAL IMPACT- ECONOMIC IMPACT- PLANET-PEOPLE”. These are some challenges we faced. But I-STRTEGIC became an organization of choice and we are proud being part of the organization. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for I-STRATEGIC? Tuhin Mukharjee: Future plans: we are into management education, business coaching and strategic consulting. We consider that scientific management education is absolutely mandatory for every business owners and the employees of their organization. We are planning to start new programs to support employees of small and medium industries. We are planning to start learning and development programs for the employees of small and medium industries. We are also in process of making strategic alliance with foreign management institutions and universities to impart training and certification. Soon we will have tie ups and will move in this direction. Small and medium business also can be benefitted with world class research and training. We are also planning to expand our operation to other Asian countries within next few years and eventually make I-STRATEGIC an global strategic management consulting organization. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Tuhin Mukharjee: My advice would be to start at any capacity. Do not look to be perfect and create big thing initially. Everything will come with time. But we must not procrastinate and delay our journey. Always we have resource constraints and many other problems. But we need to take baby steps and it will have a compounding effects. Do not go for massive action , rather take small steps consistently to grow. Business can be grown and it’s a journey – we need to remember. So start your journey and enjoy.

Great Companies: How did you get the idea or concept for the business? E.Aananthan: I always had this desire to help people in whichever way I could. I knew so many talented young acquaintances brimming with enthusiasm and zest to make a mark and carve a niche for themselves. And I, a firm believer in the adage, “Don’t give a hungry man fish, teach him how to fish”, tried to bring these young job seekers into contact with some professionals I knew in the hopes of helping them start their careers. However, I realized that it took a long time for the recruitment process to finalise leading to a lot of anxiety and lack of hope. Hence I decided to start my own company through which I could mobilise my resources at a quicker pace for my own satisfaction and that of many youngsters who lacked the right platform to launch them into successful careers. Thus out of this yearning to quench the thirst for helping others have a fulfilling career was born Quench Techno Valley. Great Companies: What are the various services provided by Quench Techno Valley? E Aananthan: We provide a range of services like Talent sourcing, Human Resource management solutions, RPO and professional staffing in IT field various latest technologies and emerging technologies as well. We also help in Outplacement services which include mentorship, resume writing, placement assistance and interview preparation. Professional staffing: Permanent (Full Time Employee hiring) staffing right from Junior, middle and senior level hiring. RPO: Recruitment process outsourcing, project based and time bound SLA based hiring to meet the client expectations Merger and acquisition is another area where we lend our support and services to staffing companies and help them make the most economically viable and beneficial choices. Great Companies: What makes Quench Techno Valley different from hundreds of other similar service providers? E Aananthan: Our USP that sets us apart from other similar service providers is our candidate engagement process and post offer follow up on a milestone basis till the candidates are on board on time. Unlike other similar service providers we are more personally involved with both the employers and the candidates making our best efforts to ensure that the candidates have no issues in settling into their new roles and that the company has no problems with the candidates they appoint on our recommendations. With shorter recruitment cycles, validation and assessment processes we have a host of happy people who eagerly come back to us for the value we add to the services with our committed staff. We are probably also one of the few companies who have almost an 80 % female staffing and literally run on woman power! Our committed, self-driven and involved staffs ensures that our clients get well balanced talented value adding additions to their organisation. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? E. Aananthan: Finding the right companies to sign up with a start-up was the major challenge in the initial years. A similar challenge was convincing the candidates to repose their faith in us. However as is rightly said, ‘actions speak louder than words’ and our commitment to providing the best and our hand holding of the candidates till they settled into their new roles paid off and now we have tie ups with some of the leading Tier 1 companies in the country including services and product based. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look line for Quench Techno Valley? E Aananthan: The past few years have been a roller coaster ride with innumerable challenges and many new learnings. The slow but steady increase in our clientele has been a great boost for us and five years down the line we see ourselves as a lead provider of recruiting services in the industry. We hope to multiply our clientele to include companies all over the country and also beyond the borders. Expanding to US, UK and Europe Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? E Aananthan: One piece of advice that I would like to give is Never give up!. It is only when the going gets tough that the tough get going and if you give up when things get hard then you will never go anywhere. Adapt, adopt, modify, rest, reorient do whatever it takes but never give up! Website : http://qtvhr.com/ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/qtvhr/ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/qtv_hr/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/QuenchValley LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/careers-qtvhr/

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Hardik Shah: The E-Class story was born out of the need for high quality, engaging and accessible education. The core philosophy of E-Class is to inspire a lifelong love of learning, to spark interest in studies and spread easy digital education to all. At Eclass we believe that with technology we can transcend traditional boundaries and truly enable customized self-paced learning. We realize that the learning needs of every student is unique based on her learning style, interest and her past academic history and understanding is the key to making every student successful. Our aim is to bridge the digital online and offline divide and provide equal education to all. We cater to the learning needs of school students of classes 1-10 of Maharashtra State Board and are soon expanding over other boards. We have created educational content of over 2000+ hours for the state of Maharashtra and have implemented this successfully. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Sundaram Multi Pap Limited Hardik Shah: We have introduced various services under our digital arm. We provide syllabus based educational content and products for students. These are offline and also online. We also provide our school management dashboard with content and training programs. We have also been very active in providing educational tablets and solutions for NGOS & CSR campaigns. Our experienced team of educationists and technologists is passionate about changing the status quo and challenging one another continuously to provide a seamless product that empowers tomorrow’s leaders. Having made a huge difference to the lives of lakhs of students, it will be our constant endeavour to be a worthy partner in their quest for excellence. Great Companies: What makes Sundaram Multi Pap Limited different from hundreds of other similar service providers? Hardik Shah: Unlike other companies we do not provide generalised educational content, but we provide target oriented syllabus based education. We not only offer online but offline solutions also to students, keeping in mind the internet issues in the country. We are working in the state board schools, where there are 2 crore students and 1.5 lac schools , which is an untapped market. The potential is huge, and a lot can be done in this space. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Hardik Shah: Due to covid19 the schools and colleges are shut, which has hampered our digital classroom solutions. Also the knowhow of digital tools, internet and general acceptance of new way of learning has been a challenge. However we have kept our patience and sailed through the rough patch. Now with schools opening up in parts, the market looks good. Also because of our new online app, we were happy to provide our digital educational products to over 1,00,000+ students and schools in Maharashtra. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Sundaram Multi Pap Limited? Hardik Shah: We are aiming at over 500 crores in revenue which will be a mix from our traditional paper stationery manufacturing business and also our elearning segment. Our manufacturing business contributes over 100crores in revenue, and we aim to increase this as well. 5 years down the line, new products and markets will be explored by the company and growth with good profits will be the key focus. Sundaram has always been a in the news for innovating, and we will surely be coming up with various new products. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Hardik Shah: The covid19 pandemic has surely broken the world, but it also taught everyone a very important lesson. Innovation is the only constant. It’s very important for everyone to keep innovating at the same time people should address the requirements and needs. The best piece of advice would be to be true to what you do, and to do it with complete honesty. The idea is to make a product which solves real problems and also helps the society to grow.