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Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Laxman Singh : Around 2017 while I was working as freelancer I realized that sometime people don’t pay for the work which you have already accomplished. Then came a thought about self-executed contracts which can actually solve the problems. Quickly I took the internet search and found that a blockchain is the technology which has true power to disrupt the trade industry using smart contracts. I was new to learn blockchain but it was something which I desperately looked for. Since then and within couple of months, I could say myself that I am self-taught blockchain developer & solution architect. I started exploring more about its use cases in different industries as well. More I explored the more I loved it. Then in 2018 Jan I started building my own in-house team of blockchain developers. We got the company (Lapits Technologies Pvt Ltd) registered in Mar 2018, since then we never looked back and now we are a team size of 30+ blockchain developers, frontend & backend tech developers. Rest remains the history. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Lapits Technologies Laxman Singh : Although we provide complete package of frontend & backend development for web & mobile but Blockchain development and consultation is our primary expertise. We help start-ups, other businesses around the Globe educate them and build their products on top of blokchain technology which makes the processes run automatic, faster than ever, cut the middleman cost, bring transparency, immutability, trust in the ecosystem. Our services ranges from Smart Contract development, DeFi, NFT marketplaces, Staking, Coin/Token development, ICO/STO, Smart Contract Audit, Payment Processors, Fundraisers, Cryptocurrency Wallet & Exchange, to name a few. Great Companies: What makes Lapits Technologies different from hundreds of other blockchain technology companies ? Laxman Singh : We take pride in our services why because our insights about the core technology are so deep that makes us stand out among other 100s of agencies. Money is of course what everyone loves generating but is never the primary focus of us. We truly believe in solving problems than generating volume. Apart from this, since we are early adopters of this technology, so we had got ample time to research the market need, identify problems and build several solutions which are still being used “Product as a Service - Paas” which also helped us stand different. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Laxman Singh : Most difficult challenge we faced initially was hiring trained or experienced blockchain developers. Back then in 2017 it was difficult for people to understand what is blockchain and there were not enough substantial tech document to learn and grow. So, many of the times we hired unexperienced tech developers and invested to train them. Next challenge we faced about retaining the people in a small start-up. People come, get trained and leave. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Lapits Technologies? Laxman Singh : 5 years down the line looks promising to the Lapits Technologies and the future of blockchain in India particularly. Blockchain can add upto $40bn to the Indian economy. Lapits with adding new services (smart contract security audits, DeFi development, etc) and launch of some exciting products (bitbatua - Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway, fundraiser - launchpad for fund raising, etc) on our roadmap for 5 years, projecting a business of 100cr. As per PwC report, blockchain technology will impact major sectors such as supply chain management, securitisation and payments, and identity protection applications, in the descending order of their impact. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Laxman Singh : Want to build/do something? Don’t wait for the time to do it rather do it today because time never waits for you. Time is real money though the paper money can be generated but time can not so spend it wisely. Website : https://lapits.com/

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Gaurav Bhagat: Consortium Gifts as a business started 22 years ago. At the time the organized corporate gifting industry in India was almost nonexistent. Much of the market share lay with retailer, wholesalers and plastic novelty manufacturers. The market was extremely fragmented and there was a lot of pain that corporates in India had to go through to find a reliable supplier. We came in with a commitment to excellence and also delivery exceptional product and services. Maruti was one of our first big wins in 1999 and not only the company but also the people that were part of the original client list are still our clients. A few years into the business we were already picking up some of the best contracts and clients and the rest as they say is history. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Consortium Gifts Pvt Ltd? Gaurav Bhagat: While at its core Consortium Gifts is a corporate gifting and promotional products company. About 7 years ago we also started offering our key accounts online brand store services. In this domain we handle reward and recognition, employee retention, rewarding training and more. Consortium Gifts also has also tied up with renowned industrial designers like double red dot design winner Sandip Paul to create exclusive product lines which are not available with anyone else. Great Companies: What makes Consortium Gifts Pvt Ltd different from hundreds of other corporate gifting firms? Gaurav Bhagat: What makes us unique is our Infrastructure, we have 8 offices in 6 cities and have an amazing team in addition to that as well. We are also the only Indian company that was selected to be a part of IGC Global Promotions, a gifting organisation that chooses only one member per country and does approximately 1 billion US$ of billing annually. Apart from the above we stand out because of our culture, values, clients and relationships that we have nurtured over the past 22 years. We are also SEDEX 5 pillar approved and have all the necessary compliances required to be a company with global standards. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Gaurav Bhagat: There have been challenges at different stages of the journey, in the early years it was access to capital and cash flows. In due course it became about finding the right people to carry us forward and keep up with the expected pace. We have worked really hard to preempt challenges and also address then when the red flags first come up. I think it helps that Gaurav, the founder is himself a sales and strategy coach and works with some of the most brilliant minds in the world. At the moment the challenges remain around scale, monitoring of remote teams and a few logistical hurdles that were brought upon by the pandemic. Nothing that can’t be handled. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Consortium Gifts Pvt Ltd? Gaurav Bhagat: The future of Consortium Gifts is very bright indeed. We have some amazing clients and those contracts are now extending beyond India to becoming APAC wise contracts as well. Our vision is to become Asia’s largest corporate gifting company by 22nd Feb 2025 and to take Consortium Gifts to 7 countries and 13 cities and have 1000 happy employees. We have a very positive outlook and have been building systems, processes and teams to make this happen. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Gaurav Bhagat: I would say be solution focused. Take a look at the industry you service and see what problems are faced and then see if you have a possible solution. Cliched as it may sound the saying that the bigger the problem you solve the more money and impact you will have. Another piece if advice would be that stay customer focused. Keep your eyes and ears open and always be quick to adapt to the changing times. Website : www.consortiumgifts.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ConsortiumGifts/ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/consortiumgifts/

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Dr Siddharth Hebbalkar: In the early hours of morning 3.30am of a winter morning of 2016 I was meditating. In that trance the word Decipher dawned upon me. As a life coach I was busy answering the WHY of everything that causes disease in humans and every other living thing around,may it be plants or animals for that case. As and how i started getting answers for each of the questions and the dots started getting joined one by one my vision got stronger and mission of spreading awareness about disease prevention through FOOD and Nutrition,Healthy Lifestyle and living life Mindfully, became more and more meaningful. We decided to take this mission ahead and start a company that would cater to Wellness needs of people who are suffering with metabolic disorders and chronic diseases and lifestyle disorders.Including Health IT as a focus for the future. Still keeping yogic practices as the back bone of our services. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Dcipher Liife Pvt Ltd Dr Siddharth Hebbalkar: We engage in client Counselling may it be for Genetic testing or Career. Consulting for health and fitness through our happiness centre - SAUKYADHAM. Trading in Wellness products like DURACHARG,the Seabuck thorn concentrate and Cordyceps series; DOZEE ; PINK LIFE,the Himalayan pink salt. Great Companies: What makes Dcipher Liife Pvt Ltd different from hundreds of other wellness firms? Dr Siddharth Hebbalkar: Our adherence to yogic practices like providing solutions through yoga and holistic health practices and alternative medicine make us different. The most interesting difference is no other company offers Genome patri along with 5 dimensional report as we offer. We are into Health IT through our sensor based remote monitoring system - DOZEE as well as we are also into Yoganidra sessions offering then Offline as well as online. We are into Himalayan Salt Sauna too. Our forthcoming project SAUKYADHAM will be a better answer to this question. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Dr Siddharth Hebbalkar: The challenges we face are more from the mainstream medical professionals itself who still adhere to tradional practices and orthodox beliefs and fail to accept the change in BIO hacking industry. Other challenges are minimal as now post covid phase has made people realise the importance of keeping immune. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Dcipher Liife Pvt Ltd? Dr Siddharth Hebbalkar: As i said our forthcoming project Saukyadham would be a promising service to cater to everyone who is seeking fitness through functional medicine and alternative medicine as well as the supportive therapeutic approaches like acupressure,Float therapy, and many such selected approaches Saukyadham would offer. The very approach through bio hacking and holistic health practices together shall help us in providing everything a person seeks to stay immune and go towards antiageing. Saukyadham - The Happiness centre, shall pave the way. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Dr Siddharth Hebbalkar: Define the purpose in your life and look within for the answer as you will find it within and not in the outside world.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Vinod Kanumalla: I have worked in the industry for more than a decade, I used the see & feel the challenges that use to arise in terms of getting the right trained manpower to the industry, the market was only giving lucrative offers to the students but then with no concrete assessability for them to join the industry, I felt that students are confused & pathless & are struggling to get a platform so I decided to quit my job in Tanzania & start my entrepreneurship venture with what the market was struggling to give & I was excellent with. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by NASP SAFETY SYSTEMS INDIA PVT LTD Vinod Kanumalla: We at NASP SAFETY SYSTEMS PROVIDE Industrial Safety Trainings, Construction Safety Manpower, Various Safety Training, Fire & Safety Audits & Safety Consultation. Great Companies: What makes NASP SAFETY SYSTEMS INDIA PVT LTD different from hundreds of other similar institutes? Vinod Kanumalla: We are the only institution in central India operating for the past 6 years to give a 100% Stamp paper written job guarantee after the completion of the training else the fees are completely refundable, We have a placement record of at least 350 students so far & counting no other institution in the same category has done so. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Vinod Kanumalla: The lack of awareness about the opportunities & the lack of awareness about the industry amongst the youth is a challenge to get them in & Somewhere our limited presence in the global market makes it a bit difficult to attract more students. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for NASP SAFETY SYSTEMS INDIA PVT LTD? Vinod Kanumalla: With 5 franchises in operation we plan to open at least another 20 more franchises more into the metropolitan cities to grow the business & place at least another 1000 students. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Vinod Kanumalla: Do what you have complete knowledge of & you are confident of doing else it's an open and shut case in the competitive market. It's not an easy survival anymore.

How did you get your idea or concept for the business? My good friend Kailash and I have been closely involved in the AI ecosystem since our university days. Together we have been approached by many companies to help them integrate AI and ML into their products and services. We have contributed heavily to a number of open source projects that include several deep learning frameworks. We have been consulted by a number of companies While working on numerous projects together, we decided to form India's first horizontal AI start-up - Mate Labs - in 2016 and began work on our flagship product Mate Verse. We launched Mate Verse in 2018 to simplify the entire process of building and training ML models, making it simple for someone who has never written a line of code to use. We chose to focus on the supply chain sector in 2019 because our solutions provided 10X more value. The following year, we were recognised by Google as the best AI company in APAC, allowing us to develop a more accurate and near real-time forecasting system. We launched our new Mateverse DF in 2020, a fully automated, highly accurate, and granular demand forecasting solution for FMCG/CPG/Pharma companies, that uses the world's fastest proprietary AutoML tech. We approach solutions with AI-led automation in mind, allowing us to rapidly develop and deploy supply chain solutions, which distinguishes us as we provide agile and accurate solutions. Today, we help Fortune 500 companies with real-time predictions that are 100X faster than traditional methods. This provides businesses with a 15%-40% increase in planning/forecasting accuracy. What are the various Services provided by Mate Labs We work closely with Fortune 500 companies to provide them with accurate and real-time demand forecasting, through which organizations can lower the risk of overstocking, inventory waste and maximise production efficiency and streamline purchasing. Our solutions provide supply chain planners with robust and detailed forecasts that considers both historical data and real-time conditions. Our platform integrates all relevant data to make accurate and profitable decisions to reduce inventory waste. Our current suite of solutions helps supply chains optimise processes such as: ● Demand Forecasting - Automated Demand Forecasting optimizes the Demand Plans for the highest accuracy and fidelity for every channel at the most granular levels to prepare for even the most volatile conditions with no Opportunity or Inventory Loss. ● Supply Planning - Optimize Supply Plans using Mateverse’s advanced Demand Forecasting tool for real time and automated Raw Material Forecasts with upto 90% accurate Production Plans to prepare for even the most volatile conditions with no Opportunity or Inventory Loss. ● Demand Driver Analysis - Automated analysis of all the artificial or natural drivers that affect organic demand for every product SKU at the most granular levels with the highest accuracy and fidelity for every channel to prepare for even the most volatile conditions with no Opportunity or Inventory Loss. ● Crisis Forecasting - Automated Demand Forecasting during a crisis for multiple scenarios with the highest accuracy and fidelity for every channel at the most granular levels to prepare for even the most volatile conditions with no Opportunity or Inventory Loss. ● New Product Forecasting - Automated Demand Forecasting for New Products optimizes the Demand Plans for the highest accuracy and fidelity for every channel at the most granular levels to prepare for even the most volatile conditions with no Opportunity or Inventory Loss. ● SLOB - Automated Prediction of Obsolete Inventory with the highest accuracy and fidelity for every channel at the most granular levels to optimise inventory across the supply chain and reduce wastage What makes Mate Labs different from hundreds of other AI and ML platforms? Our forecasts are generated using our proprietary AutoML technology, which is currently the fastest in the world. We always approach our solutions with AI led automation in mind. Our AI-first approach enables us to rapidly develop and deploy supply chain solutions. This distinguishes us from the competition by allowing us to provide agile and accurate solutions built on top of our proprietary AutoML technology. The benefit of this is that our solutions are unrivalled in terms of speed and accuracy. What are the struggles and challenges you face? We discovered that inadequate infrastructure has slowed the growth and development of supply chain and logistics providers while working with many leading brands in India. Many people are unaware of the benefits that digitization brings to supply chains, which has been one of the most difficult challenges in implementing AI and ML in the supply chain. Many companies experienced unstable markets and increased competition as a result of the pandemic, which led to many decision makers embracing the desire to integrate AI into multiple businesses. As one of India's leading AI companies, we are collaborating closely with industry stakeholders to address this collective industry need and market demand. By incorporating Mateverse, businesses can easily address some of the biggest challenges plaguing the supply chain ecosystem, which are predictability and data-based demand planning & forecasting. How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Mate Labs? Supply chains must be resilient, but also extremely flexible and dynamic in order to serve consumers even in the most adverse conditions. The pandemic has shown this. We are currently collaborating with Fortune 500 companies around the world to create next-generation Supply Chains that can be fully automated. As a result of these efforts, the entire supply chain should be managed by a single supply chain control tower. In addition, we developed a fully automated demand planning system. We help businesses reduce and better utilise man hours. Furthermore, automated demand planning creates a slew of new possibilities for inventory, distribution, and manufacturing. We are already working with a leading global beauty and cosmetics brand to reduce waste in their supply chain by developing a first-of-its-kind solution based on SLOB (Slow Moving and Obsolete Inventory). We have already automated the existing demand planning process and are working on automating inventory management, vendor management, distribution, and logistics. We have focused on forecast stability with our core AI background, which has led us to take a guarantee on accuracy and bring standards in generating responsible forecasts. We are currently one of the few companies that accepts responsibility for the predictions generated by its system. If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? One of the most important things to remember when starting out is not the solution, product, or service, but the problem statement. The effectiveness of our solution is determined by how well we define and articulate the problem. Communicating the problem to the target audience and connecting them to the solutions increases the overall effectiveness of the plan by 10X. When a customer understands and can relate to the problem, he is more likely to pay for it. This is extremely important.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Arti Rameshwar Yadav : In conversations with friends & Family I always heard stories where people were cursing their investments in MFs, Insurance etc. while on the other hand I was managing portfolios of HNIs which were perfectly doing well. The difference is expert advice and human touch. However, Financial Planners are expensive and hence the idea of GullakNinja was born. Everybody deserves this beautifully structured money management system to avoid being mis sold products by agents and to achieve their financial goals. These days everything is available on Google and we are spoilt for choice, but yet we need to consult doctors, Nutritionists, Personal Trainers for expert advice as half-baked knowledge is dangerous and hence GullakNinja to your rescue. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by GullakNinja Arti Rameshwar Yadav : Workshops on Money Management, Financial Planning & Wealth Management Great Companies: What makes GullakNinja different from hundreds of other Money Management Firms? Arti Rameshwar Yadav : We do not discriminate on the basis of Gender, Income level, Age and profession. Our knowledge is open for all and it doesn’t matter where you come from and where you are heading to, we help you learn the art of Money Management, something that every individual requires. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Arti Rameshwar Yadav : Honestly Ego. Everyone feels they know it all. There are AI based platforms and Google to answer all their questions. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for GullakNinja? Arti Rameshwar Yadav : We look forward to educate a minimum of 10K people across India about the basics of financial planning and financial instruments. In the next 5 years we want to reach beyond the big cities to the upcoming Tier-I cities and beyond. MoneyManagement Sorted for all Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Arti Rameshwar Yadav : Focus on 1 step at a time and not the ladder. The journey becomes very beautiful and rewarding at the same time.

Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by JBrown India Kiran K Addala: JBrown India is an Indian entity of UK real estate brand, our services in India cater Indian clients who would like to own a residential property in London.We help them with 360 degree service from identifying London property in preferred location, refer accountancy & legal service for International transactions advice, consult on getting best deal and help with property management services by London team.In India we are helping our 'JBrown elite club members' in finding luxury second homes in holiday destinations such as Alibag & Goa. Over the last 4 years, Jbrown has played a defining role in shaping what the uber-luxury London stay for an Indian HNI family desires on a business stay , family holiday, or even a stay for your children / grandchildren whilst they are studying & working in London and peace of mind for them having not to worry about high rental bills in early stage of their London life . And while a few Indian elite families have had the chance to own a London home there were hundreds of other Indian High Net-worth Families who could not experience the unique London home owner status and ease of London stay as they yet to find a trusted London consultant who can make their London property purchase journey hassle free. JBrown India an International real estate consultancy brand has been created to craft contemporary, comfortable for the discerning London business , holiday and educational travellers. We launched with handfull of choices for London homes to your families Great Companies: What makes JBrown India different from hundreds of other International Real estate firms? Kiran K Addala: Our cross boarder presence both in India and London. JBROWN Live, Feel, Love , Care factors of London properties to our customers Live London Beautiful Homes JBrown's Every London inventory and developer choice is handpicked amongst the best developments in London. Extending to you everything you desire and to inspire a new way of London stay and living for you and your family. Each development and location has its own unique story to tell and its myriad experiences to remember. These London inventory developers have paid attention to every last detail: the perfect view, the cosiest spot in the house, the way the floors feel on your feet and the way the natural light shines through. Feel London Home Home-Style Finding a London property & living translates into creating the most heartfelt and exuberant memories. It means being spoilt by the warmth of a team that is thoughtful and thorough in its detail. It promises intuitive customer service, care and a friendly environment that surrounds. We strive to make you feel extra special with everything that we do in helping you find your London home. Our happiness lies in your happiness. Love London Amazing Locations You will discover London stay & living in both the most popular destinations as well as the offbeat, surprising ones. We handpick properties with the finest neighbourhoods and approve only the most qualitative infrastructure, beautiful design, impressive layout and bountiful natural beauty. And so we’ve put your London home on the map of the world, in the location that we’ve imagined to be on your London wish list. JBrown London Property care Awesome experiences When you purchase your London property with JBrown, you will level up in the domain of amazing customer service experiences.To rent your London flat when you are not around, take care of property management and make most of rental yields Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for JBrown India? Kiran K Addala: We want to be 'go to company' for every Indian family who are actively looking for London property. We would like to strengthen our relocation services from India to the UK helping families and Indian companies expanding to or have presence in the UK. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Kiran K Addala: Entrepreneurship is a great quality, if you have an opportunity to try any product or service which has market place 'go for it' with very positive mindset. Experience hurdles with pragmatic approach and solution oriented service, strengthen your abilities to face real world and build a scalable & sustainable business. Learn every day, action your plans.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Nirmal Rewaria :The concept emerged after decades of serving 1000 Indian families while advising them for investments. What did we observe that an earning member (i.e. investor) of the family runs around, in his lifetime to earn for the family and builds assets for them. But irony is that, family members are many times even not aware of what s/he has been building / investing in. Result – When the earning member is no more then families face a lot financial issues and sometimes they unable to manage day to day expenses too. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Super Centurion Technologies Private Limited Nirmal Rewaria : We provide mainly 2 kind of services to users. (During Life) We help to Digitize, Organize & Track investments in a secured manner and Access Anytime Anywhere through our app. (Beyond Life) We help dependents in getting claims of Investments of the deceased Earning Member & to advise them how to utilize & benefit from the proceeds. Great Companies: What makes Super Centurion Technologies Private Limited different from hundreds of other FinTech Companies? Nirmal Rewaria : We are an energetic bunch of technology geeks and finance experts, passionate about providing the best platform to help you and your family in attaining financial peace. In a nutshell we help you to “Protect Your Hard Earned Wealth”. We are not only FinTech company but also social cause is attached with our service and we are also creating social, economic and environmental impact with our organization as whatever we have learn during our life we are passing for welfare of our society. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Nirmal Rewaria : As of now we only face one challenge with our product regarding security features as many people are fearing of data hacking and security of their data but I would like to say all that we have taken enough measures so that data of people can be protected from our end like 256 BIT SSL Encryption, Timely Log-out, while storing documents encryption is done & Data is backed up in secured environment. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Super Centurion Technologies Private Limited? Nirmal Rewaria : Our Beyond Life Service is well accepted by Blue-Chip brands and 13 Big Brands in our portfolio like ICICI Bank, IDFC FIRST Bank, FreeCharge (100% Axis Bank subsidiary), RGIL & many more so we are trying hard to increase our B2B Partnerships for few years then we will go for B2C. Currently, we have 80 thousand customers and we are targeting in next 5 years to increase that to 10 million customers. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Nirmal Rewaria : Whenever you start any business initially there will be lot of challenges will come even tough your idea is great but we need to focus constantly to achieve the goal and try to make successful business. Further, I want to close on note that one day will come you will make history or you will break and last but not least lot of support you will also needed from family & friends during tough times of starting of this journey as a entrepreneur.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Saaniya Naik : Managing & Organising events was something which I always loved. To be frank, nothing was ever planned! One fine day an opportunity came up & after thinking for 3hrs, Eventalist Conferences was conceived. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Eventalist Conferences Saaniya Naik : We prefer to be called the back-end integrators responsible for making B2B events knowledgeable, insightful, engaging, beneficial and above all memorable. Our multitudinous expertise covers creating concepts for roundtables, seminars and Awards & conferences. Our expertise covers the end-to-end spectrum of corporate events- right from conceptualisation to content engagement, speaker and delegate registration to post-event activities. And, we deliver that across verticals such as Banking, Financial Services, IT -ITeS services, Retail, Manufacturing, FMCG, Automobiles, PSUs etc to name a few. Great Companies: What makes Eventalist Conferences different from hundreds of other event management firms? Saaniya Naik : We are a 95% Woman Run – Organisation. We understand the critical importance of engagements between our Clients, Speakers and Audiences and help with both great content as well as promising an engaging experience for audiences. We ourselves get into each nitty-gritty for each event to make it a Success. Ultimate Customer Satisfaction & Experience is our main objective. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Saaniya Naik : Struggles are a part of the journey. At the end it all matters how you rise above all the challenges. Being a single mom & a working woman, it’s difficult to survive in any industry. But when you have hardwork & dedication nothing is impossible! There is nothing as a Perfect Life, you just need to make your life worth living! “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." -- Winston S. Churchill Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Eventalist Conferences? Saaniya Naik : Future is always unpredictable! We strive to be better than what we are. This is a never-ending process, because as time passes & we progress we need to learn & adapt to new strategies & ideas. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Saaniya Naik : You don’t get anything easy! Taking risks, rather calculative risks will play a major role in your career. Don’t get into something which you don’t like or that doesn’t make you happy. The best thing is to do what you enjoy and love! "There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." -- Colin Powell

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Shabbir Merchant : I was working with open source tools and technologies in Chicago, United States back in 2007. These technologies were very disruptive and I knew they would play a major role in helping the Enterprise World. Hence, I started a company purely focused on open source tools and technologies. Later, I got focused on the ERP and business applications market and focused on the open source product Odoo. We started to provide apps and services around Odoo. As time progressed we further expanded our offerings and provided ready to use business apps for Enterprises. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Pragmatic Techsoft Pvt Ltd Shabbir Merchant : We provide digital transformations focused on automating various business processes of any business. Our offering is essentially a service around an Odoo Business app and we have created Micro products and apps specific to industry verticals such as Rental, Construction, eCommerce, Retail among others. We have productized our services for faster delivery. We offer ready apps based on Odoo open source business suite of applications. Our apps include SaaS Infrastructure Deployment, Home Delivery, Integrations with CRMs and Accounting Systems, Vertical industry Specific apps for Dental, Hotel, Rental, Tours and other industries. We also offer apps for messaging such as Whatsapp for Customer service. Our apps help small and medium businesses get up to speed and automate their business processes quickly. Our business apps have been consistently selling on the Odoo App store and we are ranked No #6 globally in terms of overall sales, the projected sales in the next year is in the range of Quarter Million Dollars only from Business Apps. We have seen a growth of 100% in the last 6 months. Great Companies: What makes Pragmatic Techsoft Pvt Ltd different from hundreds of other Software Products and Service Firms? Shabbir Merchant : We offer to our customers odoo open source business suite of applications which is a very reliable, cost effective and powerful business process automation and digital transformation tool. Our offerings are backed by our off the shelf ready to use apps and amazing customer service. We have 10+ years of experience doing this , thus making us the most reliable company in the market today. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Shabbir Merchant : Every day is a new challenge in a growing company. When the company got started there was an issue of generating business and new projects. Later, it became an issue of building a reliable team. We faced challenges in every aspect of business such as Marketing, Sales, HR, Operations and Delivery, Finance and Competition. The struggles are always going to be there at different stages as we scale up. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Pragmatic Techsoft Pvt Ltd? Shabbir Merchant : Next 5 years we are looking to expand 5x in terms of our revenues. We are looking at building and investing in new products thus creating new intellectual capital. We are currently scaling up our team and customer base very aggressively. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Shabbir Merchant : Start with one niche in a growing new technology or a product to solve a problem. Trying to do too much at the start distributes the energy in multiple directions. I generally tell my team to be Consistent, Persistent and Pragmatic. Website : https://www.pragtech.co.in/ Shabbir Merchant Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/sohelmerchant/?originalSubdomain=in Pragmatic Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/pragmatic-technology-solutions

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Durgesh Shukla: In learning, Visualization plays a very important role. When we visualize, we retain things for a longer time. Unfortunately, there was no such product through which kids can visualize most realistically. For example, we cannot bring Lion in a classroom but can only teach about it via toys, pictures, videos. and this is how we got the idea of SARAL. With Saral, we create an immersive experience in the classroom where kids feel that the creature/model is walking next to them in the most realistic way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ-t2w2JCUM Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Pisarv Technologies LLP Durgesh Shukla: We currently have two products on the market 1) Saral - The 3D Classroom learning revolution 2) Codean - The New Literacy There are other products too in our pipeline which will be launched soon. Great Companies: What makes Pisarv Technologies LLP different from hundreds of other EdTech Firms? Durgesh Shukla: We focuses on innovation, ease of usage and product for life. Saral is a patent applied product. All our products have zero learning curve, so teachers don't have to go through an extensive training program before starting. Most of the EdTech companies work on a subscription-based model whereas our products are one-time products so once you purchased it's yours for a lifetime. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Durgesh Shukla: The biggest challenge that we faced is Covid 19. As we operate in B2B and our schools are our primary customers. Due to covid-19 schools were closed mostly in the past 18 months for offline education. Now the situation is getting better. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What do 5 years down the line looks like for Pisarv Technologies LLP? Durgesh Shukla: Currently, we are operating in 15 States, more than 75 cities in India. We also have a presence in Nepal and Zambia (Africa). In the next 5 years, we will be focusing to expand & establish ourselves in all the continents across the globe by creating a robust network of channel partners. Apart from EdTech, we are also paying attention to innovation in Healthcare. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice for someone just starting, what would it be? Durgesh Shukla: Keep patience, stay focused to achieve the goals. Entrepreneurship is very hard but if you are passionate enough you will succeed. Website : www.pisarv.com

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Umesh Kamath: I was in to tourism before starting this venture. I came to know the potential and future opportunities in the Air Charter and Air Cargo business and earlier i ventured into Seaplane services. That experience gave me the inspiration... Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Dravidan Aviation services Pvt Ltd Umesh Kamath: We are in to Cargo Charter, Private Passenger Charter Services and Air Ambulance Services. We are starting 4 Private Airports in South for which the planning,work is in Progress Great Companies: What makes Dravidan Aviation services Pvt Ltd different from competitors? Umesh Kamath: We give the best price and prompt services and transparent deals. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Umesh Kamath: We face competition from regular scheduled Airlines. Ours is a Charter Company and we Charge for round trip. But we have space and Capacity which gives us upper hand. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Dravidan Aviation Private Limited? Umesh Kamath: Yes we are adding 4 aircrafts ie. Two Boeing 777-300, and 2 Airbus330 to our fleet for Cargo business and 2 other business Jet for Passenger sector and Air Ambulance sector by the end of 2021. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Umesh Kamath: Plan perfectly and move ahead with confidence and be optimistic. Website : www.dravidanaviation.com