Ram’s journey began with building Management Systems for over 110 organizations across geographies. In his next undertaking, he worked with an IT organization, successfully leading large multi-lateral funded projects. However, he realized that his true calling lay in entrepreneurship and making a positive impact to society, which led him to start MicroGrid along with Ananth Raj & Syam Srinivas. Ananth, Co-Founder & CPO with his 13+ years of experience, charts the product and technology roadmap. Syam, possessing over 16 years of IT experience, is the face of Technology at MicroGrid. They are joined by Jacob, who has over 4 decades of experience in Business Excellence & Sustainability initiatives, for Strategy & Governance.

Ram’s expertise in management systems and operations has been instrumental in building MicroGrid’s business interests. He has helped establish and strengthen the company’s operations, enabling it to deliver innovative solutions that address the healthcare industry’s most pressing technological challenges. Under his leadership, MicroGrid has developed a reputation for excellence, with a track record of delivering high-quality products and services to its clients.

Aside from his professional endeavours, Ram is an accomplished academic. He holds dual Masters in Public Administration and HRM, and is pursuing his Doctorate in Operations Management. His academic pursuits have allowed him to gain a deep understanding of business management principles and how they apply in real-world situations. This knowledge has been invaluable in shaping MicroGrid’s strategy and positioning it as a leader in Conversational AI for Healthcare.

Under his leadership, MicroGrid has swiftly transitioned into one of the most awarded Conversational AI platforms in healthcare. MicroGrid’s flagship offering, MIC (MicroGrid Intelligent Connect), is a CAIP which enables patients to access healthcare services in a convenient and personalized manner, while also supporting healthcare providers with valuable insights into patient needs and preferences.

MicroGrid has come a long way since its inception – from Incorporation and Ideation, to the creation of a world-class Conversational AI Platform, to implementing its solutions in multiple geographies, and finally, being recognised globally for redefining conversational experiences in the healthcare sector. However, the journey has just started, with many more milestones to achieve

But it was not an easy journey. He had to tackle every obstacle with determination and keep his eye on his goal, no matter what. He searched for ways to create an efficient system, sought out potential teammates, and got creative with resources. He remained open to new ideas and was always looking for ways to improve his business.

Despite the challenges he faced, his energy and vigor were contagious and inspired others to join in his mission. He was a leader who led by example, and his relentless pursuit of success rubbed off on everyone around him. He tested and refined theories and processes, made the right connections, took advantage of opportunities, and did not settle for anything less than the best.

The journey was arduous and grueling, but with the help of those around him, he persisted. He was unafraid to take risks and make tough decisions. He demonstrated an unwavering commitment to his vision, and his tenacity and resilience were admirable.

But his journey was not without setbacks. He faced numerous challenges and experienced many failures. However, he never lost sight of his vision, and he always bounced back stronger than ever. He demonstrated that even when the odds seem against you, with passion, hard work, and creativity, anything is possible.

And so, after years of perseverance and dedication, Mr. Goenka’s dream finally became a reality. His new company was a testament to his courage and his ability to bounce back despite any setback. He had created something from nothing, and he had done it with his own two hands. His journey was an adventurous one, full of twists and turns, but he never wavered in his pursuit of success.

In the end, Mr. Goenka’s journey serves as an inspiration to all of us. It shows that no matter how difficult the road may be, with hard work, dedication, and an unyielding spirit, anything is possible. He proved that the only limit to what we can achieve is the limit we set for ourselves.

Nutraceuticals are actually food products/ dietary products that have nutritional value which offers health or medicinal benefits. Their products are antioxidant rich health supplements made with probiotics and herbs, known to increase immunity.

Dr. Priyanka Gupta, Director, PAG Nutraceuticals Pvt Ltd is an enthusiastic head eager to contribute to team’s success through her perseverance and hard work. She pays attention to every detail necessary for growth and development of the company. Not only this, she is also has excellent organizational skills with clear understanding of research and development. 

Ambitious and highly motivated entrepreneur Dr Priyanka, surpasses demanding objectives and achieves or exceeds set goals within the given deadlines. She is an inspiring Professor who brings advanced teaching skills and department leadership experience. As a goal-oriented person to advance department, improve teaching and modernize courses has been her forte. She holds extensive background in research and development.

As the Co-founder of DOCO, he is currently revolutionizing how brands reach consumers in Bharat, leveraging the vast network of offline retailers and distributors in the general trade to reach over 1 billion consumers. Bhoopendra believes that the power of data and technology can unlock tremendous value for brands and retailers alike. The ML/AI-driven platform designed by DOCO is geared towards harnessing this power to help brands make informed decisions and unlock new growth opportunities.
Before DOCO, Bhoopendra was the Co-founder and CEO of KrishiHub, where he had a successful exit.

KrishiHub was dedicated to creating solutions for farmers to increase farming productivity and improve their socioeconomic status through a demand-driven B2B platform that connected farmers with businesses like restaurants and hotels. This AI-powered supply chain processes tonnes of vegetables daily, ensuring smooth end-to-end delivery and reducing vegetable wastage by up to 35% compared to the traditional system. As a result, Bhoopendra impacted more than 50,000 farmers’ lives by bringing down crop wastage below 4% from 30-35%, demonstrating his commitment to using technology to create a positive impact.

21+ Years of Experience in Quality Assurance & Computer Systems Validation

Anand brings over two decades of experience in successfully leading the design, development, manufacture and delivery of drug products through his expertise in the field of Quality Assurance and Computer Systems Validation. He works with Navitas Life Sciences to ensure the highest standards of safety and wellbeing for patients.

Safe & High-Quality Drugs & Services

Anand’s work with Navitas Life Sciences has resulted in a wide range of safe and high-quality drug products and services that meet regulatory requirements across multiple regulatory authorities. He has been instrumental in ensuring products and services are delivered with the highest quality standards, meeting both customer expectations and industry regulations.

Humble Beginnings to Transformational Growth

Anand is the first graduate from his village, and he had to walk 15 Km every day to reach his school. Wearing the weight of expectation from his entire village, and the perseverence to seek a new path for himself, Anand has successfully traversed new avenues of growth.

He is adept at leveraging his vast experience in quality assurance, contributing to conferences and seminars, and developing numerous resources on Quality Management systems and industry best practices. His team at Navitas Life Sciences has successfully hosted more than 250 inspections and audits from agencies and customers.

Unparalleled Expertise & Dedication

Anand’s dedication to excellence is unparalleled, making him a perfect fit for heading the Quality Assurance team at Navitas Life Sciences. His expertise has been invaluable in helping create safe and effective drug products for patients in need. This award is a testament to Anand C. Rao’s commitment and dedication to excellence, and his unwavering focus on achieving high quality in whatever he sets out to do.

Her sculptures are rhythmic, abstract, and reflective waves of feelings and emotions in various forms. One cannot stop without looking at all the angles, each angle is unique. Sculpting and contouring bends and shadows and ever-changing curves and profiles with each slight turn to view. Aarti is an artist of Fine Art, sculpture, in the media of clay/terracotta. One can see the time, the eye, the hand of Aarti in her works, without seeing her name. It takes her three to six months to make one sculpture.

She has received several international awards and honors, including three “Best in Show” and three “Judges Choice” from Contemporary Art Gallery Online, USA. The “Light Space Time Gallery, USA” selected her among top 3D artists in March & October 2022 competitions and for ‘Solo Art Showcase’ in September 2022. TheArtList.com USA gave her ‘Honorable Mention’ in March 2022 and awarded second place in July 2022 Artist of the Month contest. She won public choice award in “Diversia – UN Calendar” exhibition hosted by Exhibizone, Canada in August 2022. She was the only Indian among 69 artists selected by Garrison Art Center New York for 2022 biennial smallWorks international exhibition.

At national level, she was selected for “61st NEA 2020” by Lalit Kala Akademi Delhi, “Rang Amir 2022” National Exhibition by MP Govt., awarded “Artist of the Year – 2019” by SACF Goa, and “Art Maestro – 2018, Highly Recommended” by WWAM Kerala.

Sara has worked in the operation and maintenance for numerous essential facilities, including commercial and data centers, for 20 years and he was well recognised by the customers for his customer excellence support.

Presently working as Operations Director for Asia Pacific at Iron Mountain Data Centers, a firm with headquarters in the United States. Sara has a business administration master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering.

He has outstanding technical abilities as well as business development skills. The companies where he has so far worked benefit from extra business opportunities thanks to his skills. He spent more than five years working in India before spending 17 years in Singapore. He was nominated to work in Qatar, Hong Kong, and India while he was employed in Singapore.

Singapore welcomed me with open arms, settled my worried soul, bonded with my colleagues from multiple nations and the local community too. It gave me a good time and encouraged myself to learn and grow. My career, Ramesh – my buddy, Anandbabu – my mentor, my management (Sim PH & Michael Goh), Uncle Palanisamy & Sivasamy (Brought me to SG) and my passion for lifelong learning in Singapore have all helped me get to this level. Now with this confidence and vast network, I am gratified to be able to contribute back to India and play a vital role in its growth in the Data Center Industry which is evolving presently.

Received a lot of awards and accolades from the client who worked for. Being a Singapore Certified Energy Manager, Water Efficiency Manager, passionate about sustainability, he made significant contributions to the clients’ energy & water savings during his employment.

He also authored Data Center Articles and participated in Data Center Panel discussion alongside W Media, Data Centre World, Nalco, Credai and Surana (Singapore, Abu Dhabi & India).

As a volunteer and member of the community in Singapore, he is also a grass-roots leader supporting the Singapore Community.

His vision is to spread IFRS and Valuation training and consulting worldwide, to students from grass root level to excel in careers and to equip students to face future challenges, and make many startups successful. At the age of 67 years, he is an experienced faculty, having industry experience of 30 years, 30 years includes experience with Mukesh Ambani-Reliance and Mittal Group at London and Foundation Technology USA. As Global Finance Director, last 13 years training and consulting in IFRS and business valuation and startup advisory. He has given 2800 lectures so far, he is having students in 31 countries and 131 cities.

Through his journey he has done 100+ IFRS corporate implementations and carried out in 20+ industry sectors, 200+ valuation including overseas. He taught 6000+ students across globe and also taught big firms in India, Gulf, Europe and USA. With his remarkable leadership qualities to groom and coach young talents, he turns them into smart professionals.

He helped huge number of professional to get employment during covid and otherwise

mentor to thousands of professionals. His contributions are very valuable in setting up new business operations and in our education industry.

Accurate pricing is key to Xometry’s success. Dwipam developed machine learning-based pricing models that generated millions of revenue and gross profits for the organization. Dwipam then started working at Capital One in June 2020, a US-based Financial Corporation that provides Credit Card and other Banking products to millions of Americans. At Capital One he worked with other fellow researchers and developed a novel AI solution to reduce financial fraud using digital and transactional data for millions of Americans.

His work was accepted at the prestigious International Conference in Machine Learning in 2021, the world’s most elite Artificial Intelligence peer-reviewed conference. He also developed an AI-based solution that detects sensitive data from a large corpus of data thereby improving user data privacy and safety from external cyber-attacks for millions of Americans. This resulted in numerous patent applications.

He is currently leading the research agenda for machine learning at Capital One for providing relevant and timely recommendations for financial insights including payment, billing, and fraud alerts proactively. Dwipam mentors other AI professionals, and peer reviews Machine Learning books, articles, and papers with Manning Publication and Data Science Journal(DSJ) at codata.org. He also writes scholarly articles for world-renowned Data Science publications such as Towards Data Science and Analytics Vidya. He also serves as an expert judge at Stevie and Globee awards for recognizing the most valuable technological innovation and advancements.

An alumnus of ISB, a chemical engineer from NIT, Warangal, with a Masters in Operations Management, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and a certified Project Management Professional, Kiran started his career as a process engineer and moved to business development and analytics, market research, strategy & operations, portfolio management, programme management, and capital expenditure project roles. Kiran is brining cost leadership into the market by digitizing and automating the operations to make medicines accessible, available, and affordable.

The journey has so far been challenging, educational, and rewarding on both professional and personal fronts. He worked with big, midsize, emerging, and early-stage start-up pharma companies. He has had the opportunity to work with business leaders, including angel investors, venture capitalists, high-net-worth individuals, private equity firms, and consulting firms. With this, he has developed a great capability to handle the business at any stage of its growth trajectory, irrespective of its size. His experience in technical, commercial, cross-cultural, and cross-border areas played a pivotal role in the sustainable growth of the organisation.    

This discovery was the starting point of unifi.ai, and they started building solutions that are simple, easy to implement and make encryption simple for anyone.

Pramod Misra is passionate about using data for automation, analytics and decision-making. He is a co-founder of Unifi.ai . Unifi.ai is on a mission to build trust in data & software for businesses. His work has been quoted in Forbes, Inc. Entrepreneur,ceoworld and other leading publications.

He had previously worked on building AI & machine learning models as a service for Banks, Insurance and Telecom companies. He has helped Fintechs ( Indicina, Nigeria ) and insurance companies ( Tune Protect Group, Malaysia) to develop alternative credit scoring models and use graph networks in analytics.

He has over 20 years of full-time work experience and worked with companies like Vodafone, Novartis, Procter & Gamble and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited. He is actively engaged with major Banks, Fintech start-ups & customer intelligence companies on developing new capabilities using analytics & alternative data.

About the Founders

Mr. Jimmy Vadera is a CEO, driving the organization as it fabricates a stage that engages business visionaries all over the world to rethink their business understanding through important parameters and help them to bring clarity through right accounts & finance solutions and tools. He accepts to serve and really focuses on clients’ interests to go past the customary and go above and beyond.

Jimmy’s over 12 years of experience in dealing with clients across the globe of different sizes and in different industries has helped gain a deeper understanding of continuously developing client business by advancing the business processes and getting more efficiencies via cloud-based systems, automation, technical and functional knowledge, and technology. He previously filled in as Accounts Manager (Finance and Accounts) at Windowmaker Software Private Limited. His significant extent of work incorporates Taxes & compliance, and managing books of Indian, UK, Australia and Canada’s head office accounts. Around there he worked in Microsoft Navision and he tracked down his adoration for unfamiliar programming around there. He took accreditations in the same programming and began learning other bookkeeping programming like Xero and QuickBooks all alone.Right now, at VNC, Jimmy is driving VNC and provides key Insights and guidance to the organization.

Mrs. Dhara Vadera is Co-Founder and Managing Director, driving the organization through her exemplified knowledge and experience carried through various roles played to enable the organization and clients to achieve success in their mission by combining people, processes and projects. She drives and focuses on developing organization by enabling the right culture, right system, right people in the right place and bringing clarity about why and how to do things to empower all team members and clients about transformation possibilities and achievements.

During her starting career, she gained immense experience by joining companies like Ajanta India Limited and Atul Auto Limited, a reputed organizations in their field, overseeing all the branches accounting aspects, managing very senior team members, driving the monthly reports on time basis and delivering accurate and timely business numbers

Right now, at VNC, Dhara is transforming policies, systems, and processes and keeping them connected between departments, divisions, and teams through continuous monitoring, evaluation, changing, and adapting to ever-evolving needs. She brings energy, empowerment, and involvement in every aspect of culture of organization to make them self-sufficient and run on their own. She brings strategic insights and best practice for clients growth through departments, people and projects.

He has executed very complex projects with globally distributed teams in areas spanning Enterprise IT Transformation, ERP, Cloud migration, Analytics, Data Warehouse, CRM, Portal, Content and Knowledge Management, and other business applications around a host of verticals including telecom, banking, retail, healthcare, real estate and manufacturing.

 He has deep skills in technology enabled Business Consulting, Cloud Advisory and Transformation. Debjit helped many organizations capture and disseminate information, essential for taking key business decisions, with the help of technology. He has worked with leading business houses to define the IT strategy roadmap and execution plan with KPI benchmarks.

Currently, Debjit is the Consulting Partner and Advisory Leader responsible for Tech Mahindra BE global technology and digital consulting practice and also led domain specific consulting. BE or Business Excellence is the consulting division within TechM. He is responsible for the strategy through execution of the digital, domain and technology Advisory practice including revenue, profitability, delivery, operations and analysts relations.

Necessitating the digital presence, doctors have had to manage offline operations, besides being available on aggregator platforms for teleconsultations, which have limited slots available during the day. In most cases, offline management including seeking clarifications, or appointments is managed through personal chats and calls.

In India, doctors come with the traditional notion that software is tough. They often feel that the prescription which they can write in two minutes will take five minutes using the software as they are not tech-savvy. So, if you can’t get a doctor to use software, which can give instructions to him from time to time, there is very little that they can do in terms of driving health outcomes.  In such a scenario, the solution was going digital.

At Cliniqally they help doctors to serve patients more efficiently in a limited time by offering a user-friendly technology for doctors and medical practitioners to manage their entire practice lifecycle online and offline. It is a complete digital manifestation of a local clinic, where doctors can create their virtual clinic in minutes and start taking in patients. They use a dashboard to manage their operations, boost efficiency, and have an improved work-life balance. From getting reminders, managing appointments and records of patients, managing staff, and expenses, checking revenue, generating prescriptions, and follow-ups, and improving patient retention, and simplifying clinic operations all can be done via a single app. In fact, with Cliniqally, medical practitioners can create their websites and market their brands on social media platforms. For the patient, it enables interaction with doctors through short links or apps.

With Cliniqally, doctors can enjoy improved efficiency and have a better work-life balance. Patient retention is bound to increase by 60%, revenue by 20%, and repeat consultations by 25%. Our all-in-one practice management tool helps doctors to digitize their practice and provide a single platform to manage their staff and clinic effectively.

Deepak Nagpal’s road hasn’t been easy, but his brother Sumit and other family members have always been there for him through thick and thin. With a team of four people, eSEO landed its first customer in 2011, and by the end of 2013, it had grown to a 10-person team and had worked on more than 55 projects.

Since most of the clients are based in the Delhi-NCR region, and maintaining smooth communication was a huge difficulty for the aspiring CEOs, they went with their gut and moved all operations to a separate space in Gurugram, Haryana, in 2015.

This decision proved to be a crucial factor in the company’s breakthrough growth, as it reached new milestones with 350+ projects and a workforce of 50+ individuals in 2016. Since then, the company has consistently outperformed all of its peers and competitors in the digital marketing sector, both domestically and internationally.

Our best accomplishment has been in changing the way conventional SEO strategies and approaches work, which are unproductive, immoral, and still in operation. eSEO has become the buzz among modern firms in a very short time, with a vision to help small businesses develop and build a strong online presence with cost-effective digital marketing solutions.

The consistency of the digital marketing techniques and their successes have allowed eSEO Solutions to become one of the most sought-after digital marketing companies in the country and establish a niche for itself in the minds of entrepreneurs and enterprises. 

Both Deepak and Sumit believe in the country’s youths and have a strong will to contribute to nation-building by empowering young talent and women. eSEO is a haven for women as the policies and culture of the company support the female workforce. Moreover, our founders launched PRAGTI (Promising Absolute Growth Through Internships) to upscale the skills of young minds of the country through internships.

The year 2021 will be remembered for its triumphs and accomplishments as we signed important global clients such as Goibibo, MakeMyTrip, Mettl, and many more. In addition, after registering as a reputable digital marketing agency in the UAE, we expanded into the UAE. The firm is hopeful that 2023 will bring new skies to capture with abundant opportunities. It has already tapped into the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UAE, and several other countries.

If he is involved in an assignment, things must get better on the ground. Ticking-the-box approach does not go down well with him. And, the clients realize the value of this approach quickly, as the benefits start percolating across the organization. It’s no surprise therefore, that most of his client engagements are of long-term nature, the shortest one being of six months and longer ones, of two-three years or more.

His clarity and conviction that we need to focus on ‘excellence at the top’ quickly makes a dent in a client organization. As he says ‘’ whatever we want to change in an organization, has to first become a way of working and being at the top. You will soon see that it becomes the way of the organization’.

He therefore, insists “For the top team, use all the means available – communication, coaching to build required skills and mindsets, workshops, the alignment with the purpose and help them to be at their best. Once you have cracked it at the top, it’ll effortlessly flow in the rest of the organization. Inspiring leaders will have inspired work force” he says. And the clients are listening.

His mission is to nurture leadership teams of organizations as ‘inspiring role models’. The rest will fall in place by itself, as he says.

Ms Shubhangi Bhagawat has a strong credential of 32+yrs. and an excellent career track of working with companies like Tata Unisys, Symantec, Oracle, Reid Crothers, Tech Mahindra, KPIT, Thermax Systems & Software, Persistent Systems, SoftBridge, Mastek, Tech Mahindra, MBT and Satyam. During her career she has undertaken diverse roles such as Head of Global Delivery, Global Strategic Leader, COO, VP Engineering, Global Head IBM Alliance Delivery Excellence and Chief Technology Strategic Consultant at Persistent for Strategic Large Deals and Head of Acquisition.

Being a strong headed personality, Ms Shubhangi has shown the traits of fortitude and determination by effectively maintaining work life balance. Her splendid work has given her the opportunity to work for geographies like India, US, Canada, Australia, Japan, Korea and Europe-UK. Currently she is working at Xoriant Solutions as VP Delivery & Customer Advocacy. Her role comprises Global Delivery Revenue Maximization, Cost Optimization, Profitability and Account Growth Strategies. In her Career she has served 100+ customers and delivered  30%-50% growth .

She has proved her mettle by bringing the break through results of 22 M $ savings in the span of 18 months with Next Generation Engineering Transformations initiatives in Tier 1 Tier 2 organization -Symantec , Oracle , Tata Unisys, Tech Mahindra ,KPIT, Persistent. She has worked globally in US , UK, CANADA, Japan, Australia in Top MNCs Honoured Path-Finder awards in Category of Top Management .

Ms Shubhangi has bagged number of accolades in her name. She was honoured with Woman of Excellence National Award and 12+ Corporate Top Performance awards for business impact and performance. She has also published 14 Industry Solution papers in international journal and is writing book on user experience discovery requirements.

Rajeev’s career epitomises the story of grit, determination, passion, success and failure, all laced with some amazing mentors who blessed him with care, guidance, teachings and strong values. He started as a simple salesperson in a retail store, all at the age of 21. Not able to go back for higher education he gave his all to the only thing he knew …….Retail. That journey that started over 3 decades back took him to some of the top retailers in the world in senior roles, culminating as the CEO of SPAR, India

The past 3 years as a Business Advisor and mentor have been an enriching, fruitful and heart-warming as his impact extended to small businesses in the unorganised sector, individual entrepreneurs and the education sector helping them navigate critical challenges of COVID and beyond.

Rajeev is a member of the Board of Trustees at Sociocharge, a company with a purpose to accelerate positive change in society. He is passionate about ensuring that business is making a difference in the communities around them and impacting the youth in a positive and inspiring way. A well-known speaker at numerous top colleges across India, Rajeev is a mentor and coach to many young leaders and executives with a focus on self-development, leadership and identifying/unleashing the “I”inner EQ.

He was recognised as one of India’s Most Trusted CEOs of 2018
by the World Consulting & Research Corporation (WCRC) Asia, for showing exceptional leadership, enabling the business to achieve growth and success through his passion, commitment and trust in his employees.

Rajeev was also felicitated as “India’s Inspirational Leader 2018-2019” in London under the 3rd edition of Global Indian Excellence Summit.

His tenure at SPAR was an amazing journey of collaborative innovation with partners across industries leading to world class omni channel customer experiences and differentiated Stores. SPAR India apart from being one of the Great places to Work 3 years in a row, was the recipient of numerous awards and accolades across functions worldwide.

As a Senior Expert/Advisor for McKinsey’s retail and consumer practices, he helped drive and develop these areas through both strategy and execution for clients across consumer functional areas and retail formats in India and South East Asia.

Rajeev was the Executive Vice President and Business Head of Retail Operations for India at Bharti Retail, which was part of the Bharti Wal-Mart join venture, where he was responsible for heading the retail operations across multiple formats in India.

Prior to this, he was the Group Vice President at Target Corporation in the US. During his tenure of 18 years which included multiple leadership roles he was able to contribute to seeing Target grow to be one of the leading retailers in the US and in the world.

Since they are working in agriculture field, it gives them the chance to help thousands of growers in terms of –

1. Robust financial support

As they are producing hybrid vegetable seeds and exporting the same to many countries which attracts high revenue to thousands of growers.

1. B) Strong Technical support

Compared to the conventional method, growers get the globally accepted high end technology from us which leads to more yield in their field.

1. Assured Income

Growers will get assured income compared to fluctuational conventional market method.

1. Jobs to next gen growers

Seed industry is providing challenging jobs to present generation even to lesser educated group.

1. Jobs to skilled work force

As seed production is labour intensive work, so this industry is providing job to N number of labourers.

Through the brand they also attracting customers globally by –

1. Connecting foreign customers to India

Irrespective of tough competition from chain, by providing high quality seeds they are able to attract many customers from different parts of the world.

1. Generating valuable revenue in dollars

As their entire seeds are exported, so they are able to produce valuable and much needed foreign revenue.

1. Pulling foreign technology to India

As they have to provide globally accepted quality seeds so they have to use global technology which they get from their customers or from our joint ventured companies which is the most valuable; through which the grower community is becoming techno savvy. 

Another important factor that they emphasis on is Global team development. The key areas they focus on are

1. Technical workforce

During the process of global product output, they have the responsibility to develop the best fine-tuned team which is the best opportunity to the Indian youths.

1. Global opportunity to Indian Youths

With attention from global community and experience, the youths are getting global opportunity to grab the jobs globally.

Mr Raghavendra Ponarkar has also been recognised for exemplary contribution. Some of his accolade includes-

• “Best Exporter Award in Gold Category” by Govt. of Karnataka in 2011-12 & 2012-13
• “Export Excellence Award” by FKCCI , Bangalore in 2012 & 2013
• “Prestigious Vanijya Ratna Award” by KCCI Hubballi in 2013

• Bagged “Prestigious Indian Achievers Award 22-23” from IAF India
• Took “Prestigious Certificate of Merit” from GMI and NHRDI

Priya believes that, “Innovation and Economy usually aren’t two peas in a pod”.

That was her challenge while starting her entrepreneurial journey in 2015. Today, Priya Prakash is an experienced entrepreneur, Co-founder and Managing Director of Eco Pallet – leading manufacturers of sustainable pallets. With a background in commerce and an MBA ‘on the roads’, Priya is set out on a mission to bring about a revolutionary change in the pallet industry. Her previous experiences include working for various companies that created innovative and futuristic products. As part of her entrepreneurial journey, she was able to raise funds, accomplish new product innovation driven by R&D, bag a unique patent related to pallet manufacturing, setup a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant at Bangalore (Doddaballapur), acquire industry leading names as customers, and a team of happy employees with <1% attrition. Her journey has been nothing short of a rollercoaster ride, with every new roadblock came an opportunity for her and her team to innovate.

Today, Eco Pallet offers pallets that are lightweight yet high strength and environmentally friendly. Eco Pallet is both Economical and Ecological.

Metalbook has a  network of over 750+ global metal manufacturers, dealers, suppliers, and customers, including ArcelorMittal, Tata Steel, JSW, EU Metals, JSPL, Bygging, DLF, & BL Kashyap, among others. The platform has been designed with modern business in mind. It is easy to use and provides a one-stop solution for all your procurement needs. Whether you want to buy or sell materials, the platform makes it simple and efficient to get the job done.

The platform offers several benefits including: 

1. A secure online marketplace that connects buyers and sellers of metals from around the world
2. Real-time pricing information for all metals on the Metalbook platform
3. A transparent bidding system that allows buyers/sellers to get the best price 
4. Easy access to credit facilities from top lenders worldwide

Metalbook reached a gross merchandise value of ₹100 crore in its first year of operations and ended with ₹800 crores. In March 2022, the company raised $1.1 million (₹8.8 crores) in a seed round from Axilor Ventures and has since raised an additional $1.7 million.

He has been a keynote speaker, presenter & faculty at numerous prestigious national & international conferences like Indian Cancer Congress, Oncocon, IMSOS, ISMPOCON, Innovations in Oncology, Global Cancer Congress (Japan), PATHSOC(UK), CAP (USA), etc.

He also has numerous publications in journals of high repute like Archives of Pathology, American Journal of Hematology etc. His study on double & triple hit lymphomas, one of the largest from India, was presented at the International Leukemia, Lymphoma & Myeloma Congress, New York. He again presented a series on the pathological and cytogenetic characteristics of CD5 negative Mantle cell lymphomas at the same conference for the year 2022, held in October.

He sits on the editorial board of various journals. He is the Chief editor of Hematolymphoid neoplasms section with PathPresenter which is one of the most acclaimed DP & AI platform globally & he is a member of the Digital Pathology Association, USA.

He has written numerous industry articles in leading media publications like The Times of India, ET HealthWorld, Firstpost etc. which have been hailed as some of the most shared and insightful articles on various aspects of diagnostics. He has also been quoted regularly as a leading industry expert on various healthcare matters in the media.

He has been actively involved in policy making in diagnostics through his advisory role to GOK (Govt of Karnataka). He was a team member of Covid Raksha initiative of honourable MP Shri Tejasvi Surya & was instrumental in key decisions like the withdrawal of IDSP protocols which increased Covid testing by 40%.

He was awarded the ‘COVID 19 State Welfare Icon of the year’ in 2020 and ‘The Most Dynamic Specialist Professional Pathologist of the year’ at Healthcare Summit & Awards 2022. He was also felicitated with the ‘HDFC Neighbourhood Hero’ award for his work during COVID 19.   

With a prescriber base spanning across continents, he’s an internationally renowned oncopathologist known for his expertise in diagnosing the most difficult oncology cases and for his key areas of latest molecular and companion diagnostic assays in different cancers.

Additionally, he was a key person in setting up the India advisory arm for one of these multinational consulting firm as a Founding Partner and an India Board member. As of now, he’s a part of the leadership team of Consulting Strategic Business Unit of Tech Mahindra and the global leader for Technology Advisory business unit. For all the roles he has played in the last 10 years, he has  been managing independent business units providing professional services to clients in the area of technology and digital as sole leader owning the P&L, and responsible for sustenance & growth of the same.

When Covid 19 struck us 2020, he was a part of one of these multinational Consulting firms’ India Advisory board running the technology business and office of the CIO Advisory for them. At that point in time, they had just started their advisory/consulting business journey in India and had never expected the unforeseen pandemic. It had been a huge challenge ahead of me and taught me how to sustain a professional services business in the worst possible times – sailing through those tough times indeed has grown me to a better professional who can navigate his way even in the tough-most times.

He moved to an IT Services giant in Kolkata as a part of their Consulting Leadership team (due to a personal priority) amidst the pandemic and took up the challenge of creating and running the Technology Advisory business for them. The initial days were thoroughly challenging as they were still in the era of the “new normal” – connecting with potential clients, team members and colleagues and making them believe the importance of digital and technology consulting and how it actually is rightly the topmost board agenda of the current age. There were initial times when he was ending up spending more than 16-17 hours a day purely on remote calls and video meetings to create that trust of clients and teams, training them, pitching for new work, delivering initial work packets to clients and also in managing/aligning and re-aligning the entire business portfolio based on the dynamic situations. Thanks to the relentless efforts of myself and a motivated team which He had nearly built from scratch and a good set of optimistic clients, they started clocking our numbers and in a period of close to one and half years today they are managing a substantial revenue number with an enviable top-line growth and healthy EBITDA.

As a business leader, this brings immense satisfaction to me as a professional – the joy of giving birth and rearing up a child is something he has really enjoyed, the itch for entrepreneurship which he has always been fortunate to nurture in the organizations he has worked for.