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Sybrant is an unique company that helps startup companies develop product. It's what its CEO, V.Thiagarajan, describes best as, "Come in with an idea, Walk out with a product." The company has been conceived and established to take up the challenging environments of "Product Development" with a focused approach that will leverage an entrepreneur's idea into a product right from the stage of conceptualization to design, development, testing and packaging. This Chennai-based company currently employs around 80 people with a good strength from prestigious engineering institutes like Indian Insititute of Technology, Madras. Tags: Sybrant, V.Thiagarajan

Professor Bala Balachandran is considered one of the top 10 management gurus of Indian origin in the United States. He represents the first wave of Indian scholars who moved to top U.S.-based business schools and have since contributed to the growing recognition of India as a resource for ideas and academic talent. Twenty-six years ago, Bala V Balachandran was the only Indian professor at the prestigious Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Chicago, where he has specialized in accounting information systems and decision sciences. He has been with Kellogg for the past 34 years and has contributed richly. He played an important part in the formation of the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, and in the internationalization of MDI Gurgaon. Three years back he decided to set up his own B-school -- the Great Lakes Institute of Management, in Chennai. He has worked with previous governments in various capacities and is an advisor on the present planning commission. He is on the board of directors of the Credit Rating Information Services of India and is working with people like Sam Pitroda to integrate information technology in states like Gujarat, Maharashta, Punjab and Rajasthan. He is also a consultant to the governments of Israel, Malaysia and Peru. Tags: Bala Balachandran

K Vaitheeswaran is currently the chief operating officer of Indiaplaza, the world's largest India-centric e-commerce company with operations in Bangalore, Chennai and Austin, Texas. K Vaitheeswaran is a co-founder of www.fabmall.com, the company that pioneered the Indian E-commerce Industry. Since September 1999, he spent all his time and efforts in not only building Fabmall.com into a position of industry leadership but has also been engaged in evangelizing the cause of E-commerce in India. In November 2006, The Pitch magazine listed him among the Top 20 people in the Indian Internet industry. He also co-founded the Fabmall chain of grocery stores, which has become one of the leading brands in the Indian organized retail industry. Tags: K Vaitheeswaran, Indiaplaza

GB Prabhat talks about what made him leave his top position as a Director at Satyam, one of India s biggest software companies, and take the hard route to entrepreneurship. This particular edition will be of special interest to both entrepreneurs and to those who aspire to be one. When he quit Satyam recently, he had helped grow its Enterprise department s revenues to 200 million US dollars a year. His new venture, Anantara Solutions, has gotten seed funding of $6.5 million US dollars from Helion Venture Partners, Walden International and Silicon Valley Bank. He talks about his experience in getting funding and also shares his advice to those wanting to jump into the entrepreneurship bandwagon. Anantara focuses on Second Generation Outsourcing (SGO), a business paradigm that radically improves first generation outsourcing which is predicated primarily on cost arbitrage. Tags: GB Prabhat, Satyam, India, Anantara Solutions, Helion Venture Partners, Walden International, Silicon Valley Bank, Second Generation Outsourcing, SGO

Sameer Sisodia is a cofounder of Ziva Software, the makers of Zook, a mobile search service. Its an interesting company that is incubated at the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Ziva Software has built the world s first Mobile Social Answer Engine. The mobile answer engine delivers precise answers to users questions and helps users find the desired information with the least number of interactions. It s inbuilt mobile-specific social networking system helps users to tap into the information and knowledge possessed by their friends. Ability to find both on-web and off-web content in an intuitive and interactive manner provides a rich and satisfying experience to end-users. Ziva s platform powers some of the biggest local directory search names in India - JustDial, InfoMedia being are some of the customers. Ziva also partners with some of the leading mobile content companies, and other service providers. Ziva is a VC-backed, professionally-managed, product development company with exclusive focus on mobile-based access, search, and navigation. Ziva Software operates out of the NSR-GIV Center within the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at Bangalore. Tags: Sameer Sisodia, Ziva Software, Zook, JustDial, InfoMedia, NSR-GIV, Indian Institute of Management

Sameer Sisodia is a cofounder of Ziva Software, the makers of Zook, a mobile search service. Its an interesting company that is incubated at the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Ziva Software has built the world's first Mobile Social Answer Engine. The mobile answer engine delivers precise answers to users' questions and helps users find the desired information with the least number of interactions. It's inbuilt mobile-specific social networking system helps users to tap into the information and knowledge possessed by their friends. Ability to find both on-web and off-web content in an intuitive and interactive manner provides a rich and satisfying experience to end-users. Ziva's platform powers some of the biggest local directory search names in India - JustDial, InfoMedia being are some of the customers. Ziva also partners with some of the leading mobile content companies, and other service providers. Ziva is a VC-backed, professionally-managed, product development company with exclusive focus on mobile-based access, search, and navigation. Ziva Software operates out of the NSR-GIV Center within the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at Bangalore. Tags: Sameer Sisodia, Ziva Software, Zook, JustDial, InfoMedia, NSR-GIV, Indian Institute of Management

GB Prabhat talks about what made him leave his top position as a Director at Satyam, one of India's biggest software companies, and take the hard route to entrepreneurship. This particular edition will be of special interest to both entrepreneurs and to those who aspire to be one. When he quit Satyam recently, he had helped grow its Enterprise department's revenues to 200 million US dollars a year. His new venture, Anantara Solutions, has gotten seed funding of $6.5 million US dollars from Helion Venture Partners, Walden International and Silicon Valley Bank. He talks about his experience in getting funding and also shares his advice to those wanting to jump into the entrepreneurship bandwagon. Anantara focuses on Second Generation Outsourcing (SGO), a business paradigm that radically improves first generation outsourcing which is predicated primarily on cost arbitrage. Tags: GB Prabhat, Satyam, India, Anantara Solutions, Helion Venture Partners, Walden International, Silicon Valley Bank, Second Generation Outsourcing, SGO

Will mobile phones be the future for cash payment? Will mobile payment usher in a cashless society? Are services like Western Union threatened by mobile payment? These are all the questions that Aditya answers in this podcast. Aditya Menon is Chief Information and Technology Officer of Obopay India. He started the US company s India operations. Obopay is a comprehensive mobile payment service that lets you instantly get, send and spend money anywhere, anytime using a mobile phone. He was previously CIO of YES Bank. Prior to this, Aditya was Group CIO at MphasiS. Aditya has 20 years of experience working in the field of banking software product development. , specially in the payments and cash management domain. He was a pioneer in the field of electronic payments and banking, launching the first PC based high value payments systems in 1986 for global banks like ABN and Standard Chartered Bank. Let s listen to Aditya talk about Obopay. Tags: Western Union, Aditya Menon, Obopay, India, YES Bank, MphasiS

GB Prabhat helped net in $200 million in revenue when he decided to quit Satyam Computer Services, one of India s largest software companies. Prabhat left his cushy job to found a startup called Anantara Solutions which received investments of $6.5 million from Helion Venture Partners, Walden International Silicon Valley Bank. His new company focuses on Second Generation Outsourcing (SGO), a business paradigm that radically improves first generation outsourcing which is predicated primarily on cost arbitrage. Prabhat says “By pioneering SGO, we at Anantara Solutions are reinventing the offshore delivery model combining the efficiencies of a top-notch consulting firm and a high quality offshore delivery firm. In 1995, he co-founded Satyam Renaissance Consulting, a then subsidiary of Satyam Computer Services. Prabhat believed strongly that, much as IT services work was beginning to be offshored, all manner of consulting services could be delivered using the onsite-offshore model with India as the hub of such services. Prabhat is also a writer of fiction. His first novel, Chains, was published in November 2000 to critical acclaim and his second novel, Eimona, was published in 2006. Tags: GB Prabhat, Satyam Computer Services, India, Anantara Solutions, Helion Venture Partners, Walden International, Silicon Valley Bank

GB Prabhat helped net in $200 million in revenue when he decided to quit Satyam Computer Services, one of India's largest software companies. Prabhat left his cushy job to found a startup called Anantara Solutions which received investments of $6.5 million from Helion Venture Partners, Walden International Silicon Valley Bank. His new company focuses on Second Generation Outsourcing (SGO), a business paradigm that "radically improves first generation outsourcing which is predicated primarily on cost arbitrage." Prabhat says “By pioneering SGO, we at Anantara Solutions are reinventing the offshore delivery model combining the efficiencies of a top-notch consulting firm and a high quality offshore delivery firm. In 1995, he co-founded Satyam Renaissance Consulting, a then subsidiary of Satyam Computer Services. Prabhat believed strongly that, much as IT services work was beginning to be offshored, all manner of consulting services could be delivered using the onsite-offshore model with India as the hub of such services. Prabhat is also a writer of fiction. His first novel, Chains, was published in November 2000 to critical acclaim and his second novel, Eimona, was published in 2006. Tags: GB Prabhat, Satyam Computer Services, India, Anantara Solutions, Helion Venture Partners, Walden International, Silicon Valley Bank

Will mobile phones be the future for cash payment? Will mobile payment usher in a cashless society? Are services like Western Union threatened by mobile payment? These are all the questions that Aditya answers in this podcast. Aditya Menon is Chief Information and Technology Officer of Obopay India. He started the US company's India operations. Obopay is a comprehensive mobile payment service that lets you instantly get, send and spend money anywhere, anytime using a mobile phone. He was previously CIO of YES Bank. Prior to this, Aditya was Group CIO at MphasiS. Aditya has 20 years of experience working in the field of banking software product development. , specially in the payments and cash management domain. He was a pioneer in the field of electronic payments and banking, launching the first PC based high value payments systems in 1986 for global banks like ABN and Standard Chartered Bank. Let's listen to Aditya talk about Obopay. Tags: Western Union, Aditya Menon, Obopay, India, YES Bank, MphasiS

Harish founded Smile Interactive, the company that incubated Quasar, one of India s top digital advertising agencies. It s also behind Tyroo, an advertising network that Yahoo recently bought a substantial part of. It also built the technology behind MakeMyTrip, India s biggest travel portal. In this podcast, Harish talks about what it takes to incubate small companies internally. Harish, an engineering graduate in Computer Sciences, is a serial entrepreneur. prior to getting into Internet business, he built bullet proof cars. Harish is considered a thought leader on the subjects of digital technology, interactive advertising, online travel, and entrepreneurship and is a regular speaker at various forums for the same. He is an active member of NASSCOM and IAMAI and proactively represents the Indian internet community for addressing issues related to the growth and smooth functioning of the industry with various regulatory bodies. Tags: Quasar, India, Tyroo, Yahoo, MakeMyTrip, NASSCOM, IAMAI

Listen to the man who heads Sify.com, one of India s biggest portals and also heads marketing for Sify Iways, one of Asia s biggest cybercafe chains with over 3300 cafes in more than 150 cities in India. Sivaramakrishnan talks about his experience and challenges in both these businesses. Sify is a leader in Consumer Internet and Enterprise Services in India with global delivery capabilities. Siva, as he is popularly called, has over 18 years of experience in marketing consumer brands and building their businesses. In his role as Vice President of the iWay cyber cafe business at Sify, he was instrumental in leading their transformation from Internet browsing centers to e-stores by introducing break-through alliances and initiatives. Earlier, He was part of the Ford India marketing leadership team and led the successful launch of Ford s Ikon, Fusion, Fiesta and Endeavour in India. For the launch of the Ford Ikon, Siva initiated a path-breaking online promotion considered one of the leading web initiatives of that time. In August 2006, Siva took over as President, Portals. He is a management graduate from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, with a successful track record of managing brands, sales, and customer service for global market leaders such as Procter Gamble and Ford, both in India and abroad. During his career with them, he has led brand, sales and customer service teams, championing successful marketing and sales initiatives for brands such as Vicks, Pampers, Old Spice, Ford Fiesta, Ford Ikon and the Ford Endeavour. Tags: Sify.com, Sify Iways, Asia, cybercafe, India, Sivaramakrishnan, iWay, Procter Gamble

Futurebazaar.com is India s latest big ticket shopping site that comes from the group which owns India s largest retail chain. FutureBazaar.com recently got infused with a funding of $25 million and is bound to give established etailers in India many sleepless nights. Led by Kishore Biyani, the group owns and operates huge retail chains including Pantaloons, Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar, Central, E-Zone, Fashion Station, Depot and many others. I caught up with Sankarson, CEO of FutureBazaar.com at the eTailing Conference in Chennai. Shanky, as he prefers to be called, has had impressive experience in the online retailing market having set up shopping sites for Rediff and Shoppers Stop. In this podcast, Shanky gives his honest opinions about etailing in India and about FutureBazaar in particular. Tags: India, FutureBazaar.com, Kishore Biyani, Pantaloons, Big Bazaar, E-Zone, Sankarson