Category: Leaders

Swapnil graduated with honors with a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin. After starting his career in energy investment banking at Simmons and Company in 2003, the leader moved on to Forum Partners, a multibillion-dollar global real estate private equity firm. His role in the company involved originating, structuring, and executing real estate investments across the Asia Pacific.

Swapnil founded Nitya Capital in 2013 and has since driven the company to new heights. His keen entrepreneurial spirit has set the company in good stead, dealing with all challenges and ultimately emerging as a winner.

The privately-held real estate investment firm headquartered in Houston, Texas, manages over $2 billion in real estate assets across the US. With more than a decade of experience in the areas of multifamily, commercial, and new development, the company primarily specializes in acquiring opportunistic and value-added multifamily properties, along with asset management and property management.

Its mission is to raise the value of its portfolio through exhaustive renovations, optimizing returns to investors, and offering residents a safe and nurturing environment.

LEADING FROM THE FRONT

Swapnil spearheads all aspects of the company’s operations, including financing and investor relations. In addition, he oversees strategic planning and investment decisions. Since Nitya’s early inception, Swapnil’s impeccable leadership has driven the company to continue its stellar uptrend trajectory.

The goal-oriented leader’s mission is to make his company stand out as the operator of choice, focusing on the importance of investor-operator relations. Aside from Nitya Capital, Swapnil also founded Karya Property Management to invest, manage, and develop multifamily properties in Texas and across the country.

As the CEO of the company, he manages the organization’s portfolio of over 16000 units throughout Houston, Austin, Dallas, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Kansas City, and San Antonio. Together, these companies operate more than 20,000 multifamily homes, 1.5 million square feet of commercial space, and 300,000 square feet of retail and single-family portfolios, totaling more than $2.5 billion.

Through his unwavering efforts, the determined leader personally closed deals worth more than $3 billion in India, China, Australia, and Korea, deploying more than $600 million in equity.

Swapnil also served as the Head of Alternative Investments at Virtus Real Estate Capital in Austin, Texas. He oversaw multi-family assets across the United States while working at Virtus.

AN EMPOWERING TEAM PLAYER

Swapnil is a thoughtful team player through and through. He places a high value on hiring talented employees and makes every effort to bring out the best in them. In his view, his employees are his best assets, as their dedication and efforts enable his companies to achieve exceptional results. He opines that only a diverse and motivated team can support company innovation, devise novel solutions to problems, and boost productivity.

MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE

Swapnil is passionate about community and philanthropic causes. He hopes to leave a legacy for the next generation by making an impact on the world.

When he was just 14 years old, Swapnil’s family moved overseas to Houston. Though he grew up on the Southwest Side of Houston, Texas, Swapnil never forgot his Indian roots and vowed to give back to the community the first chance he had.

In keeping with his commitment, Swapnil co-founded the Karya Kares Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Texas to help the less fortunate recover from their setbacks. He additionally supports many Indian nonprofit organizations and schools.

The compassionate leader is the sponsor of Ek Pahel School in Agra (India), Nai Roshni School in Lucknow (India), Pratham USA, a volunteer-driven NGO, and the Smile Foundation. He is also a founding partner of the Lone Survivor Foundation for wounded combat veterans.

Additionally, Swapnil is a former Board Member of Magic Bus, an Indian NGO that offers life skills education to children and young people. In addition to this, he joined forces with the Rose Group to promote breast cancer awareness and healthcare benefits.

Furthermore, Swapnil has developed playground equipment on properties in partnership with Northwest Assistance Ministries.

GARNERING AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Swapnil’s outstanding contributions to the real estate sector have earned him numerous awards and accolades. In 2019, the leader was named a member of the Houston Apartment Association Board. He is also the recipient of the Pride of India Bharat Gaurav Award 2019 conferred on him by the British Parliament.

He was also named the Most Admired CEO Honoree by Houston Business Journal in 2019. The young leader was also listed as an Honoree of the 40 Under 40 Award by the Houston Business Journal for two consecutive years-2018 and 2019.

Swapnil was honored with the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 Award in the Banking and Capital Markets category for the Houston and Gulf Coast Region, including Louisiana and Mississippi. In 2017, he won the Young Entrepreneur Award 2017 from the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston.

Lastly, the Houston Business Journal named him the finalist for Outstanding CEO of the Year of a Large Company in 2017. Swapnil’s fiery passion has earned Nitya Capital and Karya Property Management a string of awards and honors.

For instance, Nitya Capital was named ‘One of the Fastest Growing Companies in Real Estate 2019’ by Insights Success Magazine. Likewise, Karya Property Management has also been honored with numerous honors.

It ranked 145th Faster Growing Private Company in America Inc. 5,000 for 2018. The company also ranked 8th out of 100 in Houston Business Journal 2018 Fast 100. The leader has also been interviewed by prominent magazines such as the Houston Chronicle, Houston Business Journal, Forbes, and Insight Magazine.

Sanjjeev is extremely passionate about helping customers maximise the value of their SAP investments. Having seen many customers lose millions of dollars with other systems integrators, he founded ASAR in 2010 with the sole objective of helping SAP customers implement SAP solutions in the most optimal and cost-effective manner leveraging the best SAP practices. The word ASAR comes from a Hindi word which means “making a positive impact.”

Also, ASAR resells SAP CX solutions to customers in the midmarket across America as a value-added reseller. One of the primary advantages of the company is that it has developed SAP Qualified Partner Packaged Solutions called Cheetah Rapid Deployment Package for a range of SAP CX solutions. These Rapid Deployment Packages are fee-based, fixed-scope solutions that enable customers to install and implement SAP CX within a few weeks. Due to their superior offerings, ASAR has become the leading SAP partner for businesses across a variety of industries. Their stellar clientele, which includes Monster Energy, Johnson & Johnson, Swagelok, General Datatech, All-Ways Elevators, Rizing, and others, shows that the company has lived up to their meaning from day one!

ENABLING SMOOTH DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Every business now relies on the digital touch to stay competitive, and this requires the expertise of a customer experience specialist. With Sanjjeev, a customer experience author, businesses have successfully redefined their customer experience and devised thoughtful ways to value their customers with a digital approach. Additionally, the leader has hired highly proficient consultants who work with medium and large-sized companies. The dedicated consultants help these companies successfully reinvent their customer experiences and create innovative ways of serving them effectively.

Under Sanjjeev’s stewardship, ASAR has become a certified SAP Gold Partner and America’s only SAP Partner specialising in SAP Customer Experience Solutions. Over the years, the company has supported numerous companies through their digital transformations, facilitating better customer interactions and strategizing better ERP. Their track record of delivering prompt, cost-effective and world-class SAP implementation services has earned it a solid reputation in the market.

EMPHASIZES SEAMLESS CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Sanjjeev’s mission is to encourage businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals to prioritise the customer experience. He believes that how a business interacts with its customers plays a huge role in its growth. Thus, as an SAP Hybris product expert, he is enthusiastic about assisting customers in developing and implementing customer engagement solutions.

ASAR specialises in sales automation, price quote configuration, e-commerce, customer service field service, and digital marketing. Also, the company’s customer experience approach helps their clients reduce their acquisition costs.

Having enjoyed rapid growth over the years, the goal-driven entrepreneur says he expects the firm’s revenue to double once he adds more brands to their portfolio. Ultimately, the goal is to become one of the most renowned and respected players in the field of customer experience in five years.

AN EPITOME OF COMMITMENT

Sanjjeev believes there is no shortcut to success. If you want to achieve real success, you cannot take shortcuts, says the leader. According to him, one must deliver genuinely valuable service to customers to build a loyal customer base. To that end, Sanjjeev has kept customer satisfaction consistently high to make ASAR a leading SAP service provider. As a whole, ASAR’s success can be attributed to Sanjjeev’s belief in hard work, trustworthy actions, accountability, and service that is second-to-none.

Sanjjeev learned the value of hard work and honesty from his parents. He recalls his parents constantly encouraging him that if he worked hard and stayed strong, he could achieve anything he desired in life. Also, they never interfered with his ambitions.

During his school days, Sanjjeev’s parents would wake him up at 4 a.m. every single weekday so that he could study. They also taught him that in order to achieve anything in life, one must put forth all of one’s effort. And that’s exactly what he did with ASAR at their inception when the odds of success seemed bleak.

His company had to struggle to get off the ground in 2010 because of the initial lack of credibility in the market. Since it did not have any customer references for successful SAP implementations under their name, customers hesitated to engage with the company. It was the determined leader’s perseverance and conviction that enabled the company to succeed despite the many challenges it faced.

TURNING ADVERSITY INTO OPPORTUNITY

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sanjjeev is leveraging the unprecedented change, looming over the world, to his advantage. According to him, since businesses are seeking out innovative ways to operate and interact with their customers while ensuring excellent service delivery, they should not be stuck interacting with them through outdated processes. He asserts that in the business world and other areas of life, the only constant thing is change, and every business must embrace change with open arms to grow and succeed.

Through ASAR, the leader offers his expertise to help businesses and companies adapt to and implement those changes. He and his team offer surefire digital marketing strategies, e-commerce, and customer service processes that help individuals and businesses grow.

As an individual who is forever brimming with positivity, Sanjjeev strives to make a positive difference in the lives of everyone he interacts with.

Pramod holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration with a major in Marketing & Finance. He founded Paramount Software Solutions when he was merely 26 years old. This is an impressive achievement and a career highpoint for him. Through effective risk management strategies, the proactive entrepreneur has been able to keep this high point going! In 20+ years, he has managed to grow it into an organisation with over 300 employees.

As a stable, well-established contracting firm, Paramount boasts a cadre of highly skilled and seasoned consultants. Over the years, the ISO 9001:2015 certified company has worked with several global government agencies and also contributed to judicial reform. The company’s business model is very different from that of many other contracting firms. Consultants at Paramount have full-time job security and a comprehensive benefits package, giving clients a greater level of security for their projects.

SETTING HIGH STANDARDS

Pramod has established a full-fledged product business under the umbrella of Paramount. His first offering, a blockchain-based SaaS product called Farm to Plate, allows food companies to track and trace their products immutably through blockchain technology. He is starting to deliver trials for this solution, which will open up a significant new revenue stream. The solution has already received a lot of interest from multiple geographies. Additionally, to build interest and establish thought leadership, he has launched a podcast that speaks with industry leaders to get their insight on key topics and current trends in the food sector.

Furthermore, Paramount’s product division has developed a blockchain-based solution called Carbon Credits for a client in the power and energy sector to track the carbon emissions they generate and encourage individuals to invest in renewable energy by allowing them to sell surplus power back to the grid.

The Paramount team, under Pramod’s direction, has also built capabilities across several other technology sectors, such as cybersecurity and robotic process automation that are critical to a post-pandemic economy. Pramod is highly skilled at executing market-driven strategies. He believes that, in a disruptive world, the customer is the king. Therefore, his innovation seeks to bring real benefits to real people. “We put people first and align our strategy with our innovations,” he asserts.

As a leader, he always motivates his team to align with changing demands in fulfilling clients’ requirements. Furthermore, using consistent quality and resources, he drives the organisation towards creating a competitive environment.

AN EMPLOYEE-CENTRIC LEADER

Pramod believes that employee morale and company culture are crucial elements for any staffing company. In order to ensure low attrition, high employee satisfaction, and long-term client stability, he promotes a culture that is familial and employee-centered. Consequently, top-quality talent prefers to stay longer with his organisation, resulting in high client satisfaction. A notable fact about Paramount is that it was certified as a Great Place to Work in 2021 based on a survey conducted by the Great Place to Work Institute, where 99% of its employees rated the company as a great place to work. Pramod encourages professionals to take charge of their own careers. He has introduced a leadership culture of Holacracy at Paramount, which is a system of management where roles are not assigned and employees are allowed to work across departments and teams without restrictions. Additionally, with a clear set of rules and processes, responsibilities are divided equitably among employees, reducing bureaucracy and enhancing productivity.

LEADING WITH A GOLDEN HEART

Pramod has always been committed to giving back to the community in whatever way he can. The visionary leader believes all corporations have a social responsibility to contribute to society. As part of this noble process, he has developed “Paramount Gives,” a dedicated CSR initiative within Paramount. Through partnerships with renowned social welfare organisations such as Vibha, Pure Hearts of Georgia, Access Life America, Sewa International and Brown Toy Box, Paramount Gives has raised donations worth thousands of dollars. Furthermore, several initiatives have been implemented under the leader’s direction, including webinars and offline welfare activities.

Throughout his career, Pramod has supported social causes in his capacity and on behalf of his organisation. His organisation funded the construction of an entire computer lab for the International Community School, Georgia, for the benefit of the school’s multicultural community. The ICS charter school was founded in Georgia’s DeKalb County in 2002 to help integrate refugees and immigrant children with local children in a nurturing and supportive setting.

The benevolent leader also promoted employee donations in 2021 for COVID-19 second wave relief efforts in India. This drive raised $40,000 in 45 minutes, with Paramount matching all employee donations.

NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS

In 2021, the Global Mental Health Association bestowed the 2021 Humanitarian Award on Pramod to spotlight his contributions to mental health in the community. In 2016, the leader was honoured with the TiE Top Entrepreneur Awards. He was also awarded the Outstanding Business Leader Award at the US-India Business Summit.

Furthermore, his company, Paramount Software Solutions is a regular winner of Atlanta’s Best and the Brightest Companies to Work For®. This award was given to the company for the seventh consecutive year in 2021. Additionally, the company was recently awarded the Inc. Best in Business 2021 Gold Medal for General Excellence.

Mr. Ganesh started his career with State Bank Group and learned all the basics and built a solid foundation in banking and finance. He worked diligently from the ground up and rose through the ranks. An alumnus of MIT-Sloan School of Management, Boston, US and the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C), Mr. Ganesh holds a string of post-graduate, graduate and diploma qualifications, which are a testimony to his solid academic background. He has also taken up professional trainings in Executive Management from Ross School of Business, University of Michigan (USA) and successfully completed the Leadership Development Programme at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (USA). His penchant for knowledge and continuous self-improvement is strong that he recently completed his Advanced Diploma in Non-Executive Directorship from Financial Times (FT), London. It is his collective academic knowledge that he combined with real life scenarios at his various roles that made him a name to reckon within the industry. No wonder when the Oman Arab Bank, one of the oldest banks in the Sultanate, wanted to rewrite their story, they hand-picked him to script it.

Mr. Ganesh credits his long stint in ICICI Bank for his Management and Leadership style. Working in various capacities including as Corporate Dealer, Regional Head of Corporate Banking and Head of Trade Finance across major Indian cities like Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore and later as the Alternate CEO at ICICI Bank, Hong Kong, Mr. Ganesh is very proud of his ICICI lineage. ICICI Bank has always been the training ground for many CEOs in the financial sector both in India and abroad.

SCRIPTING SUCCESS

Mr. Ganesh joined Ahlibank SAOG, a public listed entity in Muscat Stock Exchange, in the first quarter of 2008 and it was his first experience in the GCC. At that time, Ahlibank had just got the license to convert from a single product mortgage lending firm to a full-fledged commercial bank. “Except for the banking license, it was almost equivalent to setting up a new bank and came with its own set of challenges and excitement,” he says. Within a few months of him joining Ahlibank, Lehman Brothers collapsed in the wake of the subprime crisis and then came the ‘Arab Spring’. For a banker there hadn’t been a more difficult time. It was the true test for Mr. Ganesh to set up the ‘new’ Ahlibank under the given circumstances. Under his astute leadership, Ahlibank navigated the rough times successfully. His well-thought policies and realistic vision helped Ahlibank to cement its position as one of the leading commercial banks in Oman and was ranked first in the OER Magazine’s ‘Best Banks in Oman’ Survey, for four consecutive years
from 2012-2015.

After his stint at Ahlibank, he moved to Dubai when he joined Ahli United Bank Ltd (AUBL), UAE as the CEO and Executive Director. He was once again handpicked by AUB BSC Board for the job and challenged to lead the operations of the bank from scratch in a new market, strategize branding, develop customer base and drive significant revenue.It was a big challenge to set up the bank through organic growth by applying for fresh license, obtain regulatory approvals, design and develop new systems and procedures, operationalize systems and much more. Mr. Ganesh rose upto the occasion again and under his leadership the bank achieved break-even point in the first year. In a completely new geography, he proved his mettle and created a new brand identity for AUBL, as its CEO for almost 6 years.

His most recent stint has been at the Oman Arab Bank (OAB) where he joined as the CEO in 2021. OAB is an Oman Listed Bank, with 45 years of history and employee strength of around1400. It is one of leading commercial banks in the Sultanate. The bank has been going through a lot of challenges due to the pandemic, regional issues and some legacy-related problems. The areas of work include building a high performance work culture, cost optimization, stressed assets management, digital transformation and more importantly, developing the next generation of leaders.

A LEADER FOR THE PEOPLE

Mr. Ganesh has proven that he is a high-performance leader capable of driving business through critical growth phase delivering consistent growth through excellent employee engagement and customer management. His one motto and lesson for his teammates is – ‘be simple in your communication and humble in your behaviour.’

Banking is a people-facing industry and one has to develop key people skills to navigate various kinds of problems the customers bring to you. Mr. Ganesh has been dealing with people since the very beginning of his career and credits his people skills to his early days at the ICICI Bank. He truly believes that the one trait that holds more value than anything else is integrity. As a banker, you’re always dealing with other people’s money and for that you have to always hold on to your integrity and humility. His leadership style is simple – listen to everyone and understand all perspectives. He firmly believes that what a leader requires is the ability to manage a team efficiently and effectively. Lead the team by a role-model approach – show them how it’s done, don’t tell them. It is this entrepreneurial mindset and teamwork capabilities that have made him one of the most respected professionals in the sector.

Hailing from humble origins, Mr. Ganesh had seen some very trying times while growing up. It is now his dream to inspire kids from similar background to dream big and work hard to achieve those dreams. Calling books as his first love, Mr. Ganesh believes that each book one read is equivalent to experiencing one full life cycle. Asked about the cultural challenges faced while working in 5 different geographies -India, Hong Kong, Oman, UAE and Bahrain, Mr. Ganesh sums up, ‘Every culture respect and recognizes honesty, humility and competence.’

The educational and training ecosystem in India has been greatly impacted by Akshay’s initiatives since 2008. He was the Director of Hero Mindmine – the professional skills development venture of the Hero Group – before founding BML Munjal University in 2014 and Hero Vired in 2021. The determined leader has been instrumental in the conception, design, and execution of both education ventures. His stint at Hero Mindmine gave Akshay an inside look at the challenges faced by students in the higher education sector and the difficulties they face in finding meaningful jobs. Both BML Munjal University and Hero Vired were born out of the insight of sharing a common goal of providing a unique, customized, world-class educational experience that places a strong emphasis on measurable outcomes, experience, application, employability, and improving employee productivity.

A FASCINATING PROFESSIONAL ADVENTURE

Akshay graduated from the University of Bradford (UK) with a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Management Studies. He also holds an MBA in Finance from Pepperdine University, California. The dynamic leader started his career at Accenture in New Delhi. During his career at Accenture, he was part of the team responsible for designing the IT infrastructure for Delhi Metro and witnessed the inaugural trip of Delhi’s first metro train. Akshay has tried to acquire diverse experiences in diverse business domains, working for companies such as Nestle and American Honda Motors. Akshay has also worked in equity research at Merrill Lynch, New York.

MAKING LEARNERS INDUSTRY-READY

A critical thinker, Akshay founded Hero Vired with the sole purpose of providing learners with skills that will prepare them for careers in Industry 4.1. Through this initiative, the EdTech startup is also actively fulfilling the government’s vision of a self-sufficient India. Akshay intends to empower learners with knowledge, skills, and expertise through an engaging and holistic experience that closely matches industry needs. In India’s rapidly evolving digital economy, skill-based courses and programs are imperative for learner growth and overall professional development, he says. Individual workers must engage in life-long learning in order to have fulfilling and gratifying jobs, as the labor market’s training requirements are continually changing, adds the leader. Hero Vired, therefore, offers a comprehensive range of programs to prepare students for the future, in areas such as Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Game Design, Finance & FinTech, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Full-Stack Engineering, and many more. Akshay’s long-term vision is to develop capabilities to offer hybrid degrees; leveraging the assets from BML Munjal University to offer the best of physical classroom learning as well as online education.

AN ALLROUNDER

The focused edupreneur also takes a keen interest in sports. Tennis has been one of his passions for over a decade, and he follows the sport intensely. Additionally, as a marathon runner, he has completed more than half a dozen marathons so far. His altruistic streak complements his business acumen. The benevolent leader has been a member of the Rotary Society of India for many years and has also volunteered for the United Nations.He reveres the Founder of the Hero Group the late Dr. Brijmohan Lall Munjal as his role model and considers him the biggest influence on his life. He religiously adheres to the success mantra advocated by Dr. Munjal — Focus on the basics, everything will take care of itself.

Apart from being an outstanding entrepreneur, Mr. Nayan is also instrumental in bringing out the best in the Raheja Group. The conglomerate’s trendsetting design aesthetic and superlative quality of construction are its strengths. Over the years, the conglomerate has turned into a brand that people trust, under his leadership.

The management, which sees through all the projects with a keen eye, strives to give its best to every single one of them. A considerable part of the conglomerate’s success can be attributed to the stunning architecture of its projects, which is the diligent handiwork of Nayan Raheja. His guidance has been central to the processes of innovation and design at Raheja Developers He has successfully set new standards for the way the company performs and delivers. An architect by training, his design skills have been proven repeatedly with the ventures under his guidance turning out to be works of art.

A KEEN EYE FOR DESIGN

Possessing a degree in architecture from the esteemed School Of Planning And Architecture, New Delhi, Mr. Nayan’s expertise is not restricted to architecture alone.

Coming from a family with a background in real estate, it became inevitable for him to develop an inclination towards the construction business in his childhood. It was very early in life that he realised he wanted to become an architect. Unlike most children who spent their time worrying about school work, Mr. Nayan spent his time learning more about design and construction.

Despite his demanding professional life, Mr. Nayan finds the time to pursue his passions. Not only is he a conservationist, in his free time, he also dabbles in music, poetry and direction. When he is not busy with his projects, he also loves to immerse himself in photography. He is a person with varied interests and hobbies; singing is one of his favorites. He is a motivation to the younger generation that looks up to him.

AN ACE STRATEGIST

Mr. Nayan has been at the forefront of strategizing and chalking out the best plans for the group. Under his watchful guidance, the company has achieved tremendous positive results. His significant contributions have led the company to scale new heights. He has introduced new systems and designs while keeping a thorough track of the latest trends in the business.

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

An outstanding business leader and a person with many talents, Mr. Nayan has been recognized and facilitated with many prestigious awards, including the ‘Young Achievers’ Award’, ‘Young Entrepreneur Award’, ‘Top 10 Most Promising Industrialists Award’, etc. Aside from this, his inventiveness in architecture has earned him the ‘Architect of the Year’ Award.

Mr. Nayan’s exemplary passion for the business is visible in his involvement in the construction of Delhi’s tallest Mixed-Use Development – an astounding and larger-than-life set of luxury hotel residences. This leading entrepreneur is aggressively promoting the leasing out of another project – a luxurious Delhi Mall – to some of the best brands across the world. He is also the key player in getting Arabtec and ECC, the world’s largest construction companies, under one roof in India for the backward integration of the company. Mr. Nayan’s central role is further underlined by the appointment of some of the best and brightest engineers from across the world, which has resulted in bringing in a great deal of revenue for the company.

Ms. Maurya is a renowned leader in the field of education. With a rich experience of more than 25 years in the sector, she has been leaving no stone unturned in making education more multifaceted and inclusive. In the past, she has contributed as a faculty member at the physics department at NES College, Mumbai.

BRIDGING THE GAPS IN LEARNING

Ms. Maurya has made pedagogy her strength, and with the same tool, she desires to meet bigger aspirations. She stepped into the world of entrepreneurship by helping students find out their passion. For 15 years, she has been passionately following her beliefs by imparting education. She understood the lack of educational resources and their reach, and therefore, envisioned a digital learning ecosystem to bridge the gaps in learning. For Ms. Maurya and her adept team members, the objective was to make learning easily accessible to all students irrespective of their backgrounds.

THE DAWN OF STUDI.LIVE

Following her vision, Ms. Maurya established Studi.Live in Mumbai. Her decades of experience as a teacher helped her come up with a step by step plan to facilitate learning digitally and to make it affordable for students. She brought the best teachers on board, emphasized content quality and lucidity, and deployed the latest technology for seamless delivery of lectures. Studi.Live became a ground for an excellent and innovative learning experience. With live and interactive sessions, the platform has provided sundry preparatory courses for prestigious competitive exams like IIT JEE, NEET, and Olympiads. It also offers online live lectures for middle and high school students. Her long-term goal has been to reach the lengths and breadths of the country by supporting the students in achieving their goals. Tutoring the students across the states with less cost has been the challenge taken up by her and the team. Studi.Live also offers free lectures, demo classes, and study material to ensure participation of students from underprivileged backgrounds.

LEADING EFFORTLESSLY

Ms. Maurya believes that a good leader always focuses on growth, communication, adaptability, and team members. She has always endeavoured to create a sense of unity and belongingness among the staff, teachers, and students. Her leadership skills were put to test during the pandemic, which has pushed teachers to adapt to newer ways of imparting education, however without any preparation. Keeping her promise to creating a change in society by supporting education, she provided ample job opportunities for teachers to enhance and support their careers through her venture. To sail through the lowest point of her career in the pandemic, Ms. Maurya wanted to generate employment opportunities for those who had lost their jobs.

BEATING THE ODDS

With time, Ms. Maurya had to face numerous challenges to achieve her goals. However, she not only overcame the odds but also thrived amidst them. To start Studi.Live, a new training format had to be developed to make teachers adapt to digital teaching and learning. Besides, a robust technical infrastructure was essential. These were money-intensive requirements that proved to be a challenge for her. However, her spirit to work harder and conquer the hurdles made sure that the resources were available. Today, she is immensely proud of herself and her team, who moved heaven and earth to achieve empowering goals. Thus, she has been creating learning opportunities for not only students and but aspiring teachers as well by setting up examples.

Marcus is the innovator of MiRA.OS, an industry-first passenger-centric technology that provides for seamless, personalized and secure experience through a network of Laureti vehicles. Very soon, the business world may adapt to Laureti’s way of travelling, which will make our journeys to be productive, connected and secure. His London-based company is currently developing an electric vehicle driven by passenger-centric technologies for a personalized and productive journey experience.

THE PRICE AND PRIZE OF INNOVATION

Marcus had experienced his share of hardship in presenting an innovative product whose market hasn’t yet existed and those challenges can never be underestimated. “From as early as 2017, the company met a number of legacy companies to explain its vision and the ultimate product experience it envisioned to create. Nonetheless, very few happened to grasp the vision. Being a lone voice on this topic, at times, people thought it was a crazy idea. Being steadfast in anchoring his vision to what he calls “a common sense, a foresight and a deeper understanding of where things are going’’, has given him a necessary paradigm shift to drive innovation. Marcus’s efforts have ultimately paid off as a number of dominant players are appearing to focus on passenger-centric technologies in recent months. InnovateUK’s recent whitepaper, Vision 2050, on connectivity and future transportation, has resonated a lot with Laureti’s business model which clearly validated their thought-leadership.

OUR SUCCESS WILL DEPEND ON FUTURE INNOVATION

He believes that the success of his role and his company will be determined by his ‘inescapable obligation to deliver continued innovation’. The 37-year old entrepreneur reveals that the path to his innovation success is paved with three key factors. ‘Understanding the future YOU’, (referring to future consumer base), deeper and broader view for achieving sustainability and being able to think outside-the-car (generally auto industry). Today, the company is leading a long pipeline of patent applications in various indiscernible areas such as women’s safety in fleet cars, multiverse applications for in-cabin use, and secure software platform.

LEADERSHIP& PERSPECTIVE

At a glimpse, Marcus is someone who looks to the future with a sense of optimism and a deep commitment to making a difference in the world through entrepreneurship. But what makes him unique? “It’s the ability to engage right people to right causes” he says. “I pay close attention to understand people’s hunger (motivations). I seek to establish from the start if and how our purpose could empower them to achieve their own success. Because managing people’s expectations while directing their efforts to deliver business goals is the most delicate matter in building a world-class team which I am constantly learning.”

THE WORLD VIEW

Marcus argues that the past century’s innovations that made cars being household products have benefited the markets that invented and produced them in the first place. It wasn’t until the last decades that cars have reached millions of people in emerging markets. In the future of mobility, an electric car should not be a household product, but an intelligent mobility must be. It must be global, productive, connected, secure and should be accessible’.

The mission of CPT International is to create a community that appreciates convenience, inclusivity, and information exchange to empower traders and introducing brokers to achieve maximized value. Years of experience have enabled Mr. Lakhwani to create a safe and transparent trading environment for investors interested in global financial derivatives with CPT International.

He believes in focusing on achieving the goals that are clearly outlined by the organization’s innovative activities for long-term success. CPT International provides easy access to global financial markets and a truly international team of experts. The company gained its competitive advantage through strong performance and ethical and professional business practices. Over the years, under the guidance of Mr. Lakhwani, the company has built and maintained a strong relationship with its clients and business partners. His integrity, and positivity have become the guiding principles of the company.

ALL ABOUT PEOPLE

In a short period, Mr. Lakhwani has managed to build strong brand visibility and an amazing international team for CPT International. The contribution of each member of the team is commendable. Combined with experienced industry elites and a high-level IT service team, CPT International aims to provide a safe, and stable trading platform for traders to achieve innovative quantum leaps. The company has a team, of industrious employees, that is self-motivated to render high-quality services through the best-in-class expertise in the industry. CPT International continues to strengthen its leadership team and hire new talent as part of the growth strategy.

It is continuously adding new asset classes and products to provide its clients with the best-in-class technology. Through CPT International, Mr. Lakhwani is building an ecosystem where everyone of the team members feels that they belong. During COVID-19 lockdown, the company managed to establish a very effective working-from-home policy while maintaining a close relationship with its clients and focusing on delivering exceptional customer support.

FUTURISTIC APPROACH

CPT International is looking to expand geographically and is in discussions with multiple regulators. The company is currently focusing on India, the UAE, Pakistan, and the rest of the GCC countries. Africa and Latin America are part of the company’s long-term agenda.

Mr. Lakhwani is working towards making CPT International a broker that empowers its clients and partners worldwide. In its attempt to provide excellent trading experience without time difference and language barrier, CPT International has officially established an Asia-Pacific Customer Service Center, providing traders with weekly 5*24 hours of excellent & uninterrupted service.

SERIES OF ACHIEVEMENTS

Under the exemplary leadership of Mr. Lakhwani, CPT International has been honoured with numerous awards, most recently the ‘Best Broker for Introducing Brokers’ at the Forex Expo Dubai (2021).

Mr. Seth graduated from Stern School of Business with a Bachelor’s degree in science. He then decided to join his family business – Pearl Global. Even though it was his first professional experience, he had big plans. He harbored a strong passion for innovation and took that with him when he joined the company in 2002. Mr. Seth wanted to reinvent the business and lead with a next-gen mindset. He was strongly driven by the vision to totally transform the apparel industry and that is exactly what he went on to achieve.

A Fresh Outlook

Pearl Global was established by Deepak Seth in 1987. It is one of the few Indian apparel export houses that are listed on the Indian Stock Exchange. The company’s USP is that it offers multi-country manufacturing and a whole range of products all under one roof. Many of the company’s milestones can be accredited to Mr. Deepak, under whom the business has grown by leaps and bounds.

Mr. Seth brings to Pearl Global a strategic outlook with which he has led the entire business transformation. He is now the Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Pearl Global and under his guidance, the company has grown to be a $300 million venture with a workforce of over 32,000 people. By redirecting the company along a new path, Mr. Seth has also carved a name for himself and has played a vital role in the company’s growth journey. With a futuristic eye on sustainable fashion, he strategically created an operations model that would benefit the world and give way to a circular economy.

He has led various initiatives at the company to build new-age processes that promote the use of sustainable technology and innovative business practices. His focus has always been on sustainability. From establishing solar panels at the factories to starting processes like ETP (Effluent Treatment Plant) and STP (Sewage Treatment Plant) that conserve and recycle watermark. Seth has led some path-breaking initiatives that were unheard of in the industry. Almost all the processes in the company are automated and worked on with the help of a skilled taskforce.

His sustainable approach has assisted the organization in creating the herculean output of over 70 million clothing pieces annually, with a key focus on sustainability in all aspects of the business. He vehemently stresses upon operational excellence. Under his exemplary leadership, the team offers complete supply chain solutions, ensures timely deliveries, and stays focused on customer satisfaction.

Marching towards a glistening future

Mr. Seth’s vision and hard work have won many accolades for the company. Pearl Global has received various awards like the ‘Highest Global Exports’ by Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), Three Star Trading House Certificate of Recognition from The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and Authorized Economic Operator Certificate from the Ministry of Finance among many others.

At a young age of 41, Mr. Seth has built an empire that stands tall not only for the sheer numbers but also for the distinguished business values it exudes. His commitment, perseverance and unmatched efforts have ensured that the firm enjoys steady growth. With this kind of resolve, the future looks good for Pearl Global. Mr. Seth believes that the journey is just getting started. There are many opportunities still waiting to be explored and he can’t wait to scale new heights.