Primary motivation for starting a company

The realization that Enterprise Applications could be developed with much higher levels of speed and quality due to innovations in automation, lead to my leaving a senior position based in the US, (Corporate Director Enterprise Applications – Ramco Systems Corporation) and return to India to make this happen. Enterprise Applications is a $500 billion market and any major innovation would provide lots of spaces to effectively compete even if competition was from leading multinationals.

Major steps you went through to start your company

We know that we would have a long period of R&D (4-5 years) and hence we set up two teams – one to obtain revenue using conventional approaches and one to do the R&D.

Seed capital for your company

Having worked for 17 years in the industry with international exposure prior to this, I leveraged my savings as well as family property. We also leveraged accruals from project solutions to fund the development.

Most valuable asset

Time to market – when you face international competition speed is vital.

Support from any incubator’s or professional bodies

No we did not get any help from any quarter. We were fully on our own.

Biggest challenge for you so far, and how did you overcome it?

Funding. For some reasons VC’s don’t want to fund Enterprise Applications Companies – for them it is a mature and fragmented market. We think that we are the pioneers in a market that is going to reconfigure completely and hence we can become a key player. We are profitable and can sustain good growth ourselves, though the presence of funding could accelerate the process.

Future plans

We want to be among the leading Enterprise Applications company in the world primarily reaching that position through innovation on all aspects of technology and organizational effectiveness.

Advice to budding entrepreneurs

Find a big enough need that will find paying customers, and ensure that you have a sustainable advantage over the others in the solution given

Name of your Company

Kallos Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Founded in

2003

Head Quartered in/ Incubated in

Chennai

Industry

Software – Enterprise Software Applications

Business Description

Kallos Solutions owns the KServe (www.KServe.net) range of Enterprise Applications covering product suites for ERP, CRM, HCM, Payroll and Retail. Kallos also has developed a rapid application development platform which was used for building its product suite. Custom applications are delivered to customers using this platform. The company has delivered over 120 solutions to customers so far.

Why are you unique?

The KServe range of products are known for comprehensive web ready functionality that is very affordable and also easily adaptable – both of which are rare in the enterprise applications space. Custom solutions built on its platform can be delivered much faster, with lower effort, better quality and at lower prices than conventional approaches. All these ‘customer delight’ capabilities are possible because of underlying innovation in the automation of building of enterprise applications.

The Team

The team is lead by George Vettath with 23 years of enterprise applications experience. George has worked in companies like CMC Ltd., Telstra and Ramco Systems. He has considerable international and cross functional experience in the enterprise applications space. He is ably supported by 8 senior managers with more than 10 years experience in the areas of Marketing, Sales, Implementation, Product Management, Development and HR.

No. of employees

16

Strengths

Profitable, rapidly growing company with a motivated team. Expected growth for the current financial year is above 100% as seen in the first 6 months of operation.

Company Address & Contact

Kallos Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Plot No 3019, Y Block,
12th Main Road,
Annanagar, Chennai – 600040
Ph – 044 42615064
url – www.KServe.net
mail id – georgejv@kallossystems.com

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Started
1986

TUC Team
R.M.P. Jawahar, Executive Director, TREC-STEP and  President ISBA
Mr. V. Subbiah, Program Coordinator
Mr. A.Sivakumar, Project Coordinator

Strengths
TREC-STEP, the first Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park and Business Incubator promoted in the country in the year 1986, has now emerged as a reputed model development interface institution, with remarkable performance, achievements, global recognition and acclaim.  Promoted by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, Government of Tamil Nadu, National Institute of Technology, Trichy along with Central State Financial Institutions, it is now a recognized model for the new Indian Incubation industry, with awards and recognitions, such as
Best STEP Award in the year 2001 from Ministry of Science and Technology
Best Innovation Award in the year 2002 from Indian Railway Board
Best Entrepreneurs Award in the year 2004 from Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Ahmedabad
“International Champion of Business Incubation Award 2006” instituted for the first time by United Kingdom Business Incubation and awarded to Mr. R. M. P. Jawahar, Executive Director, TREC-STEP, at UK
The World Bank Development MarketPlace Award in 2008 for the ‘Mini Cold Storage Ventures for Farmers Markets’
In the European Commission supported ‘Euroffice Services’ (EOS) Project, TREC-STEP has been awarded ‘the best success story resulting from the usage of EOS Soft Landing and Business boosting services’ in 2008

TREC-STEP is also the first DSIR TePP Outreach Centre in the country.  With the TePP objective of unearthing the latent innovation potential of individuals, exactly aligning with TREC-STEP’s objective of promoting innovative start-up ventures, the TUC at TREC-STEP has energized and leveraged the innovation delivery system of the region manifolds.TREC-STEP has also been able to dovetail this TePP innovators with seed funding and other innovation delivery programmes. TePP Programme has become the most important innovation initiation programme for incubating high growth innovative ventures in the region.  In addition to this, it has also successfully deployed the Technology Angels Network bringing to the front, the latent expertise of NIT Trichy and other institutions in supporting, nurturing and delivering innovation continuously thus creating an innovation enabled region. TREC-STEP has also worked with a number of international developmental organizations in innovation development projects, such as UNDP, UNIDO, European Commission, the World Bank  infoDev, British Council Division, IDRC etc.
Funding support

Our TUC has funded many companies under the TePP funding. They can be classified as:
a.) MicroTEPP Funding : 3

b.) Phase 1 Funding : 20

c.) Phase 2 Funding: 4

Projects completed so far

TREC-STEP has supported the following innovators to successfully develop the prototypes of their innovations. Following major start-up companies have already been promoted with TREC-STEP Incubation Support:
M/S Glo Tech.Organics
M/S Pure Tech India
M/S Adhithya Medicals
Birmaha Machine Tools
Bharat Agro Products

What are the other supports provided to the Innovator

TREC-STEP provides a rich mix of software and hardware development package for creating successful innovative ventures. In the soft side, synergizing the Innovation Support TePP Scheme of DSIR helps in attracting innovative individuals and realize their dream products in to proto-types and working models. A Technology Angel Network of nearly 25 academicians from various engineering departments of NIT Trichy provide the guidance, evaluation and innovation development support for innovators. TREC-STEP has not only planned and implemented special events for popularizing Tepp Programme, but also put in focused efforts to integrate and disseminate the DSIR supported TePP Programme to a wider section of the community by integrating it into all its interaction programmes apart from several innovation camps organized.  It has also built partnerships with several reputed institutions in the region to attract more innovators into the TePP fold and help them to overcome their innovation challenges successfully by facilitating them to access and fruitfully utilize the vital funding support provided by DSIR. All innovations are expected to flower into start-up ventures through TREC-STEP mentoring and incubation process and support.

In addition to this a plethora of business incubation hardware support is also provided to these budding ventures. TREC-STEP has a built up space of 40,000 sq.ft. of 25 Nursery Incubation modules.  These incubation modules with central common product development and production facilities established provide invaluable assistance for start-up companies and reduce their risk initially. Facilities such as internet, power, water and library etc are provided for budding entrepreneurs on chargeable basis.  These focused facilities have been instrumental in promoting nearly 186 new ventures, the highest number of ventures promoted by any incubator in India.

How do you spot the Innovators

TREC-STEP regularly organizes various programs to publicize the TEPP scheme and attract the innovators to benefit by this novel initiative.  Regular advertisements are placed in leading news papers/magazines both in English and Tamil for wide reach(5 times a year). Seminars are conducted in industrial associations and technical institution to attract entrepreneurs and students to avail the schemes of DSIR through the TUC. New innovators approach TUC through the referral of successful innovators who were benefited from the DSIR schemes. TREC-STEP has also held a series of meetings with E-Cell of National Institute of Technology in order to take-up an Innovation Mining Project to unearth latent innovation potential of students for creating commercially viable products and processes. This would not only be the first stage towards strengthening venture incubation among NIT students but also motivate students to think more innovatively in the future even if they do not take up entrepreneurship as a career. This project is also seen as the one-step-forward-on-the-ground initiative compared to standard business plan contest now mushrooming everywhere.

Initiatives and Events conducted by you

Innovation Challenge Contest at NIT, Trichy was conducted in order to bring out the latent innovation potential among the students and to facilitate more students with innovative ideas to realize them as successful prototypes. A unique contest ‘ideas challenge - cash it on the ideas catch’ was promoted by TREC-STEP, in which the 10 best selected ideas were awarded cash prizes and the efforts are on to generate Applications for TePP /Micro TePP support.TREC-STEP is the first TUC to bring out a  series of TePP popularizing  articles in  local, national and international magazines and platforms. TREC-STEP worked with INSEAD (World’s Best Management Institution Outside Europe) to generate an exclusive comprehensive coverage in DARE Magazine in its recent issue. TREC-STEP organized an Innovation Booth in the International Conference on Business Incubation  at Chennai with the support of DSIR, generating very good marketing opportunity.TREC-STEP has published a series of articles for Info Dev World Bank on TePP Success which have been published in their web site and got great visibility and coverage.TREC-STEP has promoted the TePP Activities to  GTZ and working to link the DSIR TePP Programme for greater leverage.TREC-STEP has involved industrial giants like BHEL, OFT, HAPP as much as possible in TePP Programme bringing in new expertise, enthusiasm and innovation participation.

Your Associations and Tie Ups

The service and infrastructure supports offered to Entrepreneurs at TREC-STEP, are benchmarked to International Best Practices for Business Incubation. TREC-STEP has partnered reputed International Developmental Agencies such as the World Bank in a project for developing a set of ICT tools for leveraging the performance of Start-up Ventures, with the European Union for Knowledge sharing of Business Incubation practices and Euro Office Services for Internationalization of small, innovative firms. New, Venture Incubation Packages have been developed and standardized for Mentoring, ensuring successful growth and exit, of the Incubated companies.

According to you, Innovation is

Innovation is an idea, a change or an improvement put to use effectively causing a social or commercial reorganization. An innovator successfully converts his idea into a venture for the benefit of society.

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The move, if accepted, could enable the prestigio us institutes to appoint foreign teachers on permanent positions which could be up to 10 per cent of the faculty strength, said IIT officials.

The proposal is expected to be deliberated at the next IIT council meeting here on Friday.

IITs have contended that the presence of foreign faculty on IIT campuses will benefit graduating students in the globalised world, besides lending a true international flavour in the campuses and reducing brain drain.

Appointment of foreign faculty could also give a boost to IITs’ plan to enrol foreign students for the post-graduate programme. IITs have already requested the HRD Ministry to enrol foreign students to the extent of 25 per cent of the total student strength.

“IITs are now being increasingly recognised internationally as attractive destination for students. This perceived superiority needs to be leveraged to the fullest extent as expeditiously as possibly,” the officials said.

They said that US varsities have benefited by attracting faculty from across the globe and India cannot afford to lose the chance to attract the best talent in teaching and research.

The HRD Ministry had recently permitted IITs to hire Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) as permanent faculty after an initial vetting process.

The IIT council meeting could also finalise plans to set up ‘centre of studies’ devoted to a foreign country with a view to develop expertise on countries of strategic importance.

Each IIT, the officials said, could concentrate on a particular country. As in the US, such centres will be available for advising the Government especially in terms of strategic negotiations.

The recommendations of the Prof Acharya Committee on streamlining and rationalising JEE examinations and the prospects of a two-tier examination process will also be discussed at the meeting.

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Location: Jodhpur

Industry Type: Govt Sector, Others

Last Date: 20 September 10

Job Type: Full Time

Hiring Process: Written-test.

Job Details

Advt. No. IITJ/2010/Non-Academic/2

SI No: 07

Qualification: 1st Class Bachelor’s Degree in Physics/Chemistry/Biology OR a three years Diploma in Engineering. Knowledge of computer office application.

No of post: 3

Pay Scale: Rs.5200-20200

How to apply

Application be sent to “The Director, IIT Rajasthan, IIT Rajasthan Camp Office, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur - 342 011”, so as to reach on or before 20 September 2010. Application should be accompanied with a non refundable demand draft of Rs.100 drawn in favour of “Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan” payable at Jodhpur. SC/ST and Physically Handicapped candidates are not required to submit demand draft.

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To Download Application Form

Company Profile

IIT Rajasthan is one among the new set of IITs announced by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. The location of the IIT in Rajasthan will be announced by the Govt. of India after completion of the formalities of land acquisition for setting up the new IIT in Rajasthan. However, in the meantime, IIT Kanpur has been designated as the mentor IIT for looking after the incubation activities of the new IIT in Rajasthan.

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Industry Type: Govt Sector, Others, Technical

Last Date: 20 September 10

Job Type: Full Time

Hiring Process: Written-test.

Job Details

Application are invited for the following post in Agency for Non-Conventional Energy & Rural Technology.

Notification No 3/HRM1/2010/ANERT

SI No: 17
Qualification: Ph.D. in Science or First Class Post Graduate in Engineering or Post Graduate in Science with atleast 70% marks for PG, Research aptitude in energy fields desirable.
Pay Scale: Rs.20000
No of posts: 3
Age Limit: 40 Yrs

SI No: 18
Qualification: 3 years deploma course in Electrical/ Mechanical/ Civil.
Pay Scale: Rs.6000
No of posts: 28
Age Limit: 35 Yrs

How to apply

The application in White Paper along with Educational Qualification, Age , Experience etc. may be sent to The Director, ANERT, PB.No. 471, Thycadu, Thiruvananthapuram, Pin - 695014 on or before 20th September 2010.

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Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT) is an autonomus organisation established during 1986 under Societies Act by the Government of Kerala, now functioning under power dept; with its Head Quarters at Thiruvananthapuram. The objective of the Agency is to gather and disseminate useful knowledge in various fields of Non-Conventional Energy, Energy Conservation and Rural Technology; conduct studies, demonstrate, implement and support implementations of schemes and project in these fields and thereby deal with the problems arising out of the rapid depletion of conventional energy sources; update the technologies used in rural areas as well as introduce appropriate new technologies with an aim to reduce drudgery, increase production and improve quality of life.

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Industry Type: Govt Sector, Technical

Last Date: 18 September 10

Job Type: Full Time

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Job Details

How to apply

Candidates should send application along with a recent passport size photograph pasted on the top right corner of the application. Certified copies of all certificates of Birth / School leaving certificate / Passport, Educational Qualifications, Experience, Caste and valid Employment Exchange registration card must be submitted alongwith the application in a sealed envelope superscribed with the name of the post being applied for and should be sent to the : Chief Mechanical Engineer, A.O. BLDG., 2nd Floor, Mormugao Port Trust, Headland, Sada, Mormugao, Goa – 403 804. The last date for receipt of applications is on 18th September 2010.

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Company Profile

Mormugao Port, GOA one of the oldest ports on the west coast of India, with a fine natural harbour, has been relentlessly serving the nation in its economic development for over a century. The Port was declared a Major Port on 2.12.1963. Mormugao Port, GOA is the premier iron ore exporting Port of India with an annual throughput of around 26.74 million tonnes of iron ore traffic. Though ore is the predominant cargo, there has been a steady increase in liquid bulk and general cargo traffic ever since its joining the ranks of the Major Ports of India.

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Last Date: 20 September 10

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Hiring Process: Written-test.

Job Details

Recruitment of Assistant Manager

The initial appointment on the post will be on probation for a period of two years. After successful completion of training period absorb as post of Assistant Manager with pay scale of Rs 16800/-

Age as on 1/9/2010: 26 yrs

Application Fee : Rs 100 And SC/ST candidates Rs 50/- drawn in favour of RSMML payable at Udaipur lastest by 20/9/2010

How to apply

Candidates should apply in a prescribed application format with complete details  along with Demand Draft should sent to Chief (Personnel and Administration ) Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals Ltd,  4. Meera Marg, Udaipur -303001 Rajasthan . Last date of receiving application is on  20/9/2010

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Nuclear engineers develop instruments and systems that are beneficial to national laboratories, the private industry, and also universities. These devices also benefit the society at large. They also develop radioactive materials that can be used in various fields like, manufacturing, agriculture, medicine and power generation. Nuclear engineers work in various areas. These include monitoring and operating a nuclear power generating plant, in a nuclear fuel cycle, where they are responsible for handling nuclear fuel and also for disposal of nuclear waste. Other areas include creating nuclear power sources for a spacecraft and also in using radioactive material to develop equipment to treat medical problems.

Most nuclear engineers begin their work under the supervision of an experienced engineer. They might receive formal classroom or seminar-type of training. As their knowledge base increases they are given projects to handle on their own. Once they are given individual projects, their responsibilities also increase. Depending on their progress, they could become technical specialists or supervise a team of engineers and  technicians. Some could also become engineering managers or take up  other managerial posts or even a sales job.

Since most nuclear engineers work in teams, they are expected to have good interaction with their other co-workers. They should have good communication skills, both oral and written. Communication skills also come to use when they have to interact with people outside their field. Another vital skill is having good presentation skills which comes handy especially during topical meetings, professional associations, and at various publications. They are expected to be creative, inquisitive, analytical, and detail-oriented.

A trainee nuclear engineer gets a salary of around Rs.15,000 a month. The pay varies depending on the grades. For an entry-level scientific officer the pay varies from Rs.15,600 to 39,100. the government pays 20% more. For those officers posted at nuclear sites, they get benefits like extra pay, even loans to purchase household goods, computer etc.

The institutions offering a dgree in nuclear engineering include:

Delhi University, Delhi
IIT Kanpur

Other than this Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and Nuclear Power Cooperation of India offer training to new inductees.

Though nuclear engineering is a growing field, the industry still suffers from want of people. Prof R.K. Shivpuri, adviser, Delhi University told Hindustan Timmes 100 Great Carrers that, “there aren’t many professionals to work in India’s growing $50 billion-$100 billion nuclear industry.” This need can be fulfilled only when the existing intitutes increase their intake and the government should try to get more institutes to offer courses in nuclear engineering.

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Job Details

PASCO MOTORS, the leading authorised dealer of commercial vehicle from TATA MOTORS LTD. in northern region invites application for following positions.

Freshers with any graduate degree and computer knowledge (for s. no. 6,7,8) can mail their resumes to pascomotors@sify.com or call at: 0172- 3012222.

How to apply

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After his first novel on the super-competitive sector, banker Ravi Subramanian tells you how to get a Ferrari in his second book, “I Bought the Monk’s Ferrari”. The obvious reference to Robin Sharma’s bestseller, “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari”, gives you a hint that this book by Subramanian is going to be very different from the first.

However, it’s not the luxury car the author’s talking about. It’s about the Fortune for Every Right Rigorous and Resourceful Individual (FERRARI). Taking off from the young management trainee, the author delves into the lives of corporate leaders who have crossed several hurdles to own their own Ferrari (in some cases, even the car). He writes about how a 16-year-old girl aspired to be a successful businesswoman when her father refused to give her the swivel chair in his office. It was her grit and determination that made the young girl HSBC CEO Naina Lal Kidwai. Subramanian gives examples of Laxmi Mittal, Sourav Ganguly, Bill Gates to drive home the point that you need to aspire high to grow big.

The author enlists Ten Commandments that can help you pave your way to success and even get a Ferrari.By the time you finish the Ten Commandments, you wonder what this book is about. The management fresher dwells on your mind and you hope this book will take off like,” If God was a Banker” did but it doesn’t. Though the author has done well to keep the chapters short, and his language lucid, the stories don’t make much of an impact. Probably because the stories of the achievers are well-known. In his bid to cater to the society’s elites, the book doesn’t draw in experiences from the broader cross-section of the society.

However, in spite of its shortcomings, the book is worth a read. Subramanian’s interactions with his daughter are delightful to read about. Only in these parts does he evoke an emotional response from the reader. You wish for more, but he doesn’t offer any.

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