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Sanjiv Krishen
Chairman

ORGANIZATION Iris Computers Ltd. TURNOVER: (in Rs crore) 924 763 961

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

HEADCOUNT: 253 ACCOLADES: Best Distributor Award by IBM for Volume Servers and again in Macau given the Best Distributor Award by Lenovo for their Commercial business. OPERATIONAL DOMAIN: IT hardware and software distribution PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS: Products from IBM, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft, APC, LG, Raritan, Polycom, Canon, Dell, HCL, Iris PC, Belkin, Adata, Smart Guard ADDRESS: A - 155, Road No 4, Mahipalpur, New Delhi 110 037, Tel: + 91 11 2678 2505

n engineer from BITS Pilani, Sanjiv Krishen has over 35 years experience in the IT industry. Mr.Krishen has immense managerial experience with multinational and Indian corporations such as IBM, IDM. He has international experience at top management level in a multinational distribution company representing IBM, Apple, Compaq, AT&T, Paradyne Datacommunications, etc. For last 10 years he is working as chairman of Iris Computers Ltd. Iris Computers started operations in 1996 with a modest turnover of Rs. 5 Crores and achieved a turnover of Rs. 67 Crores in 1999. This growth was achieved over a span of just 3 years by rapid expansion of the existing product portfolio and vendor base. Augmenting the existing product distribution portfolio in 2003, the company has also made successful forays into high margin allied services viz. AMCs, facilities management and service providers. Sanjiv is also on the Board of Iris Unified Technology Ltd., Impact IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and Impact Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.

Contribution to the IT industry

Mr. Krishen is a well known name in IT industry in India. His sound knowledge of computers and electronics is the major differentiator in the top management hierarchy of distribution companies. Many times he himself has makes calls on the end customers along with the channel partners resulting in winning orders for the partners.

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V.K. Bhandari
Chairman & Managing Director

ORGANIZATION Supertron Electronics TURNOVER: (in Rs crore) 927 611

479

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

HEADCOUNT: 500 ACCOLADES: Lifetime Achievement Award (Compass), Product Manager for Seagate Business at Beijing - 2007, Best Regional Distributor by Skotch Summit - 2003-04 OPERATIONAL DOMAIN: IT and Telecom products distribution

t was in the year 1987 that a young man from Jaipur armed with a graduation degree arrived in Kolkata to seek his fortunes in the Jute Industry. With his father and grandfather already in this industry, his initial plans were to learn about Jute Technology and join the industry. But, the jute sector was in a national decline and he soon realized that his passion was elsewhere. We are talking about Mr. Bhandari, he then joined Sujata Infotech, a Mumbai based major national IT distribution house with an office in Kolkata. Information-technology was a rapidly growing industry, and he began handling Sujatas marketing-customer relations wing. The immense potential of the IT industry in India excited him. He opened a small proprietorship company called Supermatic Computer in 1991. In 1993, Mr. Bhandari opened Supertron Electronics Ltd, a distribution and Importing Company with 3 persons and an investment of Rs.3 lakh only. Mr.Bhandari has been a founder member of COMPASS, (Computer Association of Eastern India), one of the biggest IT associations of India. He has served as Vice-President and then President of COMPASS for many terms. Compass conferred upon Mr. Bhandari the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.

PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS: Servers, desktops, laptops, netbooks, printers, TFT Monitors, PC components, peripherals, memory modules, storage products, networking products and consumer electronic products of brand-enhancing international vendors like Acer, e-Machines, Buffalo, Dell, LG, IBM, Seagate and Transcend among others. ADDRESS: Supertron House, No 2, Cooper Lane, Off R N Mukherjee Road, Kolkata - 700 001, India, Phone: +91 33 2213 1221, Fax: +91 33 2213 0366, E-mail: frontdesk@supertronindia.com

CSR Activities
Sponsoring lunch of Old Peoples Home, students education, installing drinking water facility at Bansiwala School in Rajasthan, contributions to relief camps for Gangasagar Mela, donating callipers to Mahavir Sewa Sadan and regular donations to community and non -profit organizations like Banga Bandhu, CRY, etc.

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Kunwer Sachdev
Managing Director

ORGANIZATION Su-Kam Power Systems TURNOVER: (in Rs crore) 500

NA
2007-08

NA
2008-09 2009-10

HEADCOUNT: 2100 ACCOLADES: ELCINA-EFY Award for Excellence in Research & Development for the year 2009-10, Power brand India - 2009-10, 10 and 2010-11, Amity HR Growth Award 2008, 2009 and 2010, Business Super brand 2008 - India status conferred by Super brands Council, Worldwide OPERATIONAL DOMAIN: Power Back Up Solution PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS: UPS, Inverters, Solar power back up solutions, Solar Home Lighting Systems, Solar Power Conditioning Unit ADDRESS: Corporate Office, Plot No. 54, Udyog Vihar, Phase VI, Sector-37, Gurgaon - 122001, Haryana, India +91-124-4030700, 4170500, info@su-kam. com

he man, the entrepreneur, the innovator, Mr. Sachdev started his entrepreneurship as a distributor of cable TV connections, but soon understood how an inverter works or should work. He taught himself physics, delved deep into the technology behind the idea of power back-up, spent countless days with his engineers and ended up as an expert himself. He has always revelled in rolling up his sleeves and getting his hands dirty. He realized that in a country with a perpetual shortfall in power generation vis--vis demand, the consumer would decide that a reliable power back-up solution is a necessity, not a luxury. And he was determined to give India, the finest products based on the most advanced technologies. Instead of slavishly imitating products from overseas, Mr. Sachdev chose to carve his own path, with innovation as his mantra. He set up a vibrant R&D department, which has produced product after product that his competitors now imitate. He was an early champion of green technologies, having begun research into solar solutions long before anyone else. Over the last year, among various new developments, perhaps the most significant has been the companys successful programme aimed at tapping and storing solar energy and converting it for use in our daily life.

R&D Activities
Our R&D strength is reinforced with extensive infrastructure that includes state-of-the-art equipment like Power Analyzers, Digital Scopes, Waveform Generator, Curve Tracer, Protocol Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzers, Brake Dynamometer, Emulator and Simulator for DSP & Micro Controller applications, and Programmable Power Supplies. This enables Su-Kam to develop design capabilities that are at par with the finest international standards.

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K.R. Naik
Chairman

ORGANIZATION Smartlink Network Systems TURNOVER: (in Rs crore) 295*

146

156

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 *Before Demerger of D-Link India

HEADCOUNT: 537 ACCOLADES: No 1 - Indias most Wanted IT Brands for Structured Cabling for six years in a row CRN, Best Structured Cabling Brand by DQ Channel for two years in a row, Channel Champions Award in Network Cabling by CRN for three years in a row

OPERATIONAL DOMAIN: Network Products and Services PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS: SCS products from Copper to Fiber, Data Centre Solutions to Residential Cabling Solutions and IPLMS solutions, DIGISOL brand of Active Networking products and services under Digicare. ADDRESS: Plot No. 5, Kurla-Bandra Complex Road, Off CST Road, Santacruz(East), Tel : 91-22-3061 6666, Fax : 91-22-2652 8914, Email : helpdesk@DIGILINK.in

Mechanical Engineer with Post Graduate in Industrial Engineering and Diploma in Business Management, Mr.Naik had started his career with IBM, working in various departments, including product design and development till their closure of India operations in 1979. Later, in 1994 he started a joint venture with a multinational D-Link Corporation under the name D-Link India with manufacturing facility in Goa and corporate office in Mumbai. D-Link India is now a de-merged company and has been renamed as Smartlink Network Systems Ltd. Today Smartlink Network Systems Ltd business includes, its own DIGILINK brand of passive networking products and DIGISOL for active networking products, Mr. Naiks responsibilities has changed and evolved over time and he presently focuses mainly on Strategic Alliances, strategic business decisions, apprising board of directors and investors and more importantly charting the vision and mission of the Company. He is also the former President of Manufacturers Association for Information Technology (MAIT). He had created Rs 300 crore company (before demerger of D-Link India Ltd) and created the brand DIGILINK, which is number 2 brand in structured cabling in India. DIGILINK is the first networking company to be listed in BSE and NSE.

Manufacturing & R&D

Smartlink has manufacturing facility of 130,000 sq ft. at Goa. It comprises 4 High Speed SMT and highly versatile lines. This facility has received ISO 9001:2000 & ISO 14001:2004 Certifications and 400+ highly skilled people engaged here. The company also exports SCS Products to more than 30 across the world

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Hemal Patel
Founder and CEO

ORGANIZATION Elitecore Technologies TURNOVER: NA (Privately held company) HEADCOUNT: 493 ACCOLADES: 7th NASSCOM Innovation Awards, No.1 UTM appliance vendor in India (IDC), Gartners Magic Quadrant for UTM, Network UTM Innovator in the perimeter security, ZDNet Asia ranked Elitecore as an IT Leader of the Year for 2008-09, Best Software Product Company (2009 & 2010) from GESIA. OPERATIONAL DOMAIN: Network Security and Telecom PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS: Cyberoam UTM, CRESTEL Billing & Revenue Management Solution, EliteAAA AAA-Radius and 24online, offering a billing and bandwidth management solution ADDRESS: 904, Silicon Tower, Behind Pariseema Building, Off C.G.Road, Nr. Lal Bungalow, Ahmedabad 380 006, INDIA. Tel: +91-79-66065606 Fax: +91-79-26407640 / +1-201-777-2113

s a first generation NRI entrepreneur based in the US, Hemal Patel already had a huge experience in managing the IT infrastructure of several reputed firms like Chase Manhattan Bank, J.P. Morgan, Dresdner Bank, Smith Barney & Shearson, Merrill Lynch, Prudential Insurance Company, AT&T Bell Laboratory, Amdahl Corporation and more. He was also a principal partner at Eclipse Micro Computer where his technical capabilities brought huge growth revenues for the company. Upon return to India in 1999, Hemal was one of the co-founders of Icenet India, which was among the earliest ISPs in the country. In the same year, he set up Elitecore Technologies to apply his own knowledge and expertise in network security and telecom billing solutions. Compared to other IT hubs in India such as Bangalore, Mumbai and Hyderabad, Hemal decided to set up his company in his hometown, Ahmedabad which was not really associated with the IT scene. As CEO, his objective was to gain cost leadership while attracting and developing homegrown talent pool. Through his entrepreneurial mettle, Hemal was initially able to attract a huge investment of $10.3 million from a global private equity firm, The Carlyle Group. Also, in order to attract global partners, Elitecore improved its R&D capability through extensive resource training, ramped up pre-sales and technical support and undertook strategic positioning by taking part in global trade shows.

CSR Activities
Hemal has always been highly supportive of CSR efforts initiated by the company. Elitecore finalized its tie-up with Charotar Institute of Technology, Changa (CITC) to start Research & Development on Next Generation Networks (NGN). Elitecore is associated with Blind Peoples Association, Ahmedabad. Elitecore with the help of Prarthana, organized a blood donation camp in its premises.

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Govind Rammurthy
CEO & MD

ORGANIZATION Micro World Software Services TURNOVER: NA (Privately held company) GROWTH: 40% year on year HEADCOUNT: 160 OPERATIONAL DOMAIN: Security PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS: Security eScan and MailScan Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam and Content Security ADDRESS: Plot No. 80, Road No. 15, MIDC, Marol, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400 093, India, Tel: +91 22 2826 5701 05, Fax: +91 22 2830 4750

veteran of 18 years, before founding MicroWorld Mr. Rammurthy had a brief stint at TELCO, India. He holds a bachelors degree in engineering with specialization in Computer Science. He set up MicroWorld in the year 1993 with a team of 3 engineers and started indigenously developing AntiVirus and Content Security solutions. Under his leadership, MicroWorld has grown to become a global company with subsidiaries in the USA, Germany and Malaysia and MicroWorlds flagship product, eScan has become one of the preferred Information Security Solutions worldwide. Products from MicroWorld have passed several rigorous tests conducted by reputed and independent evaluators of the security industry, while they have also won plenty of awards for their superior performance. Virus Bulletin, Checkmark, AV-Comparatives, TUCOWS, Red Hat Ready and Novell Ready are a few of them.

CSR Activities
Donates 1% of his companys profit to non-profit and charitable institutions such as Thirumala Tirupathi Devastanam, Orphan Children Welfare Activities, Cancer Patients Treatment Welfare Fund and many more.

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P.R.V. Raja
Vice Chairman, MD & CEO

ORGANIZATION Ramco Systems TURNOVER: (in US$ Million) 48.6 41.5 35.5

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2008-09

2009-10

HEADCOUNT: 1500 ACCOLADES: Ramco Systems was awarded Innovation in IT applications, Ramco Systems won prestigious award for Operational Excellence and Quality at the BPO Excellence Awards 2010-2011. OPERATIONAL DOMAIN: Enterprise Solutions PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS: Ramco Enterprise Suite, Ramco Enterprise Asset Management Suite, Ramco Aviation, Ramco OnDemand ERP (RODE), Ramco Enterprise Information Management Suite, Ramco Advanced Process Control, and Ramco Mine Management Suite. ADDRESS: 64, Sardar Patel Road, Taramani, Chennai - 600 113 Tel: +91 44 2235 4510, Fax: +91 44 2230 1859, Email: info@rsi.ramco. com

R Venketrama Raja, better known as PRV, had established Ramco Systems with a mission to create a world-class information technology company focused on enterprise management applications and emerging technologies. Since then, Ramco Systems has become one of the top 100 enterprise solution providers in the world with its products. The company has developed a revolutionary enterprise application assembly and delivery platform Ramco VirtualWorks. PRVs basic philosophy has been Technology keeps you ahead. An astute businessman with a passion for technology, he is also Vice-Chairman, Managing Director, Member of Investor Grievances Committee and Member of Share Transfer Committee, Ramco Industries Ltd, Director, Thanjavur Spinning Mill Ltd., Director, Member of Audit Committee, Member of Investor Grievance Committee, Member of Share/Debenture Committee and Member of Project and Management Committee, Madras Cements Ltd.

Manufacturing & R&D

Ramco Systems was ranked 54 in top 100 R&D spenders in India; largest in terms of sales to R&D spend among IT companies; third largest R&D investor in total spends in IT R&D (after TCS & HCL). R&D efforts have been primarily focused on initiatives to proactively enhance products such as Ramco OnDemand ERP, Ramco Enterprise Series, Ramco VirtualWorks, and Ramco DecisionWorks.

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Atul Khosla
Managing Director

ORGANIZATION Om Nanotech TURNOVER: (in Rs crore) 225

85 35
2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

HEADCOUNT: 400 ACCOLADES: Best Exporter Award by Ministry of Commerce, India for 2007-08, 2008-09 OPERATIONAL DOMAIN: Memory Modules PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS: Micro SD, MMC, SD CARDS, DRAM, USB Drive, Memory components (Brands: ZipMem and Dolgix) ADDRESS: SDF, E-3, 4 & 20, NSEZ, Noida, U.P. 201305, Ph: +91-120-2460008, 3047730, Fax: +91-1202460007 http://www. om-nanotech.com

Gold Medallist Engineer, Mr. Khosla started his career with Tata Consultancy Services, in the field of Software development on IBM mainframes. During the 10 years that he was with TCS, he was assigned to various counties like USA (three times), Switzerland, Australia. Thereafter, for another 10 years, he was instrumental in setting up Software companies from scratch, two of which went for an IPO. Atul was one of the rare TCSer who took the challenge to leave a secure corporate career and experiment with setting up fresh ventures. Having set up new successful companies as an employee, Atuls entrepreneurial streak led him to venture on his own, thereafter. Around 7 years back, Mr. Atul Khosla decided to follow his passion in Electronics. He started a Company, Spaceage Security Systems Ltd. from the limited resources that he had. In July 2006, he joined hands with Om Associates Pte Ltd., Singapore to setup one-of-a-kind venture Om Nanotech Pvt. Ltd. in NSEZ, Noida.

Manufacturing & R&D

The company has state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in 24000 sq. ft. area in NSEZ, Noida. It has put up 2 new Yamaha SMT lines and is planning for a 3rd one. The company keeps on innovating new test patterns and methodology to improve the quality of the finished products. It scouts the global market for any new options. It also deputes its engineers overseas and invites overseas experts for technical interactions. The companys products are currently sold in 21 countries directly or through its associates. The company has invested in a strong R&D team and matching infrastructure to ensure its leadership position.

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Kailash Katkar
Founder Director, MD & CEO

ORGANIZATION Quick Heal Technologies TURNOVER: (in Rs crore) 103

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2009-10

HEADCOUNT: 370 ACCOLADES: Entrepreneurs International Honours in 2002, G S Parkhe Industrial Merit Award 2009 awarded by MCCIA, Maharashtra IT Award for 2009-10, Vocational Excellence Service Award (Feb 2010), Yes Bank award for Best SME in innovation, Deloitte Tech Fast 50- Fastest Growing Technological Company in India. OPERATIONAL DOMAIN: Network Security

r. Katkar is the person who virtually brought Pune into the Indian IT landscape with his creation of Quick Heal. His rise is meteoric and inspiring for most of the budding entrepreneurs. Started from repairing Radios, TVs, and VCRs, etc., Mr. Katkar is today a successful entrepreneur with Rs.103Cr turnover. His company - Quick Heal - is arespectable Antivirus Company, not only in India but also in more than 50 countries globally. Started his career as a Maintenance Engineer in Data Star Electronics, which later on he took over and diversified into AMCs of Computer maintenance & hardware peripherals company as CAT Computers Service. In the year 1994 his younger brother, Sanjay joined his business & they added a new dimension by developing solutions for Virus attacks in computers. This gave birth to a product Quick Heal, which led to series of successes & inventions in the field of security & Antivirus. Mr. Katkar is innovative, creative & he is a step ahead in exploring new business opportunities.

PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS: Guardian AntiVirus, Quick Heal Anti Virus, Quick Heal Internet Security, Quick Heal Total Security, Quick Heal Anti Virus for Server Edition ADDRESS: 603 Mayfair Towers II, Wakdewadi, Shivajinagar, Pune, Pincode - 411005. Maharashtra, Phone: +91-02041060400/66025985, Fax: +91-020-41060401

Manufacturing and R&D

Owns R&D centre in Pune. PC2Moblie Scan Technology supports more than 580+ models of mobile phones. Quick Heal has a presence in around 50 countries globally.

CSR Activities
Association with NASSCOM Foundation to help various social organizations to protect their data from online threats, Distributing thousands of licenses free of cost to such social organizations with the help of NASSCOM Foundation nationwide till date. In 2009-10, Quick Heal Technologies have sponsored a book bank for class 8th, 9th & 10th students from tribal areas along with Seva Bharati, an NGO from North East of India.

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R.K. Bansal
Managing Director

ORGANIZATION Uniline Energy Systems TURNOVER: (in Rs crore) 85 68 88

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2008-09

2009-10

HEADCOUNT: 250 OPERATIONAL DOMAIN: Power back up PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS: Supply, Installation, Testing & Commissioning of UPS system, Sinewave Inverter System, Servo Stabilizer, etc.

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ADDRESS: Uniline House, Ramesh Market, East of Kailash, New Delhi - 110 065, India, Phone: +91-11-4666 1111, +91-11-2646 9031, +91-11-2646 9108 Fax: +91-11-2648 1469 Email ID: uniline@uniline.in

r Bansal is one of the pioneers of Indian manufacturing of power solutions. His journey started with his company of Kla Electronics Pvt. Ltd., which was trading power solutions products since 1989 under the brand name Uniline. Later on, he started manufacturing Power solution products under the name of Uniline and changed the name of the company to Uniline. Today, Uniline is amongst the leading source in Power Electronics Sector, catering to the needs of large and small Computer Installations, Industrial Automation, Banks, Airlines, Healthcare, R&D Establishments, DoT etc. He has 10,000 sq. feet of modernized sales & service area in South Delhi and Factories at Delhi & Parwanoo (H.P.) along with Branch Offices all over India. It is today the 3rd largest UPS manufacturers Mr. Bansal is the General Secretary of All India UPS Manufacturers Association.

Accolades:
Udyog Pragati Award, the National Quality Star Award, the Udyog Patra Award and Laghu Udyog Bharti Execellence Award.

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