Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Zia Mody: An Illustrious Corporate Lawyer Incredibly Transforming the Law Industry


India being one of the biggest avenues for business has been a suitable place for billion dollar investments. Business environment being conducive has also provided proper opportunities to various business models alike. In the present scenario, legal environment has developed by leaps and bounds and has also garnered much-touted attention by investors. There is growth in mergers and amalgamations which evolved various business opportunities and that there is a paradigm shift from dispute resolution mechanism to more impetus on dispute prevention techniques.

Corporate lawyers are involved in advising businesses on their numerous legal rights, responsibilities, and obligations, right from negotiating the acquisition of a multibillion dollar company to assisting a small start-up company. They hold a niche expertise on a specific limb of corporate law such as mergers, private equity, venture capital, etc. One such renowned Indian corporate lawyer and a female business icon, who has substantial expertise in the corporate law, is Zia Mody, the Founder & Managing Partner of AZB & Partners; which is a prominent law firm in the country, providing precise and practical advice based on the deep-neck knowledge of the legal, regulatory, and commercial environment.

Zia’s bedrock idea of starting a boutique law firm was to create a value proposition and provide services of a uniquely responsive and thoughtful nature. She has been hugely contributing to the law industry with her substantial expertise in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, securities law, private equity, and project finance.

A Kick-Start of Zia’s Amazing Entrepreneurial Journey

Zia is a law graduate from the renowned Cambridge & Masters of Laws at Harvard. She returned from Harvard and started her career in India as a junior counsel and practiced at the bar for almost a decade. While completing her extensive practice, Zia got a rich experience of the law segment with which she established her own boutique law firm called ‘Chambers of Zia Mody’, after finishing her practice. This was a beginning of her joyous entrepreneurial journey.

Zia and her colleagues would place a non-stop debate about legal propositions at a time when India was rising which became the wind beneath their seals. “I think my own skill was in running the firm is to be fair, transparent and communicate as much as I can. I think the goal is to have moral leadership which is the imperative to be a leader”, articulates Zia. She believes that her journey as an entrepreneur has not come to an end, and is still continuing. For Zia, her father is the only person who has had great impact on ensuring her value system in the profession. Also, her husband stood as a rock-support and ensured the success of her profession.

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Amith Srinivas: Navigating a Successful Voyage towards Pinnacle


“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

~Hellen Keller, Renowned American Author

Experience can be termed as the magic key of a successful life. The success story of Amith Srinivas, the dynamic CEO of RecoSense is a perfect example of such a glorified life.

This man of diligence and vigor derives almost 15 years of experience in the industry working in the roles of product engineering, product marketing and business development across the globe. After pursuing his engineering in Computer Science from Bangalore University, Amith started his career as a software engineer. Later, he built experience in roles of global product marketing for deep technology products across startups to enterprise companies. Amith’s expertise lies in the business development for deep technology products across the globe. “A strong business value addition with a deep technology differentiator will deliver growth with the support of aligned sales & marketing strategies,” asserts Amith.

The Journey that Shaped ‘the Brilliance’

According to Amith, any journey of pushing a new initiative is very challenging, be it with a capitalistic value of entrepreneurship, championing new transformation within a big enterprise or bringing out a change within the society.

He glances over his journey till date. His vision spreads far beyond capital generation or gaining applauds for himself. In his own words, “My journey so far in establishing RecoSense has been a phenomenon of internal transformation of my own mindset about perceptions on problems/need of the market and society, people relationships and ways to leverage technology for a meaningful impact of value addition rather than just for capital generation.”

Previously, Amith worked with two successful startups. “Experience of working with the founders of those companies added a lot of learning to my journey”, he says.

Amith reflects about his father, who became a first generation entrepreneur building an independent traditional business. For Amith, his father still continues to be his guiding spirit and inspiration in the battle.

An avid reader, Amith was strongly influenced by the books like ‘Good to Great’ by James Colin, ‘In the Plex’ by Stephen Levy, ‘Zero to One’ by Peter Thiel etc. He recommends ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ which is a good movie for perseverance and ‘Silicon Valley’ TV series which is undoubtedly an inspiring one.

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Srikanth Muralidhara: Choreographing the Industrial Intelligence Landscape


An unexpected journey of experiments that helps a person to discover the unknowns is what we call it as entrepreneurship. It’s like a cricket match with lots of practice and learning, simultaneously the ending of both the scenario is unpredictable. One such person who is travelling in an unknown path by creating a benchmark for industrial IoT platforms is Srikanth Muralidhara, Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer at Flutura.

For more than a decade, along with his partners Derick and Krishnan, Srikanth played a key role in building the analytics business unit for their erstwhile company. They have been involved in more than 400 transformational projects with fortune 500 companies. He has also been an inspiration to all of them with almost twenty years of experience in the analytics space. The latest event he addressed was the 93rd annual meeting at ISHM, Oklahoma City.

A Wild Life Enthusiast’s Greatest Moments of Joy

Reflecting back on his own career across twenty years, Srikanth came from a regular middle class family who has done his computer science engineering from RVCE Bangalore His dad was a Professor in Bio Chemistry at the Government Science College Bangalore and mother used to work for the Reserve Bank of India.

At an early stage of his career, he was exposed to customer facing roles. Involved in several wild life conservation initiatives, Srikanth said “My most fascinating experience was a week- long Tiger census in one of the largest tiger reserves in Southern India at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve.”

The greatest moments of joy was when the customers placed their trust in him to make them successful. Srikanth believes trust is the highest form of human motivation which brings out the best human values in people and everlasting relationships. This simple principle has helped him as an entrepreneur in several ways and continuing to do so every single day. His first investors and first set of customers were his friends and former customers of Krishnan, Derick.

Transforming Industrial IoT Solutions with World Class Multi- Disciplinary Team

Flutura is a niche big data analytics solution company offering industrial IoT solutions with a vision to transform operational outcomes with its main offices located in Houston and Palo Alto, USA; Bangalore, India. It is one of the very few companies in the world to have unique insights into last mile issues in engineering operations for the Oil and Gas, Specialty Chemicals, Heavy Machinery Manufacturing and adjacent sectors.

Another aspect about Flutura is, it has a world class multi- disciplinary team of petroleum engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers & computer science folks who are shaping Cerebra with over 400+ features. This Product is the most comprehensive in the industry for an Industrial IoT platform. Recently Gartner published their inaugural version of the industrial IoT magic quadrant and Flutura’s Cerebra is part of this elite list.

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Tushar Mittal – An Ingenious Entrepreneur Modernizing the Era of Corporate Interior Market


Being an entrepreneur can be easily said than done. It’s a journey of a lifetime where everyone goes through it a little bit differently. While the lucky few stumble into success in a matter of weeks after executing an innovative idea, others might spend a decade of their lives perfecting the art of entrepreneurship. It’s like filling a canvas with possibilities and then tapping the dreams which allow them to stay ahead of others, avoid mediocrity, and inspire others to outshine themselves. In India, entrepreneurial ventures are the centers of innovations which help to enhance the employment creation opportunities in the economy.

Studiokon Ventures Private Limited is one such prominent company which carries the true essence of an entrepreneurial venture and has evolved as a matured player in the interior design market. Studiokon is a leading provider of end-to-end corporate infrastructure solutions for the corporate, retail, and the hospitality spaces.

Insightful Leader at SKV

His sheer grit, determination, and with a never-say-die attitude, Tushar Mittal has flawlessly managed to create a niche for himself and his organization in just a small span of nine years. As the Founder and Managing Director of Studiokon, he has led the company to be a leading fit-out and workspace-integrator entity. A belief to excel, a desire to be successful, an urge to push the boundaries, and a conviction in the team is the four pillars that form the bedrock of Tushar. Along with his pragmatic approach to the business, his futuristic vision has assisted the company to reinforce itself as one of the leading innovators in the corporate design segment. An alumni from Harvard University, PGDM from NICMAR and B.E in Civil, Tushar perfectly understands the importance of innovation and customization. His deep business acumen has assisted him to steer the company from its humble beginning to a promising future.

Passion, perseverance, and persistence are the key attributes which keep Tushar motivated. Right from his early days, he was ambitious and had the determination to turn his dreams into a reality. He founded SKV in 2009 with a little investment of twelve thousand with just two employees. Today, the business has reached new heights with over two hundred dedicated professionals and over hundred fifty professional relationships nurtured over the years. SKV has had the privilege to have worked for some of the biggest and finest brands like Google, Amazon, Adidas, and PepsiCo to name a few.

A Humble Beginning of an Astounding Professional Odyssey

After completing his primary studies in a small village – Rudawal, in Rajasthan, he shifted to Kota to study Engineering and supported himself by working with an architectural firm. Despite going through trying financial times, he never left his dream of founding an interior design company. His first placement was at DLF where he worked for a span of 1.5 years and later moved to work with an independent contractor for two years. Much later in 2009, he commenced on his entrepreneurial journey with SKV and never looked back. As a leader, Tushar acknowledges the importance of teamwork and hence he was very selective in choosing his stakeholders, partners, vendors, and his core team members. He emphasizes team building activities, providing friendly environments, and implementing positive learning’s to motivate his workforce. He further adds that credibility, trust, and self-belief are the keys principals along with honesty and commitment which he has learned and continues to carry in his professional journey.

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Uma Shankar Bhardwaj: Delivering Novelty and Quality in the Digital Advertising Industry


Entrepreneurship is nothing less than an art. It is about creating something novel, formulating the strategic plan, representing the organization in business and the media, and motivating the company in the right direction. Establishing the ability to thrive under pressure, juggle multiple demands, grasp new concepts quickly, and recognize potential opportunities are the stepping stones that contribute to the bottom line of the Entrepreneurship. In order to become a successful entrepreneur one must have a considerable amount of intelligence, focus, determination and flair for the business.

A man with such cocktail of skills, painted the canvas with his own selected colors and has successfully reached the top of his career pyramid is Uma Shankar Bhardwaj.

While working with a multinational software development company and handling their projects in US, he planned to start a Digital Advertising Project in India with his colleagues from the UK. Unlocking a higher potential by merging technology and digital media approach under one roof, he along with is colleagues brought an UK based company ‘Adrevenue’ to India. The business successfully ran for two years with Uma Shankar being the CEO and Managing Director of the Indian operations. The UK Based company Adrevenue decided to close the operations in India after 2 Years, that motivated him to be the Founder and CEO of the entrepreneurial project iAvatarZ Digital.

About the Bootstrap Project iAvatarZ

With the fluctuations in the digital advertising market, the company transformed itself into a leading Ad-network having a strong presence in India, Middle East & South East Asia. Under the leadership of Uma iAvatarZ is adopting the cutting-edge technology and working with the client-masses worldwide. It is engaging automation in its operations and offering innovative integrated online marketing solutions efficiently. It focuses on delivering quality resulting in generation of competent traffic to meet its objectives.

Today, the unique advertising qualities of iAvatarZ working to its core have made it a brand.

“We are a passionate team with strong expertise in media optimization and technology usage in digital platforms supported by firm relationship with large base of quality publishers and innovative technology developed in-house.” says Uma.

A Visionary Creative Leader

Uma is a Software engineer with a strong background in Computer Science and Management. He started his career working as a software engineer with a German MNC and developed multiple applications and automation software for big MNCs to small-scale startups in his entrepreneurial project. This helped him to gain management skills and run his business profitably. His dedication and vision to understand the best has kept the company a forerunner in the digital advertising market even after a decade.

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Sid Naidu : Ace of the Fashion Production Firm


Entrepreneurship is a game of patience, persistence, and diligence. While every idea finds its way through the initial issues pertaining to space, expansion, and investments. Startups today are immensely blessed to have amazing entrepreneurs and opportunities to network. Stories of entrepreneur’s success are inspiring the youth to act and work to bring their own ideas to fruition. India’s entrepreneurial scene seems to be better than ever. Government and international organizations alike are investing in innovative ideas. The ideas of co-working spaces or incubators, to accelerate the start-ups by providing monetary and infrastructure support are given a good push to the system. Start-ups entrepreneurs are also making good use of the facilities available and are showing a sign of good times.

A man of talents, who comes from a humble background is Sid Naidu, Entrepreneur of Sid Production Ltd.Born to a close knit family of Naidu’s, the young boy grew up to be a fashion aficionado. Sid runs a production firm under the brand name of Sid Productions. He has the charm to outwit people or how else would a person define his people management skills. He poses a plethora of positive vibes and impeccable sense of style that reflects in his demeanors.

The Elite Firm and its Multitasking Achievements

Established in the year 2017, Sid production is packed with young crew of various creative and art background. They have strong backend team, who are strong in art and creative in fashion industry which helps them to understand every aspect of the client. Working as the stalwarts of the fashion industry, the production house is rapidly proving its mettle.

Sid Productions is his venture that dabbles in fashion shoots, model grooming, art direction and brand building, Print ads, TV commercials, digital and feature films. Sid production is carving its niche in the fashion industry with its unique concepts and a strong sense of high fashion. Having worked with some of the industry’s best people, he shares a strong professional bond with his clients. The company holds clientele which includes the Colston Julian, Leading fashion photographer in India; Ami Patel, Celebrity Stylist; Jolie Wernette-Horn, Creative director of Vogue; Carla Ruth Denis, Elena Fernandes & Hollywood Actress Priyanka Bose are the Super- Models.

Hurdles Faced by the Enigmatic Professional

Sid faced a constant void in his life, since the time he lost his father, who was his greatest inspiration, his superhero, his drive for as long as Sid can remember. There have been thousands of incidents that have moved Sid in ways that cannot be fathomed, yet he did not stop chasing his dream. Sid also faced so much financial pressure back home during 2012 when he decided to start his production house. In 2017, Sid came back strongly with Multi-tasking ideas to begin his dream journey.

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Shrinivas Rao: Bringing Client Advocacy to the forefront in the Commercial Real Estate Services industry


Over the last decade, the business world has undergone a paradigm shift. Entrepreneurs can no longer just choose to follow in the footsteps of their predecessors but have to carve out a niche for themselves. They need to stand-out, have an opinion, and bring new “innovations” to set themselves apart.

One such leader, having the vision and determination to realise his ambition is Shrinivas Rao, the CEO of Vestian. Shrinivas is a huge part of shaping the current workplace solutions environment, as we know it today. Starting his career at a stage when the industry was still in an incipient phase, he witnessed the anxiety and the many challenges corporates faced due to the lack of infrastructure, systems and professionalism. He then went on to play an active role when organized real estate teams started venturing into India and was a key contributor in establishing professional commercial real estate services. He was involved in setting up of several global IPC operations in South India, such as Colliers International and Cushman & Wakefield.

A management graduate with a civil engineering background, Shrinivas has a rich professional experience spanning over two decades. Post his tenure with Cushman, he went on to lead Equis as the country manager with a primary focus on establishing conflict-free occupier services business. During his tenure, he was able to successfully establish Equis amongst the top four organizations in the country from a corporate real estate services business perspective. In the year 2006, UGL, a large Australian conglomerate bought over Equis. Shrinivas was required to relocate to Singapore as the COO – APAC and manage the business. However, after successfully running the business for many years, he realised that the current parent company UGL was diluting the focus from occupier solutions business model towards a more landlord related business model through various mergers and acquisition across the region.

It was at this juncture that he collaborated with Michael Silver, former owner of Equis, to form a real estate services company, with a core focus on tenant representation. The desire to create a conflict free occupier solutions business and to fill the gap between what was available in the market vis a vis the corporate requirement, led to the launch of Vestian in 2010, headquartered in Chicago. With an underlying philosophy of transparency and accountability, Shrinivas sought to bring about a change in the regular workings of the real estate environment.

He spent the next eight years setting up the foundation of the company and then going on to build a platform to become a niche leader in the space. Being hands on till date, he oversees every aspect from recruitment to business development to project management, while ensuring the company achieves its revenue targets.

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