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Indian Newslink Indian Business Awards Special 2016
DECEMBER 1, 2016
Best Large Business
Judges’ Comments:
Discoveries Educare and
Sunrise Home-based Childcare
operate 13 childcare centres
across Auckland with two more
opening in 2016. Owned by
husband and wife Ajit Singh
and Rippan Sandhu, they commenced
in May 2011. They advocate
that cost should not be
a barrier to quality early childhood
education and offer 30
hours free childcare, 10 hours
more than is funded by government.
Discoveries Educare and
Sunrise Home-based Childcare
are profitable growing businesses,
caring for almost 1000
children and employing nearly
200 staff
Finalists
1. Discoveries Educare
2. Link 2 Group
Winner :
Discoveries Educare
Sponsored By:
Rippan Sindhu, Director, Discoveries Educare, winner of the Best Large Business Award with Ethnic
Communities Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-liga, ACT Party Leader David Seymour and BNZ Managing
Director & Chief Executive Anthony Healy, Sponsor of this Category.
Best Employer of Choice
Judges’ Comments:
Link 2 Group has more than
200 staff with 60% Indian ethnicity
working with 35-40
different customers across
Auckland and operating form
East Tamaki Office. New employees
undergo an induction
programme with a significant
focus on health and safety systems
as well as the required
skills for customer deployment.
Staff with leadership
abilities are identified by Site
Supervisors and Customer
Service Managers from performance
reviews and client
feedback.
Finalists
1. Link 2 Group
2. Discoveries Educare
Sponsored By:
Winner :
Link 2 Group
Police & Corrections Minister Judith Collins, ACT Party Leader David Seymour and WAML Group Chairman
& Managing Director Wenceslaus Anthony (extreme right) watch as Sneha Anthony presents the
Best Employer of Choice Award to Indra Sirigiri, Chairman, Link 2 Group.
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keysuppliers. We takeprideininspiringpeople to enjoy and experience an affordable solution
to discoverNew Zealand through education.
Study and Professional/
Technical Tours
Since people learn better by observing
and interacting, it’s important for our
clients to visit New Zealand and gain
first-hand knowledge of their field of
interest.
We organise study tours whereby
groups of international students can be
brought into New Zealand to study in
well-established educational institutes
and interact with people living in New
Zealand.
ExecutiveWorkshops/
Corporate Conferences
WAML group seeks to match NZ
capabilityinprofessional development
with the needs of its international
clients.
We have professionals with New
Zealand expertise at training and
organising workshops for related
fields. Site visits and on thejob training
areorganised at theworkshops by our
partners within the public and private
sector. We do needs analysis and
then tailor apackage according to the
client’srequirement.
Products
Whilst our product range is diverse,
we have followed the philosophy that
in any product we deal in, we are
specialists, who can provide technical
support tofind best practice solution,
not just source and supply product.
We deal in:
Plastic
Paper
Aluminium Foil
Steel Wire
Solvents
Flexible Packaging
Rawmaterial and Food Products from
New Zealand, Australia, India,
Vietnam,Sri Lanka, Ghana and Fiji.
Our Network
Our network of offices enables us to
have astrong presence in Asia and
Oceania, with the ability tofind new
and exciting products for the growing
and specialty needs of our clients.
It also gives us the opportunity to
find channels of supply for locally
manufactured goods and services.
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