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www.insightssuccess.in<br />

November 2016<br />

<strong>The</strong> way of business solutions<br />

THE<br />

<strong>10</strong><br />

<strong>Most</strong> <strong>Valuable</strong><br />

<strong>Engineering</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>Infrastructure</strong><br />

<strong>Companies</strong><br />

Mr. B Rajesh Nair<br />

Chairman & MD<br />

K Srinivas Rao<br />

<strong>The</strong> Strategist<br />

We Move or Get<br />

Moved - Our Purpose<br />

is not 'Gap' Fulfillment<br />

but to Facilitate 'Evolution'<br />

Meena Vaidyanathan<br />

niiti consulting Pvt. Ltd.<br />

Evolving from CSR (Corporate<br />

Social Responsibility) to<br />

CSV(Creating Shared Value)<br />

Convenient Construction<br />

Consultancy Pvt Ltd.:<br />

Striving to Develop Construction Excellence<br />

Need of an Hour<br />

'Bridges', Wonders<br />

Created by Engineers<br />

Center of Interest<br />

Hydraulics Structure<br />

Life's Mater & Matrix,<br />

Mother & Medium<br />

Industry Concern<br />

Prerequisites for Building<br />

Effective Monitoring<br />

<strong>Infrastructure</strong>s


Editorial<br />

nfrastructure & <strong>Engineering</strong> are two disciplines which complement<br />

Ieach other, that emphasis on designing, planning, construction <strong>and</strong><br />

management of infrastructures. It could be roads, tunnels, bridges,<br />

airports, building <strong>and</strong> other projects. <strong>Infrastructure</strong> & <strong>Engineering</strong><br />

contributes a significant portion to the country’s GDP <strong>and</strong> is the second<br />

largest sector too. <strong>Infrastructure</strong> & <strong>Engineering</strong> has a vast scope in India,<br />

as being a developing nation, there is an over-encompassing need for<br />

infrastructure, developing industry <strong>and</strong> residential needs. Infrastructural<br />

dem<strong>and</strong>s still falls under investments by public sector, which is mainly<br />

government- for urban infrastructure, rural area <strong>and</strong> transport.<br />

<strong>Infrastructure</strong> &<br />

<strong>Engineering</strong> Aggr<strong>and</strong>izing<br />

the Economical Development<br />

of Nation<br />

For 2016, analysts already predicted a strong year for the industry <strong>and</strong><br />

growth percentage will be at 6%. Prefab/offsite construction methods<br />

have came in trend which has reduced construction time, minimized<br />

waste <strong>and</strong> cost savings. <strong>The</strong> contractors have become more selective of<br />

the projects that they pursue. Building Information Modeling is another<br />

factor that has become important as it provides tangible business benefits<br />

with more accurate, less time-consuming <strong>and</strong> consistent. For larger<br />

projects of construction there is dem<strong>and</strong> to produce environmental<br />

friendly structures, but at the same time consumers ask for lifecycle cost<br />

savings <strong>and</strong> higher-quality results too. Laser scanning technology has<br />

gained a lot of popularity as dimensions <strong>and</strong> positions of objects can be<br />

reproduced digitally.<br />

<strong>Engineering</strong> itself has evolved a lot. Earlier, for design <strong>and</strong> engineering<br />

in CAD/CAM, CATIA <strong>and</strong> Pro-e has been a predominant choice among<br />

all the leading automotive design companies. But since the introduction<br />

of Unigraphics NX <strong>and</strong> Creo, companies are migrating to these softwares<br />

because of their user friendly interface, powerful surface modeling, solid<br />

modeling <strong>and</strong> easier drafting interface.<br />

<strong>The</strong> biggest trend is interdisciplinary integration, which combining two<br />

specials into a third new specialty with cost reduction, data analytics <strong>and</strong><br />

simulation has become HUGE <strong>and</strong> necessary.<br />

Lean times shouldn’t come again as a surprise to the companies. For<br />

years <strong>Infrastructure</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> companies have struggled to<br />

disentangle themselves from foreseeable cycles of growth <strong>and</strong> decline<br />

<strong>and</strong> to seek ways of being profitable <strong>and</strong> consistent performance.<br />

<strong>The</strong> way this industry could grow is by embracing engineering <strong>and</strong><br />

construction technologies that leads the market well; <strong>and</strong> plan to<br />

maintain <strong>and</strong> increase strength for being cost-effective corners of the<br />

sector <strong>and</strong> makes most out of commodization.<br />

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Convenient Construction<br />

Consultancy Pvt Ltd.:<br />

Striving to Develop<br />

Construction Excellence<br />

32<br />

Industry<br />

Concern<br />

Prerequisites for Building<br />

Effective Monitoring<br />

<strong>Infrastructure</strong>s<br />

22<br />

Need of<br />

'Bridges', Wonders<br />

Created by Engineers<br />

an Hour 40<br />

Center of<br />

Interest<br />

Hydraulics Structure Life's<br />

Mater & Matrix, Mother<br />

& Medium<br />

CXO STANDPOINT<br />

We Move or Get Moved -<br />

Our Purpose is not 'Gap' Fulllment<br />

24but to Facilitate 'Evolution'<br />

CXO STANDPOINT<br />

Evolving from CSR<br />

(Corporate Social Responsibility)<br />

to CSV(Creating Shared Value)34


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a Gateway towards the Future<br />

of Machine World<br />

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Marvel Structural<br />

Consultants: Specializing in<br />

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Bring your idea to life<br />

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Complete <strong>Engineering</strong> Partner<br />

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Mr. B Rajesh Nair<br />

Chairman & MD


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onvenient<br />

onstruction<br />

onsultancy<br />

Pvt Ltd<br />

CStriving to Develop<br />

Construction Excellence<br />

“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high<br />

intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction <strong>and</strong> skilful<br />

execution; it represents the wise choice of many<br />

alternatives.”- William. A. Foster. This famous quote<br />

embraces Convenient Construction Consultancy Pvt<br />

Ltd., a well-known consulting firm offering exclusive<br />

services to the companies in Real Estate Industry.<br />

Artisan behind Convenient<br />

Innovation is the quintessence that brings a company<br />

towards the zenith of success. <strong>The</strong> perfect blend of<br />

innovation, knowledge, skill <strong>and</strong> creativity marks the<br />

signature of any organization in the dome. Keeping this<br />

mantra in mind, Mr. B Rajesh Nair, made his foray into<br />

business <strong>and</strong> founded Convenient Construction<br />

Consultancy in 2011 with a thrive to challenge the status<br />

quo. Mr. Nair is also serving as the Chairman <strong>and</strong><br />

Managing Director of the companies under Convenient<br />

Flagship, i.e. Convenient Construction Consultancy Pvt.<br />

Ltd., Convenient Hospitality Services Pvt. Ltd. (CHSPL),<br />

Convenient Reality Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (CRSPL), <strong>and</strong><br />

Convenient Shopping Pvt. Ltd. (CSPL).<br />

Mr. Nair is a renowned person in the consulting arena with<br />

his iron will to service the new developers who are setting<br />

up their Real Estate vertical, <strong>and</strong> put systems in place in<br />

accordance with the superior industry practices <strong>and</strong> soothes<br />

the complexities in Real Estate Operations. He is a gogetter<br />

businessman who st<strong>and</strong>s out from the crowd <strong>and</strong> has<br />

already engraved his presence in the industry.<br />

Mr. Nair has led great projects from concept till h<strong>and</strong>over,<br />

across a wide spectrum of sectors like Residential Condos,<br />

Hospitality, Health Care, Retail, Commercials <strong>and</strong> IT Parks.<br />

His outst<strong>and</strong>ing knowledge in Financial Planning &<br />

Budgeting <strong>and</strong> Procurement & Client Relationship<br />

Management mingled with Modern Techniques <strong>and</strong> Critical<br />

Analysis has helped him achieve all the targets under<br />

stringent time schedules with effective cost controls.<br />

Mr. Nair is a qualified Civil Engineer from REC (NIT),<br />

Bhopal <strong>and</strong> holds PGD in Personnel Management. His vast


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experience, spanning over more than<br />

two decades of time period is eventful<br />

<strong>and</strong> everything is punctuated by many<br />

twists <strong>and</strong> turns. Hitherto, his<br />

impeccable zeal <strong>and</strong> zest to perform<br />

enabled him cross the thorns <strong>and</strong><br />

stones in the way <strong>and</strong> opened a<br />

gargantuan world of feat.<br />

His achievements include, but not<br />

limited to, “<strong>The</strong> <strong>Most</strong> Enterprising<br />

CEO of the Year” by Asian Real estate<br />

Leadership award in Dubai, he<br />

became the finalist of “Ernst &<br />

Young Entrepreneur of the Year<br />

Award 2014,” <strong>and</strong> lot more.<br />

Moreover, Mr. Nair is an<br />

active life member of All<br />

India Management<br />

Association, Indore<br />

Management<br />

Association, PMI<br />

(International),<br />

International<br />

Association of<br />

Amusement Parks<br />

(IAAPA), Indian<br />

Concrete Institute,<br />

Indian Institute of<br />

Bridge Engineers,<br />

Fellow Institute of<br />

Valuers, Life Member<br />

Institution of Engineers.<br />

Excerpts of Interview<br />

with Mr. Nair<br />

Ø What is Convenient’s<br />

Raison D’etre? And what is the<br />

key Philosophy of the company?<br />

From concept creation to preconstruction<br />

<strong>and</strong> to project closeout,<br />

Convenient’s team of architects,<br />

designers <strong>and</strong> engineers provide<br />

proactive solutions for every<br />

construction project. <strong>The</strong> development<br />

of a positive culture is our key<br />

philosophy, which enables us to ensure<br />

that projects are completed on time,<br />

with quality <strong>and</strong> within budgeted cost.<br />

We serve a wide spectrum of industries<br />

<strong>and</strong> construction projects countrywide<br />

<strong>and</strong> globally which includes<br />

simplifying complex problems to help<br />

our clients build the projects<br />

successfully. As a multi-disciplined<br />

<strong>Engineering</strong> Consulting firm, we work<br />

for a variety of projects in the<br />

Construction Industry <strong>and</strong> we are<br />

committed to deliver excellence to our<br />

clients by<br />

maintaining the<br />

As a company<br />

<strong>and</strong> as individuals,<br />

we value integrity <strong>and</strong> honesty;<br />

openness <strong>and</strong> respectfulness;<br />

taking on big challenges <strong>and</strong> seeing<br />

them through; constructive<br />

self-criticism, self-improvement<br />

<strong>and</strong> personal excellence;<br />

accountability to clients <strong>and</strong><br />

employees for commitments,<br />

results <strong>and</strong> quality<br />

highest st<strong>and</strong>ards of quality, integrity<br />

<strong>and</strong> Cost Controls.<br />

As a team, we look yonder<br />

conventional services by adding value<br />

at every step of the project <strong>and</strong> thereby<br />

enabling our clients to move ahead of<br />

the competition. Convenient’s valueadds<br />

are proposed as an added<br />

advantage to both the Promoters <strong>and</strong><br />

the future occupants of the project.<br />

Ø According to you, who are the<br />

Support Pillars of Convenient<br />

Group?<br />

I would like to attribute Convenient<br />

Group’s success to the promoters.<br />

Mr. Inder Arora, a B. Tech. graduate<br />

in Civil <strong>Engineering</strong> from REC (NIT),<br />

Kurukshetra has over two decades of<br />

rich experience in Project execution<br />

involving Co-ordination & Execution<br />

of civil projects, Construction of<br />

Commercial, Residential Buildings,<br />

Office building, Golf course, Club <strong>and</strong><br />

infrastructure projects (Highways,<br />

Runways & Telecom).<br />

Beforeh<strong>and</strong> Mr. Arora has<br />

worked with companies<br />

like EWDL, MVL,<br />

Golden Greens Golf &<br />

Resorts Ltd., Bharti<br />

DuralineBiotique,<br />

SPL Industries Ltd<br />

<strong>and</strong> Oriental<br />

Structural<br />

Engineers Ltd. He<br />

has completed<br />

more than 8<br />

million sq. ft. of<br />

civil structures<br />

including auto,<br />

cosmetic, <strong>and</strong> textile<br />

industries, residential<br />

<strong>and</strong> commercial<br />

buildings etc.<br />

Mr. Sunil Malhotra, B. E.<br />

(Mechanical), S.G.S.I.T.S.,<br />

Indore, the 30 years experienced<br />

perfectionist excels in design,<br />

consultancy <strong>and</strong> Turnkey execution of<br />

core field HVAC projects <strong>and</strong> other<br />

MEP projects, trouble shooting of MEP<br />

works. He has also worked with<br />

<strong>Companies</strong> like EWDL, Batliboi <strong>and</strong><br />

Company, <strong>and</strong> Utility Engineers. He is<br />

a life member of ISHRAE.<br />

Mr. Nitin Bhale, holds B. E. in<br />

Electronics from SGSITS, Indore, Post<br />

Graduate Diploma<br />

(telecommunication) Helsinki, <strong>and</strong><br />

Finl<strong>and</strong> Certified Course in interior <strong>and</strong>


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exterior lighting Design, Mumbai. His 25 years of<br />

splendid experience in design, consultancy <strong>and</strong><br />

execution of electrical works took him to the zenith<br />

of excellence. He is currently involved in the<br />

development of high voltage damping resistor for<br />

EHV testing of power distribution equipment <strong>and</strong><br />

also working on new high efficiency Module<br />

development for Solar Energy.<br />

Mrs. Sapna Nair, the lady icon of Convenient Group<br />

is a growth-minded Civil Engineer with vast<br />

experience in execution of high-rise commercial<br />

towers, residential townships, hotels <strong>and</strong> resorts.<br />

Mrs. Sapna has worked with various construction<br />

companies as a Senior Civil Engineer. She is one of<br />

the promoters, who proficiently guides the company<br />

with all HR activities <strong>and</strong> Administration, <strong>and</strong><br />

Finance matters keeping a keen watch over the<br />

human asset attrition very common in every sector.<br />

Ø What is the Business Model of Convenient?<br />

We are “Turnkey Service Consultants” providing<br />

complete solutions to Structural engineering<br />

services, MEP design services including lighting<br />

consultancy, <strong>and</strong> complete Project Management<br />

services (From Project ideation to h<strong>and</strong> over). We are<br />

currently providing services all over the country with<br />

major operations in MP, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra,<br />

Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,<br />

Kerala, West Bengal <strong>and</strong> Orissa with branch offices<br />

located in Bangalore, Hyderabad <strong>and</strong> Mumbai. We<br />

are planning to open an office in Eastern part of the<br />

Country too.<br />

Mr. Inder Arora, Director [L]; Mr. B Rajesh Nair, MD [R]<br />

Mrs. Sapna Nair, Director [M]<br />

We focus on all sectors of Hospitality industry, IT<br />

parks, Mega Townships, Golf developments,<br />

Hospitals, Shopping Malls, Warehousing projects,<br />

Commercial spaces, Residential Condominiums,<br />

Sports complex, Institutions. Our operational<br />

highlights include:<br />

• Total Designing (Structural, HVAC, Electrical,<br />

Plumbing <strong>and</strong> specific requirements to various<br />

industry etc.)<br />

• Project Integration<br />

• Contract Management<br />

• Facility Management<br />

• Cost Management<br />

• Quality Management<br />

• Procurement Management<br />

My prior experience as a CEO of a large real estate


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Our aim is to serve<br />

the clients all over<br />

the world to the core,<br />

by delivering projects that<br />

spell high-value engineering,<br />

architecture, design,<br />

“<strong>and</strong> delivery services<br />

“<br />

company for over 9 years has helped in<br />

underst<strong>and</strong>ing the developers’<br />

requirements, which added a value<br />

addition. We collaborate with our<br />

clients to help them excel in industry<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong> improve performance.<br />

We blend diverse expertise with keen<br />

foresight to facilitate projects with<br />

mitigate risk.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Customer Base<br />

Team Convenient looks beyond<br />

conventional services by adding value<br />

at every step of the project. <strong>The</strong>ir<br />

exclusive value-adds are proposed as<br />

an advantage to both the developers<br />

<strong>and</strong> the future occupants of the project.<br />

All the projects which are on-going or<br />

have already been h<strong>and</strong>ed over are up<br />

to the satisfactory levels of the clients.<br />

<strong>The</strong> team makes sure that they<br />

contribute their best. A few among the<br />

superior projects include, but not<br />

limited to Jabalpur Motors, Indore<br />

(Jabalpur Motors ), Apple Hospital,<br />

Indore (Friends Unity Hospital <strong>and</strong><br />

Research Centre Pvt. Ltd.), Zion Hills,<br />

Bangalore (A 250 Acres Golf<br />

Development), Felicity Mall , Nellore<br />

(For-M G Brothers), <strong>The</strong> Gr<strong>and</strong><br />

Bhagwati Hotel, Indore (BCM Group),<br />

Aster Cauvery Medical Centre,<br />

Bangalore (For-Aster D M<br />

Healthcare),<br />

D N Oxy Park, Bhubaneshwar (For-D<br />

N Homes Pvt. Ltd.), <strong>The</strong> Wave, Nashik<br />

(For Jineshwar Constructions Pvt.<br />

Ltd.), E City (Retail / Residential /<br />

Mall), Cuttack (For SGBL Group),<br />

Treasure Isl<strong>and</strong> Mall (Renovation),<br />

Indore (For EWDL), Orion Mall<br />

Mumbai (Phoenix Group), Fairfield by<br />

Marriot Nepal, Radisson Resort ,<br />

Hosur-Bangalore, Arogyaneer<br />

Hospital ,Varanasi <strong>and</strong> D N Regalia<br />

(Mall cum Banquet Hall),<br />

Bhubaneswar.<br />

Keeping Pace with the Latest Trends<br />

At Convenient, “We have always<br />

believed in setting new trends <strong>and</strong> not<br />

following the old ones,” opined Mr.<br />

Nair. He leads the team as a mentor<br />

<strong>and</strong> not as a boss <strong>and</strong> considers it as a


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team work. This has always helped<br />

everyone to grow <strong>and</strong> think<br />

strategically like an Entrepreneur.<br />

“At Convenient, we have always tried<br />

to inculcate a team spirit <strong>and</strong> work in<br />

close association with contractors,<br />

clients, vendors or anybody associated<br />

with them in one or the other way,”<br />

says Mr. Nair. Convenient extends a<br />

complete start to end solutions with<br />

regards to project management<br />

consultancy by using modern planning<br />

techniques as MS projects, Primevera,<br />

BIM, etc.<br />

With solution <strong>and</strong> designs based on<br />

NBCC, IS Codes, ASHRAE st<strong>and</strong>ards,<br />

NABH St<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong> above all with<br />

their experienced team, Convenient<br />

comprehends clients’ expectations of<br />

cost controls, value engineering <strong>and</strong><br />

more importantly meeting the targets.<br />

This experience has paved way for<br />

them as to how they read their clients’<br />

mind <strong>and</strong> with what intent, they<br />

approach them.<br />

Moreover, Convenient always goes an<br />

extra mile to achieve targets for their<br />

clients. “Our extensive focus is, our<br />

work should speak on behalf of us,”<br />

stresses Mr. Nair. And this is the core<br />

strength <strong>and</strong> the unique selling point of<br />

their organization, <strong>and</strong> differentiates<br />

them from others in the industry <strong>and</strong><br />

helps to survive in the competitive<br />

world.<br />

Advice to Young Entrepreneurs by<br />

Mr. Nair<br />

<strong>The</strong> most exhilarating experience is<br />

starting your own venture. As the vast<br />

majority of successful businesses,<br />

corporations <strong>and</strong> entities were at one<br />

time a start-up. For start-ups what is<br />

really important is to take as much as<br />

feedbacks as you can, it makes a<br />

business stronger. <strong>The</strong>y should love<br />

their business <strong>and</strong> hire people, who<br />

will work not as an employee but as<br />

owners. Following their cravings;<br />

learning first-h<strong>and</strong> from various<br />

viewpoints of the industry, <strong>and</strong> then<br />

finding a unique way to do something<br />

better should be their motive. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

should encourage them against all odds<br />

stacked at one side <strong>and</strong> their business<br />

idea should always be backed by a<br />

good planning & implementation.<br />

As today’s age is of rapid change, so<br />

they must focus on future plans along<br />

with the present execution while<br />

maintaining a thumb rule for planning:<br />

Overestimate the<br />

expenses/Underestimate the Income<br />

<strong>and</strong> not giving discount rather they<br />

should add value to their business.


<strong>The</strong><strong>10</strong><strong>Most</strong><br />

<strong>Valuable</strong><br />

<strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>Infrastructure</strong> <strong>Companies</strong><br />

St<strong>and</strong>ardization of <strong>Infrastructure</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong><br />

nfrastructure & <strong>Engineering</strong> is an opportunity to make positive change in the world. <strong>The</strong> dreams <strong>and</strong> imagination<br />

Iof passionate, challenging <strong>and</strong> creative individuals are being realized here. Inclusiveness, diversity, productivity,<br />

creativity <strong>and</strong> innovation is a desideratum for it. <strong>The</strong> construction companies should be filled with the zeal to<br />

equip the nation’s infrastructure <strong>and</strong> engineering foundation that should hold up its pillars for generations to come.<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir implementation should always rely on high quality to accomplish the task.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are a lot of companies out there, facilitating the designs, development for <strong>Engineering</strong> & <strong>Infrastructure</strong>. But here,<br />

<strong>Insights</strong> <strong>Success</strong> has chosen prominent <strong>and</strong> efficacious listing of India’s “<strong>The</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>Most</strong> <strong>Valuable</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>Infrastructure</strong> <strong>Companies</strong> of 2016.” <strong>The</strong>se shortlisted companies inculcate unique engineering, design, development<br />

<strong>and</strong> construction with feasibility, effective-cost <strong>and</strong> robustness.<br />

Extencore Solutions has been shortlisted for its global engineering services company, providing CAD, CAE, CFD <strong>and</strong><br />

other allied engineering solutions. Infra Support for offering a high class engineering consultancy services in the field<br />

of Roads & Highways, Traffic & Transportation, Urban <strong>Infrastructure</strong>, Building <strong>and</strong> structures. Marvel Structural<br />

Consultants strive to achieve innovation, efficiency <strong>and</strong> accuracy to build lasting relations with their customers,<br />

combining a team of professional structural engineers, designers <strong>and</strong> former alumni of IIT Madras. Prashant<br />

Deshmukh & Associates for providing services including Conceptualization, Designing, Costing, Budgeting,<br />

Tendering, Selection of Agencies, Project Management, etc. SD Squared for providing peace-of-mind-outsourcing<br />

through its br<strong>and</strong>s; Engineer.ai for development, <strong>and</strong> CloudOps.ai for cloud billing <strong>and</strong> managed services.<br />

Shivamtech <strong>Engineering</strong> Design offers wide range of engineering services in Product design <strong>and</strong> development for their<br />

clients. GMD Consultants Engineer , Nirman Consultants, EWE Consulting Engineers are also shortlisted for their<br />

exceptional services.<br />

We have B Rajesh Nair, Chairman & Managing Director for Convenient Construction <strong>and</strong> Consultancy, as our<br />

cover story. <strong>The</strong> Company is a consulting firm that provides professional services to companies within the Real Estate<br />

Industry. Rajesh always aim to serve the clients all over the world to the core, by delivering projects that spell highvalue<br />

engineering, architecture, design, <strong>and</strong> delivery services.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se shortlisted companies are worth counting for creativity <strong>and</strong> innovation in <strong>Infrastructure</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>.


<strong>Most</strong><br />

<strong>Valuable</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong><strong>10</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>Infrastructure</strong> <strong>Companies</strong><br />

Company Name<br />

Management<br />

Brief<br />

Convenient Construction<br />

<strong>and</strong> Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.<br />

convenient.co.in<br />

Mr. B Rajesh Nair<br />

Chairman & MD<br />

Convenient Construction Consultancy is a consulting firm that<br />

provides professional services to companies within the Real<br />

Estate Industry.<br />

EWE Consulting<br />

Engineers Pvt. Ltd.<br />

ewe.co.in<br />

Vikram Kishore<br />

CEO<br />

EWE Consulting Engineers is a specialised company offering<br />

Technology solutions in the field of Energy, Water &<br />

Environment.<br />

Extencore Solutions<br />

extencore.com<br />

Farzin Irani &<br />

Sundaram Rout<br />

Co-Founder &<br />

Director<br />

Extencore Solutions is a global engineering services company,<br />

providing CAD, CAE, CFD <strong>and</strong> other allied engineering<br />

solutions.<br />

GMD Consultants<br />

gmdconsultants.in<br />

Rajesh Gajjar<br />

MD<br />

GMD Consultants Engineers is a specialised company<br />

providing value added solutions for <strong>Engineering</strong>, Design <strong>and</strong><br />

Project Management requirement of infrastructure projects.<br />

Infra Support <strong>Engineering</strong><br />

Consultants Pvt. Ltd.<br />

infrasupport.in<br />

Rathnakara Reddy<br />

CEO & MD<br />

Infra Support offer a high class engineering consultancy<br />

services in the field of Roads & Highways, Traffic &<br />

Transportation, Urban <strong>Infrastructure</strong>, Building <strong>and</strong> structures.<br />

Marvel Structural<br />

Consultants<br />

marvelstructures.com<br />

Ajith P S<br />

CEO & Co-founder<br />

MSC strive to achieve innovation, efficiency <strong>and</strong> accuracy to<br />

build lasting relations with their customers, combining a team<br />

of professional structural engineers, designers <strong>and</strong> former<br />

alumni of IIT Madras.<br />

Nirman Consultants<br />

Pvt. Ltd.<br />

nirman.com<br />

Kavi Jain<br />

Co-Founder & Owner<br />

Nirman is a Total Project Management organization, providing<br />

single window consulting including Architecture, <strong>Engineering</strong>,<br />

Interiors, L<strong>and</strong>scape & Planning.<br />

Prashant Deshmukh<br />

& Associates<br />

pdaarchitects.com<br />

Prashant Deshmukh<br />

Founder & CEO<br />

Prashant Deshmukh & Associates is a renowned architecture<br />

consulting firm which provides services including<br />

Conceptualization, Designing, Costing, Budgeting, Tendering,<br />

Selection of Agencies, Project Management, <strong>and</strong> many more.<br />

SD Squared Ltd.<br />

sd2labs.com<br />

Sachin Dev Duggal<br />

Co-founder &<br />

Chief Wizard<br />

SD Squared provides peace-of-mind-outsourcing through its<br />

br<strong>and</strong>s; Engineer.ai for development, <strong>and</strong> CloudOps.ai for cloud<br />

billing <strong>and</strong> managed services.<br />

Shivamtech <strong>Engineering</strong><br />

Design Pvt. Ltd.<br />

shivamtech.com<br />

Sunil N<strong>and</strong>edkar<br />

Founder & CEO<br />

Shivamtech offers wide ranging engineering services in Product<br />

design <strong>and</strong> development for their clients.


Extencore Solutions:<br />

Designing a Gateway towards<br />

the Future of Machine World<br />

‘<br />

World of Machine’ is not an unheard phrase, probably far common in Automation <strong>and</strong> Robotics. <strong>The</strong> two fields<br />

have given a mere glimpse of the future. We are at the top of the horizon while peaking in a new dimension,<br />

the only thing we lack is a gateway. Extencore Solutions offer to carry those expectations to build a gateway,<br />

so we could enter into the new dimension, a place called Machine World.<br />

Extencore Solutions is about design, development, research <strong>and</strong> much more for mechanical products <strong>and</strong> equipment.<br />

Simply putting it, is a One-Stop-Shop <strong>and</strong> Homel<strong>and</strong> for all mechanical <strong>and</strong> other engineering products. A global force<br />

to reckon with, providing CAD, CAE, CFD <strong>and</strong> other allied engineering solutions such as, Design Automation, Design<br />

validation techniques <strong>and</strong> FEA, <strong>and</strong> the list goes on. Extencore Solutions offer a leveraging technology <strong>and</strong> working<br />

knowledge based on experience of different industries including Automotive, Aerospace, Oil <strong>and</strong> Gas, <strong>and</strong> Surgical<br />

equipment. That makes Extencore Solutions, an engine honking way past its competitors, blowing up the barriers <strong>and</strong> at<br />

the gateway of the new dimension, World of Machines.<br />

Extencore Solutions: A Perfect Model without any Errors<br />

What does make a product perfect? For Extencore Solutions, the work starts from the design of a product <strong>and</strong> follows<br />

down a complete life cycle of the product, including processing, validation, testing <strong>and</strong> production; the engineering team<br />

with vast knowledge <strong>and</strong> experience continuously maintains the quality of the product through its life cycle. <strong>The</strong> process<br />

hardly stops here, Extencore Solutions takes a great pride <strong>and</strong> value for its client feedback to ensure product matches their<br />

expectations. More than often feedback comes with a big smile on client face, an expression from happy <strong>and</strong> satisfied<br />

client.<br />

Extencore also offers a virtual extension for their clients R&D, the research team of Extencore has proved valuable<br />

contributor to clients R&D success. Extencore is equipped with the latest technology tools <strong>and</strong> world class infrastructure,<br />

able to attract a global client base. <strong>The</strong>ir infrastructure includes high end workstations, st<strong>and</strong>ard process management<br />

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<strong>Most</strong><br />

<strong>Valuable</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong><strong>10</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong><strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>Infrastructure</strong><strong>Companies</strong><br />

systems <strong>and</strong> access to vast internal<br />

libraries.<br />

Making Of <strong>Success</strong>or- Merging of<br />

F E Core Solutions <strong>and</strong> Extentia<br />

Information Technology<br />

<strong>The</strong> merging of two technologically<br />

advanced companies was a<br />

masterstroke in making, as Externia’s<br />

global presence in IT domain met with<br />

F E Core’s engineering expertise. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

were busy in their own domain as<br />

destiny <strong>and</strong> opportunity brought them<br />

together. Together, their aim was to<br />

target larger customer segments in the<br />

field of manufacturing, automotive <strong>and</strong><br />

aerospace industries.<br />

Extencore Solutions is ready to take<br />

the “Make in India” initiative of the<br />

Government to a whole different level.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re by achieving a complete<br />

productivity of the product for every<br />

customer <strong>and</strong> any support if required<br />

by the customer even after project<br />

completion is catered with equal<br />

commitment.<br />

<strong>Insights</strong> on the Findings of<br />

Co-founders: Mr. Farzin Irani &<br />

Mr. Sundaram Rout<br />

A sound management system <strong>and</strong><br />

expertise of founder makes, enhances<br />

<strong>and</strong> speeds up the development,<br />

provides commitment to deliver a<br />

perfect working product to the clients.<br />

Sundaram Rout, Co-Founder <strong>and</strong><br />

Director, has been more oriented<br />

towards the Business development <strong>and</strong><br />

growth of the company. <strong>The</strong> dynamic<br />

leader provides his attributes in<br />

product engineering design <strong>and</strong><br />

simulation. His vast skill set includes<br />

optimizing engine design parameters<br />

by Virtual Topology, Automotive<br />

Concept Modeling, Global Adaptivity<br />

<strong>and</strong> Probabilistic Design. <strong>The</strong><br />

universities approached Sundaram to<br />

provide essential industrial knowledge<br />

<strong>and</strong> expertise to their students. Not<br />

only students but also teachers, as<br />

many as 180 professors from 38<br />

different universities have asked him<br />

to provide his expertise to them.<br />

Farzin Irani, Co-founder <strong>and</strong><br />

Director, is inclined towards the day to<br />

day operations of the company. His<br />

“<br />

Basis of nurturing<br />

long-term<br />

relationships<br />

with Clients is<br />

a consistent<br />

attention<br />

towards the<br />

client satisfaction,<br />

“<br />

timeliness,<br />

accuracy <strong>and</strong> a<br />

commitment<br />

underst<strong>and</strong>ing of latest technology<br />

helps to keep them ahead of their<br />

competitors in Information<br />

Technology. His work <strong>and</strong> valuable<br />

inputs are the major reasons for<br />

successful execution of every project.<br />

For six years he has been one of the<br />

strongholds in his workforce. Some of<br />

his work includes design, assembly <strong>and</strong><br />

drafting of various boilers, CIP & SIP<br />

skids, <strong>and</strong> assembly of disk brakes,<br />

modeling <strong>and</strong> assembly engine parts,<br />

modeling <strong>and</strong> assembly of suspension<br />

<strong>and</strong> chassis equipment, modeling <strong>and</strong><br />

assembly of various materials h<strong>and</strong>ling<br />

equipment.<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir unique skills, consistent<br />

performance <strong>and</strong> dedication are<br />

followed by every employee of their<br />

company. <strong>The</strong>y are the pillars of an<br />

empire in the making.<br />

Steps of Excellence<br />

Structural flexibility of the company,<br />

commitment to productivity <strong>and</strong><br />

correct costing gives the company<br />

excellence which they aim for the<br />

most. <strong>The</strong> company provides an<br />

optimization in Ideation phase <strong>and</strong><br />

precise engineering along with much<br />

needed research data <strong>and</strong> IP to its client<br />

base. Here are some of the steps of<br />

their excellence.<br />

Quality of the Product<br />

Extencore maintains <strong>and</strong> provides<br />

clients the st<strong>and</strong>ard quality of the<br />

product. Extencore have a strong base<br />

of skilled professionals which makes<br />

sure customer’s project on track all the<br />

time.<br />

Partners for Life<br />

Extencore have a long term association<br />

with a number of different partners for<br />

each different project. <strong>The</strong> technical<br />

association brings about required<br />

quality <strong>and</strong> assures the success of<br />

every project.<br />

A Secured Commitment<br />

Extencore follows every single<br />

industry st<strong>and</strong>ard in the book <strong>and</strong><br />

makes sure clients will get enhanced<br />

sense of security, <strong>and</strong> commitment for<br />

life, alongside Non-Disclosure<br />

Agreements.<br />

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Infra Support <strong>Engineering</strong><br />

Consultants Pvt. Ltd.:<br />

Your Complete <strong>Engineering</strong> Partner<br />

<strong>Infrastructure</strong> sector is a key driver for<br />

the Indian economy. <strong>The</strong> sector is<br />

highly responsible for propelling India’s<br />

overall development <strong>and</strong> enjoys an intense<br />

focus from Government for initiating<br />

policies that would ensure time-bound<br />

creation of world class infrastructure in the<br />

country.<br />

Infra Support is an ISO 9001-2008<br />

Certified <strong>and</strong> Crisil Rate Company having<br />

a NABL Accredited Material Testing<br />

Laboratory situated in Bangalore, is one<br />

of the rapid grown organization in<br />

infrastructure sector.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y offer high class engineering<br />

consultancy services in the field of Roads &<br />

Highways, Traffic & Transportation, Urban<br />

<strong>Infrastructure</strong>, Building <strong>and</strong> structures.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are many rationales for the existence<br />

of an organization, but for Infra support<br />

there is only one rationale, i.e. to provide<br />

excellence oriented services to build<br />

world-class infrastructure. <strong>The</strong>y also provide<br />

a complete range of services from planning<br />

stage to the completion stage of the project,<br />

which includes preparation of Feasibility<br />

reports, Detailed Project Reports, Project<br />

Supervision, project management, QA/QC &<br />

advisory services.<br />

Mr. Rathnakara Reddy<br />

CEO & MD<br />

About a <strong>Success</strong>ful Entrepreneur<br />

<strong>The</strong> founder <strong>and</strong> Managing Director of the<br />

company is Mr. Rathnakara Reddy KB.<br />

He’s a Graduate in Civil <strong>Engineering</strong>, a<br />

Masters in Highway <strong>Engineering</strong>, <strong>and</strong><br />

gold medalist from Bangalore University.<br />

He has 17 years of experience in the field of<br />

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““<br />

<strong>Most</strong><br />

<strong>Valuable</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong><strong>10</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong><strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>Infrastructure</strong><strong>Companies</strong><br />

transportation <strong>and</strong> infrastructure<br />

industry. <strong>The</strong> company was started in<br />

the year 2007 with 2 employees <strong>and</strong><br />

has grown on to over 250 employees<br />

<strong>and</strong> consultants. Within a short span of<br />

working the company completed over<br />

<strong>10</strong>0 projects under his guidance. Prior<br />

to starting Infra Support, Mr. Reddy<br />

was worked with some of the reputed<br />

consulting firms like Lea Associates in<br />

Delhi <strong>and</strong> CDM smith in Bangalore<br />

gaining valuable experience in<br />

h<strong>and</strong>ling major projects. Mr. Reddy<br />

received the award of “Young<br />

Engineer of Karnataka” in the year<br />

2015 for outst<strong>and</strong>ing work in civil<br />

engineering bestowed from the Indian<br />

Concrete Institute. Because of his<br />

efforts the company also received<br />

Century International Quality Era<br />

Award, in Geneva, Switzerl<strong>and</strong>, 2015.<br />

Striving Challenges with Hardwork<br />

India is a l<strong>and</strong> of opportunities,<br />

especially in the service industry, there<br />

is plenty of scope for those who have a<br />

vision, motto <strong>and</strong> hard work. Working<br />

in <strong>Infrastructure</strong> industry has been<br />

always a challenge, because the field is<br />

dem<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> very diversified. As<br />

such there are no road blocks for small<br />

projects, but for the larger projects,<br />

there is always an entry barrier as prior<br />

experience is a must for most clients.<br />

At the beginning, the company faced<br />

lots of challenges, but they survived<br />

due to hard working nature of every<br />

person in the organization. At present,<br />

they are engaging with new projects<br />

<strong>and</strong> for that their team is putting extra<br />

effort in getting the best result for the<br />

organization.<br />

Serving a Class Of Business<br />

Infra Support has experienced<br />

professionals who have vast <strong>and</strong> rich<br />

experience in diversified fields of<br />

infrastructure development. <strong>The</strong><br />

company believes in team work.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y think that, for any successful<br />

completion of the project the team<br />

work is important which include<br />

project owner, contractor, various<br />

vendors <strong>and</strong> consultants. In the entire<br />

team, the consultants are important<br />

linkage for coordinating with all, fix<br />

timelines, quality checks, work within<br />

the budget <strong>and</strong> complete the project.<br />

In the previous years, they successfully<br />

completed supervising the works of<br />

over <strong>10</strong>00 kms of state highways in<br />

Karnataka <strong>and</strong> were able to complete<br />

the works within the time frame.<br />

<strong>The</strong> company always provides services<br />

little more that what’s agreed in the<br />

interest of the project. Also, they have<br />

worked on a project report for a 200<br />

Building the<br />

infrastructure,<br />

shaping<br />

the future<br />

km National highway in Maharashtra<br />

<strong>and</strong> were able to substantially<br />

complete it within the timeframe <strong>and</strong><br />

got the appreciation from the client.<br />

This year, the company is completing<br />

a building project of over 3 Lakh Sft<br />

within the time frame which involves<br />

classrooms, auditorium <strong>and</strong> hostels of<br />

Govt. Medical College for Karnataka<br />

Govt.<br />

Why Infra Support<br />

While In large companies, the personal<br />

attention required for the project <strong>and</strong><br />

client’s requirements is always an<br />

issue. Also, because of overcrowded<br />

projects quality delivery <strong>and</strong> value<br />

addition takes second place many<br />

times. <strong>The</strong> founder of Infra Support<br />

worked for multinationals before<br />

starting the company <strong>and</strong> have well<br />

understood these disadvantages.<br />

Infra Support’s motto is to provide<br />

quality services to build world class<br />

infrastructure <strong>and</strong> hence they are<br />

known for reliability, quality <strong>and</strong><br />

timely completion of the projects.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y provide the Highest Quality<br />

Consultancy Services with value <strong>and</strong><br />

innovation to help clients in realizing<br />

their goals. This is the reason why<br />

most of the company clients are<br />

repetitive <strong>and</strong> are highly satisfied. As<br />

Infra Support is striving continuously<br />

to improve the quality of services for<br />

their clients <strong>and</strong> exceeding<br />

expectations in more timely <strong>and</strong> cost<br />

effective ways. Procedures <strong>and</strong> designs<br />

are assured to be carried out <strong>and</strong><br />

conform to the specified st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong><br />

specifications.<br />

Where the company st<strong>and</strong>s different<br />

from others because of their way of<br />

approach <strong>and</strong> deliver the project. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

always ensure their designs should be<br />

practical, cost effective, <strong>and</strong> adapt to<br />

changing technologies. Infra Support<br />

has provided services for many<br />

projects in India <strong>and</strong> abroad. <strong>The</strong>y have<br />

a long list of satisfied clients ranging<br />

from Pvt. <strong>Companies</strong> to Govt.<br />

Organizations.<br />

Vision about the Future<br />

<strong>The</strong> company is growing at 30%<br />

CAGR. Also, they spend more time on<br />

research to getting their infrastructure<br />

market growing. <strong>The</strong>y analyzed about<br />

the government’s upcoming projects.<br />

So, the scope is enormous <strong>and</strong> a lot of<br />

work to do. <strong>The</strong> company thinks that,<br />

“building infrastructure is building the<br />

nation <strong>and</strong> we are happy to contribute<br />

<strong>and</strong> be part of nation building.”<br />

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‘Bridges’,<br />

W o n d e r s<br />

Created by<br />

Engineers<br />

<strong>Engineering</strong> is all about creation. Creating small things to big things, creating things for pleasure to creating things<br />

for comfort! Everything around us is a marvel created by engineers. And every small detail in every small to<br />

every big thing has a very big motivation behind it. For example, tip of screwdriver possess magnetic properties<br />

so that it becomes easy for you to collect nails <strong>and</strong> bolts. And, thickness of tall buildings gradually decreases <strong>and</strong> get<br />

curvy along with its height not just because it enhances its appearance, but also to create an airfoil to reduce the effect of<br />

wind <strong>and</strong> hence to st<strong>and</strong> intact even in intense hurricanes.<br />

If we intend to underst<strong>and</strong> all the reasons behind any engineered things especially about infrastructures, we will need<br />

hundreds of pages to get detailed information. Hence, in this article we will see the major issues involved while<br />

constructing bridges <strong>and</strong> brief explanation how engineers are taking care of those issues.<br />

Types of Bridges<br />

After reading the title “Type of bridges”, you must have thought that this paragraph is just about introduction to bridges.<br />

But choosing the right type of bridge is the first <strong>and</strong> the most difficult part of the problem statements. As there are<br />

different type of bridges like, Beam bridge, Truss bridge, Cantilever bridge, Arch bridge, Tied arch bridge, Suspension<br />

bridge, Cable-stayed bridge, etc. <strong>The</strong>y all are different because of their structure, their way of fetching support, the<br />

material they use, the load they can carry <strong>and</strong> the maximum length they can cover. Because of all these types of bridges<br />

<strong>and</strong> their differences the engineers learn all the types in detail <strong>and</strong> they opt for the most preferable type of the bridge.<br />

Availability of Material<br />

Responsibility of an engineer is not to design the best possible structure, but to design the best possible structure within<br />

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Need of an Hour<br />

the budget. Also, the types that have been listed in above paragraph need different materials, hence engineers keep the<br />

record of the material available near the site, the manufacturers who will manufacture the parts <strong>and</strong> the transport medium<br />

which is least the expensive. Also, material should be rust free, or supplementary mixtures which eliminates rust <strong>and</strong><br />

degradation of material is used.<br />

Self-Weight <strong>and</strong> Support for Bridge<br />

A bridge is used to carry a very large load, but the self-weight of bridge plays a significant role as the quantity of steel<br />

<strong>and</strong>/or concrete used to build the bridge is excessive. Hence, engineers try to minimize the weight of bridge as must as<br />

possible. Before even starting the design of bridge, the engineers choose a site which could provide enough support for<br />

bridge which carries thous<strong>and</strong>s of tons on it. <strong>The</strong> properties of soil, type of rocks <strong>and</strong> the crust of earth is studied in detail<br />

before choosing the site.<br />

Impact of Fire<br />

Bridges are used to improve the transportation, hence, every type of vehicle hauls through it <strong>and</strong> traffic intensity also<br />

remains high. Because of this there always remain chances of accidents, <strong>and</strong> trucks carrying inflammable substance like<br />

gasoline extends the probability of blasts that advances fire. Also, the bridges which are used for trains can get fire due to<br />

sparks generated by friction between train wheels <strong>and</strong> track. Hence, the material like wood is not used for building bridges<br />

nowadays; also soft steel which has melting point is avoided. But also because hard steels has high density, it increases<br />

total self-weight of bridge, hence, engineers finds the most compatible solution.<br />

Bridges near Water Bodies<br />

<strong>Most</strong> of the times, bridges are made over water bodies like lakes or rivers to create a quick alternative for transportation.<br />

For such bridges water force is another parameter to consider. Also, extra efforts are needed to make the available l<strong>and</strong> bear<br />

the load of bridges, by filling them with layers of rock or with the technique of riprap. At such places effects of floods are<br />

also considered by the designers. In floods, water carries scrap, soil <strong>and</strong> tree parts with it, which gets accumulated at the<br />

beams of bridges <strong>and</strong> can destroy the bridge. <strong>Most</strong> of the time, bridges don’t get collapsed during the flood, but after<br />

months of flood, because flood damages the bridges. Because of this after floods, bridges are examined by the inspectors<br />

<strong>and</strong> necessary steps are taken.<br />

Immunity from Earthquakes<br />

To build a bridge in an earthquake prone area involves a few more complications. Because of seismic effect not only the<br />

bridge itself but its foundation gets swayed, this may cause destruction of the whole bridge. Bridges are built to withst<strong>and</strong><br />

the maximum credible earthquake. Suitable place is discovered to build the supports, or by using tremor absorbing<br />

materials to the foundation. Material used for constructing bridges is comparably less hard than traditional bridges.<br />

Bearings, shock absorbers, shear links are additionally installed for further safety. Furthermore the lengths of bridges are<br />

reduced so that the complications get minimized.<br />

Aesthetics<br />

Bridges are so massive that they represent the power <strong>and</strong> capability of that territory. <strong>Most</strong> of the bridges act as tourist<br />

attractions. Hence, even governments motivate engineers to make it symbolic.<br />

To construct a successful bridge out of all these complications, many experts like Design Engineers, Archaeologists,<br />

Contractors, Skyway Engineers, Bridge Engineers, Superintendents, Safety Managers, Carpenters, Pile-drives, Craneoperators,<br />

Laborer, Iron Workers, comes together. When right type of people meet they take bridges to next level, <strong>and</strong><br />

constructs Movable bridges, Double-decked bridges, viaducts, three way bridges, etc. Collapsing of bridges doesn’t only<br />

affects the self-esteem of all the engineers involved, but also affects lives of the people trapped in the accident. <strong>The</strong>se<br />

things make a bridge social, cultural <strong>and</strong> political heritage. Hence, just like other infrastructures, building great bridges are<br />

great achievement for all the people involved.<br />

| November | 2016 23


CXO St<strong>and</strong>point<br />

We Move<br />

or Get Moved -<br />

Our Purpose is not<br />

'Gap' Fulllment<br />

but to Facilitate<br />

'Evolution'<br />

During the last few weeks I<br />

have been spending<br />

considerable time with my<br />

friends from Learning <strong>and</strong><br />

Development domain <strong>and</strong> during the<br />

course of our discussions many topics<br />

arose; the most fundamental <strong>and</strong><br />

critical one being - what is our purpose<br />

in this new age?<br />

<strong>The</strong> new age is more than ever<br />

challenging because internet <strong>and</strong><br />

technology have made knowledge<br />

accessibility a non-competitive or nonstrategic<br />

leveller. Today anybody with<br />

a smart phone <strong>and</strong> internet access can<br />

reach any depths of knowledge <strong>and</strong><br />

doesn't necessarily require a classroom<br />

<strong>and</strong> teacher to acquire knowledge. In<br />

this new age where the economy is<br />

slow <strong>and</strong> every penny matters, the<br />

organizations <strong>and</strong> managers are equally<br />

not excited to nominate folks to<br />

programs. In this age of instant<br />

gratification wherein participants<br />

believe that by merely attending a<br />

course nirvana is granted,<br />

fundamentals are to be revisited <strong>and</strong><br />

that includes relooking at what is the<br />

24 November | 2016 |


CXO St<strong>and</strong>point<br />

About <strong>The</strong> Author<br />

K Srinivas Rao, Chief Strategist <strong>and</strong><br />

Partner, is a human capital strategist<br />

with the expertise of 23 years across<br />

Human Capital Value Chain. Prior to <strong>The</strong><br />

Strategist, he was heading Strategy - HR<br />

at Satyam Computer Services. Formerly,<br />

he held management roles at various<br />

levels in CATS (Computer Associates-<br />

TCG), Baan Info Systems, Ernst &<br />

Young, Videocon International.<br />

An avid writer <strong>and</strong> guest speaker on the<br />

subject of Change Management <strong>and</strong><br />

Human Capital, he wrote 5 books under<br />

the “<strong>10</strong>1 Smart Ideas Series” published in<br />

2015, “Managing HR Issues in a Merger”<br />

- published in the H<strong>and</strong>book of Business<br />

Strategy 2002,“Whispers of a Devil in an<br />

Angel”, “Principles <strong>and</strong> Practices of<br />

Management”. He also co-authored a<br />

book titled ‘Unconscious Leadership<br />

Conspiracy’ <strong>and</strong> has published more than<br />

a dozen articles in International &<br />

National Publications.<br />

K Srinivas Rao<br />

Chief Strategist<br />

& Partner<br />

Mr. Rao holds dual Masters’ degrees <strong>and</strong><br />

attended Indore School of Social Work,<br />

where he topped the class of ‘93 <strong>and</strong> later<br />

pursued Masters in Military Sciences.<br />

Currently, he is a Research Scholar at<br />

XLRI Jamshedpur <strong>and</strong> a visiting faculty<br />

at ISB <strong>and</strong> IIM Indore. He was awarded<br />

“HR Leadership Award” in 2008-09 by<br />

Employer Br<strong>and</strong>ing Institute <strong>and</strong> Super<br />

Achiever as HR Professional in 2006 by<br />

Indira Group <strong>and</strong> Fun & Joy Institute.<br />

| November | 2016 25


CXO St<strong>and</strong>point<br />

PURPOSE of the LEARNING<br />

FUNCTION.<br />

Learning & Development as a function<br />

has evolved with times <strong>and</strong> is again at<br />

cross roads today. Traditionally it was<br />

seen as a function which simply<br />

facilitated ‘Fulfilling GAPS’, in terms<br />

of skills / competencies <strong>and</strong> thereby<br />

enabled the overall development of<br />

capability building both at the<br />

individual <strong>and</strong> organizational level.<br />

<strong>The</strong>n came a phase where it became a<br />

strategic function by enabling the<br />

business to identify its future leaders<br />

<strong>and</strong> groom them. In time, now it has<br />

again reached a threshold of evolution.<br />

Learning as a function is poised to<br />

enable Organizations <strong>and</strong> its<br />

employees to ‘EVOLVE’.<br />

‘Evolution’ is drastically different from<br />

‘Fulfilling Gaps’ in many ways,<br />

starting from the fact where Fulfilling<br />

Gaps is perceived more as ‘near’ term<br />

<strong>and</strong> transactional in nature; whereas<br />

Evolution is more Futuristic <strong>and</strong><br />

Strategic in purpose. Fulfilling Gaps is<br />

seen more as a responsibility of<br />

Learning Function whereas Evolution<br />

is a co-creation process between the<br />

various stakeholders. <strong>The</strong> biggest<br />

difference is Evolution thrives to make<br />

the organizations <strong>and</strong> its stakeholders<br />

Future Ready in a more comprehensive<br />

fashion than we do now.<br />

Evolution is not possible to achieve if<br />

the following fundamentals are not in<br />

place. <strong>The</strong> Learning function has to<br />

ensure that foundations for these<br />

fundamentals are established:<br />

We will Focus to make<br />

Organizations Future Ready<br />

Fundamentally the Learning function<br />

should focus on making the<br />

organization future ready. It could be in<br />

terms of making it more flexible to<br />

adopt to change, or having a leadership<br />

pipeline in place, or Institutionalizing<br />

Values as cultural ethos <strong>and</strong> thereby<br />

creating a unique DNA for retention or<br />

attraction of Talent <strong>and</strong> so on. This<br />

doesn’t mean Learning should not<br />

focus on the daily bread & butter<br />

issues of gap fulfilment of immediate<br />

needs, but it also needs to draw a line<br />

on how much do we invest in today<br />

<strong>and</strong> how much for tomorrow?<br />

We are not responsible to make<br />

Employees Resume Sexy<br />

Knowingly or unknowingly Learning<br />

function has made needs identification<br />

from Performance Appraisals as the<br />

Primary <strong>and</strong> only source. More than<br />

often it has been observed that the<br />

needs identified during this process are<br />

more aligned to the individual personal<br />

aspirations rather than business<br />

requirements. It is no wonder that at<br />

the end of the year we often realize that<br />

much of the budget could have better<br />

utilized or optimized if we gave up the<br />

responsibility of making employees<br />

resumes future ready.<br />

We will focus on those who are<br />

geared up to make a difference<br />

Learning is a two-way process. We<br />

can’t force adults into rooms <strong>and</strong><br />

expect them to learn, absorb <strong>and</strong><br />

implement if they are not ready or keen<br />

to do so. So why do we invest equal<br />

amount of time <strong>and</strong> energy on those<br />

who are keen to learn <strong>and</strong> those who<br />

are there only to warm the seats? It is<br />

imperative that we focus only on those<br />

who are geared up to make a difference<br />

as that would be a winner for all the<br />

stakeholders.<br />

We are not responsible for food &<br />

sanitation<br />

In the quest for evolution, we can’t be<br />

held ransom on issues like food or<br />

sanitation of the training facilities etc.<br />

We should refocus our energy on issues<br />

like the alignment of learning<br />

programs <strong>and</strong> aspirations, the<br />

applicability of the learning’s at the<br />

workplace <strong>and</strong> so on. It’s time to dump<br />

the existing measuring parameters of<br />

our learning interventions <strong>and</strong> focus on<br />

issues which would truly reflect the<br />

spirit of evolution.<br />

We are ready to Risk it<br />

As a true business partner, we should<br />

be accountable for some measurements<br />

which we strive for <strong>and</strong> should be<br />

ready to risk our reputation on the<br />

same in a similar fashion in which<br />

business does. Our measurements<br />

should focus on how much more<br />

businesses we could generate, how<br />

much the productivity <strong>and</strong> profitability<br />

grew, how ready are we for future in<br />

terms of a leadership pipeline, how<br />

ready are we in terms of organizations<br />

overall capability, what is our build v/s<br />

buy ratio <strong>and</strong> so on. Evolution isn't<br />

easy, but it is the top priority in all the<br />

CEO agenda. Evolution is the<br />

opportunity for us to recast ourselves<br />

from being perceived as a reactive<br />

support function to being projected as a<br />

futuristic business partner. It is up to us<br />

now that how we make the move <strong>and</strong><br />

move on...<br />

26 November | 2016 |


Marvel Structural Consultants:<br />

Specializing in Structural <strong>Engineering</strong><br />

Based out of Chennai <strong>and</strong> founded by IIT<br />

Madras alumni, Marvel Structural<br />

Consultants (MSC) specializes in Steel<br />

Structural <strong>Engineering</strong>. <strong>The</strong>y provide all types of<br />

structural engineering solutions including steel<br />

design, <strong>and</strong> detailing services of structures such<br />

as, Industrial, Equipment skid design, Silo, Pre<br />

Engineered Buildings, Blast Resistant Buildings,<br />

Ware-houses, Residential designs, <strong>Infrastructure</strong>,<br />

Power, Onshore, Offshore, Solar Panel Support<br />

Structure, Inverter Room, Control Room, Cable<br />

Trenches Equipment Support, Oil & Gas etc.<br />

Headed by talented <strong>and</strong> experienced<br />

professionals specializing in Structural Design,<br />

Marvel aims to underst<strong>and</strong> the needs <strong>and</strong><br />

aspirations of their clients to help their dreams<br />

come true.<br />

Marvel focuses on all structural design solutions<br />

<strong>and</strong> building design services, including concrete<br />

<strong>and</strong> steel detailing services. Marvel boasts of<br />

some well-known, satisfied <strong>and</strong> repeating<br />

clientele, including Hitachi Power Europe<br />

GMBH, Germany, Yousuf Machines &<br />

Structurals, Dubai, Bharat Petroleum<br />

Corporation Ltd., Tata Power Ltd., Gamesa<br />

Corporación Tecnológica, Vamshee Shipping<br />

Carrier (P) Ltd., DH Glabe & Associates USA,<br />

Petrofac <strong>Engineering</strong> Services India Ltd. <strong>and</strong><br />

Technip India Ltd.<br />

Ajith P S<br />

CEO & Co founder<br />

An Exceptionally Talented Mentor<br />

Coming from a family of civil engineers, it was<br />

natural for Ajith P S, CEO & Co founder, to<br />

venture into civil engineering. However, he was<br />

completely hooked to the technicalities <strong>and</strong> went<br />

ahead to IIT Madras for M. Tech. in Structural<br />

<strong>Engineering</strong>. During a brief stint at TCE,<br />

working on Nuclear Reactor Design, he got a lot<br />

of exposure to technical details <strong>and</strong> the specific<br />

acumen to move ahead with business while also<br />

learning corporate discipline <strong>and</strong> working with<br />

huge volumes. He then returned back to his alma<br />

mater, where his guide Dr. Arul Jayach<strong>and</strong>ran<br />

28 November | 2016 |


““<br />

<strong>Most</strong><br />

<strong>Valuable</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong><strong>10</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong><strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>Infrastructure</strong><strong>Companies</strong><br />

(Associate Professor) introduced to his<br />

future partners, whose dreams<br />

perfectly aligned with his vision of<br />

starting a business in the field of<br />

structural consultancy.<br />

As the CEO for past four years, he has<br />

been involved in major decisionmaking,<br />

management <strong>and</strong> financial<br />

planning <strong>and</strong> leading the team.<br />

Operating during the changes <strong>and</strong><br />

challenges over the course of varying<br />

market situations, has been the most<br />

challenging <strong>and</strong> rewarding experience<br />

for Ajith. His motivation to excel, open<br />

mindedness to embrace change, ability<br />

to spread enthusiasm has helped<br />

Marvel to grow from a single person’s<br />

dream to a 20 men reality.<br />

Founding story<br />

Co-founder of Marvel, Mr. Sivaprasad<br />

was too committed that he decided to<br />

forgo placements offer at IITM <strong>and</strong><br />

joined Marvel immediately after<br />

graduation. Mr. Gijo John, left his job<br />

<strong>and</strong> moved back from Delhi to join the<br />

team on this fabulous journey. <strong>The</strong><br />

fourth partner, Mr. Anoop Baby, who<br />

joined later, is a wonderful addition to<br />

the team with his experience <strong>and</strong><br />

expertise for over a decade. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

named their dream ‘Marvel Structural<br />

Consultants’ <strong>and</strong> registered it as a<br />

company in 2012.<br />

Being Different while maintaining<br />

Highest St<strong>and</strong>ards of Quality<br />

Marvel was started with a strong spirit<br />

to compete alongside established <strong>and</strong><br />

experienced senior consultants <strong>and</strong><br />

MNC’s. MSC is keen to make a<br />

difference in this established<br />

conventional business, with their<br />

innovative marketing, technical <strong>and</strong><br />

strategic solutions.<strong>The</strong>y concentrate on<br />

behavioural aspects rather than<br />

procedural orientation of a structure,<br />

making their solutions highly specific<br />

<strong>and</strong> valuable to the client. <strong>The</strong><br />

motivated team of Marvel staff is<br />

h<strong>and</strong>picked after rigorous interviews<br />

<strong>and</strong> molded into efficient engineers<br />

through their in-house program that<br />

includes routine quality-based training,<br />

proper mentoring, <strong>and</strong> providing<br />

freedom for exploring new<br />

possibilities. Offering a highly<br />

customized package for their<br />

customers, Marvel will commit only<br />

what they can deliver <strong>and</strong> gives<br />

extreme care to deliver their services<br />

with no errors at all. <strong>The</strong> team has<br />

made innovative strategies to market<br />

<strong>and</strong> exp<strong>and</strong> the company with limited<br />

available resources, in a quick span of<br />

time. Marvel believes in having a<br />

culture of mutually motivating<br />

colleagues which will create a cohesive<br />

team, motivated to give the best<br />

service to the clients.<br />

As structural engineers,<br />

we design, create, solve<br />

problems, innovate <strong>and</strong><br />

use everyday mathematics<br />

<strong>and</strong> science to shape<br />

the world<br />

Marvel has been serving clients from<br />

different market sectors like<br />

hospitality, education, power plants,<br />

healthcare retails, corporate <strong>and</strong><br />

science <strong>and</strong> technology. Working with<br />

architects, <strong>and</strong> other professionals, they<br />

create conceptual designs <strong>and</strong> ensure<br />

that the structure can be realistically<br />

built <strong>and</strong> is stable <strong>and</strong> durable. Marvel<br />

also undertake structural analysis to<br />

underst<strong>and</strong> the effects of loads/stresses<br />

caused by gravity, daily use of the<br />

structure, <strong>and</strong> cater to the widely<br />

varying climatic conditions <strong>and</strong> ground<br />

conditions around the world. <strong>The</strong> team<br />

is well versed with the advanced<br />

design practices <strong>and</strong> codal provisions<br />

of different countries <strong>and</strong> they take due<br />

care in incorporating green concept in<br />

the design of buildings.<br />

Inculcating true Values in their<br />

Services<br />

<strong>The</strong> perseverance showed by the<br />

Marvel team along with their capacity<br />

to adapt <strong>and</strong> evolve during<br />

fluctuating market conditions gave<br />

them a good leverage over the years.<br />

Satisfied customer feedbacks provide<br />

the confidence to express different<br />

ideas <strong>and</strong> strive for innovative<br />

solutions. Support from the staff is<br />

marvel’s unique strength for adapting<br />

to change, rising up according to the<br />

market dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> overcome all crisis<br />

situations. Professionalism in<br />

delivering products without losing<br />

moral code of ethics of the company<br />

has helped MSC, not only to overcome<br />

the lows, but also to st<strong>and</strong> out from<br />

the crowd.<br />

A Privileged Achievement<br />

MSC was invited to conduct structural<br />

analysis <strong>and</strong> design of a unique<br />

l<strong>and</strong>mark structure, the Kochi Muziris<br />

Biennale Pavilion, envisioned by the<br />

internationally acclaimed architect<br />

Mr. Nuru Karim. It was a challenging<br />

l<strong>and</strong>mark structure which made Marvel<br />

explore more unconventional options<br />

<strong>and</strong> appreciate the technical aspects.<br />

This can be shown by the fact that the<br />

project is selected for presentation at<br />

Structural <strong>Engineering</strong> Convention<br />

2016. It has also been listed as a<br />

Nominee for the ‘Be inspired Award<br />

2015’ for Structural Analysis Criteria,<br />

conducted by Bentley systems.<br />

Optimistic Future Expansion<br />

Marvel is looking forward to a<br />

stabilized expansion of their presence<br />

in India <strong>and</strong> other international markets<br />

in the segment of delivering quick <strong>and</strong><br />

best structural design solutions to their<br />

clients. Marvel is excited about<br />

designing l<strong>and</strong>mark structures, special<br />

structures <strong>and</strong> aiming to become one of<br />

most trusted structural consultants in<br />

the world. MSC sees itself advancing<br />

technically, in its design capacity, in its<br />

global presence, in providing simple<br />

solutions to challenging problems,<br />

addressing the gap between resources<br />

<strong>and</strong> dem<strong>and</strong>, while maintaining<br />

satisfied customers across all sectors.<br />

| November | 2016 29


Prashant Deshmukh<br />

& Associates:<br />

Imaging Imaginations<br />

Famous English Writer, G. K.<br />

Chesterton once said, “Architecture<br />

is an expression of the true strength<br />

of a society because the things humans value<br />

most are those that are irrevocable”. Unlike<br />

the other forms of art, architecture lies in its<br />

full view <strong>and</strong> is difficult to get rid of. It is a<br />

relatively permanent expression of how<br />

society as a whole sees itself <strong>and</strong> how it<br />

views the environment, <strong>and</strong> it can serve as a<br />

time capsule of human history <strong>and</strong> human<br />

thought.<br />

With the same vision of changing the lives<br />

of people with world-class architecture<br />

services, Prashant Deshmukh &<br />

Associates, started in 1986, has made to one<br />

of the finest <strong>and</strong> prestigious architecture<br />

service providers in the last 30 years.<br />

PDA has since then delivered numerous<br />

projects to the clients such as, WMI Kone<br />

Cranes, Case Construction, Ecorea &<br />

Kurado India, TATA Batteries, Toyota Forms<br />

India, KAESER, Dell Orto India, Dong<br />

Kwang, ZIEMANN, TENNECO, Bharat<br />

Forge, ADOR, STARION, ORIENTAL,<br />

KIRLOSKAR, John Deere, Lupin <strong>and</strong> many<br />

more.<br />

Prashant Deshmukh<br />

Founder & CEO<br />

Redefining the Market with World-Class<br />

Services<br />

PDA is renowned for providing services<br />

which includes Conceptualization,<br />

Designing, Costing, Budgeting, Tendering,<br />

Selection of Agencies, <strong>and</strong> Project<br />

Management. However, clients also opt for<br />

PDA’s allied architectural services including,<br />

Structural Designing, Interior Designing,<br />

Electrical Designing, Plumbing <strong>and</strong> Piping,<br />

30 November | 2016 |


““<br />

<strong>Most</strong><br />

<strong>Valuable</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong><strong>10</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong><strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>Infrastructure</strong><strong>Companies</strong><br />

L<strong>and</strong>scaping, HVAC, Fire Fighting,<br />

<strong>and</strong> Building Management Systems.<br />

PDA is an ISO certified company<br />

which is audited every year <strong>and</strong> they<br />

have been proudly getting the<br />

certification for maintaining values<br />

each year. PDA has special training<br />

sessions including, product knowledge<br />

<strong>and</strong> application of various new <strong>and</strong><br />

improvised materials.<br />

With its team of experts, PDA is<br />

exp<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> rendering its services<br />

on a world stage in countries like USA,<br />

Middle East, Vietnam, Sri Lanka to<br />

name a few. It is also a design house<br />

for various renowned international<br />

firms for their projects across the<br />

globe.<br />

Also, PDA provides project<br />

management services which include,<br />

Project Planning, Tracking of project<br />

for time, cost <strong>and</strong> quality purposes,<br />

Project cost control, <strong>and</strong> daily, weekly,<br />

monthly reporting of the project.<br />

In this ever-growing construction<br />

market, a new competition arises<br />

everyday providing new techniques<br />

<strong>and</strong> visions. It becomes important <strong>and</strong><br />

essential for companies to keep<br />

upgrading to modern techniques, while<br />

preserving <strong>and</strong> cherishing their core<br />

values, <strong>and</strong> PDA never failed to adopt<br />

modern techniques <strong>and</strong> kept upgrading<br />

themselves with technological<br />

advancements.<br />

Ar. Prashant Deshmukh, Founder<br />

<strong>and</strong> CEO of PDA is a ranker from<br />

J.J. College of Architecture (Mumbai<br />

University) <strong>and</strong> has been a practicing<br />

Architect Consultant since 1976. He<br />

has specialized expertise in industrial<br />

projects due to his successful<br />

contribution to the leading business<br />

groups in India <strong>and</strong> abroad, e.g.<br />

Godrej, Mafatlals, Mahindras, Bajaj,<br />

L&Ts, Bombay Dyeing, TATA, etc.<br />

<strong>The</strong> work on Taj Group of Hotels,<br />

Hyatt Regency, New Delhi, Yak <strong>and</strong><br />

Yeti, Kathm<strong>and</strong>u (Nepal), Saulty<br />

Oberoi <strong>and</strong> Lanka Oberoi gave him<br />

volume of experience on various types<br />

of Hotels <strong>and</strong> Resorts.<br />

Keeping in mind the growing need of<br />

architectural consulting, Prashant<br />

started his Prashant Deshmukh &<br />

Associates (PDA) in 1986 with office<br />

bases in Mumbai & Pune <strong>and</strong> has since<br />

then, designed <strong>and</strong> executed many<br />

Industrial, Commercial <strong>and</strong><br />

Educational Projects which have won<br />

highest appreciation at the National<br />

<strong>and</strong> International Level.<br />

PDA has established branch offices at<br />

Mumbai, Chennai <strong>and</strong> Ahmedabad <strong>and</strong><br />

has added another support company<br />

We are the Utopians<br />

who have vision that<br />

unfolds clients’ dream<br />

of the dawn to<br />

happenings of the<br />

day, creating<br />

Architectural <strong>and</strong><br />

engineering history<br />

of newer milestones<br />

that we always strive<br />

to achieve<br />

known as Prashant Deshmukh<br />

Projects Pvt. Ltd. (PDPPL) for<br />

providing turnkey solutions to new <strong>and</strong><br />

old industrial setups that give<br />

engineering back up of services <strong>and</strong><br />

utilities <strong>and</strong> Project Management.<br />

Prashant asserts on the challenges he<br />

faced, “We have faced many<br />

challenges in our path to reach where<br />

we st<strong>and</strong> today. Challenges of various<br />

faces, sometimes of varied momentous<br />

giving us a new energy <strong>and</strong> zest to hike<br />

into the unknown. Series of challenges<br />

led us to intellectual solutions, hence<br />

we have satisfied & happy clients.”<br />

Awards <strong>and</strong> Honors that appreciated<br />

PDA<br />

<strong>The</strong> Prestigious AESA (Architects<br />

Engineers Surveyors Association)<br />

Award for the year 2013 was honored<br />

to Prashant for the industrial project<br />

designed by them for Ecorea Kuroda &<br />

Electric (I) Pvt. Ltd. Ranjangaon.<br />

Has also won AESA Award 20<strong>10</strong> for<br />

Well Built Structure for Kaeser<br />

Compressor India Pvt. Ltd.<br />

PDA won AESA Silver Award 2008 for<br />

Kirloskar I-4 Project, Ahmednagar <strong>and</strong><br />

was recognised for AESA Jury’s<br />

Recommendation Award 2008 for John<br />

Deere equipment’s Pvt. Ltd., for Allied<br />

Services.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Team that Contributed to the<br />

Highest<br />

Team of young achievers supported by<br />

professional stalwarts is the backbone<br />

of the company <strong>and</strong> has brought PDA<br />

to the top while making them st<strong>and</strong><br />

strong <strong>and</strong> clear. <strong>The</strong> PDA team<br />

comprises of Senior Architects, Project<br />

Architects, Junior Architects, Project<br />

managers, Co-ordinators, Engineers,<br />

estimators, <strong>and</strong> many more.<br />

At PDA, new joined architects have a<br />

good chance to develop themselves<br />

into fully grown <strong>and</strong> matured<br />

professionals under the valuable <strong>and</strong><br />

inspiring guidance of Prashant. <strong>The</strong><br />

team has worked closely in association<br />

with Prashant since the beginning <strong>and</strong><br />

is encouraged to lead to better designs<br />

every single day.<br />

“With our team of creative experts with<br />

a blend of young <strong>and</strong> experienced<br />

professional forming a strong fabric<br />

that can always render fantastic results<br />

of qualitative quantity outputs<br />

satisfying to clients. This has been the<br />

endeavor for more than 3 decades <strong>and</strong><br />

the best is yet to come,” concludes<br />

Prashant.<br />

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Industry Concern<br />

c<br />

Effective management is a crucial thing for every<br />

<strong>Infrastructure</strong> Monitoring, which enables you to<br />

monitor the performance of your on-going systems<br />

<strong>and</strong> the availability in that manner you can proactively take<br />

decisions to keep up high uptime.<br />

While adopting a monitoring system, it should solve the<br />

problems for you rather than you solves for it. It has been<br />

observed that same tools have been implemented by the<br />

company A <strong>and</strong> company B, but what benefits company A<br />

receives is not for company B. What are those practices<br />

implemented by successful companies? It’s required to<br />

implement a few definite combinations of practices for the<br />

betterment of the organisational monitoring systems which<br />

are discussed here.<br />

Use Data-Centric Way<br />

Monitoring tools are specifically collecting data. Better<br />

monitoring tools cover metrics <strong>and</strong> telemetry data at toptier,<br />

thus it’s easy to export the data. <strong>The</strong>y are trying to<br />

move the data “up” to be stored, processed, <strong>and</strong> analysed in<br />

combination with data collected by all the other tools, on all<br />

the other systems, throughout the organization.<br />

Thus, treating the data-collectors in a data-centric way<br />

rather than a tool-centric way ultimately means tools that<br />

can be adapted is no longer<br />

depend on each other, so that we<br />

create a unique source of<br />

telemetry data that we can<br />

connect to any new tools we<br />

want to use in the future.<br />

Use Monitoring for Feedback<br />

<strong>Most</strong> of the successful<br />

monitoring systems are driven by<br />

intension. <strong>The</strong>y are developed to<br />

provide an operational feedback<br />

about the production systems to<br />

those who interpreted that how<br />

those systems work. Importantly,<br />

for those who have chosen what<br />

to monitor regarding those<br />

systems, supported that<br />

information. Your organization’s<br />

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Industry Concern<br />

Engineers should underst<strong>and</strong> the metrics, whatever is being<br />

monitored because each metric should be designed by an<br />

engineer to answer a selected question, or provide a<br />

concrete insight about the operational features of your<br />

service.<br />

Monitoring is not a shot to undo itself. It’s not even a<br />

disaster recovery plan or backup system. It’s an engineering<br />

process, which exists to provide feedback from the things<br />

we build, maintain <strong>and</strong> care for. It’s your best underst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

of the operational characteristics systems on which you rely<br />

upon. Through monitoring, you can gain visibility into<br />

those places where we cannot even reach. It’s useful for<br />

quantifying the success <strong>and</strong> to prevent explosions occurring<br />

accidently.<br />

Implement an Alert System<br />

A monitoring system with alerts will be beneficial to draw<br />

graphs without stress; also it will remove the man-made<br />

errors at the critical time of completion. While<br />

implementing an alert system, for analysing <strong>and</strong> isolating<br />

the alerts, it’s very important that the system uses the same<br />

data for generating both alerts <strong>and</strong> the graphs. If one<br />

monitoring system generates positive alerts <strong>and</strong> other<br />

generating negative alerts, means they are measuring<br />

different things under the same machine. But, there is no<br />

way to identify which one is telling the truth. Ultimately,<br />

the unavoidable result is that your engineers will start to<br />

ignore both monitoring systems because of no trust.<br />

<strong>The</strong>refore, good monitoring systems require a single source<br />

of truth.<br />

Systematize processing<br />

<strong>Most</strong> of the enterprisers create a plan of lists first, <strong>and</strong> then<br />

choose the monitoring system as per the plans to fulfill it.<br />

But, unfortunately, it has been observed that the good<br />

monitoring system will do the opposite of it. <strong>The</strong>y plan <strong>and</strong><br />

develop a substrate, which is a common, company-wide<br />

service for processing telemetry data from the monitoring<br />

system. After that, they empower <strong>and</strong> motivate every<br />

engineer in spite of team affiliation to send monitoring data<br />

whenever it’s required.<br />

Great monitoring systems st<strong>and</strong>ardize on metrics<br />

processing, storage, analysis, <strong>and</strong> visualization, but they<br />

declare open season on data collectors. Every engineer<br />

should be free to execute whatever means they consider<br />

appropriate to monitor the services that are responsible for.<br />

And, monitoring new stuff should be easy for an individual.<br />

An Effective Dashboard<br />

A good monitoring system should provide a single <strong>and</strong><br />

unified dashboard which will display an effective overview<br />

of the entire system state. One alternative is Turn-key<br />

dashboards, but at the other end, it’s also important to create<br />

a system that motivates the people who underst<strong>and</strong> how the<br />

system functions to curate significant collections of metrics.<br />

Best monitoring systems always made in such a way that<br />

should be convenient <strong>and</strong> interact easily with the engineers.<br />

As per the function time period, engineers could make their<br />

code by observing the feedback status. If there is an outage,<br />

its first code has to transform to the dashboard for those<br />

services before attempting to SSH to the host which is<br />

associated with the suspect.<br />

Great monitoring systems inspire <strong>and</strong> invite adoption. A<br />

monitoring system that requires coercion for using it is<br />

solving theoretical problems, predefined, rather than actual<br />

problems in usage that your team members have to fix.<br />

Monitoring in the Software Development Lifecycle<br />

Instrumentation rather than testing the operations would be<br />

preferable for the good performance of all your production<br />

applications. Instrumentation is an appropriate part of your<br />

application, <strong>and</strong> not an additional debugging text.<br />

<strong>The</strong>refore, the instrumentation is an authorised part of your<br />

application, <strong>and</strong> not the extraneous debugging text that can<br />

be loosely implemented with the absolute assumption that<br />

could be removed later.<br />

Develop Rather Than Remodel<br />

<strong>Most</strong> of the strong monitoring systems don't require the<br />

periodical maintenance procedure. As they are continuously<br />

iterated by the engineers. Engineers add new metrics for<br />

instrumenting a new service to solve the looming problems<br />

with infrastructure. <strong>The</strong> team that makes measurements,<br />

delete them if they observe that there is no longer use of it.<br />

In fact, collecting, visualizing new metrics <strong>and</strong> storing is<br />

much accessible that engineers append new metrics all the<br />

day.<br />

So, it is m<strong>and</strong>atory that with the focus of data, look for the<br />

accuracy of the results, <strong>and</strong> with the engineers, it is required<br />

to fix the code of pieces to make the healthy monitoring<br />

system that could be an efficient tool <strong>and</strong> will evolve as per<br />

your organization requirements.<br />

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CXO St<strong>and</strong>point<br />

Evolvingfrom<br />

CSR(Corporate<br />

SocialResponsibility)<br />

toCSV(Creating<br />

SharedValue)<br />

-By Meena Vaidyanathan<br />

niiti consulting Pvt. Ltd.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Need<br />

India is the world’s second most populous country in the<br />

world, <strong>and</strong> the fifth largest economy in terms of GDP when<br />

adjusting for international price differences. However, its<br />

per capita income in 2011 is only $3,600, placing India 129<br />

out of around 184 countries. Despite this, India’s economy<br />

grew at a pace of 7.45% between 2000 to 2011, making it<br />

the world’s second-fastest growing major economy,<br />

according to, “Indian Social Enterprise L<strong>and</strong>scape Survey<br />

20<strong>10</strong>”.<br />

<strong>The</strong> increasing urgent need to tackle social issues in more<br />

effective ways. At present, India’s rapidly growing<br />

economy has not managed to alleviate the extreme poverty<br />

of nearly half the country’s population that lives below the<br />

$1.25 per day poverty line. <strong>The</strong>re are several reasons for<br />

this, including non-uniform infrastructure, low quality<br />

public good provision by the government (especially in<br />

health <strong>and</strong> education), <strong>and</strong> resource limitations. <strong>Success</strong>ive<br />

governments have dealt with the complex problems at the<br />

root of tackling <strong>and</strong> alleviating the social challenges.<br />

Despite several initiatives, social inequalities remain even<br />

as we begin 2016 <strong>and</strong> we are very far from resolving some<br />

of our urgent social challenges like homelessness,<br />

malnutrition, illiteracy, substance abuse, gender-based<br />

violence, etc. <strong>The</strong> social sector has admirably addressed<br />

many of these burning issues but they have also been<br />

woefully underfunded, despite the CSR Bill <strong>and</strong> increasing<br />

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CXO St<strong>and</strong>point<br />

Philanthropic donations. It is imperative that we look at<br />

addressing the social challenges in an innovative manner.<br />

In the traditional bifurcated system, social needs are<br />

primarily met through grants, CSR funds, non-repayable<br />

contributions, while capital markets are focussed on<br />

financial returns <strong>and</strong> economic growth. In addition, while<br />

the industry deals remarkably with economic consequences<br />

but more often than not, it largely doesn’t take into account<br />

social consequences in its primary<br />

business models. In recent times,<br />

however, a new sector that is<br />

bridging private, public <strong>and</strong><br />

social sector is emerging.<br />

Emergence of a New<br />

Converging<br />

Economy<br />

A rising wave of<br />

social<br />

entrepreneurship<br />

is seeking to make<br />

meaningful<br />

difference to<br />

people’s lives.<br />

India’s vibrant<br />

social enterprise<br />

space is young<br />

in terms of years<br />

of operation,<br />

<strong>and</strong> nascent in terms of revenue size per enterprise.<br />

According to the Beyond Profit 20<strong>10</strong> survey, about 68% of<br />

SEs have been in existence for five years or less.<br />

<strong>The</strong> social enterprises have several innovative business<br />

models. Enterprises could have a for-profit business models<br />

like Udhyogini; include collective ownership structures<br />

such as cooperatives <strong>and</strong> producer companies, like Waste<br />

Ventures, which “incubates solid waste management<br />

companies owned <strong>and</strong> operated by waste pickers”, not-forprofit<br />

structures, which make up a fifth of all social<br />

enterprises, such as Aravind Eye Care Hospitals, or have<br />

a business model that can be categorized as hybrid,<br />

wherein two or more entities, while not legally<br />

bound, work in close synergy with each other,<br />

usually because they are both founded by the<br />

same individual or individuals, like<br />

LifeSpring Hospitals.<br />

By definition, a social enterprise is a<br />

means to achieve sustainability through<br />

earned income. However, it is important<br />

to note the financial objectives differ<br />

among organisation. Social enterprises do<br />

not need to be profitable to be<br />

worthwhile. <strong>The</strong>y can improve efficiency<br />

<strong>and</strong> effectiveness of an organisation by:<br />

- reducing the need for donated funds<br />

- providing a more reliable diversified<br />

funding base; or<br />

Meena Vaidyanathan<br />

Founder<br />

niiti consulting Pvt. Ltd.<br />

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CXO St<strong>and</strong>point<br />

- enhancing the quality of programmes<br />

by increasing market discipline<br />

Globally, there are multiple<br />

experiments in this space linking CSR,<br />

entrepreneurship <strong>and</strong> livelihood,<br />

including helping existing/traditional<br />

community businesses as CSR (e.g.<br />

Indian public sectors like Oil <strong>and</strong><br />

Natural Gas Corporation- ONGCtrying<br />

to promote local craft);<br />

using/leveraging social<br />

innovations/businesses as an extension<br />

of the company’s business strategy<br />

with tighter alignment (e.g. U.S.<br />

company Patagonia using recycled<br />

denim for their textile products); <strong>and</strong><br />

linking social innovation with<br />

entrepreneurship, while keeping <strong>and</strong><br />

treating them distinct from core<br />

businesses (e.g. Tata Steel / Usha<br />

Martin’s effort to empower local<br />

communities through<br />

entrepreneurship). Many companies in<br />

India are looking to this model for<br />

bringing about sustainability to their<br />

programmes.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Concept of Shared Value could<br />

Lead to Large Scale Social<br />

Innovation<br />

<strong>The</strong> concept of shared value seeks to<br />

promote inclusive growth as a key<br />

agenda in India’s economic growth<br />

story. Corporations are finding new<br />

ways to accelerate growth <strong>and</strong> increase<br />

competitive advantage through<br />

innovative business models that meet<br />

societal needs <strong>and</strong> help create impact at<br />

scale. A well-known shared value<br />

example is that of Nestle, that decided<br />

to train <strong>and</strong> assist cocoa smallholder<br />

farmers to foster rural development<br />

while ensuring a reliable supply of<br />

high quality raw materials. This rural<br />

development strategy has had a direct<br />

impact in furthering the company’s<br />

business goals while at the same time<br />

ensuring sustainability of critical<br />

stakeholders in the supply chain.<br />

Small-scale initiatives of this nature<br />

could also be important test-beds for<br />

large-scale sustainable solutions.<br />

Strategically implementing <strong>and</strong><br />

networking among small scale<br />

initiatives can create an environment<br />

that supports large-scale change by<br />

connecting relevant stakeholders <strong>and</strong><br />

groups, such as from the policy or<br />

business domain. Many new emerging<br />

businesses like solar energy storage<br />

<strong>and</strong> distribution, waste management,<br />

etc. were considered as small scale<br />

social innovations just a few years ago.<br />

But they are considered the sunrise<br />

industries of today. <strong>The</strong> impact<br />

investment market is currently worth<br />

around $50 billion (£30 billion)<br />

globally, but it is estimated to be worth<br />

$1 trillion (£600 billion) in the next<br />

five years. This is because the lines<br />

between investment portfolios <strong>and</strong><br />

philanthropic objectives are becoming<br />

blurred <strong>and</strong> impact investing could<br />

soon be part of everyone’s asset<br />

allocation, according to blue <strong>and</strong> green<br />

tomorrow.<br />

This trend is gaining ground in India as<br />

well. Mahindra Finance <strong>and</strong> Marico<br />

have partnered with social venture<br />

fund Villgro to finance startups by<br />

using their corporate social<br />

responsibility (CSR) budget. <strong>The</strong> new<br />

<strong>Companies</strong> Act amendment allows<br />

such funding though incubators as<br />

CSR contributions, according to<br />

economictimes.<br />

<strong>Companies</strong> can create shared value<br />

opportunities in three ways:<br />

• Reconceiving Products <strong>and</strong><br />

Markets - <strong>Companies</strong> can meet social<br />

needs while better serving existing<br />

markets, accessing new ones, or<br />

lowering costs through innovation<br />

• Redefining Productivity in the<br />

Value Chain - <strong>Companies</strong> can<br />

improve the quality, quantity, cost, <strong>and</strong><br />

reliability of inputs <strong>and</strong> distribution<br />

while they simultaneously act as a<br />

steward for essential natural resources<br />

<strong>and</strong> drive economic <strong>and</strong> social<br />

development<br />

• Enabling Local Cluster<br />

Development - <strong>Companies</strong> do not<br />

operate in isolation from their<br />

surroundings. To compete <strong>and</strong> thrive,<br />

they rely on an ecosystem of players,<br />

all collaborating to create enhanced<br />

value <strong>and</strong> improved sustainability.<br />

Our future ability to meet growing<br />

needs in education, healthcare, energy,<br />

climate change, <strong>and</strong> the inclusion of<br />

vulnerable populations such as seniors,<br />

people with disabilities, requires an<br />

integrated approach to link <strong>and</strong> unlock<br />

economic <strong>and</strong> social value.<br />

About Meena<br />

Meena Vaidyanathan, has a double<br />

Masters degree in biotechnology <strong>and</strong><br />

business management <strong>and</strong> a certificate<br />

holder in Social Entrepreneurship from<br />

INSEAD, has worked with Monsanto,<br />

Honeywell <strong>and</strong> HCL Technologies. She<br />

founded niiti consulting Pvt. Ltd. in<br />

20<strong>10</strong>, with the aim of supporting <strong>and</strong><br />

enabling programmes <strong>and</strong><br />

organisations that create large scale<br />

social impact. Meena has led many<br />

projects with educational <strong>and</strong><br />

healthcare institutions, NGOs,<br />

corporates <strong>and</strong> social enterprises alike.<br />

niiti also conducts training workshops<br />

on topics of social relevance for<br />

professionals like sexual harassment at<br />

work place, monitoring <strong>and</strong> evaluating<br />

social impact, CSR reporting,<br />

leveraging social media for community<br />

mobilization, etc. through its<br />

programme called Doer’s Labs.<br />

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SD Squared:<br />

Bring your idea to life<br />

Brief us about the CEO/Founder.<br />

Give us some details about his<br />

experience with SD Squared.<br />

Sachin Dev Duggal, CEO & Co-founder,<br />

SD Squared<br />

At 33, Sachin Dev Duggal is an innovator<br />

exemplar, a multi venture maverick, <strong>and</strong> a<br />

strong advocate of enterprises that create<br />

social impact, benefiting the world at large.<br />

With SD Squared, Sachin leads Product<br />

Innovation, Design & Strategy, while<br />

overseeing core executive functions &<br />

investments. A team of over 150 come<br />

around “Sach” with engineers from tier<br />

I engineering institutions <strong>and</strong> fortune <strong>10</strong>0<br />

companies, over the last 3 years Sachin has<br />

steered a very successful venture in SD<br />

Squared with over 300 percent year on year<br />

growth. In the last few months, his sharp<br />

focus has been in next generation path<br />

breaking technologies working on Artificial<br />

Intelligence, Automation, Advanced<br />

Virtual/Mixed Reality Technologies <strong>and</strong> can<br />

often been seen working with the SD<br />

Squared Research & Experience center on<br />

the Microsoft HoloLens or HTC Vive. His<br />

long term future thinking helps in the<br />

company’s innovation to stay ahead of the<br />

race <strong>and</strong> take both short term bets as well as<br />

moonshots.<br />

Sachin Dev Duggal<br />

Co- founder & Chief Wizard<br />

Among his achievements include being<br />

awarded the Youth Leader - NCEC of<br />

ASSOCHAM, <strong>The</strong> MIT TR35 Indian<br />

Innovator of the Year, <strong>The</strong> Price Waterhouse<br />

Coopers Leader of Tomorrow, Ernst &<br />

Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, <strong>The</strong><br />

BBC Young Asian achiever of the Year,<br />

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““<br />

<strong>Most</strong><br />

<strong>Valuable</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong><strong>10</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong><strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>Infrastructure</strong><strong>Companies</strong><br />

UNEP Global 500 Youth Award among<br />

others.<br />

Tell us about SD Squared<br />

professional services, solutions <strong>and</strong><br />

expertise areas?<br />

SD Squared provides “peace-of-mindoutsourcing,<br />

using A.I. , ridiculous<br />

brain power & mad love to bring ideas<br />

to life; always, timely <strong>and</strong> beyond<br />

expectation”. <strong>The</strong> entire business<br />

model is disrupt on behalf of the<br />

consumer the entire outsourcing model<br />

from over-pricing, under-delivery <strong>and</strong><br />

inconceivable opaqueness in how<br />

competitive firms deliver.<br />

SD Squared is the trusted partner to<br />

several start-ups <strong>and</strong> enterprise<br />

companies providing them mission<br />

critical solutions for their customers to<br />

ensure that their business is always on<br />

<strong>and</strong> accessible. Be it the start-up<br />

ecosystem or enterprise businesses, SD<br />

Squared brings customer value through<br />

its br<strong>and</strong>s; Engineer.ai for application<br />

development, <strong>and</strong> CloudOps.ai for<br />

cloud infrastructure services, billing<br />

<strong>and</strong> managed services. <strong>The</strong> centerfold<br />

strategy of using artificial intelligence,<br />

automation, ridiculous brainpower &<br />

deeply vested partnership help bringing<br />

customer ideas to life.<br />

SD Squared is one of the leading<br />

reseller <strong>and</strong> consulting partners of<br />

Amazon Web Services <strong>and</strong> manages<br />

cloud infrastructure of 400 customers<br />

<strong>and</strong> a large majority of the e-commerce<br />

industry accessed the AWS cloud<br />

services through us as a partner. <strong>The</strong><br />

company has also built applications<br />

that reach over 50 million users <strong>and</strong> a<br />

billion views.<br />

How SD Squared differs from its<br />

peers <strong>and</strong> how it maintained the<br />

highest st<strong>and</strong>ards of quality?<br />

SD Squared’s business philosophy is<br />

based on three key principles;<br />

automation, transparency, <strong>and</strong> financial<br />

control. Quite frankly, the SD view is<br />

that most outsourcing companies are<br />

not aligned with their customers.<br />

Be it a startup or an enterprise; budget<br />

overruns, delayed timelines <strong>and</strong> quality<br />

issues are always a top concern. SD<br />

Squared has addressed this by using<br />

complex machine learning technology,<br />

artificial intelligence <strong>and</strong> automation to<br />

replace nonst<strong>and</strong>ard processes,<br />

published pricing <strong>and</strong> zero risk on<br />

delays. Customers get a commitment<br />

on maximum cost <strong>and</strong> timeline <strong>and</strong> if<br />

there is a delay, customers do not pay<br />

extra <strong>and</strong> if the project is completed<br />

Your<br />

infrastructure,<br />

our<br />

passion<br />

before the committed timeline, they<br />

only pay for the weeks that the team<br />

took to complete the project.<br />

What are the key values which<br />

helped you to overcome the<br />

roadblocks/challenges, that SD<br />

Squared faced during the<br />

establishment?<br />

We follow a set of core values codified<br />

into “HEARTT”. <strong>The</strong>y are; Have<br />

Heart, Think Entrepreneurship, Always<br />

Accountable, Always Respectful, End<br />

to End Transparency <strong>and</strong> Never<br />

Compromise on Trust. This has helped<br />

us overcome all roadblocks.<br />

One of the key challenges we see in the<br />

industry is the availability of trained<br />

expertise on technology stacks that we<br />

work on. To overcome this, we hire<br />

from premier institutions such as IIT<br />

<strong>and</strong> Tier I engineering colleges <strong>and</strong><br />

train fresh talent on skills that are in<br />

dem<strong>and</strong>.<br />

We also train our teams to be multiskilled<br />

to ensure that they always have<br />

a project to work on in the event one of<br />

the technology stacks has lesser<br />

adoption as things change.<br />

<strong>The</strong> management team encourages an<br />

open-door policy at SD Squared <strong>and</strong><br />

this helps keeping the rockstars<br />

(employees) as we call them engaged<br />

<strong>and</strong> motivated.<br />

What benefits your clients are<br />

getting from SD Squared? Give us<br />

some examples of your satisfied<br />

clients.<br />

For clients who are looking at us to<br />

build their application, we provide<br />

transparent pricing, maximum<br />

timelines, gold st<strong>and</strong>ards in code<br />

development, automated <strong>and</strong> manual<br />

code testing <strong>and</strong> guaranteed peace of<br />

mind. We have also built components<br />

that reduce the time to build each<br />

application <strong>and</strong> today, we have been<br />

able to shrink the time by 50% to build<br />

applications <strong>and</strong> the cost benefit is<br />

passed on to the clients.<br />

Where is SD Squared going? What<br />

excites you about the future?<br />

SD Squared is fixing the notion of bad<br />

outsourcing. Our focus on working<br />

with machine learning technology,<br />

automation <strong>and</strong> artificial intelligence<br />

will move us to be a leader in the next<br />

outsourcing revolution; one ecstatic<br />

customer as a time.<br />

With a growth of over 300% year on<br />

year, we see ourselves as one of the<br />

reckoning forces in the next age<br />

technology solutions; leading the wave<br />

of ‘unscrewing Outsourcing’.<br />

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Hydraulics Structure Life's<br />

Mater & Matrix, Mother & Medium<br />

<strong>Engineering</strong> is<br />

the greatest award bestowed on<br />

humans. An engineer is a person who designs which works with as few creative, innovative, <strong>and</strong> imaginative ideas as<br />

possible. <strong>The</strong>y have vision which require guts as no construction <strong>and</strong> not even a story is created without it. Be a bridge, dam,<br />

building, all of them which should suffice to make known the splendor <strong>and</strong> brilliance of a nation <strong>and</strong> they should be robust<br />

enough to be conserved for maximum years possible, <strong>and</strong> even if it’s susceptible to change the basic structure would remain<br />

as it is.<br />

<strong>Engineering</strong> always involves the advancement of technology <strong>and</strong> it is an art where designs <strong>and</strong> construction being done with<br />

proper organization. Like that, Engineers created Hydraulic Structure which is partially or fully submerged structure which<br />

multi-tasks, that can be used to divert, stop, restrict or manage the natural flow of water. <strong>The</strong> materials required to construct<br />

can range from large rock <strong>and</strong> concrete to obscure items. Hydraulic structures amplify conservation practices where<br />

vegetation <strong>and</strong> constructed channels are not competent to do the job.<br />

<strong>The</strong> selection of the most suitable <strong>and</strong> economical kind of structure to use in a specific situation will depend on the hydraulic<br />

parameters of the site which is Discharge <strong>and</strong> Controlled head.<br />

Hydraulics Structures getting Better<br />

In engineering, things got advanced, machines <strong>and</strong> their component parts have become stronger, lighter, cheaper <strong>and</strong><br />

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Center of Interest<br />

productive. Component operating pressures have raised, design<br />

like seal <strong>and</strong> hose has improved the way additive <strong>and</strong> filtration<br />

technology boosted. Better the materials <strong>and</strong> manufacturing<br />

techniques, efficient the hydraulic components with high power<br />

densities.<br />

General Electric has planned to launch a four turbine project, which<br />

is going to store energy from the blades of the turbine to gather water<br />

which could generate hydroelectric power which will be first instance<br />

of combining two energies to provide reliable sustainable energy.<br />

Higher operating pressures <strong>and</strong> closer tolerances are the factors that<br />

leads to hydraulic machine more vulnerable to wear <strong>and</strong> damage<br />

ensuing from oil contamination <strong>and</strong> inadequate lubrication. This<br />

leads to the importance of proactive maintenance. <strong>The</strong> things to<br />

focus on may vary:<br />

Oil Life is the issue that must be talked of as at 1<strong>10</strong>°C <strong>and</strong><br />

above for extended periods will turn into black as ink <strong>and</strong><br />

smell unmentionable, it emerges the need of hotter oil as it<br />

will rapid the speed of reactions exponentially.<br />

Oil viscosity is the important element for both adequate<br />

lubrication <strong>and</strong> proficient power transmission.<br />

Seal <strong>and</strong> hose life, the st<strong>and</strong>ard of elastomers used to create<br />

hydraulic seals <strong>and</strong> hoses are also getting raised.<br />

Types of Hydraulic Structures<br />

A dam is a Hydraulic Structure which holds the water in a reservoir as<br />

potential energy, like a weir is a type of hydraulic structure which can be<br />

utilized to pool water for irrigation, establish grade control or as a new way to divert<br />

the flow away from eroding banks, they are again sub-divided into Gravity Dam, Earth Dam, Rockfill Dam, Weir Dam,<br />

Barrage, Arch, Buttress Dam. In that, some are used for storage <strong>and</strong> some for diversion purpose.<br />

Factors Affecting Site Selection<br />

Topography could be one of the most important factors as a narrow site will reduce the amount of material required in the<br />

dam which will reduce the cost to invest in. Faults <strong>and</strong> shears should be not present in the foundation of the dam. This<br />

makes a requirement for the better <strong>and</strong> expensive foundation which is leads to another factor Geology. Another element to<br />

be inculcated is Appurtenant as the cost of these structures is not high than the cost of the dam, economy in design could be<br />

achieved by considering their consequence at the time of site selection. Site should be chosen where proper water supply,<br />

disposal, electric power should be available while construction is under process, so Local Condition is too crucial. Easy<br />

excess to all these factors will be a great relief for the contractors <strong>and</strong> engineers.<br />

Pursuit <strong>and</strong> Purpose of Dams<br />

Various aims could be there to construct a dam, be it the production of electricity; water storage for irrigation or human<br />

consumption; flood management; <strong>and</strong> also navigation <strong>and</strong> recreation. With the dam, majorly production of Hydroelectricity<br />

is done which offers a great advantage in electric networks to adapt the power supply to quickest changes in power dem<strong>and</strong>.<br />

A huge crowd surrounds the area which is exposed to the flood, the usage of dams for flood control should be raised.<br />

Experts advise dams shall be built for the sake of unpredictable weather conditions from drought condition to heavy rainfalls<br />

<strong>and</strong> that will also ensure the stability of power grids as large dams are good at storing energy.<br />

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Shivamtech:<br />

Delivering value added Services<br />

in <strong>Engineering</strong> Design<br />

India’s engineering design <strong>and</strong><br />

development industry is growing<br />

rapidly as the country makes deeper<br />

inroads into the global engineering space.<br />

<strong>The</strong> advent of computers changed the task of<br />

engineering into elements that can be<br />

outsourced by a firm. At the same time,<br />

vendors to whom the work is outsourced are<br />

usually better equipped to perform this as it<br />

forms their core competency. <strong>The</strong> Original<br />

Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) <strong>and</strong><br />

product engineering companies face<br />

unvarying challenges to focus on<br />

continuously upgrading industrial<br />

environment <strong>and</strong> meeting the dem<strong>and</strong>s of<br />

new products. Another hurdle in this is a<br />

shortage of experienced engineers with the<br />

depth of industry knowledge. <strong>The</strong>refore,<br />

wide number of organizations have started<br />

providing services in CAD/CAM/CAE to<br />

cater the industry needs.<br />

Sunil N<strong>and</strong>edkar<br />

Founder & CEO<br />

Established in 2001, Shivamtech<br />

<strong>Engineering</strong> Design Pvt. Ltd. has a vision<br />

to be the pioneer organization in CAD/FEA<br />

<strong>and</strong> CFD <strong>Engineering</strong> Services to meet<br />

industry needs <strong>and</strong> specifications. <strong>The</strong><br />

company offers a comprehensive range of<br />

engineering services from the conception of<br />

the product to the design <strong>and</strong> development<br />

of the product using customized software<br />

solutions. Shivamtech delivers wide ranging<br />

solutions across industry verticals:<br />

Automotive, General <strong>Engineering</strong>, Heavy<br />

<strong>Engineering</strong>, Oil & Gas, Power Generation,<br />

<strong>and</strong> Aerospace & Marine <strong>Engineering</strong>.<br />

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<strong>Most</strong><br />

<strong>Valuable</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong><strong>10</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong><strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>Infrastructure</strong><strong>Companies</strong><br />

A Leader with Experience <strong>and</strong><br />

Vision<br />

Sunil N<strong>and</strong>edkar, Founder <strong>and</strong><br />

CEO, has 20 years of overall<br />

Corporate <strong>and</strong> Business Experience.<br />

Since its inception, he has led the<br />

company as director until he took up<br />

the mantle of CEO in 20<strong>10</strong>. Sunil<br />

founded Shivamtech with an<br />

inspiration to provide world-class<br />

industry oriented CAD/FEA/CFD<br />

Services for the engineers in the<br />

industry with an aim to bridge the gap<br />

between skill <strong>and</strong> the industry need.<br />

Under his leadership the company has<br />

grown from a single resource to 125<br />

resources in the span of 8 years.<br />

Dedicated Services in<br />

CAD/FEA/CFD<br />

Shivamtech provides a varied range of<br />

CAD <strong>and</strong> CAE services, it includes<br />

Concept Design, Product Design,<br />

<strong>Engineering</strong> Analysis (FEM/FEA),<br />

3D model generation, 2D detailing &<br />

drafting, Fixture Design to Customized<br />

software solutions.<br />

Since its incorporation in 2001,<br />

Shivamtech has grown to be a<br />

dedicated service provider in<br />

engineering design. <strong>The</strong> company had<br />

also initiated their international<br />

presence from London UK, from<br />

where they began operations since Jan<br />

2009. In Nov 2011, Shivamtech<br />

inaugurated their US sales office in<br />

Iowa. <strong>The</strong>y have also implemented a<br />

Quality Excellence Program (ISO<br />

through BVQI) since Jan 2013.<br />

Growing exponentially over the years,<br />

th<br />

Shivamtech added their 50 Client in<br />

Dec 2013.<br />

Shivamtech provides an in-house<br />

support to their clients in product<br />

design, Design Automation, 3D<br />

Modeling <strong>and</strong> Drafting, Detailed<br />

Design, <strong>Engineering</strong> Analysis <strong>and</strong><br />

Plant Design <strong>Engineering</strong>.<br />

Providing range of Quality Services<br />

Following the industry needs <strong>and</strong> their<br />

migration from traditional softwares<br />

like CATIA <strong>and</strong> ProE to more<br />

advanced <strong>and</strong> much easier interface of<br />

Unigraphics <strong>and</strong> Creo,<br />

Shivamtechoffers all the major CAD<br />

softwares, including Idea, Hypermesh<br />

<strong>and</strong> Ansys for meshing <strong>and</strong> analysis.<br />

Apart from this the company also<br />

focuses on <strong>Engineering</strong> Drawing, GD<br />

& T, Tolerance analysis, Product<br />

Design of Plastics, Casting, sheet metal<br />

& Tool Design in their Training<br />

Program.<br />

“<br />

Quality along<br />

with timely<br />

delivery of<br />

our solutions<br />

has been the<br />

“<br />

hallmark of<br />

Shivamtech<br />

Shivamtech lays great emphasis on<br />

innovation <strong>and</strong> quality. It works in<br />

collaboration with its clients across the<br />

product development lifecycle by<br />

constantly innovating its processes,<br />

upgrading team skill-sets <strong>and</strong> creating<br />

resources of well trained engineers to<br />

meet the scalability required for the<br />

growing dem<strong>and</strong>s of the industry. <strong>The</strong><br />

company inculcates key values of<br />

respect, culture <strong>and</strong> a never ending<br />

endeavor to cross road blocks, to<br />

modernize <strong>and</strong> mold the organization<br />

according to the changes in market<br />

dynamics.<br />

An ISO 9001:2008 with a BVQI<br />

certified company, Shivamtech<br />

integrates a three level of Quality<br />

Check to deliver error free services to<br />

their clients.<br />

A Step by Step Involvement in<br />

Product Development<br />

Shivamtech team provides an excellent<br />

product development knowledge <strong>and</strong><br />

strong industry experience, which<br />

helps their clients in deriving better<br />

<strong>and</strong> advanced services. <strong>The</strong>y work in<br />

collaboration with their clients across<br />

the product development lifecycle by<br />

constantly innovating in its processes,<br />

upgrading team skill-sets <strong>and</strong> creating<br />

resources of well trained engineers to<br />

meet the scalability required for the<br />

growing dem<strong>and</strong>s of the industry.<br />

Shivamtech offers engineering support<br />

services for full product design through<br />

production coordination for the entire<br />

product development stage under a<br />

single roof. It provides scalability in<br />

terms of services, from a single<br />

engineer to a dedicated team with<br />

excellent product development<br />

knowledge <strong>and</strong> strong industry<br />

experience to h<strong>and</strong>le a project.<br />

Shivamtech team has Product Design<br />

& Development expertise that includes<br />

Design, Analysis, Multi-body<br />

Dynamics, Virtual Prototyping &<br />

Testing, Digital Manufacturing,<br />

Product Data Management <strong>and</strong><br />

Technical Documentation.<br />

Shivamtech is looking forward to do<br />

business across borders, mainly in the<br />

USA <strong>and</strong> Europe. <strong>The</strong> company is<br />

committed, passionate about their<br />

business <strong>and</strong> wants to bring the same<br />

in their client services.<br />

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