The 10 Influential Business Leaders to Watch in 2019_compressed

Ashish Kumar
Saxena
A Technocrat Shaping his Path
The 10
Influential
Business Leaders
t o W a t c h i n 2 0 1 9
The science of today is the
technology of tomorrow. There
have been a number of techies
in the world, that have created a
change in this world. Every now and
then we see new start-ups and fresh
ideas in this innovative businesses era.
One such veteran Ashish Kumar
Saxena has come with his
entrepreneurial spirit and formed AKS
Group of companies. He is tycoon
with a deep technical knowledge
carrying out innovative ideas and a
managerial ability.
Know Him Better
An alumnus of IIT Delhi (M.Tech),
Ashish did his B.Sc (Engineering) in
Electrical from HBTI, Kanpur. He
started his career as an Instrument
Engineer in Tata Chemicals Ltd. in
1976 and thereafter joined Indian Air
Force (IAF) as an Aeronautical
Engineer (Electronics) in 1977.
Continued in IAF for more than twoand-half
decades and took premature
retirement in 2003.
During his service, he was awarded
‘Vishisht Seva Medal’ by the President
of India for his distinguished service.
In IAF, he held the appointment of
Chief Engineering Offices as Wing
Commander and during his last tenure
he was looking after Information &
Electronic Warfare (IEW) Trained in
US, France and Sweden on IEW. Later,
worked as Vice President (Technology)
in Network Security Solutions and
managed the creation of Computer
Emergency Response Team-India
(CERT-In).
In the year 2006, he founded AKS IT
Services Pvt Ltd. After a few years, in
the year 2012, he founded AKS
Institute of Cyber Technology. And,
then in the year 2015 cofounded
HaltDos.com Pvt Ltd. along with his
son, Anshul Saxena.
Exclusive Solutions
AKS Group deals in Cyber Security.
AKS IT Services provides auditing
(Network & Applications), consulting,
compliance and computer Forensics
services. AKS Institute provides Cyber
Security Training and HaltDos, product
Development Company, develops
Cyber Security Products. We have
developed a Distributed Denial of
Service (DDoS) attack mitigation
solution, Web Application Firewall
(WAF). These products are certified by
Govt of India, STQC (International
Common Criteria Test Lab). First time
in India, such a complex DDoS
mitigation solution has been developed
successfully which is Artificial
Intelligence based and EAL2+
certified. It is only one-of-its-kind in
the world, which provides Integrated
DDoS mitigation and WAF in a single
machine.
Overcoming Challenges
There are numerous challenges in
doing business in India. Here are few
them shared by Ashish.
• First, Slavery mindset of our people
that Foreign products are better than
Indian Products and foreigner can
provide better services.
• Secondly, delay in payments.
• Thirdly, corruption. GST has helped
a lot in simplifying taxation system.
Samadhan yojna has also improved
the payment system.
Even though he is a self-motivated
person, he derives motivation from his
son, Akash Saxena. He said, “My son
Akash has inspired me to become an
entrepreneur and trying to fulfill my
commitments towards Akash who is no
more with us.”
28 September 2019