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tartup entrepreneurs, especially tech startups, have brought disruptive models to the market. They displayed possibilities to the skilled youth. Thinking outside the box at a multinational company is not as rewarding as it is for a startup. Several ideas pop up once we get interested in any particular field or industry.

Startups are problem solvers. They take up the challenge of covering a loophole that has been in the market for a long time.

Entrepreneurs look at activities in a different way.

They are not like one who has to follow a particular process to achieve a desired goal. Is it clear to them how long they are aiming for? Yes, of course, innovative entrepreneurs look for all the possible ways that they can create an impact on the industry, public and society.

Research & Development is the most crucial part when it comes to innovation. It requires a large amount of cash investment along with time.

Industry sectors such as Education, Finance, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Transportation, etc., are a few sectors that have received positive responses from innovative startups to make it available to every corner.

Wealth generation is not the primary goal of innovative startup ideas. Every entrepreneur has an independent target. Introducing a techdriven product or service that could improve lives and encourage young aspirational minds to think creatively is the main moto behind a startup. It’s a never-ending cycle as we keep striving for excellence & exploring better outcomes from what we have.

Target-specific goals are easy to reach.

Innovative entrepreneurs have an attitude of ‘never settle for less.’ Taking risks is the only way to satisfy the thirst for creating a difference. Measuring success by earnings is not the only measurement tool for them. The impact created on the public matters most to them.

SwiftNLift focuses on spot-lighting firms and startups that contribute to shaping lives better, intending to make our society a better place.

It was a collective effort made by our team to bring you this edition. As the Chief Editor, I am grateful to you as our reader. I hope you enjoy reading this piece of our effort. We have other sections filled with trusted and resourceful knowledge and information to garner your reading habits.

On the cover page of our edition of “Top 10 Rising Startups In Chennai - 2022”, we have Pandian Subramaniam, CEO of Influx One Workforce Private Limited. The skill gap is an unexpected hurdle in the recruitment process.

Influx has taken on the challenge of bridging the gap between potential candidates and industry to keep the economic flow stable.

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iSpark Learning Solutions Pvt Ltd

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IdeaEdu Technologies Pvt Ltd

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GenuineIn Technologies Private Limited

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Influx One Workforce Private Limited Bridging the gap between skills & youth to strengthen nation building

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Influx One Workforce Private Limited How was your life before commencing Influx one Workforce?

traditional labour pools, training workers, and collaborating with the organisations like INFLUX to run on-the-job skill development programs I am an HRM professional with 28 years of to improve productivity and create a seamless extensive experience in HRM. Broadly, in skilled pipeline.

Talent Management, Training & Development, Skill Development, Performance Management, Therefore, INFLUX ONE WORKFORCE started.

Compensation & Benefits, Industrial Relations, Policies & Procedures, Hay Evaluation, What were the challenges? How did Thomas Profiling and Counseling. And specialising in enhancing organizations to you tackle those? develop strategies for their people’s engagement In recent years, industry leaders from manufacturing sectors have been keen on and development.

Before starting entrepreneurship, I worked with maintaining their competitive advantage and a few Indian / Multinational Manufacturing increasing their market niche by inducting people with adequate skills. The most challenging part Industries as Head-HRM. of inducting people with adequate knowledge & skills involves an exorbitant cost for a range of Which factors influenced you to companies, starting from established industries to startups. establish Influx?

Industries are facing a growing skill gap in the bottom pyramid of the workgroup that threatens the nation’s long-term economic prosperity.

Industries simply do not have enough skilled workers to attain their required productivity.

The skilled workforce is the most important determinant of business success.

Challenges related to hiring semi-skilled/skilled people at the bottom level have a direct influence on an organization’s competitiveness today and in the future. To address the skills shortage, employers need a BRIDGE COURSE related to their practical industry requirements. It will require recruiting from traditional/non-

Hiring was a challenge initially. However, we have to organisation. Hence, we take time to analyse the established a network for continuous manpower needs, budget and end objectives before signing supply chain through District Employment MoU with the client.

Offices, Skill Centers, Conducting periodical Job drives, Campus Placements and Effective Database management.

Can you give us a brief knowledge of

your services?

Tell us about your Vision & Mission

Influx provides WISTA (Work Integrated Skill Training & Apprenticeship) program in the Vision: To Transform the youth of our country industry itself through appropriate statutory bodies from unskilled individuals to seasoned skilled to educate the bottom pyramid of the organization. employees by engaging them in structured On- Making them sustainable in their respective the-job skill programs. On-the-job training industries and providing pathways to promote evolved through scientific research aimed at them to the next level by way of Assessment and equipping them with adequate skills vitally Government Certifications. essential in handling intended positions of On-the-job Training Programs of Influx, help the industries. industries impart training to the blue-collar Mission: 10 million Training Man-days before the year 2025 through INFLUX STRIDE PROGRAMS.

HR management is a complex procedure. How do you manage this for your clients?

Each business venture has its own challenges. We need to balance the interests of industries and the purpose of the program. Accurate communication with relevant stakeholders is vital. Building trust is always a key factor along with Data management and delivery.

Also, we understand that each business is unique with different needs that vary from organisation

employees who can attain the required technical skills. Influx also provides unique solutions to the employers by enabling their blue-collar employees/ trainees to move to the next level in their career growth.

How would you describe the young generation’s ability to adapt and learn in this constantly innovating tech world?

More importantly, all our skill programs are eligible The younger generation is good at new tech adaptability irrespective of their educational under the CSR initiatives of the organisations. background. As we also deliver through Online Edtech Platforms like GOORU, young employees What strategies did you implement to can easily understand the module of delivery and perform in online classrooms without make your services effective? any hassle.

Our unique “Learn While Earn” flagship programs are attractive to the candidates. They can EARN a stipend equivalent to other regular workers of the organisation and LEARN ADEQUATE SKILLS Which skills and expertise, in your with appropriate Government certifications while opinion, will be the key to future completing the program in 2-3 years. growth?

Unlearning a few irrelevant School/College Syllabus and Learning quickly the updated Getting NCVT/ NSDC/ SSC/ NSQF Level technology of the industries are vital to all the Certifications while they work & earn in Industries. employees, going forward.

Key Benefits to the employee:

Key Benefits to the employer:  Developing skilled pipeline / Succession Line Leaders through On-the-Job Training, Assessment and Certifications.  Experiencing reduced attrition and absenteeism.  Improved productivity and reduced quality defects

Agility, Adaptability and Skilling Up are key for both employer and employee.

How has been your journey to date?

What are your further expansion plans?

Our opportunity lies in developing national economic growth through skill development which will, in turn, contribute to the GDP. Achieved positive growth in the past has given them the confidence to plan further expansion. As we planned, completing 10 million Training Man-days before the year 2025 through INFLUX STRIDE PROGRAMS is achievable.

As Abraham Lincoln said, “the best way to predict the future is to create it” …. know who you are, what is your purpose, and make it happen.

 Year of Founding: 2020  Founding Members: 2  Office Locations: Chennai / Bengaluru / Tirupati  Company Strength:18  Trainee Strength @ Partnered Industries: 2800  Website: https://influxhrc.com  Email: ceo@influxhrc.com

Recognition INFLUX ONE WORKFORCE PRIVATE LIMITED 715-A, SPACELANCE SUITE NO.622, 7 FLOOR, SPENCER PLAZA, ANNA SALAI, THOUSAND LIGHTS, CHENNAI-600002, TAMILNADU, INDIA.

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PROVIDING SERVICES OF TALENT MANAGEMENT, SKILL DEVELOPMENT, HRM ADVISORY.

Certificate No Initial Registration Date Date of Expiry 1st Surve. Due

: QCY31322 : 17/03/2022 : 16/03/2025 : 17/02/2023

Issuance Date : 17/03/2022 2nd Surve. Due : 17/02/2024

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CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION This is to certify that INFLUX ONE WORKFORCE (OPC) PRIVATE LIMITED incorporated as a Private Limited Company on 28-12-2020, is recognized as a startup by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade. The startup is working in 'Human Resources' Industry and 'Talent Management' sector as self-certified by them.

This certificate shall only be valid for the Entity up to Ten years from the date of its incorporation only if its turnover for any of the financial years has not extended 100 Cr.

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iSpark Learning Solutions Pvt Ltd iSpark Learning Solutions Pvt Ltd is a highly passionate team of technologists, academicians, and professionals with over 200 years of combined industry experience.

They have created iSpark Learning Solutions to bridge the gap between both the digital divide and the economic divide in education in India by fully leveraging education technologies. Using both online and blended learning, they provide meaningful education to all school students and develop their 21stcentury skills including innovation, creativity, problemsolving, critical thinking, computational thinking, logical reasoning, collaboration, communication, etc.

These skills are essential to get a job and survive in this knowledge-based economy.

Coding, and Singapore Math are intertwined to equip school students with 21st-century skills and prepare them holistically for a technologically advancing digital world Has happened. To achieve inclusive growth, iSpark has developed curricula and educational products (kits, computing devices, SRDs, etc.) to be truly affordable to all students. Through their Education to Home (E2H) initiative, they aim to reach every household in India and provide the need of the hour, skill-centric education at an affordable cost.

Their Products:

 Student Feedback Device They combined their collective knowledge, knowledge, and decades of experience in STEM fields to truly  Electronics Kit disrupt the Indian education industry by introducing industry 4.0 relevant education through their industry’s  Robotics Kit first interactive AI-powered tele-education platform Is. Their well-researched and structured courses in STEM,  Iot Kit 18

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Their leadership core team has decades of expertise in manufacturing, robotics, IoT, industrial automation, R&D, education, digital learning, and information technology. They are well connected with experts, Their collection session industry stalwarts, and academic partners across  Coding: Coding is a basic literacy in the digital age, multiple domains to support them. and understanding the technology around them is important to prepare children for the future.

Students will learn to code using interactive and Websitecolorful interfaces and readable blocks. The child will learn the fundamentals of building code logic https://isparklearning.com/home using animations and game development!  All-In-One Pc

 Robotic: Robotics facilitates students to learn STEM skills with immediate and personalized feedback that goes beyond right or wrong. Programming and building robots provide students with a practical approach to their project, allowing them to fully understand how both hardware and software work together.  Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning: Artificial intelligence for children is the art of teaching computers how to “think”. Artificial Intelligence allows students to become creators of the latest technologyBecause it is the way of the future.  Knowledge Feed: Enjoy unlimited updates on world technology. Answers to when, where, what, and how!

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Samunnati

India’s largest agricultural enterprise, Samunnati is an open agricultural network to unlock the trillions of Indian agricultural power and smallholder farmers within it. Remaining faithful to its name, Samunnati represents the combined growth and prosperity of the Agri ecosystem. By providing a whole range of pricing, Agri Commerce and Agri Finance solutions for Samunnati allow Farmer Collectives and its major ecosystem to operate efficiently and produce several technically empowered interventions and collaborative partnerships.

Samunnati provides customized financial solutions for value chain players across the value chain to manage effective cash gaps and Samunnati’s model focuses on becoming an internal player in the Value Chain rather than just a provider of financial solutions. Samunnati takes the path of the eco-system and utilizes the power of Aggregation Social Capital & Trade Capital among value chain players.

Headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Samunnati is located in more than 100 Agri value chains distributed in 22 regions of India and has provided them with more than $ 1Bn of total value in its journey up to now. Samunnati currently has access to 1500+ Farmer Collective members with more than 6 million farmer members and thinks it will affect one in every 4 farmers’ homes through the network by 2027.

Samunnati assists agribusinesses in growth and transformation by providing Agri Commerce solutions in addition to financial interventions. Such support is provided by the establishment of market communications and trading solutions. Through Samunnati’s social and business finance model, Agri Enterprise is experiencing growth through market interaction.

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Their Trade Solutions  Bill to Ship to Model - These solutions are provided

by Samunnati Agro Solutions, a subsidiary of Samunnati Finance. The bill to be submitted for modeling is when the seller sells the products to the consumer and then sends the credit to Samunnati.

The model enables the consumer to purchase the required goods on time. By paying suppliers on behalf of the buyer, Samunnati facilitates the smooth running of the goods.

Conclusion They want to make markets work for smallholder farmers and make agricultural prices more efficient. They want to provide emerging farmers and agribusinesses access to markets through financial interventions, market linkages, and advisory services so that businesses and chains can operate at a high level of efficiency and thus benefit all stakeholders in the agricultural value chain.

Website- https://samunnati.com/

 Physical Trade - The physical trade is taken up, with Samunnati registering as a modern merchant and merchant and supplying goods in bulk. Goods are purchased at the regular market or in manufacturers’ collections and delivered to modern retailers after charging.

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GenuineIn Technologies Private Limited GenuineIn is a new-age technology platform service for academic, training, and recruitment organizations.

Their vision is to create intelligence through technology innovation that leads to better collaboration between education providers, learners, and talent seekers. They are a team of highly experienced professionals with over 300 years of combined experience in various industry sectors: IT, Education, Corporate, Government, Training, and Human Resources.

They provide innovative products and services to the education industry. GenuineIn is used in over 20 countries and regions. It connects 200+ institutes, 1000+ corporates, and hundreds of thousands of students.

Their Product Spectrum Technology has enabled educational stakeholders to play and share information through community networks.

Their platform and products automate various processes in the learning environment to provide analytical output through data engineering practices.  Learning Experience Management  Credential Management 22

 Career Center Management  Exam Management  Supports Learning  Student Profile Management

Their Products:  Career Center: they provide a career development framework that includes student career paths, skill gap analysis, career development resources, and talent tracking. Students are helped to identify extra-curricular activities, research, internships, and additional learning through their platform.  Genuine Portfolio: they build a comprehensive portfolio with the ecosystem that connects students, institutions, mentors, course providers, and event organizers for profile data approval, credential issuance, record entry, assessment results posting, support, and data authentication.  Genuine Certificates: Genuine Certificates provides a certificate management platform to generate, APRIL 2022

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generate, print, share and verify smart certificates Conclusion with embedded cloud technology. The state-of-theIn today’s highly competitive market environment, art certificate service forms the certificate ecosystem due to competition and minimal job opportunities, and ensures the security of information and the candidates are tempted to falsify credentials. The authenticity of the certificates being issued. industry has learned that many academic certificates  Campus Recruiter: Remote hiring is on the verge of obtained from applicants appear to be fictitious. becoming the new norm. they provide a technology Hence, there is a dire need to adopt such technology that prepares you to spot talent in higher education which ensures the genuineness of the candidate. They institutions. GenuineIn helps employers with provide an innovative platform that enables institutions campus recruitment by providing data, credentials, and organizations to exchange data with personal data repositories that manage intellectual property and analytics. and achievements.  Genuine Mentor: they offer a mentoring program The GenuineIn platform is served from the cloud in collaboration with mentors for graduate students to generate authentic profiles with credentials. It who are professionals in their respective industries. creates a profile ecosystem that connects Academic Students can connect with the right mentor to Institutions, Corporate, Course Providers, Certificate achieve personal, professional, and academic goals. Agencies, Testing Service Providers, and Membership Organizations to pass credentials directly to the  Genuine Skill Test: They provide an online candidate’s profile. GenuineIn adds substantial value to marketplace for a host of skill assessment programs individuals and society. to assess the personality, learning, knowledge, and employability skills of the individual. Skill checker is available for almost every skill required by industries.

Candidates can take self-test to assess their strengths, Websiteand weakness and understand their readiness for the role. The test results will be recorded in the https://www.genuinein.com/home/index actual portfolio.

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Startups drive growth Startups are budding companies that start to develop new products or services, introduce new techniques or improve old strategies in the market. Startups are not seeking workers who follow orders from the top. Instead, they look for imaginative co-owners / partners among their staff who share the founders’ appetite for risk and outcomes.

They aim to set new ideas quickly and accelerate them.

They also improve their products as per the feedback they receive from the process known as iteration. The startup starts with the basic products i.e., minimal viable product (MVP) and tests & revises till it gets fully developed. Final goal of the startup is going to the public.

Working of Startups

Introducing a breakthrough product or service that has the potential to solve issues in society helps the startups grow.

The difference between traditional companies and startups is the manner in which they create products and their strategies. Traditional companies imitate the products or take franchises. Whereas, startups introduce new ideas to the market.

Goals of Startups

In a developing country like India, entrepreneurs have plenty of financial, human, social capital and adequate support to improve the availability of financial and other resources. The Government of India provides social capital to entrepreneurs developing an action plan for “Startup India”. The project began in January 2016 and is still on-going.

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Government support Startups directly impact the overall development of the nation. In India, the Central Government & several State Governments have launched various schemes to support startups.

A few schemes by the government are as follows:  SAMRIDH Scheme  Startup India Seen Fund  Startup India Initiative  Startup Leadership program  ASPIRE  Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)  India Water Pitch-Pilot-Scale Startup Challenge  ATAL Innovation Mission  Loan for Rooftop Solar PV Power Projects  New Generation Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (NewGen IEDC)

Factors driven by startups Factors responsible for the nation’s development are directly enhanced by the startups. A few of them are listed below:  Employment generation

CEO of a startup enjoys low living standards. The hunger to make it better keeps them in the league of standards. Hence, startups drive better living standards as well.  Increase GDP It helps the economic development of the country. GDP (Gross Domestic Product) plays an important part in a country’s economic development. It is possible to earn more money domestically by supporting and promoting more homegrown entrepreneurs, and consumer capital will flow within the country.  Research & Development Startups are based on innovation. They bring new technologies to support research & development within the company or educational institution.

Because they frequently deal with high technology and knowledge-based services, startups can significantly support developing countries’ research and development (R&D). In a startup, the R&D team acts as an innovation seeker and keeps the company growing.

It is useful in a practical setting or for research at a university or other educational institution. As a result, working at a startup can inspire students or researchers to put their ideas into action.

Startups think most creatively compared to their traditional business counterparts. They search  Talent development for human talent rather than just a degree holder.

Resilient leadership can bring colleges and Hence, the employment generation is getting businesses together to create the types of talent higher in startups. pools that help startups get started.  Wealth generation Startups are built to create an impact over a long period. As the statement goes, “the older it gets, the better it will be”. Same counts for startups.

Standing in the long run with a tech-driven approach attracts financial wealth. Not just for entrepreneurs, it impacts employees & indirect entities as well.  Upscale the standard of living

Final thoughts To sustain itself, a startup must provide quality to its customers. We all strive for growth. It’s a neverending process & settling for a small piece of earnings is not the fortune of revolutionary entrepreneurs.

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Greyspace Engineering Services Greyspace Engineering Services is an exceptional  Advance Steel organization with a team of expert civil and structural  Tekla designers who are well versed in European, British, American, and Indian engineering standards. They provide civil and structural drafting and detailing Why Choose them? services for both concrete and steel buildings, mostly in the industrial, commercial and residential sectors and  Miscellaneous Skills: They have worked in diverse the oil and gas and modular building sectors. fields and specialize in engineering across diverse work cultures.

Value improvements in Rebar detailing and Structural detailing are always preferred by us as they save their  Expertise Team: Their expert team members are clients’ money. They strongly believe that customer provided with adequate comprehensive training so satisfaction and happiness are dependent on the onthat they can utilize their skills to handle the tasks time delivery of high-quality work. They guarantee to adequately and appropriately. provide our best services at all times! what they specialize in:

 Extensive Experience: A person becomes an expert after acquiring sufficient knowledge in the relevant field. We have experts to handle the project activities.

Skill development through continuous learning helps them to broaden their engineering knowledge and enhance their software capabilities. They also have vast  Collaboration Approach: Their leadership and team experience in the drafting, modeling, and detailing spirit at work help Them complete tasks and achieve of reinforced concrete structures, steel structures, Their goals. pre-engineered buildings, composite buildings, and modular buildings. They have experience with the  Quality Control: They have an efficient quality following software packages for 2D detailing and assurance team to ensure that their deliverables meet 3D modeling: the highest possible standards.  AutoCAD At Greyspace, their most qualified team based in India, as well as the Netherlands, is ready to provide  Cads RC, RebarCAD engineering services for concrete and steel buildings  Auto Rebar to build strong structures. Most of their engineers have  Revit more than 10 years of experience which drives them to 26

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Mr Leo, BE Charered Engineer tackle projects in a specialized way and come up with team, customers, and partners. Their assorted group of talented and versatile engineering professionals provide the most efficient solutions.

Their renowned service over the years has resulted in cost-effective drafting, modeling, and detailing services. many happy and satisfied customers. Furthermore, they are committed to assisting their clients throughout the process and rendering drawings till the complete finalization and implementation of the project.

Website- https://www.greyspace-es.com/#

They have acquired most of the software packages and have exceeded their engineering standards so that they can work with your needs. Their guidance on the best strategy and tools to use helps the customer in getting the optimum solution. Based on your assessment and prior written consent, they will send you an invoice for the delivered work each week, so that you can keep your expenses under control and stay financially healthy, and therefore be a safe and stable partner.

Conclusion Their goal is to build the future by integrating our team’s skills and knowledge sharing to offer a customized, successful approach. Its vision is to be a widely accepted and valued engineering services firm that truly creates the largest and newest solutions for all civil engineering needs.

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OptiSol Business Solutions A trusted digital transformation partner of global enterprises with expertise in native mobile applications and web, AI, and ML services. OptiSol Business Solutions are a team of around 400+ agile smart employees with a development center in India and global offices in the US, UK, Australia, Ireland, Sweden, and Dubai. They have been in operation for almost 14+ years and have built around 500+ digital solutions. They have 200+ happy and satisfied customers in 24 countries.

Their Corporate Values:  Empathy  Experiment  Empowerment  Excitement

Their Services Offer

They have been awarded the Bronze Trophy in the CII National Competition on Digitization, Robotics, and  Native web application: They provide bespoke Automation (DRA) - Industry 4.0 - 2020. They have application design and development services for been recognized as the runner-up under the Cloud web-based solutions like social, eCommerce, Solutions category for 2019 at the 7th edition of the ERP, e-learning, web portals, CMS, etc on local Express IT Awards. They at PeoplePerHour are a topcloud services. rated service provider and have excellent reviews and  Robotic Process Automation: They provide are highly rated on Clutch and Guru. cognitive automation solutions to automate tasks and processes otherwise performed by humans through Their Main Differentiators Are: NLP and computer vision machine learning models.  Consultant Engagement  Design Thinking  Agility  Tool Driven Approach  Competitive Pricing  Resource Expertise 28

 Cloud Computing: They provide native application development using cloud services on AWS and MS Azure and help in cloud enablement of legacy solutions.  DevOps and Automation: They provide DevOps consulting and implementation services for cloud deployment and process automation in a microservices architecture.

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The Team They identify themselves as a digital solutions provider and they provide consultancy engagement with a focus on digital transformation built on a social/mobile/data/ cloud solution architecture. They work across technology platforms and frameworks to offer their solutions  Mobile App: They offer mobile app design and and they follow agile development methodology with development on native and hybrid platforms on iterative releases. Their development process is tooltheir proven Prototype2Build (P2B) framework with driven using Pivotal Tracker/InvisionApp/Slack/CI and excellent user experience.

CD/GitHub for better transparency in execution.  Quality Engineering Services: They provide a combination of manual and automation practices to improve test automation coverage and increase test maturity to provide a better software product.

Their main focus is on Usability Engineering, Microservices Architecture, Mobility Solutions, Cloud Enablement, and Technology Modernization Services through DevOps Automation. They provide cognitive services using Artificial Intelligence and  Enterprise Suite: They provide professional services Machine Learning with a special focus on Computer and consultancy for MS AX ERP, Oracle EBS, Vision, Text Analytics, Conversational AI, and Robotic and Odoo and we have certified professionals on Process Automation. each platform.  Tech Modernization: They provide a suite of solutions for your enterprise transformation through User Experience Modernization, Microservices, DevOps, and Cloud Enablement.

 AI and ML: They provide AI and ML-based solutions with a specific focus on Computer Vision, Text Analytics and Conversational AI.  User Experience Engineering: They provide UX/ UI Design services to improve Their clients’ digital presence and build a unified user experience.

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IdeaEdu Technologies Pvt Ltd CloudEdu Campus Management Software is a cloud with SaaS-based technology that facilitates user-friendly management tools for schools. It is a single platform solution that is beneficial for the teachers, administration as well as parents. To bring a comprehensive approach, they focus on improving the academic standards along with the performance of the students to achieve better results and mark the beginning of the educational revolution.

Why choose them?  Timely Delivery  Customer Friendly  Positive Workplace  Effective Use Of Technology

Their products

Their DrHms eClinic is a Clinical Information Management System. Including Patient Care  DrHms Management, Mobile App, Schedule Online Appointments, Secure Messaging, Portal, Billing DrHms is the market leader in cloud-based business Insurance, Lab, Radiology, Pharmacy Management, management software and caters to the many HR, Payroll, etc. Suitable for eclinic clinics, personal industries surrounding GCC. DrHms products serve medical practitioners, and nursing. home and a variety of industries such as healthcare, trading, small hospital education, manufacturing, distribution, engineering, building, and construction. DrHms is focused on DrHms Pharmacy Management System is a web-based building simple and robust enterprise software that software that is fully integrated with HIMS to control the drives progress for its customers. functions of medicine dispensing, stock management, and proper Pharmacy outlets. This software obtains the prescription from the Consulting Physician and  ProHrms automatically mirrors the concerned patient to the ProHrms is a professional human resource dispensing unit without any manual intervention. management system based on the Software as 30

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a Service (SaaS) model. ProHrms facilitates all functions of the HR department which are related to recruitment, staff management, payroll, performance, training, etc. ProHrms enhances the efficiency of the department by standardizing HR processes.  iMS-Education

Automated inventory management enables physicians to maintain patient attention, freeing them from manual procedures. Asset and inventory management solutions reduce costs while increasing the quality of patient care.

Websitehttps://cloudedutechnologies.com/

iMS is a college information management system in a cloud-based integrated college management system that establishes collaboration and communication between teachers, students, parents, and management.

Why E-Assets?

Automated inventory management enables physicians to maintain patient attention, freeing them from manual procedures. Asset and inventory management solutions reduce costs while increasing the quality of patient care. The stress of hunting for an essential tool – and the hoarding that often results – is exacerbated. The search time can be reduced by more than 90%, from 30 minutes or more to as little as 2 minutes.

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Startups Ecosystem in Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu has always been at the forefront of the country’s economic development. In DPIIT’s (the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade), 2018 Startup Ranking, Tamil Nadu was identified as a rising state. Several enabling networks and investors have established bases in the state to aid in the development of the startup ecosystem.

The policy’s goal is to establish Tamil Nadu as a global innovation hub and the preferred startup destination.

The policy is in effect for five years, from 2018 to 2023.

Tamil Nadu is an industrialized and urbanized state that benefited early on from the IT and automobile booms.

Key focus

The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) is the state government’s nodal organization for  The policy framed in 2018 aims at 5,000 tech startups startup policy, and it’s working on a number of pilot in the state with direct support to 10 high growth projects to better understand the state’s ecosystem startups involved in developing innovative products trends. The state’s growth story has been distinguished or services. by entrepreneurship, social mobility, economic growth, and technological innovation.  Increase the supporting infrastructure & strengthen the following sectors: Transportation The Government of Tamil Nadu launched its startup & Logistics, Electricals & Electronics, Healthcare policy in 2018 to further tap into the existing potential.

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& Biotechnology, Agriculture, Renewable energy,  FR8 Climate Change, Fintech, Textile, IT, IoT, AI, It is a technology-driven logistics service provider.

ML, SaaS. It is founded in 2016 by Vasanth Immanuel and  Reduce tax burden & regulatory pressure. Incentivize Jayendran Panneerselvam. startups, facilitators, mentors and investors.  Jesper Apps Software Services

Top sectors in Tamil Nadu

Pushpajayabalan Arockiam is the CEO of the company. It is an experienced ERP solution provider that serves Oracle Value Chain Planning, Oracle Process Manufacturing, and Oracle Supply, chain solutions.

In reality, the state is home to 17 percent of the country’s industries, with Chennai accounting for 60% of the country’s automotive exports, making it India’s largest automobile cluster. Because of successful entrepreneurs like Sridhar Vembu, Girish Mathrubootham, Suresh  Northern Arc Sambandam, Vinod Muthukrishnan, and Krish Subramanian, Chennai is considered the SaaS capital of It provides financial services. The company is the Indian startup environment. However, in the Tamil founded in 2008 by Kshama Fernandes.

Nadu startup ecosystem, there are a number of logistics, agritech, and deeptech businesses that have made  Agnikul their mark.

It is set up in 2017 by Moin SPM, Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy, Srinath Ravichandran. Agnikul is a space technology firm that develops, manufactures, Startups in Tamil Nadu tests, and launches orbital-class rockets for micro and nano satellites.

Few leading startups in Tamil Nadu are as follows:  BankBazar It is a fintech marketplace set up in 2008 by Adhil Shetty, Arjun Shetty and Rati Shetty. The company hosts various financial products from the public sector, private banks, MBFCs and insurance companies in India.  Orangescape It is a SaaS-based enterprise-level workflow and business process automation platform founded by Sambandam in 2003.

Conclusion The present article gives an overall idea about the startups ecosystem in Tamil Nadu. The investment activity in Chennai’s startup ecosystem is declining at a quicker rate than in the other top centers in the Indian startup ecosystem.

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 WayCool It is an omnichannel fresh produce distributor. The company is founded in 2015 by Karthik Jayaraman and Sanjay Dasari. It supplies local shops and modern retail outlets with farm-fresh fruits, vegetables, and other products. Every day, the company promises to distribute 250 tonnes of produce, commodities, and dairy goods to over 8K customers through its distribution channels.

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UpCenter Technologies Pvt Ltd management, and they are ready to support you even UpCenter Technologies Pvt Ltd is a leading and fastduring weekdays when you need them. growing private cloud service provider. Headquartered in India, but with a global presence in the USA, UK,  Regional Perspectives Global Perspectives Australia, SE, and ME Asia. We provide services While each region comes with different needs and worldwide. UpCenter Technologies (UTPL) provides a styles, they instead approach them with a local private cloud. Datacentre Services To bring technology approach, although they apply both regional and to you, giving you high business profitability, 10 new global standards while keeping the global standard centers are planned in India to meet the growing data in mind. requirements of any one of them.

They are your kind friend, a well-wisher who holds your  Eco-Conscious hand to take big steps and take big leaps protecting your It is time they make sure that they stand up to protect interests and making you successful in your business their environment. As a responsible data center and entrepreneurship. IT can either make or break the player, they provide their Buildings Are Green and enterprise. They enable enterprises to gain control of use renewable energy to ensure that they are standbys their IT and use it to drive growth. Whether it is about for the global environmental ecosystem. adopting potentially transformative technology or using existing ones for better efficiency, productivity,  Latest And Greatest and flexibility, they hold your hand and lead to success They continuously invest in their IT arsenal to with IT. provide their clients with the latest and state-of-theart technology, hardware, and software that enables their clients to be in a global context and stay ahead Why Choose Them? of their competitors.  To Shake A Hand They, as an organization, work with multiple technology partners and lead a single-handed project approach. They take full responsibility, so their customers don’t have to run around trying to fix problems.

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 Cloud Services: They help enterprises migrate to the cloud with a well-planned, well-tested, and wellexecuted cloud transformation strategy. Their cloud mastery enables businesses to achieve higher ROI  They Are A Flat Organization on their IT investments, increase their agility and They believe in a flat structure, and they follow it productivity, and keep operating costs under control. with utmost care. As a customer, you can reach 34

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 Data Center Services:  IT Consultant & Consulting Services: Their advisory and consulting services provide strategic Build, Scale, and innovate business, IT advisory, and consulting services in the faster than ever with UTPL’s hyper IT infrastructure landscape. They help design an IT scalable data center services. Their infrastructure strategy and create a roadmap for better data centers are highly secure and compliant business results by optimizing and transforming the and are well-suited to support the growth of your existing IT environment. Their consulting services business at every level. guide clients from overall IT strategy to specific  Managed Services: Their managed services help solutions for business needs. Receive long-term enterprises break free from the IT loop and divert business value with their consulting services. their energy and time to core business aspects.

From monitoring to performing daily IT tasks, their end-to-end managed services enable enterprises Conclusion to become more agile, efficient, and scalable while They are creating and maintaining excellent customer keeping operational costs under control. experience, while also focusing on innovation; Thus  XaaS: Unleash the productivity, mobility, and security benefits of DaaS. Deliver secure, reliable, and scalable virtual desktops to your workforce with Upcenter’s Desktop-as-a-Service. Desktop-as-a-Service provides enterprises with a secure and reliable remote work environment and reduces IT operating costs.  Emerging Technologies: It is best to use the latest in the age of technology. We help enterprises make their business goals a reality with emerging technologies.

From operational excellence to enhancing the enduser experience, we take a solution-based approach to solving business problems through technology.

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helping UTPL to grow as the preferred choice for managed data center services and auto-scalable cloud solutions for its customers. At UTPL, they value the contribution and commitment of each/member of their workforce. They firmly believe that the growth of the company requires the joint development of the entire ‘Organization’ rather than just the business.

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Xcel Insurance Surveyors & Loss Assessors India Pvt Ltd G. Harikrishnan, President

Xcel Insurance Surveyors and Loss Assessors India Private Limited (Xcel ISLA) was established in 2018 under the Companies Act 2013 and have its registered office by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India. Joining forces with the industry loss adjustment leaders they have created one of the most experienced loss adjustment companies. Xcel ISLA helps its clients assess and manage their complex insurance claims from an objective, independent and strategic perspective. They can offer a fresh, independent approach with the ability and expertise to investigate complex issues to ensure that their clients’ claims are properly addressed.

Xcel ISLA’s surveyors and loss adjusters have deep experience in the insurance survey and loss adjustment industry and have implemented post-loss risk management solutions and internal controls.

Their Areas of Expertise: Their area of expertise includes the following industries and related equipment: most manufacturing, with experience in environmental hazards, structural collapse, biomedical equipment, mechanical and electrical breakdown, including but not limited to a few other areas of engineering damages.  Fire And General Accident  Marine Cargo 36

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 Power Energy  Engineering  Liability And Casualty Claims  Professional Indemnity  Motor Accidents And Injuries  Risk Inspection And Pre-Risk Survey

Their Services: They provide specialized technical services to the Indian Insurance market with professional and quality solutions in the area of Surveying, Loss Adjustment, and Risk Administration. End-to-end loss adjustment services ranging from pre-risk surveys to claims settlement to meet the growing needs of the global risk community. Carrying out a wide range of risk services across different categories of insurance businesses using superior business process standards.

They provide services that are backed by the latest technology to increase accuracy and reduce turnaround times with traditional loss adjustment touch. With the dedication of their workforce, they can provide a reliable and professional loss adjustment service across India.

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Xcel ISLA provides a grassroots and results-oriented team of professionals who can provide a practical approach to the effective evaluation and processing of large insurance claims. They go beyond simple assembly and cost submission by providing expert cost analysis, repair area verification, engineering interfaces, policy interpretation, and advocacy to ensure a speedy and fair settlement. They work with your management team to provide you with a focused resource to handle your claim. Their claims team has over 150 years of experience handling large and complex claims in all regions of the world and can be onsite in a very short amount of time.

Conclusion The company employs highly skilled engineers with sound knowledge of insurance claims to handle the back-end operation to provide uncompromising services at all levels. Their service delivery process includes one-on-one customer engagement per case which includes a wide range of loss assessment service which is in full compliance with local and international loss adjustment standards.

Websitehttps://xcelsurveyors.in/index.html

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XR Labs

XR Labs (formerly Metarvrse) is an industry-focused AR, VR, AI, and IoT company based in Chennai, India.

Founded two years ago by two mechanical engineering graduates, XR Labs is today a 20-member team of enthusiastic and enthusiastic engineers, designers, and artists, and has over 30 clients including various Fortune 500 companies around the world. Their solutions complete the training, inspection maintenance, and service and sales and marketing pipeline of industrial enterprises.

Industry They Serve  Motor Vehicle: Drive into the future of personalized automobile experiences.  Defense: Integrating defense training processes with digital experiences at the grassroots level.  Energy: Fuel the future with smart and sustainable experiences.  Retail: Enhance channels.

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It is a digital experiences company that helps startups and the Fortune 500 alike deliver enriched experiences  Production: Accelerate productivity with the power of visual data. to customers and leverage immense business value through AR, VR, and CX transformations. In this  Entertainment: Provide an ultra-personalized digital age, customers see Customer Experience (CX) experience tailored to the needs of the user. as a differentiator that is better than price and quality.

If your business wants to remain relevant in the eyes of customers and establish itself as a formidable player in Their Process: a competitive market, then CX is not a good choice but XR Labs is a process-focused company. They believe a must-have. that a well-thought-out process is what delivers They provide Augmented Reality Development, Virtual high-quality work. From idea to delivery, they follow Reality Development, and Customer Experience a four-step process that never fails.

Transformation Services to enable your business to become a powerful identity in this digital age. From  Search: The first step where they take an inheavy-duty manufacturing to data-driven retail, XR depth look at your business’s problems.

Labs has an offering for all types of industries.

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Srivatsan Jayasankar, Co-Founder & CEO

multiple angles and from the point of view of the  Development: This stage is where the final solution stakeholders to understand the right approach to and technology are given a concrete shape. They solve the problems. A technology-agnostic approach use detailed project management methodologies to is taken at this time to ensure that maximum create mockups, prototypes, and beta versions that emphasis is placed on solution creation. demonstrate how the final solution will work. XR Labs has a team of developers, QA professionals, and  Deployment: Deployment is the last step after creative minds to ensure that the solution is wellQA testing and refinement where they deploy the rounded in all aspects. complete product in the respective platform. They help you launch mobile apps in the App Store, VR, and AR applications on mobile or websites, and go Conclusion the extra mile to ensure that your business objectives Its mission is to empower businesses to deliver digital are met with final deployment. experiences at scale. They are well equipped to serve  Idea: Once pain points are identified and relevant businesses belonging to specific industries and with stakeholders mapped out, they brainstorm practical specific business objectives. ideas that can be explored as suitable solutions. It is also the stage where ideal technologies and the Website- https://xrlabs.co/ experiences they provide are considered to solve stakeholder problems. The idea is viewed from a creative and logical point of view to ensure that it is efficient as well as attractive to the end-user.

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Mouth-Watering Tamil Nadu Snacks

Mouth-watering Tamil Nadu snacks Food is an integral part of the culture. When it comes to Ragi is rich in protein, vitamins, calcium and fiber.

Tamil Nadu, Tamilians are known for their hospitality.

Ragi Murukku is a very healthy snack.

In Tamil Nadu, traditionally food is served on a banana leaf. It starts with sweet, then rice with varieties of  Uttappam (Uthappa) curries like rasam, sambhar, kaara kuzhambu and ends Uttapam is a delicacy of Tamil Nadu cuisine and is with curd. It is filled with several dishes and fried snacks quite similar to dosa. It made by combining Urad like appalam, vadagam, vadai, etc. Finally, it ends with Dal with rice powder in a blender. It is then left to dessert payasam. ferment for a few hours before being slowly fried in The Tamil cuisine is mainly covered by rice, lentils, a skillet with very little oil. Uttapam is similar to a coconuts, tamarind and curry leaves. The Karaikudi dosa. It is flat and crispy on the outside but soft and Chettinad cuisine is famous for use of fresh spices in doughy in the middle, similar to an Idli. veg and non-veg dishes.  Kozhukattai

Mouthwatering Tamil Dishes Some famous dishes of Tamil Nadu are as follows:  Ragi Murukku 40

Kozhukattai is a traditional Tamil Nadu refreshment composed of rice flour, with varied fillings for different persons. The substance is usually coconut and sugar, and the taste of this mixture, when formed into this shape and baked, is delectable.

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 Sundal

 Banana Bonda

Sundal is a South Indian dish/salad prepared with It’s filled with bananas and then deep-fried. In roasted grams or black chickpeas. It is then garnished contrast to the customary hot Bonda, this one is with finely chopped green chilies, shredded coconut, sweet due to the banana and is served as a tea snack. and finely chopped green chilies. This brings out the true flavors. In temples, this dish is also served as a  Keppai Koozh sacred offering. In Tamil Nadu, you can find a wide It is one of the healthy breakfasts, especially range of Sundal with various ingredients and flavors. during summer.  Pachai Payaru Suzhiyam  Ragi Kali/Ragi Mudde/Millet Recipe Another sweet dish is made up of moong, sugar and Ragi Mudde/kali is a tasty ball made with finger a small amount of cardamom. millet flour.  Kuzhi Paniyaram Nungu sharbat This snack made up of black grams can be eaten with It is a super cooling summer drink in Tamil chilies or sugar as spicy or sweet.

Nadu. Palm fruit mixed with nannari sarbath, is so refreshing.  Achu Murukku It is one of the types of Murukku. Rice flour, coconut milk, sugar, oil and maida are the ingredients used to Delicious end make Achu Murukku. Coconut and milk filly gives a Tamil Nadu has always been a target spot for foodies unique taste to Achu Murukku. who want to sample some of the country’s finest traditional cuisine. A few of the famous dishes are  Kamarkat listed in the article. Food is always correlated with the environment. And hence it helps us to stay healthy in that It is one of the traditional snacks of Tamil Nadu. particular environment.

Kamarkat is ball-shaped. Kamarkat made up of coconut and jaggery syrup gives an awesome taste.  Athirasam

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It is also a traditional snack. paagu vellum (jaggery), rice flour and cardamom are the ingredients of Athirasam. It is tasty as well as a healthy snack.

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