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While I was looking for a startup into the education sector, I got a chance to interact with Vamsi Krishna, Director – Lakshya institute.  The startup is based out of Punjab, India and is co-founded by 4 young graduate engineers from IIT. Lakshya aims at coaching students to get through India’s prestigious undergraduate courses.

On choosing the name Lakshya, Vamsi says,

A student dreams of clearing these competitive examinations to achieve his 'Lakshya' of entering the portals of the most prestigious colleges of India. We inspire and teach our students towards their 'Lakshya', hence the name struck.

 Lakshya Directors: Saurabh ...

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We have on board an interesting startup called “evam” which proudly acclaims to “make the world happier”, by means of Live Theatre shows, Corporate Workshops, Student interactions and Internal Forums and Discussions. Evam was founded in 2003 and is a Chennai, India based startup.

I got a chance to interview Aparna Narayan, Manager HR & PR at Evam Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, one of the top 30 startups at TATA NEN hottest startup in 2008.

Aparna shares her experiences as an entrepreneur and to have an estimate of how they started, she says,

Sunil and I, Karthik, have very middle class backgrounds ...

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Today we have with us, the Chief Marketing Officer of a2zApps.com, Mr. Abhijit Das. a2zApps.com claims to be India's First Multi-Tenant, Multi-Utility Software-as-a-Service Platform for businesses. They operate into the s-a-a-s realm helping businesses with tailored applications.

The a2zapps team.

Here is an interview we did we Mr Abhijit Das;

Who coined the term a2zApplications? Some background,if you can share with us.

It is not a2zapplications, it is a2zapplications.com. But we have recently changed our brand name to a2zapps.com to make it shorter. As founder’s vision was to make business software as simple ...

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Gadgets are very in! Ebay has been my favorite place to look out for them, if not buy. However, there are other places to figure out the best deals in the digital lifestyle marketplace. Today we have Sachin Singhal, co-founder and Business Manager at Cafe Gadgets on board.

When asked for the difference in a startup like cafegadgets in the U.S. vis-a-vis in India, Sachin says,

USA is a matured e-commerce market with cut throat competition. It’s difficult for any start up to leave any impression on users unless it has a unique business model or patience to ...

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This week, I have a yet another promising venture with me. Elements Akademia is a private limited company providing vocational training into courses on Banking, Financial Services, Retail and Insurance. Mr. Vinay Sharma, COO – Elements Akademia shares his views on a few subjects I popped up to him.

What follows is a transcript of the interview;

Can you give an insight about the elements that make ‘Elements Akademia’ so sang-froid.

After spending quite some years in corporate life, objective was to do something which is not only a good business but also serves the larger interests of our country and ...

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A new year has begun (I know I am late to mention this, but this is my first post for this year!) with some tragedies, controversies and results (Yes, if you thought I was trying to mention Satyam, you got me right). However, the time never stopped. On behalf of this India Startup Scene blog, I wish you a very happy and prosperous new year. For us, I wish I can come up with better reviews, interviews, featured content and more all the year round. Stay tuned!

Today, we have an exiting Indian startup with us – Munificient Ventures Pvt. Ltd ...

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Targeting the startups who were featured as the top-30 hottest startups at TATA NEN, we have ITCONS, a startup based out of NOIDA, India as our next guest. I got a chance to build up a conversation with Gaurav Mittal, CEO and founder of ITCONS. The startup works on major web services like – BPO, IT services and consulting, Mobile application development, Enterprise application architecture, et al. The most promising of them is the area of software development in the recruitment space.

When asked about the target market segment, Gaurav says,

All of our products are meant for Recruitment industry. Irrespective ...

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After covering a plethora of startups from the technology and service sectors, today we have an interesting startup based out of Bangalore, India. GoSports was founded in 2006 by an Olympian and graduates of Harvard and Oxford. GoSports helps athletes by providing them training, advisory, monitoring and representation services, sponsorships and other personal development opportunities.

When asked for their agenda, the team was prompt at saying,

We will settle for no less than multiple Olympic gold medals, and all our efforts are directed toward that ultimate end.

The GoSports team

What follows is a short interview with the GoSports team ...

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Today, we showcase activecubes, a global firm providing Analytics Services with associated Technology Solutions. A yet another top-30 startups at TATA NEN hottest startups, this year.  I got a chance to interview Mr. Anand GCP – Head Sales and Marketing at activecubes. Anand is an IIM-B passout and needless to mention, a dynamic marketer.

activecubes – The 7 founders.

Following is a short conversation with Anand;

“activecubes”, an interesting name! What made you sought this name? Any other names you thought of while brainstorming?

The firm originally had a different name when it was started in Jan 2007…over the next 6 ...

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Cloud computing, particularly S-a-a-S model has been a buzz word for quite some time now. I thought of interviewing an entrepreneur from this very sector who is a young and has proven himself by his acts and not just words. Sahil Parikh was my immediate choice. The CEO and founder of DeskAway and Synage. DeskAway is one of the top 30 startups at TATA NEN hottest startups this year.

Sahil Parikh at DeskAway

Sahil is a tech enthusiast and an avid thinker. He says it confidently enough,

I have had better luck hiring people who want to learn than people ...