| Anantara Solutions | 2006 |
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Prabhat GB | Chennai | Consulting and Outsourcing
Nominated on Sep 3 2008 11:31AM | by
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| Anantara Solutions - Snapshot |
| Ride India's next wave of IT services
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| Business Basics |
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| Company Name |
Anantara Solutions |
| Founded in |
2006 |
| Headquartered in |
Chennai |
| Company website/URL |
www.anantsol.com |
| Industry |
Consulting and Outsourcing |
| Stage of the company |
Several customers or locations |
| Source of idea |
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| Awards & honors |
1. NASSCOM named us to its IT Innovators List 2007
2. Mint picked us as among 10 Indian startups to watch
3. Anantara's SGO model h...> Read more.. |
| Awards & honors |
1. NASSCOM named us to its IT Innovators List 2007
2. Mint picked us as among 10 Indian startups to watch
3. Anantara's SGO model has been covered by worldwide media over 35 times, including in Businessweek Online (USA), EDV Leiter (Germany), KMU Life (Switzerland), Computerworld (China), The Economic Times, Mint, The Hindu, Business Line, The CTO Forum
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| Partnerships & Tie-ups |
The Anantara Ecosystem, the global delivery partner network, is already 5000 people strong in 50 companies in 8 countries. Each of these 50 companies ...> Read more.. |
| Partnerships & Tie-ups |
The Anantara Ecosystem, the global delivery partner network, is already 5000 people strong in 50 companies in 8 countries. Each of these 50 companies possesses world class capabilities in its chosen area of specialities such as java coding, software testing, etc. These services are procured from the Delivery Partners and integrated by Anantara in its Business Solutions
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| Business description |
| Anantara is a new generation Consulting and Outsourcing company that is predicated on a revolutionary model of outsourcing called Second Generation Outsourcing (SGO). SGO would increase the efficiency of the current outsourcing model manifold by improving clients performance in measurable terms delivering Business Solutions in collaboration with a global ne...> Read more.. |
| Anantara is a new generation Consulting and Outsourcing company that is predicated on a revolutionary model of outsourcing called Second Generation Outsourcing (SGO). SGO would increase the efficiency of the current outsourcing model manifold by improving clients performance in measurable terms delivering Business Solutions in collaboration with a global network of specialist firms. More details on www.anantsol.com.
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| How does the business make money? |
1. By getting paid for service delivery that combines Business Consulting and IT services
2. By sharing in the business gains of clients
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| Team information |
Gopinath Ramakrishnan, Partner, The Anantara Ecosystem, In his previous engagement, Gopi was responsible for conducting several assignments for Fortune 100 companies. He also built a significant 6 sigma practice from scratch.
Sundararaj Subbarayalu, Partner, Convergence and Technologies. Built Asia-Pacific's largest Content and Portals practice executing assignments for several Fortune 100 companies.
Raghavan Rajagoplan, Partner, Enterprise Content Management and Knowledge Management. Delivered several hundred content management assignments to the best companies of the world.
Sushil Rathi - Partner, Manufacturing, Retail and Business Process Consulting. Built and led a multi-million dollar Business Process Consulting practice.
Tushar Dave, Partner, Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Built and led a multi-million dollar consulting practice for Logistics.
Shankar Srinivasan, Partner, European Operations. Built a multi-million dollar Consulting and Enterprise Solutions practice in Europe.
Ravi Chander, Partner, Sourcing Strategy and Implementation. From scratch built a multi-million dollar Quality Consulting practice. Was advisor to Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A, on the eSCM standard.
Rama Rao, Partner, Enabling Processes. Ran a nearly US$ 200 million Consulting and Enterprise Solutions unit as its operations officer.
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| Competition |
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| Competitors |
Large multinational IT firms like IBM and Accenture and large Indian IT firms like TCS and Infosys
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| How different is your product or service? It has... |
No substitutes available |
| In what way is your product or service different? |
Anantara delivers Business Solutions as opposed to competitors' technology solutions in collaboration with a global network of specialist companies us...> Read more.. |
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| By The Numbers |
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2007 |
| No. of employees |
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26-50 |
| No. of locations |
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6-15 |
| No. of customers |
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16-50 |
| Turnover |
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5-15 crore |
| Profits |
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losing money |
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| Primary source of initial funding |
Venture capital |
| Primary source of additional funding |
Venture capital |
| Raised institutional capital? |
Yes |
| Amount (INR) |
USD 6.5mn/- |
| Investor |
Syndicate led by Helion Venture Partners |
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| Why is this startup hot? |
1. At the end of its first year of operations (2007-08), Anantara has customers from 15 countries (USA, many countries in mainland Europe, UAE, China, Japan, Singapore and India).
2. The Anantara Ecosystem, the global delivery partner network, is already 5000 people strong in 50 companies in 8 countries.
3. NASSCOM named us to its IT Inno...> Read more.. |
1. At the end of its first year of operations (2007-08), Anantara has customers from 15 countries (USA, many countries in mainland Europe, UAE, China, Japan, Singapore and India).
2. The Anantara Ecosystem, the global delivery partner network, is already 5000 people strong in 50 companies in 8 countries.
3. NASSCOM named us to its IT Innovators List 2007 and Mint picked us as among 10 Indian startups to watch.
4. Anantara's SGO model has been covered by worldwide media over 35 times, including Businessweek Online (USA), EDV Leiter (Germany), KMU Life (Switzerland), Computerworld (China), The Economic Times, Mint, The Hindu, Business Line, The CTO Forum.
5. Steve Hamm, Businessweek, says, "If [Anantara's] business model takes off, it could pose a serious challenge to the outsourcing status quo, not just in India but worldwide...[It's] a true global delivery model."
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| What keeps the team awake at night? |
1. The challenge of evangelizing SGO to customers across the world
2. Expanding and managing the global partner network called the Anantara Ecosystem
3. Grooming employees as SGO professions, training them in the nuances of Business Solution delivery
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| Entrepreneur's Details |
| Name |
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Prabhat GB |
| Age |
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43 |
| Hometown |
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Chennai |
| Family background |
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First gen entrepreneur |
| More than 1 company? |
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Yes (2) |
| Education |
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Masters |
| Graduated from |
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IIT |
| Former employer |
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Satyam Computer Services |
| Former designation |
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Director |
| Area of responsibility |
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Consulting and Enterprise Solutions |
| Favorite book/movie |
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John Steinbeck, 'The Grapes of Wrath' and Thi Janakiraman's Amma Vanthal |
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