Increasingly, companies across the world are beginning to be dotted with impactful leaders of Indian origin. These men and women from the Indian diaspora have been fearless in pursuing their ideas and conceptualizing them. This spirit has given way to innovation in various markets and shone new light on the once dreaded path of entrepreneurship.

With well-established firms such as Google, Microsoft, along with VCs, and even governments backing new ideas, Indians are getting more into the fore. Young men and women inclined towards launching a startup need to focus more on the various elements involved in becoming a successful enterpreneur. They should understand the way funding works. There is the need to build businesses that have a competitive advantage, and the ability to procure profits.

With so many young entrepreneurs, spurring in the community, lessons, and guidance can be procured from exposure to successful leaders and businesses. This will only help the talents increase their success rate. With so many successful entrepreneurs such as Adobe's Shantanu Narayen, Sandisk's Sanjay Mehrotra, Microsoft's Satya Nadella and Google's Sundar Pichai, there is no dearth for mentors and inspiration.

With the changing business ecosystem and the power of new trends IoT, augmented reality, wearables, artificial intelligence, Quantum Computing among others, there is no dearth of ideas in the technology realm. Indian entrepreneurs only need to crack the opportunity that lies before them.

In this issue, we present some compelling stories of few Indian entrepreneurs who have created innovative solutions in and an impact in the industry.

The siTech20 2016 list of companies is creating a buzz in the tech circles and are scaling exponentially in the market. This list has been compiled after discussions with various entrepreneurs, analysts, in collaboration with the silicon india editorial board. The quintessential differentiator of these entrepreneurs is a great passion for their business. We wish them all good luck and hope for great success in their journeys.