• Entrepreneur of the Year: 2015

    Derived from a French word 'entreprendre', which means 'to do something', was coined in English in as early as 13th century. But why the history of the word is so important? Well, because it is so closely related to the first industrial revolution and later it has now been more structured. While the second industrial revolution came to being in the form of Technology in the 21st century, entrepreneurship received a boom as it was not limited to Western Europe anymore; it was spread across the continents - especially China, U.S. and India. With more and more capital inflow, the ecosystem is now more facile and people with innovative minds have concurred the planet. And, the list of successful ones is so vast that we may have to build a library of them who achieved with and for the people - sometime at a garage or sometime in a one-room apartment. Although they might belong to different segments of different industries, they have a common goal - to create wealth for people. They have shown us new paths, new employments, unique solutions and new hope to walk through. Amongst the most popular entrepreneurs, siliconindia has apperceived most accredited fantastic achievers through our latest issue 'Entrepreneurs of the Year-2015'. An expert board of industry's most reverenced CIOs, CEOs, HR Managers, and industry analysts including siliconindia's editorial board scrutinized the list of companies. Excogitating various facets of entrepreneurship, this panel of aficionados distinguished these entrepreneurs who have not only created unique solutions, also led people to extraordinary achievements and have eventually earned their places in our publication. With their leadership qualities, innovative mindset and unbreakable attitude have not only blanched the progress of various established companies; they also have illuminated the road for others to dive in.

Entrepreneur of the Year: 2015

Company Logo Company Name Company Management Company Description
360logica Rohit Singh, Co-Founder & VP-Engineering Debuted in the software industry as an engineer, Rohit was drawn towards the arena of software testing while he was working as a software QA testing trainee.
Aashna Cloudtech Biswas Nair, Founder & MD In a world that is changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
Arthayantra Pvt Ltd. Nitin B Vyakaranam, Co-Founder & CEO Perhaps the best way to realize a quandary and craft a solution is through getting your hands dirty.
Atria Convergence Technologies C.S. Sunder Raju, Managing Director In 1981, Sunder established Sunray Computers, India's first Unix-based company, immediately after graduating from University of California.
Calicom Ramaprasanna Chellamuthu , Founder & CEO Walt Disney was reportedly fired from a newspaper for lacking imagination and creativity.
CliniExperts Dr. Ashwini Kumar, Founder 'Never start a business just to make money. Start a business to make a difference' - quoted Marie Forled.
Codelattice Digital Solutions Vijith Sivadasan, Co-Founder Entrepreneurship demands a myriad of skillsets, one has to juggle between an individual with an idea to a manager, strategist, team builder, and eventually a leader capable of scaling heights.
Crownit Sameer Grover, Founder & CEO "My endeavour in life has always been to create great propups which people can use almost every day and Crownit is a contrivance of this endeavour," proclaims Sameer.
Electronic Payment & Services (P) Ltd. Mani Mamallan, Founder Mamallan is also a skilled writer, who often sinks into his poetic world while writing storylines, poetries or blogs, as he believes it refines & redefines one's soul and existence.
Episcale Corp Pramod Rao, Co-Founder & CTO 'Anything is possible if you believe in yourself'. With these powerful words, Pramod Rao, Co-Founder & CTO, Episcale Corp.
Excel Geomatics Rajesh Paul, Founder & Director Today, as the proud leader of a company that owns a database of 500 job seekers, Rajesh might be standing tall, but the effort done while rising to this summit is quite worth a true story.
Exceptionaire Technologies Shrigovind Tiwari, Founder & CEO In this materialistic world, making money is now of utmost importance to any business trumping everything else along the way.
Flip Class Vineet Dwivedi, Founder & CEO Global statistics say only about 10 percent of startups prosper and the rest get lost in 'transition'.
Human Forte Snehal Jain, Founder & CEO However, the transformation from an employee to the founder has not been very facile for Snehal as she had to battle for prospective clients amidst stiff resources.
ICAN BPO Nitin Chacko, Co-Founder & MD An eight hour hassle-free job at a Fortune 100 company with clear career path, where one has to do nothing but checklist activities, sounds like the dream job for any engineer.
Invecas Dasaradha Gude, Chairman & CEO Quarter century later, it is the same unremitting aspiration that saw him playing a pioneering role in introducing VLSI design technologies to India.
Jivox Corporation Diaz Nesamoney, CEO, President & Director Not all are destined to be the master of their own fortune.
Launchship Technologies Mruthyunjaya Shetty, Founder & CEO It was a tumultuous epoch at Silicon Valley. Startups were shooting up and crashing down in a span of two months due to dotcom bubble.
Micromax Informatics Limited Rahul Sharma , Co-Founder & CEO Entrepreneurship in India has always been defined by two extremes.
Minds Solvit Doddappa Nisty, CEO Brain Drain - the word that is one of the rising issues for many developing countries, are rarely addressed by any. According to stats,
Ninestars Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd Gopalakrishnan, CEO Entrepreneurship is not just about having a unique idea but the almost obsessive passion to single-mindedly pursue visions especially when others think you are chasing shadows. Statistics dictate that only 10 percent of all startups reach their full potential.
Nykaa Falguni Nayar, Founder & CEO The last few decades have seen women globally taking huge strides in every sphere.
Rajesh Rajeev & Associates Chandrashekhar, Founder Partner An American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Men are what their mothers made them".
Sensa Core Medical Instrumentation Pvt. Dr. Ravi K Meruva , Founder & Chairman The spirit of entrepreneurship sprouts from the fact that each individual loves to be their own boss, decision maker, risk taker and intellectual property creator.
SoftAge Information Technology Ltd Ozair Yasin, Co-Founder & CEO Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.
Software Assurance (SPA) Ram Garg, CEO Entrepreneurship is not just an adventure, heirloom or money making machine for Ram Garg, CEO, Software Assurance (SPA), but the almighty itself that should be worshiped with complete devotion.
STPL Global Palash Bagchi, CEO Success is not defined by dreams and aspirations, but people's affinity to realize them.
Swaran Soft Support Solutions Pvt Ltd. Yogesh Huja, Founder "I believe it is your past karma that let you perform the role in your present", asserts YogeshHuja to whomentrepreneurship came in baby steps.
Tessolve Semiconductor P Raja Manickam, Founder & CEO It is hard for any of us to muster up courage to chase the dream of our lives.