The technology landscape in India is ever evolving. It is very challenging to find good companies that provide cutting edge IT services and also have a strong Product Development portfolio.
Featuring for the Business Fame’s issue for “The Best Companies to work for 2022” is Hindavi Technologies, an award winning product development company.
In this interview, the Founder and CEO of Hindavi Technologies, Mr. Rohan Karnataki takes us through the company’s growth story, future plans and core company philosophy.
Brief us about the journey of rich experience – origin, inception, early issues, success stories, and major milestones, to name a few.
Hindavi means “of India”. Hindavi Technologies was started in 2009 with a core vision to tap the huge intellectual captial of India and provide technology solutions to global companies without compromising work ethics, delivery standards or innovation in technology. Over the last 14 years, Hindavi Technologies is at the forefront for providing IT Solutions and has executed over 1000+ projects for more than 300 clients globally.
Hindavi Technologies ventured into Product Development in 2015 with its flagship product Xporience – an Event Technology Platform for Exhibition and Conferences. The product is now the most sought after by Global Event Organizers in Dubai, Singapore, UK, Australia and Europe. Xporience has worked with coveted clients like Dubai Expo 2020, MCI (Switzerland), dmg::events (UK) among others.
Hindavi Technologies has been awarded with “Top 10 Mobility Companies in India – 2018”, “Best Product Development Company – 2019, “Best Entrepreneur Award – 2021”
Brief us about the CEO/Founder of the company?.
Rohan Karnataki is a first generation serial entreprenuer. He is an engineer (Computer Science) and a Management Graduate (MBA) from Australian National University (Canberra, AUS).
He has 20 years of rich business experience in various verticals and has a business portfolio in IT, Hospitality, Events, E-commerce, Agribusiness, Manufacturing and Social Entrepreneurship.
His ambition is to empower the employees to become intrapreneurs and grow the enterprise together. Rohan loves to collaborate with like-minded professionals and explore opportunities or ideas that solve real world problems.
In his free time, Rohan is an avid fitness enthusiast and loves trekking, playing badminton and do some new-tech farming. He also mentors startups and regularly undertakes workshops to guide new generation entrepreneurs.
Kindly talk about the exclusive products or services offered by the company, How does it distinguish you from your competitors?
Hindavi Technologies leverages its huge domain and technology experience to provide –
IT Services (UI/UX, Mobility, IoT, Cloud Computing, Digital Marketing)
IT Solutions (Application Development, Product Engineering, Quality Assurance and Testing, Enterprise Product Development, Startup MVP, IT Consulting)
Cyber-security Consulting (Assessments & Audits, Compliance, Infrastructure Security, Vendor Assessment, Cybersec Awareness)
Remote Staffing (Staff Augmentation, Offshore Staffing, IT Outsourcing, RPO Services, Contract Staffing)
Hindavi Technologies establishes its niche competitive advantage by hiring top skilled resources, having international quality standards (ISO 9001:2003, ISO 27001) and “Try before you Buy” policy.
What is the vision and mission of the company?
Vision – to become the “Most Valued IT Solutions Company in India”
Mission – to reach a revenue milestone of USD 10 million by 2025
What is the present scenario of the same industry? How are you contributing to making it better?
With respect to your distinctive products and services, how have you helped bring positive developments in the same industry?
Hindavi Technologies has disrupted the Event-technology space by developing products and services that are at par with international standards in terms of robustness, security and reliability – at competitive costs.
What is the current same industry scenario from your perspective?
The current industry scenario is very competitive. All employees are seeking stability, security and a great work environment. Hindavi Technlogies offers all that and that is the reason the attrition rate is lowest compared to industry standards.
What makes your Company one of the most unique and best workplaces in India?
Hindavi Technologies has always believed in a very transparent, stressfree and open culture. Work-life balance is at the core culture at Hindavi Technologies and long working hours, stressful work environment, toxic co-workers etc are not in the dictionery.
Employees are given flexibility in terms of managing work and personal affairs. Team work is encouraged and everybody shares the credit for success. There is a central repository for challlenges/ issues which can be accessed by new employees to avoid mistakes. Senior employees are encouraged to mentor and guide new ones to settle in their roles.
What activities does your organization undertake for the overall development of employees?
Hindavi technologies organizes regular workshops to train employees with new trends in technology. All appraisals are linked to overall skill-growth and employees are encouraged to work on POC projects using new tech-stack. Employees are also asked to contribute by writing white papers, blogs and articles related to their skillsets and given access to premium content subscriptions and online workshops. A monthly outing is planned for the entire team for rejuvenation and team building and regular feedback is expected from every employee on company policies in place.
