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The approaches taken by many research and consultancy firms in the past have, in many cases, not really assisted the client companies, but have ended up accumulating unnecessary data on their systems. The client companies are left with a lot of data and analysis, but no real concrete and actionable plans. This is where we believe Un-3 Consulting makes a huge difference. Our unique process delivers quality data, deep insights and creative action plans that make a significant impact on the client’s business.

Un-3 Consulting brings to the table a unique skill set, with a team that combines the best of industry and academia; seasoned professionals with deep and broad expertise from the areas of strategy, brand management, marketing research and analytics. This provides clients expertise at all three levels – operational, inferential and strategic.

We start with a unique offering – a free one week audit of our client’s business. The output of this exercise is typically the identification of key issues and priorities that would make the most impact on the client’s business. Only if the client is happy with this work do we get into a financial contract and take it forward.

Creating a customer-centric business is the mantra of Un-3 Consulting.  We do not believe in templatized solutions that so many consultancies offer, as we believe that each client faces unique situations and has unique needs, and therefore the approach of a consultant has to be flexible enough to customize solutions to these needs. To this end, our inputs start at the earliest stage with the free audit, where we challenge all assumptions and pre-conceptions to identify the actual root causes of the issues that the client faces. Our firm assembles and integrates data from various sources into significant insights, which then creates a tremendous impact on the businesses of our clients.

We follow a simple and effective process that has been proven to deliver strong insights and unique solutions. The process starts by asking the right questions and searching for internal information to find answers to the questions. Many times, the answers to these questions are already present within the client organization, though hidden in the forest of data that the managers of the organization need to cut their way through to run the business. For the unanswered questions, we both suggest and implement approaches to help fill the gaps in information. This is followed by integrating all the information to come up with strong insights into what are the actual issues that the client faces, and the opportunities that can be exploited. Using design thinking principles, we then come up with practical yet creative action plans that the client can implement to take their business up to the next level.

To this model, Jishnu is excited to add in the design thinking methodology. Many people don’t realize that Design Thinking is not simply about design. It is actually a very powerful and creative problem-solving tool that can be used across different aspects of a business. Jishnu believes that the combination of the customer and business insights and design thinking that Un-3 Consulting is now bringing to the table is a very powerful way to help businesses grow.

For, example there is this category which has a huge potential for innovation. And consumers are disposed to or expect innovation in the category. However, the brand that we consult for, has a brand name that has a huge emotional connect – just the name itself – to a particular sub-category or set of products only. The challenge was the likely (emotional) disconnect that the brand name would have with innovative offerings in other sub-categories. With extensive consumer inputs and internal brain-storming, we were able to come up with adaptations in the brand and call-names for the sub-categories so that we could minimize dissonance without having to spend huge sums on salience building.

Another example is one where brand extension possibilities were missed till the client actually engaged in extensive Consumer Immersions. This exercise exposed the client to various facets of their brand’s positioning and further resulted in interesting and creative line extension possibilities for the brand. Both the cases give us one lesson. Clients and their consultants must engage with their customers and consumers in deep and multi-faceted conversations; many dimensions to the business surface in such conversations, which the client may be blind-sided to due to their day-to-day business compulsions.

Unlike big firms working on the clock, we pride ourselves in going the extra mile for our clients, and the list of our clients who have continued to work with us year after year is testament to this commitment, as well as to the effectiveness of our solutions.

About the Author

Jishnu Changkakoti is an Independent Director at Un-3 Consulting firm. He is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta and NIT Calicut with over 24+ years of experience working with various companies such as Zydus, Samsung and Johnson & Johnson. He currently also works with startups, guiding them in the area of marketing and sales.

He is also passionate about teaching and mentoring young minds and is a highly ranked Adjunct Professor at IMT Ghaziabad and few other educational institutes.

Outside of his work, Jishnu is an avid photographer and travel enthusiast, with his own travel blog website. He has won a number of international awards for his photography and has also exhibited his photographs in a number of exhibitions.

Real estate sector in India is expected to reach a market size of US$ 1 trillion by 2030 from US$ 120 billion in 2017 and contribute 13 per cent of the country’s GDP by 2025. The Indian real estate sector has witnessed high growth in recent times with the rise in demand for office as well as residential spaces. Between 2009-18, Indian real estate sector attracted institutional investments worth US$ 30 billion. RE/MAX is one of the World’s largest & India’s fastest growing real estate network. The business model is running successfully all around globe is now augmenting entrepreneurship capacity in India. RE/MAX India was established with a vision to develop premium quality real estate franchise system, providing sustained value to end users and community.

Being recognized and respected as a Leader of Innovation and Sustainability RE/MAX India offers service to every town and city within India with equal passion to enhance customer delight. RE/MAX India offers unprecedented levels of customer service and provides access to real estate resources not offered by any other real estate agency in India. RE/MAX India offers various promising services such as structuring the unorganized sector as Indian real estate industry is an unstructured arena and RE/MAX as a brand that carries 46 years of legacy adheres by a structured business model that has been running successfully across the globe organizing the real estate sector everywhere. RE/MAX India is providing professional & on-field training along with technical assistance to the Franchisees and Broker Agents, and ultimately assisting the end-customer. RE/MAX blends the administrative skills of its franchisees and the salesmanship skills of its Broker Associates and creates an organized and professional framework, where the end customer is benefitted not only to buy and sell real estate but also find financial and legal assistance, all under one roof, RE/MAX  promises Global Reputation trust and reliability.

RE/MAX India has earned several accolades and has excelled in the decade of its existence. Some of them are: Recognized as Startup of the Year 2010 at Small Business Awards by Franchise India & Zee Business, Awarded as Master Franchisor of the Year Real Estate at Franchise Plus Awards by exchange4media group, Honoured as Service Provider of the year at the Building Industry Leadership Award, Rewarded as Master Franchisee of the Year at Franchise Award by Franchise India and Ernst & Young and selected as the Best Estate Agency in Asia at the coveted OPP Awards for Excellence 2012 in London, Awarded as the Realtor of the Year at the 6th Realty Plus Excellence Awards 2014 are some to name a few.

Promising a Better Future for the Real Estate Industry

RE/MAX was introduced in India by Samir Chopra in the year 2009. His association with Gaurav Marya, Managing Director, RE/MAX India has escalated the brand’s visibility. He is India’s leading franchise and business growth expert and a highly successful serial entrepreneur. Gaurav Marya is widely known for bringing about the franchise and small business revolution in India. As a Managing Director, he effectively leads the India office of RE/MAX – the world’s largest network of real estate professionals. RE/MAX India provides information on the realty market, brokerage solutions to property owners and location solutions to franchise requirements. Since very long he has been empowering the entrepreneurs of the nation to lead and succeed.

“The strength and spine of RE/MAX is its Business owners and Broker Associates thus empowering them with trainings, technical assistance and marketing support to lead and succeed as an entrepreneur. The brand’s ultimate motive is to serve the end-customers with the best real estate services and enhancing their experience of buying/selling property. The associates build a strong relationship with their prospects and maintain it even after the deals are closed,” says Gaurav Marya, Managing Director, RE/MAX India.

A Brand in the Real Estate Industry

RE/MAX is not just a brand but a legacy that has been successfully running for over 46 years now and being recognized as the world’s largest real estate network . It has been expanding widely all across the world with a successful business model and in India as it executes and adheres by this business model creating a structured arena for mutual development of the Franchisees and broker agents along with equal benefits for the end-customers.

RE/MAX India conducts motivating & energetic training sessions for all the partners, associates and team members. The system is structured in a manner that it provides innumerable opportunities to every individual to perform and showcase their innate caliber by learning and exploring new avenues within their designated fields.

RE/MAX India executes the vision of recruiting and training real estate people at various levels of the business model to create an unprecedented network spanning the entire country. This will not only be aimed at organizing the real estate market but also at creating an unmatched referral system.  As the fastest growing real estate network in India, RE/MAX aims at being the most professional and trusted brand in the entire real estate industry across the nation. The firm with a positive outlook aspires to increase its partners and revenue in the years to come. The real estate firm also aspires to widen it wings geographically in the near future.

PROBOX IT services will be a key driver for IT spending in 2019 as the market is forecast to reach $1 trillion in 2019, an increase of 4.7 percent from 2018. An expected global slowdown in economic prosperity, paired with internal pressures to cut spending, is driving organizations to optimize enterprise external spend for business services such as consulting. In a recent Gartner study, 46 percent of Organizations indicated that IT services and supplier consolidation was in their top three most-effective cost-optimization approaches.

PROBOX Solutions is among the one of the fastest growing IT solutions provider focus on providing Enterprise Support Services to its clients.  PROBOX is driven by a passion to facilitate clients build stronger, more agile and more innovative businesses. PROBOX distinguish a very large opportunity in helping Customer in their technology refreshment as well as consolidation process, keeping cost optimization approach.

Probox Solutions is one of the India’s upcoming Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing Company emphasizes on Digital Infrastructure, Cloud and Security solutions. “We deliver Technology expertise through a full life cycle model of professional, managed, and support services including strategy, consulting, implementation and design. By taking the time to deeply understand how our clients define success, we help them harness technology advances, simplify IT complexity and optimize their environments today while enabling future applications, user experiences and revenue models. We deliver a comprehensive portfolio of ICT Services and Solutions business model helping customer do better business by leveraging our industry-wide experience and our deep technology expertise. We have built repute for Quality and Integrity,” says Rajesh Kutty, Founder & Executive Director, Probox Solutions.

PROBOX has built an ongoing “Orientation Program” for its entire employee strength across the Organization, with a theme Customer First. “Our customer’s quality service is our prime focus. PROBOXians recognise this and always remember that our success is not an entitlement, but something we need to earn every day. PROBOXian are very sensitive towards our customers deliverables and do everything what we can, individually and collectively to exceed their expectations. The trust and branding develop over a period of time is a testimony to our successful management style and it is an important milestone in our journey. As the organization grows older, the Operational processes get streamlined, Client relation gets strengthened and Organization gains rich experience. When it comes to any Organization and Business enterprise, each anniversary serves as a Branding opportunity. Age of an organization is a thing to be proud of and it requires great Skill, suitable Government Policies, good Market Response, crucial Partnerships and Loyal Clientele in order to stay afloat in a dynamic business environment, ,” added Rajesh.

A platform to explore for the employees

The IT service provider firm has a contingent workforce which is increasing in number. As there is a multi-generational workforce in every company, people are inviting for the standardization and simplification. PROBOX find ways to provide ground breaking new insights or tools for managers and support employees in taking faster, better and well-focussed business decisions. PROBOX still being one of growing companies, strongly believes in open door policy.

Facilitating clients to build a better future

Started in the year 2015 with a clear focus on providing Enterprise Support Services to its clients the Founder & Executive Director Rajesh Kutty (RK) incepted PROBOX in 2015 and has grown leaps and bounds under his leadership. RK as his peer knows him is a Technology Industry professional with almost 3 decades of experience in Europe, Middle East, Africa, South East Asia and India.

The Founder Leadership experience includes Corporate Governance, Customer Relationship Management and Organization Strategy. Prior to his current role he has also served with various other IT companies in various technology innovation and business roles. To sum up a visionary who always believes in handling the most complex situation with a sense of humour ever enthusiastic and passionate about everything he does.

An ISO 9001 and 20001 certified Company PROBOX, has received Award and recognition from CIO Review as the 20 Most Promising Managed Services Company in India-2018. PROBOX witnessed financial growth in almost all verticals since last year. The business revenue has recorded an impressive 70 percent increase in comparison to that of the last accounting year. “The experience we deliver in our service to our customer, the strength and equity of our brand and the primary reason for our current and future success is because of our team enthusiasm to be the best in the Globe. Our enterprise support services and new age technology across various Industries. Our services are available in PAN India at around 128 on-site locations.  With 14 Branch offices in key cities such as Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Kolkata, Kochi, Goa and North East are all well serviced and served by us. Our committed and well-trained staffs of around 100 employees have earned a reputation for professional service and empathy,” pinpoints Rajesh.

“What a great company to take on this project for us! We knew it was a big and complicated project from the start but the PROBOX team ensured everything was delivered as per the requirements and on time. I cannot praise them enough and I will most definitely be using them again. I can highly recommend, says, Sunil Surayarao, one of the proud clients of PROBOX.

The firm with a positive outlook aspires to increase and revenue in the years to come. The firm has a focused approach toward Business Growth Objectives also keeping Business Strategy Simple, feasible, realistic, and achievable with a strong commitment goal.

Over the past years the global IT consulting market has booked year on year growth, although growth rates differ between the more mature markets and emerging economies. With a total value of around $250 billion, the global IT consulting sector is one of the largest and most mature markets within the professional services industry. Power IT Services is a Global IT firm offering IT consulting, technology and outsourcing solutions and services.

Incepted with a mission to become a Preferred Global IT Service Provider, Power IT offers various services such as Software Development, Mobile Applications, Web Services, IT Management and Security Management. “We also train and deploy resources to the Customer’s project, BPO services and Executive Search. We pioneered in setting up a 24/7 Global Offshore Delivery Centers (ODCs) in Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore for IT Consulting Services with quick turnaround time for providing solutions for global location. The uniqueness of Power IT Services is to address the client needs of small to large scale within agreed time-frame and budget without compromising the quality across BFSI, Energy, Health, Retail and Consumer domains catapulted our growth and setting us apart from the competition,” says Ramesh Pemmasani, Founder, Power IT.

With an experienced team of over 200 consultants the firm has experts in Banking & Financial Services, Health & Insurance, Automotive, Defence Security, Energy, Semiconductors and Consumer Sector who help the clients remain upto date to changing technologies in their domain and remain ahead of competition. “Our operation is spread across United States, United Kingdom and Asia Pacific market enabling clients to get access to expert local talent for their technological solutions and bringing cost advantages on hiring local talent and building a diversified talent pool. We are a trusted partner to several Multinational Companies globally for managing their end-to-end Product Life Cycle and enhancing business processes,” added Ramesh.

Power IT is obsessed with Innovation and creativity and has built their Internal Innovation Repository Framework for the employees to suggest and build innovative process tools. The firm also has the Internal Training for the employees with a structured training framework for both fresher’s and laterals.

The intellect behind the achievement

The driving force behind the growth and success of the company is Ramesh Pemmasani the Founder & CEO of Power IT. He is an entrepreneur with 22 years of International work experience in the software development life cycle of Technology and Business Intelligence Projects with domain knowledge of Telecommunication, BFSI and SCM. In addition to providing strategic solutions, Ramesh works closely with Sales, Marketing and Support teams to ensure Power IT offer the most practical IT Consulting Services to our customers around the globe.

Power IT has client from across the globe including New Zealand, Germany, UK and the United States. Since its inception, Power IT has been growing at a steady pace with the recent 3 year growth had been at 33 percent Year on Year. The firm has also achieved many awards and recognizition in the industry. Power IT has been adjudged as “20 Most Promising Managed Services Providers – 2018” by CIO Review Magazine in 2018. The firm has also received recognition in the Silicon India Magazine as the “10 Most Promising Recruitment Consultants in 2018.

“Power IT has always been a preferred hiring partner with Tagit, team has been helping us to close positions with minimum candidates with maximum conversions, so effort loss is less for hiring managers This address the quality of the candidates and hiring timeliness,” Pinpoints Gautham Siddharthan, one of the proud customer of Power IT.

The Road Ahead

The firm with a positive outlook aspires to increase its revenue and clients in the years to come. “Right from our inception we had a clear focus on one particular thing, i.e., to be “The Most Trusted IT Services Partner” across the Globe. We started off as a Consulting firm and we evolved into an IT Services company. We have our own automated processing tool and envision our brand in the global market as a company with a futuristic thought in terms of predictive analytics with AI technology. We are leveraging the current technology to stay ahead of the curve and be a pioneer in this industry,” concluded Ramesh.

Management consulting is a $250 billion industry with gigantic growth and profit . Business people and organizations around the world now depend on the wise counsel of expert consultants for their survival and growth. Whether the focus is Strategy, Operations, Tax, Finance, HR, or IT, business consultants are a staple of corporate life. True, the biblical kings had prophets and the Greeks had their oracles; Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta had Chanakya, and Akbar had Birbal and even the mafia had their consigliere for consulting during the ancient days. Today, over 700,000 consulting companies provide services across virtually all aspects of business globally. From defining strategic direction to simply serving as an additional pair of hands for outsourced work, consultants have become inextricably linked to the success of most large organizations. Kolkata based Padrea Global Services Ltd is one such company, who stands as one of the best management consultants and innovative technology company in India.

“Starting off with a venture like business is a hard nut to crack. Several things have to ensure to stay in their places suitably. But it’s the indomitable spirit of an achiever, which keeps the lamp of your dreams burning till your goal has been achieved. Padrea Global Services Ltd rises from such aspirations and  resolute to be at the highest podium where it sees nothing else than success, says Baibhav Agarwal, Director, Padrea Global Services Ltd.

Incepted in the year 2007, Padrea initially started off as a Consultancy and Research & Development  company. It offers various services aiming at assisting almost all segments of business, namely Financial Services, Advisory Services, Strategy, Organization Modelling, Dynamic Marketing, Technology, Legal, Audit and Research & Development. The company caters to various verticals including Healthcare, Fintech, Real Estate, Mining and Metal, E-commerce, Retail, and many more.

In its early stages, Padrea along with its consultancy business started Digital Marketing, Software Development, ERP Solutions, etc., emerging as market leaders of the Industry. In the year 2011 – 2012 Padrea started its operation overseas, as the company spread its wings to the Middle East and Europe. Padrea emerged to become an innovative Technology and Consultancy company.

It is the thirst of keeping up with trends and technology, that has helped Padrea grow over the years and still remain leaders in the Industry. The company saw the potential and growth of emerging new technologies, like AR and VR, and finally in the year 2017, started a separate division completely dedicated to AR and VR, under Padrea Tech.

Baibhav Agarwal along wih his partner, Mr. Mayank Kamani, together formed “Padrea Tech”. It is a subsidiary of Padrea Global Services Ltd. Padrea Tech is a technology company offering bespoke solutions in the AR and VR Technology, and is gradually emerging as a complete AR and VR company. Padrea Tech shares its vision with Digital India and helps incorporates technology in business and help them utilize their true potential. It’s mission is to make superior technology accessible to all organizations in the best way possible in accordance with their requirements. Padrea Tech is currently focusing on using AR/VR technology to take businesses to the next level.

“Whether you are looking to start your business or grow it to the next level, Padrea as an innovative technology and consultancy company looks after all your growth needs, at all stages. We work with top executives and help you carve your way through glory by providing all business solutions under one roof. Padrea’s experienced panel of experts strives to inculcate change and value in the businesses we serve ensuring thatyou become bigger and better every day,” added Baibhav. Padrea offers clients the expert assistance in specific areas depending on the nature of business. It provide service in almost all areas of business, irrespective of their sector. This is one of the major reasons why clients are benefitted immensely from their services.

The management consultant counts its specialized team as one of the core USP, because they are the ones who transform coffee into value. Further Padrea’s decade long experience in various sectors also adds value to it.

The name ‘Padrea’ is a combination of two words ‘Passion’ and ‘Dream’ values upon which the organization is running since its inception, as per the envision of Baibhav Agarwal. Evaluating himself, as experienced personnel who envisioned a dream of being a successfulentrepreneur, he believes that there can be only a single mantra for living your dreams and that is, constant dedication and honesty. The never giving-up-spirit that ignites within him, drives Baibhav for doing better each day.With an experience of more than 10 years as the Director of the company, his core belief lies in the fact that, it is simply hard work that makes you follow your passion till it is achieved. Holding professional qualification as a Chartered Accountant and deploying strong entrepreneurship learned skills, his journey so far has been extremely productive with various designated roles and being the potential key decision maker in well-recognized and reputed companies. His constructive skills in Management Consultancy, Technology, Skilled Negotiation,Business Planning, Market Research, Management, HR planning, and Sustainability has not only helped Padrea to grow, but also heightened his capabilities to emerge as a successful entrepreneur. The major factor that contributed towards the growth of the company is the deployment of the mastery skills. “We look high for reaching the sky limits. Our constant stare and focus on innovation, enables us to deliver more optimal solutions for our clients.

The encouraging expansion to overseas countries doesn’t stop here and with each successful projects catered to foreign client round the globe, we work harder on pinning our visibility to multiple countries. The dexterous standards we formulate at Padrea Global Services Ltd, mark a significant contribution not only in the domestic market, but also in the international market as well. No matter how many projects we are handling at a time, the resolute assurance of no compromise, from our end, makes us stand out as a significant one in the global market scenario today,” pinpoints Baibhav.

Starting as a small management consultancy and technology company in with a handful of people constituting as a team, Padrea has crossed multitude milestones since the day of its inception. The companyhas also been featured in various notable magazines. “Speaking of today, we stand tall as amultidisciplinary organization, facilitating manifold services and overcoming criticalchallenges all at the same time.”

Padrea with a positive outlook aspires to widen it’s wings geographically. The company also aspires to double its revenue and clients in the years to come. “Our vision to become a customer-centric company seems attainable with the current encouraging statistical figures of growth and profit. With the addition of more innovative and distinctive services, we aim to become a more multifaceted organization in the coming future,” concludes Baibhav.