Our Sponsors and Partners

JLL

JLL is India’s premier and largest professional services firm specialising in real estate. The Firm has grown from strength to strength in India for the past two decades. JLL India has an extensive presence across 10 major cities (Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Kochi, and Coimbatore) and over 130 tier-II and III markets with a cumulative strength of close to 12,000 professionals. The Firm provides investors, developers, local corporates, and multinational companies with a comprehensive range of services. These include leasing, capital markets, research & advisory, transaction management, project development, facility management and property & asset management. These services cover various asset classes such as commercial, industrial, warehouse and logistics, data centres, residential, retail, hospitality, healthcare, senior living, and education. For further information, please visit jll.co.in.

John Distilleries Limited

John Distilleries Limited (JDL), is the fourth largest Alcoholic Beverage Company in India with an annual turnover of Rs.350 crores in FY 08-09 and an estimated Rs.500 crores turnover and volume of 10 million 9 litre cases in FY 09-10.

JDL has had four notable successes. The first is the company flagship brand, Original Choice that is the preferred choice of whisky, brandy and rum consumers in the economy segment especially in the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh with exports to UAE and Africa.  The second  is a close to pan India manufacturing and supply footprint with three own bottling units located in Karnataka, Goa and Chattisgarh and primary distillation unit in Maharastra along with ten Contract Bottling Units. The third is a reverse production integration which includes captive malt production at Cumcolin, Goa and ENA production at Chitali, Maharashtra. Finally, JDL has also set up Chateau de Banyan Ltd, a premium wine division offering the Big Banyan wine label- an Indian wine with international standards, which has found good consumer acceptance.

John Distilleries also has four primary challenges to overcome to achieve its ambition to become India's leading Alcoholic Beverage Company. First, the flagship brand, Original Choice is concentrated in the southern markets of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The second is a high dependency on Original Choice. The third is the competitive positioning of Original Choice in the economy segment, which is price sensitive. The fourth is a debt of Rs. 170 crores with an annual interest Rs.19 crores. Therefore JDL has developed a clear vision, mission and blueprint for profitable growth in a financially prudent manner.

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Just Dial

Just Dial is one of India's leading local search engines and was founded by VSS Mani in 1996. Just Dial was created to provide people with immediate access to fast, reliable and comprehensive information on businesses, products and services across India.

Our search service is available to users through multiple platforms, such as the Internet (justdial.com), mobile Internet (m.justdial.com), over the telephone (69999999 and 08888888888) and text/ SMS (08888888888).

5 Things You Should Know About Just Dial

 * Just Dial received approximately 180.7 million search requests from our users in fiscal 2011.
 * Justdial.com received 77.2 million Internet searches and 9.6 million mobile Internet searches in fiscal 2011.
 * Just Dial received 93.9 million voice searches in fiscal 2011.
 * Our database comprises of approximately 6.0 million business listings across various cities and towns in India, as of June 30, 2011.
 * Just Dial users have contributed 4,163,100 reviews and ratings for various listings, as of November 11, 2011.

We believe that our search service bridges the gap between our users and businesses by helping users find relevant providers of products and services quickly while helping businesses listed in our database to market their offerings.

Kaizen Private Equity

We are a private equity firm focused on investing with a distinct focus on companies and entrepreneurs who have the potential to lead their domains. Our purpose is operations driven transformative growth, which defines whom we partner with and how we operate. Our partner companies represent our commitment to working with entrepreneurs to help them achieve their goals and dreams.

We were established in 2009 and our first fund is also India’s first education-focused private equity fund. We invest in Education because education holds the promise to transform our society in a deep and long-lasting way. Changes facing the education sector today embody our belief in transformation through slow, steady and small steps and also through disruptive innovations. Our partner companies exemplify that learning outcomes, social transformation, and value creation go hand-in-hand. Our team consists of entrepreneurial professionals who bring a combination of investment experience, domain knowledge and operations expertise across numerous sectors including Technology, Education, Manufacturing, Paper and Chemicals. We believe that lessons learned through investing in education companies in India can be applied to building education companies in nearby emerging regions.

Kangaroo Kids

KKEL owned, Kangaroo Kids & Billabong High International Schools, the pioneers in new format schooling and learning methodology, have initiated a movement that has changed the face of pre-school and high school education in India.

Starting with a single Kangaroo Kids preschool in 1993 and Billabong High International School in 2003, today, KKEL's revolutionary model of education is imparted at over 100+ Schools and Pre- Schools in 30 cities across India, as well as in Dubai, Middle East and Maldives.

Neuroscience and Energy Science - Key Differentiators
Kangaroo Kids and Billabong High International Schools have pioneered a unique proprietary pedagogical model that has been developed over 20 years with more than 150,000 man hours spent on the research and design which is based on contemporary education research, neuroscience and energy science. KKEL over the years gained the respect of most School and University Institutions and has received individual acclaim from many academicians and forums. The recent excellent all India Board examination results at Billabong High International School and the global benchmark created by our students at the IGCSE board is proof of concept that learning can be joyful, engaging, fun and still effective.

OUR INITIATIVES

The Kangaroo Kids Club - A Toddler’s Program
Kangaroo Kids Club facilitates action based learning in a fun filled environment. The sessions are specially designed to encourage the exploratory side in toddlers and provide multisensory stimulation through visual, auditory and kinesthetic (touch based) programmes. Each session is carefully monitored to maintain safety standards and to allow individual toddlers to achieve their maximum potential. KKEL is among the first in India to offer a Mother-Toddler interactive programme.

Kangaroo Kids Preschool
Action-based learning is elevated to the next stage using innovative teaching methods. Kangaroo Kids Preschool is recognised by mainstream schools as an institution that produces confident, creative and eager learners. The unique programme is a new concept in learning and incorporates path-breaking brain research.

Billabong High International School
Billabong High International School came up as a step forward in the journey to fire the imagination of children. Its goal is to create high interest and rewarding learning experiences that will stay with children for the rest of their lives. Giving a purpose to learning and allowing children to be thinkers, innovators and problem solvers will result in a natural and integrated development of knowledge, skills and thinking.
Billabong High International School offers the ICSE, IGCSE and CBSE boards, from preschool through Grade 12. It shares a sister relationship with Billanook College-Australia, for mutual benefit through international educational links and resource sharing.

KITDR (Kangaroo Kids Institute for Teachers Training Development and Research)
KITDR was introduced out of a huge gap felt by trainee teachers and educators between the content offered in teacher training courses and the demands of a real life classroom. This led KKEL to embark on a journey to imbue unique skills in those who wish to teach, keeping in mind our path-breaking, learner - centric approach. Instituted with a vision of developing world class teachers, KITDR has been recognised as an institution that produces confident, creative and dedicated teachers who are interested in learning the finer nuances of education.
It has been the pioneer in imparting teacher training that is on an even keel with the standards followed at international levels.

Awards & Recognition
Kangaroo Kids, the pre school brand of Billabong High International Schools and KKEL has been recognised as the most “Trusted Brand” in education by The Brand Trust Study 2014 standing tall in the same league as IIT, IIM, NIIT, Yale University and Oxford. It has been awarded multiple awards across cities by the Education World Survey for almost 5 years in a row. We were the proud recipients of the “Best Franchisee of the Year” award at the Franchisee India Summit 2013 for Billabong High International School.

Kangaroo Kids and Billabong High International School are now on their path to create a larger footprint through owned and partner school models on a world stage.

Kap Computer Solutions

KAP Computer Solutions Pvt. Ltd - For Business Enterprises, KAP Computer Solutions (KAPSYSTEM) is one of the fastest growing Bulk SMS Company in India when it comes to Bulk SMS  Solution which offers Promotional and Transactional Bulk SMS Services along with HTTP API, Integration Kit, Source Code on Different Technologies to integrate on your either Application Specific(CRM, ERP, SAP, Supply Chain Management, etc…) or Technology Specific(Java, Dot Net, Php, Wordpress, Zoomla, etc…). At present, we cater over 8000+ customers across industries in India varying from major Banks, IT Companies, Corporates, Fortune 500 Companies, etc. Our messaging routes are being used by major enterprises, varying from Wipro Technologies, Logica, CGI, Capgemini, Aditya Birla, Mahindra Holidays, Swaraj Mahindra, DLF, DHFL, E & Y Financial Services, IndiaFirst Insurance, Canara Bank, INGVysya Bank, HDFC Life, Bharat Petroleum, Dr. Batra's, Bhima Jewellery and more.

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KBITS

KBITS is the nodal agency of the Department of IT and BT and S&T, Government of Karnataka and the single point contact for Investors in IT, BT and AVGC Sectors. KBITS is the Nodal agency for the State High Level Clearance Committee and State Level Single Window Clearance Committee to undertake investment promotional activities and render necessary guidance and assistance to entrepreneurs to set up IT related industries in the State. Its mandate is to be the One Stop Shop for all facilitation for new and existing investments in the State for clearance of these Projects.

Department of IT and BT and S&T, Government of Karnataka has been working earnestly for the Technological and entrepreneurial progress of the State.  It has Brought out very Academic friendly, Industry friendly and Growth & Development oriented Policies all along Pro Industry Policies ensured enormous development of IT Industries, BT Research and Developments and other fields. So much so, Bangalore has been called “The Silicon valley of India” and “The BT Capital of Asia”
The following policies have been brought out by the Government of Karnataka.
   •  i4 Policy
   •  BT Policy
   •  ESDM Policy
   •  KAVGC Policy

Recently the Department of IT and BT and S&T, Government of Karnataka has brought out the Karnataka Startup Policy with the Vision to create a world-class startup ecosystem in the state through Strategic investment and policy interventions leveraging the robust Innovation climate in Bangalore

The Government of Karnataka has also brought out the Electronic System Design Manufacturing (ESDM) Policy which offers various concessions and incentives for the ESDM companies.

Among its multifarious activities, KBITS co-ordinates the conduct of the Department’s Flagship annual events like BangaloreITE.biz, Bangalore India Bio and Bangalore India Nano.

Kerala Startup Mission

Kerala Startup Mission started as Technopark Business Incubation Center in Technopark in 2002. T-TBI received the grant from Dept. of Science and Technology in the year 2006 and was made into a separate entity. Since 2006 T-TBI has been actively promoting the startup and innovation activities in Kerala through various initiatives.   In the year 2012 Technopark TBI was recognized as the nodal incubator in the state and in the year 2015 Technopark Technology Business Incubator was rebranded as Kerala Startup Mission. Throughout these years the efforts of Kerala Startup Mission and other technology incubators in the State has resulted in the growth of more than 500 startups. Presently, Kerala houses more than 300 technology startups (ref: Kerala Startup Ecosystem report). The Kerala Technology Startup Policy , a pioneering effort in this direction in the country , clearly brings out the ways and methods of creating a startup ecosystem. The Kerala state Start Up Mission is planning a state wide network of Research Institutions with incubators so that the scientists and researchers can commercialize their IPs /findings. The Technology Commercialization platform would bring the Technology advancements in the R&D institutions and other agencies working in the areas of cutting edge technologies with corporates, startups and who are keen on the commercialization of such technologies.