Entrepreneur / Technologist / adventurer and mentor.Trend setter on technology / applications for simplified lifeGlobally travelled / multi faceted experience – manufacturing / mobiles / payments / telecom networks / transit / digital inclusionat IIT, built a conversion kit for shuttle power looms into air-jet looms, the winding drum from Leesona Corp and the rest here. Enhanced productivity by 230% with a 50% additional capex1985 - 1994 : Engineering Innovations Ltd.,Began as an entrepreneur by setting up the country’s first and largest precision sheet metal fabrication facility.1994 – 2000 ITIDA Cad Services Pvt. Ltd.,The country’s first CAD/CAM software product company – laser / plasma cutting and sheet metal punching machines.2000 – 2012 Phoneytunes.com / Mobisoft Telesolutions Pvt. Ltd.,The first mobile VAS service for ringtones / logos and picture messages in IndiaGrew to provide full service VAS delivery platforms to Telcos in India, Africa, Middle East, SE Asia for global majors.2012 – present NextGen Telesolutions Pvt. Ltd.,Began exploring multiple avenues for new products :• And now developed the full service secure banking / wallet / payment platform using the SIM overlay secure element solution. Secure Digital / Cashless banking on mobiles targeted at the developing world.• Extended this to using a smart microSD card with NFC capability • Including contactless / TapNPay payments for transit into mainstream payments – cards / banking / wallets / money transfers and more.• Delivered the country’s most advanced entertainment park ticketing solution – The Statue of Unity, one of the top100 parks globally and drawing over 0.5 mill visitors a month.• Building india’s first “Designed and Made in India” the transit Automatic Fare Collection System (AFCS) integrating QR code / closed and open loop card based fare systems. Globally one of the first as an integrated solution. Brings Metro / BRT / Bus ticketing and Toll collection as a single integrated solution.• Built another innovative merchant payment terminal – dynamic QR codes, “designed and made in India for the world”• Retail and ATM adaptations for contactless cards including enabling standard COTS android NFC devices to accept EMV contactless cards Disrupting / innovating and re-defining mobile banking and payments across the globe with a core focus on adding security and encryption capabilities to mobile devices enabling “secure transactions” on any device.Global outlook, customers and disruptive, innovative and customized solution deliveries