On the first anniversary of iSPIRT, we got the best product thinkers in the country pledging to transform India into a product nation and to help in every way they can to get it there.

1. We are witnessing the rise of
India as a product nation.
Slowly but surely.
And on the first anniversary of
iSPIRT, we got the best product thinkers
in India to talk about what a thriving
product ecosystem can do for the
country.

2. “the means for India to
showcase innovation
leadership, just as the IT
Services industry became the
hallmark of India's ability to
be the world's best in
software delivery..”
Shirish Deodhar

3. “a key player in the future
economic growth of India &
help drive entrepreneurship
in general especially among
the younger generation.”
Dilip Thomas Ittyera

4. “the thing of pride for an
Indian Software Developer,
who is currently termed a
'code coolie‘!”
Pallav Nadhani

5. “Biggest hub of product
leadership talent in the
world!”
Pinkesh Shah

6. “A force to reckon with
on the global landscape.
A force that will
revolutionize the face of
the country.”
Peter Yorke

7. “a Global Software
Powerhouse! The Indian
Market is fine but is not large
enough to build a powerhouse
ecosystem! Plus, when the
whole world is your
Oyster, why be happy being in
a corner?.”
Nari Kannan

8. “An ecosystem that grows together,
helps each other, has M&A's,
partnerships, and consistently even
after successes thinks about how to
give back. That mentality is needed
to be the best ecosystem for
startups. Also, government support
is needed..”
Vijay Sharma

9. “something the entire world
recognizes for creating
innovative world class
products. Indian software
industry has to go beyond
peddling different kinds of
arbitrage - cost, .”
Amit Ranjan

10. “Most sought after Brand in global
markets, a stamp of
quality, reliability, completion, innov
ation & support. Must fetch price
premium in a few years. Must be an
attractive destination for Acquisition
& Funding of younger companies. .”
Hanuman Tripathi

11. “creating a unique position for
themselves in the landscape of
the new world order where
technology is in the center. They
will lead through influence and
impact by doing .”
Piyush Singh

12. “a significant contributor
to the reason(s) why
India will be a dominant
world economy.”
Bharat Goenka

13. “the torchbearer of
India's economic
progress, innovation
and thought leadership.”
Krishna H S

14. “Major Global Player
and see Billion $
emerging from India.”
Trilok H G

15. “The largest product idea based
country to churn the best
solutions in the world. We need
to work on the domestic IT
product and services to be
equally strong to make the .”
Ullhas Ambegaonkar

16. “A catalyst to the creation of a
vibrant product ecosystem in
the country, re-awakening the
innovation spirit of the
technology community laid
dormant for a few decades of
being instruction led..”
Ranga Raj

17. “India has all the potential to be ahead
in the curve than any country in
product technologies and its adoption.
Not only will it push businesses to
whole new different level but will be a
huge economy catalyst. I dream and
wish to be part of this journey and be
a contributor in whatever way I
could..”
Ajay Chauhan

18. “the driver of efficiency
and transparency in
India.”
Srinivas Yermal

19. “the key driver to changing
how societies function and
bringing value to every
participant in the society.”
Rinka Singh

20. “the next silicon valley.
India to lead the world
in terms of IPs and
innovative solutions..”
Senthil Nathan R

21. “not just a catalyst for wealth
creation for middle classes
(which it already is), but help
solve painful problems in
front of us like the
environmental crisis,
inequality and poor .”
Yogesh Pathak

22. “a catalyst to take India to
next level by more inclusive
growth, job creation at
multiple levels and touching
smaller Indian businesses. ”
Milind Katti

23. “the first choice for businesses
when buying software for
their people, partners and
customers. I dream of madein-india software products
solving many problems and
making .”
Sangeeta Patni

24. “A manifestation of
Indian creativity and
intellect to solve
challenging problems of
the world today..”
Abhijit Majumdar

25. “known, respected and
valued in India and
around the world for
delivering solutions
within India and to the
rest of the world.”
Sanjay Anandaram

26. “a global leader with Indian
companies competing and
leading against global leaders
like
SAP, Salesforce, google, Micro
soft, Oracle. .”
Sumeet Anand

27. “The prime mover of the Indian
economy, enabling the software
industry to obtain non linear
revenues, and hence become
the show case for a
vibrant, resurgent India.”
George John Vettath

28. “a driving force for
improving the health and
healthcare for all people
in India and around the
world! .”
Remesh Kuruppath

29. “a key differentiator and a competitive weapon
to take India to the forefront of world economy,
an economy driven by knowledge, inspired by
passion for excellence and tempered towards
common good through wisdom. I dream of India
being a hub for great products , Ideas and
intellectual progress . Claim its rightful place in
the world and history.wishing SPI the very best.
.”
Ramaswamy ramasubbu

30. “An ecosystem that
thrives in the changing
21st century context .”
Ramanan

31. “The most important part of
Indian economy. A hotbed for
innovation and a means of
expression for our youth.”
Amit Chopra

32. “one of the biggest
contributors of GDP by
transforming various sectors
of the economy such as
health care, education, and
agriculture. .”
Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy

33. “As a key initiative to
build the next $100
Billion software industry
out of India .”
Seshadri Krishnan

34. “A key driver in increasing the IT
adoption rate among Indian SMEs.
Helping them to become competitive
and world class. And also bring
accountability and transparency to
SME businesses as a by product. So
that India as a whole can develop a
culture of trust.”
Rajendra Kumar Hemant

35. “a thriving culture and a status
symbol of India, way bigger than
what the service industry culture
and status symbol is today .”
Rashmi Ranjan Padhy

36. “flooded with products/services
which enhance both personal
and business activities and use
technology to empower the
billion+ bottom of pyramid
people to live a healthy and safe
life. .”
Sudhanshu Aggarwal

37. “I dream of SPI to be able
to produce consumer
focused designed centric
software that change
the way people perceive
software.”
J Kuttan

38. “Key driver of Indian tech
economy and having 20
billion dollar IPOs over
the next 5-10 years .”
Shiju Mathew

39. “A healthy and appreciable platform
for enthusiastic entrepreneurs to
build their dream - with more room
for growth and mistakes and a
global infrastructure. .”
Sushant Khurana

40. “a force to reckon with
internationally thru the
great ideas and
innovative products we
create.”
Ramesh Loganathan

41. “A simple solution to our
complex problems.”
Yashveer Singh

42. “I Dream that, SPI should be a
major contributor in making india a
super power by the year 2030, and
bring in a positive impact on the
socio economic scene in India. .”
Sumesh k menon

43. “A key industry in
creating lot of jobs and
improving GDP.”
Kesava Reddy

44. “Our vision is to have a global presence through uniqueness and
comprehend strategy. We want to see the world abridge to the
mobile platform by integrating different products, modules and
expertise on the mobile platform. Finally to provide 3 E's that
are exclusive , extricate and extraordinary products.MobiTrack
helps Large Companies and SMB Companies to track their
SalesForce and FieldForce and Daily Activity System on
Mobile.In sales & field force tracking and real-time activity
monitoring and WorkForce Management system on mobile.We
specialize in Location based service for FieldForce through
Mobile, RFID, NFC, Barcode, Bluetooth, Hybrid apps, Indoor GPS
etc.
www.mobitrack.in/case study.html .”
Manoj Patel

45. “An Engine for Billion
dollar IPOs .”
Anand Krushnan

46. “Better place to develop
useful products to help
India's growth, an
industry obsessed with
customer and customer
service.”
Srinivasan.G

47. “bigger and better than
Israel .”
Sharad Sharma

48. “Create at least 10
companies worth more
than 1Bn$ over next 5
years .”
Selvakumar P S

49. “Indian Software Product
Industry to become a new
brand of India. Lot Of
innovation which will changes
millions of lives at home as well
as globally.”
Siddharth Deshmukh

50. “I dream of SPI (Software
Product Industry) becoming the
New Religion of India.”
Manjunath Nanjaiah

51. “a force to reckon with
across the world…..”
Suresh Kumar Neti

52. “a key to improving software
product and solution
awareness among the users.
more and more customers go
for indian software products
and solutions. .”
Paresh Shah

53. “a leader in software products since its
a known fact a majority of the leading
brands like ADOBE, MICROSOFT,
QUARK ETC, have over 50 % of their
products being developed in India or
being managed by Indians and it time
to show the world now that we can
make good international products
independently and in-house. .”
Harinder Salwan

54. “I dream of SPI becoming
another sunrise industry
- surpassing software and
diamond industry. .”
Rajesh Kothari

55. “A hub for world class
technology products .”
Vijay Vadlamani

56. “a key driver of revenue
and jobs and an
instrument for building a
better world.”
Cohan Sujay Carlso

57. “A friend to every
businessman and a guide
to every product startup
in India! .”
Nikhil Kumar

58. “a change agent for
improving the lives of
Indians and citizens of
the world .”
Pandith Jantakahalli

59. “A huge contributor to the
GDP of India and playing a
significant role in taking India
from a third world country to
a developed nation. .”
Pankaj Kulkarni

60. “a Self Sustained
platform and meeting the
needs of 1.4 Billion
Indians .”
Praveen Singh

61. “Indian Software Product Industry should be recognized for its
innovations, Ideas and contribution to the world not only from
profitable angle, but also contributing towards making our planet
a better place for our future generations. Every industry is known
and measured by its Dollar Value, but we must emphasis on
VALUES and BEST PRACTICES that drives highest level of Business
Ethics, Operations Excellence and Strong Governance. These
factors will certainly make us a HIGHLY REGARDED BILLION
DOLLAR INDUSTRY. Don’t just build innovative products… build
innovative value systems that becomes our Industry’s DNA. .”
Raghavendra Singh

62. “amongst top 5 countries
contributing to IP and
Patents worldwide .”
Anupam

63. “Becoming as big as the
valley for software
products.”
Praveen Hari

64. “A medium for entrepreneurs to
learn from experts about various
software and compatable devices
available in the market to help
their business grow and be in tune
with the demand of the times and
future .”
Sirisha Naidu

65. “Key to improving the state of
the world (line stolen from
WEF, not the sentiment) .”
Jasminder Singh Gulati

66. “An engine of value
creation, a catalyst to reduce
disparity in
income, healthcare, educatio
n. A pillar which will drive
India on the next growth
Vinay simha
phase.”

67. “a significant contributor
to the nation's GDP and
employemnt.”
Kishan M Bhat

68. “...The collective, single mind of India
that holds all our
knowledge, enables all our
actions, transcending all inherited
boundaries sensitively and place
new power in the hands of every
man, woman and child, especially
the latter. All other successes are but
Sridhar Dhulipala
a corollary to this. .”

69. “the torch bearer for the
Indian Software Industry .”
Gokul Visweswaran

70. “a key to change our own country's
dependency to US software product
companies...
Make the software affordable to
SMB & government .”
Shanmugavel Sankaran

71. “the driver of innovation and build
products for Indian businesses
making them more efficient and
driving their profitability which in
turn contributes to economic
growth of the country and brings
prosperity to all. .”
Keshav Modi

72. “bigger than services
industry in India.”
V V Subramaniam

73. “the mechanism, the catalyst to
accelerate innovative problem
solving in not just business areas,
but governance and
infrastructure areas as well .”
Seema Joshi

74. “the back bone of indian economy
going forward and is very critical for
the Indian economic condition which
translates to becoming richer, higher
GDP and i turn lot more people will
get to bed everyday with 3 square
meals. .”
Manjunath M Gowda

75. “An engine to economic
success and overall
progress of the country !”
Manjula Sridhar

76. “the key driver for fueling
the growth of GDP of
India, much like the
Tatas, Birlas and Ambanis
did years ago with
manufacturing industry .”
Aditya Sanghi

77. “a key to invigorating
innovation in India and
creating awesome
products that are the
best in the world.”
Saurab Paruthi

78. “A Key Driver and Torch
Bearer for the Indian Sw
industry's and country's
economic growth. .”
Raman N R K

79. “Incredibly cool
innovations .”
Pallav Jhawar

80. “I dream of SPI becoming
the main catalyst
responsible for the
growth of Indian
businesses! .”
Harsha Vardhan

81. “a driver of growth for India,
ultimately leading to birth of
future FaceBooks and
Googles from within our
ecosystem.”
Hareish Gur

82. “a shining guide for helping
accelerate growth of startups
in India to be at par with rest of
the world across all stages of
growth and exit.”
Chintan Mehta

83. Do you want to transform India
at large? Do you want to be a
part of the emergence of India
as a product nation?
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