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Born in Hyderabad, India – 1979
A Very Typical Family Background
• Middle Class Family
• Conservative
• Dad - A Government Bank Employee
• Mom – A Homemaker
My behavior
• Introvert, Shy
• No friends
Family Financials
• Always just short of money
Family Objective
• Get children to study well
• Hope children get good jobs
Landed in Dhanbad - 1996
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4. About me – Career Graph
Organization Year Joined As Left As
TATA Group 2000 - 2003 Trainee Business Consultant
Lionbridge 2003 - 2004 Process Consultant Senior Process Consultant
Kanbay Inc. 2004 - 2006 Coordinator, Process Head, SEPG
Improvement Group
Capgemini 2006 - 2008 Management Consultant Client Engagement Manager
Founder and CEO, KINDUZ Consulting from August 2008
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5. All said and done, I am just a common person like you all
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7. KINDUZ - Key Facts
Started in August 2008
Founded by senior industry experts from global companies like
• Capgemini
• HLL
• ING
• Lifestyle
• Monsoon
• Riyadh Bank
• TATA Group, and
• Wipro
Successfully completed 30 assignments in the first year of
operation
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8. Our Offices
Surrey, British
Columbia, Canada Dresden, Germany
Fairfield, Iowa
Gurgaon, India
Hyderabad, India
(Head Office)
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9. Our Clients
Berlin
Boston
Sharjah
Riyad Delhi
India
Baroda Hyderabad
Chennai
Bangalore
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10. Our Clients - Consulting Services
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11. KINDUZ have Coached Associates from
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12. Our Partners
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13. Our Industry Focus
Information
Technology
Banking and Pharmaceutical
Financial Services and CROs
INDUSTRY
FOCUS
Infrastructure Retail
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14. KINDUZ offers End-to-End Business Consulting Services
Industry Financial Legal and Business Human
Business
Research Management Regulatory Process Resource
Excellence
and Insights and Advisory Services Management Management
Capital Market Corporate Business Maturity Change
Services Structuring Assessments Management Benchmarking
Independent Services
Project Feasibility
Industry Status Join Venture Business Process
Analysis and Designing Communication
Reports Agreements
Reports Management
Services
Business Process
Project Financing Intellectual Property
Rollout and
and Funding Rights Facilitation
Culture Metrics Design
Private Equity Management Services
Performance and
Property
Funding Advisory / Productivity
Management Improvement
VC Funding
Leadership
Development
Focussed Market Investment Deeds and Knowledge Services
Research Advisory Agreements Management
Metrics System
Implementation
Due Diligence, Services
Corporate Training Services
Audits and Third-party Auditing
Restructuring
Opinions
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15. Enabling Sustained Excellence
The ISM Fun Days!
- My Experiences, My Mistakes, My Learnings
Pavan Kota
CEO, KINDUZ Consulting
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16. Semester 1 (1996) – The Ragging, The Food, The Trains, The Thinning!
Lost 30 Kgs in 3 months Running Away in Trains`
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17. Semester 1 – Culture Shock!!!! Awareness Shock!!!!
• Forced to do things you never wanted to do
• Saw things you never knew
• A lot of reasons for emotional drain, and to RUN AWAY!!!
Ragging Goonda’s
Smoke
Drinks
Semester Performance: 2.92 out of 5.00 – Bad!!!
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18. Semester 1 – Key Learnings
1. Bad GPA Score?
1. See the positive side: Passed all subjects!
2. Forget about the past, FOCUS ON THE FUTURE
2. For the first time, I saw the REAL WORLD
3. Life is not about running away, but FACING IT!
Live in Dhanbad for 4 years, you can live anywhere in the world!!
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19. Semester 2 – Semester 4
Try and Improve GPA Score
Live the culture of Dhanbad and ISM
Start worrying about the JOB!
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20. Semester 5 – ISS Elections
Blindly supported a set of candidates who lost
Key Learnings
• If you want to take sides, make sure you gauge
the candidates before you tell everyone which
side you are on
• Staying apolitical is an option. A lot of senior
leaders in organizations, are apolitical
• Politics does create enemies
• Politics enhances competition and brings the
best in the people, but within certain limits!
Politics cannot be removed, YOU HAVE TO PLAY THE GAME!
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21. Semester 6 – My first Entrepreneurial Venture
Chinese Fast Food Center
• Franchisee of a Restaurant from Bank More
Market Analysis
• Large foot falls
• Students don’t want to go to Hirapur, Mani’s for food
• Students don’t have time for proper lunch / dinner
• Students don’t want to eat the same old canteen food!
Investment INR ~20,000/-
Profit INR ~20,000/- in 3 days!!
Employees: students who did not want to attend the fest!!!
Beware of competitors. 4 restaurant’s sprung up next year.
All made losses, due to competition!
Where was I? Enjoying the fest!!!!
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22. Semester 6 – Key Learnings
1. Find a gap in the market
2. Make money quickly before
competitors come in!
3. When competitors come in, go find a new market or a
new product / service!
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23. Semester 7 and 8 (1999-2000) – Placement Disappointment!
Dream Job: NMDC
• Placed on Waiting List
Failed to clear TELCO
Growing Concern about Placement!
OGPA: 3.92 / 5.00 i.e. about 78%
Only other thing, I knew was SOFTWARE!
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24. Semester 7 and 8 (1999-2000) – My Second Venture; but non-profit!
NETMANIACS
• Founded by
Pavan Kota
Poornendu Chaturvedi
Sanjay Vamja
• Concept is Simple:
Learn software
Teach it to ISM Student Community
• Highlights
1 Batch starts with 15 students
1 hour per batch after 7.00 P.M.
In two months we were teaching 100+ students, 4 batches
FREE!!
The Best Way to Learn, is by Teaching!
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25. February 9th 2000 (Semester 8) – I got a job! Yippie!!!
TATA Interactive Systems – The only
software company to come to the campus
Thanks to the initiative of Mr. Amardeep
Saluja, ISM Alumni, Mineral Department
Obviously the faculty recommended me
over others, given the large scale Mr. Amardeep Saluja
successful initiative we were running in ISM
Two days later, NMDC confirmed, but I was
not interested!
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26. Semester 9 – Key Learnings
Hard and Smart Work is
the Starting Point
Hard and Smart Work
brings Recognition!
Recognition helps you
leverage brand for long-
term Success!
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27. What I could have done differently?
Mingled more with students of
other states
Made more friends
Build a strong network! It will come to use 10 years later!
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29. TATA Interactive Systems
A drive to succeed!
Took up Macromedia Flash
Coding, unlike others who chose
C++ / Java, etc.
• Few competitors
• Was sought after
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30. First Lesson on Career Management
New passouts! New
Cost of Studies going up!
Recruits!
Entrance Examinations!
China, Phillipines, Brazil
Recession!
Automation! Everyone wants to pay
less!
Bsc, Bcom Students!
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31. Second Lesson on Career Management
You will only grow (promotions, salary hikes)
in your career if:
• Your very valuable in the industry, and your organization knows it!
• Loss from loosing you is higher than, retaining and promoting you!
• The organization needs your skills and capabilities
When the above three conditions are satisfied, the organization
will take care of you.
Else you will be naturally, taken for granted!
When do you become valuable in the industry?
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32. Third Lesson on Career Growth!
Career is about only three steps
Step 1: “It is all about what you know”
Step 2: “It is all about what you know, and whom you know”
Step 3: “It is all about what you know, and whom you know,
and…..?”
WHO KNOWS YOU!
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33. Third Lesson on Career Growth!
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34. Fourth Lesson on Career Growth!
Find a good boss, Bad Bosses, can also be
and a good mentor! good mentors indirectly.
You need to listen well!
They don’t come like angels,
you have to find them!
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35. Fifth Lesson on Career Growth – Identify where you want to be?
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36. Sixth Lesson on Career Growth!
Education Never Stops!!
• Industry Certifications have high value
Give yourself 4-5 years before you do your MBA
• Get practical exposure before you learn theory on Management and
Leadership
Common Mistake 1: We don’t spend on Industry Certifications!
Common Mistake 2: Students apply for MBA immediately after Engineering
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37. TATA Group
Worked for the Group Executive Office to undertake
Business Excellence Assessments of TATA Group
Companies
One of the Youngest Business Excellence Assessor
Key Learning: Age is no bar for Hard Work and Smart Work
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38. Capgemini USA
Managed ~ $9 million account
Helped sell ~ $56 million in additional revenue
Helped improve gross profitability to over 70%
Key Learning: Business is all about Making Money!
If I am helping them make > $50 million in revenue,
can’t I make $1 million for myself?
KINDUZ is BORN!
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40. Starting an Organization during Recession, is an Opportunity
Experts are available at low cost!
Facilities are available at low cost!
Very few new companies start at
this time, so new competition is
low..
Setup the company, and get
yourself ready, for the markets to
open up!
If you are successful during the recession,
when the market opens up – you can be a star!
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41. The Team!
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42. Business Planning is Critical
Market Research
Financial Plan
Sales and Marketing Plan
A complete Business Plan!
You don’t want to fail in your first venture!
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44. Planned Investments in the Future
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46. My recommendations for you
Life is short!
Dream big!
Run behind your Dreams!
THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY!
I am living my DREAM!
GO, LIVE YOUR DREAM !
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47. Contacts
Pavan Kota
Chief Executive Officer
Websites:
http://www.kinduz.com/
http://network.kinduz.com/
http://sixsigma.kinduz.com/
http://trainings.kinduz.com/
http://onlinecourses.kinduz.com/
Website: http://www.kinduz.com/
Email: pavan.kota@kinduz.com
India Mobile: +91-9246185183
India Mobile: +91-9600085183 Phones:
India Office: +91-40-40165594 India Toll-Free: 1-800-425-1388
US Phone: +1-312-473-9766 India Direct: +91-40-40165594
US Direct: +1-312-473-9766
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