Best SMEs in India 2015

Sprouting success: Ajeet Seeds MD Sameer Mulay at the Aurangabad factory. (Photo: Rachit Goswami)

Updated : May 23, 2019

Ajeet Seeds aspires to be a Rs 1,000-cr company in the next 3 years

One of the largest producers of cotton seeds, including hybrid variants, the firm caters to 15 Indian states. And, innovation has been key to its success.

Going global: NFPIL Chairman Nitin Shah. (Photo: S Kumar)

Updated : Jan 19, 2016

NFPIL plans to become a billion-dollar company by 2020

Nitin Fire Protection Industries plans to achieve the target by growing organically and also by acquiring companies in the Gulf, Europe and Africa.

Ready for takeoff: Cochin International Airport has weathered the recent macroeconomic headwinds

Updated : Oct 2, 2015

Cochin International Airport has raised the bar for other airports in the country

In the recent past, the dip in air travel post the global economic meltdown in 2008 and severe financial crisis afflicting most airlines had affected airports across the country but CIAL navigated the lean period without taking a big knock.

Riding to glory: SEL CEO Narayanan Ramanathan. (Photo: Nilotpal Baruah)

Updated : Oct 2, 2015

San Engineering and Locomotive has done well in difficult environment

In the past four years, its revenues have grown by 250 per cent and were $30 million in 2014/15, says Narayanan Ramanathan, Chief Executive of San Engineering and Locomotive.

Thrust on innovation: Newgen's Diwakar Nigam. (Photo: Vivan Mehra)

Updated : Oct 2, 2015

Consummate Communicator: Newgen Software Technologies

Around 70 per cent of its revenues come from outside India, the US topping the list of foreign clients with 29 per cent, followed by West Asia at 28 per cent.

Anand Ladsariya: Betting big on China. (Photo: Rachit Goswami)

Updated : Oct 2, 2015

Demand from China helps Everest Flavours post stupendous growth

Everest Flavours exports 95-99% of its products, with demand from China - driven by the country's focus on food crops since 2008 - acting as a driving force.

Ramping up: Srikanth Chakkilam, Executive Director (left) and C.V. Subramanyam, Chairman, MD. (Photo: A. Prabhakar Rao)

Updated : Oct 1, 2015

Cigniti Technologies aims to increase revenue to $300 million in 2017/18

Cigniti Technologies' revenue in 2014/15 stood at $63 million. The odds are in its founder CV Subramanyam's favour. The company has expanded at a rapid pace over the past few years.

Deepak Arora: Betting on service quality. Photo: Shekhar Ghosh

Updated : Oct 1, 2015

Jullundur Motor Agency has grown at a decent pace despite a slowdown

Despite the challenges, the 88-year-old company has expanded revenue by 10.5 per cent a year, on an average, for the past three years, helped by its diverse portfolio and pan-India reach.

In good health: HSCC India's Gyanesh Pandey. (Photo: Vivan Mehra)

Updated : Oct 1, 2015

Health Care's Hidden Jewel: HSCC

State-run HSCC has managed to successfully crack a sector primarily dominated by private players.

Core competence: Forace MD Vikas Garg at the Haridwar plant. (Photo: Shekhar Ghosh)

Updated : Oct 1, 2015

Forace Polymers drives revenue growth through in-house innovations

A fourth of Forace's revenues come from its innovations, which are propelled by a specialised R&D team. It has developed a solid resin technology for use in the shell process in foundries, which is more efficient than the traditional liquid resin technology used in India.

Updated : Oct 1, 2015

India's best SMEs: Braving the Odds

Small businesses rise up to the challenges of stiffening competition, increasing costs and slowing export markets.

Aakanksha Bhargava: Lending a helping hand. (Photo: Vivan Mehra)

Updated : Oct 1, 2015

Change Manager: PM Relocations

Nearly 55 per cent of PMR's business comes from global operations. The tenure of a typical contract varies from one year to 10 years. However, some engagements are for the long term. The relationship with Bharti Airtel, for instance, is 21 years old.

Leaving his imprint: Control Print's Basant Kabra. (Photo: Rachit Goswami)

Updated : Oct 1, 2015

Control Print aims to garner 25 per cent market in next five years

Established in 1991, Control Print has made admirable strides in the coding and marking industry. The company has a wide range of customers, including Holcim, ACC, UltraTech Cement, Unilever, Emami, and Tata Steel.

Serving it hot: Rossell India's Chirinjiv Bedi. (Photo: Anindya Saha)

Updated : Sep 30, 2015

Rossell India's net profit has risen 20.4% in 3 years

Rossell India, which has the lion's share of its revenues coming from tea, has dealt with the twin blows at its plantations in Assam, but still says it will not stop acquisitions in the state.

Serving an ace: Rajesh Batra, CMD, Cravatex. (Photo: Rachit Goswami)

Updated : Sep 27, 2015

Rajesh Batra has turned Cravatex into a Rs 100 crore company

The major chunk of Cravatex's business comes from Fila, the 1911-founded Italian sportswear brand that is now owned by Yoon-Soo Yoon, who was once its Korean licensee.

Venkatesha Babu, Deputy Editor, Business Today

Updated : Aug 11, 2015

Can technology help small companies compete better with their bigger counterparts?

The Business Today SME Roundtable in Bangalore - a precursor to the BT Best SME Awards - saw a rousing debate on how cloud and Saas technologies were helping small companies scale their businesses without the attendant high costs, and how this is helping them get on to a more level playing field with bigger companies. Of course, not everyone agreed, which is why this was such an engaging discussion.

Bharat Goenka, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Tally Solutions

Updated : Aug 10, 2015

Best SMEs in India 2015

Ajeet Seeds aspires to be a Rs 1,000-cr company in the next 3 years

NFPIL plans to become a billion-dollar company by 2020

Cochin International Airport has raised the bar for other airports in the country

San Engineering and Locomotive has done well in difficult environment

Consummate Communicator: Newgen Software Technologies

Demand from China helps Everest Flavours post stupendous growth

Cigniti Technologies aims to increase revenue to $300 million in 2017/18

Jullundur Motor Agency has grown at a decent pace despite a slowdown

Health Care's Hidden Jewel: HSCC

Forace Polymers drives revenue growth through in-house innovations

India's best SMEs: Braving the Odds

Change Manager: PM Relocations

Control Print aims to garner 25 per cent market in next five years

Rossell India's net profit has risen 20.4% in 3 years

Rajesh Batra has turned Cravatex into a Rs 100 crore company

Can technology help small companies compete better with their bigger counterparts?

Connectivity is more important issue than cloud servers: Bharat Goenka of Tally Solutions

SMEs don't do much strategisation on what they need: Anant R. Koppar of KTwo Technology Solutions

Cloud solutions can help small companies go global: Aravind Melligeri of Aequs

Rajesh Jagtiani of Think7 Business Systems on issues in uploading financial documents on cloud servers

Cloud technologies in favour of small companies: Vivek Kulkarni of Brickwork India

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