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Narendra Kale receives 'Distinguished Alumnus Award' for Excellence
in Entrepreneurship
- IIT Kanpur has honored Mr. Narendra
Kale, Chairman of Kale Consultants Ltd, a global software
solutions provider to the Travel and Transportation industry
with ‘The Distinguished Alumnus Award’ (DAA) for
the year 2006-07. This is the highest honor awarded by the
institute to its alumni who have established themselves as
successful business entrepreneurs in the competitive global
environment.
Commenting on this
occasion, Professor Sanjay Dhande, Director
IIT Kanpur said, “IIT graduates should not seek
jobs in big corporations but create organizations which provide
opportunities for young and bright engineers The DAA seeks
to recognize, felicitate and applaud individuals for their
entrepreneurial prowess while impacting the Indian economy
and contributed to its growth. Having reviewed Mr. Kale’s
contribution to the IT industry and his exemplary vision and
leadership skills, he is being conferred the award for ‘Excellence
in Entrepreneurship’. Under his leadership, Kale Consultants
has carved a niche for itself in the global travel and transportation
solutions space and has successfully put India on the world
software map. We are proud to have Mr. Kale as a distinguished
alumnus of our institute and wish him all the very best in
his future endeavors.”
Commenting on this achievement, Narendra
Kale, Founder & Chairman, Kale Consultants Limited
said, “I am both humbled and delighted to have been
given such an honor by my Alma Mater. Such accolades will
go a long way in steering Kale Consultants to the path of
success. I dedicate this Award to the entire team of Kale
who have shared my dreams and made them their own and worked
hard towards catapulting the company to a global powerhouse
in this space.”
The Distinguished Alumnus Award’
(DAA) awards are given to individuals in recognition of their
achievements of exceptional merit in the area of entrepreneurship,
R&D, teaching, management or any other activity pertaining
to the service of humanity at large.
Background: Mr. Kale is an alumni
of IIT Kanpur as well as Harvard university. Mr. Narendra
Kale has over twenty-five years of experience in the Information
Technology area with major focus on design of Application
software products and projects for service industries. Mr.
Kale is founder / co-founder of quite a few successful software
and services companies. He has worked with large international
IT consulting companies like TCS as well academic institutes
like University of Pune.
In 1982, he started Kale Consultants,
a partnership firm, as a consulting practice with a small
work force of two persons, a capital of Rs.1 million and no
product expertise. At present the company has grown to become
India's leading developer of application software solutions
and services. Kale himself became an expert recognized world
wide, in the sphere of IT, particularly in bank automation.
He has been a member of various committees at the industry
level - Consultant to the Computerization Committee of the
Indian Banks Association and a member of the Rangarajan Committee
for computerization of Banks and has participated in several
other Committees/Working Groups. In 1992, he established Silverline
along with 4 other IT professionals. He led the company to
be among the top 10 software service export organizations
in the country. In 1999, he left Silverline to solely concentrate
on Kale Consultants. As the founder of Kale Consultants, Mr.
Kale has provided the company a clear strategic focus and
a unique business model. He has recognized and practiced the
importance of the "value chain" and "Employee
Ownership" long before they became widely used concepts.
Mr. Kale has always believed that
world class products can and would be built in India by encouraging
bright young Indian minds to lead the international standards.
His company is a striking example of such product based success,
where one of the products has been standardized for world
wide use.
He combines professional passion
with social compassion to apply modern technological alternatives
to solve social issues and harness opportunities. He is actively
involved in healthcare and educational activities for social
uplift programs in India. |
