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| Chairman's Speech (IKF Technologies) | Year : Mar '11 |
I am glad to welcome all of you at the 12th Annual General Meeting of your company. Your continuous support, trust and encouragement have led us to another year of robust growth and outstanding performance encompassing all the business segments of your company. IKF is uniquely positioned, to take advantage of the market trend. Our deep process expertise across industries, coupled with our global delivery platform, superior execution, thoughtful leadership and ability to create customize solutions will make us the clear partner for new clients in the market. Our reputation for excellence and integrity earned through the consistent delivery of quality solutions and by adhering the highest standard of business conduct through principles of Corporate Governance continues to be our most valuable assets. As we position ourselves for the future and our standard of excellence, integrity and accountability will serve us well. ABOUT COMPANY IKF Technologies Ltd. is a company, with authorized share capital of 100 Crores, engaged in the business of software development, call center, BPO, production of Bio-Diesel and plantation of Jatropha. IKF Technologies Ltd. was incorporated on 22nd February 2000 as a Public Limited Company under the Companies Act, 1956. The Company, at present, is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Calcutta Stock Exchange and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The Groups principal activity is to provide information technology and business process outsourcing service delivered to clients operating globally. The Group operates in the field of Bio- Diesel, telecom and information technology software development and business process outsource and application maintenance services linking e-business with core information systems for companies worldwide. DIVERSIFICATION The Company has been diversified into various segment like BPO, Telecom, IT, e-Governance. IT & BPO: As the main operation of your company, which generates the highest portion of total revenue, has proved to be a success of the Company. As the days are passing by, more and more businesses are coming up with huge capacity of generating future revenue which can be utilized for further expansion of your Company. New contracts with the leading organizations in India and outside India like Airtel, Vodafone, Aircel etc. has helped in the advancement of the business of your Company. I am proud to state that this division has acquired the prominent place in the BPO business in India. Telecom: Telecom section of your company has contributed to a large extent to the world telecom business. We have now products like high speed Broadband Internet Access and VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol), Wi-Fi solutions for housing complex, Point to Point Fiber connectivity. Bio-Fuel: Rudolph Diesel had said, The use of vegetable oils for engine fuel may seem insignificant today. But such oils may become in course of time as important as petroleum and coal tar products of the present time. Mr. Diesels foresight has been proved to be the factual truth of today. We are working on the growth of operation of bio fuel division which is looked after through our SPV viz. IKF Green Fuel Limited. The operation includes plantation of Jatropha in the states like Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka and also producing the diesel in Udaipur, Rajasthan. We are planning for increasing the capacity of production to 100 tons per day. E-Governance: We have furthered our endeavor in developing the operations of e- governance in the state of Rajasthan under the brand of IKF (initially under R2R Seva). Our focus is on spreading the services of e- governance in all the 33 districts of Rajasthan by establishing kiosks in the districts of Rajasthan. OUR SECTOR FOCUS As you all aware that our company has been diversified into various segment like BPO, Telecom, IT, e- Governance. For each segment we have thought some different strategy. For BPO segment we are focusing on telecom and insurance industry. In 2011 we will focus on MT (medical transcription), Hospitality industry, etc. As you know that next 10 years will be for Hospitality Industries. Again maximum companies are migrating from online platforms to knowledge driven decision support systems. As part of this migration, theyre redefining core competencies and notions of value-addition, resulting in greater business opportunity for us in new, more complex and more profitable offerings, especially in KPO. 2011 OUTLOOK I believe 2011 will be a strong year for IKF Technologies. We expect a record revenue year, with improved profitability for the year overall. So in an economy where flat is the new growth, we are able to express confidence and optimism because weve made some good strategies choices along the way, e.g. weve built competencies in high-end, hard to execute outsourcing. Unlike typical business process outsourcing- a crowded, undifferentiated sector that often involves back office tasks weve developed an ability to take on complex analytical processes and reinvent them as a series of sub- processes that can be performed in a global assembly line. We have built a business that is further differentiated in its global reach, its embrace of technology and its consultative depth. Our Solution teams apply sophisticated technologies to our production operations, which enhance both our margins and our clients immediate and future savings. Our consultants help our client companies develop and align business and technology strategies and redesign business processes to drive internal efficiency and effectiveness. FORESIGHT In 2011, we will continue to invest in the business. As you know that in the present age, everything is happening through telemedia i.e. through telecommunication and internet. As we have hold Category A License from DOT. Now we are in the process expanding our own network set up by way of laying Fiber all over India. As the telecom business is profitable business but due to more dependency on other ISP holders, we are unable to attract more clients, as we havent any own network like Reliance, Airtel, Tulip, etc and last but not the least that we want to create our own path by creating our own International Gateway. But it will take some time. To further our progress, we want to lay the fiber all over India, so that we can create our own presence and can easily catch more Clients and also we are focusing for Wi-Fi Zone in all over India. Similarly In BPO Industry, we are also exploring some more avenues where we can grow faster, for that we are searching some foreign company with whom we can make some tie up. Well enhance our ability to deliver a progressively wider array of end-to- end content work streams that include high-end editorial capabilities, product engineering and operation re engineering. In addition, we will seek to exploit other opportunities that we see in this economy, including accretive acquisitions at more reasonable valuations and talent acquisition. Even in the instability of the economy, were going to stay attuned to possible disruptions and prepared to adjust for them swiftly. We will manage the business with an emphasis on free cash flow even as we strive for growth and increased profits I would conclude by thanking you for being a part of IKF Technology story, my management team and I appreciate your support and encouragement. We look forward to pursuing continuing improved performance- for our clients and shareholders- 2011. With best wishes to all of you. Sd/- R. P. Singh Chairman Kolkata 27th April, 2011 |
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