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0 | Chairman's Speech (SQL Star International) | Year : Mar '11 |
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the 24th Annual General Meeting of your Company and share with you the progress your Company has made, despite the global economy has posed several challenges. While the economic climate throughout the industry has remained challenging during the year gone by, however, the Fiscal Year 2011 was a year of steady revival and consolidation for us. During the year we saw strong revival of business demand across the markets, however, in the backdrop of economic recovery, investments were closely evaluated and business models were realigned by most of our clients. While, some of the Verticals/Lines of Business and Subsidiary Companies have fared well and high achievers this fiscal, however, the major setback was on the e-Governance business segment front. As informed in our last Annual Report, due to the Mandi Board resorting to unilateral and un-lawful termination of the Service Contract and withholding dues to the Company from April'' 08 onwards aggregating to Rs. 28.77 Crores (out of which Rs. 20.22 Crores pertains to billing raised on behalf of outsourcing partner), the Company had suffered severely from financially and otherwise, the dispute was referred to Arbitration and pending for disposal. Further, the other e-governance project viz., Sampark Project in the Union Territory of Chandigarh has come to a logical conclusion as of Dec 31, 2010. The Company''s Singapore subsidiary is growing steadily, where revenues grew annually at 39%. The Company had forayed into Training & Education Services in Singapore, by launching Android Training in partnership with Singapore IT Federation (SiTF). The Training Program is being endorsed and funded from Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), Singapore as enhanced Critical Infocomm Technology Resource Program (e-Citrep). So far, the Company had billed training revenues in excess of SGD $ 450000. Now, the Company is poised to launch Trainings on other Technologies/ Platforms. Using the Android training experience and leveraging the past credentials in Embedded Wireless and Software, the Company has also bagged few prestigious projects on the Embedded & Android platform. Looking Ahead As we step into new fiscal, the crisis of confidence, which we thought was over, has been rekindled with the economic crisis that the USA and Europe are now facing, which will cast shadow on the strong business demand. While caution is on everyone''s mind, with Companies carrying over the lessons of the past years into the fiscal 2011-12, the expectation is that it will be more mature Indian IT Industry that will emerge from the existing scenario. Therefore, we see that IT spending on a rebound and the outlook for the future is robust. We believe that with our diverse portfolio of services, domain expertise and the increasing value-add to customers, we are best suited to be a strategic partner to our customers. Our offerings are highly differentiated and leverage deeply, as these capabilities are built over decades. With the powerful differentiation indicated above and a diverse customer base across geographies, coupled with the learning''s during the last couple of years, I am sure that your Company will continue to consolidate and grow in the years to come. This is very evident from orders bagged from various high value customers and new accounts being opened with various Industry majors during the current fiscal 2011-12. The Company is re-starting several initiatives to embrace growth by aggressive business strategies and new business models. Growth Strategy and Way Forward 1. To leverage on the Company''s over 23 years of enviable reputation as a high-end quality IT Educator 2. To increase product offerings across all business segments 3. To pursue various e-Govemment opportunities, as Central and State Governments putting more emphasis on e- Govemance initiatives. 4. To effectively integrate on-site and off-shore capabilities to deliver seamless, scalable, and cost-effective solutions to our Customers 5. Pursue alliances with various Companies and Technology Providers, that complement our core competencies Concluding Note I am confident that SQL Star, with its excellent customers, committed associates and strong and stable management team will continue to deliver significant value to all its stakeholders in the years to come and will achieve every milestone in the journey to success. I would like to thank ail our shareholders, investors, employees, customers, principals and all other stakeholders, who have always stood by us. With our focussed business strategy, dynamic management team and a pool of professional talent, we are poised for growth. I look forward to your continued support in the coming years to take this Company to the next level of growth. Yours Sincerely, Sunil Gupta Co-Chairman & Managing Director |
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