MD's Background
The MD has techno-management skills and 27 years of international experience in senior management positions in large corporates in India, Nigeria, UK, Spain and Germany in diverse industries such as Steel, Electronics, Computers, and Trading. Working and living experience in various countries has given him an understanding of cultures, people, markets, and adaptation skills to changing trends and in multicultural networking/management. He has displayed excellent leadership skills in various environments. These are the major factors contributing to the company's growth from a small turnover of $4M in 1991 to a substantially large turnover by 1998.
MD's major qualifications - B.E. Electronics (1972) ; M.M.S. Marketing (1974) ; E.D.M. Asia Pacific (1996) ; Certified Professional Marketer (C.P.M) Asia Pacific Marketing Federation 1997 ; Stanford-NUS Executive Program 1997 ; International Who's Who of Professionals 1997.

Corporate Style
The company's style is very flexible and adaptive to changing environment and very customer oriented. Even in its trading activities, it has carved out niches with good market credibility and reputation , transparency and openness with clients and vendors - a successful factor in it s value chain.

Corporate Activities
Over the several years, company activities have diversified from trading to consultancy, information technology, and manufacturing. The company has a excellent personnel to manage logistics, shipments, documentations and sourcing. It is a source to know in Asia.

Associate Companies/Invesments
The other areas of investment in associate companies besides cooperative ventures in Croatia, Kuwait, and trade with U.S.A. ,Europe , East Bloc, Middle East and Asia, are :

• Venkye Information Systems Pte Ltd, Singapore - A consultancy IT services & technology brokerage company . Have advised large South African companies in technology sourcing, transfers, and in setting up joint-venture business units for software development.
• Improtech Pte Ltd, South Africa - Established in 1991 with 2 young partners. It is an Internet Value-Added Service provider in the legal sector of South Africa. Major player in the legal niche market and the largest legal network in South Africa, providing connectivity to major High Courts, Court of Appeal and Chambers through 64k leased links. Joint-ventured with Butterworth (Nasdaq-listed company) for law reports and legal databases, Sabinet of South Africa for gazettes to create the Legalnet Service site and Singapore Network Services which run the Lawnet and the Electronic Filing System (EFS) in Singapore, acquired 25% of the company and 51% by Billcad holdings, a Johannesburg listed company in 1997/8. The company provides tool, products and services Online as an ISP. We also provide the Registry of Companies Online. Visit Legalnet, the Improtech Corporate site and Company Registry.
• BillCad Holdings Ltd, South Africa - S. Keerthi is a Director / International Marketing Advisor on the Board of the newly-listed company on the Johannesberg Stock Exchange.The company was formed through alliances of Billcost, Sabex, Improtech, Megasub, Adroit, Retail Intelligence, HKC and Databuild. These companies were started by individual entrepeneurs, who built from scratch to substantial profitable levels in five to eight years. Each company was providing products and services either developed in house or acquired and were catering to niche markets, thus owning communities such as Building industry (Billcost), Legal sector (Improtech), Insurance/Travel/Securities/Banking (Sabex), SCADA/MRP - Process Management tools (Adroit), GIS/MIS (Megasub) and FMCG Market Analysis and Data (Retail Intelligence). It is a software company that has developed and marketed products, databases, and solutions for their respective communities through subscriptions and transactions on the internet. Each company has its own ISP status. The coporate strength has been loyal community, ownership of connectivity, application development with domain knowledge and Online delivery of these services. It is the fastes growing young IT company in South Africa, concentrating on application development and value-added service on the internet to communities. The company is now taking its cutting-edge technology and Internet applications to Asia and USA. We are looking for alliances and Joint Venture Partners overseas (outside South Africa). Visit the BillCad Site
• Golden Carpets Ltd, India - A public listed company established in June 1996 for manufacture of poly-propylene carpets. It is set up in joint-venture and technical collaboration with Michel Van der Wiele, Belgium. It's a 100% export-oriented unit in India with buy-back from Belgium. Manufactures BCF and Heat Set High-Quality Rugs, Carpets and Rolls. Uses Ned-Graphics Holland technology for computerised design creation . Visit the Golden Carpets website