Shamit Khemka – the man and his thoughts

Ones with unwavering confidence and unceasing will to learn only grows more than others!

2009-11-04T04:06:00.000-08:00

Yearning for constant innovation and excellence, Shamit Khemka – CEO and Founder of Synapse India is a man with unwavering confidence and unceasing will to learn.

A true believer in excellence through innovation, Shamit Khemka has been traversing paths of success since a very young age. Resolute on being an entrepreneur while he was pursuing his graduation, Shamit came up with his first entrepreneurial venture Pharos Infotech in 1994.

Pharos was the first Bulletin Board Service in India that offered email service. Shamit’s second venture Sampatti.com – launched in 1998, was a true blessing for the real estate industry in India. It was for the first time that any website was dedicated to the India realty market.

However, this was just the beginning of the bright entrepreneurial career of Shamit who introduced SynapseIndia in 2000. The company is showing 100% growth every year since its inception and has received the reputed CMMI level 3 accreditation, Microsoft Gold partnership and NASSCOM and FICCI certifications.

New Breed of Corporate leaders

2009-10-22T05:24:00.000-07:00

Shamit Khemka is the 35-year-old CEO of premier IT solutions company, Synapse Communications Pvt Ltd, also known as SynapseIndia.

A new breed of corporate leaders has emerged in the nation that comprises young and hip chief executive officers, managing directors and country heads, and in India’s thriving economy, they’re not a rarity anymore.

Ex-Scindian, Shamit Khemka is one such dynamic young man. This 35-year-old entrepreneur is spearheading India’s premier IT solutions company, Synapse India Pvt Ltd, also known as SynapseIndia. Khemka, who calls the Hindu God, Lord Vishnu, his “role model”, decided against joining his family’s flour mill business as a young boy as he wanted to make it big in the IT world.

Founded in 2000, Synapse has representative offices worldwide and has had a growth of 100% every year since its inception. Shamit Khemka looks forward to taking the company to new heights, in terms of business generation, as well as employee count amplification.

SynapseIndia toward the rise under the leadership of Shamit Khemka

2009-10-08T03:23:00.000-07:00

Headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, the enterprise has representative offices worldwide and has registered a growth of 100% every year

Within only 8 years of existence, Synapse India Pvt Ltd has managed to acquire a host of prestigious recognitions and acknowledgements—the company is NASSCOM and FICCI-certified and has also bagged the distinguished CMMI level-3 accreditation and Microsoft Gold partnership.

Founded in 2000 by Shamit Khemka, with a modest investment of Rs 6 lakh, Synapse is one of the leading IT outsourcing companies in the country today. Headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, the enterprise has representative offices worldwide and has registered a growth of 100% every year, since its inception.

Synapse is essentially an Indian offshore specialist dedicated to delivering qualitative software development, website design and internet marketing solutions. The company provides IT solutions to diverse industries and organizations across the world. Its service offerings include Web and software development, search engine optimization services, Web design, Flash programming, etc.

Ventures by Shamit Khemka at a glance

2009-08-06T03:48:00.000-07:00

Shamit Khemka is one of the renowned young and dynamic entrepreneurs of India. His dynamism and excellent business acumen needs no introduction, but easily demonstrated in his unfaltering commercial successes, one after the other. He is one of the very few people who have always believed in testing their will power and kept on venturing into the novel frontiers.

The first venture of Shamit Khemka came out with in 1994 was Pharos Infotech. Base d out of Kolkata, the company was behind India’s first ever Bulletin Board Service (Livewire BBS) with emailing service. This was shortly followed by Sampatti.com in 1998, which bestowed Indian real estate first of its kind interactive real estate web directory that brought together the entire real estate industry and allied services on a single platform.

Synapse Communications Pvt. Ltd is his third venture launched in 2000. He started the IT outsourcing company with a modest investment of 6 lakhs and 5 rented computers. Today Synapse is one of the leading Indian IT outsourcing companies. The company has registered 100% growth every year since its inception.

Embrace new technology – the call of the hour

2009-04-26T23:44:00.000-07:00

Ricky Ponting, the famous Aussie Captain once took the cricket world by storm by featuring with a graphite bat that was deemed to be capable of lending more punch.

Aussies are like this. Their belief in embracing advancement in technology reasons their domineering presence in the world of sports and science. Given a nation of such a limited population count, the heights of their achievements seem more intimidating.

Back home, in India, amidst cutbacks and thinning outsourcing bottom lines, the acts of these daunting Aussies lend a lesson or two to learn from. Thankfully, there are some who have shown interest in recognizing them!

Let’s take the case of the Synapse – India’s premiere IT solution provider.

At Synapse, Mr. Shamit Khemka, the CEO of the company, has brought in the best of advancement in computing technology by equipping employees with advanced desktops configurations from the house of Dell.

If Aussies made us to believe that it is not just a big people count that requires to make it big, for CEOs and COOs of Indian Cos, the need is to figure that technology would help them to chart bigger benefits – especially amidst the competition infested outsourcing arena.

Question though remains in general acceptance towards embracing technology. Price and initial threat factors are major diverting factors too.

For Shamit Khemka, ‘it is the way you think that holds the Key to success

2009-01-07T02:24:00.000-08:00

Age of a person is never the deciding factor of his/her success. Rather, it is experience and critical ability of the person to tackle challenges that make him/her successful.

Shamit Khemka, the founder of Synapse Communications, started his first venture Pharos in his early twenties. Here he set up India’s first BBS system with email facility. His second venture was online real estate database Sampatti.com.

Both these ventures were unique in nature and brought laurels for Shamit’s innovative abilities.

In the year 2000, Shamit started his third and biggest venture Synapse Communications. It is an IT outsourcing company specializing in quality software development at lower cost. Here also, Shamit’s unique approach made him the winner again. Synapse, within just eight years of inception, got affiliations from NASSCOM, FICCI; bagged prestigious CMMI level-3 accreditation and Microsoft Gold partnership.

The company has also registered more than 100 percent growth rate every year since then.

Now, Shamit might be just 34 years old, but his innovative ideas and ability to think differently is ensuring his success as an entrepreneur.

Shamit Khemka – the initiator

2009-01-06T01:16:00.000-08:00

Anybody can lead when there is surety of success. But, leadership skills are put to acid test when the outcome is unknown. There would be persons in a team with different individual goals and objectives. But, the task of a leader is to figure out the thread of commonness among them and inspire them to comply with the aims and objectives of the entire team.

Shamit Khemka, the founder and owner of Synapse communication believes in this pattern of growth. His initiation – be it a ‘monthly rewards and recognition’ or ‘performance-based bonus program’ helped and motivated team members not only to outscore others but also cross their own previous landmarks. This approach has benefitted both Synapse and its employees.

Evidently, if stats are to be believed, Synapse has registered more than 100% growth per annum since it inception in 2000. Employees too are happy exploring new avenues for skill development and personal growth.

A young entrepreneur of India on a march towards excellence

2008-12-29T04:51:00.000-08:00

Sixty two years ago, India had its first tryst with destiny after gaining political freedom from the colonial rule. Forty-three years later, during 1991-92 fiscal year, it redeemed the tryst for an economic freedom and sustainability by opening all the restrictions and road blocks for free trade. Things started transforming and India, from a country of snake charmers and mysteries, turned to be an IT superpower.

Then came Y2K! Air of suspicion was there regarding the dotcom bubble burst that left India Inc in the lurch of an embarrassment.

Thanks to the enthusiasm of young bloods like Shamit Khemka who forced all these anticipations to remain ‘anticipations’ only. They remained committed to quality. They made use of their expertise in software development and began to awestruck the entire world with innovative and cost effective software solutions. Soon they conquered all the negative vibes.

They annulled all the criticisms that were granulating in the Euro zone against outsourcing.

As a result, during the lean periods also their balance sheet continues to show positives. Take the example of Synapse Communications, the IT outsourcing venture run by Shamit Khemka. It enlisted an envious growth rate of more than 100% per annum; dealing with businesses in the US, UK and other European countries, and amidst growing intolerance towards outsourcing to south Asian countries.

May be it’s their dogged determination to serve quality solution at affordable prices and stay ahead of the competition by serving best always; young Indian entrepreneurs like Shamit proved that this world belongs to those who dare to dream and have the potential to make the dream… a reality!

Shamit Khemka - the man for whom there is always a vacancy for the best

2008-12-04T23:03:00.000-08:00

The year 2007 woke up with a nightmare – probably burst of the IT bubble. In many western countries, views against outsourcing started compounding. The global credit crunch made the situation more complex. In this scenario of bail-outs, bankruptcy and burst, only few around the world remained composed. Because, they knew their product, they knew that quality has no substitute, and customer satisfaction is like a chain reaction. One of them is Shamit Khemka, the founder of IT outsourcing company Synapse Communications.

Shamit emphasized quality to counter the barriers of growth during the phases of economic slowdown. His team at Synapse not only specializes in the complete life cycle of software development but also leave no stone unturned to provide services according to client’s requirement. This approach is enabling Synapse to sustain its envious more than 100% annual growth rate even during this U-turn of global economy.

Shamit Khemka – owner of Syanpse and a leader who knows how to get the best out of his employees

2008-12-03T20:14:00.000-08:00

Trust on the talent pool ensures dedicated efforts. Belief on the not workers abilities only adds to the confidence of the employees but also helps them to take innovative steps. Take the example of Shamit Khemka, the founder of synapse Communications. He never tells his employees at Synapse how to do things. Rather he emphasizes on what to do. And in turn you get the see an organization that has surpassed almost all of its competitors in terms of growth per year count (stats say 100% and above per year for 8 years now). Starting from a humble base of meager 35 employees, the company boasts of over 300 employees in diverse profile working for the company.

Today Synapse as a CMMI level 3 certified company, Synapse commands respects and embodies trust-worthy partner for above 1500 clients from all across the globe.

So if growth and enviable prosperity stems from the people who work for the company, it holds little doubt that Shamit, as a chief of staffs and the leader of the lot, knows exactly how to drive his employees towards best.

Shamit Khemka- the pathbreaker

2008-11-22T04:40:00.000-08:00

CMMI Level 3 accreditation comes up as another important recognition to Synapse. The certification proves company’s process-based efficiency in serving advanced software solution to its clients. It adds up to the repertoire for a company that has already gathered rave reviews from a global list of clients and recognition from several national and international certifying organizations.

Abbreviation for Capability Maturity Model® Integration, CMMI is a process improvement approach that provides organizations with the certification of abidance to essential and effective processes measures. Synapse, under the visionary leadership of Shamit Khemka attained this prestigious accreditation in the year 2008 - and is already on the way to attain Level 5 by 2010.

Shamit's customer oriented business supervision, ability to eye upon talented manpower and consistent effort to offer a conducive work atmosphere, are the driving forces behind this enormous success. Within just eight years of its inception, Synapse not only registered more than 100% growth rate every year but also became a trusted name in the outsourcing arena with its quality solutions.

Today, for every aspiring entrepreneur, the path lead by Shamit Khemka is definitely the path to be followed.

Shamit Khemka – a winner manifested

2008-11-03T23:38:00.000-08:00

What makes a certain man a winner in situations that synonym impossible for rest? The question has troubled mankind since the time immemorial and hasn’t lost its vigor today.

Perhaps the answer lies in knowing how to differentiate and finding resemblance in what we do.

Winners, irrespective of their geographical, cultural and all other material differences, rear a common belief that ‘success as a journey’ and tend to compare their achievements with the goal to be reached. On the contrary, losers compare their achievements with those of other people.

Take the example of Shamit Khemka, the CEO of Synapse communications PVT LTD. When he started Synapse in 2000 with a modest budget of 6 Lakhs and five rented computers, there were whales dominating the outsourcing arena. But, Shamit sticked to his vision and worked on his innovative plans.

The result is there to been by one and all. Synapse is now one of the leading outsourcing companies of India with prestigious CMMI level 3 accreditation. Thanks to some wonderful employee-centric management policies, Synapse has registered a 100% growth rate per year for last 8 years now.

Had Shamit compared himself with the whales of outsourcing, the scenario might had been different. He believed in his strengths and counted on them.

Budding entrepreneurs can find a reason or two more.

Shamit Khemka – an innovator who challenge the challenges

2008-10-25T04:09:00.000-07:00

What is the difference between an average performer and an achiever? Average performers follow a predetermined path and think within a confined boundary. But, achievers transcend the confinements of challenges and turn them into opportunities. They create a new path with their innovative, visionary outlook and lead a bunch of people on that path. Achievers are those who are smart to figure out the opportunities, risk takers for big decisions, and believers of quick implementation.

Shamit khemka, the CEO of Synapse Communication Pvt. Ltd., personafies the blend of the best of these features.

Be it Pharos Infotech (his first venture at the age of 20) or Synapse communications (founded in the year 2000), Shamit has inscripted a story of an achiever that can inspire every entrpreneure to the essentialities of dreaming big and setting goals high.

He dreamt and put into pratice effective measures that made things happen for him.
As a result, within 8 years of inception, Synapse not only attained 100% growth rate per annum but also achieved the CMMI-Level 3 accreditation. The company, with its superior talent pool of more than 300 dedicated professionals, is now catering to a global list of clients with advanced and cost-efficient IT solution and services.

It is Shamit’s ability to see the forthcoming that made the company enjoy such a tremendous growth. With the introduction of better technology, manpower and process control essentials, it grew from many dimensions. Today, if the satisfied client base of Synapse across the world lays the testimony of its effeciency, it’s Shamit’s innovative and encouraging leadership that makes people like me to stay motivated to perform amidst challenges and grow.

Synapse communication Pvt. Ltd. and Shamit Khemka

2008-10-21T04:59:00.000-07:00

Do you need to propagandize yourself when your work has the ability to speak for it? A common correlation among the achievers from all the stratas of life is that their work speaks for themselves. Same is the case of Shamit Khemka, the CEO of Synapse communications.

He made a humble beginning to Synapse in the year 2000. And, within just eight years, Synapse is a CMMI level 3 outsourcing company with an envious annual growth rate above 100%. Shamit is not a contended man as for him ‘success is a way of living, not a goal of life’. He is targeting the CMMI level 5 accreditation by 2010. At, NEPZ Greater Noida, Synapse is going for its new extensional office soon which is capable of offering an conducive and employee-friendly atmosphere for additional 120 professionals.

Synapse communications has the accreditations of NASSCOM and FICCI. It is a member of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and committed to offer quality software solution and services worldwide. The service basket of synapse constitutes of web designing and programming, shared and dedicated hosting, e-commerce solutions, customized software applications, network security, and advanced SEO services.

The global list of satisfied client base is the testimonial to the superiority of Synapse and its customer oriented applications. Shamit has plans for heigher achievements, however.

Shamit Khemka, the CEO of Synapse: the man behind many a quality solutions

2008-10-08T03:42:00.000-07:00

Shamit Khemka is the founder and CEO of Synapse Communications Pvt. Ltd, one of the fastest growing IT companies of India. Started in the year 1998, the company is amongst one of the leading IT service provider in India with more than 200 employees working round-the-clock to produce affordable solutions for thousands of satisfied customers worldwide. The company caters software development and IT solution services to customers based in US, UK & Canada.
Synapse is a part of the Software Technological Parks of India (SPTI), and has registered a growth rate of over 100% each year for two years now.

Knowledge is Power:

Hailing from a business background, Shamit already had what it needed most – the willingness to initiate and motivation to perform at the best of the levels. His uncanny understanding of the end-user behavior and that of industry wide business experience paved his way to further positives.

With an eye for detail, alert mind to inculcate better strategies and strong business sense, that Shamit is gifted with, Shamit ensured that he instills more positives into the process. If in the early nineties he identified the power of internet and technological innovations, with the dawn of year 2000 he extended his business possibilities to the emerging needs of IT outsourcing.

Be it his superior understanding of the subjects of executive management, business ownership, international business relations, expert consultations or the dynamics of e-business, Shamit combines his knowledge and excellent understanding of the business (and the technology that runs it) to purport a mission to combine quality in each of his services to his clients.
Shamit is a part of EO/MIT Entrepreneurial Masters Program (Birthing of the Giants) 2009 batch and is reinforcing himself to battle out the challenges of new world business.

Let’s dream to make things happen!

2008-08-26T03:23:00.000-07:00

“To dream anything that you want to dream, that's the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do, that is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits, that is the courage to succeed.”

Bernard Edmonds

Like every mortal, I also dream. However, much like Bernard’s words, I like to test the strength of my will by doing what I believe. And, to see my dreams opening eyes to the light of reality, I set up effective measures that are executable and practically realizable.

In starting up Pharos Infotech, I dreamt of setting up India’s first Bulletin Board service (LiveWire BBS) with e-mail facility - a never-achieved system in India until that time. By Sampatti.com, the second of my three initiatives and first of its kind real estate web directory in India, I thought of making an interactive platform that brings together real estate specialists and allied businesses together.

I am highly satisfied, to say the least, that both ventures are known for their individual successes.

Synapse Communications Pvt. Ltd, the third and my latest venture, carries my biggest dream so far. I want to see it being counted amongst the very best in the industry – across every vertical that it serves.

To make it materialized, I am bringing in the best in every possible way. Be it in the shape of installing the best of the lot technological measures, obtaining certification of best practices from industry leaders, or recruiting professionals with proven record of excellence, I am doing everything that can make me see another dream of mine come true.

If getting affiliation to Nasscom, FICCI, attaining Microsoft Gold Standard, and the latest CMMi Level 3 certification are some of the signs of better things to come, I know that many more good things are just waiting to happen.

I must remind all of my team members and stakeholders who have toiled with me that the time is beckoning us to dream bigger.

We are on our way to see better things happen soon!