What kind of infrastructure and team do you have in place for Kalyani Studio?
We currently have 20 people and along with that we have an ecosystem of vendors and partners that are involved in prototyping, concept manufacturing and so on.
We are a diverse bunch of people - with a large portion of my employees being mechanical engineers. But we also have people from other disciplines like computer science and some people from HR, liberal arts background and some others from manufacturing.
There is nothing more powerful than employees' passion and initiatives for its customers. Our employees enjoy developing new products, features & services for their clients. As a privately-owned company, we're able to work fast and respond to our customers' needs without things getting in our way. We invest in engineering, research, customer support, and great designs. So, we welcome smart, creative, rebellious talent to be a part of team Kalyani Studio.
Transparency and valuing employees and stakeholders are at the helm of Kalyani Studio's activities. For a good work life balance, we also provide our employees opportunities to grow in their current roles. They are encouraged to be a part of various events and lead initiatives. Teamwork, integrity and an indomitable spirit of entrepreneurship is what I believe in and hope to instigate it all the employees at Kalyani Studio.
What are your revenue targets for the first year and for five years?
We've seen an increase in our cash flows over the last one year. We've bagged mid-size to large projects in the range of Rs.5 to Rs.10 Lakh and Rs.1-5 crore. We've received repeat/additional orders from each of our top three clients and have successfully completed eight projects this November. The company has a rigorous AOP process which includes plan for sales pipeline, production, recruitment, infrastructure, knowledge management, and innovation roadmap. Budgeting is also done strategically, with disproportionate resources allocated to certain strategic activities which all have strong fit among each other. Kalyani Studio currently has 12 percent of its resources dedicated to High Strength R&D and will maintain this level of R&D investment and resource allocation.
You will obviously have the base of operations in Pune. But will you also look at expanding to cities like New Delhi or Chennai that are India's auto hubs?
We've expanded our footprint from Pune to NCR, Aurangabad, Mumbai and will expand our foot-print to Bengaluru next year, to leverage the R&D and Mathematics ecosystem there.
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