BUZZ

Datamatics’ Internal Magazine

MARCH - 2017

Women's DayBUZZ

BABIES ON BOARD34

WEDDING BELLS26

25 FUN FACTS

22 WOMEN’S BIKE RALLY IN NASHIK

23 SELF DEFENSE TRAINING FOR WOMEN AT LUMINA DATAMATICS, PUDUCHERRY

24 COMPUTER ASSOCIATION OF NASHIK, CRICKET MATCH

VALENTINE’S DAY CELEBRATIONS16

TRIP FLIP21

WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATIONS11

CERTIFICATIONS10

CLIENT VISIT @NOIDA OFFICE09

HIGHLIGHTS @DATAMATICS03

DATAMATICS IN THE MEDIA07

table ofC O N T E N T S

HIGHLIGHTS @DATAMATICSDatamatics’ HR team receives top honors at the 25th World HRD CongressDatamatics bagged four awards at the 25th World HRD Congress in February this year. The team was acknowledged for its efforts in leveraging technology and automation to streamline activities and focus towards the development and career growth of its employees.

Alok Jha, Global Head – HR & CSR was felicitated as the ‘Most Innovative HR Technology Leader’

Sajid Patel, AVP – Learning & Development and ER won in the ‘Training and Development’ category

Priyam Vyas, AGM – Talent Acquisition was awarded in the ‘Talent Acquisition’ category

HIGHLIGHTS @DATAMATICS

Datamatics surges ahead in quarter Q3 FY17Datamatics’ revenues increased by 7.0% in Q3 FY17, with a 49.3% increase in EBIDTA with a 95% increase in Net Profit.

Rahul Kanodia, Vice Chairman and CEO said,

We have been witnessing stable growth over the last few quarters and we will continue to focus on offering customized solutions to our esteemed clients.”“

HIGHLIGHTS @DATAMATICSDatamatics incorporated a new entity in PhilippinesDatamatics recently incorporated a new entity Datamatics Global Services Corp. in Philippines. Our objective is to increase our footprint in South East Asia and expand our client base.

Datamatics at the Middle East Robotic Process Automation Forum, DubaiDatamatics was the Strategic Consulting Partner at the Middle East Robotic Process Automation Forum 2017 that was held on March 21-22, 2017 in Dubai. Our expert and pioneer in the concept of Intelligent RPA, Rajesh Agarwal, VP & Head - Robotics & Automation addressed a roundtable to give an overview on How RPA can positively impact your business processes, making it more efficient and enabling smarter decision making.”

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HIGHLIGHTS @DATAMATICS

DATAMATICS IN THE MEDIADr. Lalit Kanodia’s article in one of the leading trade journals, ElsoftexThe article focuses on the need for the IT industry to change its business model and move up the value chain. The article also talks about the need to focus on patenting software products and solutions and leverage strengths.

DATAMATICS IN THE MEDIAOur VC & CEO Rahul Kanodia on NDTVRahul Kanodia, Vice Chairman and CEO was recently featured on NDTV. The interview focused on the company’s Data to Intelligence journey and its four differentiated quadrants encompassing Smart Processes, Smart Systems, Smart Devices, and Smart Data. He also talked about the recent Philippines subsidiary, the Q3 results and the company’s focus on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.

CLIENT VISIT @NOIDA OFFICE

Representatives from Wiley SSP, Chris Downs and Adam Evans, recently visited the Datamatics’ Noida office. The objective of the visit was to assess the capabilities of offshore vendors.

The client representatives assessed Datamatics for its strengths in German Full Services production, New Media capabilities, and Adaptive Assessments.

Sandeep Dhawan and Atul Nigam took them through the Datamatics capabilities, demos, and presentations. The client also visited the Mumbai office to know more about the company’s New Media capabilities.

CERTIFICATIONSCongratulations!

To the stars of DGSL for receiving the following certifications.

Spark Scala (SPK - 001)

Hariom Gautam(Incubation - Bangalore)

Spark Scala (SPK - 001)

Promod George(Incubation - Bangalore)

Spark Scala (SPK - 001)

Vinay Jayadev(Incubation - Bangalore)

WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATIONSThe International Women’s Day was celebrated across all Datamatics locations on 8th March 2017 to acknowledge the special role played by women in all walks of life. The day was celebrated through some special activities planned for the women, followed by the distribution of special mementos to each one of them.

The Mumbai office also created a special video collage to appreciate their contribution towards the company.

Winners List as follows:MUMBAICATEGORIES WINNERS NAME

SDF IV (110)

Best Dressed (Female) Ruchika Verma

SDF IV (117 - 120) Lumina

Best Dressed (Female) Rohinee Funde

Article Writing Winner Andrea Rodrigues

Healthcare

Best Dressed (Female) Snehal Wadkar & Smita Karande

NASHIKCATEGORIES WINNERS NAME

Best Dressed (Female) Poonam Tarle & Vaishali Tajane

CHENNAICATEGORIES WINNERS NAME

Best Dressed (Female) Thilagavathi K & Geetha K (1st Prize)

Victoria VImal Jesuraja & Buveneswari S (2nd Prize)

Article Writing Winner Sudarvizhi A (1st Prize)

Hemalatha G (2nd Prize)

Team Award: Elakkiya M, Mamatha S L, Priya R & Mageshwari S

NOIDACATEGORIES WINNERS NAME

Best Dressed (Female) Gunjan Chandola Bhatt

Article Writing Winner Pooja Singh

PUDUCHERRY - DGSLCATEGORIES WINNERS NAME

Best Dressed (Female) Gayathri T

PUDUCHERRY - LDLCATEGORIES WINNERS NAME

Best Dressed (Female) Priyadharshini R (1st Prize)

Thamizharasi B (2nd Prize)

Article Writing Winner Sandhiya R

WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATIONS - MUMBAI

WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATIONS - NASHIK

WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATIONS - CHENNAI & BANGALORE

CHENNAI

BANGALORE

WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATIONS - NOIDA & PUDUCHERRY

PUDUCHERRYNOIDA

VALENTINE’S DAY CELEBRATIONSValentine’s Day was celebrated in Datamatics with great fanfare on 14th February 2017. Team members presented different coloured roses to their colleagues and friends.

The team members receiving the highest number of roses were acknowledged as the ‘Rose King’ and ‘Rose Queen’.

Winners List as follows:MUMBAICATEGORIES WINNERS NAME

KC

Rose King Satyanarayan Nath

Rose Queen Rashmi Shetty

SDF IV (110)

Rose King Vinit Agrawal

Rose Queen Varad Kamini

SDF IV (117-120)

Rose King Prathamesh Mali

Rose Queen Deeksha Mendon

Card Making Competition

Pratiksha Patankar & Prachi Bakalkar

SDF V (TES)

Rose King Rajeswara Reddy

SDF VI (189)

Rose King Sachin Rane

Rose Queen Reshma Dcruz

SDF VI (190)

Rose King Jitendra Patkar

Rose Queen Parinita

SEEPZ++ (AMS-I-BUPA)

Rose King Abhishek Gupta

Rose Queen Shubhashree Senapati

MUMBAI (continued...)CATEGORIES WINNERS NAME

Healthcare

Rose King Milind Dalvi

Rose Queen Bhagyashree Pated

MS BLDG (105)

Rose King Abrar Kazi

Rose Queen Priya Rajak

NASHIKCATEGORIES WINNERS NAME

Rose King Swapnil Phuke (FAS - AP/AR)

Rose Queen Yogita Patil (FAS - AP/AR)

CHENNAICATEGORIES WINNERS NAME

Rose King Prince Abraham Thomas

Rose Queen Chathurna Devi B

Card Making Competition

Rama S (1st Prize)Jaya Christy S (2nd Prize)Monisha R (3rd Prize)Sahaya Prabhu S (4th Prize)

PUDUCHERRY - DGSLCATEGORIES WINNERS NAME

Rose King Vinod Menon

Rose Queen Sumathi E

NOIDACATEGORIES WINNERS NAME

Rose King Deepak Kumar

Rose Queen Sandhya Bishwas

PUDUCHERRY - LDLCATEGORIES WINNERS NAME

Rose King Mahendiran M

Rose Queen Poonkodi R

Card Making Competition

Sasidharan B (1st Prize)Lakshmi B (2nd Prize)

VALENTINE’S DAY CELEBRATIONS - MUMBAI

VALENTINE’S DAY CELEBRATIONS - NASHIK

VALENTINE’S DAY CELEBRATIONS - CHENNAI

VALENTINE’S DAY CELEBRATIONS - PUDUCHERRY & NOIDA

NOIDA

PUDUCHERRY

TRIP FLIP - TEAM OUTING FOR CORP HRD/PS/PS-ES/IMP/AMS/TES TEAMS, BANGALORE

Datamatics Bangalore disembarked from their usual routine and deadlines for a refreshing team outing at Guhantara resort on Kanakapura Road, Bangalore.

Teams from all departments participated in a series of games and activities ranging from beach volleyball, cricket, cycling, tug-of-war, bow and arrow, to kite flying. This was followed by a rain dance with DJ and other frills that enthralled one and all.

WOMEN’S BIKE RALLY IN NASHIKThe Times Group had organized a Women’s Bike rally on 5th March 2017. Ten derring-dos from Datamatics’ Nashik team participated in the event – Hardeep Garewal, Divya Vijan, Chaitali Agnihotri, Vishakha Daware, Sai Bapat, Priyanka Shinde, Laxmi Pawar, Lalita Surve, Ravita Nagpure, Deepika Nagare.

The ladies in complete biking gear covered a distance of 10 km. Datamatics’ bikers and the gang proved the maxim that “Women are Unstoppable”.

SELF DEFENSE TRAINING FOR WOMEN AT LUMINA DATAMATICS, PUDUCHERRYIn an endeavour to empower women employees, Lumina Datamatics, Puducherry, arranged a Self Defense session on Women’s Day. A total of 167 women participated in the event organized by HR and the Josh teams.

The trainer, Sivanaya Tharkaapu Payirchi Maiyam, taught them quick skills and techniques of self-defense to over-power unscrupulous elements that women may encounter in their day-to-day lives.

The participants practiced and honed these techniques by using code-red situations that were suggested by friends and participants on the spot.

COMPUTER ASSOCIATION OF NASHIK, CRICKET MATCHComputer Association of Nashik (CAN) organized cricket league matches on 5th March 2017. A number of teams participated in the event. Datamatics’ Nashik team won every round of the league matches and reached the finals, which was played between Datamatics Nashik and Nice Challengers.

The winning team was awarded the trophy along with ‘Best Bowler of the Tournament’ award presented to Mubbashshir Khan and ‘Youngest Player of the Tournament’ award presented to Anil Saha.

FUN FACTSInternational Women’s Day (IWD) was instituted in 1975. Every year, it is celebrated on 8th March

Two of the highest ever Intelligence Quotient (IQ) records belong to women

In 2016, Chinese men from Guangdong province commemorated the day by wearing female dresses and high heels and hiked up a mountain

In 2017, the day was celebrated by organizing mass strikes in different parts of the world – for example: ‘A Day without a Woman’ in the United States and ‘Strike4Repeal’ in Ireland

In 2007, the world’s richest self-made woman was Ms Zhang Yin, a Chinese paper recycling entrepreneur

Vijayakumar R from Publishing (Chennai) and R. Sathya took the holy vows

on 5th March.We wish them a life of togetherness!

Veni A N from Professional-Publishing Team (Chennai) tied the knot

with Karthick on 9th March.Congratulations on the start

of a new journey!

WEDDING BELLS

Harish CN from SSG (Bangalore)wed Pooja G on 19th February.

Heartiest congratulations to the couple!

Salendhiran G from Creative Services,e-Retail (Puducherry) and Vishnupriya were

united in holy matrimony on 2nd March.All the best to the happy couple

on a new beginning!

WEDDING BELLS

Narayan Iyer from Marcom team (Mumbai) held Divya Iyer’s hand for life

on 6th February.Heartiest congratulations to the couple!

Needhi Kadakai from E-Retail (Mumbai) and Rohan Malharkar were united in holy

matrimony on 11th February.All the best to the happy couple

on a new beginning!

WEDDING BELLS

Sneha Kollamparamril from LN-KPO, Publishing Team (Mumbai) and Pravin Shinde took their vows

before the holy fire on 5th February.We wish the couple a blissful life!

Ari M from Conv-Publishing team (Puducherry) entered the holy institution of

matrimony with Poovizhi on 6th February. Best wishes to the newlyweds!

WEDDING BELLS

Saraswathy M from Conv-Publishing team (Puducherry) tied the knot with

Saravanan T on 1st February.Congratulations on the start

of a new journey!

Shraddha Gaikwad from Healthcare-DMS team (Mumbai) tied the knot with

Ajit Gaikwad on 2nd February. Congratulations on the start

of a new journey!

WEDDING BELLS

Rajalatchoumy R from Conv-Publishing team (Puducherry) and

Manogaran V were united in holy matrimony on 19th January.All the best to the happy couple

on a new beginning!

Jigna Chauhan from e-Retail team (Mumbai) and Yogin Waghela took the holy vows on 29th January.

We wish them a life of togetherness!

WEDDING BELLS

Poonkodi R from Conv-Publishing team (Puducherry) and Egambaram J

took the vows on 2nd January.Best wishes to the couple!

Shruti Subodh Rakhe from PE-CELL team (Nashik) and Shrikant Jayphalkar took their

vows befor holy fire on 18th January.All the best to the couple

for the new journey!

WEDDING BELLS

Pooja Patil & Subodh Lendhe both from LN-KPO Publishing team (Mumbai) took their vows before the holy fire

on 19th December 2016. Congratulations on the new start!

WEDDING BELLS

//BABIES ON B ARD

A cute baby girl arrived at the household of Sivanandan R from Typesetting team, (LDL

Puducherry) on 25th February. Let us all congratulate Kanushiya S on the

beginning of her journey in this world!

Shrihari Prasad from Publishing team (Noida) welcomed a cute baby boy

named Adharv on 4th March.All the best to the young one!

//BABIES ON B ARD

Saravanan M from Chennai became a proud father to a little cute girl

named Dhivya Sri on 18th December.Our best wishes to the little one!

Jegan V from Chennai welcomed his son Yoghan to his world on 24th January. Congratulations to the proud father!

//BABIES ON B ARD

Sanjeev Kumar from Abstraction & Indexing – Publishing Team, (Mumbai) welcomed a

baby boy named Keshav on 22nd October 2016.A warm welcome to the young bundle of joy!

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INTRODUCTION TO A NEW SECTION - BEYOND WORKDear Readers!

We are happy to introduce a new section ‘Beyond Work’ starting from the next edition!

We would like to invite you to contribute brief write-ups in about 300 words for this section. These write-ups could include personal experiences and situations beyond work, such as Travel Excursions, Hobbies, Achievements, Topics of interest, or anything that you would like to share on this well-read public forum!

You can send your entries to your respective HR personnel with relevant photographs, as applicable or write to us at .

We look forward to your participation and feedback on this edition.

Thank you for reading BUZZ.

Regards,BUZZ Editorial Team

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