Anant Koppar is atechnocrat businessman from Karnataka,India. He was the FounderPresident of Kshema Technologies, one of India's first venture capital funded software services companies. He has currently started a new company called KTwo Technology Solutions, an Indian Origin Global Products company that develops products forHealthcare and Automotive sectors. Earlier he was the President of the Technologies Division ofMphasiS post the acquisition of Kshema by MphasiS. Anant KopparContents [hide] • 1 Bac kgr oun d • 2 Achieveme nts • 3 Humani tarian Endeavours • 4 Exte rna l link s [edit] BackgroundHailing from Gadag, North Karnataka, he is one of the success stories and a role model for people coming from rural middle class background s for corporate success. With a Masters Degree in Computer Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, he started his career in Wipro. He also had brief stint as a lecturer in an engineering college. He furtherwent on to be a part of the teams that set up Tata Elxsi and BFL Software now known as MphasiS BFL Limited. Anant founded Kshema Technologies in 1997 and grew it to large niche technology services provider in 6 years. Kshema has the distinction of being a pioneer in the software services industry to cater to Industrial Automation,Healthcare,Life Sciences andMobile Telephonyindustries. Kshema merged with MphasiSin 2004. Presently Anant lives in Bangalorewith his wife Mrs. Kalpana Koppar and two children. [edit] Achievements A certified "Project Management Professional" by Project Management Institute, Anant Koppar was the first CEO in India to get this certification. Anant Koppar was awarded the “Entrepreneur of the District” distinction by the GadagDistrict Chamber of Commerce in the year 2000. He was also recognized as “Entrepreneur Extraordinaire” at the Asian Conference for You ng Entrepreneurs in 1999.
