1.Arch Pharma Labs
Emerging India Winner 2006 ( Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals)

After turning around balance sheets during their stint in financial companies, Ajith Kamath, CMD, Arch Pharma Labs and his contemprories decided to turnaround and restructure a sick unit registered under bifr.. The unit (Merven drug products) located near hyderabad with excellent infrastructure faced Marketing & Finance related issues, which led to it turning sick. Kamath thought that the company had tremendous potential. In 1999, under the name of Arch Pharma Labs , he started off with contract manufacturing in the unit by extending marketing & working capital support and ended up with a major export order of around Rs 5 crores within the first three months itself. In the first year itself arch pharma could penetrate into the European and Latin American pharma markets and had among its customers, prominent multinational pharmaceutical companies.

Thereafter with private equity coming in, arch pharma saw a sharp upward growth curve. Today, it's the world leader in Pharma subsidiary Isoxazole side -chains. With 6 manufacturing units across country and R&D lab near Mumbai, company’s turnover last year crossed Rs 352 crores and is expected to cross its target of Rs 500 crores by march 2008.

While the promoters have already diluted the stake to 35% , Arch Pharma may look at going public by next year.

Ajith Kamath, CMD, Arch Pharma ( on Emerging India Awards)

" It has given me great peer recognition; it has helped me tremendously as far as banking industry is concerned, as far as customers across the world are concerned. We were picked up practically by every vendor and customer who congratulated us and they have started looking at us differently. Things have changed and all my peers want to catch up on arch pharma"


2.People Interactive India Ltd
Emerging India Winner 2006 (IT & ITES)

" Marriges are made in heaven but they make it happen on earth" People Interactive India Ltd is the name behind india's formost and popular matrimonial website Shaadi.com. This pioneering idea became a reality in 1999, when boston graduate Anupam Mital, MD of People Interactive India Ltd, decided to bring traditional matchmaking matrimonial process into the virtual world.

With more than 10 million registered members, and over a million success stories, People Intercative India's Shaadi.com has been growing at a pace of 200% yoy basis.

Apart from the virtual space, company has also set up 100 Shaadi points across the country offering not just matrimonial services but also assistance in wedding planning.

Social-networking site fropper.com also comes under the umbrealla of people interactive they recently secured a total investment of $18mn through leading venture capitalists like Sequoia Capital and Intel Capit to expand their domestic and international operations.

Anupam Mittal on winning Emerging India
" I feel excited, humbled and inspired all at the same time and it's a nice feeling"