Our Brand Story

Indus

The Indus Region (Ancient Indus Valley Civilization) is considered the oldest civilization in the world (over 8,000 years old) and even predates the Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilization by thousands of years. The ancient Indus Valley Civilization is known for many things, but most importantly for their extremely well planned cities.

Parts of this region and the other parts of India were later known as the “Golden Bird”. Later the Indian region was the wealthiest in the world at one stage contributing to almost 25% of the worlds GDP. Not only wealth, this region also had its golden period of intellect and inventions. Some of the greatest minds that contributed to the world, as we know it today came from here. The discovery of zero, Ayurveda, Yoga, Astronomy, Chess etc. being just some of the examples.

Now again in the 21’st Century India is emerging as a global economic & intellectual power. Indian origin Entrepreneurs and CEO’s are coming of age and running global corporations, occupying corner & boardrooms. Indian organizations are acquiring global companies on a regular basis. These are all established facts.

Axis

Earth’s axial tilt (Axis) is currently about 23.5 Degrees.
In astronomy, axial tilt, also known as obliquity, is the angle between an object’s rotational axis and its orbital axis. Earth’s obliquity oscillates between 22.1 and 24.5 degrees on a 41,000-year cycle.

Indus Region and the Axis of the Earth, both are depicted in our logo. Also, the two lines in the logo are at the exact same angle as Earths rotational axis and its orbital axis.

Drawing a corollary our belief is that the Earth’s Axis is again shifting to Indus/Indian region, as in geographical terms it does shift though in thousands of years. Just that this Axis shift is happening much faster and through Commerce, Intellect & Innovation; in the process making this region the most sort after just like it was before.

Therefore we have a firm belief that in the next few decades India would surely be positioned back to its old glory and even more.

We at Indus Axis are in a great position to contribute in this transition for India in our unique way as we have the Access and the Repository of the best Indian Intellect & Talent, which could be the greatest asset to all kinds of organizations as they evolve & expand in the Indian region.

Founder

Samir has over 20 years of very exciting experience that started with NIIT Ltd. (a Global IT solutions and Talent Development Corporation) during the 1990’s wherein he managed businesses in a large geographical reach advocating proliferation of IT in the Education & Training Industry. He moved to the world’s largest Career Portal i.e. Monster.com in India, was part of its start up team & established its presence in India. From there he moved to the HR Services domain i.e. Ma Foi  (acquired by Randstand, a Dutch €17.1 billion HR Services & Consulting multinational). Samir contributed to a $10 million venture bloom into a $150 million HR Services giant in Asia, a journey that he keenly observed & thoroughly enjoyed. He was based at Singapore where he headed Ma Foi’s Regional Business Development prior to that he was based in Delhi. Later part of his stint he was briefly the Head of Marketing for the HR Consulting practice in India. He had worked with Ma Foi / Randstad for half a decade. He was part of a Bangalore based HR start up between 2007-2008 as a President & Co-Founder; the start up had luminaries like Dr. Jagdish Sheth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdish_Sheth) and Mr. Sudhir Sethi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/susethi/), (http://www.idgvcindia.com/team/advisoryteamon) on it’s board. That experience gave him the impetus & inspiration to become an entrepreneur.

Samir understands the Professional talent arbitrage well and had a quest to plug the talent & expert chasm by creating unique offerings. He regularly advises organizations that includes foreign Trade Commissions, International NGO’s, Trade Chambers and large to mid size Multinational organization as they navigate through the Indian market.

He has extensive cross-border experience and has studied, worked & lived in India, Singapore, USA and Canada. Credibility, Fervor and Commitment have been the key ingredients of this journey.

Indus Axis Advisors he founded between 2009-10 and today it is a well-regarded and highly specialized Talent Consulting firm with many Fortune 500 organizations as its clients.

Samir holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce from University of Delhi and a MBA from IILM, New Delhi. Samir went on for a Marketing Program to Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (USA) in 1998.

He is a member of TiE, Delhi Chapter, Life Member of National HRD Network, India and Member ANZBAI (Australia New Zealand Business Association in India).

Samir is an avid reader and enjoys diverse genre; primarily Non Fiction (Cosmology, Science, Spirituality, Sociology & Anthropology). He loves travelling, specially within India & savors it’s various cultures, landscapes & cuisines.

He practices meditation and also is an ardent classic rock & heavy metal music lover. Samir believes quality time with family & closest friends pretty much takes care of everything…

Advisors & Panel of Experts

Dr. Atanu Purkayastha

A leading Agriculature Sector Expert in India.

Indian Administrative Service (IAS), 1983 Batch (West Bengal Cadre). 

Last Assignment in IAS: Secretary, Central Information Commission, New Delhi.

Dr. Purkayastha studied Agricultural sciences (B.S.c. & M.S.c.) at the premiere GB Pant Agricultural University and joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1983 (West Bengal Cadre). Superannuated in 2016 from IAS, last assignment was the Secretary, Central Information Commission, New Delhi.

He is a recipient of ICAR Jr Fellowship during the post graduate programme. Continued interest in learning led to PhD from IIT Kharagpur (2006-10) on ‘Impact of Land reforms in Livelihood Generation in West Bengal’. Also, did a MBA from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK (1996-97).

Mukesh Kacker

A leading Infrastructure, Finance, Corporate Governance, Business Law, Public Policy/Governance Expert in India.

Indian Administrative Service (IAS), 1979 Batch(MP Cadre).

Last Assignment in IAS: Member, National Highway Authority (NHAI), New Delhi. 

IAS Officer (Voluntary Retirement) and SME (Subject Matter Expert) in the domains of Infrastructure, Core Economy, Finance and Public Policy. Over all experience of 35+ years, of which >27 years were with the Indian Government in various capacities / roles and >10 years in the corporate environment.

Mukesh is an I.A.S (Indian Administrative Service) officer of the 1979 batch (MP Cadre), he opted for voluntary retirement in 2007 to work independently.

Mukesh holds a Masters degree in Economics (Public Policy) from Harvard University, U.S.A. He was Allahabad University’s top ranker in B.Sc (Physics, Mathematics, Statistics) as well as in M.A. (Political Science).

Our Team

Our team consists of a people who are highly motivated and are the best at what they do. The client needs assessment and servicing comes naturally to them.

They keep assessing and innovating to add to the portfolio of the unique nature of our offerings in India.

As we have the quest to access, assess and bring together the best intellect available in India and make them realize their true potential; the team, therefore, has a hawkeye and a penchant for creating & sustaining professional relationships for the long term.

The motto is simple “for any inward communication there has to be an outward within specified timelines & vice-versa”.

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