Speaking on the occasion Dr Anil K Jampala, President , HYSEA said “The event showcases winners of product, services and quality awards from the small and medium IT companies in the state”. He further added “HYSEA is committed to facilitate and develop the small and medium enterprises in Andhra Pradesh as this will help the state in growing export revenues and employment.”

HYSEA continues to pursue its vision, which is “To position Andhra Pradesh as the leading intellectual capital of the world by nurturing entrepreneurship, research and innovation to achieve global excellence in IT products and services.” HYSEA ’s on-going initiatives and activities continue to reflect this vision.

We had our last press conference on 28th March 2007 at Hotel Fortune Katriya. Here is a brief note on HYSEA ’s activities since then.

21 members joined HYSEA last year. Our total membership now stands at 322. Our members continue to diligently pursue and obtain globally recognized and accepted CMMI,ISO quality certification as well as BS ISO/IEC 27001:2005 information security certification.

HYSEA interacts with the Government of Andhra Pradesh and STPI with a view to participate in policy formulation and support programme implementation for realizing HYSEA ’s vision..

Many of our members actively participated in the deliberations of the various think-tanks, convened by the IT&C department of the government, with the objective of establishing a leadership position for Andhra Pradesh in the global IT/ITES marketplace. Several of our SME members also provided valuable inputs on the IT policy, which were duly communicated to the IT&C department. These are expected to be included in the IT policy to be announced in the near future.

Technology day : HYSEA organized its 4th Annual Technology Day on “Exploring New Technology Trends” that are creating opportunities for further growth in India. HYSEA technology Day held for the fourth consecutive year aimed at exposing our members to latest trends in Technology. The Seminar focused on:

Dr.Jayaprakash Narayan, Founder and National Coordinator, Lok Satta was the Chief Guest for the occasion and Mr. Sudin Apte, Country Head & Senior Analyst Forrester India delivered the Key Note address on the Topic “Technology and Outsourcing Trends”.

HYSEA hosted an interactive seminar on “Implementation of Labour Laws in IT and ITES Industry” on 9th April 2007. Mr.Sur Reddy, Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Govt of AP along with a team of senior officers conducted the seminar. The seminar was followed by an hour of Q&A.

HYSEA hosted an exclusive CEO forum with Padma Shri Dr.Kiran Karnik on 10th April’ 07, at ITC Grand Kakatiya Sheraton. The focus of Dr.Kiran Karnik’s address was on a strategic road map for the SMEs in the IT & ITES sector post Union Budget 2007. Dr.Karnik touched upon the following during his talk:

Our Executive Director Brig.Harikumar visited Chengdu, China as a delegate for Chinasoft 2007. Chinasoft is an annual event since 2003, held in April as a two day event in Chengdu, an emerging reputed software centre in China. The event has developed into a leading International Software Expo in West China. The seminar along with exhibition aims at enhancing the international cooperation in software industry, showcasing China’s abundant resources and potential, corporate strengths to the world, with the theme of industrial interaction, innovative development and setting up a platform for cooperation in software products, projects, technology, capital and talents.

The HR Forum meeting discussed in detail the need to develop a HR Handbook for HYSEA members incorporating the HR best practices. In this regard it was decided HR forum should work closely with NHRD and companies who already have HR best practices handbook.

HYSEA plans to organize a half day seminar on HR in the second half of June on topics of relevance to the HR fraternity such as:

The HR Forum is undertaking a Compensation and Benefit Survey for its SME members.

HYSEA  conducted the valedictory function of 4th HYSEA Leadership Workshop Series on April 28th 2007.

In all 38 associates from the member companies participated in the series of workshops between Feb 3rd and Apr 28th 2007. Faculty for these workshops constituted of senior leaders of the IT and ITES industry to share their rich experiences. The series covered topics of relevance in today’s Leadership scenario like: Managing Talent, Managing Change, Creativity and Creative Problem Solving, Performance Management, Mentoring and Coaching, Leadership without Boundaries, Work Life Balance and Communication Skills.

TCS was the sponsor for this workshop.

HYSEA will be announcing very shortly the launch of its 5th Leadership Workshop series.

The HYSEA Annual Athletics Meet was held at Railway Recreation Club grounds on 29th April 2007. Over 250 associates from member companies took part in the meet.

This evening, we are distributing HYSEA awards for the best product, highest quality certification and best export performance in various categories for the year 2005-2006. We will also be honoring Mr. Shakti Sagar, Managing Director, ADP Pvt.Ltd. for his yeoman service to the IT industry in Andhra Pradesh. The list of winners is attached.

We are thankful to the members of the media for their continuing support, which is so critical for our success in realizing HYSEA ’s vision.

For more information, please contact Mr. R.K. Sumanth at infohysea@gmail.com or 92465 00952.