19 Jun, 2008

TechCamp Event: Mary and Tom Poppendieck in Mumbai

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I havent had a chance to post about this before but we have started an initiative called TechCamp, wherein we plan to organize regular technology events, codefests, workshops, activity sessions, training sessions and much more. Given my constant bickering about the dearth of geek events in India, we decided to go ahead and do something about it. The events we organize under the TechCamp banner are open to public, and 100% techie.

Our second TechCamp event is organized in conjunction with ASCI on 28th June in Mumbai. Mary and Tom Poppendieck the proponents of Lean Software Development, and reknowned authors the award-winning book “Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit” will be conducting a workshop on Lean Software Development atHotel Sea Princess.

Find out details at  the TechCamp Wiki and sign up for the TechCamp Mailing list to be notified of future events. Feel free to invite friends and colleagues. Given the limited seating you will need to submit a position paper to attend.

5 Jan, 2008

Directi wins the Times Ascent Pinkslip award

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Directi won the ‘PinkSlip Choice’ Award for the “most innovative recruitment advertisement”. The ad was our third recruitment ad for Times Ascent.

Spearheaded and executed by our in-house marketing and design team, the ad reflects one of our fundamental principles - which is - “We like to stand out in everything we do”. At Directi creativity is expected in every task. Directi is the only company so far (I think) that has won this award without outsourcing the ad to an Advertising agency.

26 Nov, 2007

Lucky 13: Our rank in the Deloitte and Touche Fast 50 list

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Directi was ranked in the Deloitte and Touche Technology Fast 50 list for the 3rd consecutive year (2006-2007). This time we improved upon last year, garnering 13th position (as compared to 17th last year) with a compounded annual growth rate of 547%. The title is somewhat of a misnomer given that luck had nothing to do with this. Credit goes to the relentless effort of our amazing team.

Directi was the only company in the Top 15 to have won this award 3 years in a row, a commendable feat, considering that each year becomes the baseline for the next year.

(Divyank collecting the award - Looking smart as ever )

As I always say … this is just the beginning, and there are many more to come