The meeting is still fresh in my mind when with the support of my manager the late Mr. R. Ravimohan I decided to leave a secure job in CRISIL and start the journey of a consultant. Those early days were hectic, one had to select a name for the new consulting venture; next came registering the domain and putting together a website, finding an office and also restructuring my investments to support the business. The first contract was from CRISIL thanks to Ravimohan. Other customers trickled in slowly, there were times when there was no work and only proposals to write; and there were assignments where one had to roll up the sleeves and move into execution.At the end of the first decade I would like to say a Big thankyou to my wife and kids for their support in this long journey as an entrepreneur advisor; they have made enormous sacrificies to keep NISE going.
There are also a few special people who have supported NISE over the years and I would like to thank them; Sudesh Puthran for his unstinting support, Stephen Lobo for the wonderful logo of NISE, Shanunak Ashtaputhre for tracking me down and giving me an opportunity for global consulting, C.G. Gokhale for believing in my abilities, V Mani for giving me a heads up in SAP consulting, Nirmalendu Jajodia for his steadfast support, Hemant Nerurkar for teaching me on how to value my services, David Parker for teaching me Selling, Mahesh Subramaniam for teaching me pre sales consulting, Gautam Mansukhani for being a patient listener; Captain Raghuraman for teaching me information security consulting, Pradeep Kar for giving me an assignment to rediscover Bangalore, my mentor M.Chandrashekar who has been the guiding spirit in keeping me firm and steadfast in my goals and also a number of well wishers who have supported and cheered me in this journey.
As I start the next decade of NISE I look forward to continuing the journey of Nurturing Innovation and Sustaining Excellence ; and once again a Big Thankyou each and everyone of you who made NISE a reality!
Subbu
