Anant Koppar is a technocrat businessman from Karnataka, India.

He was the Founder

President of Kshema Technologies, one of India's first venture capital funded software
services companies. He has currently started a new company called KTwo Technology
Solutions, an Indian Origin Global Products company that develops products for
Healthcare and Automotive sectors. Earlier he was the President of the Technologies
Division of MphasiS post the acquisition of Kshema by MphasiS.

Anant Koppar

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• 1 Background
• 2 Achievements
• 3 Humanitarian Endeavours

• 4 External links

[edit] Background

Hailing from Gadag, North Karnataka, he is one of the success stories and a role model
for people coming from rural middle class backgrounds for corporate success.

With a Masters Degree in Computer Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, he started his
career in Wipro. He also had brief stint as a lecturer in an engineering college. He further
went on to be a part of the teams that set up Tata Elxsi and BFL Software now known as
MphasiS BFL Limited.

Anant founded Kshema Technologies in 1997 and grew it to large niche technology
services provider in 6 years. Kshema has the distinction of being a pioneer in the software
services industry to cater to Industrial Automation, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Mobile
Telephony industries. Kshema merged with MphasiS in 2004.

Presently Anant lives in Bangalore with his wife Mrs. Kalpana Koppar and two children.

[edit] Achievements

A certified "Project Management Professional" by Project Management Institute, Anant

Koppar was the first CEO in India to get this certification.

Anant Koppar was awarded the “Entrepreneur of the District” distinction by the Gadag
District Chamber of Commerce in the year 2000. He was also recognized as
“Entrepreneur Extraordinaire” at the Asian Conference for Young Entrepreneurs in 1999.
He is also an immediate past President of Bangalore Chamber of Industry
(http://www.convergentindia.com/gmci/index.asp) and Commerce and past President of
PMI Bangalore Chapter (http://www.pmibangalorechapter.org/).

He was conferred with Karnataka Rajyotsava Award, the highest civilian award by the
Karnataka Government in the year 2008 for his achievements in IT.

Brief Profile

Anant Koppar is currently the Chairman & CEO KTwo Technology Solutions , “Last
Metre Connectivity Solutions Company and a multi-faceted leader.

He has Successfully worn many hats and is a recognized achiever in Academia (PMI
Bangalore Chapter), Technocrat (recognized Indian IT leader), Businessman, Serial
Entrepreneur (Tata Elxsi, BFL, Kshema), Leader of Social Causes (Utthana Charitable
Trust) and Leader of Local Industry Consortia (President BCIC).

He was the Founder President of Kshema Technologies, one of India's first venture
capital funded software services companies. He worked as the President of the
Technologies Division of MphasiS BFL Limited post the acquisition of Kshema by
MphasiS. Hailing from North Karnataka, he is one of the success stories and a role model
for people coming from rural middle class backgrounds for corporate success. With a
Masters Degree in Computer Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, he started his career in
Wipro. He also had brief stint as a lecturer in an engineering college. He further went on
to be a part of the teams that set up Tata Elxsi and BFL Software.

Previously Anant founded Kshema Technologies in 1997 and grew it to large niche
technology services provider in 6 years. Kshema has the distinction of being a pioneer in
the software services industry to cater to Industrial Automation, Healthcare, Life
Sciences and Mobile industries. A certified "Project Management Professional" by PMI,
Anant Koppar was the first CEO in India to get this certification.

Anant lives in Bangalore with his wife Mrs. Kalpana Koppar and two children –
Shashabindu and Shrunottara.

Other Professional Involvements

• Former Member, Karnataka State Planning Board

• Past President of Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce.
• Former Chairperson of North Karnataka Industry Task Force.
• On the Investment Committee for Karnataka IT Venture Fund (KITVEN).
• Managing Trustee, Utthana Charitable Trust.
• Director-at-large, PMI, Bangalore Chapter
• Charter Member of TiE, Bangalore (The IndUs Enterpreneurs)
• President, Samskrit Bharati Karnataka State Trust.

Awards

• Karnataka Rajyotsava Award 2008 for outstanding contribution to Information

Technology,the highest civilian award in Karnataka State.
• Sir M Vishwerayya Award 2008 for outstanding contribution to Information
Technology.
• Recognized as “Entrepreneur Extraordinaire” at the Asian Conference for Young
Entrepreneurs in 1999.
• Entrepreneur of the District Award conferred by the Gadag District Chamber of
Commerce - 2000
 • A Gold Medalist in Bachelor of Engineering from Karnataka University and
M.Tech in Computer Engineering from the country’s premier engineering
institute - IIT, Kharagpur.
• State Award for Topping the Karnataka University Engineering Exams Instituted
by Directorate of Youth Services and Sports, Govt. of Karnataka in 1982
• Project Management Professional – 1999–2008.

Education

• Bachelor of Engineering from Karnataka University. (1981)

• M.Tech (Computer Engineering) from IIT, Kharagpur (1984)
• Pursuing Research (Ph D)in Improving Rural Healthcare under the aegis of
University of Mysore.

Previous Employments

Mr. Koppar has held top management positions in companies like Mphasis-EDS,Kshema
Technologies, BFL Software after working for TATA-XLSI and Wipro.

[edit] Humanitarian Endeavours

A charitable trust called Utthana, which has the patronage of the IT community in
Bangalore, is his brainchild. Koppar takes time off his usual grind to look into the
meaningful functioning of Utthana. He assures that every contribution to Utthana reaches
the less privileged.

He has recently started an educational initiative called Uttara Vikasa

(http://www.uttaravikasa.org), a medium through which he attempts to educate the rural
students and educational communities of North Karnataka region of adapting to
globalization and fulfillment of their potential.

His wife Kalpana and he together have given a large donation to a school run by Lions
Club in his native Gadag. The school provides primary education to poor children in
Gadag District and is now named after his mother "Shrimati Sitabai Koppar Primary
School". He also contributes to take care of educational needs of many poor children in
that school.

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