- The flagship event was a celebration of solvers who have been able to impact real business outcomes.
- “Really regret working with real solvers” – said No-One. Ever.
Bangalore: Searce, a modern technology consulting firm that empowers businesses to be future-ready, hosted its first ever ‘EVLOS Summit’, a day-long flagship conference organized in partnership with Google Cloud. Regarded as a ‘Solvers summit’, the conference was directed to recognize and celebrate real solvers, & mistake-makers. Over 350+ C-suite level participants gathered at the “Tech Capital of India” – Bengaluru under one roof to power conversations around innovation-led sustainable tech solutions.
The Summit, true to its name, served as a platform that encouraged the art of solving differently with Google Cloud Execs, Searce Solvers and key decision makers from industry-leading organizations across India who shed light on the possibilities that can be unlocked by leveraging futuristic technologies.
Some of the dignitaries present from the technology fraternity & Google Cloud included Amit Kumar (India Director of Google Cloud), Neveen Tiwari (Founder & CEO, Glance), Chandra Sankholkar (Head of partnership and alliances of Google), and Abhishek Mahanty, Head of Partner Engineering, Google Cloud, India. C-suite level representation from several organizations including Sterlite Technologies Limited (STL), Blackbuck, Cred Club, Ayoconnect, Epifi, Lifesight, Anymind group, Nimblebox and many more were witnessed at the Summit. These innovators came together to exchange ideas, solutions and possibilities that could revolutionize the world.
Channeling the EVLOS spirit of ‘solve differently’, the Summit opened with a meditation session led by Bala Kishore, VP, Better Living, at Searce and was followed by a keynote by Hardik Parekh, CEO and Founder,Searce.
Reflecting on the Searce journey this far Hardik mentioned, “We started Searce in a small 3-bedroom apartment that we shared with another tech company. It’s been 18 years now, but our mission & our passion remains the same since we started – to solve differently.” Speaking about the genesis of EVLOS and how this has been an unspoken part of the Searce DNA he mentioned, “So when we had to think about our first ever flagship summit, we paused and thought about what is it that we really want to celebrate? Our growth? Our success? No. We wanted to celebrate The solvers. The mistake makers. The bold futurists. That was the genesis of EVLOS. We wanted to honor the spirit of solving and extend our vision of ‘driving intelligent outcomes’ globally.”
A few ways in which the summit stood out was:
Future of Tech-led innovations in partnership with Google Cloud
After declaring the conference open, the event saw a mainstage address by Amit Kumar, India Director of Google Cloud. As we move towards a cloud-first ecosystem, Mr. Kumar stressed the importance of technology innovations, focusing on software-led innovation. He detailed futuristic features of Google Cloud solutions that will help businesses stay connected and collaborative in real time. He further elaborated on how cloud-led transformation could help organizations achieve growth to the next scale.
Solvers in action
The mainstage address was followed by multiple panel discussions which focused on customer-led transformation stories, where global organizations explained how they were leveraging cloud solutions with Searce and Google Cloud to achieve their business goals: scale for the next level of growth, innovate, minimize cost and enhance security. These panels witnessed addresses by industry tech leaders such as Arvind Jayaprakash, Senior Vice President, Technology, at Glance, Thejasvi Bhat, CTO at Blackbuck and Ajay Chawla, CISO at Sterlite Technologies Limited. The panelists highlighted how they were able to achieve greater agility with Serverless and Containers, enhance TTM with agile project delivery frameworks, be more data-driven with a simple, limitless and intelligent data cloud and achieve optimum collaboration and communication with the power of the Cloud.
Launching ‘Project Better Living’
One of the key highlights of the summit was the launch of ‘Project Better Living’ an initiative designed to empower organizations to help their people achieve holistic well-being at global scale. Having had a promising impact on hundreds of Searcians in achieving mindfulness, efficiency and effectiveness, the project is now being extended to all of Searce’s Partners & their family members.
Industry focused Breakouts
The second half of the summit saw dedicated sessions that focused on the future of various industries namely- Financial Services & Insurance, Retail CPG & E-commerce, Manufacturing, Travel, Transportation & Logistics & Healthcare, Pharma & Life Sciences and Telecommunications, Media, EdTech & Gaming, Digital Assets & ISVs. These sessions centered around the four pillars of digital transformation – Elevating Customer Experience, Optimizing Work & Operations, Enhancing Culture & People Processes, Transforming Business Model & Products, with meaningful insights being gained from each of the solvers present at the discussions.
Expressing his concluding remarks on EVLOS Summit, Ankit Sinha, VP, Cloud Consulting, Searce said, “The technology sector has been enabling disruption across industries with so many unique innovations. This summit is our effort to bring all the solvers on one platform to continuously identify better ways of doing things. The combined knowledge pool at the conference was an eye-opener for us as it helped unlock some interesting solutions for new-age digital challenges. We are delighted to have hosted so many great innovators, tech solvers, and industry experts.” Mr. Sinha added.
Working with Google Cloud as a top-tiered preferred partner, Searce has been enabling digital innovation by leveraging the entire portfolio of Google Cloud solutions across its 3000+ clients globally. Searce has expanded its horizons, establishing a stronghold in North America, Europe, SEA, and ANZ. Its newest team of futurists and international leaders were introduced at the summit including Rahul Shah, Business Head, JAPAC, Adrian Chu, Regional Manager, ANZ, and Julian Mulhare, Regional Manager, UK&I. Searce has deployed a workforce of more than 1300+ employees internationally, carrying with them their EVLOS DNA at the core.
