Centum Electronics Limited

“Centum was founded in 1994 in Bangalore, India. Since then, Centum has rapidly grown into a diversified electronics company with operations in North America, EMEA and Asia. The company offers a broad range of products and services across different industry segments. It has continuously invested in strengthening its design & product development capabilities while developing deep domain knowledge in the segments it operates in. Centum has also established truly world-class manufacturing facilities with cutting edge infrastructure as well as a global supply chain capable of delivering products with high quality and reliability.

A key contributor to Centum Group’s growth has been the strong relationships forged with international customers and partners. This customer-focused approach coupled with Centum’s culture hinged on the core-values of Technology-Teamwork-Trust has resulted in a track-record of high quality products & services and excellent execution ability.

Today, the Centum Group’s offerings range from customized product design & development, manufacturing services and turnkey solutions for mission-critical applications. These solutions are offered through the key operating business units that work together to address the customer needs. Each business unit is led by a strong and experienced management team.

CENTUM ADENEO ENGINEERING – This Business unit offers a wide range of engineering services to international customers to help them realize complex products and sub systems. It includes design, development, qualification, value engineering and many more. Flexible Engagement models such as consulting services, fixed-price projects or turnkey Build-To-Spec contracts allow customers to choose what is right for them and for the specific projects they manage.

CENTUM STRATEGIC ELECTRONICS – The Strategic Electronics Business Unit designs, develops and manufactures customized, complex products for Defence and Space customers. Centum is a leading industry partner for India’s DRDO labs, Defence PSUs as well as the Indian Space Research Organization having delivered mission critical electronics on major missile, radar, electronic warfare & satellite applications. Centum’s unique microelectronics capability enables the development of lightweight, high reliability electronics for on-board applications.

CENTUM ADETEL TRANSPORTATION SOLUTION – This business unit develops products for the rail transportation market with the goal of improving energy efficiency, security and real-time information access. The two key product lines are Energy Conversion & Storage systems and Passenger Information Systems. Centum Adetel has established a proven track-record of successfully deployed systems in the European, North American and Asian transport markets.

CENTUM EMS – The Electronics Manufacturing Services business unit addresses high-technology high-complexity products in the defence, aerospace, industrial, medical and telecommunications segments. The offerings include Line Replaceable Units (LRUs), system integration, PCBA, test, environmental screening and repair & return services. This team also provides mechanical solutions to various requirements in the field of plastics and sheet metal for the industrial customers.

To create value by contributing to the success of our customers, by being your innovation partner for design & manufacturing solutions in high technology areas.

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP– Customer relationship is the heart of every business and more so at Centum. Customers are not just one of the stakeholders for our business but our reason to do business, maintaining delightful Customer Relationship is our forte.

TEAMWORK– At Centum, Teamwork is coming together of a group of highly motivated people who are committed to achieving organization goal and willing to be held accountable at the same time for their actions and results.

OPENNESS & TRUST– The first and foremost aspect of openness is trust? Fairness? Centum values its employees and believes in a work environment encompassing Openness & Trust, in all of its communications and actions.

INTEGRITY– At Centum, Integrity is the foundation of our reputation. We follow highest ethical and moral standards, and display honesty in all our actions, methods and measures.

EXCELLENCE– At Centum, we strive for Excellence in all that we do however big or small the task may be, and are never content with being the second best.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY– As a responsible corporate citizen Centum endeavors to have a positive impact on the greater society that we serve. Social responsibility is intertwined in our self-belief and work ethics.

Apparao (Rao) V Mallavarapu founded Centum Electronics in the year 1993. Under his able leadership Centum has grown to become one of the largest electronics companies in India. He has initiated and successfully managed joint ventures with several MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES. Prior to founding Centum, he served at Wipro and Rao Insulating Company (RIC). Mr. Mallavarapu received his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University and a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Daltech University in Canada. He was a recipient of the Ford foundation scholarship and Engineering research Scholarship toward his academic pursuits in Canada.

Rajiv C Mody is the Chairman and Managing Director and founder of Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd. (Sasken). Over the last two decades, Sasken has grown into a major technology and solution provider to Tier 1 customers across the telecom value chain. Mr. Mody, a seasoned technocrat and an industry veteran has worked with corporations like AMD, Seattle Tech Inc., and VLSI Technology Inc., prior to founding Sasken. He was awarded the “Technovator of the Year 2007” by VOICE & DATA, a leading technology publication. He also served as an Executive Council Member of NASSCOM (2001 – 2008). Mr. Mody holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from M.S. University of Baroda and Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Polytechnic Institute of New York.

Manoj Nagrath is the Managing Partner of the firm S.P. Nagrath & Co., Chartered Accountants having its offices in New Delhi and Bangalore, and was enrolled as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 1983.

S. Krishnan has 33 years of rich experience in the areas of Design, Manufacturing Process Technology and Quality Assurance. He served as the head of Design and Engineering at Centum since its inception till his retirement in 2004. Mr. Krishnan served in the microelectronics group of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) prior to joining Centum. He received his B. Tech from IIT, Madras and M.E. from IISC, Bangalore.

Pranav Patel is responsible for leading product management and business development activities for the GE’s Healthcare Services business covering full portfolio of GE Healthcare products in North America. Prior to his current role, he was the Global Chief Marketing Officer for GE’s Aviation Systems business where he was responsible for leading strategic planning, product and customer marketing and portfolio strategies to allow profitable growth for the business. He led launch of a new airline operations optimization software service business in partnership with Accenture; he also led divesture of some non-core product lines.

Mr. Pranav held a strategic marketing leader role in Aviation business from ’06 to ’07 where he was instrumental in developing “beyond the engine” strategy and led acquisitions of Smiths Aerospace and Walter Engines. Mr. Pranav holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois @ Urbana – Champaign, a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering and a second master’s degree in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and also finished his MBA degree from the Georgia State University. Pranav has co-authored five patents in fields of Microwave integrated circuits, multi-chip module, packaging and energy storage systems.