Kanwal Singh The entrepreneurial spirit of the Indian diaspora in Australia is certainly a force to reckon and more so over the last few years. Media reports refer to the Diaspora as a “national asset”.

No grit, no pearl, goes the saying, and these entrepreneurs from the Indian community sure know it Siddharth Suresh We all need a sense of belonging. It’s that feeling of belonging that bring communities

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Small Business Jitendra Bhansali started Intesols in 2010, with just one person in the company—himself. Today, the digital solutions firm employs more than 45 people, and has

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Small Business GR Phones is an Australian based company, established in 2013, and today, a leading mobile phones sales and repair service provider in South Australia. “We are

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Small Business GloTech, set up in 2014, is a well-established and respected engineering consultancy and project management organisation with customers and ongoing assignments

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Micro Business EduCATER consists a team of highly professional consultants with over 16 years of experience in Australian vocational and education and training sector, training

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Micro Business Sree Yama is the person behind Coreflex, a family-run and owned business based in Victoria, dedicated to providing quality corporate goods and unique custom uniforms,

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Micro Business Nikhil Daftary came to Australia in 1995 as a student at Deakin University, but then switched professions when he realised he “hated doing time-sheets”. He has

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Executive [Male] Ketan Kale, General Manager—Fuel, at Coles Express, has more than 17 years of experience leading strategy and change in the retail, oil and IT industries. He

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Executive [Male] For Jey Srikantha, it all began in the middle of a global crisis, the GFC of 2009, and during the Black Saturday bushfires in Melbourne. Jey, a technology

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Executive [Male] "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"… and for Harish Budhiraja that first step was his decision to move to Australia in 2005.

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Executive [Female] Shama Bhangu runs the Melbourne-based Sanjhi Awaaz Radio Station, an extremely popular Punjabi radio station that offers engaging content for the Punjabi speaking

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Executive [Female] Sangeetha Singh is an IT professional turned model, who currently holds three International pageant titles—Mrs Earth Australia 2018, Mrs Continents 2017 and

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Executive [Female] Dr Preeti Khillan is Founder and Director of My OBG, Director of Western Specialist Centre and an experienced obstetrician and gynaecologist and academician.

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Young Executive [Male] Prabhakar Agraja, director of EduCATER, says the key to his successful business is the rapport he has developed with his clients over the years, providing

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Young Executive [Male] Prashanth Puspanathan’s journey as an entrepreneur has not been a traditional one as he is a psychiatrist turned entrepreneur, now running a financial

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Young Executive [Male] Jayesh Vasani, managing director at Air Voice Group, is best described as an inspirational and influential leader of his business and across the Indian

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Young Executive [Female] Reinuka Sharma, a senior management consultant at KPMG, and an emerging leader in assisting small to large-scale organisations in strategy development

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Young Executive [Female] Misha Mahendru arrived in Australia in 2012 and was one of the few lucky enough to land her first job in the industry she belonged to from back in India.

IEC Awards 2018 Finalist — Young Executive [Female] Chondryma juggles many roles—diversity champion, industry mentor for TechGirls in secondary schools, IT project manager and multicultural ambassador.