Saloni Malhotra is the founder and

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

of DesiCrew, an IT-enabled service company that provides back-office and support services in rural areas of

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and

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. Although establishing a BPO company is not a major task, she is widely acclaimed for her work of establishing these in rural parts of the states and employing inexperienced and untrained people from small villages.

Career

Saloni did her engineering from

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in state of

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. She started her career in an interactive media startup, ''Web Chutney'' based in

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. She somehow came into contact of Professor Jhunjhunwala of TeNet group,

IIT Madras Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is a public technical university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. As one of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), it is recognized as an Institute of National Importance and has be ...

and came up with this idea. Her company DesiCrew received wide acclamation for this innovative approach and has been quite applauded. DesiCrew has rural delivery centers in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Gujarat, and employs 900-odd people from these villages. She currently is on the Board of Directors of DesiCrew.

Awards

* TiE Stree Shakthi Award in 2011 * Nominated : BusinessWeek's Asia's Youngest Entrepreneurs * Nominated : MTV Youth Icon 2008 * Nominated : E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 * Facilitated in the presence of the

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by the CII. : ^

References

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