Interview With Dr.R.JAYAPRAKASH - Managing Director & CEO of JP INFOTECH

1. Describe about your Business and founders

JP INFOTECH is a topmost service provider based on Information Technology (IT) located in Pondicherry/Puducherry, India, who ensures to provide essential solution for software needs with premium results. We have a team of professionals who are highly unswerving and focused on first-class customer service to earn their fullest contentment. Our main aim is to bring surefire results through our hard work in order to develop enduring relationships with our customers. We vanity ourselves for having pioneering talent and agility for offering right solution for our valuable customers and in providing them with a wonderful support network which is more analogous to develop personal relationship apart from just creating business partnership. We develop various Products/Projects on Java, Python, Dot Net, Matlab, NS2, VLSI, Php, Wordpress, Android/iOS.

Dr. R. JAYAPRAKASH is the Founder and Managing Director of JP INFOTECH, bringing nearly 10+ years of experience in the IT industry and training division. He is a popular, humorous, albeit opinionated keynote speaker with a unique breadth of business experience and technical depth. He is also the founder of IJETCSE, International Journal of Emerging Technology in Computer Science & Electronics. He is the Editor-in-Chief for Einstein Research Publication and also for IJETVSOC. He received his Bachelor Degree in Computer Science & Engineering (B.E.) in 2007 from CK College of Engineering & Technology, Cuddalore (Formerly Sri Jayaram Engineering College) and he has received is Master of Business Administration (MBA) in 2009 from Alagappa University, Karaikudi, then he was awarded Master of Technology (M.Tech. – Network and Internet Engineering) from Pondicherry University in 2011. Then completed his PhD. In Computer Science in the Year 2017. He began his career in 2007 as a founder of JP INFOTECH in Pondicherry. He is the key responsible for overall director for JP INFOTECH in company’s technological, Business strategic developments and support company’s revenue generation. He has published around 30 papers in Leading International Journals and Conferences including in IEEE, Springer etc. His research areas are Network Security, IDS, Networking, Cloud Computing. He has guided more than 500 M.E./M.Tech./M.Phil./Ph.D. Students for their research project and publications.

From the year 2013 to 2018, Dr. R. JAYAPRAKASH is Recognized and Awarded from the following colleges: “Paavai College of Engg”, “Arjun College of Technology”, “K.S.R. College of Engineering”, “Vetri Vinayaha College Of Engineering And Technology”, “SKR Engineering College”, “Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering and Technology”, “Jaya Engineering College”, “V.P.Muthaiah Pillai Meenakshi Ammal Engineering College for Women”, “Muthayammal Arts and Science College”, “Sri Raaja Raajan College of Engineering and Technology”, “Latha Mathavan Engineering College”, “Dr Pauls Engineering College”, “Jain College of Engineering”, “Manakula Vinayagar Institute of Technology”, “CK College of Engineering & Technology” etc.

Recognized and published articles about JP INFOTECH and its director in “THE HINDU”, “DINAKARAN” and many more leading newspapers and Media.

2. What is the biggest challenge of being a CEO and how do you overcome it?

 Initially the biggest challenge of being a CEO for me is creating a strong and reliable team. As our company is rooted at Pondicherry, which has a small population and most of them move towards Chennai after their education for their Job, as it is the very near metropolitan city with lot of MNC companies. Attracting high quality people and building a strong team in a small town like Pondicherry is a great challenge not only the small companies like us but also for the medium-sized companies as well. Initially the challenge was hectic but later I realised of recruiting people without considering their marks/grades, Considering only their interest in developing a good career, I created a Strong Team providing them with good training over the technologies even they didn’t had any prior knowledge earlier. I invested on training and I overcame the challenge.

3. Where do you see the company in the next five years and how will you bring about the change?

Today the world is bigger with the innovative idea of human beings. Many sectors are computerized and expanding to automation according to the needs and make a common man work simpler. Our company has the extended service and research unit to fulfil the human needs and also to make service to clients. We are stuffed with information enabled services. Our company is about consulting and reforms what are the expectations of clients. In next Five years our Company will be providing latest products using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and more Automation products. To achieve this, our company has already started training our team and working on the projects, which will make us a Global leader in near soon.

4. Did you ever feel like giving up on being a CEO and what motivated you to pull this off?

 To explain this I have copied a quote from the Internet which is: “You might be frustrated if your business doesn’t become an overnight success. Instead, focus on making significant contributions to your field and community; success will follow!”. Yes everyone would have faced this and I am too not an exception for it. Self-motivation is the only way to pull this off. At certain times you find out that you are completely alone with the problems created by the company failure. Your friends are busy and you don't want to bother them any more about your woes. Your family still need to be protected from the pain and misery you are going through. So you are alone. That's when you need to dig deep and realise that you have been on your own before and got through. When you decided to start the company. When you hired your first employee. When you struggled to may monthly payroll. When you fell out with a client and had to work fast to find others. When you had to face that fact you couldn't pay all your employees. And when you finally decided to close the company. The Self-motivation is: You did it before, you can do it again.

5. Describe your biggest achievement

Even though I have made my achievements, I consider my biggest achievement is my Company. It is because, being bought up from a middle class family without any knowledge on business, support on financial aspects or any guidance, I have started the company, which is my biggest achievement and which made me possible to achieve anything from it.

6. From where you get the idea for business?

 My family doesn’t have any Business background. My idea for business was enlighten when I was studying my M.Tech. in Pondicherry University. Many of my friends, nearby college students, my juniors approached me for developing their final year projects and preparing research papers as I was good in it and I didn’t charge anything for it, instead they gifted me something. In the final year, I was placed in HCL company and waiting for the Joining Date. Meanwhile, when there was a huge demand for the projects and research paper works, my idea of business enlighten there and from then my company JP INFOTECH was born and I refused my placement offer.

7. What was your aim to start the company?

My aim to start the company is to make my company identity in every project particularly IT consulting services. Our company deliver the cost effective solution for any kind of IT requirements and hence we are well known professionals. We always focus the delight of the customer and hence we structure our services with the Return on Investment instant concept. Our dedicative employee’s team always bestows the world rated service for all clients. The listening and the problem solving skill are the pillars of our company and we handle any kind of IT projects without any doubt.

8. Tell us some of your failures

 Every successful person would have faced some failures. The failures make the person to learn and improve more in the life. Initially as I didn’t have any knowledge on business, I had many failures but I learned many things and the failures made me a successful person today. Unable to build a team, worked on partnerships, no proper financial planning management were some of my failures from which I have learnt a more and overcame those failures.

9. What is the role of your family in your successful career?

 The role of family plays a vital part for any successful person. My parent supported me a lot and didn’t restrict me on any part of my journey, without them I couldn’t not achieved anything. My successful career path was laid by my parent only.

10. What is your message to the young generations and to their parents?

 Everyone has some talent. Today, young generations have lot of opportunities and guidance. So whatever the business idea may be, if they can do it in very dedication and hard work, sure the success is yours. The role of their parent’s is very important and they should sure support them with the confident of success.