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First generation IT Entrepreneur Santosh Kumar Sahoo Brings Laurels to Make in Odisha

India SME 100 awards are presented by the India SME Forum in association with the Ministry of MSME. India SME Forum is India’s largest network for Entrepreneurs with over 76000+ members from across 27 states. The 5th Edition of India SME 100 Awards was held recently. A total of 33,102 nominations were received and  top 100 SMEs were chosen by the Jury. The prized awards were given away to the winners in the presence of top 500 Nominee Entrepreneurs from all over the country.

Mr.  Giriraj Singh, Minister of State for MSME,(IC), handed out  the trophy  in presence of Mr. Kalraj Mishra, Chairman of JPC of Offices of Profit, Dr. Arun Kumar Panda, Secretary Ministry  of MSME, Shikha Sharma, MD& CEO of Axis Bank , Mr. Milan Hovorka, Ambassador of Czech Republic.  Officials from the Embassies of Hungary, Poland, Ministry of MSME and NSIC were also in attendance.

The Company

Computer lab, a Cuttack based SSI unit established in 1990 has been conferred the honor among top 100 enterprisers based on various parameters by an eminent jury.   The company hailing from Eastern India is the first and joint sixth in the country to have engaged in Aadhaar enrolment of citizens.

Computer lab till now has helped in more than 3 crore Aadhaar enrollments all over the country. The company operates with five offices in Odisha and other states helping in IT Enabled Services, data digitization, e-governance, printing Aadhaar and Ration cards, other govt. projects.

Recognition

Apart from the coveted SME 100 award, Computer Lab has been recognized with various States and National level Awards along with awards from organizations like India Achievers Forum, Franchisee India, Skoch Group etc acknowledging the great work.

Leadership

Led by Mr. Santosh Kumar Sahoo who is the CEO and Managing Partner of Computer Lab, the company has created employment opportunities in rural areas over 200+ every month for over a decade and have crossed 1500+ in the last three years.

Mr. Sahoo graduated in Economics and completed P.G. in Computer Science before joi9ning Computer Lab as an employee and further rising to the rank of CEO.  He has 27+ years of experience in delivering IT/ITES services to multiple State Governments, PSUs and big corporate houses.

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