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Elogix Software: A Kolkata-based Company Fast Carving Out a Niche in Multi-Layered High-End Consultancy Realm

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Pradip Chanda, CEOKolkata is not a city, it is a feeling! Indeed the ‘City of Joy’ is globally known for its charismatic attire of emotions with the imperial elements interspersed in the modern metropolis. In this vibrant environment, Pradip Chanda (CEO, Elogix Software Private Limited) has charted a growth path taking his Kolkata based startup to the worldwide stage in the ever-evolving software ecosystem. Leveraging his decades of experience in the global and national software development domain, Pradip converted his vision of the business model into a vibrant IT software house of repute - Elogix Software Private Limited (ESPL) – that was established in 2002 in Kolkata.

What started as an Offshore Development Center of CHEMWATCH, Australia with a workforce of five people, has today evolved into a fast-growing, trusted & multi-layered high-end consultancy house, offering 360o services in software development & support services, with over 150 people. Even today Chemwatch, Australia is a prestigious client of Elogix and its Principal Dr Bernie Bialkower, a highly regarded global expert in Chemical Risk Management, has always been a mentor and source of inspiration to the Elogix family, relentlessly motivating the company to scale new heights and transcend new frontier.

While most startup offshore development houses do not grow beyond the tag of ‘service providers’ even after years of existence, Elogix has fast evolved as a partner of choice for all its clients, owing to its obsession of transcending and surpassing the limits set by clients’ maximum expectation levels. “We relentlessly surprise the clients by providing smart, imaginative, innovative, tangible and even unexpected solutions, at levels way above the set benchmarks, which helps us to earn respect from clients and stay ahead of competition,” divulges Pradip. Furthermore, its dynamic, flexible, measurable, secure and customized engagement models help the company address the fast changing specific business needs of every customer, thus winning their confidence and trust.

Chemwatch & Elogix: The bond of Elogix with Chemwatch has grown significantly over the years. Chemwatch, an international company, headquartered in Australia, has offices throughout Europe, the U.S. and Asia-Pacific. As a large employer of science graduates and postgraduates (including chemists, toxicologists and OHS specialists) and IT specialists (more than 300 world-wide), Chemwatch has experience of over 20 years, servicing the chemicals safety community. Thousands of global Clients, including hospitals, research institutes, and government departments use Chemwatch for Chemicals Management, (M)SDS Management and authoring as well as Regulatory Compliance solutions.

Over the years Elogix expanded to provide not only development support to Chemwatch but also maintain a KPO team of chemists to assist in the SDS collection and uploading to the large repository maintained for Chemwatch. Currently Elogix provides development/technical support, Database maintenance, chemist based KPO and marketing of their products in India. The client base for Chemwatch products are mostly the leading pharmaceutical and drug manufacturing companies that rely on these products for minimizing their chemical hazard and overall risk management.

Today Elogix is one of the few home-grown software development houses, to fast spread its wings globally, serving clients across Australia, Europe, UK and U.S., not to mention its stunning 50 fold revenue growth. The credit can be conferred to its collective expertise, growing repository of tools, templates & accelerators, enabling Elogix to deliver high value with perfection and minimum risk. In fact, Elogix is one of the few home-grown software development houses to fast spread its wings globally to serve clients across Australia, Europe, UK and U.S, not to mention its stunning fifty-fold revenue growth. The credit can be conferred to its collective expertise across domains, pre-fabricated frameworks and a comprehensive, growing repository of tools,
templates and accelerators, which enable Elogix to deliver high value and quality with perfection and minimum risks.

Elogix has fast evolved as a partner of choice for all its clients, owing to its obsession of transcending and surpassing the limits set by clients’ maximum expectation levels


While most startup offshore development houses do not grow beyond the tag of 'service providers' even after years of existence, Elogix has fast evolved as a partner of choice for all its clients, owing to its obsession of transcending and surpassing the limits set by clients’ maximum expectation levels. “We relentlessly surprise the clients by providing smart, imaginative, innovative, tangible and even unexpected solutions, at levels way above the set benchmarks, which helps us to earn respect from clients and stay ahead of competition,” divulges Pradip Chanda, the young in mind, dynamic CEO of Elogix Software Pvt. Ltd. Furthermore, its dynamic, flexible, measurable, secure and customized engagement models help the company address the fast changing specific business needs of every customer, thus winning their confidence and trust.

Elogix - The Multi-domain Expertise
Specialized in multiple domains of information technology, today Elogix is perceived as an expert in providing IT, Advisory and Outsourcing services in niche domains to leading clients all over Europe, America, Australia and Asia. It is one of the very few mid-sized home-grown software companies who can offer software products developed, supported and exclusively marketed by it in India, , which are used by Governments, Industries (predominantly pharmaceutical and chemical industries), Emergency Services, Hospitals and Educational Institutions, across the world. From Integrated Chemical Management System to complete supply chain solutions, CIMS Mobile apps to e-Plantation and e-Accounts, Elogix has its footprints in an extensive range of products and solutions, on a global scale. Boasting of a dedicated practice with end-to-end solutions, the company stands apart from its competitors by providing a completely transparent program management.

Having years of expertise in developing high-end software that are designed to protect people and environment by minimizing risk and potential hazards, Chemwatch has a proven range of software products for pharmaceuticals & chemical sectors. Elogix has all through been a key associate in developing, supporting, maintaining, and exclusively marketing these software products in India, to leading chemical & pharmaceutical companies.

While a typical (M)SDS would communicate the appropriate Personal Protection controls, it often fails to go into much detail; Elogix along with its leading client ‘Chemwatch’ has developed a special Glove Selection Index calculations and a Respirator algorithm that suggests best PPE types for certain situations, often exceeding two pages and available in 47 languages. Finally, to communicate clearly & concisely the risks associated with a particular use scenario in a certain environment, Risk Assessment Reports are also generated.

Elogix has an efficient organizational structure that continuously keeps itself in tune with the emerging trends in technology, skills and methods of project execution. With profound domain experience in system re-engineering and infrastructure design, Elogix has eclectic capability in emerging technologies, methods, tools & accelerators that focus on enhanced user experience, reliability and robustness of systems. The complexity of today’s rapidly changing marketplace has generated the need for integration of advisory services to technology and analytics. Elogix being aware of this has aligned its services by identifying areas of process improvement & re-engineering, followed by implementation of process improvements to generate value for their business and with integration of processes, tools and technology to produce additional and unexpected benefits for clients. Besides that, it also provides services in Staff Augmentation, Data Collection, Preparation and Analysis along with in-house project execution with dedicated project teams and experienced team leaders. As a cherry on top, Elogix brings the end user to its clients to
integrate their software products in the Indian market by conducting road shows, seminars, and onsite demos.

Q for Quality
Elogix has developed its own customized framework of validation across all processes and deliveries, seamlessly covering all phases of work by applying its time-tested and evolved scientific methodologies. Having state-of-the-art QA lab and certified QA professionals enable the company to deliver bug-free product-works and software releases. The continuous Quality Monitoring & Improvement program pre-identifies the application / product areas prone to failure, creating technical solutions for precautionary and remedial maintenance. The Quality Management processes of Elogix comprised of defect identification, performance, compatibility & security through well-defined testing processes around Black-Box, Functional testing, White-Box, Integration testing and Regression testing. For testing large volume of business data, tools for automation are developed and deployed. Test runs are carried and logged with comprehensive software product quality metrics data, which are collected and presented to analyze quality of application/product. “Ensuring high standards of delivery and products, at the right time, coupled with zero incidence of error, is our fundamental principle of quality management,” asserts Pradip.

Pradip further adds, “We start from the basics and then cover all ends with more sophisticated software security system that offers comprehensive protection to all our clients’ data and sensitive information at every stage and processes”. Elogix installs patch assessment tool to ensure that operating systems and applications are up to date with the latest security fixes. Using latest application control for tracking and restricting unnecessary software, it also encrypts the data both in cloud and during data transfer. Many of the software products are designed to protect people by minimizing risk and potential hazards. Through its time-tested system, Elogix ensures full compliance with various international, federal and local regulations & updates, thus keeping its clients informed and appraised on new findings related to chemical products. “We have adopted a holistic view with a proactive approach towards compliance by formulating guidelines that provides support to the ever-changing regulations through processes, technology and outcomes,” affirms Pradip.

The Work Cult
Elogix has an environment suited for free and open-minded exchange of ideas. The core team effectively leads a bright and vibrant group of young and qualified talented IT Professionals, optimally blending experience and expertise with crisp ideas and talent, and in the process continuously re-energizing and re-vitalizing the journey towards new benchmarks. In the profession of information technology, the objective, direction and interest area of an individual may shift during the course of one’s career. Elogix gives its workforce the opportunity to grow in their desired path, within diverse areas of software technology. Constantly defying expectations, Elogix is all geared up to raise its bar even higher in the coming years.

The Head of the House:
Pradip Chanda, CEO
Pradip has served as Project Director in prestigious multi-domain & multi-layered software development projects from concept to execution in diverse environments worldwide. With immense experience and expertise in the software spectrum spanning over a decade, he grooms a team of IT professionals comprising Senior Project leaders, Software Engineers, Chemists and Analysts by blending experience and expertise with fresh ideas and talent.

Headquarter: Kolkata
Services:
• Web based enterprise Application Development and Maintenance
• Application Re-Engineering & Migration
• IT Staff Augmentation
• Product Integration Services
• Professional IT Consulting Services
• Offshore Development Centre

Clients:Chemwatch (Australia), Nomura Research Institute (Japan), KMPG, Deloitte, Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation, McNally Bharat Engineering Company, Pricewaterhouse Coopers India, Sun Pharma, Torrent Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Reddy's, SRF ,Excel Industries, Lupin, Biocon, EISAI, USP, USV, Emcure, Apotex, Piramal, SD Fine Chem, Glenmark, Aarti Industries, Punjab Chemicals, AnupamRasayan, Navin Fluorine, Amines & Plasticizers, Hetero, and many more