
Catura Systems (www.topchalks.com) Named AlwaysOn Global 250 Winner Company
Selected as Technology Innovator in Digital Education for 2009
Gurgaon (INDIA) , July, 17th, 2009 -- Catura Systems (parent company of Topchalks.com) today announced that it has been selected to the 2009 AlwaysOn Global 250 List. The AlwaysOn Global 250 Award is given to private, emerging technology companies creating new business opportunities in high-growth markets. Some of the past winners of AlwaysOn include Facebook, Twitter, Digg and Tesla Motors. Catura Systems was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team based on demonstration of growth, market opportunity, quality of innovation and customer traction.
Catura Systems, via its destination site www.topchalks.com, its Learning Centers, and its Digital Libraries, class-room deployments and CDs provides first of its kind education marketplace in India where masses of students can consume core and in-depth instructor-led academic content just as they would expect from regular classrooms." said Mr. Dinesh Mehta, President of Cature Systems". "Our goal is to partner with and empower the best educators of India, provide them with the technology and a platform, enable them to create fully articulated and described content in their field of expertise and provide them with the ability to reach and educate the masses of India".
Catura Systems and the other AlwaysOn Global 250 Winners will be recognized at the AlwaysOn & STVP Summit at Stanford, taking place at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA, on July 28-30. This two-and-a-half day executive conference is co-presented by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program will highlighting the significant economic, political and commercial trends affecting the global technology industries.
"It’s no secret that technology and innovation are vital to bringing our country out of economic recession,” said Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. “The companies on this year’s list have not only created innovative technologies that solve real business problems, but have stimulated economic growth through the generation of new jobs. I congratulate every winner selected for this year’s award and wish them all tremendous success in the future.”
The AlwaysOn Global 250 winners were selected from among hundreds of other technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists and industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2009 list.
About AlwaysOn
ALWAYSON ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a global blog network. In 2004, ALWAYSON continued to lead the media industry in innovation by introducing a social network where members can connect and engage. ALWAYSON is also revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event series (Summit at Stanford, OnMedia, OnHollywood, OnDC, GoingGreen East and West, Venture Summit East and West) and quarterly print "blogozine" by empowering its members to post and share their ideas and meet each other online. As our loyal readers know, ALWAYSON is committed to the free-market, merit-driven approach to reporting and event programming. No other media brand has dared to create such open interaction with its readers and event participants.
About Catura Systems
Catura Systems is a company focused on creating a revolutionary solution to educate and train masses without compromising the quality and the time tested instructor-led teaching techniques. Our goal is to democratize education in India, empower its best minds and enable them to reach and educate all those who desire to learn and succeed.
A full list of all the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn website at
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Catura Systems (www.topchalks.com) Winner, NASSCOM EMERGE 50
Selected as one of the winner of NASSCOM EMERGE 50 (CATEGORY:Services)
NASSCOM EMERGE 50 Listinghttp://www.nasscom.org/Nasscom/
Gurgaon (INDIA) , July, 20th, 2009 -- TopChalks.com today announced that it has been selected as a winner of the prestigious NASSCOM Emerge 50 - 2009 award. The NASSCOM EMERGE 50 is an initiative that identifies and honours the Emerging companies that are redefining the benchmark of excellence for the next generation of SMEs and companies that are succeeding in emerging/domestic markets. The purpose of this initiative is to identify and recognize the great potential in the companies that are in the making and those companies that can be treated as ROLE MODELS for INSPIRATION to others.
"We are very pleased to be recognized by NASSCOM." said Dinesh Mehta, CEO of TopChalks.com. "Our focus is on creating solutions that leverage technology to educate and train young masses of India. Just increasing the percentage of our young folks that simply pass a course is not enough; we must ensure that they are functionally literate and that they can significantly contribute to our society. TopChalks.com, with the assistance of its unique applications, processes and means of delivery, empowers some the best minds of India and enables them to reach and educate masses without compromising the time tested instructor-led teaching techniques." added Dinesh Mehta.
About NASSCOM
NASSCOM is the premier trade body and the chamber of commerce of the IT-BPO industries in India. NASSCOM is a global trade body with more than 1200 members, which include both Indian and multinational companies that have a presence in India. NASSCOM's member and associate member companies are broadly in the business of software development, software services, software products, consulting services, BPO services, e-commerce & web services, engineering services offshoring and animation and gaming. NASSCOM's membership base constitutes over 95% of the industry revenues in India and employs over 2.24 million professionals.
