Bhopal, June 7, 2007:   Bhopal hosted “Awards for Excellence in e-governance in Madhya Pradesh” an award function on June 6th 2007. This award ceremony was attended by prominent names in Business, Politics, and academia. Impetus, the company that has pioneered Software Product Development in India was awarded the “Best Software Exporter” of the year. The award was presented by Hon. Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Mr Shivraj Singh Chouhan and I.T. Minister, Mr. Kailash Vijayvargiya and was received by Pankaj Mittal, Sr. VP Engineering and CTO, Impetus and Mr. Sanjeev Agrawal, VP Operations, Impetus.

Impetus is a leader in Outsourced Product Engineering Services. It is a privately held company headquartered in USA with its fully-owned subsidiary in India Impetus InfoTech. The company renders Product Engineering Services to US-based clients, both enterprise level organizations as well as new age start ups. The company is currently working for clients in diverse domains like Mobile & Wireless, Digital Media, Performance Marketing, Internet Advertising, Network Security, Telecom, etc.

Impetus was founded by Mr. Praveen Kankariya in the year 1991 in India, and the company has seen tremendous growth under his direction and management. The company has multiple development centers across the country (including Indore, Noida, and Hyderabad) and has a headcount of over 900 employees in India.

On receiving the award, Mr. Kankariya expressed his gratitude and appreciation to the Madhya Pradesh government. He says, “Impetus is a success story with its roots in Indore. The company was born in this city and is home to our biggest offshore development centre. The continued support and co-operation of authorities and city public at large has helped us in our endeavor to make Indore a permanent name in the Global I.T. Map.    I would also take this opportunity to thank all the Impetus employees, past and current, for the hard work and dedication they have put in to make Impetus reach the position it is in today.”

Impetus works in all leading-edge technologies and has vast experience in building component-based, service-oriented architectures (SOA), Software as a Service (SAAS), and Web Services. Its work spans across all cutting-edge development platforms, such as J2EE and .Net, on a variety of operating systems, databases (relational and object), and application (J2EE-based) servers. The company announced growth of over 70 % in revenues vis-à-vis last year.

About Impetus:
Headquartered in Cupertino (CA), Impetus Technologies provides outsourced software product design, R&D and related services to leading global software product companies. Impetus has been involved with over 40 product launches over its decade-long association with clients such 3M, PeopleSoft, Servigistics, Intellicus, KnowNow, Scalix etc.

Impetus works on cutting-edge technologies to develop a variety of next-generation products for a range of vertical domains. From enterprise applications that optimize supply chains and credit portfolios, to solutions for the emerging rich media and digital content verticals; and from products for wireless networks and mobile handsets to software for network forensics and communication monitoring Impetus’ emphasis on continuous innovation and adds significant value to its clients’ technology initiatives.

For more information, visits www.impetus.com or write to info@impetus.com.