Cyber Media Digital Limited - CMDL

Profile

Established 1982, CyberMedia is South Asia's largest specialty media house, with nine publications in the infotech, telecom, consumer electronics and biotech areas; and an end-to-end media value chain including the internet, events and television. The group's media services include market research, content outsourcing, multimedia, gaming and media education.

The group's Media business includes the print titles Dataquest, PCQuest, Voice&Data, BioSpectrum, Living Digital, DQ Channels, DQ Week (Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai). www.ciol.com is India's largest technology portal and includes online editions of all CyberMedia titles. CyberMedia Events has conducted events including Bangalore IT.com, Nasscom, IT Kerala, Hi-Tech Pune. CyberMedia TV develops knowledge-oriented general interest programs on mass channels.

Media Services include IDC India, the leading IT and telecom research company in the region; CyberMedia Services (content and publishing BPO services); CyberMedia Research, which focuses on the media and entertainment sectors; Cyber MultiMedia, the multimedia and gaming development and distribution company; and the School of Convergence, for content creators and media managers.

CyberMedia's publications reach out to 12 lakh readers and 7 lakh online community. Its publications are considered leaders in their respective categories and enjoy strong brand equity in the Indian Information, Communication & Technology (ICT) industry. CyberMedia gives prestigious awards to key industry performers and also ranks companies annually e.g. DQ Man of the Year, DQ Top 20, PCQuest Users' Choice and Voice&Data Man of the Year, Biotech etc. These awards have been benchmarks for corporates in the IT, telecom and technology areas.

CyberMedia has always looked at a focussed strategy. It started off in IT, expanded into ICT area and is now expanding in the "knowledge" domain. Due to this focus, CyberMedia has been one of the media groups that has withstood the downturn in the ICT industry in the year 2001 and 2002. This is primarily due to the distinct segmentation of each of the publications and clear focus on the target audience. These two factors have assisted the Company in maintaining its readership and advertising rates for each of the publications.

With diversification and strong industry position in publications, research, events, multimedia, TV and new initiatives in education and BPO publishing, CyberMedia has developed strong relationships with companies, both Indian and multinationals, in the IT industry. The company has the ability to leverage these relationships to address various client needs including advertising, event participation and recruitment among others. This has enabled the company to be a one-stop content and service entity for the entire Indian IT, telecom and now biotechnology and consumer electronics industries.

Cyber Media (India) Limited, serves both as an operating company for the publishing business

and as a holding company for its investments in other media businesses.

Background

Incorporated in 1982 as a publishing business focused on information technology. Today, CyberMedia has diversified into other media platforms even as it has consolidated its presence in the ICT (Information, Communications, Technology) space and is now expanding into the knowledge domain.

Milestones

	1982 Founded Dataquest, the first computer magazine in India 1987 Founded IDC (India) in association with IDC USA Launched PCQuest, one of the leading PC user magazines in India
	1991 Began Events to provide direct contact between users and vendors
	1994 Launched Voice&Data, leading magazine in India for the telecom and data communications industry
	1995 CyberMedia TV prepares TV programmes on IT
	1996 Began Cyber India Online, www.ciol.com, the leading IT portal in India Set up first IT newspaper in India, the DQ Week Chennai Launched an IT magazine for the family, Computers@Home
	1997 Started CyberMedia Digital (formerly known as Cyber Multimedia), a leading distributor and publisher of multimedia in India
	1999 Launched DQ Channels to serve the distributors, resellers and IT dealers
	2001 Established School of Convergence, the first institute of converging media education in India
	2003 Launched BioSpectrum, India's leading magazine in the biotechnology space Repositioned Computers@Home as Living Digital Launched CyberMedia Services for Content BPO Services CyberMedia Research focuses on the entertainment industry
	2004 JV with Dice Inc.

Company Structure

To Each of the businesses has been segregated into various SBUs, primarily to retain business focus and understand and retain profitability of each unit.

CyberMedia's Vision

To expand globally in the knowledge domain through quality media products and services

Company Values

Innovation
Be change leaders and pioneers through continuous learning

Integrity
Fair, unbiased, honest and committed to highest ethical, moral & legal standards & statutes

Excellence
Customer delight by maximizing value for time, money & efforts and making distinctive, substantial & lasting contribution

Influential
Making a positive impact on society leading to strong brand equity

Caring Meritocracy

Attracting and retaining the best, respect for individuals, their ideas & contributions

Board of Directors

Pradeep Gupta is Managing Director of CyberMedia. He has over 27 years of experience in the IT industry. Well networked in the IT and media industry in India, he has provided strategic consultancy to the Indian Government to formulate India's software export strategy.

Pradeep Gupta is also General Partner of Infinity Venture Fund and on the Investment Management Committee of Punjab Ventures. He is Ex-Chairman of eGurucool.com And a founder member of the Association of Indian Magazines, a Charter Member, TiE and Co-Chair Pan IIT Executive Committee.

He is a graduate in Electrical Engineering from I.I.T. Delhi and a PGDIM from I.I.M. Calcutta and recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award of IIT Delhi, 2001.

Rohit Asava Chand has over 30 years of experience in the IT Industry and is founder of Xansa (formerly known as IIS Infotech Ltd.) a leading software development and IT education company. He is also the promoter of the IT&T Group of companies, engaged in engineering design and BPO services. Rohit Chand is the co-founder of Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer at IIT Delhi; the General partner of Infinity Venture Funds; founder of Global Business School, which runs a prestigious MBA programme in collaboration with one of the top French Universities. He has served on the boards of several public companies and has also been on the working committees of several industry bodies. Has been Managing Editor of Indian Management (an AIMA publication).

He is a graduate in mechanical engineering from IIT Delhi, Rohit Chand did his MBA from the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, USA in 1970.

Dr. Ashok Agarwal is a mechanical engineering graduate from BITS, Pilani, with a postgraduate degree in Industrial engineering from University of Minnesota, USA and Ph.D. in Operation Research from University of Minnesota, USA. He was a professor at IIM Kolkata. He left academics to set up SQL Star International of which he was the Managing Director till 2003. He has over 33 years of experience in the IT industry.

Mr. K.S. Mehta has over 25 years of experience in the area of computers, software consultancy and computer education, K.S. Mehta is a graduate in electrical engineering from I.I.T., Delhi.

Mr. Shyam Malhotra is Executive Director and Editor-in-chief of all CyberMedia publications. Associated with CyberMedia since 1985 in varied capacities and has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry. He is a graduate in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi and has a PGDIM from IIM Kolkata.

Mr. K. K. Tulshan is Executive Director and Head Infrastructure Group. He has over 21 years of wide and varied professional experience. Mr. Tulshan is a Fellow member of the Institute of

Chartered Accountants of India.