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Geethu Sivakumar is a young women entrepreneur from Kerala, the CEO of PACE, a global IT company. [1]

Early Life

Geethu Sivakumar, born in a middle class family in Thiruvananthapuram, a 23-year-old girl grew up to become the CEO of an IT company, Pace was a result of sheer determination to do something on her own.

Her first interest in technology started while doing a one year fellowship at Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology while studying in 8th standard at Nirmala Bhavan Higher Secondary School, Kowdiar, Trivandrum.

She was selected as the best web developer in Kerala State in the IT Fest conducted by Kerala Government, IT Mission and Technopark.

Having achieved this, Geethu got selected by the Government of India as a student ambassador to Japan for two weeks. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Founding a Startup

The idea of starting her own venture came into her mind while doing Electronics and Communication Engineering at Government Engineering College, BartonHill. She used to do freelance works, interships and several online works during that time. With the support of college authorities and friends she was the first student and first girl to register a startup in the college TBI. The quality of projects and timely customer interaction brought more projects to her startup. Good cashflow started coming in and due to her saving habit from childhood she utilized it well to make better projects and company development. Geethu was also the first one to develop the first campus news mobile application of the country, and it made a huge impact. She was also active in extra curricular activities. She was the vice chairperson of the college and also kalathilakam, the award of arts excellence. [6] [7]

During her final semester, with the intention of patenting her final year project, Geethu attended a workshop conducted by Sasthra bhavan, whose chief guest was the chairman of a multinational business group Beta. She discussed her startup and future ideas, which could make a good impression and result in the support of Beta Group for her startup. With the business guidance of experienced veterans and mentoring, Geethu grew her company to greater heights.

Within a period of time, Geethu also brought in changes to the IT sector of Beta Group to help it grow to better heights. Seeing the change, Geethu's startup got investment and support from the group and it flourished by the name PACE. [2] [3] [4] [5]

She is reported as the youngest women CEO in technology sector in Kerala. [8]

PACE

PACE is an IT company with presence in more than 5 countries. It is a technology company which helps businesses to flourish with their technical expertise. Pace's biggest strength is a strong team that supports each other and strong partnerships. PACE operates in IT Services and Products Domain. With the help of the beta group Pace is growing its business to Singapore, Sri Lanka, and the Middle East. The vision of the company is to transform businesses, help them grow and make their passions possible using strong technological expertise. In the first year she has managed to establish quiet well and show presence in more than 7 countries. [9]

Awards

She received the best young woman entrepreneur award from Dr Shashi Tharoor, in an event conducted by Innovations Expedition. [10] [11]



References

  1. ^ ഭാസ്കരൻ, രേഷ്മ. "കുഞ്ഞുനാളിലെ മിടുക്കി; ഇപ്പോള്‍ സിഇഒ!". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  2. ^ a b "22–ാം വയസ്സിൽ സിഇഒ; ഗീതു എന്ന യുവവ്യവസായ സംരംഭകയുടെ കഥ അദ്ഭുതപ്പെടുത്തും". ManoramaOnline. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  3. ^ a b "ഇത് സ്വപ്‌നസാഫല്യം... സിഇഒ പദവിയില്‍ തിളങ്ങി 22കാരി". Future Kerala :. Retrieved 2019-01-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  4. ^ a b "അറിയണം ഗീതു ശിവകുമാറിനെ, ഇരുപത്തിരണ്ടാം വയസ്സിൽ കമ്പനി സിഇഒ ആയി വളർന്ന മിടുക്കിയെ". Deshabhimani (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  5. ^ a b "ഇത് സ്വപ്‌നസാഫല്യം... സിഇഒ പദവിയില്‍ തിളങ്ങി 22കാരി". Future Kerala :. Retrieved 2019-01-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  6. ^ "At 22 years, she helms a technology company". OnManorama. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  7. ^ "Making mince meat of computer bugs". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  8. ^ "Radio Mirchi Malayalam". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  9. ^ "സ്റ്റാര്‍ട്ടപ്പ് തുടങ്ങാന്‍ പ്രായം തടസ്സമല്ലെന്ന് തെളിയിച്ച് 22കാരി". mediaone. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  10. ^ "യുവ വനിതാ സംരംഭകത്വ പുരസ്‌കാരം ഗീതു ശിവകുമാറിന്". Deshabhimani (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  11. ^ "Story on Geethu Sivakumar". British Malayali. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
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