The genesis of INXS can be traced to when , Venkat and his Co-Founder Nagendra understood the need for a financial platform that could be accessed anywhere , anytime and through any medium.

Venkat in his current role as CEO, has been responsible for building INXS from a concept on a piece of paper four years ago to one of the largest retail mobile trading platforms globally, that boasts of six marquee customers. At INXS, Venkat is responsible for strategy, capital management, core-administration and the development of human resources.

Venkat's entrepreneurial zeal began at a very young age which prompted him to embark on his first venture 12 years ago. It was a software services and multimedia venture that served clients like Citibank and Ford. This entrepreneurial drive along with business expertise enables him to lead INXS towards becoming "the most accessible global financial services platform worldwide"

Nagendra provides the seemingly infinite fresh energy source for aggressive technology moves at INXS with several key US Patents to his credit. Previously, he was CTO of Research at Kelsar Inc.(US), an enterprise software startup developing "realtime project management" for enabling seamless outsourcing management. Prior to that, Nagendra co-founded and was Technical Architect of SuitesOnline(Canada), a online open markets startup. Nagendra also founded and led NTC; where he provided IT consulting to several international clients; and was a original source code authors to Redhat(RHAT), where he was rewarded by issue of Pre-NASDAQ stocks before going public in 2000. Nagendra is a CS graduate of Institution of Engineers.

Badri is quintessentially the eye of the storm among the murky waters of research and development at INXS. But little would you know that inside the cool and composed head lies a constantly occupied brain, hunting for ideas to improve our processes.

A man of few words, you will have to peek into his cubicle to check if he is present for the day! A good drill would be to ask Battery to bring his Xerox-copy son to office and spot 5 differences between them.

He lives a Lion’s life (as in he sleeps 18 hrs a day) but nobody doubts the sheer talent that resides in this rebel.

The only phrase that brings a tremor to his soul is "Project Manager" and that fear is sure to keep him at INXS forever.. for we don’t even know what that word means!.

Known far and wide as ‘katthi’, we are sure we would have to be reminded of his real name now and then. Our eyeballs sprang out when we came to know that this Android developer, who is all by himself during the daytime, metamorphoses into this chatty being after office hours.

Don’t you dare judge him by those innocent looks, behind which lies a prankish and playful soul. INXS is home to many a workaholic, but few started off as workaholics here from the day they started off, especially considering the fact that he was a fresher when he joined us.

Popular Marathon runner by passion, HR Manager by profession!

Hari has been our key to putting together the bunch of most passionate architects to realize the dream of INXS a reality today. He has a uncanny ability to fit people to their natural positions where they perform effortlessly. He has been with us ever since INXS was just a idea scribbled on a napkin to build one of the best possible software development teams in the world ever put together in the history of planet earth!.

Thanks to Hari we today have our 14 "Invincible" Ninjas. INXS rightly recognizing this has awarded Hari with the HR Excellence Award for the all the good work he has put up which certainly has paid off extremely well for our development schedules.

Xen and the art of computer programming.."Standing tall" amongst his peers, the only grouse for this 6’3" is that he cant buy a car he can fit into. Our innocuous suggestion of a Swaraj Mazda suddenly doesn’t seem like a joke anymore. That apart he is at his comfortable best writing only in C... ( and would gladly re-write anything in it) and doesn’t trust a code he hasn’t written... Just as we don’t trust his special lemon tea..

He is the calm head in the stormy seas at INXS... for it has been ages since anyone has seen him lose his cool. He is credited with the toughest parts of the code written at INXS and here again he stands tall amongst his peers.

How do you recognize Hiran on the streets.. look out for a 6’3’ tall man with a kindergarten backpack.

Don’t patronize him in Tamil.. he might snap back in polished English and make you look really stupid ! The man for all seasons and man for all reasons. Jayvel is the right hand man of Admin Vijay. Known lovingly as “kalbo” in his previous avtar as the messiah for marooned sailors, velu is always there to take care of things. If the A/C is set at 16 degrees, be sure Hurricane velu has just passed, waking up all of our hibernating developers from their blissful slumber.

A millionare in the making, alas we donot have an award for excellence in office housekeeping...

INXS’s very own ‘Green Crusader, Kaushik often cycles to work and is totally averse to wastage of tissue and paper. The latest entry into the cricket team at INXS and the brand ambassador of the ‘Mokkai-Putters’ team, Cow is your US returned guy.

His head is usually the default target of any flying projectile near the Platform bay, thanks to his cube placed in the heart of the cricket pitch (we like calling it that!) Cow yields a marvellous pen and goes about causally (and generously!) throwing his wit and pun around the office. This species usually remains glued to its computer staring at endless lines of code in black and green.

As sure as it is that the sun will rise, Krithika will show up from thin air to remind you of a deadline. If everybody simply set their alarms with K, then watches and clocks will go out of fashion rather soon. Our Pre-sales Manager can invariably found juggling roles as analyst and flooding your inboxes with ‘Support In-charge’ mails.

She is usually just a ping away even in the wee hours of midnight when work calls; just make sure you shout ‘Suppooort’ loud enough. Between shouting and herding the flock into the conference room, another of her specialities is to go nuts driving our dear admin to finish up what’s lined up for the day. Giving a neat finish to whatever she is doing, Krithika helps us maintain our sanity. True owner INXS style!

Medicine’s loss was Information technology’s gain in the form of this smart young software intern at INXS. Little did he know when he thought that not enough marks for a medicine seat meant the end of the world for him that infact greater doorways to glory were being opened up for him that very moment. Hailing from the textile township of Tirupur, he is today actively engaged in creating a technology to tear the financial "fabric" of the world apart . well you cant really take a man far from his roots can you ?

It is also worthy to note that this intern infact was the first recipient of the "excellence in software development" award.

Ofcourse he still doesn’t have a blog and his only 2 idiosyncrasies are that ONE he thinks bloggers are lowlifes (why else doesnt he have his own blog?) and TWO he needs atleast 5 meters of space from the nearest person ( ask the business strategist who sits closest to him !!)

Kunal heads our pre-sales team, and along with saving us many a penny on several deals, he saves us a lot of office space too. Mostly couched up on the bean bags in the reception with his soulmate laptop, he has often been mistaken to be the receptionist, if not the furniture.

An MBA grad from Narsee Monjee, Kunal is a man of very few but apt words, and has us craving to hear an extra syllable from him. His ease with Tamil will certainly throw you a googly as to whether he really is a Gujju !

We’ve often wondered how he manages all the schedules and (often hectic) client interactions, but Mohan does them all with aplomb, and how! Never have we seen him lose his cool, even if the development team overshoots a deadline, for it is he who is in the line of fire.

An active runner, you will find Mohan smiling across the finishing line after a whopping 42km run. We hardly get to know when he is around in office, but for the mails that he sends reminding everyone about their tasks and timelines. We are sure to see many a smiling customer, thanks to Mohan’s dedicated effort.

Once a lone ranger in the testing team at INXS, Phani headed a one-man army in nitpicking our applications and delivering them moth-free. Our spies tell us that he is often seen humming tunes to himself, quite oblivious of the surroundings. Putting the bugs to sleep, maybe. Our products have never missed Phani’s watchful eyes, which shred each of those aliens to pieces.

Whilst you have a bug-free time with our apps, we are busy raising our office ceiling levels, lest this 6’2” man has to stoop around while walking.

This developer from God’s Own country is going the family way. And this explains why he keeps strolling up and down the aisle with a cigarette in his hand!

You might mistake him for a yogi in meditation , but a closer look reveals a man at sleep well at peace with himself and the world. He has even dabbled with vedic mathematics.. we suspect to calculate his forthcoming family expenses! but to no avail! but as for now it is being applied for critical analytical challenges at INXS and we are eternally grateful for that.

Praveen is joining us from KPMG, one of the premier Advisory firms where he was handling IT Advisory.Praveen has 10 years of versatile experience during which time he has donned many hats; ranging from Software engineering,design to sales, marketing and Business Development. Praveen completed his Bachelors in Science from Madras University, India and his GNIIT course in Systems and Software from NIIT. His work experience besides KPMG includes independent Business and Technology consultancy, client account management with Think Soft consultants besides his own Entrepreneurial venture Digital Tantra.

Praveen is also credited with the architecture of a revolutionary mid scale SCM product which is used widely by companies today and is now a SIFY strategic business unit. He was also involved with India's first music database website saregama.com as a consultant and architect. Praveen fits in to the INXS team due to his enormous entrepreneurial abilities coupled with his vast experience in successfully implementing a wide range of products in the market. His in depth understanding of technology and business make him a key part of the management team. Under him, the product's successive versions will be introduced in new markets.

Our lead designer is the senior most programmer and is the proverbial "well of wisdom" at INXS. Of course he might remind you of your grandpa during one of his sermons, but the underlying wisdom is seldom overlooked. Most of our classy visuals are courtesy raghavan and he brings to this organization the passion and commitment that make us what we are! driven and passionate!

He is also the perpetual "red shirt" in the office, a leader looking for a cause (both real and imaginary). From bathroom leaks to pantry inadequacies; if you have a problem, then Raghavan is your man ! ofcourse if you want help with visuals you are better off outsourcing your work!.

The money business at INXS just got a new sheriff!!
If you have a claim without a bill or went for a joyous lunch outside with colleagues at the expense of the office; then you really don’t want to meet Ramesh (or Raghu as he is "affectionately" known).

His mantra is "fitness" and gymnasiums across town are patronized by him; when one starts insisting he visit more often, he just moves along to the next one. He dreads the term "fitness trainer" as much as our developers dread "project manager" and his accounts of weight loss of course differ from that of his wife’s, but who complains so long as the salaries get credited on the dot !

See a quiet person, earphones glued to his ears, sitting religiously at work? Just shout ‘Cricket’ a mile away and you will see Saravanan spring into action like a roaring panther out of nowhere. The cracks in our false-ceiling are proof of the numerous bat & ball sessions he and his team have at office.

Hopping from our Windows app development to iPhone, this ardent cricket enthusiast might soon be upgraded to “Official Movie Ticket Booker” at INXS. Come Thursday and you will find multiple movie ticket print-outs flying around in the office and attendance lists for the same being circulated. Do we need to tell you who is around? Try taking a quick sneak peek into our cubicles at 5AM, you will in all probability find Saravanan, typing away to glory.

Head and only member of Actor Ajith Fan Club (fast expanding) at INXS, you are sure to incur his wrath and his “I-will-kill-you” looks for a single word uttered against his thala. His creativity has certainly extended beyond work, with typical Ghajini-style pin-ups of his hit-list on his softboard, which is sure to have your name if you have been messing around with him for a while. We hardly ever miss giving our taste buds a treat, by indulging on his home-made ‘Puliyodharai’.

You would expect him to be so much more taller, going by the leg-pulling that happens at his desk (more by his own troth, err.. mouth than anything else!). Looks like he has hope as we continue to hunt for newer targets to rag. Our much-appreciated corporate presentations and banners have Srihari’s flavour of graphics and designs on them. Think design, eat design, burp design!

This Ferrari maniac wants to one day drive a custom made chopper... You might expect to see a 300 pound pony tailed and brutally tattooed biker … but be prepared to see a genial and generally tattooless young man.. YES appearances can be deceptive.

Right now the sole object of his affection is his virtual feeder...looks like bikes and cars will just have to wait.

One of the early birds to office.. that generally comes to life only at sunset this developer from Kanchipuram is definitely "weaving" his magic in the virtual world.

Ofcourse if a cricket match is on.. then his desktop is a “virtual” cricket field. Off cricket season this hard working programmer can be trusted to deliver and is Kumaresan’s trusted partner in crime.

Sunnu, a C++ coding, rock listening, head-banging programmer who can always be seen glued to the computer screen with her headphones on, is quite oblivious to the assemblage that often visits venues in the vicinity of her cube.

A favourite past-time amongst the roving-gang members is to see her blush-meter tanking, which is in fact quite simple. Just make sure you look long enough and capture her attention when you are at that. She heads the Mallu Women’s Brigade at INXS.

The Java Puli of the J2ME village. He measures his words as carefully as a precision instrument maker. But when they do come out, his words are often golden and possess all the punch that can be contained in them. Calm and composed, but articulate when the need arises, Suresh is an integral member of the team and adds that bit of quiet authority to it.

Pssst, Suresh is one among several prospective grooms (O’yes, we are hunting them all!) to bite the dust this year. Meanwhile, a little birdie told us that this seems to be the year of Wedding Bells at INXS.

Tinku, affectionately known as 'dashboard Tinku' has well and truly dedicated himself to getting every possible analytical data on the Market Simplified dashboard. So much that we believe he has started calculating his house hold expenses using the dashboard. While he is generally found smiling, a mere mention of "dashboard loading slowly" is sure to cast a dark shadow over his mood ... for even the sun doesn't shine for Tinku when his beloved dashboard isn't in the pink of health !

Tinku has impressed one and all with his smart execution of work given and innovative ideas that he has brought to the table, true INXS style. He has adapted to the company culture amazingly and we surely see him go on to bigger things at INXS.

The original stalwart of the Women’s brigade, the first "owner" of INXS, proud recipient of a TREO for her superlative efforts with embedded programming she is a woman with multiple talents.

Her heart lies on only 2 languages...C and Telugu... (now being supplemented with Japanese classes) as can be seen by her constant telugu conversations with 'admin' vijay.

Whether it is clothes or web design, the latest trends just cannot escape our youngest team member's attention. He is to Raghavan like Robin is to Batman; for it was Rags who insisted we hire this bright young designer at INXS.

He loves to make fun of others and we just LOVE to have his parents over at the office to give them a status report on Uttam. Uttam's time is mostly spent planning how to avoid those regular visits where he usually ends up under the "spotlight" but somehow fate seems to conspire against him.

He is devoted to his work and pays the greatest attention to design detail and many of our intricate design changes and presentations invariably have Uttam's stamp on them.

If there's one passion that all members of the J2ME team share, it is photography, and if there's one object all of them love to shoot (literally!), it has to be Varun. Not without reason then, that Varun is called a Photographer's Delight in his team, blessed as he is, with a very photogenic face. That aside, he's the "target" quite often, be it photo sessions or leg-pulling ones.

But if we had to warn you about something, quite needless to say, it would be to not bring any of your edibles from the pantry anywhere near his olfactory zone. Like a magic wand in play, little will you know where all your food has vanished. Where you are losing your meals over his eating binge, Varun is just having a light snack!

"Palm" Vijay is his new nom de guerre" for a deluge of Vijays in the office has left us a touch baffled and him in an identity crisis.

One of the dynamic duo who fight in the dark dungeons of embedded programming they shall be coming soon to a mobile screen near you... His "persistent" efforts have driven us to the finish line at the speed of thought and we expected nothing less from this ex-electrical engineer.

His constant calls for a closed meeting in the "chimney" are like church bells that are never ignored by the faithful many at INXS.

Last seen he was arguing with truck drivers astride his Kinetic Honda…banishing them to the gallows… for might truly is right !

Where Suresh measures his words with pinpoint precision, the Law of Balances ensures that he has, as a team-mate, someone who talks nineteen to the dozen. Easily the most outgoing and talkative personality of the group, Vijay revels in words. He leads the pack when it comes to photography and isn't too far behind when it comes to delivering screens for our mobile applications. Another limb of the J2ME backbone, this guy is what we call ‘Celebrity Lucky’.

Trust us for our words, tag along with him wherever he goes, for you are sure to bump into some big cheese. And if you will please turn your head around, you will see an equally surprised Vijay, capturing his little moment of fame into the lens of his cam.

Do you know a great person when you see one?

We certainly did the day we enlisted him onboard over a cup of cappuccino after being stumped by the strategic insight he brought onto the table effortlessly even though after being at sea(with a laptop!, very unlikely that of a sailor), sailing the seven sea for 9 years in search his true calling, he knew he had arrived on land for the challenge he had waited all his life for at INXS, to "Change the World" & cause a real impact.

To our great surprise it’s been a seamless transition after having been a first officer working with the strictest of all disciplines and a strong hierarchial structure to being a natural business strategist with zero hierarchy structure here at INXS. He has a natural analytical ability to make clear, crisp, timely strategic decisions which account for every possible scenario even while coolly threatening few big incumbent players worth billions of dollars in the financial industry and more importantly get away with it; all in a days work for Vinod.

Goks/Coke/Lane boy has an uncanny knack of delivering the best’est’ and the most horrible PJs on planet earth, well-assisted by his partner-in-crime, Cow. He can usually be seen hunting for poor victims ready to lend an ear, and is most often (not surprisingly!) is rewarded with punches in return.

This Microsoft Champ doesn’t end his day without a power nap. Hop on to his cubicle around 2.30-ish, and you’ll find this Windows mobile developer snoozing away to glory. And if you would only believe us, it takes more than a dozen horses to wake him up!

From Tally to paying bills, Boo is your man for any admin work that needs to be immediately attended to. Oh, and did we forget, one of the daily chores of our man is to open a Deepika Padukone wallpaper when no one around is watching. Pssst, he even has a coffee mug with her pic on it.

Usually on his toes running hither and thither with Krithika and Ramesh’s instructions, Boo’s To-Do list for the day runs across pages. From where we see, Boo is going to need another pair of hands and legs!