Belgaum’s Kiran Kulkarni in Super rich list of Businessworld

Mr. Kiran Kulkarni is the Co-founder/ Managing Director of Geodesic Limited who hails from Belgaum has sought 239^th place in the India’s Super Rich 2009 in the Businessworld Issue Dated 23-29 June 2009). His net worth in 2008 was Rs.165.42 crores in 2009 it is Rs.108.72 crores.

 Kiran did his schooling from St.Pauls and Pre University from GSS. He then pursued his engineering from Gogte Institute of Technology in B. E., Electronics and Communication.

 He helped the company to create successful products viz. Bazaar (A B2B/ B2C engine), Mundu interoperable instant messenger and a strong content aggregation tool.

He was part of the team that positioned the company to trail-blaze onto the Internet, into 2004 and beyond. He was a part of the team that created products that are fun, powerful, and easy to use.

 Mr. Kiran Kulkarni is the Co-founder/ Managing Director of Geodesic Limited and has held the helm since Geodesic's inception in 1999. An Electronics and Communication Engineer, Kiran is responsible for the overall strategic direction of the company and works with Geodesic's development team to turn great ideas into useful software solutions. Kiran has led Geodesic to be the only Indian company to be ranked by Red Herring as one of the top 100 innovative companies in the world in 2006. Kiran pioneered a low cost value communication and collaboration system for the enterprise as well as a consumer. Kiran has one of the best long-term track records in the industry and was a Co-founder/ Director of Aftek Ltd prior to Geodesic. After a 12 year stint and a market capitalization of US$ 300 million or Rs. 12000 million, Kiran retired from Aftek's board to pursue building a brand out of

India.

An expert in networking and web technologies, Kiran is the winner of 'The Indira Super Achiever Award' - aimed at recognizing professional talent that has made a difference.

Kiran has been part of technology companies for over two decades and is an active environmentalist. Kiran is passionate about agriculture, building Robots and driving his battery operated car in Mumbai.