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Karnataka Government has Conferred The Most Prestigious Rajyotsava Award to Sri Anant R Koppar for the year 2008 on his outstanding contributions towards IT.

Shri Anant R Koppar who is from a rural part of karnataka has made a name across the globe in the field of Information Technology.

Hailing from Gadag, Northern part of Karnataka, he is one of the success stories and a role model for people coming from rural middle class backgrounds for corporate success.

With a Master's Degree in Computer Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, he started his career in Wipro. He also had a brief stint as a lecturer in an engineering college. He further went on to be a part of the teams that set up Tata Elxsi and BFL Software now known as MphasiS BFL Limited.

Anant founded Kshema Technologies in 1997 and grew it to large niche technology services provider in 6 years. Kshema has the distinction of being a pioneer in the software services industry to cater to Industrial Automation, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Mobile Telephony Industries. Kshema merged with MphasiS in 2004.

A certified "Project Management Professional" by Project Management Institute, Anant Koppar was the first CEO in India to get this certification.

Anant Koppar was awarded the "Entrepreneur of the District" distinction by the Gadag District Chamber of Commerce in the year 2000. He was also recognized as "Entrepreneur Extraordinaire" at the Asian Conference for Young Entrepreneurs in 1999.

He is also an immediate past President of Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce and past President of PMI Bangalore Chapter. Presently Anant lives in Bangalore.