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Be Globally Azure’dAn introduction to Azure’s credentials in Market Research
Dushyant Joshi – Founder and Managing Director
Dushyant is a first-generation, serial entrepreneur who has built multiple knowledge based businesses in Market Research, BPO and IT
Jay Ruparel –Co Founder and Executive Director
Jay has 17+ years experience in IT and KPO. Before Azure, Jay has worked with Infosys and Bell Labs (Boston). He has an MBA from IIM Bangalore.
The people who started it
Brief HistoryFrom 20 to 1,800 employees in 13 Years Company
founded in 2003
Largest data collection center in India by 2007
Online division and China office launched in 2008
Six additional countries launched in 2010
Set up Kenya operation in 2012
Set up US Operation in 2012
2016: 1800 employees, seven delivery centers across the globe
What we do
Data Collection
• Quantitative
• Phone
• Web
• In-person
• CLTs/Gang-surveys
Data processing and Management
• Data processing and Tabulations
• Data entry and cleaning
• Coding
Reporting and Analysis
• Report writing
• Charting
• Customized Dashboard
Quantitative• Focus Groups• IDIs/ TDIs• Online
Bulletin Boards
Sectors we work in
•Types of projects
•Key opinion leader surveys
•Patient focus groups
•Physician panels, chart audits
Healthcare
•Types of projects
•CIO surveys
•IT spend surveys
•Channel partner studies
•Strategic Research and Advisory Services
IT and Telecom
•Types of projects
•Company and industry profiles
•Consumer surveys
•Wealth manager surveys
BFSI
•Types of projects
•Shopper insight
•Mystery shopping, retail audits
•Consumer satisfaction studies
Consumer and retail
•Types of projects
•Car clinics
•Mystery shopping
•Support chain analysis
Auto and manufacturing
•Types of projects
•Political polls
•Key issues surveys
•Attitude surveys
Public sector
•Types of projects
•Sector research
•Brand perception, benchmarking
•Product and ad testing
Others
Sample Projects
Proprietary Databases
•Database of detailed profiles of pharma drugs in various therapeutic areas
•Database of power plants in China (thermal and renewables)
•Census of retail points-of-sale
•Retail price tracker across various product categories
•Detailed database of residential properties across several cities
•Doctor census by speciality, experience and institution types across multiple cities
Custom Research
•IT budgets and usage trends by product (storage, cloud, etc.)
•Wealth management trends tracking surveys
•Pricing research through in-store audits and mystery shopping
•Medical device preferences and purchase trends across hospitals
•Cement distributor satisfaction index for a cement company
•Profiling payment gateways of several large e-commerce companies
Other Research
•Customer insight tracking surveys and databases
•Content-testing surveys with audio and visual integration
•Product usage tests with housewives for multiple household packaged consumer products
•Testing infant product with nursing mothers via webcam interviews
•Drug treatment response studies with patient diaries completed by physicians and patient response forms
Sample Databases
Regional, country-level and city databases including macro statistics, profiles, forecasts etc
Macroeconomic
Industry, sector and sub-sector level data and analysis including supply and demandforecasts and other key metrics
Industries
Company-level data and profiles including quantitative and qualitative analysis; databases ofcompany lists with key attributes
Companies
Product and project-level databases and analysis including pricing, packaging, stage ofdevelopment and many others
Products
Trackers and databases of people with specific attributes (e.g. key decision makers, affluentconsumers); sentiment tracking and analysis (e.g. brands)
Individuals and Sentiments
GlobalFootprint
Almost everywhere except North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Iraq, Sudan, and few more in that region
GlobalLanguages Coverage
Team in North America
Azure HQ
• Azure Knowledge Corporation53, Knightsbridge Road Suite # 201Piscataway, NJ 08854
• Phone: +1 732 543 7848
Azure Team• Jay Ruparel- Co –
Founder & Exec. Director
• Glen Collins – SVP, Business Development
• Neil Blefeld – SVP ,Business Development
• Manan Joshi – EVP, Operations
• Ricardo Senra -VP, Research Services
• Marcus Turner – VP, Business Development
Team in South America
Azure Brazil
• Azure Knowledge Corporation10th Floor, Top Center Building,Paulista Avenue,854 Bela Vista,Sao Paulo 01310-100, Brazil
• Phone: +55 11 2186 0299
Azure Team
• Danielle Ribeiro de Souza -Country/ Group Manager, Research Services
Team in Europe
Azure UK
• Azure Knowledge Corporation3 London Bridge Street,London, SE1 9SG
• Phone: +44 203 409 9200
Azure Team
• Rafal Gajdamowicz –Managing Director, UK & EU
• Illitch Real - VP , Research Services
Team in Africa
Azure Team
• Bakare Joseph-Country Representative, Research Services
Azure Nigeria
• Azure Knowledge CorporationAbuja, Nigeria
• Phone: +234 8037782950, +234 8020799995
Team in Asia
Azure Asia
• Azure Knowledge CorporationGreen Boulevard, Level 5, Tower C3C Green Boulevard, Sector 62Noida 201307, India
• Phone: +91 120 660 8013
• Azure Knowledge CorporationAKC2, IFFCO BuildingNear Shivranjani Crossroads, SatelliteAhmedabad 380015, India
• Phone: +91 79 3040 1900
• Azure Knowledge Corporation15/F One Corporate Avenue222 Hubin Road,Luwan District,Shanghai 200021, China
• Phone: +86 (0) 21 6122 8989
• Azure Knowledge CorporationMoscow Downtown VoentorgVozdvishenka 10,Moscow – 125009, Russia
• Phone: +7 495 797 36 36
AZURE TEAM
• Abhilash Mankad –COO
• Biraj Ganguly – SVP, Client Services & new Initiatives
• Ahmar Kamal – AVP, Online Research Services
• Rashesh Raval – AVP, Research Services
• Ernest Khodzhaev –Country Manager , Russia
• Karen Tsai – Country Manager, Greater China
Azure’s capabilities and presence
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CATI CAPABILITIES @NJ, USA
Language Resources Skill Wise ResourcesOur Capabilities
and Presence in North America
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CATI CAPABILITIES @NJ, USA
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Language Supported
English Canadian French Italian
Spanish Dutch Creole
Portuguese Mandarin Russian
French Ukrainian Cantonese
German Arabic Vietnamese
Our Capabilities
and Presence in Asia
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Delhi/NCR, IN Ahmedabad, IN X'ian, CN
Non-English English
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CATI Capabilities
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China India Indonesia Japan South Korea Malaysia Philippines Thailand
Fieldwork Capabilities and Presence
Azure Staff Strategic Partner Other Partners
Our Capabilities
and Presence in Africa Kenya Nigeria
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Fieldwork Capabilities and Presence
Azure Staff Strategic Partner Other Partners
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Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Nigeria SouthAfrica
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Projects executed in Africa
Quantitative Qualitative
Our Capabilities
and Presence in Europe and Middle East 120
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Russia
UAE
Saudi Arabia
United Kingdom
Other EU Countries
Fieldwork Capabilities and Presence
Russia Strategic Partner Other Partners
Languages Supported
English Greek Swedish
Turkish Danish Italian
French German Arabic
Portuguese Russian Hungarian
Spanish Dutch Czech
Our Capabilities
and Presence in South America
1540
25 30
180150
120
150
200 200
150 150
Brazil Mexico Chile Argentina
Fieldwork Capabilities and Presence
Azure Staff Strategic Partner Other Partner
Languages Supported
English Spanish Portuguese Dutch French
Azure’s B2B and Healthcare panels 42800
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Panel Size
B2B Healthcare
Telephonicallyrecruited panels leadsto:
• Greater profile variables
• High Response Rates
• High Completion Rates
• Better retention of panel members
Quality control and assurance
Rigorous Staff Recruitment and Training
• Highly developed recruiting
engine and interview process.
• Analyst incentives linked to quality
scores
• Rigorous training modules for (a)
various external and in-house
software platforms; (b) research
techniques and methodologies and
(c) domain specific knowledge
• Mock surveys with
supervisor/trainer and client before
going live on a new study
• Constant monitoring, quality
scoring, feedback and re-training
Best-in-Class Quality Control System and Processes
• Complete client transparency through
real-time online portal for clients to
monitor projects
• Proprietary algorithms to screen out
speedsters, gamers ands spurious
respondents for online studies
• 100% of calls recorded and available to
client for phone studies
• Field tracking tool to monitor staff on
ground in terms of route taken, time spent
at each spot etc.
• Live call monitoring / barging
• Random call backs by quality team with
escalation matrix
• Zero tolerance towards data quality
issues or process non-compliance (at
analyst and managerial level)
• Identical quality standards & processes
applied to strategic partners
Technology to Ensure Data Security and Quality
• In-house tools developed for
control and productivity for
survey programming, panel
management, field force
optimisation and CATI
• Technology infrastructure built
to global standards to ensure
data security and protection
(centralised storage on EMC,
assured connectivity and power
with back-ups)
• Compliant with data security
and privacy policies across
various countries
• Enterprise-grade network
architecture and servers
Contact Us
Jay RuparelCo-Founder & Executive Director
Azure Knowledge Corporation53, Knightsbridge Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854Office : + 1 (732) 529 6508Cell : +1 (215) 470 1501