Profile
Girish S. Ranade - Founder of 'Futura' completed his B.E. (Electronics) from M.S. University Baroda in 1984. The same year, he pursued the diploma in electronic design and technology, from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
From 1986 to 1988, he worked as an R & D engineer at Aplab, Mumbai - Brainchild of the veteran P.S. Deodhar (former scientific advisor to the Prime Minister). In the year 1988, he started his electronic design development and consulting under the name Futura electro designers. By 1991, 'Futura' developed and produced a range of Automatic testing equipments (ATEs) for OEMs and other industrial applications.
Amongst the other successful ATEs, Futura's Cable harness tester became it's flagship product. This is a standard A.T.E. for cable harness and assemblies in vehicles, consumer electronic goods etc. Very soon it had > 60% market share in India, for Harness Testers. The success story still continues. In 1998, Futura Systems was established to manufacture printer sharer/data switches - an import substitute in those times. Mrs. Anagha G. Ranade led this organization.
From 1998 to 2004, Futura's growth exceeded the industry norms. It achieved almost 100 % market share in the Harness Testers’ market in two wheeler sector. Futura expanded it's design intelligence to unconventional applications like 'Electronic Scare crow' for the agricultural crop protection. Accolades came from the farming sector.
On November 25th 2004, Futura Apsol Pvt. Ltd. - a fully functional private limited was established. All the design, manufacturing and applications of Futura Electrodesigners and Futura Systems are now integrated under the name and style, ‘Futura Apsol Pvt. Ltd.’
Girish Ranade is also a Director in Symphony Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (www.symphonytech.com) and Pratham Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (www.prathamtech.com)
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