Dr. Bikramjeet Singh: An Exemplery Innovator taking India’s Embedded Engineering Market to New Heights
During the 1960s, the renowned American Scientist and Engineer Dr. Charles Stark Draper introduced the first embedded computing system, known as the Apollo Guidance Computer. This groundbreaking system was purposely built to autonomously gather data and perform vital calculations for the Apollo Command Module and Lunar Module during space missions. Over time, as the demand for rapid innovation increased in the business world, embedded systems replaced traditional models for more fluidity and adaptability in business processes. Today, embedded systems play a pivotal role in improving our daily lives. And influential leaders such as Dr. Bikramjeet Singh is playing a crucial role in it. Through his company HBeonLabs Technologies, he is providing tailored embedded systems for smooth functioning of many critical applications.
An Innovator at Heart
Since childhood, Dr. Singh had a deep interest in electronics items. During his schooling, he worked on home automation with clap switch and designed kites with LEDs and much more. He was so passionate that he once borrowed money from his father to buy DC motor used in Tape recorders to learn about it and made a disco light by putting lights on it and rotating it in a particular fashion. His passion for experimentation and innovation further inspired and helped him to explore the evolving field of IoT. In the following years, he earned a diploma in ECE and also completed a B. Tech in Electronics Instrumentation and Control. During this period, he also grew an interest for embedded systems and how they can reshape lifestyles and business efficiency.
To further explore this newfound interest, he joined Wipro Technologies as a VLSI Design Engineer and afterwards, he joined Freescale Semiconductor as an Embedded Software Engineer. This gave him further understanding of the global market of embedded systems and its evolution across the Indian Sub-Continent. Even though this was increasing his knowledge, it wasn’t fuelling his panache for innovation.
The breakthrough came in 2009 as he co-founded HBeonLabs Technologies with a friend to promote embedded systems in India. He had a clear vision to be a leader in the embedded systems and IoT domain and fill the gap in quality housing designs in India. Surprisingly, his first industrial customer was Havells who wanted them to build a GSM motor controller. With focus on quality, the company completed the contracted. From here, Dr. Singh and his company never looked back. Today, they serve over 100 B2B customers, including famous brands like ONGC, Havells, Mahindra, and many more.
A Popular OEM to various industries
With its focus on quality and excellence, HBeonLabs Technologies has carved its name in bold letters in a dynamic market. Its specialization is categorized in three areas. It does R&D for existing or new products as per client requirements. Given how the world is inclined more towards forward-thinking solutions, working with a collaborative strategy consumes lesser time on product development and client can witness everything beforehand. Second, they provide embedded systems for various mechanical operations from controlling motors to extensive data analysis. Last but not the least, they provide an array of GSM devices for various sectors such as automotive, Irrigation control systems, home appliance control systems, home security systems and anti-theft systems for burglars.
With such an extensive portfolio, HBeonLabs Technologies is able to cater to the needs of many different industries, including IoT, Solar, EV, Gas, Medical and Defence. Given the uniqueness of their solutions, the company has more than 10 patents of its products and services.
Innovating consistently to excel
As an OEM, HBeonLabs Technologies places a premium on R&D endeavours. It has an in-house R&D Centre recognized by the DSIR (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research). Here, its team brainstorms ideas and find out innovative ways to improve its portfolio and stay ahead in the competition. The efforts in R&D ultimately translates to greater efficiency, lower costs, and better user experiences. It helps the company create offerings that are reliable, secure, and scalable. This leads to increased revenue and growth, as well as improved customer satisfaction. At the same time, emphasising on R&D helps the company keep up with changing demands of the market. It has the expertise in using disruptive technologies like IoT, ML, AI and other innovations for accelerating development.
All these factors come together to make the company a one-stop-shop for product ideation to development. It has an adaptive solutions design team that is well acquainted with everything related to hardware to firmware and cloud applications. This helps with ensuring trust between the company and its customers and saves customers from the hassle of reaching out to different countries.
Unpopular things about the leader
While HBeonLabs rides the waves of success, its journey has not been simple by any means. According to Dr. Singh, one of the major challenges was building their factory from the scratch. Turning a R&D Company to an SMT mass production unit wasn’t easy, but eventually the company had a groundbreaking infrastructure and a reputation as an OEM/ODM. This illustrates Dr. Singh’s remarkable leadership, his ability to have a visionary mindset and look beyond challenges. His forward-thinking mindset and collaborative outlook on business makes him have an approachable stance in the industry. He has had many mentors over the years that mostly hail from his clientele as he learnt from these big companies. They helped him establish systems and processes to scale up his business.
Dr. Singh also believes in leading by example. This ensures a balance in scaling the business while guiding the team. It helps him in nurturing the team while providing them with opportunities to excel and think beyond challenges. The company offers growth opportunities to talents that helps them excel in their careers and be better contributors to the company’s growth.
Praiseworthy characteristics of the leader
While Dr. Singh is wholeheartedly committed to contributing to make India a global leader in the independent designer of electronic products, he has not shied away from charitable endeavours. With a focus on bringing a positive impact in the lives of people, he is constantly working to expand his business. In doing so, not only is he generating more revenue but touching more lives and improving them as well. He is also very open minded towards necessary charitable ventures, from food wastage to agricultural reform and enthusiastic to connect with people with a similar mindset.
Such an amicable take on leadership makes him distinct in a dynamic industry. In the coming 5 years, he sees HbeonLabs Technologies among the top 10 electronics design and manufacturing companies and by 2030 reach a turnover of 2000 crores. As ambitious as that sounds, an innovator is only limited by his vision and belief. And seeing how Dr. Singh has led his company to become a name to reckon with, his vision is certainly palpable.
