Wanna know what makes a CTO? Here is a little insight into the professional career of our Co-Founder and CTO, Indrajit Chowdhury.

Indrajit was first exposed to computer programming at a summer internship in the early 90’s at a research lab in the University of Wisconsin. But this was no ordinary summer job: Indrajit was at a research lab funded by the Human Genome Project, and here, he learnt how to program robotic arms. It is easy to see how such an impactful introduction to programming can easily lead to a lifetime commitment to the field, and so it was with Indrajit.

Two years later, in 1995, Indrajit found himself in New York, as part of a team of consultants who launched the website for the big media brand, Nickelodeon - which went on to become the highest trafficked kids’ website on the Internet. After that first experience in website development, Indrajit left the Nickelodeon team to flirt with what would later emerge as the second most important passion in his professional life after programming - startups!

Indrajit’s first startup experience was setting up the world’s first Internet grocery store, which was quickly followed by another half a dozen other startups in the coming decade, including a High School Sports Social Networking company, Viral Gaming via Email, Handheld “name that tune” music recognition software, and a Video Email company. 

Fast forward to the year 2000, when after watching his wife struggle to build and manage a website for her non-profit organisation, Indrajit decided to put his programming skills to work to help her.  He created an integrated solution for his wife’s NGO that included website building, online donations, and email marketing tools aimed at the NGO sector. 

This early experience of witnessing the power of software to change a small business’s future led to Indrajit co-founding PowerStores with his partner Cory York. His and Cory’s staunch belief is that Ecommerce can transform the lives of small business owners if it is made easy and accessible. 

At PowerStores, Indrajit’s responsibilities including leading product development, serving as a coach and mentor to his programmers, and technical operations management. And he and his team often stay late on Friday nights for gaming sessions and hackathons, sharing their passion for software programming!

Cory York, CEO PowerStores tell his inspiring story of ambition, determination and success against all odds. Read and be inspired!

http://yourstory.com/2013/06/from-ice-hockey-in-canda-to-selling-books-door-to-door-in-india-to-setting-up-a-mini-incubator-goa-based-entrepreneur-cory-york/

PowerStores had an end-of-the-year bash to celebrate a year of great achievements and growth for the company! And to let off some steam after all our hard work! Check out some snaps from the party!

The customer comes first! Our CEO Cory taking a customer call during the party.

Showing his skillz – our CTO Indrajit smoking his opponent in a game of beer pong

The girls lining up for a rousing game of Dog and the Bone, against the boys!

The boys’ lineup!

The boys win!  Better luck next time, girls!

Co-founders Cory York and Indrajit Chowdhury offering thanks to the staff and presenting the Employee of the Month award

The PowerStores team.  What a great group! Congrats everyone for a terrific year in 2013!

Hello all! I'm Sara, and I’ve recently joined the PowerStores team.  We’ve built a terrific e-commerce solution here and now we’re ready to present it to the world!

One of my main objectives here at PowerStores is to ensure that we provide our customers with the best possible service and support in their online store setup.  With that goal in mind, I’m extremely proud to announce the unveiling of the new PowerStores “Guru” program!

What is the Guru Program, you ask?

We have assembled a team of the best web developers and graphic designers in the country. Armed with our awesome PowerStores web development tools, our Gurus provide fast, flexible and full service to our customers.  Each customer who signs up for a PowerStore will be assigned a Guru within 24 hours. That Guru will be personally available to you throughout the entire process to:

• Get you started on building your online store
• Assist you with payment gateways and setting up a merchant account
• Help you with registering for your own domain name
• Create a web design for your site that you love, and
• Answer any questions you might have - however technical or basic, ask away!

Whatever your questions or concerns, our Gurus are extremely knowledgeable, and are readily available to you.  And if you want us to build your online store for you, your Guru can do that too!

We know that it can be daunting to start selling online, and that you’re protective of the business you’ve worked so hard to build.  You don’t want just a presence online, you want to wow your customers and create a web store that you can be proud of.  Our Gurus want to help you get there.

Take PinkCow Fashions, our latest customer to go live.  This online store was built by our fabulous Guru Shruthi Gautam (and backed by our whole Guru team).  Shruthi worked closely with Pratima at PinkCow to build a web store she could be proud of – and doesn’t it look great?

We hope we can do the same for you.  Please feel free to reach out to me to learn more.  And when you do get that email or phone call from your Guru, be sure to use them to the fullest.  That’s what they’re here for!