Morristown, New Jersey - With a plan to expand its operations in India, Mantra Information Services appoints Vipal Panchal as Director of Operations.

With a successful track record of providing software development and consulting services from its locations in the USA since 2007 and recently from its locations in India, Mantra Information Services is getting ready to expand its service portfolio, technology offerings, and market reach in the year 2010. To head initiatives for its Indian operations, Mantra appointed Vipal Panchal, an industry veteran with a successful track record of delivering custom software solutions in the USA as well as European, Canadian, and Australian markets.

 “Vipal shares a vision that can boost the growth and delivery capabilities of Mantra’s development center in India. His nine years of experience successfully operating a Software Consulting Company and his in-depth knowledge of the information technology industry will prove to be the right fit for our expansion plans. His unique approach, ability to expand into new technology domains, and quick execution capabilities will benefit Mantra Information Services’ overall delivery capabilities and will help us continue to expand our IT service offerings,” said Maulik Shah, CTO of Mantra.

Vipal announced that “Mantra’s focus has been on providing quality services with a customer-centric approach. With our expansion plans, we will continue to expand our service offerings that can benefit our current and future clients.” He also added, “We will continue to target industries like IT , Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Construction, Entertainment, and Publication but will also start growing our expertise in the Biotechnology and Energy sectors.”

In reference to company’s future plans, Vipal said, “We will continue to offer our services across a variety of technology platforms and we will continue to provide our customers with solutions that are best suited for their needs. We will soon add standalone Application Testing and Remote IT Infrastructure Management services to our current portfolio. We are targeting to double our total number of clients by the end of the year 2010 and will soon be adding new clients from the European, Canadian, and Australian markets. We are also working towards becoming a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.”