Vikram Singh is a seasoned entrepreneur and renowned speaker known for establishing Antier Solutions, a full stack blockchain consulting firm. Under his leadership, Antier has evolved into a preferred partner for enterprises across sectors such as BFSI, healthcare, gaming, supply chain, and others.
With the help of his visionary acumen, Antier has emerged as a blockchain juggernaut with over 700 people working there. He was also recognized as the most promising business leaders in Asia in 2023 by the Economic Times.
In a recent episode of Insight Lounge, an exclusive event for The 1% Club members, Vikram shared his journey and exclusive insights about blockchain industry. Edited excerpts:
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When did Antier start and Why?
I started in 2005. The initial years were quite lean. In 2009, I gathered the courage to start with a five people team with just one month back up in the pocket. By the grace of God, after that there was no looking back. Today, we are close to 700 team member under one roof, which makes us India’s largest blockchain consulting firm.
Around 2017, crypto was making a lot of noise. When I delved deeper into the space and went behind why it was invented, I was completely sold out to the kind of vision that crypto had behind its invention. We have evolved with this space, like from exchanges to wallets to NFT marketplaces. We also have a 60 people team in Metaverse as well.
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What exactly does Metaverse mean and how do you translate it into a service?
Metaverse is just immersive experience, like taking a 3D tour. You can can immerse yourself in that tour, actually move your head and body into that environment.
What are some good resources where people can go and learn about blockchain?
On our website, we have huge content which can help you understand blockchain. Multiple organizations are also working in blockchain education space. IBM has a huge content on blockchain. But I always refer to books. There are so many books on the blockchain and if you just take one of them and read, you will have some good knowledge about this space.
What is your global presence?
As of now we are present in Canada and UK and we have certain business partners in the US as well. We are also launching our operations in Dubai as well. We are present also in Australia.
What does asset tokenization mean and how does that work?
Asset tokenization is just a fractionalization of the real world assets on the blockchain side.
What are the current challenges and limitations of blockchain ?
As of now blockchains are too transparent. It is difficult to apply them into the financial system but with the help of account abstractions, you can ensure that privacy is there. For any blockchain application to become successful, there are multiple stakeholders which needs to adopt that.
Can media companies use blockchain to build something to overcome fake news ?
Yes, definitely that can be done. Because you know as of now, web 2.0 platforms are driven by username passwords. Anybody can use that business username and password or even the OTP can be you know manipulated. But with the help of blockchain, only authorized people can be allowed to use a platform. That can bring more trust, where you can also track the complete progress of where something originated.
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What is the kind of penetration we’re seeing of metaverse of blockchain in India right now?
Under new education policy, the Government has given the mandate to all the schools to use AR and VR in teaching methodologies. At the same time, defense services are using metaverse for training soldiers on how to use different machines. In private sector, we have seen people demanding for customer experience and product showcase platforms, training platforms, virtual tours.
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