BIM Journal: An exclusive interview with Mr.Vikram Mittal MD Litolier Group by Excelize for benefits of BIM.Read More 
CMD Excelize Presented a Technical Presentation on Benefits of BIM, at Marriott Doha, Qatar,30th June 2011
Mr. Pratap Dhopte CMD Excelize presented a Technical presentation on Benefits of BIM at Marriott Doha Qatar on 30th June 2011 at 5:00 pm.
The participants involved senior executives from AEC firms in the Middle East, like C.A.T International Qatar, Bechtel, JTC Inc. and others.The workshop included a technical presentation on BIM and its use. Implementation of BIM for international Airports and its benefits through;
Accurate Quantity estimations,
Coordinated Clash free site drawings,
Planning for material take offs,
Schedules and escalations planning.
The workshop involved a question hour where in the participants could interact on presentation and clear their concepts on BIM. Every one enjoyed the deliberations and appreciated the speaker.
CMD Pratap Dhopte Interviewed by Krishna Gopalan of Outlook Business March 19 2011 for the cover story
According to Pratap Dhopte, Chairman & MD, Excelize, a 3D modelling firm, it hasn't been difficult to recruit talent. A Rs 1.5 Corore enterprise, Excelize has clients like HyperCity and L&T. Dhopte returned to India after spending a dozen years in Silicon Valley working for Oracle and HCL. "The son of-the-soil logic took over," he explains.
Director Sonali Dhopte Interviewed by Mitali Saha of Times Journal of Construction for its March 2010 Issue for the article "Offshored Opportunities".
India's outsourcing expertise has seen great demand in the slowdown, but can Indian firms adapt to the demands of a better economic climate? Mitali Saha explores Offshoring involves the relocation of business processes of companies from one country to another, typically to reduce costs and gain a comparative advantage. Spurred by a liberalised economy, high technology acceptability as well as a huge English-speaking population, the outsourcing sector in India, in particular, has seen the nation's emergence as a global industry participant in the last decade or so. The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) CEO Summit has pegged sectoral growth at 80 per cent to generate revenues of around $225 billion by 2020.
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Inauguration of Autodesk training center at Excelize: 20th July 2009
On this occasion CMD of Excelize Mr. Pratap Dhopte, Director Mrs. Sonali Dhopte, Mr. Parag Pande, Govt. Engineering College Principal Dr.W. Z. Gandhare, Hitech Engineering College Principal Dr. Ulhas Shivurkar, Mr. Halge, Mr. Sharma and other were present to grace the occasion. Mrs. Sonali Dhopte in her introduction about the center briefed that for high raised building Architects provide drawings but details for services like Plumbing, Electrical details are not provided. Hence, there arise problems during and after the construction of a building. All these minor details will be taught to the students for this course. The one month course at Excelize Autodesk training center will help the students of Engineering, Architecture and also to ITI's said the Hon. Minister Mr. Tope
Government of Maharashtra Special IT Category Award Aug 22, 2008: Lokmat Times
The local software company, Excelize Software Pvt Ltd from Chikalthana, MIDC area bagged the Maharashtra Information Technology Award-2008 in 'IT- enterprise' category in a function held in Mumbai on Wednesday 20 August 2008.The Award was presented by the Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, while the Industries Minister Ashok Chavan and Principal secretary (Industries) A M Khan were also present on the occasion.
The Way the Indian Economy is Growing is Exciting Nov 12, 2007
The reverse brain drain that has taken firm roots in the present day scenario has given rise to many a young entrepreneur in India. Pratap Dhopte, COO and co-founder of Excelize, is one such entrepreneur, who wanted to come back to his country.
Excelize selected to be part of AIA task force on best practices for offshore architectural outsourcing June 2007
Excelize Inc. a global architectural services firm was selected as a task force member by the AIA International Committee on the task of drafting "Best Practices to guide firms using offshore architectural services ". Adam Rasheed, EVP Business Development, Excelize Inc, would be participating with other distinguished members from the field of architecture on the following issue groups – "Meeting the legal requirements of responsible control " and "Training ".
Hindustan Times - IT industry in Aurangabad still infant January 12, 2007
"But, I can tell you it is a matter of couple of years for the IT business to takeover here," says Pratap Dhopte, co-founder and chief operating officer of Excelize, that churns out designs and drafting for architectural firms in US. In less than three years, Excelize has hit a turn over of Rs 2.5 crore and has increased its man force from four to thirty two, something he doubts would have come his way in his hometown Pune.
First Review Cadalyst - Excelize Detail Manager August 12, 2006
I am impressed with the efficiency and features of Excelize Detail Manager. The interface is very easy to use and provides extensive search capabilities. To locate lintel details, simply type lintel as the search criteria and those corresponding details are listed. You can then view, print and insert selected details directly into your AutoCAD drawing."
