Indian Healthcare BPO Provider Scores Several Awards in 2006

Ajuba, a specialized healthcare revenue cycle BPO, has been honored with several global awards and rankings conferred by renowned consulting organizations and surveys in 2006. These awards acknowledge Ajuba’s reputation as a preferred employer in India and further underline Ajuba’s outstanding delivery capabilities as a leading service provider to the US healthcare provider industry.

“These awards are a direct result of our team’s relentless commitment to create a meritocratic work culture. By focusing on continuous learning and having a transparent appraisal process, we aim to provide each employee with an opportunity to define and plan their careers, said Mr. Devendra Saharia, President of Ajuba’s International Operations. “As we continue to make deeper inroads in the global arena, these awards further reinforce Ajuba’s impeccable six year track record as a quality provider to the US healthcare BPO market”, he added.

“We have always worked towards offering our clients world class service and to that end we aim to hire only the best talent. By offering a caring and employee friendly work place we aim to nurture and grow this talent pool” says Nader Samii, Ajuba’s President of US Operations. ”We attract the best talent because at Ajuba we don’t offer employees just a job, we offer them a career”, he added.

The awards received include:

– Ranked among the Top 25 Best Employers in India for 2007 by Hewitt Associates – The Economic Times. Ajuba was ranked the 13th Best Employer in the survey, which saw 230 of India’s best companies participate. Ajuba had high scores on key parameters such as employee engagement and alignment, career growth and development opportunities, performance differentiation, quality of HR initiatives and diversity of workforce relating to educational background, experience and gender.

– Ranked, for the second year running (2005 and 2006), among the Top 25 Great Places to Work in India by Great Places to Work Institute, Inc. and Business World (April 2007 edition). This prestigious survey was across all industries. The Great Places to Work Survey assesses an organization in five key areas: Credibility, Respect, Fairness, Pride and Camaraderie. Trust is a dominant characteristic of Great Places to Work.

– Ranked among The Top 5 Best BPO Employers in India by IDC – Dataquest two years in a row (2005 and 2006). Ajuba is one of only two companies to be named to the list in both years. Ajuba ranked among the top three on many key parameters such as Work Values & Ethics, Sense of Belonging to the Company, Quality of Training and Company Culture.

The international rankings on outstanding delivery capabilities include:

– Selected to the “Rising Stars” category of The 2007 Global Outsourcing 100 list of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals, published in the April 2007 edition of Fortune Magazine.

– Ranked as the #1 Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management Company by The Black Book of Outsourcing, published by John Wiley & Sons.

– Selected to The 2006 Global Services 100 list by CMP and Cybermedia, recognizing the Company as one of the top 100 outsourcing companies in the world.

Ajuba is an ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 27001:2005 certified company and holds active memberships in the Healthcare Financial Management Association, American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management, American Academy of Professional Coders, and American Collectors’ Association.