CommunicAsia 2016 exhibitor Lightware appoints Abhishek Bajpai RM Mumbai

Lightware recently announced the appointment of Abhishek Bajpai as Regional Manager, to oversee strategy and field sales operations in Western India Region. Abhishek will play a key role in maximising growth opportunities in West and oversee Lightware’s investments in Mumbai, deepen Lightware’s engagements on the Region, and scale Lightware’s work across different markets.

"Mumbai is a strategic market within the India region, with high potential and strong momentum. I'm very pleased to have Abhishek joining our Indian leadership team, Lightware’s Initiative is perfectly aligned to accelerate this for the Western region, through locally relevant innovation, affordable access and skills development" said Raguvaran, Business Manager. 

"Abhishek's solid industry and management experience are very valuable to Lightware and to our customers. I am confident he will lead the Mumbai team to seize every great opportunity ahead and achieve greater success," added Ragu. 

“Creativity is what I love most about working and is what I hope to continue to help unlock and ignite across the Region — to see customers not just being empowered by technology but also building innovative solutions relevant for our markets,” Abhishek said. 

“We are honoured to have Abhishek serving as the new regional Manager for the Lightware’s Mumbai Region,” said Greg Vida, CEO & President of Lightware. "His wealth of first-hand, on-the-ground experience, with start-ups, Corporates, government bodies, Integrators and Consultants, has given him the insight into the exact challenges and opportunities we’re focussing on, through our global expansion plan. We are confident in his ability to move the initiative forward and refocus our efforts.” 

Lightware Visual Engineering

Lightware is a leading manufacturer of DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort matrix switchers, signal extenders and accessories for the professional AV market. Our goal is to recognize industry needs and develop performance-rich products of the highest quality by continuously consulting with integrators, rental technicians and design engineers.

To better serve the needs of the audiovisual technology market in India, Lightware has recently opened a new office in Kasturinagar, Bangalore.

According to Raguvaran Patel, Business Manager at Lightware India, "Next Generation technologies will play an integral role in our constantly connected world and our Bangalore office will work with our customers to create new solutions and frameworks to make a real difference on the market. We believe that the Bangalore facility will cater to the specific business needs of the Indian corporations aligning to their unique expectations, localising global business practices enhanced with native language support."

Gergely Vida, President & CEO, added that "Lightware India operates in a fast growing, emerging market, powering our growth. Lightware offers best-in-class services and vast global experience across multiple industries and domains. Our new office in India will have a key role in our global network of Lightware offices. It will strengthen our ability to drive innovation and growth for our clients in India. India’s talented workforce, a growing domestic market and a positive environment fostered by the local government make this country an attractive destination for us. We will continue to bring the best of our global expertise and experience to accelerate growth and development for our customers and the general public in India."

25G Hybrid Technology: 25G Hybrid Signal Management introduces a completely new concept to the AV industry. Innovative engineering and design has resulted in a unique new technology that allows managing, switching and extending of digital and analogue video, audio, Ethernet, and control with a new and inventive Multilayer technology. Designed to deliver exceptionally high resolution image quality and 24/7 reliability, the 25G Hybrid technology sets a new standard in the professional AV industry.

High Fidelity Signal Management: All of Lightware’s products utilise pixel by pixel signal transmission from A to B. No latency and no compression ensure the signal keeps its original quality. Lightware attains this through such proprietary technologies as Pixel Accurate Reclocking and Single Fibre Technology.

Research and Development: Lightware incorporates many professional features developed by our R+D centre in Budapest. These features are Lightware’s own Intellectual Property and some have now become industry standards for competing digital video products. Lightware products are solely developed and manufactured in the European Union, Hungary.

Trainings and Education: Lightware Visual Engineering is conducting educational seminars designed to provide an insight into the specifics, pitfalls and best practices when integrating the major digital video formats. Lightware trainers and engineers respond to questions, and show a deep insight behind the digital standards.

Pro-series matrix routers: The technology built into our Pro-series DVI matrix routers breaks many standard limitations; allowing 60 meters DVI cable on input, Advanced EDID Management, Pixel Accurate Reclocking, LAN, RS-232, RS-422 control, fibre cable powering and more. All signals from Single-Link to the highest resolution Dual-Link DVI can be managed by Lightware Pro-series routers which deliver the ultimate performance in signal conditioning, retransmission and easy system integration.

Hybrid Modular Design: Lightware’s MX series router frames and I/O board family incorporate broad signal compatibility, precise switching, control, troubleshooting and signal measurement. AV professionals can choose various I/O sizes, video signal types and transport media options thanks to our Hybrid Modular Design. The MX series matrix backplanes are able to switch 12.8 Gigabit per second data rates allowing transportation of HDMI 1.4, 4K UHD, 3D and DisplayPort 1.1 video signals.

Lightware is headquartered in Budapest, Hungary.