citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message sasken communication technologies limited type public bse 532663 ; nse sasken industry telecom networks semiconductor satellite phone bluetooth founded 1989 headquarters bangalore india key people rajiv c mody chairman services telecom research and development consultancy wireless software products software services and network engineering services ic design revenue rs 474.83 crores fy 12 13 net income rs 31.96 crores fy 12 13 number of employees 2500 approx as of sep 2013 website sasken sasken office in domlur bangalore sasken communication technologies limited formerly silicon automation systems inc. sas is a publicly traded stock company based in bangalore india and offers research and development consultancy wireless software products software services and network engineering services to semiconductor manufacturers wireless handset developers network equipment and test and measurement companies and service providers globally . according to a business today survey sasken was ranked the second best company to work for in india in 2005 rated first in 2004 . 1 contents 1 origin 2 locations 3 management team 4 memberships 5 subsidiaries 6 investors 7 references 8 external links origin edit sasken communication began as the brainchild of rajiv c mody its chairman and ceo and 3 other co founders krishna jhaveri suresh dholakia and badru agarwala . sasken came into being as silicon automation systems sas in 1989 in a small warehouse in fremont california . later the company s name was changed to sasken communication technologies limited . the name sasken is an amalgamation of its original name sas and the scottish word for knowledge ken . citation needed locations edit sasken operates out of its headquarters in bangalore . besides its global development center called fac z it also has 2 other state of art citation needed development centers in bangalore at c v raman nagara also called fac b and adarsh prime projects on outer ring road fac a and also at gopalan global axis fac g . sasken also has development centers at chennai fac ch pune fac p and hyderabad fac hyd . most of its offices outside india handle sales operations . sasken has offices at bangalore pune chennai and hyderabad in india kawasaki in japan santa clara plano and burlington in united states monterrey in mexico 2005 saint laurent du var in france frankfurt and bochum in germany and guildford in uk . apart from these in september 2006 sasken acquired 100 % stake in botnia hightech now sasken finland headquartered in kaustinen finland with other offices in tampere oulu and turku in finland.on 24 january 07 sasken entered into a joint venture with tata autocomp a prominent member of tata group known as taco sasken automotive electronics pvt ltd tsae . the jv focussed on automotive electronic products in the areas of telematics infotainment and occupant convenience . clarification needed the joint venture was closed in the year 2009 . in october 2009 sasken acquired the product portfolio customers and the product development and sales team of us based ingenient technologies inc . named now as sasken inc . with this sasken entered the league of global leaders in multimedia solutions citation needed and into the consumer electronics space . management team edit rajiv c mody chairman managing director whole time director and chief executive officer neeta revankar whole time director and chief financial officer memberships edit itu 3gpp gcf mpeg iso atm forum dsl forum sdr forum wimax forum symbian foundation open handset alliance nfc forum subsidiaries edit sasken network engineering limited snel a wholly owned subsidiary of sasken was created when the company acquired the operations of blue broadband technologies . sasken acquired isofttech private limited chennai in june 2006 . in september 2006 sasken also acquired a finnish company named botnia hightech oy . it is now known as sasken finland oy . on 24 january 07 sasken has entered into a joint venture with tata autocomp the jv will be known as taco sasken automotive electronics pvt ltd tsae investors edit sasken is listed on both bse and nse 1 sasken is an intel capital portfolio company 2 . references edit ciol sasken tops best employer survey external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to sasken communication technologies . sasken sasken finland connectm sasken idg jv sasken at intel capital sasken acquires isofttech for 1.5 m sasken acquires finnish firm sasken idg ventures float 6 million jv retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sasken communication technologies & oldid 740334415 categories companies listed on the bombay stock exchangesoftware companies of indiacompanies based in bangalorehidden categories use indian english from december 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