Boardroom Integration

  Profile
 

Anand Rathi Securities Ltd. is a leading full service securities firm providing the entire gamut of financial services. The firm, founded in 1994 by Mr. Anand Rathi, today has a pan India presence as well as an international presence through offices in Dubai and Bangkok. It provides a breadth of financial and advisory services including wealth management, investment banking, corporate advisory, brokerage and distribution of equities, commodities, mutual funds and insurance, structured products - all of which are supported by powerful research teams.

  Project
 

The firm recently shifted to its new premises at Kamala City, Lower Parel, Mumbai and wanted its corporate boardroom to reflect the modernization of the financial services aspect of its business. The target was to have a state-of-the-art system that was easy to use, sleek and unobtrusive. The key tenets of the new boardroom were extremely good viewability of figures displayed as well as sound reinforcement. To cater to visitors making presentations, an attempt to keep open data compatibility was stressed upon.

  Solution
 

The main conference room has been fitted with a 77” diagonal interactive whiteboard and a projector with multiple input capabilities. The usual crow’s nest of wires was avoided by using a wireless Genesys projection system for laptop and video connection.

The distributed audio system includes eight omni-directional boundary microphones, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a Dual Channel Amplifier and a wide dispersion ceiling mounted speaker. One of the major concerns during the designing process was to preserve the beauty of the custom-made conference table. It was achieved by mounting highly sensitive microphones at strategic positions under the table, so there was no need to drill even once into the magnificent piece of furniture. The dynamic sound system automatically senses and adjusts itself to prevent feedback.

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Single point control of the video and audio system is accomplished using a processor and wireless, programmable, touch-panel remote control. The Polycom VSX 7000s video conferencing unit interfaces with the projector, and multi-conferencing capabilities with three locations can be established on ISDN or IP.

Lighting is controlled in the boardroom via electronic controllers permitting operation by untrained hands. Room aesthetics are maintained by having the projector concealed into the ceiling when not in use.

Since the boardroom has glass walls on two sides, shades controlled by remote control have been installed to minimize sound reverberations.

  Impact
 

• Improved presentation capabilities

• State-of-the-art audiovisual conferencing system

• Simple, yet elegant, control system which can be operated by anyone

• Ethos of elegance, reliability and efficiency for clients

• Versatility – accepts data from visitors

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