02 / 21About Umesh
Umesh Khivasara is a technology entrepreneur who leads the Yuva99 Recreation Pvt. Ltd. business group and is Founder & CEO of Ukvalley Technologies. Since 2017 he has been turning operational problems into software that teams actually use.
Over more than a decade, the question at the centre of his work has widened from how software works to how a business works: where orders stall, where information is typed twice, and where a growing team starts to depend on one person's memory.
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Umesh trained as a computer engineer and later completed a master's degree in cloud computing. The discipline taught him to see organisations the way engineers see systems: as inputs, flows, dependencies and points of failure.
That way of looking at problems still shapes his work. Before any software is discussed, the first question is how work actually moves through a business, and where it slows down.
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In 2017 he founded Ukvalley Technologies, an engineer-led software company that has grown without outside investment by choice. It builds custom software, CRM, ERP, HRMS, websites and mobile applications for Indian SMEs and international startups.
Staying unfunded meant growth had to come from clients who stayed. The company now counts more than 150 clients, runs software products of its own, and works with businesses across four countries.
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Today his work is organised as a business group. Yuva99 Recreation Pvt. Ltd. is the parent company, and beneath it sit Ukvalley Technologies, Growth Valley, ERP Valley, Eventovalley and HRValley.
Each business keeps its own name, customers and focus: software engineering, business growth, ERP, events and HR. The group gives them a shared direction without merging them into one generic offer.
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Most failed software projects were not technical failures. The system was built well, but for a process nobody actually followed, or it was handed over to a team that was never asked how they work.
His answer is an operating discipline: understand the requirement properly, simplify the process before automating it, build what the business will use, test it against real work, and keep the engineers who scoped the project accountable for delivering it.
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The same thinking now reaches beyond client projects. Through ERP Valley he helps SMEs plan and implement ERP; through Growth Valley, co-founded in 2025, he works with entrepreneurs on technology adoption, automation and better operating systems.
He also teaches business owners how to use AI tools and automation in practice, and has written a practical guide, Why Your Business Needs ERP.
Company facts from Ukvalley Technologies. Source: ukvalley.com/about (opens in a new tab)
Answering questions from business owners after a workshop session. Most of the useful conversations happen here, after the slides.
A requirement is understood in the language of the business first: who does the work, what they need to decide, and what slows them down. Technology choices come after.
The engineers who scope a project stay with it through delivery, so the plan a client agrees to is the plan the team believes in.
A system earns its place when the team uses it on an ordinary working day, not when it looks good in a demo.
Well-engineered systems should not be reserved for enterprises. Sensible scope and honest pricing make them a normal step in a company's growth.
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