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A company that's top of its group

TOPSGRUP is re-writing the rules for the global security business to become the number one global security brand, worth US$ 10 billion by 2020.

PIONEER: Dr Diwan Rahul Nanda is acknowledged as the most prominent spokesperson of India's booming security industry

As the Global Chairman of TOPSGRUP, India's preferred security solutions brand and the first Indian MNC to acquire Great Britain's leading security company, 'The Shield Guarding Company Limited', Dr Diwan Rahul Nanda is acknowledged as the pioneer and the most prominent spokesperson of this burgeoning industry.

What started off as a sick company with revenues of £30,000 per annum and a mere eight customers is today, thanks to Dr Nanda's dynamic vision, India's largest security group with revenues in excess of £150 million, 93 000 employees, 120 offices and approximately 8000 customers.

Dr Diwan Rahul Nanda took over the reins of TOPSGRUP at the age of 22, when security was treated as expenditure and the Indian security industry was in its nascent stages. He went on to re-write the rules for the security business, not only for TOPSGRUP but for the entire Indian security industry.

The multi award-winning TOPSGRUP has also embarked on a global leadership mission with a vision to become the number one brand in the global security space and a US$10 billion security group by 2020. As part

of the company's international strategy, TOPSGRUP acquired Great Britain's 10th largest security group, 'The Shield Guarding Company Limited', which employs just

under 3000 employees and operates out of seven offices in the UK, solidifying its marketplace in the West.

Aside from its business endeavours, under Dr Nanda's leadership TOPSGRUP is committed to paying back to society: from adopting and educating hundreds of desolate girls in India, and forming an Education Trust for educating the children of terrorism victims, to launching India's first private Emergency Response Service called TOPSLINE 1252, to supporting charities within the UK.

Dr Nanda has won 25 awards, including the Udyog Ratna Award, the Frost and Sullivan Business Excellence Award, the Brand Leadership Awards, the Best Security Company Award in India and the United Kingdom. The Advertising & Marketing Magazine (A&M 2001) recognized TOPSGRUP as the number one brand in the Indian security industry. For the past several years, TOPSGRUP has won every national and international award for business excellence and innovation, including the '2nd National Security Today Award for the Best Security Personality of the Year 2007', and the Frost and Sullivan Award for the Best Manned Guarding Company (2008).

Most recently, Dr Nanda was presented with the 'Brand Leadership Award' for excellence in Branding and Marketing at the CMO Asia awards, held in Singapore. He was also nominated for the UK Trade & Investment India Business Awards (2009) in the Young Business Leader category. Also, TOPSGRUP's The Shield Guarding Company (UK) won the prestigious 'Security Guarding Company of the Year' Award at the Security Excellence Awards 2009 (UK) in London.

Dr Nanda recently relocated the headquarters of TOPSGRUP to London to help leverage the company's reach to areas such as North America, Africa and Europe.

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