Technology leadership. Software delivery. Practical AI.
Aarambh helps European businesses modernise their systems, build custom software and put AI to work. Led from Montpellier, we combine senior technology leadership with teams assembled around your project, priorities and policies.
A 30 minute call
You describe your situation, we tell you plainly whether and how we can help.
A short framing phase
Two weeks of diagnosis for advisory work, or a scoped backlog and architecture for a build. Either way, you leave with a written document.
A plan you can defend
Prioritised and costed, with the trade-offs made explicit, before any larger commitment.
Does this sound like you?
Engagements rarely start with a specification. They start with a situation. Here are six that come up often.
Four steps, from the first conversation to a lasting result.
- Step 01
The starting point
A short framing phase: two weeks of diagnosis for advisory work, a scoped backlog for a build. You leave with a written document.
- Step 02
The course
A prioritised, costed roadmap you can defend in front of your board, with the trade-offs made explicit.
- Step 03
The delivery
We lead the implementation with a team assembled for the work, under a single accountability, with regular demonstrations.
- Step 04
The anchoring
Training, measured results and handover: your teams stay in control after we leave.
Core services, and supporting offers when you need them.
Each service is described by what it changes for you, not by what we do during the engagement.
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Technologies we work with
We select technologies around your existing systems, delivery needs and long-term maintainability, and confirm the right specialists for the scope.
Web
Back end and APIs
Data and messaging
Cloud and delivery
Business platforms
AI and automation
This list reflects engineering and delivery leadership experience across the systems our founder has built and led. Specialist depth and team composition are confirmed for each project.
See how we deliver softwareIn a client’s words
“We brought in Aarambh for senior technology leadership, and Girish delivered exactly that. He set a clear technical direction, guided our engineering team and kept technology aligned with our business goals. Strategic in his thinking, practical in delivery: a trusted partner who brings clarity to complex challenges.”
Led from France, with the team your project needs.
Your project is led from Montpellier, with a team assembled around the skills and capacity you need. Delivery can stay entirely in France, or draw on specialists in French-speaking Africa or India, subject to availability and your requirements.
- FRENCH-SPEAKING AFRICA
Local contacts
Specialists reached through our own contacts across French-speaking Africa: French speaking, close to French working hours, interviewed for each project. Engaged only where your requirements allow.
- FRANCE
The lead
Every engagement is led from Montpellier: architecture, coordination, quality and the relationship with your leadership. Delivery can remain entirely in France when required and agreed.
- INDIA
Depth and scale
Specialists through firms whose founders we know personally and whose consultants we have interviewed and evaluated. Engaged only where your requirements and your policy allow.
We agree the team composition, working arrangements and access to systems and data before delivery begins. Our professional network in the United States, built over more than twenty years, is available for programmes that need it.
See how we assemble and lead teams
Local authorities and public bodies: get ready for the AI Act without giving up sovereignty.
AI literacy for staff, modernisation of citizen-facing and back-office systems, data protection. In France, working alongside integrators and prime contractors.
See our public sector offerGirish Ukarande
Founder and Principal Technology Advisor
Aarambh is led by Girish Ukarande. More than twenty years in software engineering and technology leadership, with experience at JPMorgan Chase, CIGNA, PwC, MetLife Bank, UPS and the City of New York, across banking, insurance, healthcare, compliance and public administration. Based in Montpellier, working with clients across Europe.
He works on every engagement himself: the framing, the trade-offs and the relationship with your leadership are never delegated.
View the LinkedIn profileTwo ways to start the conversation
- Your project
Have something to build?
A 30 minute conversation about the application, portal or integration you have in mind. Afterwards you receive a short written note on scope, approach and the realistic next steps. No commitment.
Discuss your project - AI readiness
Where do you really stand with AI?
A 30 minute conversation about your data, your teams, your use cases and your exposure under the EU AI Act. Afterwards you receive a short written summary of where you stand and the realistic next steps. No commitment.
Request an AI readiness conversation
What people ask before we start.
Which companies do you work with?
Aarambh is built for European SMEs and scale-ups between 5M and 50M euro revenue, and for public bodies working through their integrators. Size matters less than the will to decide.
How does an engagement start?
With a 30 minute call. For advisory work, a two week framing phase follows; for a build, a scoping phase that produces a backlog, an architecture and a plan. You decide next, with a written document in hand.
Where is the work done?
Advisory and leadership happen from France. Delivery teams are assembled for each project: in France when required, or with specialists in French-speaking Africa or India where your requirements and policies allow. Team locations, remote access and any cross-border data handling are agreed with you before work starts.
Do you place developers in our team?
We can, with responsibilities and technical leadership agreed for the engagement. Most of our delivery work is managed: we lead architecture, coordination and quality within an agreed scope. We are not a recruitment agency and do not simply supply CVs.
Which technologies do you work with?
Web and mobile front ends, .NET and Node.js back ends, Python, SQL and NoSQL databases, container platforms and business tools such as Zoho and Microsoft 365, among others. We choose around your existing systems and confirm the right specialists for each scope.
What happens at the end of an engagement?
Your teams stay in control: documentation, training and handover are part of every engagement.
Let us start with a 30 minute conversation.
A project to build, a system to modernise, an AI use case to prove or a technology decision to make: you describe your situation, we tell you plainly whether and how we can help. No preparation, no commitment.