Tamil Nadu is the eleventh largest state in India by area and the seventh most populous state. It is the fourth largest contributor (as of 2010) to India's GDP and ranks tenth in Human Development Index as of 2006.Tamil Nadu is also the most urbanised state in India.The state has the highest number (10.56%) of business enterprises and stands second in total employment (9.97%) in India,compared to the population share of about 6%.

The region has been the home of the Tamil people since at least 500 BCE. Its official language Tamil has been in use in inscriptions and literature for over 2000 years.

Appin's purpose is to help companies establish well-organised intelligence capabilities, either internally or as an extension of their capabilities. We aim to assist hard-pressed staff in Competitive Intelligence units and elsewhere to produce not just more, but higher quality assessments of strategic opportunities, competitive threats and the competition's tactics.

Appin specializes in procurement of information that helps faster solving of cases. Emails, networks, computers, websites, smart phones such as IPhone, Blackberry and Android platform are digital repositories of information that can serve valuable input for solving investigation and surveillance cases.

Recent investigations represented by Appin:

• Representing a high net worth individual in the largest fraud investigation India has ever known up to date, concerning alleged corruption and money laundering in respect of large scale real estate transactions.
  
• Representing a former CFO in a multi jurisdictional high profile case in USA.
  
• Representing the interests of a listed company in a large criminal investigation regarding fraudulent activities in the building industry in Singapore.
  
• Representing several multinational companies in cases relating to environmental law issues and involving the pharmaceutical industry.