Consim brings on board Daniel Jebasingh as Chief Human Resource Officer
Chennai 19th January 2010, Consim Info Pvt Ltd, the company that owns India's leading & successful brands such as BharatMatrimony.com, IndiaProperty.com, ClickJobs.com, CommunityMatrimony.com, IndiaAutomobile.com, IndiaList.com, etc, today announced the appointment of Mr. Daniel Jebasingh as the Chief Human Resource Officer. Mr. Daniel is a significant HR professional with 20 years of experience in handling the entire gamut of talent management. His expertise includes organizational development, employer branding, executive search, leadership development & building Great Companies to Work For.
A qualified Professional in Business Administration along with a Master degree in HR, Daniel has played a key role in establishing & ramping up development centres in global companies. He is also a remarkable academic advisor and faculty in several B-schools. Prior to joining Consim, Daniel was Principle Consultant & Director of PeopleStar HR Consultants, which is dedicated to helping organizations to be Employers of Choice. In 2005, Chennai HR Forum has awarded Daniel as "Exceptional HR professional".
Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO said, "We are proud and delighted to have Daniel as a core member of our Executive team. His lead roles have changed the operational success in globally recognized companies thereby creating history and value for businesses. At Consim, Daniel will drive all our initiatives in ramping up our operations across all business verticals".
"I look forward to build Consim as a Global Organization and a Great Company to Work For", said Daniel Jebasingh.
About Consim Info Pvt. Ltd: Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. formerly known as BharatMatrimony Group established in 1997, has developed expertise and successful business models to provide an array of world-class services including Matrimony, Property, Automobile, Jobs and Free Classifieds through its group of portals that include, BharatMatrimony.com, IndiaProperty.com, ClickJobs.com, IndiaList.com, IndiaAutomobile.com, etc. The company has been profiled in NASSCOM's Showcase of Innovation Book that showcases the top 100 IT innovators in our country. Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. is the only Internet Company to be awarded "Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India" by Deloitte in 2008 and 2009. RED HERRING recently recognized Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. as one of the Top 100 Private Technology Companies in Asia. Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. has global investors like Mayfield Fund, Yahoo and Canaan Partners.
Recently, Consim launched over 300 community based matrimonial sites under the umbrella CommunityMatrimony.com. Also, Consim's leading matrimonial brand BharatMatrimony launched EliteMatrimony.com - an exclusive matrimony website for the super-rich, celebrities, royalty and the who's who of society.
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Consim Info Pvt Ltd is a Finalist for the Red Herring 100 Global Award
Chennai, TamilNadu, 8th Jan 2010: Red Herring, the San Mateo, California based media company, has announced the list of companies who have been selected as finalists for the `Red Herring 100 Global Award'. Consim Info Pvt Ltd, the leader in the Indian Internet space is among their final list of nominees. This prestigious award honors the year's most promising private technology ventures from around the world.
Consim recently bagged the `Red Herring 100 Asia 2009' award and now has made an entry to the Red Herring 100 Global Award. The nomination has been bestowed upon Consim for being one of the most innovative companies from a pool of 1200. Companies were evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries. Red Herrings unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows them to see past the "buzz" and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.
"This year was especially difficult," said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. "Despite the global economic situation, there were many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products that we had a difficult time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. Now we're faced with the arduous task of selecting the final 100 winners of the award. We know that this year's crop will grow into some amazing companies that are sure to go far."
Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder & CEO Consim Info said, "We are glad to be here as a finalist for this prestigious award. This nomination proves that we are at par with the most innovative companies across the globe and we are looking forward to the event".
About Red Herring : Red Herring is a global media company uniting the world's best high-technology innovators, venture investors, and business decision-makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider's view of the global innovation ecosystem, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy.
For more information contact Anam Alpenia at: aalpenia@redherring.com
About Consim Info Pvt. Ltd: Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. formerly known as BharatMatrimony Group established in 1997, has developed expertise and successful business models to provide an array of world-class services including Matrimony, Property, Automobile, Jobs and Free Classifieds through its group of portals that include, BharatMatrimony.com, IndiaProperty.com, ClickJobs.com, IndiaList.com, IndiaAutomobile.com, etc. The company has been profiled in NASSCOM's Showcase of Innovation Book that showcases the top 100 IT innovators in our country. Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. is the only Internet Company to be awarded "Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India" by Deloitte in 2008 and 2009. RED HERRING recently recognized Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. as one of the Top 100 Private Technology Companies in Asia. Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. has global investors like Mayfield Fund, Yahoo and Canaan Partners. Consim recently launched over 300 community based matrimonial sites under the umbrella of CommunityMatrimony.com.
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Consim wins `Red Herring Global 100 Award'
Chennai, January 20th, 2010 : Consim Info Pvt Ltd (formerly known as BharatMatrimony) has marked a remarkable place with Red Herring and has bagged the Red Herring Global 100 Award. Consim has been the only Consumer Services Internet Company in India to have won this prestigious award. This evidently illustrates that Consim is one of the most promising private technology enterprise from around the world.
The evaluation process was done on a quantitative and qualitative criterion such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy, and ecosystem integration. Also, the nomination was bestowed upon Consim for being one of the most innovative companies from a pool of 1200.
Recently, Consim also bagged the Red Herring 100 Asia Award in its very first participation.
On winning the award, Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder and CEO Consim Info said, this is one of our memorable business performance we received at the start of this year. Also, this mark of distinction has come from our 12 yrs of hard work and constructive planning. In the coming years we will continue to pioneer newer technologies that will help our million members in making life's critical decisions".
About Consim Info Pvt. Ltd: Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. formerly known as BharatMatrimony Group established in 1997, has developed expertise and successful business models to provide an array of world-class services including Matrimony, Property, Automobile, Jobs and Free Classifieds through its group of portals that include, BharatMatrimony.com, IndiaProperty.com, ClickJobs.com, CommunityMatrimony.com, IndiaList.com, IndiaAutomobile.com, etc.
The company has been profiled in NASSCOM's Showcase of Innovation Book that showcases the top 100 IT innovators in our country. Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. is the only Internet Company to be awarded "Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India" by Deloitte in 2008 and 2009. RED HERRING recently recognized Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. as one of the Top 100 Private Technology Companies in Asia.
Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. has global investors like Mayfield Fund, Yahoo and Canaan Partners.
Recently, Consim launched over 300 community based matrimonial sites under the umbrella CommunityMatrimony.com. Also, Consim's leading matrimonial brand BharatMatrimony launched EliteMatrimony.com - an exclusive matrimony website for the super-rich, celebrities, royalty and the who's who of society.
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Consimwins global award
Chennai, Jan 21: Consim Info Pvt Ltd, formerly known as BharatMatrimony, has bagged the Red Herring Global 100 Award. The evaluation process was done on a quantitative and qualitative cri-terion such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy, and ecosystem integration. Also, the nomination was bestowed upon Consim for being one of the most innovative companies from a pool of 1200. Recently, Consim also bagged the Red Herring 100 Asia Award in its very first participation.
On winning the award, Murugavel Janakiraman, founder and CEO Consim Info said, this is one of our memorable business performance we received at the start of this year. Also, this mark of distinction has come from our 12 years of hard work and constructive planning. In the corning years we will continue to pioneer newer technologies that will help our million members in making life's criti-cal decisions.
Consim Info too wins Red Herring Global 100 Award
Consim Info (formerly known as BharatMatrimony) has bagged the Red Herring Global 100 Award. Consim is the only consumer services Internet company in India to have won this prestigious award. It may be recalled that Mumbai-headquartered digital brand management firm Pinstorm has also won the Red Herring Global 100 Award this year.
The evaluation process was done on a quantitative and qualitative criterion such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy, and ecosystem integration. Also, the nomination was bestowed upon Consim for being one of the most innovative companies from a pool of 1,200.Recently, Consim had also bagged the Red Herring 100 Asia Award in its very first participation.
On winning the Award, Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder and CEO, Consim Info, said, "This is one of our memorable business performances that we have achieved at the start of this year. Also, this mark of distinction has come from our 12 years of hard work and constructive planning. In the coming years, we will continue to pioneer newer technologies that will help our million members in making life's critical decisions."
Recently, Consim had launched over 300 community-based matrimonial sites under the umbrella CommunityMatrimony.com. Also, Consim's leading matrimonial brand, BharatMatrimony, launched EliteMatrimony.com - an exclusive matrimony website for the super-rich, celebrities, royalty and the who's who of the society.
Consim Info too wins Red Herring Global 100 Award
Consim Info (formerly known as BharatMatrimony) has bagged the Red Herring Global 100 Award. Consim is the only consumer services Internet company in India to have won this prestigious award. It may be recalled that Mumbai-headquartered digita...
Consim Info (BharatMatrimony) wins 'Red Herring Global Top 100' award
Consim Info, formerly BharatMatrimony group, has won '2009 Red Herring Global Top 100' award. According to Consim, it is the only consumer services internet company in India to have won this award. The award is given by US-based magazine Red Herring to innovative technology-driven and commercially successful firms around the world and picked through its editorial process.
Murugavel Janakiraman, founder and CEO, Consim Info, has said, "This is one of our memorable business performances we received at the start of this year. Also, this mark of distinction has come from our 12 years of hard work and constructive planning. In the coming years we will continue to pioneer newer technologies that will help our million members in making life's critical decisions."
Consim Info too wins Red Herring Global 100 Award
Consim Info (formerly known as BharatMatrimony) has bagged the Red Herring Global 100 Award. Consim is the only consumer services Internet company in India to have won this prestigious award. It may be recalled that Mumbai-headquartered digital brand management firm Pinstorm has also won the Red Herring Global 100 Award this year.
Consim wins 'Red Herring Global 100 Award'
Chennai, Jan 25:Consim Info, formerly known as BharatMatrimonym, has marked a remarkable place with Red Herring and has bagged the Red Herring Global 100 Award. Consim has been the only Consumer Services Internet Company in India to have won this presti-gious award. This evi-dently illustrates that Consim is one of the most promising private technol-ogy enterprise from around the world.The evaluation process was done on a quantitative and qualitative criterion such as financial perfor-mance, innovation, man-agement, global strategy, and ecosystem integra-tion. Also, the nomination was bestowed upon Consim for being one of the most innovative companies from a pool of 1200.Recently, Consim also bagged the Red Herring 100 Asia Award in its very first participation.On winning the award, Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder and CEO Consim Info said, this is one of our memorable business per-formance we received at the start of this year. Also, this mark of distinction has come from our 12 yrs of hard work and con-structive planning. In the coming years we will con-tinue to pioneer newer technologies that will help our million members in making life's critical deci-sions".
NDTV Convergence, IndiaProperty.com jointly launch new property vertical on NDTV.com
Chennai, January 29th 2010: NDTV Convergence has partnered with IndiaProperty.com, India's leading property portal, to power its online property vertical - NDTV Property (property.ndtv.com). Thus NDTV's audience can now find a home in a private, hassle free environment by surfing through more than 5 lakh properties listed with IndiaProperty.com. Apart from saving time and money in buying a home, property buyers can also apply for a home loan and insurance on the site itself.
Commenting on the launch, Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO, IndiaProperty.com, said, "With the launch of the NDTV Property vertical, our property business now reaches out to an even wider audience. The IndiaProperty team has dedicated its energies to the sole purpose of providing the best of services and the right platform for people to find their homes. And this initiative will help a larger number of people make the most of the rebound in the Indian property market. "
Quote from NDTV Suparna Singh, NDTV Deputy CEO and Managing Editor said on the occasion of this partnership, " We are happy to partner with IndiaProperty.com, one of the leaders in the online real estate segment. This partnership will enable us to offer another valuable service to the NDTV.com user - along with being India's most credible news portal, we really want to meet the diverse needs of our users"
About NDTV Convergence NDTV Convergence Ltd., a 100%subsidiary of NDTV Networks Plc, is the digital arm of the NDTV Group. The company manages the flagship portal of the Group www.ndtv.com along with other web properties including but not limited to www.ndtvprofit.com, www.ndtvkhabar.com, www.ndtvgoodtimes.com, www.ndtvmovies.com , www.ndtvtravels.com. Convergence is also responsible for NDTV Active, the WAP portal of the Group. The Company also develops exclusive content for cross media platforms such as Internet, mobiles, ITV and IPTV.. The bouquet covers an entire gamut of news, travel, entertainment, shopping, health, gadgets. The company also has a short code presence through its brand NDTV mobile - 56388 (in India), 63880 (in UK) and 6388 (in UAE) and an IVR platform with 5056388.
About IndiaProperty: IndiaProperty.com is owned by Consim Info Pvt. Ltd., an ISO 9000:2001 certified company and one of India's fastest growing Internet entities. Started in the year 2006, IndiaProperty offers both realtors and consumers the most comprehensive property resources and serves as a one-stop shop for all kinds of property requisites. The site can be used to buy, sell, rent and lease properties across all major cities in India. IndiaProperty has over 5,00,000 lakh property listings from across India with all major builders and agents listings their properties in the site. IndiaProperty boasts of over 1.6 million unique visitors every month. YahooIndia Property search is also powered by IndiaProperty.com. In 2008 IndiaProperty was awarded the Best Property Site by PC WORLD. The site has been ranked the leading property portal by Comscore, Google and Alexa. ViziSense has rated IndiaProperty.com as the Top Site due to the portals innovative features, ease-of-use and unique products like the Virtual Property Fair and IndiaPropertybase.com. IndiaProperty also powers the property channel for Sify & Samachar.
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IndiaProperty.com survey shows that 56% of the people are interested in buying a house now!!!
56% of those surveyed consider making a property investment in the next 6 months.
Though 46% prefer 2BHK, 20% still prefer to buy an independent house.
10% of the people are ready to invest in property worth Rs 75 lacs.
Mumbai and Chennai are the favored property investment destinations with Bangalore coming in at a distant third.
Chennai, 2nd Feb 2010: IndiaProperty.com, India's No 1 property site that offers the best comprehensive property resources and keeps conducting surveys to get insights on the mind frame of the consumer which in turn helps serve them better
The website conducts online surveys every quarter to get a hold on knowing the attitudes and preferences that property seekers value in the real estate sector.
Around 1,500 individuals took the online survey and it was noticed that 33% of the people assume that the property rates will remain the same for 6 months and 24% think it may increase by 10% in the next 6 months.
Commenting on the survey findings Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO IndiaProperty.com said, " 56% of the buyers feel that the interest rates will remain the same and that they are looking at immediate investment within the next 6 months. The trend for 2 BHK (46%) and the option below 50 lacs remains but there is an interestingly 10% of the people who still opt for 75 lacs investment. Builders should also take note that while the affordable housing is still in trend, there are at least 20% of the people looking at independent houses which will in any way cost not less than 50 lacs".
We at IndiaProperty work constantly towards bringing in a new method/transformation while our members are searching for properties on our site.
Builders are also launching different kinds of property projects to suit the demands of its varied customers". He added.
About IndiaProperty: IndiaProperty.com is owned by Consim Info Pvt. Ltd., an ISO 9000:2001 certified company and one of India's fastest growing Internet entities. Started in the year 2006, IndiaProperty offers both realtors and consumers the most comprehensive property resources and serves as a one-stop shop for all kinds of property requisites. The site can be used to buy, sell, rent and lease properties across all major cities in India. IndiaProperty has over 5,00,000 lakh property listings from across India with all major builders and agents listings their properties in the site. IndiaProperty boasts of over 1.6 million unique visitors every month. YahooIndia Property search is also powered by IndiaProperty.com. In 2008 IndiaProperty was awarded the Best Property Site by PC WORLD. The site has been ranked the leading property portal by Comscore, Google and Alexa. ViziSense has rated IndiaProperty.com as the Top Site due to the portals innovative features, ease-of-use and unique products like the Virtual Property Fair and IndiaPropertybase.com. IndiaProperty powers the property channel for NDTV.com, Sify & Samachar.
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IndiaProperty to power property vertical of NDTV.com
NDTV Convergence, the digital arm of NDTV group, has partnered with Consim Info's real estate portal IndiaProperty.com to power its online property vertical - NDTV Property (Property.NDTV.com). IndiaProperty claims to have a listing of more than 5 lakh properties on its site.
Suparna Singh, deputy chief executive officer and managing editor, NDTV, has said "This partnership will enable us to offer another valuable service to the NDTV.com user - along with being India's most credible news portal, we really want to meet the diverse needs of our users."
"The IndiaProperty team has dedicated its energy to the sole purpose of providing the best of services and the right platform for people to find their homes," Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO, IndiaProperty.com, has said, "With the launch of the NDTV Property vertical, our property business now reaches out to an even wider audience."
NDTV Convergence, IndiaProperty.com jointly launch new property vertical on NDTV.com
NDTV Convergence has partnered with IndiaProperty.com, India's leading property portal, to power its online property vertical - NDTV Property (property.ndtv.com). Thus NDTV's audience can now find a home in a private, hassle free environment by surfing through more than 5 lakh properties listed with IndiaProperty.com. Apart from saving time and money in buying a home, property buyers can also apply for a home loan and insurance on the site itself.
Commenting on the launch, Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO, IndiaProperty.com, said, "With the launch of the NDTV Property vertical, our property business now reaches out to an even wider audience. The IndiaProperty team has dedicated its energies to the sole purpose of providing the best of services and the right platform for people to find their homes. And this initiative will help a larger number of people make the most of the rebound in the Indian property market. "
Quote from NDTV Suparna Singh, NDTV Deputy CEO and Managing Editor said on the occasion of this partnership, " We are happy to partner with IndiaProperty.com, one of the leaders in the online real estate segment. This partnership will enable us to offer another valuable service to the NDTV.com user - along with being India's most credible news portal, we really want to meet the diverse needs of our users"
About NDTV Convergence
NDTV Convergence Ltd., a 100% subsidiary of NDTV Networks Plc, is the digital arm of the NDTV Group. The company manages the flagship portal of the Group www.ndtv.com along with other web properties including but not limited to www.ndtvprofit.com, www.ndtvkhabar.com, www.ndtvgoodtimes.com, www.ndtvmovies.com , www.ndtvtravels.com. Convergence is also responsible for NDTV Active, the WAP portal of the Group. The Company also develops exclusive content for cross media platforms such as Internet, mobiles, ITV and IPTV.. The bouquet covers an entire gamut of news, travel, entertainment, shopping, health, gadgets. The company also has a short code presence through its brand NDTV mobile - 56388 (in India), 63880 (in UK) and 6388 (in UAE) and an IVR platform with 5056388.
About IndiaProperty:
IndiaProperty.com is owned by Consim Info Pvt. Ltd., an ISO 9000:2001 certified company and one of India's fastest growing Internet entities. Started in the year 2006, IndiaProperty offers both realtors and consumers the most comprehensive property resources and serves as a one-stop shop for all kinds of property requisites. The site can be used to buy, sell, rent and lease properties across all major cities in India. IndiaProperty has over 5,00,000 lakh property listings from across India with all major builders and agents listings their properties in the site.
IndiaProperty boasts of over 1.6 million unique visitors every month. YahooIndia Property search is also powered by IndiaProperty.com. In 2008 IndiaProperty was awarded the Best Property Site by PC WORLD. The site has been ranked the leading property portal by Comscore, Google and Alexa. ViziSense has rated IndiaProperty.com as the Top Site due to the portals innovative features, ease-of-use and unique products like the Virtual Property Fair and IndiaPropertybase.com. IndiaProperty also powers the property channel for Sify & Samachar.
NDTV Convergence, IndiaProperty.com jointly launch new property vertical on NDTV.com
NDTV Convergence has partnered with IndiaProperty.com, India's leading property portal, to power its online property vertical - NDTV Property (property.ndtv.com). Thus NDTV's audience can now find a home in a private, hassle free environment by surfing through more than 5 lakh properties listed with IndiaProperty.com. Apart from saving time and money in buying a home, property buyers can also apply for a home loan and insurance on the site itself.
Commenting on the launch, Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO, IndiaProperty.com, said, "With the launch of the NDTV Property vertical, our property business now reaches out to an even wider audience. The IndiaProperty team has dedicated its energies to the sole purpose of providing the best of services and the right platform for people to find their homes. And this initiative will help a larger number of people make the most of the rebound in the Indian property market. "
Quote from NDTV Suparna Singh, NDTV Deputy CEO and Managing Editor said on the occasion of this partnership, " We are happy to partner with IndiaProperty.com, one of the leaders in the online real estate segment. This partnership will enable us to offer another valuable service to the NDTV.com user - along with being India's most credible news portal, we really want to meet the diverse needs of our users"
About NDTV Convergence
NDTV Convergence Ltd., a 100% subsidiary of NDTV Networks Plc, is the digital arm of the NDTV Group. The company manages the flagship portal of the Group www.ndtv.com along with other web properties including but not limited to www.ndtvprofit.com, www.ndtvkhabar.com, www.ndtvgoodtimes.com, www.ndtvmovies.com , www.ndtvtravels.com. Convergence is also responsible for NDTV Active, the WAP portal of the Group. The Company also develops exclusive content for cross media platforms such as Internet, mobiles, ITV and IPTV.. The bouquet covers an entire gamut of news, travel, entertainment, shopping, health, gadgets.
The company also has a short code presence through its brand NDTV mobile - 56388 (in India), 63880 (in UK) and 6388 (in UAE) and an IVR platform with 5056388.
About IndiaProperty:
IndiaProperty.com is owned by Consim Info Pvt. Ltd., an ISO 9000:2001 certified company and one of India's fastest growing Internet entities. Started in the year 2006, IndiaProperty offers both realtors and consumers the most comprehensive property resources and serves as a one-stop shop for all kinds of property requisites.
The site can be used to buy, sell, rent and lease properties across all major cities in India. IndiaProperty has over 5,00,000 lakh property listings from across India with all major builders and agents listings their properties in the site. IndiaProperty boasts of over 1.6 million unique visitors every month. YahooIndia Property search is also powered by IndiaProperty.com. In 2008
IndiaProperty was awarded the Best Property Site by PC WORLD. The site has been ranked the leading property portal by Comscore, Google and Alexa. ViziSense has rated IndiaProperty.com as the Top Site due to the portals innovative features, ease-of-use and unique products like the Virtual Property Fair and IndiaPropertybase.com. IndiaProperty also powers the property channel for Sify & Samachar.
NDTV Convergence, IndiaProperty.com jointly launch new property vertical on NDTV.com
NDTV Convergence has partnered with IndiaProperty.com, India's leading property portal, to power its online property vertical - NDTV Property (property.ndtv.com). Thus NDTV's audience can now find a home in a private, hassle free environment by surfing through more than 5 lakh properties listed with IndiaProperty.com. Apart from saving time and money in buying a home, property buyers can also apply for a home loan and insurance on the site itself.
Commenting on the launch, Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO, IndiaProperty.com, said, "With the launch of the NDTV Property vertical, our property business now reaches out to an even wider audience. The IndiaProperty team has dedicated its energies to the sole purpose of providing the best of services and the right platform for people to find their homes. And this initiative will help a larger number of people make the most of the rebound in the Indian property market. "
Quote from NDTV Suparna Singh, NDTV Deputy CEO and Managing Editor said on the occasion of this partnership, " We are happy to partner with IndiaProperty.com, one of the leaders in the online real estate segment. This partnership will enable us to offer another valuable service to the NDTV.com user - along with being India's most credible news portal, we really want to meet the diverse needs of our users"
About NDTV Convergence
NDTV Convergence Ltd., a 100% subsidiary of NDTV Networks Plc, is the digital arm of the NDTV Group. The company manages the flagship portal of the Group www.ndtv.com along with other web properties including but not limited to www.ndtvprofit.com, www.ndtvkhabar.com, www.ndtvgoodtimes.com, www.ndtvmovies.com , www.ndtvtravels.com. Convergence is also responsible for NDTV Active, the WAP portal of the Group. The Company also develops exclusive content for cross media platforms such as Internet, mobiles, ITV and IPTV.. The bouquet covers an entire gamut of news, travel, entertainment, shopping, health, gadgets.
The company also has a short code presence through its brand NDTV mobile - 56388 (in India), 63880 (in UK) and 6388 (in UAE) and an IVR platform with 5056388.
About IndiaProperty:
IndiaProperty.com is owned by Consim Info Pvt. Ltd., an ISO 9000:2001 certified company and one of India's fastest growing Internet entities. Started in the year 2006, IndiaProperty offers both realtors and consumers the most comprehensive property resources and serves as a one-stop shop for all kinds of property requisites.
The site can be used to buy, sell, rent and lease properties across all major cities in India. IndiaProperty has over 5,00,000 lakh property listings from across India with all major builders and agents listings their properties in the site. IndiaProperty boasts of over 1.6 million unique visitors every month. YahooIndia Property search is also powered by IndiaProperty.com. In 2008
IndiaProperty was awarded the Best Property Site by PC WORLD. The site has been ranked the leading property portal by Comscore, Google and Alexa. ViziSense has rated IndiaProperty.com as the Top Site due to the portals innovative features, ease-of-use and unique products like the Virtual Property Fair and IndiaPropertybase.com. IndiaProperty also powers the property channel for Sify & Samachar.
NDTV Convergence, IndiaProperty.com launch NDTV.com
The NDTV Convergence has partnered with IndiaProperty.com to power its online property vertical - NDTV Property (property.ndtv.com). Thus, NDTV's audience can now find a home in a private, hassle-free environment by surfing through over five lakh properties listed with IndiaProperty.com. Apart from saving time and money in buying a home, property buyers can also apply for a home loan and insurance on the site itself.
Launching the property.ndtv.com, its CEO, Mr Murugavel Janakiraman, said they would provide the best of services and the right platform for people to find their homes. This initiative will help a larger number of people make the most of the rebound in the Indian property market, he added. NDTV Deputy CEO and Managing Editor Suparna Singh said they would offer another valuable service to the NDTV.com user
BharatMatrimony traces the mindset of the youth & married couples celebrating Valentine's Day
The youth & married couples celebrate Valentine's Day and a whopping 87.6 of the newly wedded couples support this day.
59% of the couples say - Valentine's Day is a way to show their partner "I care"
The need to recognize "Matrimony Day" which celebrates "Everlasting love & Commitment" is on the rise and 77% of the youth support this.
48% of the youth agree that the beauty & joy of marriages must be celebrated on Matrimony Day that falls on April 14th
Chennai: February 11th, 2010: BharatMatrimony, World's first & largest Matrimonial brand conducted a survey among the youth and married people to know - "What Valentine's Day means to them". This survey was conducted across India where majority of them feel Valentine's Day is about fun & romance and they also feel the need to recognize a day for marriages such as `Matrimony Day' that celebrates Commitment & Everlasting love ".
The online survey received close to 1876 responses respondents while the on-ground had a total of 1033 people.
Commenting on the survey, Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO BharatMatrimony said, "Surveys of this kind help in tracing trends among the youth and married couples. Also, this is another useful medium for us to know the attitudes & preferences of people and the value they hold for a marriage".
Most interestingly, youth celebrate Valentine's Day to express their love while they feel that for celebrating everlasting commitment and happy marriages - a day like matrimony day on April 14th is important. That shows the importance and faith in our marriage institution. He added.
About BharatMatrimony.com : BharatMatrimony.com world's first & largest matrimonial website pioneered the concept of online matchmaking since 1997 and continues to be the indomitable leader in the matrimony space. The company has created a strong foothold in the matrimony category through its innovative features and technological advancements. Today, `matrimony' as a word is synonymous with BharatMatrimony and it has become a place for people serious about seeking a life partner.
BharatMatrimony.com has earned the trust of more than 20 million members worldwide and has been recognized by Limca Book of Records, the Indian equivalent of Guinness Book of records, for record number of documented marriages online. The company has been profiled in NASSCOM's Showcase of Innovation Book 2006 & 2007; the book showcases the top 100 IT innovators in our country. BharatMatrimony pioneered and recently launched EliteMatrimony.com - an exclusive matrimony website for the super-rich, celebrities, royalty and the who's who of society. For more information, log on to www.bharatmatrimony.com
Consim Info Pvt. Ltd (Formerly known as BharatMatrimony) has been recognized for the prestigious Deloitte award `Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009' & `Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India' in 2008. Also RED HERRING recently recognized Consim Info Pvt Ltd as one of the Top 100 Private Technology Companies in Asia.
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Consim Info wins Excellence Award, Murugavel Janakiraman bags Udyog Rattan Award
Chennai, February 16th 2010: The Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi, one of the country's premier research institutes, conferred an Award for Excellence on India's leading Internet Company Consim Info Pvt Ltd, formerly known as BharatMatrimony, and the Udyog Rattan Award on its CEO Mr. Murugavel Janakiraman.
The award was presented at a seminar on `Indo Thai Economic Cooperation' held at Hotel Grand Sukhumvit Bangkok, by former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Mr Korn Dabbaransi. The honor is in recognition of Murugavel Janakiraman's achievements in productivity, quality, innovation and management in the online business. Murugavel Janakiraman is one of the youngest entrepreneurs in India who pioneered online matrimony and won the trust of millions across the globe in making way people approached matchmaking.
Murugavel Janakiraman, "I am delighted to have received two prestigious awards from the Institute of Economic Studies. Every award given to us makes us feel more determined to offer the best services."
Apart from the above, Consim has been the only Consumer Services Internet Company in India to have won the Red Herring Global 100 Award. Also, the company was awarded "Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India" by Deloitte in 2008 and 2009.
The Institute of Economic Studies confers the Udyog Rattan Award and Award for Excellence every year. IES was established by a group of economists, parliamentarians and industrialists in 1980.
About Consim Info Pvt. Ltd:
Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. formerly known as BharatMatrimony Group established in 1997, has developed expertise and successful business models to provide an array of world-class services including Matrimony, Property, Automobile, Jobs and Free Classifieds through its group of portals that include, BharatMatrimony.com, IndiaProperty.com, ClickJobs.com, IndiaList.com, IndiaAutomobile.com, etc.
The company has been profiled in NASSCOM's Showcase of Innovation Book that showcases the top 100 IT innovators in our country. Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. is the only Internet Company to be awarded "Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India" by Deloitte in 2008 and 2009. RED HERRING recently recognized Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. as one of the Top 100 Private Technology Companies in Asia.
Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. has global investors like Mayfield Fund, Yahoo and Canaan Partners.
Recently, Consim launched over 300 community based matrimonial sites under the umbrella CommunityMatrimony.com. Also, Consim's leading matrimonial brand BharatMatrimony launched EliteMatrimony.com - an exclusive matrimony website for the super-rich, celebrities, royalty and the who's who of society.
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Consim Info wins Excellence Award, Murugavel Janakiraman bags Udyog Rattan Award
Feb 16, 2010 - Chennai, February 16th 2010: The Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi, one of the country's premier research institutes, conferred an Award for Excellence on India's leading Internet Company Consim Info Pvt Ltd, formerly known as BharatMatrimony, and the Udyog Rattan Award on its CEO Mr. Murugavel Janakiraman.
The award was presented at a seminar on `Indo Thai Economic Cooperation' held at Hotel Grand Sukhumvit Bangkok, by former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Mr Korn Dabbaransi. The honor is in recognition of Murugavel Janakiraman's achievements in productivity, quality, innovation and management in the online business.
Murugavel Janakiraman is one of the youngest entrepreneurs in India who pioneered online matrimony and won the trust of millions across the globe in making way people approached matchmaking.
Murugavel Janakiraman, "I am delighted to have received two prestigious awards from the Institute of Economic Studies. Every award given to us makes us feel more determined to offer the best services."
Apart from the above, Consim has been the only Consumer Services Internet Company in India to have won the Red Herring Global 100 Award. Also, the company was awarded "Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India" by Deloitte in 2008 and 2009.
The Institute of Economic Studies confers the Udyog Rattan Award and Award for Excellence every year. IES was established by a group of economists, parliamentarians and industrialists in 1980.
About Consim Info Pvt. Ltd:
Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. formerly known as BharatMatrimony Group established in 1997, has developed expertise and successful business models to provide an array of world-class services including Matrimony, Property, Automobile, Jobs and Free Classifieds through its group of portals that include, BharatMatrimony.com, IndiaProperty.com, ClickJobs.com, IndiaList.com, IndiaAutomobile.com, etc.
The company has been profiled in NASSCOM's Showcase of Innovation Book that showcases the top 100 IT innovators in our country. Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. is the only Internet Company to be awarded "Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India" by Deloitte in 2008 and 2009. RED HERRING recently recognized Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. as one of the Top 100 Private Technology Companies in Asia.
Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. has global investors like Mayfield Fund, Yahoo and Canaan Partners.
Recently, Consim launched over 300 community based matrimonial sites under the umbrella CommunityMatrimony.com. Also, Consim's leading matrimonial brand BharatMatrimony launched EliteMatrimony.com - an exclusive matrimony website for the super-rich, celebrities, royalty and the who's who of society.
Consim Info wins Excellence Award, Murugavel Janakiraman bags Udyog Rattan Award
Chennai, February 16th 2010: The Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi, one of the country's premier research institutes, conferred an Award for Excellence on India's leading Internet Company Consim Info Pvt Ltd, formerly known as BharatMatrimony, and the Udyog Rattan Award on its CEO Mr. Murugavel Janakiraman.
The award was presented at a seminar on 'Indo Thai Economic Cooperation' held at Hotel Grand Sukhumvit Bangkok, by former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Mr Korn Dabbaransi. The honor is in recognition of Murugavel Janakiraman's achievements in productivity, quality, innovation and management in the online business.
Murugavel Janakiraman is one of the youngest entrepreneurs in India who pioneered online matrimony and won the trust of millions across the globe in making way people approached matchmaking.
Murugavel Janakiraman, "I am delighted to have received two prestigious awards from the Institute of Economic Studies. Every award given to us makes us feel more determined to offer the best services."
Apart from the above, Consim has been the only Consumer Services Internet Company in India to have won the Red Herring Global 100 Award. Also, the company was awarded "Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India" by Deloitte in 2008 and 2009.
The Institute of Economic Studies confers the Udyog Rattan Award and Award for Excellence every year. IES was established by a group of economists, parliamentarians and industrialists in 1980.
About Consim Info Pvt. Ltd:
Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. formerly known as BharatMatrimony Group established in 1997, has developed expertise and successful business models to provide an array of world-class services including Matrimony, Property, Automobile, Jobs and Free Classifieds through its group of portals that include, BharatMatrimony.com, IndiaProperty.com, ClickJobs.com, IndiaList.com, IndiaAutomobile.com, etc.
The company has been profiled in NASSCOM's Showcase of Innovation Book that showcases the top 100 IT innovators in our country. Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. is the only Internet Company to be awarded "Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India" by Deloitte in 2008 and 2009. RED HERRING recently recognized Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. as one of the Top 100 Private Technology Companies in Asia.
Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. has global investors like Mayfield Fund, Yahoo and Canaan Partners.
Recently, Consim launched over 300 community based matrimonial sites under the umbrella Community Matrimony.com. Also, Consim's leading matrimonial brand BharatMatrimony launched EliteMatrimony.com - an exclusive matrimony website for the super-rich, celebrities, royalty and the who's who of society.
Consim wins 'Red Herring Global 100 Award'
Pune, January 21th, 2010: Consim Info Pvt Ltd (formerly known as BharatMatrimony) has marked a remarkable place with Red Herring and has bagged the Red Herring Global 100 Award. Consim has been the only Consumer Services Internet Company in India to have won this prestigious award. This evidently illustrates that Consim is one of the most promising private technology enterprise from around the world.
The evaluation process was done on a quantitative and qualitative criterion such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy, and ecosystem integration. Also, the nomination was bestowed upon Consim for being one of the most innovative companies from a pool of 1200.
Recently, Consim also bagged the Red Herring 100 Asia Award in its very first participation.
On winning the award, Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder and CEO Consim Info said, this is one of our memorable business performance we received at the start of this year. Also, this mark of distinction has come from our 12 yrs of hard work and constructive planning. In the coming years we will continue to pioneer newer technologies that will help our million members in making life's critical decisions".
About Consim Info Pvt. Ltd:
Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. formerly known as BharatMatrimony Group established in 1997, has developed expertise and successful business models to provide an array of world-class services including Matrimony, Property, Automobile, Jobs and Free Classifieds through its group of portals that include, BharatMatrimony.com, IndiaProperty.com, ClickJobs.com, CommunityMatrimony.com, IndiaList.com, IndiaAutomobile.com, etc.
The company has been profiled in NASSCOMs Showcase of Innovation Book that showcases the top 100 IT innovators in our country. Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. is the only Internet Company to be awarded "Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India" by Deloitte in 2008 and 2009. RED HERRING recently recognized Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. as one of the Top 100 Private Technology Companies in Asia.
Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. has global investors like Mayfield Fund, Yahoo and Canaan Partners.
Recently, Consim launched over 300 community based matrimonial sites under the umbrella CommunityMatrimony.com. Also, Consim's leading matrimonial brand BharatMatrimony launched EliteMatrimony.com - an exclusive matrimony website for the super-rich, celebrities, royalty and the whos who of society.
Consim Info wins Excellence Award, Murugavel Janakiraman bags Udyog Rattan Award
Chennai, February 16th 2010: The Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi, one of the country's premier research institutes, conferred an Award for Excellence on India's leading Internet Company Consim Info Pvt Ltd, formerly known as BharatMatrimony, and the Udyog Rattan Award on its CEO Mr. Murugavel Janakiraman.
The award was presented at a seminar on 'Indo Thai Economic Cooperation' held at Hotel Grand Sukhumvit Bangkok, by former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Mr Korn Dabbaransi. The honor is in recognition of Murugavel Janakiraman's achievements in productivity, quality, innovation and management in the online business.
Murugavel Janakiraman is one of the youngest entrepreneurs in India who pioneered online matrimony and won the trust of millions across the globe in making way people approached matchmaking.
Murugavel Janakiraman, "I am delighted to have received two prestigious awards from the Institute of Economic Studies. Every award given to us makes us feel more determined to offer the best services."
Apart from the above, Consim has been the only Consumer Services Internet Company in India to have won the Red Herring Global 100 Award. Also, the company was awarded "Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India" by Deloitte in 2008 and 2009.
The Institute of Economic Studies confers the Udyog Rattan Award and Award for Excellence every year. IES was established by a group of economists, parliamentarians and industrialists in 1980.About Consim Info Pvt. Ltd:
Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. formerly known as BharatMatrimony Group established in 1997, has developed expertise and successful business models to provide an array of world-class services including Matrimony, Property, Automobile, Jobs and Free Classifieds through its group of portals that include, BharatMatrimony.com, IndiaProperty.com, ClickJobs.com, IndiaList.com, IndiaAutomobile.com, etc.
The company has been profiled in NASSCOM's Showcase of Innovation Book that showcases the top 100 IT innovators in our country. Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. is the only Internet Company to be awarded "Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India" by Deloitte in 2008 and 2009. RED HERRING recently recognized Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. as one of the Top 100 Private Technology Companies in Asia.Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. has global investors like Mayfield Fund, Yahoo and Canaan Partners.
Recently, Consim launched over 300 community based matrimonial sites under the umbrella CommunityMatrimony.com. Also, Consim's leading matrimonial brand BharatMatrimony launched EliteMatrimony.com - an exclusive matrimony website for the super-rich, celebrities, royalty and the who's who of society.
BharatMatrimony launches new website privilegematrimony.com
While this service was earlier offered as an add-on package, a growing customer base and their increasing needs prompted us to extend it to an exclusive service that reaches out to a wider audience
An Assisted Matchmaking service pioneered by BharatMatrimony.com, India's most trusted and No.1 matrimony brand from the Consim Group was launched today under the brand name PrivilegeMatrimony.com. While this service was earlier offered as an add-on package, a growing customer base and their increasing needs prompted us to extend it to an exclusive service that reaches out to a wider audience.
The service is targeted at busy professionals who do not have the time to do their own partner search and also to those who prefer to hire an expert in the field to find them suitable matches. People who opt for this service will be assigned an exclusive Relationship Manager who is highly trained in all aspects of matchmaking.
The Relationship Manager spends time with the member understanding his/her needs and will find suitable matches for the member. The service is 100% confidential and members can decide their own levels of privacy whether they want to contact prospects directly or they prefer the Relationship Manager to do the first round of talks. The key advantage of this service is that the member can directly get in touch with the Relationship Manager and work closely till a good alliance is finalized.
Commenting on the launch of PrivilegeMatrimony.com, Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO & Founder, BharatMatrimony.com and the Consim Group said, "We always keep abreast with the changing times and foresee the customer's needs. At the same time we do not lose sight of tradition, values and customs that are part and parcel of the Indian way of life. PrivilegeMatrimony will bridge the gap between the old and the new and will be the answer to busy singles, parents, the successful and the affluent."
Nitin Suresh, member of BharatMatrimony Privilege said, "This is a personal note to thank you for all your efforts in trying to get me the perfect match. I have been lucky enough to find a partner through BharatMatrimony Privilege service. I would like to say that your site is the best in the country. Your Relationship Manager has really put in sincere efforts in follow-ups. Wishing you all the very best for the future."
Those interested in this service can logon to www.privilegematrimony.com and get assisted matchmaking guidance for their life partner search. Free demo is also available across all major cities in India.
BharatMatrimony launches Assisted Matchmaking service
An Assisted Matchmaking service pioneered by BharatMatrimony.com, India's leading matrimony brand from the Consim Group was launched today under the brand name PrivilegeMatrimony.com.
The service is targeted at busy professionals who do not have the time to do their own partner search and also to those who prefer to hire an expert in the field to find them suitable matches. People who opt for this service will be assigned an exclusive Relationship Manager who is highly trained in all aspects of matchmaking.
The Relationship Manager spends time with the member understanding his/her needs and will find suitable matches for the member. The service is 100% confidential and members can decide their own levels of privacy whether they want to contact prospects directly or they prefer the Relationship Manager to do the first round of talks. The key advantage of this service is that the member can directly get in touch with the Relationship Manager and work closely till a good alliance is finalized.
BharatMatrimony redefines traditional matchmaking with PrivilegeMatrimony.com
An Assisted Matchmaking service pioneered by BharatMatrimony.com, India's most trusted and No.1 matrimony brand from the Consim Group was launched today under the brand name PrivilegeMatrimony.com. While this service was earlier offered as an add-on package, a growing customer base and their increasing needs prompted us to extend it to an exclusive service that reaches out to a wider audience.
The service is targeted at busy professionals who do not have the time to do their own partner search and also to those who prefer to hire an expert in the field to find them suitable matches. People who opt for this service will be assigned an exclusive Relationship Manager who is highly trained in all aspects of matchmaking.
The Relationship Manager spends time with the member understanding his/her needs and will find suitable matches for the member. The service is 100% confidential and members can decide their own levels of privacy whether they want to contact prospects directly or they prefer the Relationship Manager to do the first round of talks. The key advantage of this service is that the member can directly get in touch with the Relationship Manager and work closely till a good alliance is finalized.
Commenting on the launch of PrivilegeMatrimony.com, Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO & Founder, BharatMatrimony.com and the Consim Group said, "We always keep abreast with the changing times and foresee the customer's needs. At the same time we do not lose sight of tradition, values and customs that are part and parcel of the Indian way of life. PrivilegeMatrimony will bridge the gap between the old and the new and will be the answer to busy singles, parents, the successful and the affluent."
Nitin Suresh, member of BharatMatrimony Privilege said, "This is a personal note to thank you for all your efforts in trying to get me the perfect match. I have been lucky enough to find a partner through BharatMatrimony Privilege service. I would like to say that your site is the best in the country. Your Relationship Manager has really put in sincere efforts in follow-ups. Wishing you all the very best for the future."
Those interested in this service can logon to www.privilegematrimony.com and get assisted matchmaking guidance for their life partner search. Free demo is also available across all major cities in India.
BharatMatrimony redefines traditional matchmaking with PrivilegeMatrimony.com
An Assisted Matchmaking service pioneered by BharatMatrimony.com, India's most trusted and No.1 matrimony brand from the Consim Group was launched today under the brand name PrivilegeMatrimony.com. While this service was earlier offered as an add-on package, a growing customer base and their increasing needs prompted us to extend it to an exclusive service that reaches out to a wider audience.
The service is targeted at busy professionals who do not have the time to do their own partner search and also to those who prefer to hire an expert in the field to find them suitable matches. People who opt for this service will be assigned an exclusive Relationship Manager who is highly trained in all aspects of matchmaking.
The Relationship Manager spends time with the member understanding his/her needs and will find suitable matches for the member. The service is 100% confidential and members can decide their own levels of privacy whether they want to contact prospects directly or they prefer the Relationship Manager to do the first round of talks. The key advantage of this service is that the member can directly get in touch with the Relationship Manager and work closely till a good alliance is finalized.
Commenting on the launch of PrivilegeMatrimony.com, Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO & Founder, BharatMatrimony.com and the Consim Group said, "We always keep abreast with the changing times and foresee the customer's needs. At the same time we do not lose sight of tradition, values and customs that are part and parcel of the Indian way of life. PrivilegeMatrimony will bridge the gap between the old and the new and will be the answer to busy singles, parents, the successful and the affluent."
Nitin Suresh, member of BharatMatrimony Privilege said, "This is a personal note to thank you for all your efforts in trying to get me the perfect match. I have been lucky enough to find a partner through BharatMatrimony Privilege service. I would like to say that your site is the best in the country. Your Relationship Manager has really put in sincere efforts in follow-ups. Wishing you all the very best for the future."
Those interested in this service can logon to www.privilegematrimony.com and get assisted matchmaking guidance for their life partner search. Free demo is also available across all major cities in India.
Consim Info wins Excellence Award, Murugavel Janakiraman bags Udyog Rattan Award
The Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi, one of the country's premier research institutes, conferred an Award for Excellence on India's leading Internet Company Consim Info Pvt Ltd, formerly known as BharatMatrimony, and the Udyog Rattan Award on its CEO Mr. Murugavel Janakiraman.
The award was presented at a seminar on `Indo Thai Economic Cooperation' held at Hotel Grand Sukhumvit Bangkok, by former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Mr Korn Dabbaransi.
The honor is in recognition of Murugavel Janakiraman's achievements in productivity, quality, innovation and management in the online business.
Murugavel Janakiraman is one of the youngest entrepreneurs in India who pioneered online matrimony and won the trust of millions across the globe in making way people approached matchmaking.
Murugavel Janakiraman, "I am delighted to have received two prestigious awards from the Institute of Economic Studies. Every award given to us makes us feel more determined to offer the best services."
Apart from the above, Consim has been the only Consumer Services Internet Company in India to have won the Red Herring Global 100 Award. Also, the company was awarded "Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India" by Deloitte in 2008 and 2009.
The Institute of Economic Studies confers the Udyog Rattan Award and Award for Excellence every year. IES was established by a group of economists, parliamentarians and industrialists in 1980.
Consim Info wins Excellence Award, Murugavel Janakiraman bags Udyog Rattan Award
The Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi, one of the country's premier research institutes, conferred an Award for Excellence on India's leading Internet Company Consim Info Pvt Ltd, formerly known as BharatMatrimony, and the Udyog Rattan Award on its CEO Mr. Murugavel Janakiraman.
The award was presented at a seminar on `Indo Thai Economic Cooperation' held at Hotel Grand Sukhumvit Bangkok, by former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Mr Korn Dabbaransi.
The honor is in recognition of Murugavel Janakiraman's achievements in productivity, quality, innovation and management in the online business.
Murugavel Janakiraman is one of the youngest entrepreneurs in India who pioneered online matrimony and won the trust of millions across the globe in making way people approached matchmaking.
Murugavel Janakiraman, "I am delighted to have received two prestigious awards from the Institute of Economic Studies. Every award given to us makes us feel more determined to offer the best services."
Apart from the above, Consim has been the only Consumer Services Internet Company in India to have won the Red Herring Global 100 Award. Also, the company was awarded "Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India" by Deloitte in 2008 and 2009.
The Institute of Economic Studies confers the Udyog Rattan Award and Award for Excellence every year. IES was established by a group of economists, parliamentarians and industrialists in 1980.
Consim Info wins Excellence Award, Murugavel Janakiraman bags Udyog Rattan Award
The Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi, one of the country's premier research institutes, conferred an Award for Excellence on India's leading Internet Company Consim Info Pvt Ltd, formerly known as BharatMatrimony, and the Udyog Rattan Award on its CEO Mr. Murugavel Janakiraman.
The award was presented at a seminar on `Indo Thai Economic Cooperation' held at Hotel Grand Sukhumvit Bangkok, by former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Mr Korn Dabbaransi.
The honor is in recognition of Murugavel Janakiraman's achievements in productivity, quality, innovation and management in the online business.
Murugavel Janakiraman is one of the youngest entrepreneurs in India who pioneered online matrimony and won the trust of millions across the globe in making way people approached matchmaking.
Murugavel Janakiraman, "I am delighted to have received two prestigious awards from the Institute of Economic Studies. Every award given to us makes us feel more determined to offer the best services."
Apart from the above, Consim has been the only Consumer Services Internet Company in India to have won the Red Herring Global 100 Award. Also, the company was awarded "Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India" by Deloitte in 2008 and 2009.
The Institute of Economic Studies confers the Udyog Rattan Award and Award for Excellence every year. IES was established by a group of economists, parliamentarians and industrialists in 1980.
PrivilegeMatrimony.com - Personalised Matchmaking Service
PrivilegeMatrimony.com is an assisted matchmaking service from BharatMatrimony. While this service was earlier offered as an add-on package, a growing customer base and their increasing needs prompted us to extend it to an exclusive service that reaches out to a wider audience. The service is targeted at busy professionals who do not have the time to do their own partner search and also to those who prefer to hire an expert in the field to find them suitable matches. View website
BharatMatrimony redefines traditional matchmaking with PrivilegeMatrimony.com
Chennai, 2nd March 2010: An Assisted Matchmaking service pioneered by BharatMatrimony.com, India's most trusted and No.1 matrimony brand from the Consim Group was launched today under the brand name PrivilegeMatrimony.com. While this service was earlier offered as an add-on package, a growing customer base and their increasing needs prompted us to extend it to an exclusive service that reaches out to a wider audience.
The service is targeted at busy professionals who do not have the time to do their own partner search and also to those who prefer to hire an expert in the field to find them suitable matches. People who opt for this service will be assigned an exclusive Relationship Manager who is highly trained in all aspects of matchmaking.
The Relationship Manager spends time with the member understanding his/her needs and will find suitable matches for the member. The service is 100% confidential and members can decide their own levels of privacy whether they want to contact prospects directly or they prefer the Relationship Manager to do the first round of talks. The key advantage of this service is that the member can directly get in touch with the Relationship Manager and work closely till a good alliance is finalized.
Commenting on the launch of PrivilegeMatrimony.com, Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO & Founder, BharatMatrimony.com and the Consim Group said, "We always keep abreast with the changing times and foresee the customer's needs. At the same time we do not lose sight of tradition, values and customs that are part and parcel of the Indian way of life. PrivilegeMatrimony will bridge the gap between the old and the new and will be the answer to busy singles, parents, the successful and the affluent."
Nitin Suresh, member of BharatMatrimony Privilege said, "This is a personal note to thank you for all your efforts in trying to get me the perfect match. I have been lucky enough to find a partner through BharatMatrimony Privilege service. I would like to say that your site is the best in the country. Your Relationship Manager has really put in sincere efforts in follow-ups. Wishing you all the very best for the future."
Those interested in this service can logon to www.privilegematrimony.com and get assisted matchmaking guidance for their life partner search. Free demo is also available across all major cities in India.
About BharatMatrimony.com
BharatMatrimony.com world's first & largest matrimonial website pioneered the concept of online matchmaking since 1997 and continues to be the indomitable leader in the matrimony space. The company has created a strong foothold in the matrimony category through its innovative features and technological advancements. Today, `matrimony' as a word is synonymous with BharatMatrimony and it has become a place for people serious about seeking a life partner.
BharatMatrimony.com has earned the trust of more than 20 million members worldwide and has been recognized by Limca Book of Records, the Indian equivalent of Guinness Book of records, for record number of documented marriages online. The company has been profiled in NASSCOM's Showcase of Innovation Book 2006 & 2007; the book showcases the top 100 IT innovators in our country. BharatMatrimony pioneered and recently launched EliteMatrimony.com - an exclusive matrimony website for the super-rich, celebrities, royalty and the who's who of society. For more information, log on to www.bharatmatrimony.com
Consim Info Pvt. Ltd (Formerly known as BharatMatrimony) has been recognized for the prestigious Deloitte award `Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009' & `Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India' in 2008. Also Consim recently bagged 2 awards with Red Herring - Red Herring Global 100 Award & Red Herring 100 Asia Award.
BharatMatrimony redefines traditional matchmaking with PrivilegeMatrimony.com
Mar 03, 2010 - Chennai: An Assisted Matchmaking service pioneered by BharatMatrimony.com, India's most trusted and No.1 matrimony brand from the Consim Group was launched today under the brand name PrivilegeMatrimony.com. While this service was earlier offered as an add-on package, a growing customer base and their increasing needs prompted us to extend it to an exclusive service that reaches out to a wider audience.
The service is targeted at busy professionals who do not have the time to do their own partner search and also to those who prefer to hire an expert in the field to find them suitable matches. People who opt for this service will be assigned an exclusive Relationship Manager who is highly trained in all aspects of matchmaking.
The Relationship Manager spends time with the member understanding his/her needs and will find suitable matches for the member. The service is 100% confidential and members can decide their own levels of privacy whether they want to contact prospects directly or they prefer the Relationship Manager to do the first round of talks. The key advantage of this service is that the member can directly get in touch with the Relationship Manager and work closely till a good alliance is finalized.
Commenting on the launch of PrivilegeMatrimony.com, Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO & Founder, BharatMatrimony.com and the Consim Group said, "We always keep abreast with the changing times and foresee the customer's needs. At the same time we do not lose sight of tradition, values and customs that are part and parcel of the Indian way of life. PrivilegeMatrimony will bridge the gap between the old and the new and will be the answer to busy singles, parents, the successful and the affluent."
Nitin Suresh, member of BharatMatrimony Privilege said, "This is a personal note to thank you for all your efforts in trying to get me the perfect match. I have been lucky enough to find a partner through BharatMatrimony Privilege service. I would like to say that your site is the best in the country. Your Relationship Manager has really put in sincere efforts in follow-ups. Wishing you all the very best for the future."
Those interested in this service can logon to www.privilegematrimony.com and get assisted matchmaking guidance for their life partner search. Free demo is also available across all major cities in India.
About BharatMatrimony.com
BharatMatrimony.com world's first & largest matrimonial website pioneered the concept of online matchmaking since 1997 and continues to be the indomitable leader in the matrimony space. The company has created a strong foothold in the matrimony category through its innovative features and technological advancements. Today, `matrimony' as a word is synonymous with BharatMatrimony and it has become a place for people serious about seeking a life partner.
BharatMatrimony.com has earned the trust of more than 20 million members worldwide and has been recognized by Limca Book of Records, the Indian equivalent of Guinness Book of records, for record number of documented marriages online. The company has been profiled in NASSCOM's Showcase of Innovation Book 2006 & 2007; the book showcases the top 100 IT innovators in our country. BharatMatrimony pioneered and recently launched EliteMatrimony.com - an exclusive matrimony website for the super-rich, celebrities, royalty and the who's who of society. For more information, log on to www.bharatmatrimony.com
Consim Info Pvt. Ltd (Formerly known as BharatMatrimony) has been recognized for the prestigious Deloitte award 'Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009' & 'Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India' in 2008. Also Consim recently bagged 2 awards with Red Herring - Red Herring Global 100 Award & Red Herring 100 Asia Award.
BharatMatrimony redefines traditional matchmaking with PrivilegeMatrimony.com
Chennai, 2nd March 2010: An Assisted Matchmaking service pioneered by BharatMatrimony.com, India's most trusted and No.1 matrimony brand from the Consim Group was launched today under the brand name PrivilegeMatrimony.com. While this service was earlier offered as an add-on package, a growing customer base and their increasing needs prompted us to extend it to an exclusive service that reaches out to a wider audience.
The service is targeted at busy professionals who do not have the time to do their own partner search and also to those who prefer to hire an expert in the field to find them suitable matches. People who opt for this service will be assigned an exclusive Relationship Manager who is highly trained in all aspects of matchmaking.
The Relationship Manager spends time with the member understanding his/her needs and will find suitable matches for the member. The service is 100% confidential and members can decide their own levels of privacy whether they want to contact prospects directly or they prefer the Relationship Manager to do the first round of talks. The key advantage of this service is that the member can directly get in touch with the Relationship Manager and work closely till a good alliance is finalized.
Commenting on the launch of PrivilegeMatrimony.com, Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO & Founder, BharatMatrimony.com and the Consim Group said, "We always keep abreast with the changing times and foresee the customer's needs. At the same time we do not lose sight of tradition, values and customs that are part and parcel of the Indian way of life. PrivilegeMatrimony will bridge the gap between the old and the new and will be the answer to busy singles, parents, the successful and the affluent."
Nitin Suresh, member of BharatMatrimony Privilege said, "This is a personal note to thank you for all your efforts in trying to get me the perfect match. I have been lucky enough to find a partner through BharatMatrimony Privilege service. I would like to say that your site is the best in the country. Your Relationship Manager has really put in sincere efforts in follow-ups. Wishing you all the very best for the future."
Those interested in this service can logon to www.privilegematrimony.com and get assisted matchmaking guidance for their life partner search. Free demo is also available across all major cities in India.
About BharatMatrimony.com
BharatMatrimony.com world's first & largest matrimonial website pioneered the concept of online matchmaking since 1997 and continues to be the indomitable leader in the matrimony space. The company has created a strong foothold in the matrimony category through its innovative features and technological advancements. Today, `matrimony' as a word is synonymous with BharatMatrimony and it has become a place for people serious about seeking a life partner.
BharatMatrimony.com has earned the trust of more than 20 million members worldwide and has been recognized by Limca Book of Records, the Indian equivalent of Guinness Book of records, for record number of documented marriages online. The company has been profiled in NASSCOM's Showcase of Innovation Book 2006 & 2007; the book showcases the top 100 IT innovators in our country. BharatMatrimony pioneered and recently launched EliteMatrimony.com - an exclusive matrimony website for the super-rich, celebrities, royalty and the who's who of society. For more information, log on to www.bharatmatrimony.com
Consim Info Pvt. Ltd (Formerly known as BharatMatrimony) has been recognized for the prestigious Deloitte award 'Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009' & `Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India' in 2008. Also Consim recently bagged 2 awards with Red Herring - Red Herring Global 100 Award & Red Herring 100 Asia Award.
Free matrimony site for differently-abled
Chennai: A matrimonial site for people with special needs was launched on Tuesday, on the eve of the 13th anniver-sary celebrations of Bharat Matrimony here. AbilityMat-rimony.com will connect the differently-abled members and help them avail the services of the website. Mu-rugavel Janakiraman, found-er & CEO, BharatMatrimony, said that it was an exclusive and free service for people with special needs.ens
Bharat Matrimony site for differently-abled
Leading matrimonial website Bharat Matrimony launched an online platform that will exclusively cater to the physically-challenged. The platform - abilitymatrimony.Com - will be available free of cost, company officials said. "The company decided to launch the exclusive online platform for the differently-abled with a view to make it easier for those who are willing to marry them to find such people," Bharat Matrimony Founder and CEO Murugavel Janakiraman said.
Now, a matnmony.com for differently-abled
BY REETIKA SUBRAMANSAN
MUMBAI
ON Wednesday, it was deja vu for renowned danseuse-actor Sudha Chandran, who was the Chief Guest at the launch of 'AbilityMatrimony.com'-a website aimed at finding the differently-abled, prospective suitors at the 'ideal marriage-able age'. Sudha, who lost her right leg in a freak accident at a ten-der age of 17 reminisced the 'darkest phase of her life1."Finding an eligible suitor for me became an ordeal for my parents," sighed Sudha, who had all the attributes of an ideal bride including good looks, talent and intelligence; but yet, faced rejection from prospective grooms, the minute they noticed her 'phys-ical disability'. This 'rejection' affected her not just emotion-ally, but also resulted in fire-works within her family. How-ever, Sudha eventually found her match in Ravi Dang, an assistant director, whom she married at the age of 30. Based on Mayuri's life story, AbilityMatrimony.com is an endeavour aiming to be the change in the lives of the many who are stuck in the same situ-ation. "The idea behind this website is well thought of, con-sidering that a 'physical hand-icap' is too superficial an issue to handicap the future of peo-ple with special needs," said Murugavel lanakiraman, CEO and founder of BharatMatri-mony and the sister portal, AbilityMatrimony.com. "We are also inviting people who are 'normal' and are willing to see their partners beyond the physical differences, to post their profiles on the website" he added. "This is in an attempt to tieat the different people as equals and not mere sequels,"he claimed. While reminiscing the 'darkest phase of her life', Sudha claimed that the acci-dent was in a way a blessing for her because she would've been just one amongst the million dancers had it not hap-pened. "But dancing with the Jaipur foot makes me one of a kind," she said. "We come in this life with a purpose. I am glad that I have been given the opportunity to be a ray of inspiration to not only the dis-abled but also the able," said Sudha, the real-life heroine.
Bharat Matrimony launches exclusive site for differently-abled
The platform - abilitymatrimony.com - will be available free of cost, company officials said.
Bharat Matrimony launches exclusive site for differently-abled
Leading matrimonial website Bharat Matrimony on Wednesday launched an online platform that will exclusively cater to the physically challenged.
The platform, abilitymatrimony.com, will be available free of cost, company officials said.
"The company decided to launch the exclusive online platform for the differently-abled with a view to make it easier for those who are willing to marry them to find such people," Bharat Matrimony Founder and CEO Murugavel Janakiraman told reporters here.
"This is a socially responsible corporate move to facilitate marriages in all sections of the society. This move will change the attitude of the society towards the social rights of differently-abled persons," he said.
Nearly one lakh people tie the knot every year through Bharat Matrimony. Till now, nearly 20 lakh people have got married through the website, Janakiraman said.
Bharat Matrimony, which enjoys a market share of 50 per cent, has 1,000 employees operating from around 70 offices across the country, he said.
Bharat Matrimony launches exclusive site for differently-abled
The platform – abilitymatrimony.com – will be available free of cost, company officials said.
Bharat Matrimony launches separate portal for differently-abled
And now a separate portal providing free matrimony services for differently-abled people.
The matrimonial website BharatMatrimony today launched ''abilitymatrimony.com'', an exclusive matrimony service for people with special needs.
The new portal in aimed at connecting its differently-abled members on a common platform and those willing to marry them are also welcome to become a member and avail the services.
''As a socially responsible corporate, Bharat Matrimony is committed to making marriages happen for all sections of the society,'' its Founder and CEO Murugavel Janakiraman told reporters here today.
Cavincare CMD C K Ranganathan launched the special portal for the differently-abled people and said people of normal capability should demonstrate inclusiveness by marrying the differently-abled persons.
He lauded BharatMatrimony for standing tall by going beyond commercial benefits and rise to the need of the social cause.
Welcoming the initiative, Tamil Nadu Association for the Welfare of the Physically Handicapped said this gesture by BharatMatrimony showed that it recognised the need for equal and full participation of the differently-abled in social life.
''This move will change the attitudinal barriers of the society against the social rights of the differently-abled persons,'' he said, adding this move by BharatMatrimony was the first step by a private player in the country after the ratification in the 2007 UNCRPD convention in which India was one of the signatories.
BharatMatrimony launches AbilityMatrimony.com for differently-abled people
On the eve of Matrimony Day and BharatMatrimony 13th Anniversary Celebrations, we are happy to announce the launch of AbilityMatrimony.com, an exclusive matrimony service for people with special needs.
AbilityMatrimony.com aspires to connect its differently-abled members on a common platform. Those willing to marry them are also welcome to become a member and avail the services.
Speaking on the occasion of the launch, Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO BharatMatrimony said, "BharatMatrimony.com is a socially responsible corporate committed to making marriages happen for all sections of society through its services. We believe that by having an exclusive free service for people with special needs, more people will join and avail the services."
CK Ranganathan, CMD, CavinKare Pvt. Ltd. said, "I am delighted to see Bharatmatrimony.com has recognized the need for a special site for the differently-abled people. I wish more people of normal capability demonstrate inclusiveness by marrying the differently abled persons. I am happy to see Bharatmatrimony is standing tall by going beyond commercial benefit and rise to the need of the social cause."
T.A.P. Varadakutti, State President of Tamilnadu Association for the Welfare of The Physically Handicapped says "I am glad BharatMatrimony is launching AbilityMatrimony.com an exclusive website for free matrimonial services to the differently abled. It shows --BharatMatrimony recognises the need for equal and full participation of the differently abled in social life. This move will definitely change the attitudinal barriers of the society against the social rights of the differently abled persons. It is in consonance with the Un Convention on the Rights of persons with disabilities (UNCRPD) to which our India was among the first countries who ratified the convention in Oct 2007 to promote respect for their inherent dignity and empower them in mainstreaming and making them as an integral part of the SOCIETY. The move by BharatMatrimony is the first step by any private players in the country after the UNCRPD convention. Thanks and best wishes."
BharatMatrimony Launches Matrimony Site For Differently-Abled - Good Initiative
While ive never been much of a fan of Bharatmatrimony's caste based website strategy (i.e. tamilmatrimony, telegumatrimony and so on) for reasons purely moral where I personally don't like marriages being decided by caste and find it very divisive in an already diverse country. But nonetheless this works for India as lot of people still want to marry within their caste as the first preference and a special site for them works and hence the strategy works for Bharatmatrimony.
abilitymatrimony
But on their 13th anniversary Bharatmatrimony has launched what may be called a noble initiative in Abilitymatrimony.com. This new matrimony site as the name suggests is targetted at those individuals who are differently abled and are looking for a life partner. This initiative is an exclusive and free matrimony service for people with special needs.
While the initiative is quite noble I do hope its taken ahead as a serious initiative and not just leveraged as a PR activity. The reason Im blogging about this is because I support this cause. I believe in an unfair world we need to be a little fair to those to whom god has been unfair.
Also Its my way of encouraging bharatmatrimony to support this cause wholeheartedly. Good initiative is what I have to say.
Consim Info launches AbilityMatrimony.com for people with special needs
Consim Info (formerly BharatMatrimony group) has launched AbilityMatrimony.com, an exclusive matrimony service for people with special needs. According to the company, AbilityMatrimony.com aspires to connect its differently-abled members on a common platform. The website will also allow others willing to marry such people to become a member and avail the services.
Murugavel Janakiraman, founder and CEO, BharatMatrimony, has said, "BharatMatrimony.com is a socially responsible corporate committed to making marriages happen for all sections of society through its services. We believe that by having an exclusive free service for people with special needs, more people will join and avail the services."
"I am glad BharatMatrimony is launching AbilityMatrimony.com, an exclusive website for free matrimonial services to the differently-abled," TAP Varadakutti, state president, Tamil Nadu Association for the Welfare of the Physically Handicapped, has said. "This move will definitely change the attitudinal barriers of the society against the social rights of the differently-abled persons."
BharatMatrimony launches AbilityMatrimony.com
On the eve of Matrimony Day and BharatMatrimony 13th Anniversary Celebrations, we are happy to announce the launch of AbilityMatrimony.com, an exclusive matrimony service for people with special needs.
AbilityMatrimony.com aspires to connect its differently-abled members on a common platform. Those willing to marry them are also welcome to become a member and avail the services.
Speaking on the occasion of the launch, Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO BharatMatrimony said, "BharatMatrimony.com is a socially responsible corporate committed to making marriages happen for all sections of society through its services. We believe that by having an exclusive free service for people with special needs, more people will join and avail the services."
CK Ranganathan, CMD, CavinKare Pvt. Ltd. said "I am delighted to see Bharatmatrimony.com has recognized the need for a special site for the differently-abled people. I wish more people of normal capability demonstrate inclusiveness by marrying the differently abled persons. I am happy to see Bharatmatrimony is standing tall by going beyond commercial benefit and rise to the need of the social cause."
T.A.P. Varadakutti, State President of Tamilnadu Association for the Welfare of The Physically Handicapped says "I am glad BharatMatrimony is launching AbilityMatrimony.com an exclusive website for free matrimonial services to the differently abled. It shows --BharatMatrimony recognises the need for equal and full participation of the differently abled in social life. This move will definitely change the attitudinal barriers of the society against the social rights of the differently abled persons. It is in consonance with the Un Convention on the Rights of persons with disabilities (UNCRPD) to which our India was among the first countries who ratified the convention in Oct 2007 to promote respect for their inherent dignity and empower them in mainstreaming and making them as an integral part of the SOCIETY. The move by BharatMatrimony is the first step by any private players in the country after the UNCRPD convention. Thanks and best wishes."
BharatMatrimony.com world's first & largest matrimonial website pioneered the concept of online matchmaking since 1997 and continues to be the indomitable leader in the matrimony space. Today, `matrimony' as a word is synonymous with BharatMatrimony and it has become a place for people serious about seeking a life partner.
BharatMatrimony.com has earned the trust of more than 20 million members worldwide and has been recognized by Limca Book of Records, the Indian equivalent of Guinness Book of records, for record number of documented marriages online. The company has been profiled in NASSCOM's Showcase of Innovation Book 2006 & 2007; the book showcases the top 100 IT innovators in our country. BharatMatrimony pioneered and recently launched EliteMatrimony.com - an exclusive matrimony website for the super-rich, celebrities, royalty and the who's who of society. For more information, log on to www.bharatmatrimony.com
BharatMatrimony launches separate portal for differently-abled
The matrimonial website BharatMatrimony today launched ''abilitymatrimony.com'', an exclusive matrimony service for people with special needs.
The new portal in aimed at connecting its differently-abled members on a common platform and those willing to marry them are also welcome to become a member and avail the services.
''As a socially responsible corporate, Bharat Matrimony is committed to making marriages happen for all sections of the society,'' its Founder and CEO Murugavel Janakiraman told reporters here today.
Cavincare CMD C K Ranganathan launched the special portal for the differently-abled people and said people of normal capability should demonstrate inclusiveness by marrying the differently-abled persons.
He lauded BharatMatrimony for standing tall by going beyond commercial benefits and rise to the need of the social cause.
Welcoming the initiative, Tamil Nadu Association for the Welfare of the Physically Handicapped said this gesture by BharatMatrimony showed that it recognised the need for equal and full participation of the differently-abled in social life.
''This move will change the attitudinal barriers of the society against the social rights of the differently-abled persons,'' he said, adding this move by BharatMatrimony was the first step by a private player in the country after the ratification in the 2007 UNCRPD convention in which India was one of the signatories.
BharatMatrimony launches separate portal for differently-abled
And now a separate portal providing free matrimony services for differently-abled people. The matrimonial website BharatMatrimony today launched ''abilitymatrimony.com'', an exclusive matrimony service for people with special needs.
The new portal in aimed at connecting its differently-abled members on a common platform and those willing to marry them are also welcome to become a member and avail the services.
''As a socially responsible corporate, Bharat Matrimony is committed to making marriages happen for all sections of the society,'' its Founder and CEO Murugavel Janakiraman told reporters here today. Cavincare CMD C K Ranganathan launched the special portal for the differently-abled people and said people of normal capability should demonstrate inclusiveness by marrying the differently-abled persons.
He lauded BharatMatrimony for standing tall by going beyond commercial benefits and rise to the need of the social cause.
Welcoming the initiative, Tamil Nadu Association for the Welfare of the Physically Handicapped said this gesture by BharatMatrimony showed that it recognised the need for equal and full participation of the differently-abled in social life.
''This move will change the attitudinal barriers of the society against the social rights of the differently-abled persons,'' he said, adding this move by BharatMatrimony was the first step by a private player in the country after the ratification in the 2007 UNCRPD convention in which India was one of the signatories.
BharatMatrimony launches exclusive site for differently-abled
Leading matrimonial website Bharat Matrimony today launched an online platform that will exclusively cater to the physically challenged.
The platform - abilitymatrimony.com -will be available free of cost, company officials said.
"The company decided to launch the exclusive online platform for the differently-abled with a view to make it easier for those who are willing to marry them to find such people," Bharat Matrimony Founder and CEO Murugavel Janakiraman told reporters here.
"This is a socially responsible corporate move to facilitate marriages in all sections of the society. This move will change the attitude of the society towards the social rights of differently-abled persons," he said.
Nearly one lakh people tie the knot every year through Bharat Matrimony. Till now, nearly 20 lakh people have got married through the website, Janakiraman said.
Bharat Matrimony, which enjoys a market share of 50 per cent, has 1,000 employees operating from around 70 offices across the country, he said.
BharatMatrimony launches AbilityMatrimony.com
On the eve of Matrimony Day and BharatMatrimony 13th Anniversary Celebrations, we are happy to announce the launch of AbilityMatrimony.com, an exclusive matrimony service for people with special needs. AbilityMatrimony.com aspires to connect its differently-abled members on a common platform. Those willing to marry them are also welcome to become a member and avail the services.
Speaking on the occasion of the launch, Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO BharatMatrimony said, "BharatMatrimony.com is a socially responsible corporate committed to making marriages happen for all sections of society through its services. We believe that by having an exclusive free service for people with special needs, more people will join and avail the services."
CK Ranganathan, CMD, CavinKare Pvt. Ltd. said "I am delighted to see Bharatmatrimony.com has recognized the need for a special site for the differently-abled people. I wish more people of normal capability demonstrate inclusiveness by marrying the differently abled persons. I am happy to see Bharatmatrimony is standing tall by going beyond commercial benefit and rise to the need of the social cause."
T.A.P. Varadakutti, State President of Tamilnadu Association for the Welfare of The Physically Handicapped says "I am glad BharatMatrimony is launching AbilityMatrimony.com an exclusive website for free matrimonial services to the differently abled. It shows --BharatMatrimony recognises the need for equal and full participation of the differently abled in social life. This move will definitely change the attitudinal barriers of the society against the social rights of the differently abled persons. It is in consonance with the Un Convention on the Rights of persons with disabilities (UNCRPD) to which our India was among the first countries who ratified the convention in Oct 2007 to promote respect for their inherent dignity and empower them in mainstreaming and making them as an integral part of the SOCIETY. The move by BharatMatrimony is the first step by any private players in the country after the UNCRPD convention. Thanks and best wishes." BharatMatrimony.com world's first & largest matrimonial website pioneered the concept of online matchmaking since 1997 and continues to be the indomitable leader in the matrimony space. Today, `matrimony' as a word is synonymous with BharatMatrimony and it has become a place for people serious about seeking a life partner.
BharatMatrimony.com has earned the trust of more than 20 million members worldwide and has been recognized by Limca Book of Records, the Indian equivalent of Guinness Book of records, for record number of documented marriages online. The company has been profiled in NASSCOM's Showcase of Innovation Book 2006 & 2007; the book showcases the top 100 IT innovators in our country. BharatMatrimony pioneered and recently launched EliteMatrimony.com - an exclusive matrimony website for the super-rich, celebrities, royalty and the who's who of society. For more information, log on to www.bharatmatrimony.com
BharatMatrimony launches AbilityMatrimony.com for differently-abled people
On the eve of Matrimony Day and BharatMatrimony 13th Anniversary Celebrations, we are happy to announce the launch of AbilityMatrimony.com, an exclusive free matrimony service for people with special needs.
AbilityMatrimony.com aspires to connect its differently-abled members on a common platform. Those willing to marry them are also welcome to become a member and avail the services.
Speaking on the occasion of the launch, Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO BharatMatrimony said, "BharatMatrimony.com is a socially responsible corporate committed to making marriages happen for all sections of society through its services. We believe that by having an exclusive free service for people with special needs, more people will join and avail the services."
CK Ranganathan, CMD, CavinKare Pvt. Ltd. said "I am delighted to see Bharatmatrimony.com has recognized the need for a special site for the differently-abled people. I wish more people of normal capability demonstrate inclusiveness by marrying the differently abled persons. I am happy to see Bharatmatrimony is standing tall by going beyond commercial benefit and rise to the need of the social cause."
T.A.P. Varadakutti, State President of Tamilnadu Association for the Welfare of The Physically Handicapped says "I am glad BharatMatrimony is launching AbilityMatrimony.com an exclusive website for free matrimonial services to the differently abled. It shows --BharatMatrimony recognises the need for equal and full participation of the differently abled in social life. This move will definitely change the attitudinal barriers of the society against the social rights of the differently abled persons. It is in consonance with the Un Convention on the Rights of persons with disabilities (UNCRPD) to which our India was among the first countries who ratified the convention in Oct 2007 to promote respect for their inherent dignity and empower them in mainstreaming and making them as an integral part of the SOCIETY. The move by BharatMatrimony is the first step by any private players in the country after the UNCRPD convention. Thanks and best wishes."
About BharatMatrimony.com
BharatMatrimony.com world's first & largest matrimonial website pioneered the concept of online matchmaking since 1997 and continues to be the indomitable leader in the matrimony space. The company has created a strong foothold in the matrimony category through its innovative features and technological advancements. Today, 'matrimony' as a word is synonymous with BharatMatrimony and it has become a place for people serious about seeking a life partner.
BharatMatrimony.com has earned the trust of more than 20 million members worldwide and has been recognized by Limca Book of Records, the Indian equivalent of Guinness Book of records, for record number of documented marriages online. The company has been profiled in NASSCOM's Showcase of Innovation Book 2006 & 2007; the book showcases the top 100 IT innovators in our country. BharatMatrimony pioneered and recently launched EliteMatrimony.com - an exclusive matrimony website for the super-rich, celebrities, royalty and the who's who of society. For more information, log on to www.bharatmatrimony.com
Consim Info Pvt. Ltd (Formerly known as BharatMatrimony) has been recognized for the prestigious Deloitte award 'Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009' & 'fastest growing 50 technology companies in India' in 2008. Also Consim recently bagged 2 awards with Red Herring - Red Herring Global 100 Award & Red Herring 100 Asia Award.
BharatMatrimony launches AbilityMatrimony.com for differently-abled people
On the eve of Matrimony Day and BharatMatrimony 13th Anniversary Celebrations, we are happy to announce the launch of AbilityMatrimony.com, an exclusive matrimony service for people with special needs.
AbilityMatrimony.com aspires to connect its differently-abled members on a common platform. Those willing to marry them are also welcome to become a member and avail the services.
Speaking on the occasion of the launch, Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO BharatMatrimony said, "BharatMatrimony.com is a socially responsible corporate committed to making marriages happen for all sections of society through its services. We believe that by having an exclusive free service for people with special needs, more people will join and avail the services."
CK Ranganathan, CMD, CavinKare Pvt. Ltd. said, "I am delighted to see Bharatmatrimony.com has recognized the need for a special site for the differently-abled people. I wish more people of normal capability demonstrate inclusiveness by marrying the differently abled persons. I am happy to see Bharatmatrimony is standing tall by going beyond commercial benefit and rise to the need of the social cause."
T.A.P. Varadakutti, State President of Tamilnadu Association for the Welfare of The Physically Handicapped says "I am glad BharatMatrimony is launching AbilityMatrimony.com an exclusive website for free matrimonial services to the differently abled. It shows --BharatMatrimony recognises the need for equal and full participation of the differently abled in social life. This move will definitely change the attitudinal barriers of the society against the social rights of the differently abled persons. It is in consonance with the Un Convention on the Rights of persons with disabilities (UNCRPD) to which our India was among the first countries who ratified the convention in Oct 2007 to promote respect for their inherent dignity and empower them in mainstreaming and making them as an integral part of the SOCIETY. The move by BharatMatrimony is the first step by any private players in the country after the UNCRPD convention. Thanks and best wishes."
BharatMatrimony Launches Site For The Differently Abled; On Segmentation
Consim Info, the promoters of BharatMatrimony.com have launched a matrimonial site targeting differently-abled people. While this is a free service and may be seen as a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, Consim Info is monetising the portal by running ads: I noticed an ad for Botox, apart from internal ads for IndiaProperty.com
BharatMatrimony has over 250 websites targeting different Indian segments - communities and castes. What would perhaps be a category within a single matrimonial website, the company has created a new website for it, targeting people who want to marry within their own caste, religion or community. It makes sense for a new entrant in the space like, for example SecondShaadi.com (see disclosure below) to try and corner a segment and then consider expanding into others, but why is Consim Info segmenting? Perhaps, it is land-grab: taking ownership of segments before others do it.
Readers might recall that BharatMatrimony had taken competitors Shaadi.com, SimplyMarry and JeevanSathi to court, along with Google India, over Google advertising on keywords that it claimed to have trademarked. The company had also won the domain name Tamilmatrimony.co.in in a trademark battle.
BharatMatrimony launches exclusive site for differently-abled
Leading matrimonial website BharatMatrimony on Wednesday launched an online platform that will exclusively cater to the physically challenged.
The platform, abilitymatrimony.com, will be available free of cost, company officials said.
"The company decided to launch the exclusive online platform for the differently-abled with a view to make it easier for those who are willing to marry them to find such people," BharatMatrimony Founder and CEO Murugavel Janakiraman told reporters here.
"This is a socially responsible corporate move to facilitate marriages in all sections of the society. This move will change the attitude of the society towards the social rights of differently-abled persons," he said.
Nearly one lakh people tie the knot every year through BharatMatrimony. Till now, nearly 20 lakh people have got married through the website, Janakiraman said.
BharatMatrimony, which enjoys a market share of 50 per cent, has 1,000 employees operating from around 70 offices across the country, he said.
Matrimony Website for Physically Challenged www.abilitymatrimony.com
Matrimonial website BharatMatrimony has launched an exclusive website for the physically challenged.
The website can be accessed at www.abilitymatrimony.com and will be available free of cost, company officials said.
Ability Matrimony is for people having various kinds of special needs like physically impaired, mobility impaired, hemiplegic, spinal impairment, vision impaired, learning disabled, hearing impaired, quadriplegic, paraplegic and much more.
BharatMatrimony Launches Site For The Differently Abled; On Segmentation
Consim Info, the promoters of BharatMatrimony.com have launched a matrimonial site targeting differently-abled people. While this is a free service and may be seen as a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, Consim Info is monetising the portal by running ads: I noticed an ad for Botox, apart from internal ads for IndiaProperty.com
BharatMatrimony has over 250 websites targeting different Indian segments - communities and castes. What would perhaps be a category within a single matrimonial website, the company has created a new website for it, targeting people who want to marry within their own caste, religion or community. It makes sense for a new entrant in the space like, for example SecondShaadi.com (see disclosure below) to try and corner a segment and then consider expanding into others, but why is Consim Info segmenting? Perhaps, it is land-grab: taking ownership of segments before others do it.
Readers might recall that BharatMatrimony had taken competitors Shaadi.com, SimplyMarry and JeevanSathi to court, along with Google India, over Google advertising on keywords that it claimed to have trademarked. The company had also won the domain name Tamilmatrimony.co.in in a trademark battle.
Matrimony Website for Physically Challenged www.abilitymatrimony.com
website BharatMatrimonyhas launched an exclusive website for the physically challenged.The website can be accessed at www.abilitymatrimony.comand will be available free of cost, company officials Ability Matrimony is for people having various kinds of special needs like physically impaired, mobility impaired, hemiplegic, spinal impairment, vision impaired, learning disabled, hearing impaired, quadriplegic, paraplegic and much more.
BharatMatrimony Launches Matrimony Site
For Differently-Abled - Good Initiative
While ive never been much of a fan of Bharatmatrimony's caste based website strategy (i.e. tamilmatrimony, telegumatrimony and so on) for reasons purely moral where I personally don't like marriages being decided by caste and find it very divisive in an already diverse country. But nonetheless this works for India as lot of people still want to marry within their caste as the first preference and a special site for them works and hence the strategy works for Bharatmatrimony.But on their 13th anniversary Bharatmatrimony has launched what may be called a noble initiative in Abilitymatrimony.com. This new matrimony site as the name suggests is targetted at those individuals who are differently abled and are looking for a life partner. This initiative is an exclusive and free matrimony service for people with special needs.
While the initiative is quite noble I do hope its taken ahead as a serious initiative and not just leveraged as a PR activity. The reason Im blogging about this is because I support this cause. I believe in an unfair world we need to be a little fair to those to whom god has been unfair.
BharatMatrimony Launches Site For The
Differently Abled; On Segmentation
Consim Info, the promoters of BharatMatrimony.com have launched a matrimonial site targeting differently-abled people. While this is a free service and may be seen as a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, Consim Info is monetising the portal by running ads: I noticed an ad for Botox, apart from internal ads for IndiaProperty.com.
BharatMatrimony has over 250 websites targeting different Indian segments - communities and castes. What would perhaps be a category within a single matrimonial website, the company has created a new website for it, targeting people who want to marry within their own caste, religion or community. It makes sense for a new entrant in the space like, for example SecondShaadi.com (see disclosure below) to try and corner a segment and then consider expanding into others, but why is Consim Info segmenting? Perhaps, it is land-grab: taking ownership of segments before others do it.
Readers might recall that BharatMatrimony had taken competitors Shaadi.com, SimplyMarry and JeevanSathi to court, along with Google India, over Google advertising on keywords that it claimed to have trademarked. The company had also won the domain name Tamilmatrimony.co.in in a trademark battle
BharatMatrimony launches exclusive site for differently-abled
Leading matrimonial website BharatMatrimony today launched an online platform that will exclusively cater to the physically challenged.
The platform - abilitymatrimony.com -will be available free of cost, company officials said.
"The company decided to launch the exclusive online platform for the differently-abled with a view to make it easier for those who are willing to marry them to find such people," BharatMatrimony Founder and CEO Murugavel Janakiraman told reporters here.
"This is a socially responsible corporate move to facilitate marriages in all sections of the society. This move will change the attitude of the society towards the social rights of differently-abled persons," he said.
Nearly one lakh people tie the knot every year through BharatMatrimony. Till now, nearly 20 lakh people have got married through the website, Janakiraman said.
BharatMatrimony, which enjoys a market share of 50 per cent, has 1,000 employees operating from around 70 offices across the country, he said.
BharatMatrimony launches exclusive site for differently-abled
Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO of BharatMatrimony.
Leading matrimonial website BharatMatrimony on Wednesday launched an online platform that will exclusively cater to the physically challenged.
The platform, abilitymatrimony.com, will be available free of cost, company officials said.
"The company decided to launch the exclusive online platform for the differently-abled with a view to make it easier for those who are willing to marry them to find such people," BharatMatrimony Founder and CEO Murugavel Janakiraman told reporters here.
"This is a socially responsible corporate move to facilitate marriages in all sections of the society. This move will change the attitude of the society towards the social rights of differently-abled persons," he said.
Nearly one lakh people tie the knot every year through BharatMatrimony. Till now, nearly 20 lakh people have got married through the website, Janakiraman said.
BharatMatrimony, which enjoys a market share of 50 per cent, has 1,000 employees operating from around 70 offices across the country, he said.
BharatMatrimony launches website for differently-abled
Matrimonial website BharatMatrimony on Wednesday launched an online platform that will exclusively cater to the physically challenged.
The platform - abilitymatrimony.com - will be available free of cost, company officials said.
"The company decided to launch the exclusive online platform for the differently-abled with a view to make it easier for those who are willing to marry them to find such people," BharatMatrimony Founder and CEO Mr Murugavel Janakiraman told reporters he re.
"This is a socially responsible corporate move to facilitate marriages in all sections of the society. This move will change the attitude of the society towards the social rights of differently-abled persons," he said.
Nearly one lakh people tie the knot every year through BharatMatrimony. Till now, nearly 20 lakh people have got married through the website, Mr Janakiraman said.
BharatMatrimony, which enjoys a market share of 50 per cent, has 1,000 employees operating from around 70 offices across the country, he said.
BharatMatrimony launches exclusive site for differently-abled
Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO of BharatMatrimony.
Leading matrimonial website BharatMatrimony on Wednesday launched an online platform that will exclusively cater to the physically challenged.
The platform, abilitymatrimony.com, will be available free of cost, company officials said.
"The company decided to launch the exclusive online platform for the differently-abled with a view to make it easier for those who are willing to marry them to find such people," BharatMatrimony Founder and CEO Murugavel Janakiraman told reporters here.
"This is a socially responsible corporate move to facilitate marriages in all sections of the society. This move will change the attitude of the society towards the social rights of ifferently-abled persons," he said.
Nearly one lakh people tie the knot every year through BharatMatrimony. Till now, nearly 20 lakh people have got married through the website, Janakiraman said.
BharatMatrimony, which enjoys a market share of 50 per cent, has 1,000 employees operating from around 70 offices across the country, he said.
BharatMatrimony Launches Site For The
Differently Abled; On Segmentation
Consim Info, the promoters of BharatMatrimony.com have launched a matrimonial site targeting differently-abled people. While this is a free service and may be seen as a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, Consim Info is monetising the portal by running ads: I noticed an ad for Botox, apart from internal ads for IndiaProperty.com.
BharatMatrimony has over 250 websites targeting different Indian segments - communities and castes. What would perhaps be a category within a single matrimonial website, the company has created a new website for it, targeting people who want to marry within their own caste, religion or community. It makes sense for a new entrant in the space like, for example SecondShaadi.com (see disclosure below) to try and corner a segment and then consider expanding into others, but why is Consim Info segmenting? Perhaps, it is land-grab: taking ownership of segments before others do it.
Readers might recall that BharatMatrimony had taken competitors Shaadi.com, SimplyMarry and JeevanSathi to court, along with Google India, over Google advertising on keywords that it claimed to have trademarked. The company had also won the domain name Tamilmatrimony.co.in in a trademark battle
Sheetal Dhanak of an NGO
Sheetal Dhanak of an NGO, Well-known dancer & Bollywood actor Sudha Chandran and Murugavel J. at the eve of "Matrimony Day" & BharatMatrimony's 13th anniversary Celebrations to announce the launch of AbilityMatrimony.com, an exclusive matrimony service for people with special needs, in Mumbai on Wednesday.UNI PHOTO-114U
Well-known dancer & Bollywood actor Sudha Chandran at the eve of "Matrimony Day" & BharatMatrimony's 13th anniversary celebrations
Well-known dancer & Bollywood actor Sudha Chandran at the eve of "Matrimony Day" & BharatMatrimony's 13th anniversary celebrations to announce the launch of AbilityMatrimony.com, an exclusive matrimony service for people with special needs, in Mumbai today.UNI PHOTO-112U
BharatMatrimony launches AbilityMatrimony.com
BharatMatrimony launches AbilityMatrimony.com
Free Matrimony Site for People with Special Needs
Chennai, April 13th, 2010: On the eve of Matrimony Day and BharatMatrimony 13th Anniversary Celebrations, we are happy to announce the launch of AbilityMatrimony.com an exclusive matrimony service for people with special needs.
AbilityMatrimony.com aspires to connect its differently abled members on a common platform. Those willing to marry them are also welcome to become a member and avail the services.
Speaking on the occasion of the launch Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO BharatMatrimony said BharatMatrimony.com is a socially responsible corporate committed to making marriages happen for all sections of society through its services. We believe that by having an exclusive free service for people with special needs, more people will join and avail the services.
CK Ranganathan CMD CavinKare Pvt. Ltd. said I am delighted to see Bharatmatrimony.com has recognized the need for a special site for the differently abled people. I wish more people of normal capability demonstrate inclusiveness by marrying the differently abled persons. I am happy to see Bharatmatrimony is standing tall by going beyond commercial benefit and rise to the need of the social cause.
T.A.P. Varadakutti, State President of Tamilnadu Association for the Welfare of The Physically Handicapped says I am glad BharatMatrimony is launching AbilityMatrimony.com an exclusive website for free matrimonial services to the differently abled. It shows BharatMatrimony recognises the need for equal and full participation of the differently abled in social life. This move will definitely change the attitudinal barriers of the society against the social rights of the differently abled persons. It is in consonance with the Un Convention on the Rights of persons with disabilities (UNCRPD) to which our India was among the first countries who ratified the convention in Oct 2007 to promote respect for their inherent dignity and empower them in mainstreaming and making them as an integral part of the SOCIETY. The move by BharatMatrimony is the first step by any private players in the country after the UNCRPD convention. Thanks and best wishes.
ClickJobs overtakes competition to become No.1 in Job listings.
ClickJobs.com, the disruptive job portal from Consim (BharatMatrimony) has helped it move ahead of competition to have highest job postings. The new disruptive business model has helped the job portal to become the No.1 portal in the job listings category in the country.
Perched at the top position, Clickjobs significantly reduces the recruitment cost by proving cost effective hiring solutions. ClickJobs business model mainly thrives on allowing employers to post jobs for free and also allows employers to access millions of resumes and pay only for the resumes that interest them. This is sharp contrast to the model employed by other job portals where they charge huge subscription fee. This new approach helped ClickJobs surging ahead of the other players in the job portal space, namely Naukri, MonsterIndia and TimesJobs, the portal lists the highest number of unique jobs.ClickJobs also shares the portion of revenue earned to the job seekers which has helped to attract long tail of job seekers who are not present with any other job portal. Revenue sharing with job seekers combined with highest job postings helped ClickJobs traffic to surge over 35% in the last 3 months making it as the fastest growing job portal in India.
Poised on the brink of making further inroads into job market, the CEO and Founder of ClickJobs.com Mr. Murugavel Janakiraman, said, "We're now poised to create more path-breaking possibilities, the ClickJobs' success story is the perfect example of the triumph of sheer perseverance. By remaining constantly focused on our primary goal-to effectively bridge the people-opportunities divide; the portal has now once again proved that getting ahead principally hinges on the quick and effectual meeting of users' unique needs and expectations, more than anything else."
The sun is back
Joseph M. George, 31, and Sussan Thomas, 29, were going to walk the aisle in April.Although the two Bangalore-based information technology (IT) professionals had been seeing each other for three-and-a-half years, they had to postpone their marriage by about a year.The reason was obvious: Global meltdown that hit the IT industry in 2008-09. "My increment got delayed, I was forced to take compulsory leave and pay cuts as projects didn't kick off," George said."I had purchased a premium flat then and we needed money to pay the loan, buy furniture and other things."Now, the marriage plan has been revived, as some of the biggest IT firms in India announced optimistic results for the January-March 2010 quarter. Projects are getting cleared and compulsory leaves and salary cuts have ended."Some of the big Indian IT firms have entered into mega deals in the last one year," said Kumar Parakala, global head of sourcing with consulting firm KPMG.
"While the number of contracts they have entered into has declined, the value of contracts has increased by 47 per cent in the Americas and by 10 per cent in Europe."For the January-March 2010 quarter, revenues of TCS, Infosys, Wipro and HCL grew at 7.9 per cent, 5.5 per cent, 8 per cent and 7.5 per cent, respectively, over January-March 2009.Parakala said although growth at the moment is uneven, this is driving demand. The top four IT firms of India get 50 to 60 per cent of their revenue from the US."The domestic IT/BPO market should reach $15 billion by the end of this year growing at 12 per cent. Next fiscal, it could grow at 15-17 per cent reaching $17.5 billion," he said.Hiring, splurging spreeAnd with new contracts safely in the bag and revenues rising, companies such as TCS, Infosys and Wipro plan to do fresh hires.
At the peak of the slowdown, there were hiring freeze and deferred salary hikes. "Wipro announced out-of-routine salary hikes in February after 18 months," said Pratik Kumar, executive vice-president, human resources, Wipro.TCS has already made 20,000 campus offers for 2011. Infosys plans to recruit 30,000 this year."We are spending $134 million (on wage hikes), the largest in the history of the Indian IT industry, unless someone makes a superior claim," said Mohandas Pai, director, human resources, education and research, and administration, Infosys.
The attrition rate, too, seems to have increased. In the January-March 2009 quarter, 3,163 employees left Infosys. The figure for January-March 2010 quarter was, however, 70 per cent higher at 5,399.The attrition rate at Wipro in January-March 2010 in their global-IT services division was 17.1 per cent - all of which was voluntary.The trickle-down"Even small and medium IT firms have started hiring," said Devesh Updhyaya, director, iQuest Consultants, a Noida-based job placement firm. "There has been a 50 per cent increase in hiring in IT since this time last year."Staffing firm TeamLease in its employment outlook survey for April-June 2010 said IT would be among the top hirers in this quarter.
The non-resident Indian (NRI) community, too, is taking interest in the Indian IT job market. Online portal astroyogi.com, which answers astrological queries, claims NRIs are looking for IT jobs in India."Since January 2010, queries by NRIs for jobs in India have increased by 27 per cent. And 15 per cent of these have been for IT jobs," said Meena Kapoor, founder and chief executive officer, Netway India, which owns astroyogi.com.Good life industryBefore the slowdown, the IT sector had become symbolic of the aspirations of India's middle class. And for a city like Bangalore, whose growth is driven by the IT industry, the sector's revival has fuelled the growth of other sectors, such as realty, hospitality and even marriage.
"The revival of the IT sector has led to an increase in demand and prices of all kinds of property, including the premium segment, which showed a slump of 8-10 per cent last year," said D. Sriniwasan, chief executive officer, Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (Karnataka), the apex body for private real estate developers in India.Back on railsGeorge, who was struggling to repay his house loan a few months a go, moved into his new home, fitted with a modular kitchen, an LCD TV, new furniture and latest amenities."During the slowdown, some companies I dealt with decided to give up premium accommodations they rented out for their employees and clients," said Virendra Achara, 44, a real-estate agent in Gurgaon, where several IT/BPO firms have their offices.
"In the last two-three months, at least five BPO companies have got in touch, looking for rented premium apartments again." With 80 per cent of tourists to Bangalore being business travellers, the hotel occupancy rates have increased by 10-30 per cent, after dropping by 27 per cent between 2008 and 2009.And it seems that George might not be the only IT professional getting married soon."The demand for IT professionals (in the marriage market) has picked up," said Murugavel Janakiraman, founder and chief executive officer Bharat Matrimony.Post script: George and Thomas got married on May 2 in Kerala. The couple is going to Gangtok for honeymoon.
Websites giving second marriages a fillip
Life deserves a second chance, more so when it comes to marriage and trying to meet the demand of those keen on walking down the altar again are matrimonial websites which offer specialised services.There are a growing number of people keen on tying the knot again but this time with better judgement, prudence, discretion and a lot of help from matrimonial portals."We are seeing a growing demand of people who are looking for a spouse the second time over. We have one to two second marriages happening through our site every week", says Vivek Pahwa, CEO, Secondshaadi.Com, which claims to have around 1.5 lakh members and sees a monthly addition between 5,000 to 10,000. "There is a growing openness about second marriages" says Gourav Rakshit, Business Head, Shaadi.Com, which has 10 per cent of its business coming from the second marriage market and sees a monthly addition of 10,000 registrations.With the divorce rate increasing in the country and the fact that much of these divorcees were young (28-32), there had been a favourable tilt towards second marriages, says Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO - Consim Info Pvt Ltd (Bharat Matrimony), which has registrations of 45,000 divorcees.
"Divorcees believe there is a worthy married life even after one bitter experience. Society also no longer views divorce as taboo", says Murugavel.It is not just young divorcees who want wedding bells to ring again. There are also many who believe in 'better late than never' philosophy. According to Rakshit, their site receives profiles of those 35 plus never married, but who are open to the idea of tying the knot to a divorcee.Widows and widowers looking for companionship also form part of the demand market. A small chunk also comprises the elderly 50 plus category. "We recently had a case of 76-year-old tying knot with a 63-year-old woman", says Rakshit.
Saying `I do' again: Websites giving second marriages a fillip
Life deserves a second chance, more so when it comes to marriage and cashing in on this philosophy are more and more matrimonial websites which offer differentiated services to cater to the remarriage market.
There is a growing number of aspirants keen on walking down the altar for the second time and saying `I do' again, but this time with better judgement, prudence, discretion and a lot of hand-holding from matrimonial portals.
"We are seeing a growing demand of people who are looking out for a spouse the second time over. We have one to two second marriages happening through our site every week", says Vivek Pahwa, CEO, Secondshaadi.com, which claims to have around 1.5 lakh members and sees a monthly addition between 5,000 to 10,000.
"There is a growing openess about second marriages" says Gourav Rakshit, Business Head, Shaadi.com, which has 10 per cent of its business coming from the second marriage market and sees a monthly addition of 10,000 registrations.
With the divorce rate increasing in the country and the fact that much of these divorcees were young (28-32), there had been a favourable tilt to second marriages, says Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO Consim Info Pvt Ltd (Bharat Matrimony), which has registrations of 45,000 divorcees.
"Divorcees believe there is a worthy married life even after one bitter experience. Society also no longer views divorce as taboo", says Murugavel.
It is not just young divorcees who want wedding bells to ring again. There are also many who believe in 'better late than never' philosophy. According to Rakshit, their site receives profiles of those 35 plus never married, but who are open to the idea of tying the knot to a divorcee.
Web boost for 2nd marriages
Life deserves a second chance, more so when it comes to marriage and trying to meet the demand of those keen on walking down the altar again are matrimonial websites which offer specialised services.
There are a growing number of people keen on tying the knot again but this time with better judgement, prudence, discretion and a lot of help from matrimonial portals.
"We are seeing a growing demand of people who are looking for a spouse the second time over. We have one to two second marriages happening through our site every week", says Vivek Pahwa, CEO, Secondshaadi.com, which claims to have around 1.5 lakh members and sees a monthly addition between 5,000 to 10,000.
"There is a growing openness about second marriages" says Gourav Rakshit, Business Head, Shaadi.com, which has 10 per cent of its business coming from the second marriage market and sees a monthly addition of 10,000 registrations.
With the divorce rate increasing in the country and the fact that much of these divorcees were young (28-32), there had been a favourable tilt towards second marriages, says Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO - Consim Info Pvt Ltd (Bharat Matrimony), which has registrations of 45,000 divorcees.
"Divorcees believe there is a worthy married life even after one bitter experience. Society also no longer views divorce as taboo", says Murugavel.
It is not just young divorcees who want wedding bells to ring again. There are also many who believe in 'better late than never' philosophy. According to Rakshit, their site receives profiles of those 35 plus never married, but who are open to the idea of tying the knot to a divorcee.
Widows and widowers looking for companionship also form part of the demand market. A small chunk also comprises the elderly 50 plus category. "We recently had a case of 76-year-old tying knot with a 63-year-old woman", says Rakshit.
The portals say that Internet has become a preferred choice in terms of second marriages as they offer more options in terms of matching criteria. Also they ensure privacy and ability to communicate regularly, which helped couples understand their compatibility ratio.
Though the second marriage market appears more skewed to men, there is also a sizeable chunk of women. The ratio is roughly around 60-70 per cent of males vis a vis around 30-40 women. "But this is more to do with better Internet accessibility than other reasons", says Rakshit, a perception that is also echoed...
Websites give second marriages a fillip
Life deserves a second chance, more so when it comes to marriage and trying to meet the demand of those keen on walking down the altar again are matrimonial websites, which offer specialised services.
There are a growing number of people keen on tying the knot again but this time with better judgement, prudence, discretion and a lot of help from matrimonial portals.
"We are seeing a growing demand of people who are looking for a spouse the second time over. We have one to two second marriages happening through our site every week", says Vivek Pahwa, CEO, Secondshaadi.com, which claims to have around 1.5 lakh members and sees a monthly addition between 5,000 to 10,000.
"There is a growing openness about second marriages" says Gourav Rakshit, Business Head, Shaadi.com, which has 10 per cent of its business coming from the second marriage market and sees a monthly addition of 10,000 registrations.
With the divorce rate increasing in the country and the fact that much of these divorcees were young (28-32), there had been a favourable tilt towards second marriages, says Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO Consim Info Pvt Ltd (Bharat Matrimony), which has registrations of 45,000 divorcees.
"Divorcees believe there is a worthy married life even after one bitter experience. Society also no longer views divorce as taboo", says Murugavel. It is not just young divorcees who want wedding bells to ring again.
There are also many who believe in 'better late than never' philosophy. According to Rakshit, their site receives profiles of those 35 plus never married, but who are open to the idea of tying the knot to a divorcee.
Widows and widowers looking for companionship also form part of the demand market. A small chunk also comprises the elderly 50 plus category. "We recently had a case of 76-year-old tying knot with a 63-year-old woman", says Rakshit.
The portals say that Internet has become a preferred choice in terms of second marriages as they offer more options in terms of matching criteria. Also they ensure privacy and ability to communicate regularly, which helped couples understand their compatibility ratio.
Though the second marriage market appears more skewed to men, there is also a sizeable chunk of women. The ratio is roughly around 60-70 per cent of males vis-à-vis around 30-40 women.
"But this is more to do with better Internet accessibility than other reasons", says Rakshit, a perception that is also echoed by other players in the second marriage space. Among its NRI clients where Internet penetration was equal, "we have around 52-53 per cent females registered with us", he says.
Increased financial independence and education level has a lot to do with women looking out for a successful second innings in marriage. Though much of those registered are self users, there has been an increasing number of friends, siblings and even parents chipping in. "We have 25 per cent of registration happening through these", says Rakshit.
The family now understands that divorce is not the end and are supportive, adds Murugavel. The second marriage phenomenon is no longer restricted to being just a big-metro pheonomenon and is slowly expanding to Tier II cities and very slowly to Tier III cities as well.
"We have registration from over 500 cities in India [ Images ] alone. However, top five -- Mumbai [ Images ], Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi [ Images ] and Hyderabad -- account for about 40 per cent," says Murugavel. The traditional parameters of searching for "fair, good looking slim bride" and "rich handsome" bachelors are not strictly applicable in the second marriage market. "There is flexibility", says Murugavel.
"While there is more relaxation in terms of education, income etc.--family background appears more important. There is also the issue of emotional component. They are extra careful to avoid any mistake that they may have done in their first marriage and also discuss the compatibility level more", he adds.
Websites giving second marriages a fillip
Life deserves a second chance, more so when it comes to marriage and trying to meet the demand of those keen on walking down the altar again are matrimonial websites which offer specialised services.
There are a growing number of people keen on tying the knot again but this time with better judgement, prudence, discretion and a lot of help from matrimonial portals.
"We are seeing a growing demand of people who are looking for a spouse the second time over. We have one to two second marriages happening through our site every week", says Vivek Pahwa, CEO, Secondshaadi.Com, which claims to have around 1.5 lakh members and sees a monthly addition between 5,000 to 10,000.
"There is a growing openness about second marriages" says Gourav Rakshit, Business Head, Shaadi.Com, which has 10 per cent of its business coming from the second marriage market and sees a monthly addition of 10,000 registrations.
With the divorce rate increasing in the country and the fact that much of these divorcees were young (28-32), there had been a favourable tilt towards second marriages, says Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO - Consim Info Pvt Ltd (Bharat Matrimony), which has registrations of 45,000 divorcees.
"Divorcees believe there is a worthy married life even after one bitter experience. Society also no longer views divorce as taboo", says Murugavel.
It is not just young divorcees who want wedding bells to ring again. There are also many who believe in 'better late than never' philosophy. According to Rakshit, their site receives profiles of those 35 plus never married, but who are open to the idea of tying the knot to a divorcee.
Widows and widowers looking for companionship also form part of the demand market. A small chunk also comprises the elderly 50 plus category. "We recently had a case of 76-year-old tying knot with a 63-year-old woman", says Rakshit.
ClickJobs overtakes competition to become No.1 in Job listings
ClickJobs.com, the disruptive job portal from Consim (BharatMatrimony) has helped it move ahead of competition to have highest job postings. The new disruptive business model has helped the job portal to become the No.1 portal in the job listings category in the country.
Perched at the top position, Clickjobs significantly reduces the recruitment cost by proving cost effective hiring solutions. ClickJobs business model mainly thrives on allowing employers to post jobs for free and also allows employers to access millions of resumes and pay only for the resumes that interest them. This is sharp contrast to the model employed by other job portals where they charge huge subscription fee. This new approach helped ClickJobs surging ahead of the other players in the job portal space, namely Naukri, MonsterIndia and TimesJobs, the portal lists the highest number of unique jobs.
ClickJobs also shares the portion of revenue earned to the job seekers which has helped to attract long tail of job seekers who are not present with any other job portal. Revenue sharing with job seekers combined with highest job postings helped ClickJobs traffic to surge over 35% in the last 3 months making it as the fastest growing job portal in India.
Poised on the brink of making further inroads into job market, the CEO and Founder of ClickJobs.com Mr. Murugavel Janakiraman, said, "We're now poised to create more path-breaking possibilities, the ClickJobs' success story is the perfect example of the triumph of sheer perseverance. By remaining constantly focused on our primary goal-to effectively bridge the people-opportunities divide; the portal has now once again proved that getting ahead principally hinges on the quick and effectual meeting of users' unique needs and expectations, more than anything else."
About ClickJobs.com
ClickJobs.com, a part of Perspi Interactive Pvt Ltd (Subsidiary of Consim Info Pvt Ltd, which owns BharatMatrimony), was launched in August 2005 as a comprehensive recruitment portal. Headquartered in Chennai, the portal has now evolved to become a career and professional networking platform that offers unlimited opportunities for connecting and extending reach. Built to facilitate effective interactions by taking advantage of the new model, ClickJobs endeavors to broaden the career possibilities through networking and strives to give its users unlimited opportunities.
ClickJobs clicks well
ClickJobs.com, a job portal from Consim (BharatMat-rimony), has become the 'No.1 portal in job listings category in the country'.A press release said Click-Jobs business model mainly thrives on allowing employers to post jobs for free and also allows employers to access millions of resumes and pay only for the resumes that in-terest them.This is sharp contrast to the model employed by other job portals where they charge huge subscrip-tion fee. This new approach helped ClickJobs surging ahead of the other players in the job portal space.CEO and founder of ClickJobs.com Murugavel Janakiraman, said, 'We're now poised to create more path-breaking possibilities, the ClickJobs' success sto-ry is the perfect example of the triumph of sheer perse-verance.'
Web boost for 2nd marriages
Life deserves a second chance, more so when it comes to marriage and trying to meet the demand of those keen on walking down the altar again are matrimonial websites which offer specialised services.
There are a growing number of people keen on tying the knot again but this time with better judgement, prudence, discretion and a lot of help from matrimonial portals.
"We are seeing a growing demand of people who are looking for a spouse the second time over. We have one to two second marriages happening through our site every week", says Vivek Pahwa, CEO, Secondshaadi.com, which claims to have around 1.5 lakh members and sees a monthly addition between 5,000 to 10,000.
"There is a growing openness about second marriages" says Gourav Rakshit, Business Head Shaadi.com, which has 10 per cent of its business coming from the second marriage market and sees a monthly addition of 10,000 registrations.
With the divorce rate increasing in the country and the fact that much of these divorcees were young (28-32), there had been a favourable tilt towards second marriages, says Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO - Consim Info Pvt Ltd (Bharat Matrimony), which has registrations of 45,000 divorcees.
A Look At The Leading Online Portals For NRIs: JuxtConsult Report
JuxtConsult has conducted an online research "NRI Online 2010" between Feb-March 2010 among 1549 NRIs from US, Canada, UK, Western Europe (West-based), Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Africa, central and South America and South Asia.report
As per the survey BharatMatrimony.com was the Most Preferred Matrimonial Site among NRIs. 39% of the audience preferedBharatMatrimony.com for searching for their life partner online.TimesofIndia.com is awarded as most preferred business news portal among NRIs, followed by Economictimes.com. 27% user prefers TimesofIndia.com and 17% people visit Economictimes.com for online news update.For Shopping, NRIs first e-commerce choice is Indiatimes Shopping, around 19% of the total audience is looking for e-commerce services.Methodology of this survey User response has been collected using geographically targeted `contextual search ad campaign' on Google as well as from some country-specific online panels. They have taken into account NRI user online behaviour, internet usage, time spend on net and location of accessing internet.
Websites giving second marriages a fillip
Life deserves a second chance, more so when it comes to marriage -- and cashing in on this philosophy are more and more matrimonial websites which offer differentiated services to cater to the remarriage market.
There is a growing number of aspirants keen on walking down the altar for the second time and saying `I do' again, but this time with better judgement, prudence, discretion and a lot of hand-holding from matrimonial portals. "We are seeing a growing demand of people who are looking out for a spouse the second time over. We have one to two second marriages happening through our site every week", says Vivek Pahwa, CEO, Secondshaadi.com, which claims to have around 1..5 lakh members and sees a monthly addition between 5,000 to 10,000
"There is a growing openess about second marriages" says Gourav Rakshit, Business Head, Shaadi.com, which has 10 per cent of its business coming from the second marriage market and sees a monthly addition of 10,000 registrations. With the divorce rate increasing in the country and the fact that much of these divorcees were young (28-32), there had been a favourable tilt to second marriages, says Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO - Consim Info Pvt Ltd (Bharat Matrimony), which has registrations of 45,000 divorcees.
"Divorcees believe there is a worthy married life even after one bitter experience. Society also no longer views divorce as taboo", says Murugavel. It is not just young divorcees who want wedding bells to ring again. There are also many who believe in 'better late than never' philosophy. According to Rakshit, their site receives profiles of those 35 plus never married, but who are open to the idea of tying the knot to a divorcee.
Widows and widowers looking for companionship also form part of the demand market. A small chunk also comprises the elderly 50 plus category. "We recently had a case of 76-year-old tying knot with a 63-year-old woman", says Rakshit. The portals opine the Internet has become a preferred choice in terms of second marriages as they offered more options in terms of matching criteria. Also they ensure privacy and ability to communicate regularly, which helped couples understand their compatibility ratio.
Though the second marriage market appears more skewed to men, there is also a sizeable chunk of women. The ratio is roughly around 60-70 per cent of males vis a vis around 30-40 women. "But this more to do with better internet accessibility than other reasons", says Rakshit, a perception that is also echoed by other players in the second marriage space.
Among its NRI clients where internet penetration was equal, "we have around 52-53 per cent females registered with us", he says. Increased financial independence and education level had a lot to do with women looking out for a successful second innings in marriage. Though much of those registered are self users, there has been an increasing number of friends,siblings and even parents chipping in. "We have 25 per cent of registration happening through these", says Rakshit.
The family now understands that divorce is not the end and are supportive, adds Murugavel. The second marriage phenomenon is no longer restricted to being just a big-metro pheonomenon and is slowly expanding to Tier II cities and very slowly to Tier III cities as well.
"We have registration from over 500 cities in India [ Images ] alone.However, top five -- Mumbai [ Images ], Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi [ Images ] and Hyderabad -- account for about 40 per cent," says Murugavel. The traditional parameters of searching for "fair, good looking slim bride" and "rich handsome" bachelors are not strictly applicable in the second marriage market.
"There is flexibility", says Murugavel. "While there is more relaxation in terms of education, income etc.--family backround appears more important. There is also the issue of emotional component. They are extra careful to avoid any mistake that they may have done in their first marriage and also discuss the compatabililty level more", he adds.
Those opting for second marriages cut across economic strata and communities and educational background and is getting to be a pan-India pheonomena. Though religion is a criteria for many, caste fell more into the `preferred' category, but not essential. More imporant were matching values and compatibility ratio. Sensing a good business potential in the second marriage market, the portals have begun dedicated services catering to this section. Some like Shaadi.com have come up with specialised services like ensuring a detailed screening of candidates and verification of documents, says Rakshit.
Though most of the portals accept that end verification lay with the registered client,the initial process of matching preferences, educational backgrounds, age, community preferences, income backgrounds are taken care of by the portals and options are offered accordingly. "We provide the platform and suggest matches, criteria and get them in touch which prospective candidates. Then the clients take over", says Vivek.
It could be anywhere from three to six months for an alliance to end up into tying a knot. "We offer various models as per requirement. While the retail model offers personal meetings, the other models offer online meetings and verifications", he said. Though there is no clear data on the success rate of second marriages through websites, the current players are optimistic that the market is set to grow. Vivek says for players to survive,privacy and successfully running `personal meetings' and ensuring value-adds as per demand are important.
Websites give second marriages a fillip
Life deserves a second chance, more so when it comes to marriage and trying to meet the demand of those keen on walking down the altar again are matrimonial websites, which offer specialised services.
There are a growing number of people keen on tying the knot again but this time with better judgement, prudence, discretion and a lot of help from matrimonial portals.
"We are seeing a growing demand of people who are looking for a spouse the second time over. We have one to two second marriages happening through our site every week", says Vivek Pahwa, CEO, Secondshaadi.com, which claims to have around 1.5 lakh members and sees a monthly addition between 5,000 to 10,000.
"There is a growing openness about second marriages" says Gourav Rakshit, Business Head, Shaadi.com, which has 10 per cent of its business coming from the second marriage market and sees a monthly addition of 10,000 registrations.
With the divorce rate increasing in the country and the fact that much of these divorcees were young (28-32), there had been a favourable tilt towards second marriages, says Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO Consim Info Pvt Ltd (Bharat Matrimony), which has registrations of 45,000 divorcees.
"Divorcees believe there is a worthy married life even after one bitter experience. Society also no longer views divorce as taboo", says Murugavel. It is not just young divorcees who want wedding bells to ring again.
There are also many who believe in 'better late than never' philosophy. According to Rakshit, their site receives profiles of those 35 plus never married, but who are open to the idea of tying the knot to a divorcee.
Widows and widowers looking for companionship also form part of the demand market. A small chunk also comprises the elderly 50 plus category. "We recently had a case of 76-year-old tying knot with a 63-year-old woman", says Rakshit.
The portals say that Internet has become a preferred choice in terms of second marriages as they offer more options in terms of matching criteria. Also they ensure privacy and ability to communicate regularly, which helped couples understand their compatibility ratio.
Though the second marriage market appears more skewed to men, there is also a sizeable chunk of women. The ratio is roughly around 60-70 per cent of males vis-à-vis around 30-40 women.
"But this is more to do with better Internet accessibility than other reasons", says Rakshit, a perception that is also echoed by other players in the second marriage space. Among its NRI clients where Internet penetration was equal, "we have around 52-53 per cent females registered with us", he says.
Increased financial independence and education level has a lot to do with women looking out for a successful second innings in marriage. Though much of those registered are self users, there has been an increasing number of friends, siblings and even parents chipping in. "We have 25 per cent of registration happening through these", says Rakshit.
The family now understands that divorce is not the end and are supportive, adds Murugavel. The second marriage phenomenon is no longer restricted to being just a big-metro pheonomenon and is slowly expanding to Tier II cities and very slowly to Tier III cities as well.
"We have registration from over 500 cities in India alone. However, top five -- Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad -- account for about 40 per cent," says Murugavel. The traditional parameters of searching for "fair, good looking slim bride" and "rich handsome" bachelors are not strictly applicable in the second marriage market. "There is flexibility", says Murugavel.
"While there is more relaxation in terms of education, income etc.--family background appears more important. There is also the issue of emotional component. They are extra careful to avoid any mistake that they may have done in their first marriage and also discuss the compatibility level more", he adds.
Saying `I do' again: Websites giving second marriages a fillip
Life deserves a second chance, more so when it comes to marriage and trying to meet the demand of those keen on walking down the altar again are matrimonial websites which offer specialised services.
There are a growing number of people keen on tying the knot again but this time with better judgement, prudence, discretion and a lot of help from matrimonial portals.
"We are seeing a growing demand of people who are looking for a spouse the second time over. We have one to two second marriages happening through our site every week", says Vivek Pahwa, CEO, Secondshaadi.com, which claims to have around 1.5 lakh members and sees a monthly addition between 5,000 to 10,000.
"There is a growing openness about second marriages" says Gourav Rakshit, Business Head, Shaadi.com, which has 10 per cent of its business coming from the second marriage market and sees a monthly addition of 10,000 registrations.
With the divorce rate increasing in the country and the fact that much of these divorcees were young (28-32), there had been a favourable tilt towards second marriages, says Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO ? Consim Info Pvt Ltd (Bharat Matrimony), which has registrations of 45,000 divorcees.
"Divorcees believe there is a worthy married life even after one bitter experience. Society also no longer views divorce as taboo", says Murugavel.
It is not just young divorcees who want wedding bells to ring again. There are also many who believe in 'better late than never' philosophy. According to Rakshit, their site receives profiles of those 35 plus never married, but who are open to the idea of tying the knot to a divorcee.
Widows and widowers looking for companionship also form part of the demand market. A small chunk also comprises the elderly 50 plus category. "We recently had a case of 76-year-old tying knot with a 63-year-old woman", says Rakshit.
The portals say that Internet has become a preferred choice in terms of second marriages as they offer more options in terms of matching criteria. Also they ensure privacy and ability to communicate regularly, which helped couples understand their compatibility ratio.
Though the second marriage market appears more skewed to men, there is also a sizeable chunk of women. The ratio is roughly around 60-70 per cent of males vis a vis around 30-40 women. "But this is more to do with better Internet accessibility than other reasons", says Rakshit, a perception that is also echoed by other players in the second marriage space.
Among its NRI clients where Internet penetration was equal, "we have around 52-53 per cent females registered with us", he says.
Increased financial independence and education level has a lot to do with women looking out for a successful second innings in marriage. Though much of those registered are self users, there has been an increasing number of friends, siblings and even parents chipping in. "We have 25 per cent of registration happening through these", says Rakshit.
The family now understands that divorce is not the end and are supportive, adds Murugavel.
The second marriage phenomenon is no longer restricted to being just a big-metro pheonomenon and is slowly expanding to Tier II cities and very slowly to Tier III cities as well.
"We have registration from over 500 cities in India alone. However, top five -- Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad -- account for about 40 per cent," says Murugavel.
The traditional parameters of searching for "fair, good looking slim bride" and "rich handsome" bachelors are not strictly applicable in the second marriage market.
"There is flexibility", says Murugavel. "While there is more relaxation in terms of education, income etc.--family background appears more important. There is also the issue of emotional component. They are extra careful to avoid any mistake that they may have done in their first marriage and also discuss the compatibility level more", he adds.
Those opting for second marriages cut across economic strata and communities and educational background.
Though religion is a criteria for many, caste fell more into the preferred category, but not essential. More important were matching values and compatibility ratio.
Sensing a good business potential in the second marriage market, the portals have begun dedicated services catering to this section. Some like Shaadi.com have come up with specialised services like ensuring a detailed screening of candidates and verification of documents, says Rakshit.
Though most of the portals accept that end verification lay with the registered client, the initial process of matching preferences, educational backgrounds, age, community preferences, income backgrounds are taken care of by the portals and options are offered accordingly.
"We provide the platform and suggest matches, criteria and get them in touch which prospective candidates. Then the clients take over", says Vivek.
It could be anywhere from three to six months for an alliance to end up into tying a knot. "We offer various models as per requirement. While the retail model offers personal meetings, the other models offer online meetings and verifications", he said.
Though there is no clear data on the success rate of second marriages through websites, the current players are optimistic that the market is set to grow.
Vivek says for players to survive, privacy and ensuring value-adds as per demand are important.
Bharatmatrimony launching Tamilmatrimony office in Anna Nagar
TamilMatrimony, a part of BharatMatrimony, the Leading Matrimony Service in the country has opened office in Anna Nagar
Chennai, 22nd May 2010: Bharat Matrimony, No.1 Matrimony Brand, today announces the launch of TamilMatrimony office in Anna Nagar. The new office was inaugurated by Mr. Sathish Babu, Founder, Univercell. For over a decade TamilMatrimony has been serving the Tamil Community across the world over by helping people find their life partners in the most simplified and convenient way. The trust TamilMatrimony has earned these last few years has inspired it to reach out and serve more people and to bring the service closer to their homes.
TamilMatrimony offices will serve as a one-stop-solution for those seeking a life partner not just from the Tamil community but from any region, caste or community in India. TamilMatrimony is part of a larger service, BharatMatrimony that offers 15 Regional Matrimony Service covering all Indians.
At the offices customers will be guided by trained customer care team who will assist them in finding a suitable life partner. The service offered is as simple as 1. Walk-in at your convenience, 2. Get assisted 3. Walk-out with matching alliances. You could also avail other services like online packages and Privilege services.
Commenting on the launch Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder & CEO of BharatMatrimony said "We at BharatMatrimony understand the consumers need when it comes to finding marriage alliances and we strive to reach out far and wide to bring choices closer to people, choices they never had before. We are more than an online brand. The trust and success that we have earned has paved way to open offices across Tamilnadu. This new Anna Nagar office am sure will serve as a friendly neighborhood office offering comfort, convenience and privacy redefining the way a typical search for marriage alliance happens.
Tamil Matrimony opens office at Anna Nagar
Chennai, May 25: Bharat Matrimony has announced the launch of TamilMatrimony office in Anna Nagar in Chennai. The new office was inau-gurated by Sathish Babu, founder, Univercell.TamilMatrimony offices will serve as a one-stop-solution for those seeking a life partner not just from the Tamil community but from any region, caste or community in India.Murugavel Janakira-man, founder and CEO of BharatMatrimony said, The new Anna Nagar office, will serve as a friendly neigh-borhood office offering comfort, convenience and privacy, redefining the way a typical search for mar-riage alliance happens.'
BharatMatrimony launches exclusive website for Mangaliks
CommunityMatrimony.com a group of over 300 community based matrimony portals today announces the launch of ManglikMatrimony.com, an exclusive matrimony portal for Mangliks.In India, Mangliks find it very difficult to find a suitable match. It is a common belief that unless a Manglik marries another Manglik, the marriage will be a happy and healthy marriage. CommunityMatrimony hopes that by having an exclusive ManglikMatrimony site for these people, their needs will be addressed and they will be able to find a Manglik partner easily.
CommunityMatrimony.com believes that marriages within the same community are happier and long lasting. With this is mind CommunityMatrimony has launched exclusive matrimony portals for various communities including DivorceeMatrimony.com for the divorcee community. The community based matrimony portals bring likeminded people from the same community together and helps them find better matches.
Speaking on the occasion of the launch, Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO of CommunityMatrimony.com said "We want to provide service to the community and help all people including those with special needs effortlessly find their life partner. We hope ManglikMatrimony will benefit lakhs of Mangliks in India who face the challenge when it comes to finding a suitable life partner."
BharatMatrimony launches exclusive website for Mangaliks
BharatMatrimony launches exclusive website for Mangaliks
CommunityMatrimony.com a group of over 300 community based matrimony portals today announces the launch of ManglikMatrimony.com, an exclusive matrimony portal for Mangliks.
In India, Mangliks find it very difficult to find a suitable match. It is a common belief that unless a Manglik marries another Manglik, the marriage will be a happy and healthy marriage. CommunityMatrimony hopes that by having an exclusive ManglikMatrimony site for these people, their needs will be addressed and they will be able to find a Manglik partner easily.
CommunityMatrimony.com believes that marriages within the same community are happier and long lasting. With this is mind CommunityMatrimony has launched exclusive matrimony portals for various communities including DivorceeMatrimony.com for the divorcee community. The community based matrimony portals bring likeminded people from the same community together and helps them find better matches.
Speaking on the occasion of the launch, Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO of CommunityMatrimony.com said "We want to provide service to the community and help all people including those with special needs effortlessly find their life partner. We hope ManglikMatrimony will benefit lakhs of Mangliks in India who face the challenge when it comes to finding a suitable life partner."
BharatMatrimony's website for Mangaliks
Community Matrimony.com a group of over 300 community based matrimony portals has launched ManglikMatrimony.com, an exclusive matrimony portal for Mangliks.According to a press note, in India, Mangliks find it very difficult to find a suitable match. It is a common belief that only if a Manglik marries another Manglik, the marriage will be a happy one. CommunityMatrimony hopes that by having an exclusive ManglikMatrimony site, their needs will be addressed and they will be able to find a Manglik partner easily.
BharatMatrimony launches exclusive website for Mangaliks
CommunityMatrimony.com a group of over 300 community based matrimony portals today announces the launch of ManglikMatrimony.com, an exclusive matrimony portal for Mangliks.
BharatMatrimony launches exclusive website for Mangaliks
Pune 02 June 2010:CommunityMatrimony.com a group of over 300 community based matrimony portals today announces the launch of ManglikMatrimony.com, an exclusive matrimony portal for Mangliks.
In India, Mangliks find it very difficult to find a suitable match. It is a common belief that unless a Manglik marries another Manglik, the marriage will be a happy and healthy marriage. CommunityMatrimony hopes that by having an exclusive ManglikMatrimony site for these people, their needs will be addressed and they will be able to find a Manglik partner easily.
CommunityMatrimony.com believes that marriages within the same community are happier and long lasting. With this is mind CommunityMatrimony has launched exclusive matrimony portals for various communities including DivorceeMatrimony.com for the divorcee community. The community based matrimony portals bring likeminded people from the same community together and helps them find better matches.
Speaking on the occasion of the launch, Murugavel Janakiraman Founder & CEO of CommunityMatrimony.com said "We want to provide service to the community and help all people including those with special needs effortlessly find their life partner. We hope ManglikMatrimony will benefit lakhs of Mangliks in India who face the challenge when it comes to finding a suitable life partner."
About Consim Info Pvt. Ltd:
Consim Info Pvt ltd formerly known as BharatMatrimony Group is India's leading Internet Company established in 1997. The company has developed expertise and successful business models to provide an array of world-class services including Matrimony, Property, Automobile, Jobs and Listings. The company has been profiled in NASSCOM's Showcase of Innovation Book 2006 & 2007; the book showcases the top 100 IT innovators in our country. Consim is the only Internet Company to be awarded "Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India" by Deloitte. With over -----15 million users worldwide, the group has established itself as a leading player in the Indian Internet space. An expert in Matrimony space, understanding the needs of the consumers the company has 300+ matrimony sites.
BharatMatrimony launches exclusive matrimony site for Mangaliks
Consim Info, which claims to have over 300 matrimony sites including BharatMatrimony.com, has launched ManglikMatrimony.com, an exclusive matrimony portal for Mangliks. According to Consim, Mangliks find it very difficult to find a suitable match. It is a common belief that unless a Manglik marries another Manglik, the marriage won't be a happy and healthy marriage.
"We hope ManglikMatrimony will benefit lakhs of Mangliks in India who face the challenge when it comes to finding a suitable life partner," Murugavel Janakiraman, founder and CEO, Consim Info, has said, adding, "We want to provide service to the community and help all people including those with special needs effortlessly find their life partner."
Tamil Matrimony office launched in Anna Nagar
Bharat Matrimony launched its TamilMatrimony office in Anna Nagar, inaugurated by Mr. Sathish Babu, Founder, Univercell.
At the offices customers will be guided by trained customer care team who will assist them in finding a suitable life partner. You could also avail other services like online packages & Privilege services.
Commenting on the launch Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder & CEO of BharatMatrimony said "We are more than an online brand. The trust and success that we have earned , has paved way to open offices across Tamilnadu. This new Anna Nagar office, am sure will serve as a friendly neighborhood office offering comfort, convenience and privacy, redefining the way a typical search for marriage alliance happens."
Bharatmatrimony and Isha Foundation launch portal for greener India
As part of its social initiative, BharatMatrimony.com, India's leading matrimonial portal, in association with Project Green Hands of Isha Foundation has launched a new website BharatGreenHands.com that gives environmentally conscious individuals and companies the opportunity to plant trees online. The Portal was launched by Sadhguru, Founder of Isha Foundation.
BharatGreenHands, a social initiative from Consim Info Pvt. Ltd, is a concrete step in the direction of restoring environmental damage. Its objective is to plant more trees to strike the right balance between urbanization and the ecological systems. This is an opportunity for anyone to contribute towards bringing back the natural beauty of our country and restoring the ecological services thereby.
In this busy economic world, where many appreciate the need for planting trees but never find time to plant one and take care of it, Bharat Green Hands and Isha Foundation are joining hands to provide a solution. For each donation to plant a tree, you will receive
A map giving details where your tree is planted
An attractive thank u card
A window sticker
A certificate of your dedication.
Now, anyone can participate in planting as many trees, just by logging on to this portal. During the Inauguration of BharatGreenHands.com, Sadhguru said, "We can reverse the current environmental situation only if we could establish a culture of care for the environment. A significant transformation can happen only with the participation of large groups of volunteers."
Speaking on the occasion of the launch, Mr.Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder and CEO of Consim info Pvt Ltd. said, "We are delighted to join hands with Isha Foundation to make India greener. People can gift a tree for their birthday, anniversary, wedding day and any memorable day. With different kinds of package, people can pay through online and dedicate trees in memory of loved ones. We expect to plant one lakh trees in a span of six months and looking forward to expand our service in northern part of our country too. We are happy to announce that BharatGreenHands will plant a tree for every couple who gets married through BharatMatrimony".
Mr K. P. K. Kumaran, former Member of Parliament, who was present at the launch said, "Initiatives such as these go a long way in promoting greener and healthier living. More and more people should participate in greener activities such as planting trees online."
Project GreenHands, an inspiring ecological initiative of Isha Foundation, seeks to prevent and reverse environmental degradation and enable sustainable living. The project aims to create 10% additional green cover in Tamil Nadu.
About BharatGreenHands.com:
BharatMatrimony has taken social initiative to make greener India. BharatGreenHands is a social initiative from Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. in association with Project Green Hands an ecological initiative of Isha Foundation, a non-religious, non-profit, public service organization. BharatGreenHands aims to create an opportunity for individuals, groups, corporates, schools, colleges and communities to play a vital part in saving the environment by planting more trees and making India a green nation.
Bharatmatrimony and Isha Foundation launch portal for greener India
As part of its social initiative, BharatMatrimony.com, India's leading matrimonial portal, in association with Project Green Hands of Isha Foundation has launched a new website BharatGreenHands.com that gives environmentally conscious individuals and companies the opportunity to plant trees online. The Portal was launched by Sadhguru, Founder of Isha Foundation.
BharatGreenHands, a social initiative from Consim Info Pvt. Ltd, is a concrete step in the direction of restoring environmental damage. Its objective is to plant more trees to strike the right balance between urbanization and the ecological systems. This is an opportunity for anyone to contribute towards bringing back the natural beauty of our country and restoring the ecological services thereby.
In this busy economic world, where many appreciate the need for planting trees but never find time to plant one and take care of it, Bharat Green Hands and Isha Foundation are joining hands to provide a solution. For each donation to plant a tree, you will receive
A map giving details where your tree is planted
An attractive thank u card
A window sticker
A certificate of your dedication.
Now, anyone can participate in planting as many trees, just by logging on to this portal.
During the Inauguration of BharatGreenHands.com, Sadhguru said, "We can reverse the current environmental situation only if we could establish a culture of care for the environment. A significant transformation can happen only with the participation of large groups of volunteers."
Speaking on the occasion of the launch, Mr.Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder and CEO of Consim info Pvt Ltd. said, "We are delighted to join hands with Isha Foundation to make India greener. People can gift a tree for their birthday, anniversary, wedding day and any memorable day. With different kinds of package, people can pay through online and dedicate trees in memory of loved ones. We expect to plant one lakh trees in a span of six months and looking forward to expand our service in northern part of our country too. We are happy to announce that BharatGreenHands will plant a tree for every couple who gets married through BharatMatrimony".
Mr K. P. K. Kumaran, former Member of Parliament, who was present at the launch said, "Initiatives such as these go a long way in promoting greener and healthier living. More and more people should participate in greener activities such as planting trees online."
Project GreenHands, an inspiring ecological initiative of Isha Foundation, seeks to prevent and reverse environmental degradation and enable sustainable living. The project aims to create 10% additional green cover in Tamil Nadu.
About BharatGreenHands.com:
BharatMatrimony has taken social initiative to make greener India. BharatGreenHands is a social initiative from Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. in association with Project Green Hands an ecological initiative of Isha Foundation, a non-religious, non-profit, public service organization. BharatGreenHands aims to create an opportunity for individuals, groups, corporates, schools, colleges and communities to play a vital part in saving the environment by planting more trees and making India a green nation.
Joining hands for a cause
As part of its social initiative, BharatMatrimony.com, India's leading matrimonial portal, in association with Project Green Hands of Isha Foundation has launched a new website BharatGreenHands.com that gives environmentally conscious individuals and companies the opportunity to plant trees online. The portal was launched by Jaggi Vasudev, founder of Isha Foundation.
According to a press note, BharatGreenHands, a social initiative from Consim Info Pvt. Ltd, is a step in the direction of restoring environmental damage.
Consim Appoints Farook Mohamed Shamsudeen as International Business Head
Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. is glad to announce Farook Mohamed Shamsudeen as International Business Head who will operate out of New York, USA.
Farook holds an MBA from the US and comes with a boasting 17 years of experience in various fields including Sales, Marketing and Business Development with key expertise in Media and Communications.
His recent professional stint as Head of the South Asian Services was with EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH), a leading Pay-TV service provider in the US. He was responsible for driving the revenue stream of over $100 million and also played an active role in the marketing and growing of subscription for various South Asian TV channels.
Farook is well known and respected among the South Asian Media companies in North America and enjoys a strong reputation.
Commenting on his appointment, Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder & CEO, Consim Info Pvt. Ltd., said "Farook's appointment as International Business Head will strengthen our global operations and will help Consim scale up to newer heights."
Consim Info appoints Farook Mohamed Shamsudeen as International Business Head
Consim Info, formerly known as BharatMatrimony Group, has appointed Farook Mohamed Shamsudeen as international business head. He will operate out of New York. Prior to joining Consim Info, Shamsudeen was head of the South Asian services at EchoStar Communications, a Pay-TV service provider in US.
Farook Shamsudeen holds an MBA and comes with 17 years of experience in sales, marketing and business development. "Farook's appointment as international business head will strengthen our global operations and will help Consim scale up to newer heights," Murugavel Janakiraman, founder and CEO, Consim Info, has said.
Industry Moves: Narasimha Jayakumar Joins HS18; Farook Mohamed Shamsudeen Joins Consim Info
Narasimha Jayakumar, Business Head (Travel and Local) for Google India has left the company to join VP(E-Commerce) for Homeshop18, looking into all of HomeShop18's e-commerce initiatives, Jayakumar confirmed to MediaNama. Homeshop18 has an online shopping site and manages the e-commerce portal (Shop.in.com) for sister concern Web18. Jayakumar had been appointed Business Head (Travel and Local) for Google in 2008
He declined to comment on the state of Homeshop18's e-commerce business, and said it's too early to talk about plans. Google India confirmed is departure, and said that Jayakumar's responsibilities are currently being shared by other business heads.
Homeshop18 is primarily a TV shopping business, but it is facing competition from News Corp owned STAR CJ Networks. For the financial year 2009-10, HomeShop18 reported revenues of Rs. 5,091 crore, up from Rs. 2,270 crore the previous fiscal, claiming a 92% increase in orders executed, and a CRM base of 2 million customers.
Prior to joining Google, Jayakumar worked with Expedia Inc., Cendant Corporation, Tata Consultancy Services and IBM India amongst others, running the B2B client portfolio for the distribution business of Expedia Europe based out of London. He holds an MBA from the London Business School and a Bachelor of Technology Degree in Computer Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Surathkal.
*Farook Mohamed Shamsudeen has joined Consim Info (Bharatmatrimony) as International Business Head. Shamsudeen will operate out of New York, USA, and will help Consim Info scale its global operations. He was previously Head of the South Asian Services with EchoStar Communications Corporation, a Pay-TV service provider, and has 17 years of experience in various fields including Sales, Marketing and Business Development with key expertise in Media and Communications.
According to Consim Info, at EchoStar, Shamsudeen was responsible for driving the revenue stream of over $100 million and also played an active role in the marketing and growing of subscription for various South Asian TV channels.
Consim Appoints Farook Mohamed Shamsudeen as International Business Head
15th June 2010: Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. is glad to announce Farook Mohamed Shamsudeen as International Business Head who will operate out of New York, USA.
Farook holds an MBA from the US and comes with a boasting 17 years of experience in various fields including Sales, Marketing and Business Development with key expertise in Media and Communications.
His recent professional stint as Head of the South Asian Services was with EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH), a leading Pay-TV service provider in the US. He was responsible for driving the revenue stream of over $100 million and also played an active role in the marketing and growing of subscription for various South Asian TV channels.
Farook is well known and respected among the South Asian Media companies in North America and enjoys a strong reputation.
Commenting on his appointment, Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder & CEO, Consim Info Pvt. Ltd., said "Farook's appointment as International Business Head will strengthen our global operations and will help Consim scale up to newer heights."
About Consim Info Pvt. Ltd:
Consim Info Pvt ltd formerly known as BharatMatrimony Group is India's leading Internet Company established in 1997. The company has developed expertise and successful business models to provide an array of world-class services including Matrimony, Property, Automobile, Jobs and Listings. The company has been profiled in NASSCOM's Showcase of Innovation Book 2006 & 2007; the book showcases the top 100 IT innovators in our country. Consim is the only Internet Company to be awarded "Fastest growing 50 technology companies in India" by Deloitte. With over 15 million users worldwide, the group has established itself as a leading player in the Indian Internet space. An expert in Matrimony space, understanding the needs of the consumers the company has 300+ matrimony sites.
Online Matrimony Reaches Rural India - Bharat Matrimony and Srei Sahaj Announce Partnership
Srei Sahaj has tied-up with up Bharat Matrimony to enable matrimonial services on the Sahaj portal for rural audience. Srei Sahaj has ~12,000 Common Service Centers in 6 states through which it is already providing services like bill payment, railway reservations, data collection and survey, agricultural diagnostics etc.
The interested villager has to get himself registered by a Village Level Entrepreneur (VLE) on the Sahaj Portal to obtain a unique id and password which he can use to register himself on the Sahaj - Bharat Matrimony home page on the portal. The profile will be created in English.The basic registration is free and 2 upgrade packages priced at Rs.499 and Rs.999 are available. The offering might be seen as a sachet packing from Bharat Matrimony.An un-organised market of match makers already exist in rural India so this offering should make sense. Though the English language might be a barrier but VLE is incentivized enough (Rs. 45 + 10%) to provide assisted service
Srei Sahaj And Bharat Matrimony Bring Online Matrimony To Villages
Srei Sahaj e-Village Limited in collaboration with Bharat Matrimony has launched a new service that will bring the benefits of online matrimonial websites to rural villages.
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Srei Sahaj e-Village Limited is a subsidiary of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited which has been created under the Prime Minister Flagship National E Governance Plan. The objective of this organization is to bridge the digital divide between the rural and urban regions. It plans to do so by setting up Common Service Centres(CSCs) through selected states of India (Assam, Bihar, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal) and create a network of village level of entrepreneurs (VLEs). The digital services offered by these will be propogated in the villages through these VLEs.
Among the many services that Srei Sahaj has initiated in the rural villages, the newest service on the block is the online matrimonial website. The basic structure of the service currently is that the interested villager has to register himself on the Sahaj portal by approaching a VLE. He will obtain an id and password using which he will have to register himself on the Sahaj - Bharat Matrimony home page on the portal. The online profiles and procedures will be in English.
For verification of profiles, Bharat Matrimony will manually check the details of the profile and verify all the details put up via telecom. Bharat Matrimony has been coming up with many initiatives to enhance its user base and this is move to tap into the rural population of India. The online matrimony segment is a hot sector. To read up a recap of this space go here.
The cost structure has been designed such that the registration for the villager is free. Two packages will be offered to the villager after the registration stage. First package is a Sahaj BM Classic Membership package costing Rs. 499 for 3 months. Under this the villager will get phone numbers of 10 prospects on the BM site. The second package, Sahaj BM Classic Super Membership will cost Rs.999 for 6 months enabling access to 25 phone numbers. The incentive for a VLE to market the service among the villagers will be that he will receive Rs. 45 for every registration a commission of 10% on sale of a special package.
Srei Sahaj currently has 20,000 VLEs and is reaching out to 200 million rural people. It offers 30 services such as NREGA photograph, NREGA data collection, BSNL bill collection etc. It is planning to set up 28000 CSCs in Assam, Bihar, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
Amidst the several necessary services that these centres offer, it remains to be seen how the conservative rural areas of India will respond to putting up marriage-relevant information on the website and actually accept proposals generated online. Since there are no comprehensive statistics or studies conducted regarding the demand of online matrimony help in the match making process of villagers, it is difficult to estimate the rural demand for this service.
Yet the performance based incentives for VLEs surely is a constructive feature which will hopefully make the whole process of getting the rural citizenry into the digital loop efficient and effective.What do you think?
Bharat Matrimony's new TVC for Privilege Matrimony
The lack of time to find a life partner is the problem addressed by Bharat Matrimony's new commercial for their year-old service, Privilege Matrimony. Murugavel Janakiraman, chief executive officer of Bharat Matrimony, said, "For busy professionals and people at a senior level, including the parents, this service provides assisted matchmaking, where a relationship manager understands your requirement, matches profiles for you and helps you connect."
The commercial begins with two executives in a lift. As the lift doors open at a floor, a hand slips in and gives one of the executives an envelope with a woman's picture in it, as the other man looks intrigued. He gets even more curious as the mysterious hand gives his colleague a horoscope in the middle of a meeting, a coffee appointment through a fax machine, and a dinner meeting with the girl's parents over the cubicle wall. At the dinner, the colleague snoops around for the source of the hand at which point, the hand comes out of a bread basket and gives him the card for Privilege Matrimony.
With this ad, the company decided to "look at the masses", versus communicating through English publications, according to Janakiraman. Anantha Narayan, creative director of 1pointsize, the agency behind the commercial, added, "Bharat Matrimony is perceived as a south Indian portal. Hence, the brief was to create something with a pan India feel." The ad will air on English news, lifestyle and sports channels.
SREI Sahaj & Consim Tie-Up For For Rural Matrimony; Expensive; Job Portal Chaakri?
SREI Sahaj, the company setting up 28,000 broadband enabled Common Service Centers in rural India in a public-private partnership, has tied up matrimonial classifieds company Consim Info (BharatMatrimony.com). SREI has the mandate for setting up CSCs in the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa and Tamil Nadu. As of 31st May 2010, 79,043 CSC's had been rolled out in India (pdf), but it is unlikely that the government met its deadline of June 3oth for completing rollout, especially since some CSC licenses have been cancelled.A complete list of companies operating CSCs here. Spice Digital has a tie-up with CSC co Zoom Developers for mobile services.
Matrimonial Segmentation?
Now BharatMatrimony has over 250 matrimonial sites, segmented religion and region and community, and we wonder which of these sites will be made available through Chaakri. Segmentation could come in handy, so it's likely to be a new interface, with segments pertaining to the site highlighted. One change that Bharatmatrimony will have to make, given that many of these CSCs will reach out to communities in areas where English isnt the first or second language, is launch a language interface. How many people will want to use an assistant at a village to browse a matrimonial website in English? And is there a need for matrimonial sites in rural India?
Rural Plans: Expensive
Registration is free for the villager, and there is an incentive for the assistant / Village Level Entrepreneur (VLE), who gets Rs. 45 per registration, and a commission of 10% on every special package: Classic Membership at Rs. 499 for 3 months, and Classic Super Membership for 6 months is at Rs. 999. Now we'd sure like to know how BharatMatrimony arrived at that pricing, cause it does appear to be rather expensive. The other problem is that many people will be travelling long distances to visit CSCs, do one shouldn't expect regular usage these portals: perhaps they could have considered modified their offering to cover, say, a month of use spread across 3-6 months, and lowered the price further.
What About The Job Portal, Chaakri?
MediaNama readers might remember that SREI Sahaj had previously launched Chaakri.in, a job portal targeting rural India. Well, the domain registration for that expired on June 19th(Screenshot), and no one has bothered to renew it. So has it been junked? In response, a Sahaj spokesperson said that Chaakri will have a new interface, and there will be an announcement regarding that soon.
Now BharatMatrimony has over 250 matrimonial sites, segmented religion and region and community, and we wonder which of these sites will be made available through Chaakri. Segmentation could come in handy, so it's likely to be a new interface, with segments pertaining to the site highlighted. One change that Bharatmatrimony will have to make, given that many of these CSCs will reach out to communities in areas where English isnt the first or second language, is launch a language interface. How many people will want to use an assistant at a village to browse a matrimonial website in English? And is there a need for matrimonial sites in rural India
Rural Plans: Expensive
Registration is free for the villager, and there is an incentive for the assistant / Village Level Entrepreneur (VLE), who gets Rs. 45 per registration, and a commission of 10% on every special package: Classic Membership at Rs. 499 for 3 months, and Classic Super Membership for 6 months is at Rs. 999. Now we'd sure like to know how BharatMatrimony arrived at that pricing, cause it does appear to be rather expensive. The other problem is that many people will be travelling long distances to visit CSCs, do one shouldn't expect regular usage these portals: perhaps they could have considered modified their offering to cover, say, a month of use spread across 3-6 months, and lowered the price further.
What About The Job Portal, Chaakri?
MediaNama readers might remember that SREI Sahaj had previously launched Chaakri.in, a job portal targeting rural India. Well, the domain registration for that expired on June 19th(Screenshot), and no one has bothered to renew it. So has it been junked? In response, a Sahaj spokesperson said that Chaakri will have a new interface, and there will be an announcement regarding that soon.
Marriage at the marathon?
Onlookers gazed in amazement as a kill marriage ceremony took place at a corner of the marathon venue. Priests chanted prayers and went about the rituals of a proper Tamil wedding. But Shis was no ordinary wedding. "Shaktivel and I are already married," beamed Durga Devi, the bride, when questioned about the affair. "We both work for TamilMatrimony.com and this is just an advertising gimmick we came up with." Passersby, nonetheless, gave the couple encouraging thumbs-up signs and yelled out their congratulations. In fact, drummer Sivamani who took a stroll in that direction too was taken in and decided to film the couple on his-video camera.
TamilMatrimony organizes 'Thirumana Vaibhava Vizha' in Coimbatore
TamilMatrimony, a part of BharatMatrimony, India's most trusted matrimony portal with over 20 million members worldwide will be organizing 'Thirumana Vaibhava Vizha' - an exclusive matrimony alliance search for all members & non-members. The meet will be organized at Kumaran Kalyana Mandapam - Kovundapalayam, from 24th to 26th of September between 2pm and 7pm ( on 24th September only) and between 10am and 7pm on rest of the days.For over a decade, TamilMatrimony has been serving the Tamil Community in the state, country and world over by helping people find their life partners in the most simplified and convenient way. The trust TamilMatrimony has earned these last few years has inspired it to reach out and serve more people and to bring the service closer to their homes.
The vizha helps members & non- members to register with easy steps in any of 8 counters, and will also be provided matching profiles on the spot. Also, participants can get a free Astro consultation and sort out issues with the astrologer with regard to any dosham related in a marriage. Moreover, exclusive TamilMatrimony services will be provided for the members along with free Photo upload & horoscope generation on the spot (non members should bring photo and horoscope).In addition, free gifts and special discounts will be provided for all the packs for on spot payment and this exclusive event is for all communities.
BharatMatrimony launches voice messages
For the first time in the history of online matrimony, "Voice Messages" an all new feature has been introduced by BharatMatrimony, the No.1 Matrimony Portal for Indians across the world.
Members can now connect through Voice and exchange messages without revealing their phone number. The best part is that members can send messages without ringing the other person's phone and interrupting their personal space. Voice Messaging adds that personal touch and is perfect for members who like to express their feelings vocally.
This service is available to BharatMatrimony members worldwide. Members can record a voice message and send it to potential matches. They can listen to the message at their convenience and send a voice reply or decline the voice message if they are not interested. This service is first of its kind and we hope members are also excited about it.
Speaking on the occasion of the launch, Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder & CEO of BharatMatrimony says "We are proud to be the first organization in the online matrimony field to launch this service. Voice Message will soon be the future of communication and we hope members would leverage this innovative feature to their advantage. As lifestyles get busier, people won't even have the time to sift through mails and Voice Messaging is going to be the most sought after means of communication."
BharatMatrimony has pioneered the concept of online matrimony in 1997 and is today the most successful matrimony portal with a record number of marriages to its credit. BharatMatrimony has over 70 offices in India and also offices in the USA, UK, UAE and hundreds of associates across the globe.
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