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HUMhain expands operation in Karnal through its innovative Franchise- Model

Mar 16, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #Founder and CEO, #HUMhain, #Milind Kwatra

Chandigarh: HUMhain, a hyperlocal delivery app operating in major cities of Punjab caters to thousands of people every day by providing on-demand pickup and delivery services of goods and essentials at marginal delivery charges. ‘HUMHain’ promises 45-minutes fast and hygienic delivery in major cities of Punjab, Karnal including Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Amritsar and Chandigarh through its app on-demand service using the hyperlocal delivery module of intra-city motorcycle rides in India. HUMhain Delivery App launches first – of – their – kind Franchise-Model, expanding 2nd Base in Karnal and is empowering all offline local stores in the area by providing end to end delivery solutions to all restaurants, grocery stores, medical shops, baby stores, electrical stores etc. As our first franchise in Karnal we have partnered with Mr. Chirag Arora at an initial investment of 9-10 lakh made by him.

During the initial phase of the ongoing pandemic, HUMhain extended their services from delivering groceries and medicines, to home essential and personal protective equipment. Lockdown acted as a catalyst for multiple e-commerce platforms to rise above the competition and grow in terms of revenue. Analyzing the same, HUMhain is expanding its operations in Karnal as a second base unit. HUMhain is scripting a new success story by becoming the first tech based delivery platform with the launch of their first tech based delivery platform.

HUMhain aims to increase their footsteps through the introduction of a new franchise system to tap the increasing consumer demand pan India. The company received funding of 50K USD at a valuation of approximately 1M USD in 2019. Mr. Millind, envisions covering 21 cities pan India by the end of the year 2021.

Milind Kwatra, Founder and CEO, HUMhain said, “We encountered an influx of requirements of our services during the lockdown, and with the economy back on track post the unlock phase, there are opportunities that can be explored. Our delivery model has always been niche and with this new franchise model backed with our data centric approach and rapid delivery service, we intend to expand our services pan India. Our aim is not just expansion but also to ensure safety of every citizen by helping them with their everyday needs without stepping out of the comfort of their homes.”

The app is available on both Android and iOS platforms.

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Bharatmatrimony Launches “Who Can See Me” TVC With Ms Dhoni

Mar 8, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Arjun Bhatia, #Chief Marketing Officer – Matrimony.com, #Founder and CEO, #Murugavel Janakiraman

National: The No. 1 and Most Trusted Matrimony Service, BharatMatrimony, has launched a TV commercial “Who Can See Me”, starring MS Dhoni, which focuses on empowering women to take control of their privacy and safety while searching for a life partner.

The TVC leverages BharatMatrimony’s“Who Can See Me™”, an industry-leading safety feature for membersthat gives members complete control of who can see their profile and contact them. The feature has been rolled out across the 17 language domains on BharatMatrimony, including MarathiMatrimony, PunjabiMatrimony, BengaliMatrimony, TamilMatrimony, TeluguMatrimony and KeralaMatrimony.

Talking about the constant focus on member safety, Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder and CEO – Matrimony.com, explained, “Member safety, security and privacy have always been a priority for BharatMatrimony. We have innovated many world class features to create a safe and secure platform for women. When it comes to women’s safety, we are as caring as family.”

Talking about the #AsCaringAsFamily campaign, of which the current TVC is a part, Arjun Bhatia, Chief Marketing Officer – Matrimony.com said, “Over two decades, BharatMatrimony has been constantly breaking new ground and empowering women to take charge of the search for a life partner. We firmly believe in complete safety and privacy for women when it comesto searching for a perfect match. Insight for the new “Who Can See Me™” safety feature came from our deep understanding of this category and constant interaction with our members. Besides, BharatMatrimony offers lakhs of 100% ID verified profiles. It has always beenBharatMatrimony’s endeavour to treat members as part of our family by understanding changing customer expectations and aspirations and caringlycreate features to empower them towards a safe and secure search for a life partner.”

Iconic sportsman MS Dhoni, while talking about why he endorsed the brand and the concept of safety and control for women said, “Over the last 21 years, BharatMatrimony has pioneered many safety features for women. Its latest “Who Can See Me™” feature gives women the control to choose who can see their profile and contact them, and therefore helps them safely navigate the search for a life partner. I’m happy to be part of this “Who Can See Me”TV commercial.”

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Leading Ladies Breaking the Glass Ceiling in the Professional World

Mar 5, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #ChekMarc, #Co-founder & COO, #Co-Founder & CPO, #Co-founder & Director, #Founder and CEO, #Ms. Kriti Aggarwal, #Ms. Nisha Parikh, #Ms. Shikha Kumar, #Ms. Vrinda Johnson, #Nino Bambino, #Prerna Puri, #Prerna’s Handcrafted Ice Cream, #StoreHippo, #Telebu, #VP - HR & Marketing

The entrepreneurial norms are changing with each passing day. With the changing times and circumstances, women have now been able to break the glass ceiling and stand next to their male counterparts. Every woman is strong and possesses an individualistic approach towards life.

1. Prerna Puri, Founder and CEO, Prerna’s Handcrafted Ice Cream – This revolutionary ice cream brand is the brainchild of Prerna Puri, a concerned mother and a homemaker who is now a strong business enthusiast. The mompreneur is a fashion designer from NIFT and has worked as a fashion designer/stylist & interior design consultant prior to her role as a mother and entrepreneur.

Driving inspiration, motivation, courage, support and constant strength from her family, Prerna has been able to create this revolutionary product. Apart from being a visionary entrepreneur, Prerna loves spending time with her family and friends. Also, she is a travel enthusiast and loves adventure sports like sky diving and scuba diving. She is also a mother of one child and on the other hand she manages the both work and parenthood smoothly.

2. Ms. Shikha Kumar,Co-founder & Director, Nino Bambino – Motherhood led this woman to kickstart her own venture into organic clothing for kids, Nino Bambino in the year 2014. Realising the uprising need of safe and sustainable clothing for her new born opened great avenues in the form of Nino Bambino for Shikha. It’s been close to 8 years, and there is no looking back for this womanpreneur who has been striding to create and bring a positive change for the kids as well as the environment.

A proud mother of two, Shikha has developed the concept of Nino Bambino along with her husband, who is also the founder of the brand, Mr Vickram Kumar.

3. Ms. Kriti Aggarwal, Co-Founder & CPO, StoreHippo – A dynamic leader with a demonstrated record for finding innovative solutions and delivering constructive business results, Kriti Aggarwal is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Hippo Innovations. She is the driving force behind the avant-garde designs, overall UI/UX of its product StoreHippo, and heads the marketing and branding efforts of StoreHippo.

4. Ms. Nisha Parikh, VP – HR & Marketing, Telebu – Unleashing the power of communications and innovation, Nisha believes that doers own land of success. The visionary is erudite with a strong academic background. She holds her Master’s degree in Psychology. Nisha also has a deep domain experience of 14+ years where she has been successfully playing the role of a creator, communicator, trainer, leader, entrepreneur & startup evangelist.

5. Ms. Vrinda Johnson, Co-Founder & COO, ChekMarc – Vrinda began this journey with ChekMarc because she believed (and continues to believe) wholeheartedly in the need for a platform that unites people in the simplest, purest of ways. Vrinda is an academic and believes that one never really stops learning. Prior to ChekMarc, Vrinda spent most of her career in Leadership and Financial Services consulting at Russell Reynolds Associates and PwC. She has over 15 years of experience in strategic consulting including leadership development, customer experience and digital transformations, and large-scale enterprise transformation projects. Vrinda is a devoted mother of two, and she and her husband spend most evenings and weekends between homework, art lessons, and basketball and track competitions. In her non- existent free time she is also an athlete & fitness enthusiast, and is just getting back into her first love, dance.

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Social media response management tool, Trooya by Germin8 introduces new features

Mar 1, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #Dr. Ranjit Nair, #Founder and CEO, #Germin8

Mumbai: Trooya, a proprietary tool of Germin8, an AI based Digital Intelligence company has added tracking and response management of Google My Business and LinkedIn to its application. Trooya is a social media helpdesk that helps brands respond to their customers’ queries, complaints and leads that appear in social media. It also helps brands across the world in streamlining their social customer service with real time insights allowing users on an enterprise level to collaboratively work in real time.

Trooya also features a state-of-the-art chatbot which can accurately handle customer queries in real time, which helps brands respond to their customers day or night without deploying extra manpower. One of the key USPs that Trooya possesses is that it can prioritize customer queries based on their influence, follower count and whether the post is from verified accounts. This reduces the chance that customer issues go viral and spiral out of control.

On the launch of this new feature, Dr. Ranjit Nair, Founder and CEO, Germin8 said “Google My Business has become a vital platform for any business that has physical locations that are visited by customers. This makes it important for brands to treat it as an important channel for engaging with consumers – tracking, analysing and responding to the feedback received here. On Google My Business, due to the campaign which was coined in the early days of the Pandemic “Vocal for Local” there was a sudden rise in the number of reviews for businesses on Google My Business Pages, making it a prominent source of consumer communications. It makes us feel very proud that the development team worked relentlessly and were successful in including support of Google My Business in Trooya.”

Some of the key features that Trooya already possesses are: Enterprise level collaborative workflows, real-time engagement & analytics, safe storage of consumer databases, as well as full history of consumer interactions, etc. It also supports an array of platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Play Store, YouTube, and now LinkedIn & Google My Business. It can also be integrated with various Customer Relationship Management Systems.

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Shadowfax enters End to End segment, partners with Vinculum for cutting edge Warehouse Management System

Feb 24, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #Abhishek Bansal, #Founder and CEO, #Founder and CEO of Vinculum, #Shadowfax Technologies, #Venkat Nott

Hyderabad: Shadowfax Technologies, the leading integrated 3PL services provider today announced its partnership with Vinculum, a Gartner Magic Quadrant winner for WMS 2017-20 to foray into Warehouse Management System across 10 centers to offer E2E services. This partnership will address the growing demand in the E2E category by offering end-to-end services across multiple industry segments like e-commerce, apparel, consumer electronics, auto, etc. Shadowfax plans to set up 50 more centers leading the warehousing space to grow from 5lac Sq. feet to 12 lac sq. ft. by March 22.

Shadowfax is the fastest-growing plug-and-play logistics solutions provider and with the launch of E2E service, the company is set to offer enterprises of all sizes a one-stop-shop set up for E2E logistics, space for storing inventory, deliveries with a state-of-art dashboard for tracking and monitoring of inventories as well as orders. Shadowfax offers two kinds of warehousing facilities, big-box warehousing catering to clients who require pan India reach with space more than 10,000 sq ft and dark stores with same day and next day intracity deliveries with space requirement between 1,000 – 10,000 sq ft. The company with its feature-rich, immersive and deep integration along with Vinculum system will deliver the best experience in warehousing and logistics with live order tracking and ready-to-set up SoPs. With this launch, brands can promise their customers’ same-day and next-day deliveries. Quick delivery is one such trend that proves that enterprises have already hopped in the race of saving customer’s time and enhancing customer delight with D2C Model.

Commenting on the partnership, Abhishek Bansal, Founder and CEO, Shadowfax Technologies said, “Vinculum is an established player in the WMS space. Our partnership will bring a differentiated offering for enterprises and bring them a host of benefits and features backed by solid technology and people. Speed of delivery and customer satisfaction are the two important features that Shadowfax is focusing on to stay ahead of the competition. Integrated software from Vinculum for picking, packing, and shipping from a central warehouse management platform will bring the fulfillment speed to Shadowfax E2E services provided to our clients reaching their customers swiftly, securely with real-time inventory monitoring.”

On this partnership, Venkat Nott, Founder and CEO of Vinculum said, “Buyer behavior has shifted to shopping across multiple online and social channels. Online revenues have moved to over 30% of overall retail revenues and expected to continue growing at a frenetic pace. Brands need to be available in channels where customers shop and are looking to fulfill from all locations where inventory is present including making inventory available with distributors for fulfillment of online orders and deliver direct to consumer. This forces brands to adopt cutting-edge technology platforms like Vinculum and fulfillment options that can best serve the customers’ demands. At Vinculum, we take pride in building that experience for brands either through our modular solutions or through our network of handpicked partners. Shadowfax is a key partnership in this direction. Our combined strengths will lead to better services & efficiency in the logistics & supply chain operations for brands and help them scale faster.”

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JobsForHer Announces AccelHERate & DivHERsity Awards 2021…

Feb 24, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Founder and CEO, #JobsForHer, #Neha Bagaria

JobsForHer is hosting India’s biggest B2B conference for companies committed to increasing women’s participation in the Indian workforce on March 5, 2021, from 9.30 am to 6.00 pm.

This invite-only event promises to be bigger as it will be convened virtually and is open to women professionals who wish to understand the changing scenarios in corporate India when it comes to diversity and inclusion.

In keeping with the theme for International Women’s Day this year, #ChooseToChallenge, AccelHERate 2021 will showcase thought leaders from diverse fields, engaging in roundtable discussions and fireside chats, about How Workplaces in India Embraced Change in 2020.

The event will bring together senior leaders such as:

Renuka Ganesh, General Manager, HRD, Biocon Limited

Madhuvanthi Ravi, HR Business Partner, Vice Chair – Global DEI Advisory Board, NextGen Healthcare

Tina Vinod, Head of Diversity, Equity of Inclusion, ThoughtWorks

Sarika Naik, Chief Marketing Officer & Chairperson, Diversity – India, Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd

Satinder Kaur, Senior Manager, Diversity & Inclusion, Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd

Kriti Jain, Associate Director – Employee Experience & Employer Branding, Myntra

Sayan Chatterjee, Director, Human Resources, Beam Suntory

The winners of the DivHERsity Awards 2021 will also be announced to showcase and reward best practices by companies, create benchmarking for gender diversity in India and inspire other companies to embark on their D&I journeys.

More than 300 companies participated in the DivHERsity Awards Survey, and the winners are decided based on their impactful initiatives in D&I, L&D, leadership development, and returnee programs for women.

“As Corporate India recognizes the critical need for increasing women’s participation and performance in the Indian workforce, AccelHERate 2021 will provide companies with actionable insights on achieving their diversity goals,” said Neha Bagaria, Founder and CEO, JobsForHer.

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Pre-Budget Quote: Mr Saurabh Kochhar, Founder and CEO, Meddo

Jan 27, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #Founder and CEO, #Meddo, #Mr Saurbah Kochhar

Mr Saurbah Kochhar, Founder and CEO, Meddo shares his thought on the expectation from the Union Budget with respect to the healthcare space, he says “Health & Healthcare has been a point of focus in the last year. It is heartening to see how the government has been promoting healthcare startups in India and increasing the spending on healthcare. However, it is now time to double down and address what needs to be worked upon – both at macro and micro level. That starts with overall health spending. Last year, the budget allocated only 1.29% of the GDP to healthcare. That needs to increase substantially this and in the coming years. We have to have enough funding to achieve our goal for affordable and accessible healthcare. We need enough pending on healthcare access and infrastructure, health insurance, and extending funding to outpatient and preventive care. More specifically, it is high time that out-patient care should be mandatorily put under the aegis of health insurance cover including Ayushman Bharat to make it more accessible. While a lot of focus in recent years has been on hospitalisation and related expenses, we have to now shift our attention to reducing hospitalisations through enabling quality outpatient interventions. Reduction of GST rates on life-saving drugs can pave the way for affordable medicine, and adequate tax holidays and concessions for health entrepreneurs, R&D, etc. can usher a golden era of innovation-driven healthcare in our country. Lastly, we now need to bake in incentives for startups and institutions working to further the digital health agenda laid out by the government through NHA and NDHM.”

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SBM Bank India Limited partners with GrayQuest to boost access to quality education in India

Jan 23, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Founder and CEO, #GrayQuest, #Head -Retail and Consumer Banking, #Neeraj Sinha, #Rishab Mehta, #SBM Bank India Limited

Mumbai, January 21, 2021: GrayQuest, India’s leading education fintech company, has collaborated with SBM Bank India, to facilitate access of affordable funds for its clients. Established in 2017, GrayQuest is working towards increasing convenience of educational fee payments in the country. Towards this, the Company has partnered with more than 2000 leading schools, colleges and universities across the country and allows parents to pay their children’s education fees in easy monthly payments. Parents can sign up for the monthly payment option within five minutes on the GrayQuest platform through a secured, convenient and paperless process, converting their annual or bulk semester school / college fees into affordable monthly payments at no extra cost. GrayQuest parents also receive benefits such as complimentary insurance cover and access to 50+ exclusive rewards for their children.

Speaking on the partnership and Bank’s foray into education lending space, Neeraj Sinha, Head -Retail and Consumer Banking, SBM Bank India Limited, said, “Education, the world over has been considered to be the passport to a better life. In a country, where the core belief stems from Padhoge Likhoge Banoge Nawaab, education is the most important investment and not mere expense for each and every parent. We, at SBM Bank India, therefore are excited to partner GrayQuest to invest into this segment.”

Commenting on the partnership, Rishab Mehta, Founder and CEO, GrayQuest, said, “According to our data, the average Indian household spends 13% of their annual income on the education fees per child. With rising fees and the growing aspirations of parents in their choice of education for their children, paying education fees is now a significant expenditure for most households. Covid-19 has further increased the financial burden on parents. We, at GrayQuest, feel that the current structure of bulk education fee payments can be made significantly more convenient and affordable for parents. Our partnership with SBM Bank is a major step in that regard which will significantly lower the cost and boost our ability to facilitate such financing for the end consumer.”

SBM Bank India will not only facilitate access to affordable funds to GrayQuest’s clients, but also will empower them to address their holistic banking requirements.

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Qdesq Launches Qdesq Flexi, the New Definition of Remote Working

Jan 22, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #co-founder and CTO, #Founder and CEO, #Lavesh Bhandari, #Paras Arora, #Qdesq

India – With 1.4m desks in 3000+ centres across 52+ cities, Qdesq Flexi is India’s largest platform to book flexible passes for any number of days.

Qdesq launches the brand new office space solution – Qdesq Flexi, the new definition of remote working. Qdesq Flexi unifies flexibility on usage, location, and venue; productivity in aesthetically designed spaces; financial prudence as pay per usage without any rigidity or blockage; and convenience on a single platform. One can book a desk, cabin for day(s) or monthly.

“Being at the centre of the flex industry in India, we have noticed the increasing preference of remote working, not only for individuals but also for enterprises and corporates. Many organisations have been pondering upon the perfect solution to ensure flexibility for their teams,” says Paras Arora, founder and CEO, Qdesq. “With the increased demand for hub & spoke model and work from anywhere, the need to bring about a platform that enables real-time booking increases as well.”

The last year was all about restructuring the office policies to deal with the issues like decreased productivity, lack of effective team collaboration, unused real-estate operational costs, blending of professional and personal life along with health risk due to the density at the office, resulting in the loop of problems.

“It was necessary to ensure business continuity, sustainability, expense optimization along with team productivity and employee safety, which gave rise to Qdesq Flexi. While the platform is capable of providing real-time availability and booking of desks, it was imperative to create a solution dedicated to enterprises. Therefore, through the exclusive enterprise admin dashboard, management can lay down policies, i.e. set limits and allowances based on day, budget, etc. They can customize them for different teams or departments, utilise tech-interface for booking and approval matrix, periodic reporting, and wallet or post-payment services as per convenience. Moreover, all central/state invoices are generated on the platform, which in turn cuts down the friction of collating them,” says, Lavesh Bhandari, co-founder and CTO, Qdesq.

Nimish Choudhary, Chief Financial Officer, Bada Business, EdTech startup Dr Vivek Bindra, Founder and CEO, Bada Business

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EdTech startup Bada Business Appoints Nimish Choudhary as Chief Financial Officer

Jan 21, 2021 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #Bada Business, #Dr Vivek Bindra, #Founder and CEO

New Delhi: Rapidly growing EdTech startup Bada Business has announced the appointment of Nimish Choudhary as its Chief Financial Officer. The appointment comes at a crucial time in the organization’s growth trajectory with the startup looking at a major country wide expansion and fund raising targets.

Nimish brings with him over a decade of rich experience in managing finance and related services across multiple organizations in diverse industries.

As the CFO at Bada Business, Nimish will be responsible for planning and executing the company’s financial activities as it takes off on a major expansion spree. With the startup already in talks with a series of individual investors and VCs to fund its next phase of growth, Mr Choudhary will also oversee fund raising deals and their implementation.

Having started up in 2019 by ace business coach and motivational speaker Dr Vivek Bindra, Bada Business has scripted historic success within a short span of time. The company, that has made business skill training widely accessible through the digital medium, has already touched a revenue of Rs 100 crore in less than 18 months of starting up without raising any external capital.

“As Bada Business stands at the cusp of a major expansion, we are thrilled to announce that NimishChoudhary is joining the organization as the Chief Financial Officer. Having already achieved a remarkable growth trajectory, we are now looking to expand our presence across India through multiple expansion efforts including doubling our branch offices and adding upto 1 lakh Independent Business Consultants to our model. We are also looking to raise funds to finance this expansionary objective and are in talks with multiple investors. At this crucial time, we look forward to leverage Mr Choudhary’s rich experience and valuable insights in guiding our financial goals,” said Dr Vivek Bindra, Founder and CEO, Bada Business.

In a career spanning over a decade, Nimish has held several leadership positions, contributing significantly to the financial performance of his organizations. With over 10 years of working experience, he brings deep global experience in leading business & financial strategy, transforming finance function, as well as in M&A-strategy & execution. He has expertise in driving performance management of investments, financial result delivery and driving operating margin improvement through revenue & cost optimization across the value chain.

“It gives me immense pleasure to start my journey with an organization that has scripted a remarkable growth story within a short span of time. Bada Business has unleashed a new energy and vigour in India’s relatively nascent EdTech sector. I look forward to a fruitful association with the company,” said Mr Nimish Choudhary.

Before joining Bada Business, he was associated as Chief Financial Officeratcyber security companies TAC Security and Lucideus. He has also worked as Deputy Director – Finance &Girnarsoft Pvt Ltd. (Cardekho, Zigwheels, Gaadi.com), as an Associate Director –Finance & Accounts with Jasper Infotech Pvt Ltd (Snapdeal) and as Senior Analyst – Treasury & Investment at Tata Technologies Limited.

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