DesmondJi : An IITian moves from ‘high tech’ to ‘high spirits’!
What is the last unusual & fun start-up venture you’ve heard about, created by an IITian? Here’s a candidate: an ‘out of left field’ alcobev company, Agave India, started by 1981 IITM alum, Desmond Nazareth (BTech, Mech), significantly backed by a…
Intellitots – Beyond Preschool, Excellence In The Early Years
A parent-toddler class at Intellitots gives you a glimpse of how early learning methods have changed in India. The blackboard and chalk is replaced by educational toys, puppets, and musical instruments. The traditional one-way of teaching has given way to…
Avanti Fellows : Inspiring Students Towards Higher Education
Krishna Ramkumar and Akshay Saxena’s career paths at first seemed similar to that of their IIT-Bombay contemporaries. The two friends started at the well-known Boston Consultancy Group, with forays into technological start-ups and MBA programmes. However, their experience working on…
Press release: Offerbean – Helping People To Get More
Offerbean is a startup in eTail business offering electronics goods & offers across various cities. The company started operations in 2011 in Jaipur with a small office space and expanded their operations in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Agra, Bangalore, & Pune. Offerbean…
Bigbite.in : Food Ordering Simplified
How do you order your food? Call the restaurant, place your order, call again to check the status, then call again why it didn’t get delivered, and then call it again to know when will it get delivered, and finally…
An Entrepreneur’s Promise to his Mom
I still remember your confused face when I first told you that I want to start my own company instead of sitting for the campus placements. I can understand your feelings as most of the relatives were asking me about…
Oyeweekend : Online Destination for Participatory Leisure Activities
Ever wanted to learn guitar on the weekends, go camping with friends, learn to cook a recipe or may be just explore your interests in the lazy time you have? Oyeweekend is the place for you! The young start-up is fresh with ideas and…
Are Start-ups Pareto Plants?
Does Pareto Principle apply in entrepreneur’s life? I am sure engineer entrepreneurs must know what a Pareto Principle is but for the sake of others, I will define it: Pareto Principle states that 80% effect comes from 20% of the…
Capillary Technologies : Real Time Customer Engagement
Founded in 2008, Capillary Technologies provides mobile based customer management solutions to retailers with real time customer engagement to promote the products and services. It is founded by Aneesh Reddy and Krishna Mehra, both from IIT Kharagpur. Genesis of the idea When…