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‡NAUKRI.COM was initially
called as INFO EDGE (INDIA)
LTD.
‡It got listed in BSE and NSE
on November 21st 2006.
‡The company was incorporated
on may 2005 as INFO EDGE
PVT. LIMITED and later
became a public company on
April 2006.

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‡The offices didn·t have any
partition (i.e.) there was no cubicle
for every employee or no privacy
of work.
‡One of the most important
procedure every employee follows
is to read the BUSINESS INDIA
from the reverse just to check the
opportunities column and
sometimes check if their pay is
equal to the pay mentioned in the
magazine.


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‡HEADHUNTERS are those
who represent a company in
employing prospective
candidates for the job.
‡These kind of jobs aren·t
advertised on various means
of communication, whereas
if informed
HEADHUNTING was kept
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‡The Founder of NAUKRI.com was SANJEEV
BIKHCHANDANI who earlier used to work for Glaxo Smith-
Kline.
‡He dreamt of becoming an entrepreneur since he was
‡Completed MBA in IIM in the year 1987.
‡Before doing his MBA he was working as a executive trainee
in LINTAS for 3years.
‡After his MBA he joined as a management trainee in Glaxo
Smith-Kline.
‡His first company was named as INFO EDGE and also started
a joint venture based on trademarks so that he gets a steady
pay.
‡He then took over INFO EDGE while his partner took over
the trademarks company after a 5year struggle.
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‡As an urge to learn new things Sanjeev visited
the IT Asia exhibition that was held in Delhi
where and saw an interesting stall having the
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‡He then learnt about the internet and that a
server had to be hired in the US for hosting a
website
‡As, an entrepreneur he raised funds,
convinced people to be partners, paid them in
shares and allotted them work in their areas of
expertise such as Data entry, Programming etc.
‡His friends and he then sorted out the
classifieds section containing job requirements
and jobs available in the daily newspapers, got
the data entry done, matched them and then
carried it in a floppy to the software
professional who soon developed it into a sober
website using simple programming tools
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 focused on jobs for INDIANS IN
INDIA which fetched tremendous response whilst the
other giants such as Rediff.com focused on NRIs in the
US.
‡Launch of Naukri.com-April 1997Dfirst year revenue-
Rs.2.35 LakhDsecond year revenue-18 LakhD following
year 36 lakh, with a first time profit of 1.8 lakh.
‡Estimated internet users presently amount to 42 million.
‡Need for more money led to investment from venture
capitalists for the development of huge infrastructure of
the company
‡Rise of the DOTCOM BUST in November 2000 led to
the Still of p
but it survived the internet
meltdown.
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‡It is an online recruitment, matrimonial and real estate
classifieds and related services company.
‡The company has 3 ONLINE businesses.
‡The 3 ONLINE businesses are naukri.com (1997) ,
jeevansathi.com (2004) and 99acres.com (2005).
‡In 2007, the company had 1500 employees working in 61
offices over 41 cities in INDIA and 2 offices in DUBAI.
‡The revenue of the company stood at 15 million dollars,
while its profit stood at 3.3million dollars.
‡The company had the time of its decade in the years 2005
to 2007 where its revenue increased by 75% and profit by
104%.
‡The only factors that affect the company profits are
interest rates and liquidity rates in financial markets.
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‡It is an online classified business,
helping people and businesses to
connect.
‡The aim objective of the company is to
create a virtual meeting place where
people and the company transact
business.
‡The model of the company is simple as
any internet company and i.e. to charge
a fee for providing info and for
advertising products / services online.
This model can reach a wide range of
people over INDIA.
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‡Recruitment classifieds and related services division
through the portal naukri.com, this contributes upto 90%
of the revenue.
‡Matrimonial classifieds and related services division that
offers information exchange to people about selecting
their life partner through the portal jeevansathi.com.
‡The real-estate classifieds and related services division
that offers information about various houses and plots
available for rent and sale through the portal
99acres.com.
‡The final division is the QUADRANGLE division which
operates offline executives search and placement
services for middle and senior level positions in IT
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‡The future of internet-based services and growth depends
upon the markets they serve. The competitors power of
influencing on the latest technologies is a big a threat.
‡Due to the demand in human resources in most of the
companies, recruitment services market is likely to remain
strong. Naukri.com is in a premier position and its offers good
prospects.
‡Info Edge is India·s premium online classifieds company in
recruitment, matrimony, real estate and education. Now that
Info Edge is a public company, the success will be closely
watched.
‡The business metrics depends on the share value on the stock
exchange. Naukri.com·s success fortune is that the funding
came when it was required badly and it came just before the
dotcom bust happened in 2000.
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‡Sanjeev Bikhchandani could get dedicated
partners and could retain almost all of them.
‡Sanjeev Bikhchandani, the tough survivor of
the dotcom bust lives on though considerably
muted with age and experience. He is
considered as the backbone of naukri.com.
‡Now members of the management team are
led by COO Hitesh Oberoi who runs the day-
to-day show.
‡The future objective of the Naukri.com is to
make Info Edge a ¶world scale· company.
Sanjeev Bikhchandani has become an
inspiration to budding Indian Entrepreneurs.
‡Sanjeev Bikhchandani also said that they not
only created wealth but also built an
institution.