Tuesday, September 11, 2007

We Are Growing !!!!

Info Edge India, the parent company for naukri.com, jeevansathi.com, brijj.com, and 99acres.com is going great guns & few more fire works can be seen in the near future , d bullets are all ready and d competitors are covering there ass ....... Watch it guys here comes another one :


Info Edge plans education networking site

The Rs 147 crore Info Edge India, the parent company for naukri.com, jeevansathi.com, brijj.com, and 99acres.com, is planning to launch a new networking site for the education space.

Speaking to Business Standard, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, founder and CEO of Info Edge, said, "In another 12 months, we plan to launch a new website for the education space. Like all our other sites, we would only facilitate the networking between people interested in any kind educational exchange platform."

The company is yet to decide whether this would be a paid site or allow free access.

Info Edge is also looking at organising job fairs in various metropolitan cities.

It held job fairs this September for the first time in Ahmedabad followed by Pune under the naukri.com banner.

The firm is already planning a second leg to cover the metros post Diwali.

This creates an avenue for establishing a direct contact and providing a platform for job aspirants and recruiting companies.

At the Ahmedabad job fair, there were 17,000 visitors, 22 companies, 500 spot offers and 2,000 more subsequent offers.Similarly, the Pune job fair witnessed 30 participating companies, 56,000 visitors, 1000 spot offers and 2000 more subsequent offers.

Info Edge is also planning expansion in Middle East with more offices. Currently, it has two offices in Dubai.

Naukrigulf.com, the job site for people living in Middle East is also in the process of being upgraded with new verticals catering to more industries, features, and enhanced job search options.

The company is also in the process of upgrading its Indian job portal, naukri.com, in terms of new features and facilities.

"Such plans require manpower expansion and we would be hiring more, from 1250 employees right now," added Bikhchandani.

At present, Naukri.com has over 10 million members, jeevansathi.com with over 1 million members, followed by the professional networking site Brijj.com with close to 20,000 members.


Info Edge currently maintains a network of 57 offices located in 32 cities throughout India, as well as two offices in Dubai, which primarily engage in sales, marketing and payment collection activities for its business divisions


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