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Desitara.com, India's largest talent showcasing portal is looking to expand globally to become the world's largest talent showcasing portal

  • Stage $500K in TTM Revenue
  • Industry Media and Entertainment
  • Location Bangalore, KA, India
  • Currency USD
  • Founded March 2007
  • Employees 40
  • Website desitara.com

Company Summary

Desitara.com is the world’s first talent based web portal, which provides to its users free video/photo uploading facility along with social networking service. 105,000 registered users have uploaded 150,000 and above videos/photos. It serves 2 million video views a month with a social influence reach of 20 million a month. Unlike YouTube and Facebook, it encourages and rewards original user-generated content without any copyright infringement

Team

  • Mansoor Ahamed
    CEO

    Mansoor heads and directs the overall Strategic Planning and Creative Strategy for Desitara.com. He has 11 years of experience
    in media and advertising industry. Mansoor holds BE in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University and MBA from University of East London.

  • Sanjay Narendra
    Director

    Sanjay heads the Investment front of the company with experience in Defence, Railways and wealth management. Sanjay holds
    BSc degree from Bangalore University.

  • Rasik Kotecha
    Finance Head

    Rasik oversees the Finance of
    Desitara.com. As a former finance head of Philips International, he brings strong financial and business acumen to the role. Rasik holds BA in Economics from London School of
    Economics and ACMA qualified.

  • Greig Wibberley
    Technology Advisor

    Greig is an IT Analyst with
    experience in developing and delivering advanced software solutions. He is responsible
    for strategic website planning and implementation. Greig holds MBA from Imperial College, London and BCom in Information Systems from the University of Cape Town in
    SA.

  • Chirantan Chandran
    Sales & Marketing Director

    Chirantan heads the Sales & Marketing of Desitara.com. He held senior management positions in Mindshare, India’s No.1 media agency and JWT, India’s leading advertising agency, both are WPP companies. He has over 20 years of experience in media and advertising industry. Chirantan holds an MBA from the University of Calcutta.

  • Aman Shahpuri
    Sales & Marketing Head for UK & Europe

    Aman takes care of Sales & Marketing initiatives in UK and Europe. With over 8 years of experience in Business Strategy and Development, he is well placed to take Desitara.com to new heights. Aman holds an MBA from the University of East London (UK).

  • Hari Kishen
    CTO

    Hari heads the Technology for
    Desitara.com. With 12 years of experience in developing cutting edge web technologies, Hari has won several awards for his expertise in the technology management. Hari holds BTech in Computer Science from Osmania University in Hyderabad.

Advisors

  • Argus Law Firm
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    Mehta and Tadimala
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

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