After the ceremony, PM @narendramodi met the awardees and had a nuanced conversation with each - no aides or papers. He knew each person. He told me he was bullish on start-ups. And was happy at the bounce back in employment and hiring as reflected in the Naukri Jobspeak Index
Sanjeev Bikhchandani
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Internet entrepreneur and investor
- Honoured and privileged to find my name in the Padma Shri list. While I have been given this award the truth is I owe it to the joint efforts and support of so many other people - colleagues, friends and family. Proud to represent the start up entrepreneur community in this list
- On the Ashoka WhatsApp group there is a discussion on the convocation speech and what kind of convocation speakers we should look for. Most people are posting videos of commencement speakers from US universities. I posted the following message ๐ A random thought on
- Bang on. Invest in deep tech. Invest in AI. Build our own IPEvery few years, the world reminds us of our place. A threat here, a tariff there. But the message is the same: stay in your lane, India. Global powers will always bully us, unless we take our destiny in our own hands. And the only way to do that is if we collectively decide to
- Honoured to have been awarded The Padma Shri by the President of India. I accept this on behalf of all my current and past colleagues at Info Edge whose work is being recognised through this award. I accept this also on behalf of all startups in India. Jai HindPresident Kovind presents Padma Shri to Shri Sanjeev Bikhchandani for Trade and Industry. He is the founder of Info Edge India Limited and is known for investing in promising internet start-ups. Shri Bikhchandani is also involved in philanthropy.
- Sitting with Kunal Shah at a coffee shop in Delhi. In a world of IIT IIM Founders he stands out as a philosophy graduate from Wilson College in Mumbai. I asked him why he studied philosophy - is it that his marks in Class 12 only gave him admission in that subject or was it out
- Did some spring cleaning in office yesterday and found this letter we had sent out in October 1997. Some six months after we launched naukri
- Congratulations and very well done team Zomato and Deepinder. Great things take time to build. Thank you for making us look like smart investors. @deepigoyal @zomato
- Ramu Damodaran posted this anecdote about Dr. Manmohan Singh in a St. Stephenโs College Alumni Whatsapp Group. With Ramuโs permission I am posting it here โMy first meeting with Dr MMS was in July โ91, the day I joined Prime Minister Narasimha Raoโs office. The devaluations of
- Naukri was launched on April 1, 1997. Today is the 25th anniversary. These pictures are of the first flyer that we mailed to prospective clients that year โฆ@Naukriโฉ












