Sanjeev Bikhchandani
Founder & Vice Chairman, Naukri.com
Sanjeev also runs Jeevansathi.com, 99acres.com, Brijj.com, Allcheckdeals.com, Naukrigulf.com, Shiksha.com, Quadrangle, and Firstnaukri.com. In addition it has made strategic investments in promising web start-ups such as Policybazaar.com, Meritnation.com, Zomato.com, Mydala.com and 99labels.com. Sanjeev completed his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad in 1989 and quit his job quit his job for entrepreneurship eighteen months later. Finally in 1997 Naukri.com was launched and transformed itself into an Internet company. Starting off from a servant quarter above a garage, the company grew and attracted investment from leading venture capitalists.It was the first Internet company to list on Indian stock exchanges. Prior to starting Naukri, Sanjeev had worked in advertising with Lintas and in consumer marketing at Glaxo SmithKline. For a brief period, he was the Consulting Editor of Avenues – the careers supplement of ‘The Pioneer’ newspaper. He won the “Ernst and Young – Entrepreneur of the Year” award in 2008 for Business Transformation. He also won the Dataquest Pathbreaker Award &the Teacher’s Achievement Award for Business in the same year. Sanjeev – along with a group of like-minded friends is promoting Ashoka University a philanthropic liberal arts and science university near Delhi. Sanjeev is also the President of the Delhi chapter of TiE. He is also a member of the Global Board of Trustees of TiE. Sanjeev is a member of the Board of Chintan - a not for profit organization that works with waste pickers in Delhi.