Concern Infotech: Revolutionizing Internet in India Date:   Tuesday , March 02, 2010 Sooriya hospital, a renowned hospital in Chennai wanted to grow their corporate image online. The company was looking for an expert in the internet field to bring life to their website. It turned to Concern Infotech who started by redesigning the entire website and by doing search engine optimization. “We highlighted the departments that they have and also their consultants. We added features that allow users to get online appointments. Earlier only big hospitals like Apollo would appear on the first page of Google while searching for multi-specialty hospital in Chennai. Now, Sooriya hospital is there as well,” says Ishrat Akhter, CEO and Founder of Concern Infotech. Sooriya hospital is just one of the clients of the company. Concern has made websites for many other organizations like indiaseafoodexpo.com, CryogenicoxygenPlants.com, AzadIndia.org, smjesc.biz, nithyconsultancy.com, Jggroup.in and many more. There are many companies that are providing website design, website optimization, web based applications but customers often find it difficult to find all these services at one place. Concern has been able to bring together all internet related services under one banner, and hence is preferred by clients as they don’t have to spend in fragmented pockets. Concern Infotech offer services like Domain Booking, Content Management, Web hosting, Designing, Maintenance, Development, Search Engine Optimization, Logo Designing, Brochure designing, and CD/multimedia presentation. Akhter says that these end-to-end solutions offer them a unique advantage over competitors. Since its inception in 2000, Concern has been able to capture more than 65 clients. Akhter started this company with the help of her mother and brother. Back in those days the internet had just started to prosper around the world but soon the crash came. The company has faced its own share of challenges as well. In fact the company almost shut down after a couple years in existence and was mostly inactive for a couple of years, says Akhter. But even through tough times like this, Akhter never gave up hope and was back and running in 2005. Today, Concern Infotech runs successful portals of its own. Thisismyindia.com has more than six lakh unique visitors every month. Civilserviceindia.com is the leading website on IAS exams and is hugely popular with students just as CoachingIndians.com. With the launch of websites like amlaan.com, latestgreetingcards.com and bhartiads.com, Concern has taken the next leap. The mobile and smartphone industry has scaled at a very rapid rate. Akhter feels that mobile internet will come into play in a major way in the coming years, especially with the 3G spectrum expected to be in the country. For booking movie tickets or to buy books, customer can now easily buy it online. Concern is currently trying to enter a tie up with mobile operators and work out a strategy to make it more convenient for customer to use internet on their mobile and get access to various useful application. The company’s latest project is quite interesting. They are looking to create a web portal which will let users watch live news, short films, advertisement and many more on one website. The company also plans to produce and make few short films on their own but currently huge amount of time is spent in understanding the media and production. They will also look for partnership with other media houses for content but this huge project is still in the initial stages, says Akhter. The company is also trying to break down the communication barrier on internet by allowing people to tweet by just speaking in any language. Concern Infotech has grand projects in the pipeline, and with plans of hiring already on the way, the company aims to be in the top ten internet companies list in India. With the sole office in Chennai currently, the company plans to expand in other cities in India and also has plans to open an offshore office in the U.S. as well.