BharatMatrimony

BharatMatrimony
Company typePrivate
IndustryOnline dating service
Founded2000
FounderMurugavel Janakiraman
Headquarters
Chennai
,
India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Murugavel Janakiraman
ParentMatrimony.com
Websitewww.bharatmatrimony.com

BharatMatrimony is Indian online dating service company[1] and a part of Matrimony.com.[2] It was founded in 2000 by Murugavel Janakiraman, who later met his wife through his own matrimonial site.[3][4] The company has 130 offices in India,[5] with offices in Dubai, Sri Lanka, United States and Malaysia to cater to customers beyond India.[6]

History

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Murugavel Janakiraman started the BharatMatrimony website in 2000[7] while working as a software consultant for Lucent Technologies in Edison, N.J. In the late 1990s he set up a Tamil community web portal, which included matrimonial ads. He started BharatMatrimony after noticing the matrimonial ads generated most of his web traffic.[8] He returned to India in 2004.[9]

Back in the early 2000s, when there was skepticism about online matrimony and fear about paying online, the company pioneered doorstep collections in India.[10] The company introduced features on their website like Matchboard, SoulMate Search, AstroMatch, and Express Interest to help customers make the right matches.[11]

BharatMatrimony has mobile apps for iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, Nokia and Android users in India. It also has an upgraded WAP site.[12][13]

Anand Bhushan was hired by BharatMatrimony on a retainer basis.[14]

Assisted Matrimony is a personalized matchmaking service offered for busy professionals.[15]

In 2006, the website earned into the Limca Book of World Records for having facilitated the highest number of documented marriages online in India,[3] a number that has since reached one million marriages.[16]

In 2009, BharatMatrimony launched more than 200 community portals, aimed at specific language groups and communities.[17] The company launched more portals in 2010 aimed at Malaysian and Singaporean Tamils. BharatMatrimony operated in more than 14 regional languages.[18] Another portal was aimed at defence personnel.[19]

In 2014, BharatMatrimony entered into talks with several telecom companies in order to launch its Interactive Voice Response (IVR) matrimonial service. BharatMatrimony users would use the IVR service to send and receive voice messages from prospective matches on their mobile devices.[20]

In 2022, BharatMatrimony reported significant user engagement, with 280 million member logins from India and abroad.[21] The service recorded 432,520 members finding life partners through its platform.[22] User interactions averaged 13,000 per minute, with the most activity among the 25-29 age demographic, particularly on Sundays.[23]

Assisted Matrimony

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Assisted Matrimony is a personalized matchmaking service, from BharatMatrimony, offered for busy Indian professionals who need assistance in finding a match.[24] There is no database that users can search. Trained relationship managers understand member preferences, search for matching profiles and send them to members. They then contact prospects and facilitate meetings on mutual consent of prospective families. BharatMatrimony started the personal assisted service in 2008 with the launch of BM Privilege.[25] This was then renamed Privilege Matrimony in 2009.[26][27]

Awards

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  • Red Herring Global 100 Award, 2010[28]
  • Technology Fast 50, Deloitte Technology, 2008[29]
  • Best India Portal, PC World, 2007[30]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Business Standard (22 December 2011). "Booming biz of online marriages". Business Standard India. Business Standard Online. Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ "Consim Info is now Matrimony.com". Business Standard. 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  3. ^ a b World Record. "Limca Book of World Record". Retrieved 2 November 2006.
  4. ^ Business Week. "On Matrimony.com, India's Arranged Marriages". Archived from the original on April 6, 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "Boy meets girl, online". The Week. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  6. ^ Venkat, Archana. "BharatMatrimony going global". Business Line. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  7. ^ Reddy, T. Krithika (12 January 2012). "Match Point". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  8. ^ "India's BharatMatrimony ushers in new era of arranged marriages". BBC News. 4 May 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  9. ^ "PR Log". Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  10. ^ "Doorstep". 24 July 2008. Archived from the original on 20 March 2015.
  11. ^ "SoulMate Search". Archived from the original on 2014-10-07.
  12. ^ "BharatMatrimony expands suite of mobile services & apps". exchange4media News Service. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  13. ^ "BharatMatrimony expands suite of mobile services and apps". India Infoline News Service. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  14. ^ "In Conversation: Anand Bhushan, General Counsel (APAC), Cognizant Technology Solutions". Bar and Bench. Archived from the original on 2014-05-14.
  15. ^ "Beyond the norm: Matrimony sites that focus on small groups reap big benefits". NDTV. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
  16. ^ Kumar, Meenakshi. "The Way I Work Murugavel J., BharatMatrimony.com". Archived from the original on August 20, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  17. ^ "BharatMatrimony launches 250 community-based portals". Business Line. Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  18. ^ Kaur, Gagandeep. "Marriages are now a mega market". Times of India. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  19. ^ "Matrimonial website for defence personnel". NDTV. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  20. ^ Umarji, Vinay (June 2007). "Bharatmatrimony to tie-up with telecom ops". Business Standard India. Business Standard. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  21. ^ The News Desk (23 January 2023). "Bharat Matrimony clocks in 280mn logins in 2022; Indians had 13000+ interactions every minute". MediaBrief.
  22. ^ BrandWagon Online (23 January 2023). "Bharat Matrimony releases 'online matrimony trends report' for 2022". Financial Express.
  23. ^ "Bharat Matrimony "Online Matrimony Trends Report 2022"". matrimony.com.
  24. ^ NDTV. "Matrimony sites that focus on small groups reap big benefits". NDTV. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  25. ^ oneindia. "BharatMatrimony launches new personalised service". oneindia. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
  26. ^ afaqs. "Privilege Matrimony: The invisible matchmaker". afaqs. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  27. ^ indiadigitalreview. "Consim Info launches assisted matchmaking service PrivilegeMatrimony.com". indiadigitalreview. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  28. ^ "Consim wins Red Herring Global 100 Award". Business Standard India. Business Standard. 28 January 2010. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  29. ^ "Technology Fast 50" (PDF). Deloitte. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 26, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  30. ^ "BharatMatriomy ranked best Indian portal for 2007". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
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