Damnish Kumar

Current

CEO at BookMyKhana.com
Owner Director at HyTech Professionals

Past

Project Manager at Appulse
Project Manager at Webrizon
Project Manager at FranConnect

Software Engineer at DCM technologies

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Education

IIT Kanpur

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Damnish Kumar’s Summary

BookMyKhana.com - Online Food Court

As Internet is gaining popularity, online food ordering system is becoming an essential part of any restaurant's marketing arsenal. In mid 2008, a brilliant idea blossomed and after thorough market research & analysis of the infinite prospects lying on this particular segment of food business, the decision was made to kick start this endeavour.
After 9 months of relentless hard work, finally BookMyKhana.com was launched on March 31, 2009. It chose Delhi & NCR as its operating field, as this region has the highest per capita income in India, a booming working hub with excellent Infrastructural facilities & having an average monthly budget of Rs. 2000 on outside food only. Very quickly, it jumped up the ranking charts. Only in three month’s time from its inception, it moved from rank 1 crore on alexa to 61000 ranking worldwide. With a minimum of 500 users visiting daily & having 400+ Restaurants in line, BookMyKhana.com today stands as India’s No.1 Online Food Order Portal.

Special Features making it a success:

1. Free and easy use
2. Efficient online ordering process
3. Elimination of phone order misunderstandings due to communication barriers
4. Saves time for customers, restaurants and merchants
5. Price & quality comparison feature among restaurants
6. Saves customer’s favourite orders and restaurants for easy re-ordering
7. Increased access to special discounts and promotions for the online customers
8. Increased exposure for restaurants and merchants to the marketplace

BookMyKhana.com, a revolution in online food ordering system is treading new grounds of innovation & cultivates a culture which encourages excellence with ground breaking measures to excel. This spirit to stand alone in the competition & determination coupled with a dedicated work force will surely promise a brighter future for BookMyKhana.com.

Damnish Kumar’s Specialties:

BookMyKhana.com is devising a lot of innovative stratagems to generate a massive fan following which can help them expand their business.“Eat More to Mint More” is one of those innovative ideas,where all you have to do is refer your friends to join BookMyKhana.com & give them your membership id.If your friends join using your membership id, he becomes your connect.You get i-mint points on every order placed by your friend through your id & also get direct i-mint points on every order placed.

Damnish Kumar’s Experience

CEO

BookMyKhana.com

(Retail industry)

April 2009 — Present (8 months)

As Internet is gaining popularity, online food ordering system is becoming an essential part of any restaurant's marketing arsenal. In mid 2008, a brilliant idea blossomed and after thorough market research & analysis of the infinite prospects lying on this particular segment of food business, the decision was made to kick start this endeavour.
BookMyKhana.com was launched on March 31, 2009. It chose Delhi & NCR as its operating field, Very quickly, it jumped up the ranking charts. With a minimum of 800 users visiting daily & having 400+ Restaurants in line, BookMyKhana.com today stands as India’s No.1 Online Food Order Portal.

BookMyKhana.com is devising a lot of innovative stratagems to generate a massive fan following which can help them expand their business.BookMyKhana.com is integrated with i-mint point’s gateway to redeem your points on the fly.
BookMyKhana.com, a revolution in online food ordering system is treading new grounds of innovation & cultivates a culture which encourages excellence with ground breaking measures to excel. This spirit to stand alone in the competition & determination coupled with a dedicated work force will surely promise a brighter future for BookMyKhana.com.
Owner Director

HyTech Professionals

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

November 2004 — Present (5 years 1 month)

We are HyTechProfessionals working to convert client's vision in to robust customized software solutions.
Project Manager

Appulse

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2004 — February 2005 (10 months)

I joined Appulse as a Project Manager because of challenges associated with mid size company targeting high end products with their specialization in executing the Product Development. Project Management was highly challenging because of involvement of multi location teams distributed over the globe from Japan to US. I used my skills to add value to Appulse and clients.
Project Manager

Webrizon

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 2001 — March 2004 (3 years 1 month)

I joined webrizon as an software engineer and when Webrion was in start up mode, We conceptualize the idea of Franconnect product for retail (Franchise) Industry.
I worked on different business processes in company and got an exposure which helps me setting up my own operations later.
Webrizon is known is Franconnect now.
Project Manager

FranConnect

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

2001 — 2003 (2 years )

joined webrizon as an software engineer and when Webrion was in start up mode, We conceptualize the idea of Franconnect product for retail (Franchise) Industry.
I worked on different business processes in company and got an exposure which helps me setting up my own operations later.
Webrizon is known is Franconnect now.
Software Engineer

DCM technologies

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 2000 — March 2001 (9 months)

DCM is a well known name in India, DCM Technologies was the very first company to get CMM level 5, I worked a software engineer and got a very good exposure on project management/process management.

Damnish Kumar’s Education

IIT Kanpur

MS , Mathematics and scientific computing , July 1995 — May 2000

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Damnish Kumar’s Interests:

Business, Customized Software Development, Networking, Management, Technical Discussion, New Ideas, Project Management, RUP, Agile, Extreme Programming, Strategic Planning, Human Resources, Retail, Consumer business, Consumer service, Food, Technology