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Cleartrip.com: The most user-friendly OTA in India
Last year I did a comparison of 10 OTA's operating in India. The comparison was done based on 5 different parameters like Ticket fares, Flight options, Destinations, User Friendliness and value added services. In that comparison IXIGO…
Top Indian B-Schools Salary Survey
For 5th year in a row Salary increase in India has been highest in the world touching nearly 15% this time. Are you one of those who have salary in the top bracket or are you reeling at the bottom on the rung?
In a quest to find out the…
Now Free Internet access and Satellite television on Indian Rails
Indian Union Railway minister -Lalu Prasad Yadav - the darling of the masses and the favorite whipping-boy of the media has added another feather to Indian railways.
Two premium trains of India - Shatabdi and Rajdhani - will now be…
Easiest way for Indian Startups to get angel funding!
NEN Online, an encyclopedia for new and future entrepreneurs, recently announced their tie-up with IAN. Indian Angel Network (IAN) is a unique concept which brings together highly successful entrepreneurs and CEOs from India and around the…
Indian Online Travel Industry is buzzing!
Indian OTAs (Online travel agents) are in news again. With more than 70% of e-commerce spend happening purely on online travel booking, this space is getting quite lucrative.
With the number of Online Travel agents reaching double figures,…
Mapping India: Making the impossible, possible
I am not sure if it is entirely possible, given the unorganized and inconsistent naming standards of the Indian roads. Infact, forget the naming standards, most of the roads don't even have names. There are always multiple combinations…
Ugly, yet excellent Indian Travel Search Engine !
I am surprised that in this day and age we have Travel search engine looking like 90DI. I don't know how many of you would agree with me, but I found the look of this excellent travel search engine bit too amateurish. It is also quite…
Meet like minded people…urrr..no.. Rikshawvalas !
Aint you surprised at the number of new social networking sites that have crop up in recent times? I can count atleast 10 at the top of my head. Each one claims to have something unique and different that will make them the top networking…
Rupee, Sensex and India: too fast too furious?
I was talking to an American friend of mine yesterday about India. He mentioned something that really intrigued me. He said: ’India is growing too fast and furious, it is not good. It can boomerang India back where it all…
Indian skies getting busier !
The growth in Indian aviation sector has been extraordinary and it is expected to gain faster pace in coming months and years.
In last 3-4 years itself, India has seen launch of multiple budget airlines, all of them growing aggressively.…
Indian Online Airfare search: Comparative Analysis of 10 different travel sites.
Yatra Arzoo Ezeego Cleartrip IXIGO makemytrip Indiatimes Travel Desiya Travelguru Travelocity
redBus.in : A truly simple online bus ticket booking service
redbus.in completed one year since their launch last week. I came across this site very recently, and was impressed from the word go.
What is Redbus.in?
It is a an online bus ticket booking service based out of Bangalore. They operate…
Will Indian Consumers pay to buy music online?
I will give you my own example. I visited India last year. During my stay I was going to drive long hours along with my friends visiting different places. What better thing to make that travel comfortable than to play some songs with Nasal…
Indian Online Retail: Deal Aggregating sites cropping up.
By comparison India is far behind. The reason is that online retail is directly proportional to internet penetration in India, which currently stands at meager 3.5 percent of population. However, these numbers are estimated to grow at…
Encyclopedia for new and first time Indian Entrepreneurs
When I read about National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) on WebYantra, I headed straight for the site. I spend nearly an hour on NEN site after registering and still could not feed my appetite with the wealth of information they had. I am…
Top 20 Business facts you should know about India
I publish these lists from time to time. They serve as a quick reference points and enhance individuals knowledge to a large extent.
Some of the earlier lists that have been published here on Trakin are:
15 little known facts about India…
Trak.in Blog featured in Times of India, Delhi Edition
This weekend was quite good for Trak.in, it got featured in Times of India. If you are one of the readers in Delhi, India, you must have already seen the special report on Blogging in India appeared in Times of India Delhi Edition.
Trak.in…
Indian Web2.0 Travel Portals: Comparative Analysis of Air fare search
It is difficult to judge or come to a conclusion based on just one search across multiple sites. However, from this particular experiment, it seems that Yatra has the best search algorithm and found the best deal and that too with a…
Starting a Business: Do Indian Entrepreneurs lack the killer instinct?
India has moved from being an agricultural economy to a knowledge economy in past decade and a half. The Indian doctors, scientists and engineers have created their mark across the globe and India. This is one of the main reasons why India…
13 reasons for success of Indian software industry
Top Best 10 reasons for success in Software Information Tech Industry, investment in India, success factors, Software Industry investment, Indian educated population, outsourcing offshoring young population telecommunication