Uday Zokarkar

Founder

Pune, Maharashtra, India36 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of India's first virtual property fair.
Achieved over 110% revenue growth at BharatMatrimony.
Co-founded a successful magazine acquired by CNBC India.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in digital business consulting and media management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyDigital Business ModellingMarketing ResearchBusiness ManagementBusiness DevelopmentMarketing

Other Skills

Advertising OperationsAffiliate MarketingBranding & IdentityBusiness PlanningCPLCustomer AcquisitionDigital MarketingDigital Marketing StrategyDigital MediaDigital ProductionDigital Revenue ModellingE-CommerceE-commerceEntrepreneurshipIntegrated Marketing

About

Fascinated by the media and power it holds, Uday Zokarkar has been a dynamic and strategic mind on the business side of the industry for over 30 years. Founder of Mantra Media, his venture and its partners are credited to innovative breakthroughs like India's first virtual property fair for CREDAI (Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India, Pune). Uday’s expertise lies in digital business consulting leading to designing digital business modelling and digital revenue modelling. As a trusted advisor on the Board of various versatile ventures, Uday particularly enjoys driving positive impact through technology in Education, EdTech, Learning & Development Wellness & Healthcare Matrimony and more. With his prior experience in leading brands towards successful VC funding during its nascent stage, co-founding business & lifestyle magazine 'Mantram' - targeted toward South Asians in the US, which was later acquired by a subsidiary of CNBC India, as a jury and mentor in the 'Google Weekend Start-ups Initiative' in Pune and numerous other independent consulting gigs that converted into prominent results - Uday thrives on being closely involved as a powerhouse in the process of building growth by providing solutions in business. He is greatly influenced by Chanakya, Swami Vivekananda and Mirza Ghalib. Uday enjoys interacting with management students and his favorite line ‘It’s all about possibilities.’

Experience

Itlize global llc

Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists

Jul 2023 – Apr 2024 · 9 mos · New Jersey, United States

Marketing Research

Mantra media pvt. ltd.

Founder & CEO

Aug 2008 – Present · 17 yrs 7 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

E-CommerceBusiness StrategyDigital Business ModellingDigital Revenue ModellingLeadership

Clickjobs.com (bharatmatrimony group)

Chief Business Officer

Dec 2007 – Aug 2008 · 8 mos

Mandate was to streamline the business operations across India, grow the revenues and set the direction for this vertical.
Responsible for managing a team of about 140 professionals with Sr. Product Manager, Customer Care Manager and Sr. Vice President – Sales, directly reporting to CBO.
Reporting to Founder & CEO with P & L responsibility.
Strategizing, Innovation & Implementation in the highly competitive Job Search market.

Business Strategy

Bharatmatrimony.com

Business Head

Feb 2005 – Nov 2007 · 2 yrs 9 mos

To manage both BharatMatrimony.com and BharatMatrimony Center with P & L responsibility while reporting to Founder and CEO.
To look after branding, working with creative agency, media buying agency and PR agency. Company official spokesperson along with CEO.
Hire, train and mentor a team of middle managers. Part of the team to hire senior management/key resources for the company.
Achieved revenue growth of 110%+ on y-o-y basis and 100%+ targets. Managed both India and International markets successfully.
Set up 110 BharatMatrimony Centers (retail initiative) across India within a period of 2 years and gave a new strategic direction/growth to dot com business. Got extensive media coverage, both in India and International markets including BBC, Time Magazine, and CNN to name a few.
During this period, the group team strength grew from 100 to 800+ professionals.

Business Management

News india-times group, new york

COO

Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 · 2 yrs

Managed four weekly newspapers of the group namely News India-Times, Desi Talk, in English, Gujarat Times in Gujarati and Sher-E-Panjab in Punjabi.
Responsible for hiring, training & managing sales team. To work on new business initiative. Targeting mainstream clients and introduce them to South Asian American market. Working on innovative ideas to bring additional revenue and paid subscribers to the newspapers. Worked very closely with the then Publisher, Late Mr. Gopal Raju.

Business Management

Mantram magazine, usa

Co-Founder and COO

Jan 2000 – Jan 2003 · 3 yrs

Responsible for its launch in the USA and work on growth strategies. Alliance with the top-notch associations and organizations. Hiring and managing the key resources for the magazine.
Successfully negotiated the content sharing alliance with Wall Street Journal, USA.
First South Asian American glossy magazine that was retailed at Barnes & Noble, Borders and Hudson News. The magazine got appreciation for its superior quality of content and focused on Business, Technology and Lifestyle.
Mantram got acquired by SGA Media Inc., a subsidiary of CNBC India – TV 18 Group.

Business Development

The times of india

Response Head (MP) Market

Jun 1990 – Jun 2000 · 10 yrs

Heading the Response Department, based out of Indore and was looking after MP market. As a Response Head, supervising and developing a team of Response Execs, interaction with the Industry, Govt Clients and closely working with Ad agencies of the region. Handling/Managing sub-brands such as Indore Plus and MP Plus.

Marketing