The Best Technology Portal - 2008
Just like last year we have been awarded "The Best Technology Portal" by PC World. This award has made it evident that BharatMatrimony.com is The Only Futuristic Next Generation Matrimony Portal. Innovative Technology is the future of Online Matrimony and BharatMatrimony has taken a clear lead.

Undisputed Leader In Online Matrimony
Once again BharatMatrimony has been chosen as the Leader in Online Matrimony. The India Online-2008 report by JuxtConsult confirms that we are THE MOST PREFERRED and MOST VISITED matrimony portal by Indians world over. Our efforts to deliver the best service have added credibility to our organization and even more success stories.

BharatMatrimony launches Matrimony 2.0, The Next Generation Matrimony Portal.
The new portal focuses on user experience and behaviour keeping in mind that both parents and the younger generation use the portal. The portal is clutter free, simple and easy to use and engages the best of web 2.0 features. This is the world's first ever matrimony portal with a fairly advanced and futuristic outlook.

Health Profile (Pre-marital health check-up), another pioneering initiative was launched by BharatMatrimony in association with Metropolis, a leading diagnostic laboratory and research centre. Metropolis offers Soul to Soul pre-marital health check-up package which is a series of tests meant to be taken before marriage. BharatMatrimony members get special discounts if they opt to take the tests. The reports of the tests will then be added to the members' profile as Health Profile.

Consim Info raises USD 11.75 Million led by Mayfield Fund and existing investors, Yahoo! and Canaan Partners in its second round of funding.

On a Star Trek - The Confederation of Indian Industry has paid a tribute to our CEO Mr. Murugavel Janakiraman by featuring him in their recently released book "Star Trek", that features top 101 star performers (age no bar) who have led innovative activities in Tamil Nadu in a wide variety of fields. It highlights innovations in engineering and technology, new ventures into retail and education, even social entrepreneurs championing the rights of the underprivileged. Some are stories of struggles against odds, others are strategic masterpieces. One common theme unites them all - they innovate and inspire.

BharatMatrimony conducts the Mega Swayamvaram 2007 - The World's Largest Matrimony Meet in Chennai and Hyderabad.

Launch of IndiaPages.com - The Online Yellow Pages.

BharatMatrimony enters NASSCOM's Top 100 IT Innovators.

PC World's "Best Indian Websites of 2007" ranks the BharatMatrimony Group in 3 verticals: BharatMatrimony.com for the "Best Indian Matrimonial Website 2007", IndiaProperty.com for the "Best Indian Property Website 2007" and ClickJobs.com for the "Best Designed Indian Job Site 2007".

The Governing Council of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) appoints Murugavel Janakiraman as Chairman of the Association for 2007 - 2008.

BharatMatrimony.com officially launches Voice Matrimony in association with Airtel. This service allows you to create a Voice Profile to attract prospective partners.

BharatMatrimony launches Loanwala.com -a portal that helps loan-seekers in India to apply and acquire personal, property and automobile loans.

Honeymoon Special, a new addition to the portal explores various Indian and international honeymoon destinations. It allows users to share their honeymoon story and post photos online. Plus it offers a whole lot of travel wisdom, tips and quips.

BharatMatrimony launches MatrimonyDiary.com, a portal that helps users record their wedding experience on their very own wedding site. From adding photos to sending e-invitations and sharing their wedding story, the site preserves the exciting journey of a couple towards marriage and thereafter.

BharatMatrimony introduces Between US - Relationship Helpline Blog,, a new FREE Marriage Counseling service that will help engaged as well as married couples to address the various challenges that comes with marriage.

BharatMatrimony conducts the first ever Online Matrimony Meet© for the Agarwal Virtual Swayamvar for singles to meet prospects from their own community and interact with them. A great success, BharatMatrimony will be conducting similar online matrimony meets for other communities as well.

BharatMatrimony is THE ONLY MATRIMONY PORTAL THAT HAS GROWN in 06-07 while other matrimony portals have declined according to a recent study by JuxtConsult. The study also states that most Indians prefer using BharatMatrimony.com to other matrimony portals. These findings confirm our dominant position and extended reach in the online matrimony space.

BharatMatrimony tied-up with Nokia to bring yet another service to enhance a member's partner search. Nokia handset users in the country can now register, search and contact members across the 15 regional portals of BharatMatrimony right from their mobile phone.

BharatMatrimony published a plug-in on Yahoo Messenger that can be downloaded and used to search for a life partner. Members can now quick search their soul mates right from Yahoo Messenger and also login into BharatMatrimony directly from the plug-in. With Voice Matrimony, BharatMatrimony brought in the trendiest way to find a life partner.

BharatMatrimony found a place in the Limca Book of Records for record number of documented marriages online.

Global leaders Yahoo! and Canaan Partners invest $8.65 million in the BharatMatrimony Group.

Launch of IndiaAutomobile.com - The Online Automobile Supermarket.

BharatMatrimony is honored by Silicon India and is amongst their top 100 technology companies in the US in the Internet/Web 2.0 category.

Murugavel Janakiraman receives the Prakruti Ratna Award, from Surjit Singh Barnala (Governor of Tamil Nadu) for valuable civic and environmental contributions.

Launch of IndiaList.com - The Online Classifieds.

Launch of ClickJobs.com, India's Premium Job Portal.

BharatMatrimony launches its first ever offline business venture - "BharatMatrimony Centre" at Chennai.

Launch of IndiaProperty.com - The No.1 Property Portal.

Launch of BharatBloodBank, a non-profit, non-commercial interface.

BharatMatrimony bags 2 awards at the Chennai Ad Club Award.

BharatMatrimony ties-up with the Government of Andhra Pradesh to provide Matrimony services through Rajiv Internet Village Center (RIVC).

BharatMatrimony also ties up with the Government of Kerala to provide Matrimony services through Akshaya Kendra.

BharatMatrimony ties up with the Department of Post, Government of India to sell BharatMatrimony Membership Cards through the post offices.

BharatMatrimony is awarded ISO 9001:2000 certification.

Launch of Matrimony Xpress, India's first blog on relationships.

A 15th regional portal - UrduMatrimony.com - is launched.

Murugavel Janakiraman becomes one of the youngest businessmen to be a SIGARAM-15 Business Icon - an award instituted by the India Today Group to honor people who devise, design and alter the course of events in their respective areas of work and truly change the lives of people.

Launch of VeriProfile (Patent Pending) - a verification service to ensure genuine and reliable profiles.

BharatMatrimony sponsors the Miss India-USA pageant.

BharatMatrimony officially opens office and starts operations in Dubai.

BharatMatrimony enters into a strategic alliance with the Government of Andhra Pradesh to provide Matrimony services through e-Seva.

Murugavel Janakiraman is honored by the AICC with the "Top 5 Under-35 South Asians" Award.

BharatMatrimony ties up with Sify iway to offer payment collection across India.

BharatMatrimony hosts the first ever Matrimony Meet for the physically challenged.

Launch of Matrimony on Mobile and Mobile Alerts, taking Matrimony across different platforms.

BharatMatrimony pioneers the Matrimony Meet concept, whereby prospective brides and grooms and their families can meet face to face.

Mega Swayamvaram 2002, the largest Matrimony Meet in the world is conducted at Rajah Muthiah and Rani Meyammai Halls, Chennai.

DesiMatch, the first and exclusive relationship and Matrimony magazine for South Asians residing in the US is launched.

Four more regional portals are added - MarwadiMatrimony.com, ParsiMatrimony.com, AssameseMatrimony.com and OriyaMatrimony.com.

BharatMatrimony opens offices across India in Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad.

BharatMatrimony ties up with Rediff, Sify and MSN as a Matrimony channel, hence pioneering the Matrimony concept in India, so much so that the word 'Matrimony' today is synonymous with BharatMatrimony.

BharatMatrimony.com initiates ten regional websites - BengaliMatrimony.com, MarathiMatrimony.com, GujaratiMatrimony.com, PunjabiMatrimony.com, HindiMatrimony.com, SindhiMatrimony.com, KannadaMatrimony.com, KeralaMatrimony.com, TeluguMatrimony.com and TamilMatrimony.com.

The first professionally designed homepage of BharatMatrimony is launched as well.

BharatMatrimony incorporates its US office with the US headquarters based in New York.

Murugavel Janakiraman, the Founder and CEO of BharatMatrimony Group, finds his life partner Deepa on the site he created and ties the knot on 28th November.

Envisioning a bigger opportunity in the Matrimony sector in India, BharatMatrimony opens a small office (300 square feet) in Chennai.

BharatMatrimony officially begins to document their Success Stories.

The community portal is an instant hit, gaining good recognition.

The matrimony section orginally consisted of two pages: one for the Bride and one for the Groom, and was expanded further to provide search features. It soon became the most popular, received excellent response and is now gaining momentum.

April 14, New Jersey, USA - A young programmer named Murugavel Janakiraman starts a community portal, through his sole initiative, for Indians living and working abroad. He is entirely in charge of the portal from end-to-end, including conceptualisation, design, HTML and programming.

Features such as Matrimony, Make Friends, Greeting Cards, Reminders and a Discussion Forum are added.