Hyderabad firm aims at Rs 5-cr revenue this fiscal

By Biju Dwarakanath

Chennai, Nov 6: C & K Management Ltd, the Hyderabad-based Information Content provider, is aiming at a topline growth of Rs. 5 crore this fiscal, mainly on the back of orders under price negotiations worth Rs 2.1 crore

C & K Managing Director and CEO T. Muralidharan told The New Indian Express that the company, which is in the business of mining content from different sources and converting it into actionable knowledge, has confirmed orders worth Rs 1.4 crore and renewals of existing orders worth Rs 1.08 crore this fiscal.

It has also got approval from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority for online
insurance agents. training, based on a unique training product it developed. Revenues from this product are also expected to add to the over Rs. 5 crore estimate, said Muralidharan.

A large fraction of our earnings are through exports and we expect to have more than
Rs. 2 crore of exports in 2003-04,. he added. The company meets the content needs of corporates and academic institutions in India, the Middle East and the US. Apart from the career supplement that it currently produces for Khaleej Times, one of its main clients, it has been requested to produce another supplement called Computer Times and provide a query answering service for the same, he said...,We are awaiting a formal contract for this, he added. We have made cash profits of Rs. 5 lakh as per the latest audited accounts for the year ended 31st March 2003, he said.

Business Express
7th November 2003

IIM Bangalore signs up TheManageMentor

IIM Bangalore joins hands with TheManageMentor.com, Asia's first knowledge portal for professionals. It is available for faculty members and students through intranet.

According to Mr. T Muralidharan, CEO and Co-founder of C&K Management, "Adults (professionals) learn differently in comparison to students or children. They have very short attention span (maximum of 10 minutes at a stretch), and are easily intimidated by knowledge."

TheManageMentor contains current and contemporary business practices. It's a place for budding and practicing managers to share their professional experience and learn from one another. Regular usage of the portal helps managers gain the useful global perspectives and tune them to local business needs.

At IIM Bangalore, TheManageMentor.com will serve as a good reading supplement for MBA students and a research support for faculty members.

Dr. Prakash Apte, Director, IIM Bangalore says, "I found the concept of bringing contemporary management ideas to the Intranet of the institution very interesting. A team of Professors evaluated the portal and we found it suitable for students and hence took a decision to provide access to students and faculty members".

Adds Prof. S. Sundararajan of Finance & Control Areas "I came to know of the portal and have been using it myself. The portal provides knowledge nuggets on a daily basis to the desktop. I found the topics relevant and the style of presentation very interesting. I am sure it will become a very popular knowledge support tool amongst students and executives"

About IIM Bangalore

The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore was established in 1973. Today, IIMB is recognised as India's best Business school. Its world-class infrastructure provides the foundation for its programmes of teaching, research, consulting and other professional services. It offers PG programs, Doctoral program and Executive programs. The Institute's proximity to some of the leading corporate houses in the country gives the added advantage of integrating classroom knowledge with practical experience.

About TheManageMentor.com

C & K Management's portal, TheManageMentor.com, launched in August 2000, is Asia's first knowledge portal in business and management space. The portal already has 15,000 individual and 100+ corporate subscribers. The international endorsement speaks volumes about the quality of the portal's content.

The portal, the largest of its kind, provides practical and conceptual inputs in 33 management areas across 6 channels - Manufacturing, Sales & Marketing, Finance & Accounting, IT, HR and Strategic Management. The portal also operates a K-Call centre for members where a team of experts operate a help desk on professional and career issues. TheManageMentor.com is the first portal, which is built entirely on the principles of adult education and hence makes it easy for professionals to unlearn and relearn all the time.

About C&K Management Ltd. (C&K)

C&K Management is in the business of providing researched and actionable content and knowledge services to professionals. The company delivers its knowledge services through internet, intranet and through classroom training. While www.themanagementor.com is the flagship portal of the company, C&K offers E-learning and portal solutions in banking, insurance, manufacturing, FMCG and pharma verticals.

ICICI Ventures, one of the largest financial institutions in India and APIDC Venture Capital have invested in the company. XLRI, Jamshedpur, is knowledge partner in this venture.

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