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Indian
Domain Summit Co-Founder Deepak
Daftari (eSiksha.com)
welcoming attendees to the debut edition of
the event Saturday, August 11, 2018
in Kolkata, India. (Unless
noted otherwise, all photos is this
article are courtesy of the Indian
Domain Summit).
eSiksha
CEO Deepak Daftari, an
industry pioneer who is well-known
throughout the global domain
community, told us the original plan
was to hold a small gathering for
less than a dozen friends and
colleagues in Kolkata. However, as
word got out the numbers kept
growing until a full-fledged
conference blossomed before their
eyes. Despite the very short lead
time, Daftari said a capacity crowd
of 115 turned out with more than
half of those traveling from outside
Kolkata to attend the first major
industry event ever held in eastern
India.
Above:
View from the audience as the first Indian
Domain Summit
got underway Saturday morning,
August 11, 2018 in Kolkata.
Below:
In the first business session
Deepak Daftari conducted a
Fireside Chat
with the Head of ICANN
India, Samiran Gupta (right).
Above
& below: The morning sessions
continued with "Success
Stories From Kolkata", a
panel discussion (below) moderated
by Deepak Daftari that
featured successful local
entrepreneurs Abhishek Rungta
(center, Founder, Indus Net
Technologies) and (at right) Srish
Agarwal (Founder & CEO, A1
Future Technologies).
Above:
Indian Domain Summit was set
up to be an interactive event.
Audience members were encouraged to
ask any questions they had during
the business sessions throughout the
day.
Below:
The next morning session was "Success
Stories from the Domaining Industry."
It featured (left to right)
Moderator Arun Bansal (CEO,
ServerGuy), Nitin Agarwal (InformationTechnology.com),
Manish Lunja (BrandPros.com)
and Arvind Reddy
(100DollarDomains.com).
Above:
In the final session before the
lunch break Rohit Goyal (Founder,
SmeHelp.In) and Aishwin Vikhona (eWriting.com)
took the stage to share their "Outbound
Sales Stories and Domain Sales Case
Studies." With Rohit (left)
and Aishwin (center) is moderator
and Indian Domain Summit
Co-Founder Jay Paudyal (DomainKhan.com).
Above
& below: After the lunch break
attendees returned to their seats
for a full slate of afternoon
business sessions. Those began with
a discussion (below) about "Domain
Development, Domain as a Brand,
Finding the Right Exact Match
Domain." It featured (left
to right) Arun Bansal, Chetan
Varma (Founder, Elite Back
Office Solutions) and Om Thoke
(Founder and CEO, Webfosys Group).
Above:
In one of the most well-received
sessions of the day Varun Kumar
of Pashmina.com
(at podium) presented a talk on "Transition
of a Domain Name to a Successful
Business." Pashmina.com is
a sustainable company promoting
handcrafted accessories using pure
cashmere. Every piece is hand woven
& hand embroidered, bringing
livelihood to thousands of artisans
with fair-trade and ethical
practices.
Below:
In another highlight of the day, Neha
Gupta (Founder, Namaxis
Corporation) enthralled the audience
with her "Success Story of a
Female Domainer." After her
talk, conference co-organizer Mayur
Saparia presented Neha
with a memento of the Summit's
appreciation for her support of the
event.
Above:
After a break for coffee and tea, Deepak
Daftari returned to the stage to
conduct a Fireside Chat with
local Kolkata business star Sagar
Daryani (at left, CoFounder and
CEO, WowMomo Pvt. Ltd.) who shared
how he turned his company into a
multi-million dollar operation.
Below:
Next Deepak welcomed Alpesh
Shinde (Sr. Manager, Heading
Aftermarket & Premier Services
at GoDaddy India) to the stage where
the two of them conducted a session
on the "Domain Aftermarket
and Expired Domains."
Above
& below: The final business
session at the 1st edition of the
Indian Domain Summit was one of the
day's liveliest. Jay Paudyal
and Deepak Daftari dove head
first into "Domain Name
Appraisals." People always
want an opinion on what their
domains are worth so hands were up
in the audience throughout this
crowd-pleasing closing
session.
Above:
After Mayur Saparia took the
stage with his fellow conference
organizers for some closing notes
and to thank the audience for
coming, those still on hand at the
end of the busy day were invited to
gather for this group photo.
In the future, when people talk
about the 1st Indian Domain
Summit they will have proof they
were there!
Above
& below: As veteran domain
conference attendees know, the show
being over just means it's time
for the after-party to begin!
For the Indian Domain Summit
that meant reconvening at the
Hard Rock Cafe Kolkata to spend
the evening celebrating. Photos
courtesy of Arun Bansal.
Above
& below: ...but wait, there's
still more! When domain people
get together it is really hard
to get them to go home! On
Sunday, the day after the show,
Deepak Daftari organized a walk
around his hometown - Kolkata
- for a couple of dozen high energy
people apparently determined to turn
the Indian Domain Summit into
a marathon. Even though there
were showers that day they didn't
dampen anyone's spirits as witnessed
(below) by (left to right): Jay
Paudyal, Deepak Daftari, Manish
Lunja and Arun Bansal.
In
a closing note about the inaugural
edition of the Indian Domain Summit,
Deepak credited Jay Paudyal for
joining him in turning their initial
idea into a finished product with
invaluable help from fellow curators
Manish Lunja and Mayur
Sapiria. He was also especially
appreciative of GoDaddy's
support as the event's Principal
Sponsor. Deepak noted, "The
idea was to educate and grow the
community and present the new breed
of young successful domainers to the
wannabes as the ideal role model for
them to follow. Based on the
feedback and appreciation on various
social media platforms like WhatsApp
and Facebook, I think we created a
lot of value of them. We also wanted
to highlight the local (Kolkata
area) boys to show the young
domainers that there is never a
dearth of opportunities!"
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