Mangaluru couple's start up pitch to be featured on popular Indian TV show "Shark Tank" on Jan 26
Popular Indian TV Show Shark Tank is all set to feature a Mangaluru couple and their start-up idea on Wednesday 26 January, when it comes on air at 9:00 pm on Sony channel and Sony LIV app.
Shark Tank offers a platform to young and aspiring entrepreneurs from India to pitch their business models to a panel of investors and persuade them to invest money in their idea.
Mangaluru couple Zamzeer and his wife Jameela Roohi will pitch their start-up idea of “Kunafa World” which they co-founded in 2018. The couple made a humble beginning in 2018 with only a Facebook page in Mangaluru which has now turned into a national brand with 10 outlets in Bengaluru, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Roohi, a housewife was always passionate about baking desserts. The idea of Kunafa World that bring the middle-east desserts to India, struck the couple when Roohi served it to Zamzeer one day. Awestruck by the taste of it, Zamzeer encouraged his wife to take up baking of the dessert while he continued with his routine job.
With one Facebook page named “Bake Angel”, and Zamzeeer as her marketer, Roohi stepped into the baking business and made strides to make Kunafa World a well-known dessert brand.
A year after selling Kunafas a friend of Zamzeer, Mohammed Hafeez partnered with the couple and helped them bring up their first outlet in Mangaluru.
With several outlets of Kunafa World now running across states, Roohi handles the supply chain and operations of their brand, while Zamzeer manages branding and marketing.
"Getting selected for shark tank India show on Sony television Out of 69000 applicants all over india was a biggest achievement for both of us and for our Kunafa World business which we started as home business in Mangalore to a successful brand all over India. We thank our families, friends and everyone who supported us throughout this journey and owe our success to them" the couple told Vartha Bharati
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Efforts of party cadres will be rewarded on May 4: DMK chief Stalin
Chennai (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday said that the efforts made by his party cadres during the Assembly elections would be rewarded on May 4.
The counting of votes for the Assembly elections held on April 23 will be taken up on May 4.
"We are set to reap the rewards of the hard work put in by our party cadres on the coming fourth (May 4 counting day). There is absolutely no change in this and not even the slightest deviation," Stalin said at a May Day event here.
"There is no need for anyone to assume that I am speaking merely on the basis of exit polls," he added.
Stalin, who is also DMK chief, said that "good news" would come for those eagerly waiting for the election results.
Stating that the DMK governance is based on philosophy and principles, Stalin said, "This will continue."
He recalled the pivotal role of the then Chief Minister C N Annadurai, who first declared May Day as a government holiday, and subsequently, late CM M Karunanidhi, who was instrumental in extending it as a paid holiday across the nation.
"Responding to the request of Kalaingnar (Karunanidhi), the then Prime Minister V P Singh accepted the plea and declared it (May 1) a paid government holiday not merely for Tamil Nadu, but for the entire nation," Stalin said.
