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Website:	[Bhavin's Blog Bhavin's Blog]
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Bhavin Turakhia is Founder, CEO and Chairman of The Directi Group.^[1] He is also CEO of ResellerClub, .pw, LogicBoxes, Answerable.com, and BigRock, which are all a part of The Directi Group.^[2]^[3]

In 1998, at the age of 19, he founded The Directi Group with his brother Divyank with a loan of $600 from their parents. Directi, an industry-leading Web Services Provider serving a growing audience of customers in 230+ countries, is currently evaluated at $300+ million.^[4]^[5]

Bhavin is responsible for the vision and architecture of several Directi's Products and services. He has also been instrumental in defining Directi's Corporate Structure and Business Process automation, which enable Directi to continue growing at triple digit growth rates year after year.

He is a respected entity in the Web 2.0 landscape, and a frequent speaker at various seminars. He also serves as a technical advisor to the local CyberCrime Investigation Cell, and designed and launched CodeChef, a plaftorm for coding competitions.^[6]

ICANN Involvement

Bhavin has formerly served as chairman for the Global ICANN Accredited Registrars Constituency for two consecutive terms. He has been the youngest elected chair for this post in the history of ICANN.^[7]

Awards

He has won several awards, including the Entrepreneur of the year award in 2005.^[8]

Education

Turakhia was first exposed to computers at a young age, and dove quickly into learning basic programming, devoting much of his free time to the hobby. He began teaching teachers and other students, and by early high school had already programmed several games in Basic.

After high school, Turakhia studied science at DG Ruparel College in Mumbai, later transferring to Sydenham College, where he studied Commerce.^[9]

References

[1] rofile

[2] Management Profiles - Directi

[3] Management Profiles - BigRock

[4] Turning $600 into a $300 million Company

[5] LinkedIn

[6] Management Profiles - Directi

[7] Web Innovation Speakers Profile

[8] Management Profiles - Directi

[9] Express Computer Interview with Bhavin and Divyank

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-'''Bhavin Turakhia''' is Founder, CEO and Chairman of [[Directi|The Directi Group]].<ref>[http://in.linkedin.com/in/bhavin79 linkedin profile]</ref> In 1998, at the age of 19, he founded The Directi Group with his brother [[Divyank Turakhia|Divyank]] with a loan of $600 from their parents. Directi, an industry-leading Web Services Provider serving a growing audience of customers in 230+ countries, is currently evaluated at $300+ million.<ref>[http://yourhiddenpotential.co.uk/2010/12/10/turning-600-into-a-300million-company-divyank-turakhia/ Turning $600 into a $300 million Company]</ref><ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/bhavin79 LinkedIn]</ref>
+'''Bhavin Turakhia''' is Founder, CEO and Chairman of [[Directi|The Directi Group]].<ref>[http://in.linkedin.com/in/bhavin79 linkedin profile]</ref> He is also CEO of [[ResellerClub]], [[.pw]], [[LogicBoxes]], [[Answerable.com]], and BigRock, which are all a part of The Directi Group.<ref>[http://www.directi.com/about/management/ Management Profiles - Directi]</ref><ref>[http://www.bigrock.com/bigrock-management.html Management Profiles - BigRock]</ref>
-Bhavin is responsible for the vision and architecture of several Directi's Products and services. He has also been instrumental in defining, Directi's Corporate Structure and Business Process automation, which enable Directi to continue growing at triple digit growth rates year after year. He is a respected entity in the Web 2.0 landscape, and a frequent speaker at various seminars. He also serves as a technical advisor to the local CyberCrime Investigation Cell.
+In 1998, at the age of 19, he founded The Directi Group with his brother [[Divyank Turakhia|Divyank]] with a loan of $600 from their parents. Directi, an industry-leading Web Services Provider serving a growing audience of customers in 230+ countries, is currently evaluated at $300+ million.<ref>[http://yourhiddenpotential.co.uk/2010/12/10/turning-600-into-a-300million-company-divyank-turakhia/ Turning $600 into a $300 million Company]</ref><ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/bhavin79 LinkedIn]</ref>
+Bhavin is responsible for the vision and architecture of several Directi's Products and services. He has also been instrumental in defining Directi's Corporate Structure and Business Process automation, which enable Directi to continue growing at triple digit growth rates year after year.
+He is a respected entity in the Web 2.0 landscape, and a frequent speaker at various seminars. He also serves as a technical advisor to the local [[CyberCrime Investigation Cell]], and designed and launched CodeChef, a plaftorm for coding competitions.<ref>[http://www.directi.com/about/management/ Management Profiles - Directi]</ref>
 ==ICANN Involvement==
-Bhavin was also former chairman for the Global ICANN Accredited Registrars Constituency for two consecutive terms. He has been the youngest elected chair for this post in the history of [[ICANN]].
+Bhavin has formerly served as chairman for the Global ICANN Accredited Registrars Constituency for two consecutive terms. He has been the youngest elected chair for this post in the history of [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.webinnovation.in/2008mum/SpeakersProfile.htm Web Innovation Speakers Profile]</ref>
 ==Awards==
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 ==Education==
+Turakhia was first exposed to computers at a young age, and dove quickly into learning basic programming, devoting much of his free time to the hobby. He began teaching teachers and other students, and by early high school had already programmed several games in Basic.
-Turakhia completed his schooling from Arya Vidya Mandir high school in Mumbai. His first exposure to computers was in 1986 when he was in grade 6. In the school Computer lab he had spent long hours studying and playing around with BASIC, GW BASIC languages by his own. With his brother he created the world's larges computer game written in GW Basic.
+After high school, Turakhia studied science at DG Ruparel College in Mumbai, later transferring to Sydenham College, where he studied Commerce.<ref>[http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20071001/technologylife03.shtml Express Computer Interview with Bhavin and Divyank]</ref>
-After high school, Turakhia joined DG Ruparel College in Mumbai, where he completed his junior college and finished his senior college from Sydenham College where he enrolled in a Bachelors of Commerce course.
 ==References==