GOFLYTTA
(www.goflytta.com)
Year of inception:
January 2016
Team strength:
25
Institution:
Hindustan University
Initial investment:
Rs. 2 lakh
Relocation is a defining feature of our times. With professionals more open to shifting to new locations to further their careers and companies now keeping their workforces more liquid and constantly redeploying resources in newer areas, relocation services are much sought-after. There is a raft of service providers offering relocation expertise, and yet the process is never easy. Let’s face it — relocation is difficult. Well, that’s probably the voice of cynicism.
Two youngsters — just out of college — and therefore less cynical, strongly believe relocation need not be an ordeal. The source of their confidence is a web-based application they developed in the final year of engineering. Goflytta.com — which is derived from the word for ‘relocate’ in Swedish — is the brainchild of Rahul Kanuganti and Gokulavasan Murali, engineering graduates from Hindustan University. “Relocation can be stressful for the entire family. They have to access a variety of services, including houses on rent, DTH connection and school/college admissions: the app enables them to do so,” says Rahul, a mechanical engineer.
The web page, which works on the concept of artificial intelligence, combines all the information provided by the user to offer suitable suggestions based on their age, occupation and desired destination.
According to Rahul, getting service providers to partner with the web page and to create an algorithm to match every individual’s requirement was the most difficult task.
“Collecting data from India’s relocation community, which is around 40 crore, is no easy task. We are currently working on improving our connectivity with city colleges, builders and other service providers,” he says. “Multitasking space research on one hand and a nascent start-up on the other was difficult. But constant encouragement and support from teachers enabled us to achieve our goals,” Rahul says that Goflytta is among the few start-ups from Chennai that have been selected to be part of Hyderabad’s start-up Incubator, T-hub.
