udChalo celebrates 7th Foundation Day, gets wishes from Armed Forces fraternity

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Pune, 14th September 2019 : udChalo, a brand of Upcurve Business Pvt. Limited celebrated its 7th Anniversary of its foundation day at Pune on Sept 14. The organization caters to travel needs of the serving armed forces personnel, veterans and their dependents. Over this period the organization has grown to 200+ strong organization, majority of which comes from defence background.

Lt. General SK Saini, AVSM, YSM, VSM GOC-in-C Southern command was the Guest of Honor on this occasion. “I congratulate Varun Jain and Ravi Kumar for their success and the spirit of giving back to the armed forces community where they come from” said Lt. General Saini. “Going forward the benefits of offerings from udChalo, as an organization started by two army kids, should also be extended to even those who don’t come from defence background. I wish them the very best in their endeavors for the coming years.” he added.

Mr. Varun Jain, CEO of Upcurve stated “I thank Lt. General SK Saini for his presence on this occasion and it reassures us that we are on the right trajectory when it comes to our motto ‘Service for Services’. We have added Hotels offerings for our customers on our portals and continue to bring more value to them by adding more service for making their lives simpler.
The occasion was also graced by Major General Pritam Bishnoi, VSM, Chief Signal Officer and Chairman of Army Institute of Technology and Brigadier Bhatt, Director, Army Institute of Technology. Varun and Ravi are engineering graduates from this institute.
“Army Institute of Technology is proud to have alumni like Ravi & Varun. They are inspiration to the students of the institute” Major General Bishnoi.
udChalo, , a Brand of UpCurve Business Services Private Limited, an Online Travel portal for Defence personnel was founded in 2012 by Ravi Kumar and Varun Jain and cemented over the years with an aim to create a platform that helps the Indian Defence Personnel and their Dependents to travel with utmost ease. With a vision to make life simpler for our soldiers, we stand true to our motto ‘Service for Services’.
udChalo is registered under Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Govt of India and approved by IATA. It operates in the areas of travel for Defence personnel through the Website www.udchalo.com, App platform and 60 plus Offline ticket booking offices catering to more than 2.8 million serving Defence Personnel, Veterans and their Dependents. udChalo’s booking offices are operated by Veterans/Veer Naris/Dependents from the Indian Armed Forces community.
udChalo, recently partnered with Oyo and Fab hotels to introduce a new hospitality service offering of 10,000 plus hotels available to all Defence personnel. The company has been awarded the Entrepreneur India Award for the ‘Travel startup of the year 2019’ and has been recognized by Silicon India as one of the Top 10 OTA’s (Online travel Agency) with a difference that it focuses on booking exclusive fares for the Indian Armed Forces, Paramilitary forces, Ex-servicemen and their Dependents.