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  • SmartCooky.com to champion #FitIndia campaign

    SmartCooky.com to champion #FitIndia campaign

    New Delhi: NDTV’s e-commerce venture SmartCooky is happy to announce a strategic partnership with Glanbia Performance Nutrition, for India’s largest fitness drive, the #FitIndia Campaign.

    SmatCooky is partnering with the #FitIndia campaign to build awareness about nutrition, health and fitness. India is the diabetes capital of the world and the rising incidences of obesity and hypertension, amongst other lifestyle diseases, is a great cause of concern. The campaign will create a network of professionals such as dieticians, nutritionists, educators and key opinion leaders. This initiative will travel across 12 cities in the next few months, while working together with change makers at various levels and organizations.

    The campaign was launched and supported by the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shri J P Nadda, in the presence of dignitaries including actor and fitness enthusiast, Milind Soman. Giving it his full backing and support, Mr.Nadda stressed that this is the need of the hour and high on the government’s agenda.

    Mr. Nadda on Thursday underlined the rising scare of lifestyle diseases in India and the importance of yoga, and a balanced diet to tackle these. Reinforcing the government’s commitment towards health, he said, “My ministry will provide full support in eradicating non communicable and lifestyle diseases from India. I recommend we should practice yoga and maintain a balanced diet for a healthy lifestyle to ensure a fitter India”.

    SmartCooky.com is the leading e-commerce platform focused on helping consumers lead a healthier lifestyle, providing a unique mix of content and commerce. The platform started out under the banner of NDTV Food as a content website, focusing on recipes, health and fitness articles; and has become the No.1 content site in India. In the current avatar of SmartCooky, the platform offers a mix of its existing articles, recipes and a chance for customers to shop from a wide range of 2000+ products. The e-commerce shop offers products within the health, nutrition, wellness and personal care space, which have been individually handpicked by our in-house experts.

    “There’s never been a better time to launch a nationwide movement spreading awareness about health, wellness and nutrition. SmartCooky is delighted to be a contributing knowledge partner in this initiative”, shared Seema Chandra, Managing Director, SmartCooky.

  • SmartCooky.com to champion #FitIndia campaign

    SmartCooky.com to champion #FitIndia campaign

    New Delhi: NDTV’s e-commerce venture SmartCooky is happy to announce a strategic partnership with Glanbia Performance Nutrition, for India’s largest fitness drive, the #FitIndia Campaign.

    SmatCooky is partnering with the #FitIndia campaign to build awareness about nutrition, health and fitness. India is the diabetes capital of the world and the rising incidences of obesity and hypertension, amongst other lifestyle diseases, is a great cause of concern. The campaign will create a network of professionals such as dieticians, nutritionists, educators and key opinion leaders. This initiative will travel across 12 cities in the next few months, while working together with change makers at various levels and organizations.

    The campaign was launched and supported by the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shri J P Nadda, in the presence of dignitaries including actor and fitness enthusiast, Milind Soman. Giving it his full backing and support, Mr.Nadda stressed that this is the need of the hour and high on the government’s agenda.

    Mr. Nadda on Thursday underlined the rising scare of lifestyle diseases in India and the importance of yoga, and a balanced diet to tackle these. Reinforcing the government’s commitment towards health, he said, “My ministry will provide full support in eradicating non communicable and lifestyle diseases from India. I recommend we should practice yoga and maintain a balanced diet for a healthy lifestyle to ensure a fitter India”.

    SmartCooky.com is the leading e-commerce platform focused on helping consumers lead a healthier lifestyle, providing a unique mix of content and commerce. The platform started out under the banner of NDTV Food as a content website, focusing on recipes, health and fitness articles; and has become the No.1 content site in India. In the current avatar of SmartCooky, the platform offers a mix of its existing articles, recipes and a chance for customers to shop from a wide range of 2000+ products. The e-commerce shop offers products within the health, nutrition, wellness and personal care space, which have been individually handpicked by our in-house experts.

    “There’s never been a better time to launch a nationwide movement spreading awareness about health, wellness and nutrition. SmartCooky is delighted to be a contributing knowledge partner in this initiative”, shared Seema Chandra, Managing Director, SmartCooky.

  • VLCC’s Vandana Luthra invests in NDTV’s Smartcooky.com

    VLCC’s Vandana Luthra invests in NDTV’s Smartcooky.com

    MUMBAI: VLCC founder Vandana Luthra has invested an undisclosed amount in NDTV’s e-commerce platform Smartcooky.com.

    The company has previously raised funds from multiple investors, which values the startup at $12 million. 

    The platform will sell healthy foods and personal care products across the country and is based on the network’s current food website,www.food.ndtv.com. The funding for the platform, which claims to have over three million unique visitors a month, has come through NDTV’s subsidiary SmartCooky Internet Limited.

    The new content site will help in making healthy choices in the daily life by offering a well chosen selection of quality products.

    Speaking on the investment, NDTV Group executive co-chairperson Dr. Prannoy Roy said, “We are delighted to have Mrs. Vandana Luthra, a pioneer in the field of wellness, as an investor in Smartcooky. We see this alliance as a strategic one, where both parties are bound to gain.”

    On this new deal, Smartcooky director Seema Chandra added, “We are very pleased to have Mrs. Luthra as our investor, as she brings on board a wealth of knowledge about the well ness space from a global perspective and would give SmartCooky a strategic edge in this high growth market. She will join the other marquee investors on Smartcooky and mentor the business as we move a long.”

    Luthra said, “The health and wellness industry is growing rapidly and is very dynamic. Having been in the industry for 26 years, I believe that there is a need for such a platform, which can inform on and deliver quality health and wellness products to consumers and further grow the market. I look forward to working with the Smartcooky team and wish them the very best.”

    “Baseline is delighted to facilitate Mrs. Vandana Luthra’s association with the Smartcooky venture of NDTV. Mrs. Luthra has revolutionised the concept of wellness in our country and with her coming on board of this exciting new venture of NDTV, it will surely be a great symbiotic relationship between them,” voiced NDTV’s online wedding market Baseline Ventures MD Tuhin Mishra.

    Smartcooky’s other investors include Google VP and MD South East Asia and India Rajan Anandan, Genpact former president and CEO Pramod Bhasin, Manipal Group Education chairman Siddarth Pai and Unilever executive board member Manvinder Singh Banga.

  • VLCC’s Vandana Luthra invests in NDTV’s Smartcooky.com

    VLCC’s Vandana Luthra invests in NDTV’s Smartcooky.com

    MUMBAI: VLCC founder Vandana Luthra has invested an undisclosed amount in NDTV’s e-commerce platform Smartcooky.com.

    The company has previously raised funds from multiple investors, which values the startup at $12 million. 

    The platform will sell healthy foods and personal care products across the country and is based on the network’s current food website,www.food.ndtv.com. The funding for the platform, which claims to have over three million unique visitors a month, has come through NDTV’s subsidiary SmartCooky Internet Limited.

    The new content site will help in making healthy choices in the daily life by offering a well chosen selection of quality products.

    Speaking on the investment, NDTV Group executive co-chairperson Dr. Prannoy Roy said, “We are delighted to have Mrs. Vandana Luthra, a pioneer in the field of wellness, as an investor in Smartcooky. We see this alliance as a strategic one, where both parties are bound to gain.”

    On this new deal, Smartcooky director Seema Chandra added, “We are very pleased to have Mrs. Luthra as our investor, as she brings on board a wealth of knowledge about the well ness space from a global perspective and would give SmartCooky a strategic edge in this high growth market. She will join the other marquee investors on Smartcooky and mentor the business as we move a long.”

    Luthra said, “The health and wellness industry is growing rapidly and is very dynamic. Having been in the industry for 26 years, I believe that there is a need for such a platform, which can inform on and deliver quality health and wellness products to consumers and further grow the market. I look forward to working with the Smartcooky team and wish them the very best.”

    “Baseline is delighted to facilitate Mrs. Vandana Luthra’s association with the Smartcooky venture of NDTV. Mrs. Luthra has revolutionised the concept of wellness in our country and with her coming on board of this exciting new venture of NDTV, it will surely be a great symbiotic relationship between them,” voiced NDTV’s online wedding market Baseline Ventures MD Tuhin Mishra.

    Smartcooky’s other investors include Google VP and MD South East Asia and India Rajan Anandan, Genpact former president and CEO Pramod Bhasin, Manipal Group Education chairman Siddarth Pai and Unilever executive board member Manvinder Singh Banga.