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Social networking has become a good resource for those who want to know about customs and cultures of different countries of the world. Especially on orkut.com a leading social networking site has hundreds of user created communities on different interests and topics from cultures, art, entertainment, hobbies, technology etc. Now it’s on individual that how one could take an advantage of those communities for their personal benefit. Certainly, many communities on orkut.com are helping people in various ways like members sharing useful information about job, accommodation, medical and different important aspects of life. If someone is intended or newly got a job outside his/her homeland and fortunately got a community of people who are from the same mother land working or staying in that country then It would be a heaven for that person. Isn’t it?

Indians in Singapore popularly known as IIS is one such strong community of more than 7500 people originated from India working or staying in Singapore. Kartik Budhraja a media professional who has been working in Singapore since 2001 is a creator of IIS which is most probably the first community for Indian in Singapore on orkut.com. When Kartik joined orkut in 2004 he didn’t found any community addressing Indians in Singapore and so IIS came into existence but Kartik never took it seriously till the community member’s statistic reached 1000 in a year, organically. Kartik started administrating the community more actively, though he gives more credits to the moderators Raj and Munjal and all members of IIS. Now, after 4 years IIS is looking well organized, strong, active and more authentic community of Indians making there living in Singapore. IIS welcomes every Indian who is new to Singapore or who is living in Singapore for long. The whole IIS community is a combination into 2 different groups of people, one are those who are new to Singapore and want to get help in making there lifestyle easy and sophisticated and other group is who are staying in Singapore from long and has knowledge and information to help those who are new and need their assistance.

Kartik, Owner of IIS CommunityThe forum of IIS (Indians in Singapore) is packed of useful threads started by their dedicated members and loyal moderators. From job seekers or recruiters, accommodation help or where to get pure vegetarian Indian food, IIS is having a big database of all useful information about Singapore and Indians in Singapore, IIS members as active online and at same time also doing good while offline, like arranging get-togethers, or meetings which could help them in make there bond stronger. As reaching high with a strong community, Kartik is very optimistic about future of IIS, disclosing in a brief chat on Rated-WOW Community on orkut Kartik said that he really wants to make IIS more big and strong community on World Wide Web with its all presence and not let Google profit from there hard work. Probably he is disappointed by Google ads on his community. Nevertheless, Kartik is thankful to orkut for giving such a wonderful place to interact with so many people.

Kudos! to IIS managing team and members for coming up with such a positive and really good community, we at OrkutHeroes.com are proud to give Indians in Singapore an honorable place on our Community Showcase category, really a WOW! community.


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16 Comments »

  • KC said:

    Just like this Singapore community, there are indians everywhere in the world..I found them when I was making this COMMUNITY DIRECTORY LIST.

    This list consists of links to all the communities of all countries on Orkut.

    http://ortuk.blogspot.com/2008/04/orkut-community-directory-list-of.html

    Regards
    KC

    - 24 August 2008 at 3:57 pm
  • Gaurav said:

    Thanks to Kartik for wonderfull work and taking the good intative.
    Thanks to Raj & Munjal for taking it futher.

    Great, keep the spirit.

    - 25 August 2008 at 10:26 am
  • Madhavi said:

    Great work KArthik…
    Im mem of IIS….and really njying being it…
    IIS is Gr8 help and very informative and feel home like community for all indians in singapore.

    - 25 August 2008 at 10:30 am
  • ASHIF said:

    IIS -Information kiosk for Indians in Singapore

    KEEP IT UP KARTHIK !!

    - 25 August 2008 at 11:57 am
  • Deepak Doshi said:

    Great work done by kartik.

    All the members in IIS always play their part by helping and guiding indians in singapore.

    - 25 August 2008 at 5:01 pm
  • Amitabha Das said:

    Congratulations to Kartik, Raj, Munjal and all the other members. This community is really worth being a part of and I have loved every bit of it. Keep it up guys!

    - 25 August 2008 at 9:34 pm
  • emmelda lawrence said:

    i m very happy to be a part of this comm. wonderful job done by all the members of this comm. all the best guys!!
    emmelda

    - 25 August 2008 at 10:47 pm
  • Chirag said:

    Hey gr8 job by mods … I got my accomodation through this community 3 months back when I was in India… Thanks to this community now I am well settled in singapore !!

    - 26 August 2008 at 10:24 am
  • Manoj Salunkhe said:

    Gr8 job owner and moderators!!! This forum is keeping healthy spirit among all Indians in Singapore. We don’t feel like away from India after connecting to this community. Its like a virtual meeting room for all of us:).

    - 26 August 2008 at 11:48 am
  • Dishti said:

    Congratulations!!! Its a very nice community and made me feel at home when I just landed in Singapore!! Congrats once again. Keep up the good work.

    - 27 August 2008 at 6:35 am
  • Shobhit Gupta said:

    Great community…

    its a full guide for indians who come to singapore.

    Good job by community owner and moderators…

    - 28 August 2008 at 11:23 am
  • Charu said:

    Congratulations Kartik,
    Great work done!
    Its really gives pleasure to go through the site and just gives the reflections of Indian Diaspore dil se1
    Keep it up!

    - 29 August 2008 at 7:36 am
  • Rupali said:

    nice community.Iam happy to be a part of it. congrats and good luck kartik,raj and munjal + lovely members

    - 2 September 2008 at 4:05 pm
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