2. What is BUK IT Inc. ?
• Buk IT Inc in an online classifieds for textbooks
buying and reselling.
• It makes buying affordable, where you can buy any
book at 10% of its cost.
• It was listed as one of the TOP 25 Students Startups
in India by TATA in the year 2012.
3. How it works ?
• A member after choosing is right package is allowed
to post the details of the books, he is ready to sell,
online.
• The selling price of any book is fixed at 40% of its
cost.
• Similarly, a member can buy any book at 50% of its
cost.
• The book is resold again for 40% and one ends up
spending only 10% on any book he uses.
4. Our growth:
• Started off with zero monetary investments, the
revenue grew up to more than a lakh rupees in an
year.
• Now it has 8 employees in total and being operated in
4 colleges across Chennai.
• It was a widely talked about startup in the student
community and within an year of its incubation, it
grew as one of the Top 25 Student Startups in the
country.
5. Achievements:
• Buk It was selected as Top 25
student startups in India by
TATA .
• It saw a steady growth since its
inception into business and it
was sold at an auction a year
after its inception.
6. Social Interaction:
Vijayaraghavan, founder of Buk IT Inc.,
Member interacting at Buk IT Inc. stall
presenting the startup to audience at
@SSN College of Engineering
an Entrepreneurship cell meet
7. Social interaction :
Buk IT Inc. featured in an article on Founders of Buk IT Inc. receiving the
THE HINDU award from TATA