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Rachul Chawhury is an Indian entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder of DenuoSource and GetDomesticHelp.com  He also serves as chairman of Smart Edge Marketing Pvt. Ltd. Smart Edge Marketing Pvt. Ltd, a mobile application company and Reboot.co.in.

Rahul is also associated with Hyderbad Angels as Executive Committee Member and TiE Charter Member. He is passionate about being a guide and mentor to new entrepreneurs; he likes working with them hands on through the progression of setting up their ventures and seeing them emerge.

Early life
Rahul began his career in marketing at InTouch Technologies where he worked for 2 years as Marketing Associate. From here on he became a director of business development in one of India's leading Below-the-line marketing company called Candid Marketing where he played instrumental role to grow its asset management division in a multi city operation. He left candid to pursue his masters at Kellogs School of Management and graduated in 2005. Thereafter, he joined Ecolab as a Sr. Brand Manager and oversaw the food and beverages division for Asia and Latin American regions.

Positions held
Having worked across Latin America, North America and Asia, during his 12 year career, he transitioned his rich experience to his first start up – DenuoSource, founded in 2006. DenuoSource operates globally in the field of analytics and consulting and renders service to Fortune 500 companies.

On his return to India, he was struck by the economic and working conditions of the unorganized labor market in both domestic and corporate sectors. This prompted him to start his next company – GetDomesticHelp.com. This new venture has been founded with the intent to train and scale the bottom of the pyramid labor force, ensuring payment of minimum wages as prescribed by law while improving employability and financial independence of this sector. The firm also addresses the need for dependable, health & hygiene checks, verified and trained domestic help at homes and workplaces. This online confluence of supply and demand is a pan-India venture that commenced operations in 2011 in Hyderabad and in 2012 in Gurgaon.

Recognition
Rahul has also been interviewed on CNBC, Cisco Entrepreneur Series and has been features in the book “India Inside" in a chapter in innovation in the analytics industry. Indian School of Business has also done case study on Denuosource which is being used as part of their curriculum for their entrepreneurship students.

Personal life
Rahul is married and currently living in Hyderabad with his family.