
In the April of 1999, GNG Internet's business graph took a dramatic upward turn as it merged with CRV Infotech to form a brand new company, Dot Com Infoway. Soon after establishment, Dot Com Infoway launched Galatta.com, its most successful media initiative and South India's #1 movie portal with Girish Ramdas as President.
Galatta.com is the largest and most respected portal in the world for South Indian movies. From a simple entertainment site, Galatta.com has vertically expanded into several sectors like movie content aggregation and distribution, entertainment event management, print media and mobile media. Accolades to Girish's unflinching commitment toward the portal, Galatta.com is now a movie content aggregator engaged in legal distribution of movie-related content (like movie music) on the web and the mobile. Galatta.com's first project in legal content acquisition and distribution over the web was the mega-movie Sivaji The Boss of AVM Productions. With video content distribution as the next step, Galatta.com is currently involved in movie music distribution on mobile platforms like iPhone.
Girish Ramdas' contribution to the Indian movie industry is phenomenal. He is the first innovator who articulated and spearheaded the need for professional and ethical management of movie content in the South Indian movie scene. Always ready to explore new technologies and futuristic concepts, Girish has led Galatta.com from a mere information portal to an interactive and lucrative business with over 5,00,000+ registered users and about 4 million plus page views a month. Galatta.com's other media wings Galatta Cinema magazine, G3 supplement, Galatta Global Events are leading players in the entertainment industry.
Girish Ramdas is also the co-founder and Managing Director of the GNG Group of Companies in Chennai, India that comprises of five companies, specializing in various fields such as Consultancy, Software Development, Web Development and Portals. He is involved in the overall management of operations, which includes developing strategic relations, setting up marketing plans and monetizing content for new media.
A multi-faceted personality, Girish has gained vast experience in fields that involve monetization of new media, web development, software development, entertainment mobile apps and IT consulting. His intellectual pursuit has urged him to take up challenging projects in India and abroad. His unparalleled dynamism and business intellect have led Dot Com Infoway and Galatta.com to have a leading edge in the industry. Under his leadership, Dot Com Infoway has grown from a company of 5 members to one of 250+ qualified design and technical professionals within a short span of 8 years.
Girish excelled in academics – he was a State Rank holder from Don Bosco School, Chennai and holds an Engineering degree from the Anna University, Chennai. He also holds 6 National Level Gold Medals in Rifle shooting and has competed in several State Level Tennis Championships.
Business Profile – Experience & Background
Industry Experience
10+ years
Areas of focus
New Media & Entertainment, Event Management, Sales and Marketing
Team size (handled)
250+ employees
Educational Qualification
Bachelors in Engineering from Anna University, India
Achievements of Galatta.com under Girish's leadership:
- South India’s first movie portal in six languages with more than 1 million users, 500,000 registered members and 4 million page views in a month with 15,000+ new users added every month.
- Official Content providers for MSN, Yahoo, AOL and Indiafm.
- Official online voting partner for the SIIFA Awards 2007 held in Singapore.
- Official hosting partner for most major South Indian movie stars including Chiyaan Vikram, Madhavan, Sarath Kumar, Suriya, Asin, Trisha, Sneha… among many others.
- First movie portal with ISO 9001:2000 certification.
- Launched Galatta CINEMA, the first high-quality English movie magazine dedicated to South Indian movies.
- Launched movie entertainment event management wing Galatta Global Events
- Launched Galatta Cinema app on iPhone, Android and Nokia OVI store platforms
- First Indian movie portal to launch 100% legal Tamil and Telugu music downloads
- Engages in ethical aggregation and distribution of movie-related content on the web and mobile, first project being Sivaji the Boss from AVM Productions
- Championing the cause of action against piracy and working with producers to curb the menace of Internet and mobile based piracy of movie related content.












