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MyGate launches Annual Security Guard Day campaign to highlight the contribution of 8 million-strong private security workforce
MUMBAI: MyGate, India’s leading gated community solution, celebrated Annual Security Guard Day, a yearly event to highlight and applaud the impact of the 8 million-strong private security workforce, on January 16. On this date every year (also the company’s founding day), the MyGate team will organize and promote events and campaigns to spread awareness about their daily efforts and recognize special contributions in the private security field.
MyGate also released some data to raise awareness about the immense contribution this single profession makes to society as a whole. Toward this, it has revealed numbers that showcase the daily effort of private security guards.
The Daily Demands of a Private Security Guard:
As per usage of the MyGate Guard App at 7000+ gated communities in 16 and more cities:
● A guard, on average, validates 343 visitors in an 8-hour shift, a near impossible task without the aid of technology.
● The work of guards’ increases in adverse weather conditions – particularly in the rainy season with increased dependence on e-commerce (food, cabs, groceries, etc.) and, therefore, the number of visitors goes up. The average number of visitors to societies (per shift) were highest in Mumbai (437 in July) and Chennai (364 in November) during the rainy season and for Delhi in during the cold (399 in January).
● Other than visitor verification, guards also respond to a high number of other tasks on the MyGate Guard App to ensure order and security. These include attending to queries from residents (median of 47 phone calls/messages per day) and checking the status of delivery personnel who’ve overstayed their welcome on the premises (26 per day).
On ground event:
The main event was a ceremony to award 12 security heroes from around the country for their special efforts. These guards were selected from among the 1.7 lakh guards trained on the MyGate Guard App. The company flew in all the guards from across the country for the event in Bengaluru.
Video Campaign:
MyGate launched a video campaign to honour the security heroes from around the country for their special efforts. The video showcases the journey of security guards from across India as they prepare to take their first flights to receive the award. The campaign has received over 1 million online views and over 3000 likes across YouTube, Facebook and Instagram (as on March 11th 2020); it has also received rave reviews and support from the MyGate users and others. The video campaign is being promoted on social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.
The campaign has been conceptualized by the MyGate team and produced by Red Bangle.
In the #HeroesAtMyGate campaign, MyGate celebrates the immense hard work that security guards do to protect us on a daily basis. They felicitated security guards from around the country bringing a smile of pride, and at the same time got their own team to spend a day in the shoes of these heroes at the gate.
Vijay Arisetty, CEO & Co-founder, MyGate commented on the need for such a day, saying, “The private security profession is unintentionally overlooked, despite their strong contribution toward ensuring the safety of our homes and loved ones. As a company that works closely with security guards, we are proud to announce the first edition of Annual Security Guard Day to recognize their contribution.”
MyGate is the leading solution for gated community management. As part of its offering, the company provides security staff with proprietary technology, called the MyGate Guard App, to enable security guards to verify all visitors, easily communicate with residents, and automate several administrative tasks, so that they may increase their focus on their real job (i.e. vigilance). This guard app today enables guards to authorize over 2 million visitors at an average of under 20 seconds on a daily basis.
Guard stories:
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City |
Guard Name |
Description |
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Mumbai |
Gopal Khanna |
55 year old Gopal Khanna is very always very eager to learn and that’s what makes him an expert at using the MyGate app. He has been on the MyGate leaderboard thrice. |
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Delhi/NCR |
Sanjiv Kumar |
Sanjiv and his team manage over 1 lakh monthly entries at Delhi’s DLF Golf Links society. He has a total experience of seven years in the security domain and has been using the MyGate app fluently for over the past two years. |
|
Pune |
Mahesh Baban Mandale |
He has worked with the Mumbai Police and took a volunteer retirement before starting as a Security Marshall. In just two years of his service at his society, he has proved how important it is to be honest and punctual. |
|
Kolkata |
Sovan Jana |
His exemplary skills with technology and the MyGate app helped resolve a theft case in his society. He was able to track down the culprit just by looking into attendance records. |
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Mumbai |
Neetu Singh |
She very easily and seamlessly adopted the MyGate technology and encouraged fellow colleagues to use the app, too. Topping the MyGate leaderboard four times, she is an inspiration for the entire MyGate security forces. |
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Delhi/NCR |
Gajend Sharma |
He has been keeping people and their homes safe since 2007. He is the security supervisor at his society and heads a team of 20 guards. There hasn’t been a single complaint about his work so far. He has always been honest and diligent at his work. |
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Chennai |
Mithun Barik |
Hardworking and honest, Mithun is always vigilant while guarding the gate and ensures no one can check-in or out without a security code. |
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Hyderabad |
Manan Ali |
With a 100% attendance record, he is always half an hour early to the shift. He aims to be a security supervisor very soon. |
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Bangalore |
Annasaheb Chigare |
He is not only an expert at using the app himself but also encourages and assists other guards and residents to use the app effectively |
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Bangalore |
Raghu R |
Not only does he take keen interest in politics and current affairs, but Raghu also spends time familiarizing himself with the latest technologies |
Digital
Content India 2026 opens with a copro pitch, a spice evangelist and a £10,000 prize for Indian storytelling
Dish TV and C21Media’s three-day summit puts seven ambitious projects before an international jury, and two walk away with serious development money
MUMBAI: India’s content industry gathered in Mumbai this March for Content India 2026, a three-day summit organised by Dish TV in partnership with C21Media, and it wasted no time making a statement. The event opened with a Copro Pitch that put seven scripted and unscripted television concepts before an international panel of judges, and by the end of it, two projects had walked away with £10,000 each in marketing prize money from C21Media to support development and international promotion.
The jury, comprising Frank Spotnitz, Fiona Campbell, Rashmi Bajpai, Bal Samra and Rachel Glaister, evaluated a shortlist that ranged from a dark Mumbai comedy-drama about mental health (Dirty Minds, created by Sundar Aaron) to a Delhi coming-of-age mystery (Djinn Patrol, by Neha Sharma and Kilian Irwin), a techno-thriller about a teenage gaming prodigy (Kanpur X Satori, by Suchita Bhatia), an investigative crime drama blending mythology and modern thriller (The Age of Kali, by Shivani Bhatija), a documentary on India’s spice heritage (The Masala Quest, hosted by Sarina Kamini), a documentary on competitive gaming (Respawn: India’s Esports Revolution, by George Mangala Thomas and Sangram Mawari), and a reality-horror competition merging gaming and immersive fear (Scary Goose, by Samar Iqbal).
The session was hosted by Mayank Shekhar.
The two winners were Djinn Patrol, backed by Miura Kite, formerly of Participant Media and known for Chinatown and Keep Sweet: Pray & Obey, with Jaya Entertainment, producers of Real Kashmir Football Club, also attached; and The Masala Quest, created and hosted by Sarina Kamini, an Indian-Australian cook, author and self-described “spice evangelist.”
The summit also unveiled the Content India Trends Report, whose findings made for bracing reading. Daoud Jackson, senior analyst at OMDIA, set the tone: “By 2030, online video in India will nearly double the revenue of traditional TV, becoming the main driver of growth.” He noted that in 2025, India produced a quarter of all YouTube videos globally, overtaking the United States, while Indians collectively spend 117 years daily on YouTube and 72 years on Instagram. Traditional subscription TV is declining as free TV and connected TV gain ground, forcing broadcasters to innovate. “AI-generated content is just 2 per cent of engagement,” Jackson added, “highlighting the dominance of high-quality human content. The key for Indian media companies is scaling while monetising effectively from day one.”
Hannah Walsh, principal analyst at Ampere Analysis, added hard numbers to the picture. India produced over 24,000 titles in January 2026 alone, with 19,000 available internationally. The country now accounts for 12 per cent of Asia-Pacific content spend, up from 8 per cent in 2021, outpacing both Japan and China. Key exporters include JioStar, Zee Entertainment, Sony India, Amazon and Netflix, delivering over 7,500 Indian-produced titles abroad each year. The top importing markets are Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, the United States and the Philippines. Scripted content dominates globally at 88 per cent, with crime dramas and children’s and family titles performing particularly strongly.
Manoj Dobhal, chief executive and executive director of Dish TV India, framed the summit’s ambition squarely. “Stories don’t need translation. They need a platform, discovery, and reach, local or global,” he said. “India produces more movies than any country, our streaming platforms compete globally, and our tech and creators win international awards. Yet fragmentation slows growth. Producers, platforms, and tech move in different lanes. We need shared spaces, collaboration, and an ecosystem where ideas, technology, and people meet. That is why we built Content India.”
The data, the pitches and the prize money all pointed to the same conclusion: India is not waiting for the world to discover its stories. It is building the infrastructure to sell them.
