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Indian biz leader’s e-comm SME wins top Arab award
MUMBAI: Doha-based company Q-Tickets has won ‘Best Digital SME of the Year’ in Qatar IT Business Awards 2017.
In the recently held ‘Qatar IT Business Awards 2017’ Q-tickets (Quick Tickets) won the award by ICT Qatar, becoming the only private player to get this recognition. Founded by the well-known entrepreneur & internet visionary Dr. Tejinder Singh in 2013, Q-tickets has been on a high this year as it was also the official online ticketing partner of the recently-concluded Pakistan Super League held in the UAE and Pakistan.
Dr. Singh has been honoured several times for his business acumen. Last year, he was named the ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by Arabian Business Awards and Forbes named him as one of the top Indian business leaders in the Arab World every year consecutively thrice.
It was for the first time tickets were offered online for PSL- T20 in Lahore. Last year, Q-Tickets won ‘Fastest Growing Company of the Year’ award at Arabian Business Awards 2016. The judging panel praised the success of Q-Tickets as Qatar’s local ticketing solution provider being the only ticketing platform in GCC to have full-service ticketing capabilities, master pass integration, PCI compliance & debit card payment integration.
Q-Tickets, a world class ticketing solution company based in Doha, is fully owned and operated by Q-Tickets W.L.L under the leadership of founder & managing director Dr. Singh and is the largest e-commerce platform in Qatar. Currently having presence in Qatar, Bahrain, UAE and Oman, Q-tickets has earned fame and name for itself quickly in the region due to the cutting edge technology capabilities and highest level of service orientation. The ticketing portal currently has over a million subscribers making use of its services to book e-tickets for various things such as movies and other events
Speaking about the success of Q-Tickets, Dr. Singh said, “It is the result of our untiring efforts and commitment towards providing the best possible services in the region, we are really happy that our efforts have been recognized through this prestigious award, it is truly an honor.”
Dr. Singh is known for his knack of starting entrepreneurial projects successfully. He is the brain behind successful start-ups such as BPO+, Eazydox, q-healthcare, 360-wifi, AtPik, The Wallet and Penalty Kick.
With over 25 years of experience in inception & turn around of many ventures in Back-office, voice, non-voice, E-BPO, Tech, ITES, B2C, E-Commerce, Ticketing & many other projects, he has been responsible to generate employment for more than 9000 people in GCC till date. He is also a Board Member: EO Qatar Chapter (Entrepreneurs’ Organization) & on board of IBPN Board (Indian Embassy Qatar Chapter). He has to his credit a special mention by ID world Congress in Milan, Italy and Entrepreneur of the year 2016 award by ITP.
e-commerce
Instamart and Duolingo launch street spell check campaign for Instaprint
Duo the owl fixes signboard typos across cities to showcase instant printing.
MUMBAI: If spelling mistakes had a sworn enemy, it might just be a bright green owl with a printer. Instamart has teamed up with language learning platform Duolingo for a quirky nationwide campaign that turns everyday spelling errors into a public spectacle while promoting its instant printing service, InstaPrint. The playful activation takes aim at the many misspelled shop boards and public signs scattered across Indian streets. From “saloons” that promise haircuts rather than drinks to menus and posters peppered with punctuation mishaps, the campaign sends Duolingo’s mascot Duo on a mission to restore linguistic order.
Armed with Instamart’s instant printing feature, Duo prints corrected versions of the mistakes on the spot and pastes them over the originals. The result is a series of humorous street interventions that have quickly begun circulating on social media.
Photos and videos of the grammar correcting owl have been widely shared online, with amused users reacting to the unexpected spell check patrol. One user joked, “Ab ayega na maza bhidu,” capturing the internet’s delight at the unusual campaign.
Behind the humour lies a practical message. The activation is designed to showcase the capabilities of Instaprint, Instamart’s printing service that allows users to print documents and posters almost instantly.
The company says the feature is meant for everyday needs such as printing resumes, visa documents or last minute posters without the usual scramble to locate a print shop.
Instamart introduced Instaprint in 2025 across select metropolitan cities including Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi. The service allows users to order printed materials directly through the platform, extending the quick commerce model beyond groceries and household essentials.
By combining Duolingo’s famously persistent owl with India’s street level spelling quirks, the campaign taps into the internet’s long running fascination with grammar mistakes while demonstrating a real world use case for instant printing.
After all, in a world full of typos, sometimes what you really need is a quick printer and a very determined language teacher.
