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Droom sells helmets cheap to popularise ‘safe riding’
MUMBAI: At Rs 9 per helmet, road safety never looked more attractive and that’s exactly what Droom has been trying to achieve with its helmet sale over the past four months. The 4th round of the popular campaign again proved India’s pioneering and most successful online automobile transactional marketplace’s ability to strike a chord with the users with its quirky and out-of-the-box ideas. Promoting the oft-repeated but seldom implemented concept of ‘safe riding’, Droom’s campaign has managed to sensitize riders about the important social cause. It has also been a runaway success, with 62,859 orders received till now, while the total number of orders fulfilled being 50, 619.
Road accidents claim a life every four minutes in India. In fact, last year, 410 people died every day in road accidents. Two wheelers are the worst-hit, accounting for 25% of the total road crash deaths. The Rs.9 helmet sale campaign, which has been held regularly each month from October last year barring November, has managed to create awareness regarding road safety by stressing on the importance of helmets and proper protection while driving. The campaign has also managed to generate great word-of-mouth publicity and brand visibility for Droom, and many users have praised the online marketplace for its sustained and beneficial efforts.
While the MRP of each of the helmets stands at Rs.750, customers are able to order the same for Rs.9 by applying a code while ordering on the company’s website. The company has tied up several vendors and helmet manufacturer for this sale and Droom has allowed its branding on all the helmets that bear either Droom or Orange Book Value logos.
Droom CEO Sandeep Aggarwal said, “The Rs.9 helmet sale campaign is very dear to us at Droom and one of our most prized efforts at customer advocacy. Road safety is one of the biggest issues facing our country and we are overwhelmed that our campaign has garnered such positive response.”
Droom plans to conduct this sale during the middle of every month with a total targeted sale of 2.5 lakh helmets.
Brands
Beep App launches Gen-Z career platform, clocks 30,000 plus placements
Pune startup turns scrolling into career action with learn-explore-earn model
PUNE: Beep App has rolled out its newly positioned career-focused app aimed at Gen-Z users, as it looks to bridge what it calls a growing gap between exposure and employability among young Indians.
Formerly known as EventBeep, the platform is built around a simple but timely idea: turning everyday scrolling into meaningful career action. The app targets students and early professionals, offering a unified space to explore career options, learn relevant skills and access internships and job opportunities.
At a time when short-form content dominates screen time, Beep is attempting to flip the script by embedding structured, career-oriented insights within a familiar scroll-based interface. The idea is not to disrupt user behaviour, but to redirect it.
The platform spans a wide range of fields, including artificial intelligence, product management, design and data analytics. It provides users with insights into role expectations, required skills and step-by-step career pathways, supported by inputs from industry practitioners.
At the heart of the offering is a “learn, explore, earn” model that integrates discovery, skill-building and hiring into one ecosystem. The company says this closed-loop approach is already gaining traction, with over 30,000 placements facilitated so far.
“Gen-Z does not lack ambition; what they often lack is structured direction,” said Beep App founder and CEO Saurabh Mangrulkar. “The Beep App is designed to organise that exposure into actionable pathways so users can move from intent to execution with greater confidence.”
The launch comes amid a broader shift in India’s job market towards skills-first hiring, where practical experience and demonstrable capabilities are increasingly valued alongside academic qualifications.
Founded in 2021, Beep App has grown steadily within the student ecosystem, connecting over 6.5 million users with opportunities across more than 1,500 colleges and 7,800 hiring companies.
Looking ahead, the company plans to deepen its content across emerging sectors, expand its hiring network and build more personalised career pathways tailored to user behaviour.
As Gen-Z continues to navigate a complex and fast-evolving job market, platforms that can turn curiosity into clarity may well shape the next wave of career discovery.
