Alok Bhatnagar, founder of Astropatri got initiated in the field of Astrology in 1998. He was working with the Internet department of The Times of India Group at that time. Alok founded the Astrology portal for Times Group – Astrospeak.
To his own surprise, Alok saw Astrospeak becoming the 16th highest traffic site on Alexa worldwide within 1 year of its launch. (Thanks to the direct supervision of the then MD of Times Group, Shri Vineet Jain, and the contribution of the entire team who all used to work like there is no tomorrow). The interest of Indians across the globe in Astrology was proved beyond any doubt.
The stint also allowed Alok to interact with renowned and expert astrologers and get some kind of on-the-job training from them. As part of the QA process, Alok had to randomly check the answers to the queries, which was impossible without having substantial knowledge of the domain. So, the learning continued over the days, months, and years encompassing the study of perhaps thousands of horoscopes.
Back home, Alok faced a sad situation as someone very close, unfortunately, got into a long and debilitating illness. It looked like the only relief would be delivery from the diseased body. An astrologer predicted the exact month of end of this life’s journey almost 2 years before. So, the mettle of the science became also very clear.
Alok’s association with Astrospeak however ended in 2005 as part of his normal career progression.
Over the next few years, while Alok continued his Career journey launching multiple startups in Education and Insurance space, his love for Astrology remained undiminished and he continued to see and analyse horoscopes of near and dear ones. Alok constantly nursed the dream of launching an Astrology website with focus on serious advice and Astropatri is the culmination of that dream.
