This startup has wall-to-wall dreams!

Startups, being the latest go-to for youngsters to pursue their passions, here’s something quirky and innovative that has been conceived by a group of three college students. Arkscope, an image designing and media solutions company started by three students from Madras Christian College, aspires to introduce wall gallery designing — an idea that is still unexplored in the marketplace — into India, in addition to providing image processing and media solutions.

BA Journalism students Nimalan Arooran, Narayanaswamy and Hindustani Ankit, the brains behind this initiative, narrate their experience of starting Arkscope and talk about their aspirations.

“When the three of us were brainstorming one lazy afternoon last year, as studies was getting too monotonous, we never thought that we would go on and set up something like this. The response so far has been overwhelming,” starts Nimalan on an energetic note. The third-year college student adds, “With me being a photographer with three years of experience, and Narayanaswamy and Hindustani being experts in editing and graphic designing respectively, the team was perfectly put together.”

Speaking about the company and its unique features, Narayanaswamy claims that they’re proud to be the first firm in India to offer a wall gallery service. “We were surprised to find that although wall gallery art is a popular interior decoration idea across the globe, India still hasn’t caught up to it. Wall gallery is a concept in which a particular wall in an office or home is selected and decorated to make it stand out from the other walls.” He further states, “Not only this, we handle photography, videography, design and print applications. Another aspect of Arkscope which makes it stand-out is that we never set budgets or packages for our customers.”

Talking about striking a balance between education and profession, Nimalan says that though it was difficult in the beginning, they are getting better at it. “We ended up missing a lot of classes and we barely got through the attendance! But, with time, we have been able to sort it out in the right manner,” he laughs.

On a concluding note, Hindustani shares the company’s ambitious aspirations. “We are currently working on nearly five projects every month, a number that we would like to grow in the coming months. Our target is to raise the valuation of our company to Rs 1 crore in the next three years,” he says and bids adieu.