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Ankit Thakkar
Core Group
Helps manage community conversations and local coordination.
OurDahanu
Wait, we are bringing the OurDahanu experience to you.
Founded by Soham Railkaras a Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp community — now becoming the digital home for Dahanu's businesses, services, jobs and everyday discoveries.
30,000+
Local reach
6
Core members
4
Advisors
Many
WhatsApp groups
Founder
Started OurDahanu as a local Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp community.
Core group
Core Group
Helps manage community conversations and local coordination.
Core Group
Part of the team shaping useful community spaces for Dahanu.
Core Group
Supports group management and day-to-day community operations.
Core Group
Helps keep OurDahanu active, helpful and locally relevant.
Content / Media
Supports the community with content, media and storytelling.
The journey
The beginning
OurDahanu began as a simple idea by Soham Railkar: create a place where Dahanu people could see, share and support what is happening locally.
The community grows
The Facebook and Instagram presence expanded into WhatsApp communities where people could talk, ask, recommend, buy, sell and solve local problems together.
The core group forms
Ankit Thakkar, Khushboo Kapadia, Ajay Bari, Nupur Mestry and Khushbu Bari joined Soham, forming a core group that manages multiple spaces with care.
Now
OurDahanu is moving to the next level: a structured marketplace and directory for Dahanu people, businesses, services and opportunities.
What we manage
A place for local food discovery, home cooks, recommendations and trusted suggestions.
A practical space where local businesses can be discovered, recommended and supported.
Community-led groups for second-hand items, useful deals and local exchange.
A civic conversation space for local problems, updates, ideas and coordination.
Advisors
Alongside the core group, OurDahanu is supported by advisors who bring local context, perspective and steady guidance as the community grows into a marketplace.
Advisor
Community guidance
Advisor
Local network
Advisor
Strategic support
Advisor
Community perspective
The next level
Not a generic marketplace — a Dahanu-first one. The mission is moving from posts and groups into a structured platform: listings, services, local products, jobs, recommendations and trusted discovery.
Help shops, services and creators get discovered online.
Make products and services easier to find and order.
Built around recommendations, real people and known groups.
Carry the existing social community into a stronger digital home.