Career
Faisal is a recognized advocate of freedom of expression on the Internethe challenged India"s restrictive Information Technology Rules in the Supreme Court which resulted in the Honorable Supreme Court striking down India"s draconian Secretary 66A and reading down of many other sections. (MouthShutcom & Faisal Farooqui v/s Union of India)
Farooqui has been featured in Fortune, Entrepreneur magazine, Economic Times, Cable News Network, British Broadcasting Corporation New York Times blog, United Kingdom"s Financial Express, Consumer News and Business Channel, NDTV, Zee, The Times of India and other magazines, newspapers and television channels.
He has been invited to speak on entrepreneurship, technology, social media and marketing seminars worldwide.
Besides he has been guest lecturer at colleges such as American University in Dubai, Indian Institutes of Management Ahmedabad, IIT Mumbai, NITIE Mumbai and Google, NASSCOM, IAMAI. Faisal is a TiE charter member and mentor. In 2012, Entrepreneur Magazine named Faisal among the Top Business People in India and was included in a list of Entrepreneurs who have created History.
Earlier in 2009, Farooqui was named as a Youth Icon India"s national television news channel (Doordarshan)
The British High Commission (British Embassy in Delhi) announced Faisal among 50 Indians to its list of Young Leaders who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and symbolize optimism of the country. Farooqui attended the State University of New York at Binghamton, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems as well as Finance.
At the University, Farooqui was elected to the Faculty Senate and the Student"s Assembly, and was the Technology Editor of the campus newspaper, Pipedream.
Farooqui was recruited from campus and worked in the Telecoms consulting practice of American Management System, now acquired by Consultants to Government and Industry Systems, in Fairfax, Virginia. He later quit, to launch in 2000
He speaks at conferences concerning Social Media, Internet technology, branding, Entrepreneurship and youth empowerment et cetera Outlook magazine recommended Farooqui as among the Top 5 people to follow on Twitter from Technical/New Media
The Wall Street Journal-Mint states websites such as Mouthshut.com and YouTube are alternative channels for brands to get consumer feedback. was founded four years before United States-based popular consumer review site Yelp.com
According to the Economic Times, India"s largest business newspaper, Faisal Farooqui pioneered auto-rickshaw advertising in India by painting the logo of on the back of the hood of rickshaws of Mumbai in 2001 This was later extended to the entire country.
Auto-rickshaws (or their hoods)
In 2002 Faisal co-founded Zarca Interactive, an enterprise feedback company based in Herndon, Virginia.
As Chief Executive Officer of Zarca Interactive, Faisal presented at the Technovate seminar of European Society for Opinion and Market Research (European Society of Marketing Research Professionals), held in Cannes, France in January 2003 Faisal argued for an effective integration of Market Research and Communications Resource Management systems In 2011, Farooqui launched Dealface.com as part of "s offering.
Dealface offered daily discount deals on spas, dance classes, health checkups, car service, restaurants discounts et cetera lieutenant was the first deal site to offer SMS coupons, thus eliminating the need for paper printouts of coupons.
