Disha International

What Disha International does

Disha International is an India-licensed overseas manpower recruitment agency headquartered in Andheri, Mumbai, that sources and places Indian skilled workers with employers in the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Africa, and Europe. Founded in 2001 under the trade name Overseas Manpower Consultants & Travels, the company holds Government Registration License B-0491/MUM/PER/1000+/5/8924/2012 and operates five specialized industry divisions covering Construction & Maintenance, Oilfield Services, Information Technology, Hotels & Cruise, and Medical Staff. Core service offerings include overseas recruitment, Emigration Clearance processing under the Emigration Act 1983, and visa endorsement services; supporting platform assets include a Job Search Portal and a Resume Submission System on the company website. Reported scale metrics include a database exceeding 10 million CVs, more than 10,000 cumulative successful placements, and a nationwide sub-agent network across India.

The company monetizes through transaction fees — likely per-placement commissions or retained search fees negotiated with enterprise employers — rather than through disclosed list pricing. Go-to-market is primarily enterprise field sales targeting companies in construction, oil & gas, hospitality, healthcare, and manufacturing across the Gulf Cooperation Council region, complemented by a Dubai branch office (Disha International Management Consultancies L.L.C.) and a Kathmandu associate office (Focus Nepal Overseas) that together extend reach on both the demand (Gulf employers) and supply (South Asian candidates) sides of the cross-border labor corridor. Recruiters in India are organized across divisions with vertical specialization. The underlying technology footprint is limited: no proprietary recruitment platform, ATS, API, or AI capability is disclosed; the website's job-listing and resume-submission pages function as the primary digital touchpoints rather than as a technology product. The company operates as a privately held, founder-led entity with no disclosed institutional investment, parent company, or acquisition history.

Name

Disha International

Legal name

Disha International

Website

https://dishainternational.co.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Disha International is an India-licensed overseas manpower recruitment agency headquartered in Mumbai that sources and places Indian skilled workers with enterprise employers across the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Africa, and Europe, operating through five industry divisions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Overseas Manpower Recruitment

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional & Technical Direct Hire (IT, Engineering, Finance, Healthcare) (BPACAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Remote & Global/Multilingual Direct Hire (BPACAFAO)

Keywords

• Overseas manpower recruitment
• International staffing agency
• Skilled workforce sourcing
• Manpower consultancy services
• Cross-border hiring services

Headquarters

HQ city

Andheri, Mumbai, Maharashtra

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Overseas Manpower Recruitment Services: The company charges fees for sourcing and placing skilled Indian manpower with international employers. Revenue is generated through recruitment fees, likely on a per-placement or commission basis.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Disha International is an overseas manpower recruitment agency that sources, screens, credential-verifies, and places skilled Indian professionals with enterprise employers across the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Africa, and Europe. Its offering covers the full recruitment lifecycle from candidate sourcing through emigration clearance, visa endorsement, and post-placement support, with industry-specialized divisions for construction, oil & gas, IT, hospitality, and healthcare staffing.

Product overview

Disha International operates as a single unified recruitment services platform offering overseas manpower supply with four core services: Overseas Recruitment, Emigration Clearance, and Visa Endorsement. The company organizes its operations into five specialized divisions (Medical Staff, Hotels & Cruise Linear, IT Placement, Construction & Maintenance, and Oilfield Services) that each focus on specific industry sectors. Additionally, the company provides a Job Search Portal and Resume Submission System as supporting online platforms. The overall offering functions as a comprehensive recruitment marketplace connecting Indian talent with international employers across Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Africa.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Overseas Recruitment Services End-to-end overseas recruitment service that sources, screening, credential-verifies, and places skilled Indian professionals with international enterprise employers across Middle East, Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Europe. Manages the complete recruitment lifecycle including candidate sourcing, screening, interviews, credential verification, and placement, organized into industry-specific divisions covering construction, oil & gas, hospitality, healthcare, IT, and manufacturing.
• Emigration Clearance (EC) Legal authorization service for emigration obtained from the Protector of Emigrants (POE) under Section 22(1) of the Emigration Act 1983. Provides ECNR clearance for ECR passport holders traveling abroad on Employment VISA, required for Indian workers deployed overseas on employment visas.
• Visa Endorsement Service for transferring visa endorsements from old passports to new passports for both short-term and long-term visas, handling required documentation per Indian government guidelines for placed candidates traveling on employment visas.
• Job Search Portal Online job portal enabling candidates to browse and search current job openings across various industries and countries, with filtering by industry, experience, and location.
• Resume Submission System Online portal for candidates to submit resumes with details including contact information, employment history, overseas experience, educational background, and key skills, feeding into the company's candidate database.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10,000+ successful job placements
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Focus Nepal OverseasminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAssociate office partnership in Nepal for expanding recruitment operations in the South Asian region. Focus Nepal Overseas operates as the associate office of Disha International in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• TeamLease Services: One of India's largest staffing and workforce solutions companies, listed on NSE/BSE. Comparable to Disha as a major Indian recruiter, though its scale, technology investments, and breadth across domestic and overseas staffing far exceed Disha's niche overseas focus.
• Randstad India: Indian subsidiary of global recruitment leader Randstad. Comparable as an international staffing player with India presence, though its focus skews to white-collar, IT, and BFSI rather than the overseas blue-collar/skilled-worker segments Disha serves.
• ManpowerGroup India: Indian arm of global staffing giant ManpowerGroup. Comparable as an international staffing firm operating in India, though it primarily serves domestic BFSI, IT, and manufacturing clients rather than Gulf blue-collar placements.
• Quess Corp: Large Indian business services platform offering staffing, facilities management, and overseas manpower solutions. Comparable in serving overseas placement needs but operates at much larger scale and across a much wider service portfolio.

Direct peers

• 2COMS Consulting: India-based recruitment firm specializing in overseas placements for healthcare, construction, oil & gas and hospitality. Direct peer because of similar vertical focus on placing Indian talent in Gulf and African markets with comparable employer segments.
• Global InnovSource (GIS): Indian overseas recruitment agency placing skilled and unskilled workers in the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Comparable to Disha because of similar India-origin / Gulf-destination model and Emigration Act compliance focus.
• CIEL HR Services: India-based recruitment and staffing firm with a dedicated WorkAbroad / overseas placement vertical. Comparable because it directly competes for Gulf and African placement mandates in healthcare, construction, and engineering.
• Skillmine Consulting: Overseas manpower consultancy based in India focused on placing Indian professionals in Middle East construction, oil & gas, and hospitality. Comparable to Disha in scale, sub-agent distribution model, and Gulf market focus.

Regional players

• ABC Consultants: Established Indian recruitment firm primarily focused on white-collar and executive search domestically, but operates some overseas placements. Comparable as an India-based recruiter, though its orientation is higher-skilled, executive-level, and more domestic.
• Workforce Solutions (Gulf-based overseas recruiter): UAE-based manpower sourcing firm recruiting from South Asia for Gulf construction and facilities management. Comparable because it competes for the same Gulf employers and same Indian candidate pool, though it is headquartered in the destination market rather than India.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/disha-international-co-in

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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