It was created in 2010 by Sachin Teke, an IT engineer who is the founder and CEO of Mobond Software Consultancy, which owns the application.
[7][8] The application hosts a chat on which Mumbai's 75 lakh commuters share real time information about rescheduling or cancellation of train services.
[9] A news story written in January 2012 describes the application as "a little known company's mobile app".
[10] The creator informs that in the name m-Indicator, "m" stands for mobile and Mumbai, and "Indicator" for what it means.
According to Teke, the need for a reliable schedule information system was fundamental, considering the number of commuters who travel by train; however, it was not available.