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The story of Patricia Narayan winner of this years FICCI WomanEntrepreneur of the Year award is amazing

She started her career 30 years ago as an entrepreneur selling eateries from amobile cart on the Marina beach amidst all odds shyshy battling a failed marriagecoping with her husband a multiple addict and taking care of two kids

Today she has overcome the hurdles and owns a chain of restaurants

An entrepreneur by accidentI was always interested in cooking and passionate about trying out new dishesBut the thought of becoming a business woman never came to my mind at allas I do not come from a business family Both my parents were governmentservants

But my marriage changed everything Both the families opposed the marriagevehemently as my husband belonged to the Brahmin communityunfortunately my marriage did not work out as my husband was addicted toalcohol drugs etc I could not bring him out of the addiction As a youngwoman I did not know how to cope with this and I was getting beaten upeveryday

Though my father a very conservative Christian never forgave me he gave merefuge when I had nowhere to go I was thrown out with two very smallchildren It was a question of survival for me I knew I should either succumbto the burden or fight I decided to fight my lonely battle

I did not want to be a burden on my parents So to be economicallyindependent I could only do what I knew and what I liked I started makingpickles squashes and jams at home I just took a couple of hundred rupeesfrom my mother I sold everything I made in one day and that gave meconfidence

I earned a good income I invested whatever I earned to make more picklessquashes and jams It was quite lucrative in the sense even ten rupees was ablessing for me

The first step as an entrepreneurMy fathers friend who was running a school for handicapped children washanding out mobile carts or kiosks to people who would employ at least twohandicapped people They needed somebody who could run it and I wasoffered one such cart free I had to train the handicapped children to makecoffee and serve them to customers

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As I lived near the Marina beach I decided to put the mobile cart at the AnnaSquare on the Marina beach I had seen people thronging the beach in theevenings But I had to make umpteen trips to the Public Works Departmentand wait for one year to get the permission

Finally I started working on June 21 1982 a day I will never forget Theprevious night itself with the help of the local rickshaw drivers I had rolled themobile cart to the beach It was a small move but thrilling as it was my ownand I was going to be a business woman the next day

While such carts sold only tea and cigarettes I decided to sell cutlets samosasbajjis fresh juice and coffee and tea On the first day I sold only one cup ofcoffee and that was for fifty paise

I was very disappointed and came home crying I told my mother that I wouldnot like to continue But my mother consoled me saying at least you sold onecup of coffee Thats a good sign You will do well tomorrow And she wasadamant that I go the next day also

The next day I made sold snacks for Rs 600shy700 which was big money for methen As I started making money I added ice creams sandwiches French friesand juices too I used to keep thinking of adding more items

I ran it from 1982 to 2003 and the maximum I made from that mobile cartwas Rs 25000 a day That was during the bandh days We used to be openfrom 3 pm to 11 pm every day and later I started opening from 5 am to 9am for the walkers

I used to personally stand there and sell all the stuff I made I never felt scaredto stand there late at night My only thought was to prove myself and moveahead

There was a fire in me that made me believe that I could be successful withoutanyones help I did not want to be a failure If you have that fire nothing inthe world can stop you from succeeding

Offer to run a canteenOn seeing my work at the beach within a year the Slum Clearance Board gaveme an offer to run the canteen at their office with a proper kitchen Thechairman met me during her morning walk That is how I got the offer Thecanteen was a huge success

On Wednesdays it was the public grievance day so about 3000 people used tocome there and I had a roaring business

I used to get up at 5 am in the morning make idlis and go to the beach From9 am I would be at the canteen From 330 pm I would again be at the beachcart and would be there till 11pm By then I had employed people to cookand clean and all the cooking was done at the canteen kitchen My monthlyincome in those days was around Rs 20000

Later I got an offer to run the Bank of Madurai canteen I stopped runningthe canteen at the Slum Clearance Board canteen At the Bank canteen Iserved food to around 300 people daily

The turning pointOne day after a fight with my husband who used to come to trouble me oftenI boarded a bus and travelled till the last stop I got down and saw theNational Port Management training school run by the Central government

On the spur of the moment I told the security guard that I wanted to meet theadministrative officer I met him and told him that I was a caterer and that Iheard they were looking for a one

He said to my surprise that they were indeed looking for one as they hadproblems with the current contractor I still believe it was God who took methere

I got the offer I had to serve three meals to about 700 students They gave usquarters to stay It was a new life for me I got into the groove in a day It was

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successful from day one and I took care of the canteen till 1998

My first weekly payment was Rs 80000 I felt so elated having seen onlyhundreds and thousands till then During those times I was earning almost alakh a week

In those days I wanted to do everything personally as I felt only then thingswould run smoothly Now I know if I train people well they will do the workthe way you want

Starting restaurantsMy connection with restaurants started in 1998 when I met people from theSangeetha Restaurant group They offered me a partnership in one of theunits But my son Praveen Rajkumar wanted me to start my own restaurantand build a brand of ours

But destiny played truant with me again I lost my daughter Pratibha Sandraand sonshyinshylaw road accident a month after their marriage in 2004 Itshattered me and I withdrew from all that I was doing

Then my son took over and started the first restaurant Sandeepha in mydaughters memory It took some time for me to come out of the shock andstart helping my son in the business Now I am fully involved in the businessThe fire to succeed has come back to me now

Ambulance to help the accident victimsI still cannot get over my daughters death as I did all this for my children tobring them up and give them a good life

What shocked me was the way the accident victims were treated by theambulance operators When they found that all the four in the car were deadthey said they would not carry dead bodies Finally somebody carried all thedead bodies in the boot of a car When I saw the bodies being taken out of theboot I broke down

No mother can bear such a scene That is when I decided to keep anambulance on that very spot to help people whether the victims are alive ordead It is in memory of my daughter

FICCI entrepreneur of the year awardI started my business with just two people Now there are 200 people workingfor me in my restaurants My lifestyle has changed too From travelling in acycle rickshaw I moved to auto rickshaws and now I have my own car From50 paise a day my revenue has gone up to Rs 2 lakh a day

The Ficci entrepreneur of the year award is the culmination of all the hardwork I have put in over the last 30 years It came as a surprise as this is the firsttime I have received an award

Till now I had no time to think of what I was doing But the award made melook back and relive the days that passed by Now my ambition is to build mySandeepha brand

Advice to young entrepreneursDo not ever compromise on quality Never lose your selfshyconfidence Believe inyourself and the product you are making Third always stick to what youknow When you employ people you should know what you ask them to do

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What are some of the inspiring Indian startshyup success stories

Which Indian startups have the best inspiring stories

The Dosawala

Prem Ganapathy was stranded at the bandra stationwhen the personaccompanying him left him and ran away Prem had no local acquaintances orknowledge of the language Out of pity a fellow Tamilian guided him to atemple and appealed worshipers to contribute money for his return ticket toChennai Prem refused to go back and decided to work in Mumbai and startedcleaning utensils in a restaurant He appealed to his owner to let him becomea waiter as he was class 10 pass The owner refused because of regional politicsand Prem bided his time till a neighbor hood dosa restaurant opened andoffered him a job from a dishwasher to a tea boy Prem became a huge hit with the customers because of his excellentcustomer service initiatives and relationship and brought business Rs 1000daily which was almost 3 times as compared to other tea boys The life wasgood A customer made him an offer He was planning to open a tea shop inVashi in Mumbai He wanted Prem to be his 50 shy 50 partner where the ownerwould invest the money while Prem would run the shop The shop starteddoing brisk business when the owner became greedy It hurt him to share 50 of the profit with Prem and he threw Prem out replacing him with anemployee Prem was made of a different material and he was never going to bedefeated He took a small loan from his uncle and with his brother opened hisown tea stall Unfortunately the neighbourhood residents objected He thenstarted a hand cart but that also did not work out He found a spot and set upa south Indian stall He did not know a thing about dosas and idli but learnt byobservation trial and error The dosa stall was a huge hit and flourishedduring the 5 years from 1992shy1997 But why was the tiny dosa stall was was sosuccessful in spite of competition from ubiquitous eateries prevalent inMumbai According to Prem it was its hygiene proper appearances of thewaiters and fresh ingredients which stood out as a difference He saved a couple of lakhs of Rupees and instead of heading home hetook the biggest risk of his life and opened a new shop near Vashi station andnamed it as Dosa Plaza His Chinese plaza next to the Dosa Plaza floppedmiserably and was shut down in 3 months Undaunted Prem realized somelessons from it He applied those lessons in making Chinese cuisine in his dosaswhich worked very well He got passionate and invented a variety of dosas with Chinese style likeAmerican Chopsuey Schezwan Dosa Paneer chilly Spring roll dosa etc The108 types of Dosas in his menu gets him a lot of publicityA chance encounter with a customer who was part of the team setting up afood court in a mall in New Bombay advised him to take a stall at the foodcourt and again Prem was ready and willing to grow and expand His visionwas to grow by better offerings and better customer service He also went to adagencies to create the brand identity including the logo brands menu cardwaiters dress etc He started getting a lot of offers for franchising and had to find out themeaning of franchising and its modus operandi Dosa Plaza currently has 26outlets and 5 of them are company owned It has 150 employees and aturnover of 5 crore All the branches are connected and networked and thereare training managers and proper manuals to maintain standard and uniformproduct and services Merit is the only criteria all the employees regardless of the caste or

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region are treated equally They are loyal and have grown with the companyThe original team of cooks which was the part of the first Dosa venture is stillwith Prem Currently he is also getting enquiries from US and Europe forfranchisees

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The Man Who Founded One of Worldrsquos Leading MobileDevelopment Company After Completing MBBS amp MD

Rohit Singal founder of SourceBits a global leader in mobile(web) strategy design and development has a qualification that yoursquollsee at the nameplates of the top doctors in your city MBBS amp MD (Radiology)He is one reason why you canrsquot put dreams inside a boxHis story in his own words ldquoWhen I was doing MBBS my dad got me acomputer and I was really hooked onto it but I never even thought that Iwould be in computers That was just a hobby and I had to pursue my medicalcareer After finishing my MBBS I got MD in Ramaiah Memorial Hospital inBangalore where they had a requirement for a picture archival ampcommunication software Big companies like Siemens were quoting more than$1 million for such software I was able to build the same solution using opensource software for the university and they paid about $100000 ininstallments to me That was my moment of realization where it wasabundantly clear that I can survive on my passion and people are willing topay for thatrdquoSingal 35 started Sourcebits immediately after graduation in 2006 It was aslapdash affair but also reflected on a long and hallowed tech tradition thegarage company ldquoI had absolutely no idea of the IT business I was so bad thatI did not even know how to write an offer letter to recruit a person And I was aone person company But as I moved on I learnt while making mistakes and Iam still learningrdquo he says Singal describes the efforts put into finding officespace as the most painful of the starting issues ldquoEventually I got a garage notmy parentsrsquo (his father was in government service) but a rented onerdquo The firstmonths were cruel Singal learnt everything the hard way No revenue No onewilling to share the dream No business plan No idea how to reach customersSingalrsquos big break came with Funbooth a product created by Singal with twoother developers The app which allowed users to modify photographs byadding props like masks and mustaches brought Sourcebits their first contractfrom Freeverse ldquoI knew from the beginning I cannot get a sales deal in thenormal way So only way to move forward was to make a product and that tooa world class product that the world would noticerdquo Funbooth still sells well forthe Apple Mac platform

Itrsquos obvious Singal believes in taking risks If the beginnings of the companyand the choice of the Mac as the development platform while the rest of the ITindustry was Windows focused are not proof enough one of his early hiringdecisions demonstrates his attitude to risk ldquoWhen my company revenue was

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just Rs 6 lakh a month I hired an Apple award designer whom I paid Rs 25lakh a month I made losses for the next couple of months But boy did thatdecision pay offrdquo he saysrdquo Since I did not have any coding or recruiting experience all I was looked forwas gut feel and how much the other person is passionate about what I wantto do and whether he aligns with it The kind of people I hired were looking forsomething different which is not normal so they never go to the establishedcompanies rdquoSourcebitsrsquo start as a Mac company made their transition to development ofapps for the iPhone easy ldquoWe made a product for the iPhone called NightStand (an alarm clock) It went to the No 2 spot on the entire AppStore within3 days and had over 3 million downloads over the next 3 months This reallyput Sourcebits right at the centre of the mobile revolution and we have neverlooked back since thenrdquo It has now built over 300 apps including fororganisations like MIT Sloan GE Coke Hersheyrsquos PampG and Sling Media andhad a revenue of INR 30cr last year with 95 of business coming from USLast year IDG (worldrsquos largest tech media company ) and Sequoia ( worldrsquoslargest tech investor ) invested $10 million in Sourcebits

What started 5 years ago in a tiny garage outside MS Ramaiah Institute ofTechnology in Bangalore today occupies 46000 sq ft in Electronic City amajor tech hub in Bangalore The company hired as many as 150 graduatesfrom IITs and other reputed collegesAs an advice for the younger generation he says lsquo We in India designeverything based out of necessity rather than thinking from a longshytermperspective Technology is not a challenge anymore So we should have schoolsthat are more on design not just for technology or computers but foreverythingrsquo

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Karsanbhai Patel shy Man behind NIRMA

The Nirma success story of how an Indian Entrepreneur took on the bigMNCs and rewrote the rules of business

It was in 1969 that Dr Karsanbhai Patel started Nirma and went on to create awhole new segment in the Indian domestic detergent market During that timethe domestic detergent market only had the premium segment and there werevery few companies mainly the MNCs which were into this business

Karsanbhai Patel used to make detergent powder in the backyard of his housein Ahmedabad and then carry out door to door selling of his hand madeproduct He gave a money back guarantee with every pack that was soldKarsanbhai Patel managed to offer his detergent powder for Rs 3 per kg whenthe cheapest detergent at that time was Rs13 per kg and so he was able tosuccessfully target the middle and lower middle income segment

Sabki Pasand Nirma

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Nirma became a huge success and all this was a result of Karsanbhai Patelsentrepreneurial skills

Karsanbhai Patel had good knowledge of chemicals and he came up withNirma detergent which was a result of innovative combination of the importantingredientsIndigenous method was used and also the detergent was moreenvironment friendly

Consumers now had a quality detergent powder having an affordable pricetag

The process of detergent production was labour intensive and this gaveemployment to a large number of peopleNirma focused on cost reductionstrategies to make a place for itself in the marketNirma has always beenknown for offering quality products at afforbable prices and thus creating goodvalue for the consumerAtildecentiumliquestfrac12iumliquestfrac12s money

In the 1980s nirma moved ahead of Surf a detergent by HLL to caputre alarge market shareLater Nirma successfully entered in the premium segmentof soaps and detergentsNirma went on to become the largest detergent andthe second largest soap company in IndiaNirma had more than 35 marketshare in the detergent segment and around 20 market share in the toiletsoap segmentThe company got listed on the stock exchanges in the year 1994

The Marketing Strategy of Nirma

As Nirma started to grow and the salesmen started to reach out to the retailerswho were working with multinational brands till then did not pay attentionand used to take the stock on long credits and as a special favour As and whenthe salesmen would go asking for the payment either he will be shown the dooror may be offered a part payment even in the condition that the total materialwas sold To the insisting ones they will give the material back asking them notto show up again This carried on for some time and there was hugeaccumulated credit in the market making it difficult for the Nirma to operateThis is when Karsanbhai said enough was enough and called the entire teamone day and decided on a drastic step which was risky but revolutionaryKarsanbhai was realizing the power of advertising and promotions which madehim take this step

The day after the meeting all the team member went out in the market andcollected either cash or material Next day on retailers were shockedcompetition was dazed and market was without Nirma For full one month themedia was carpet bombed with the campaign WASHING POWDER NIRMAWASHING POWDER NIRMA DOODH SI SAFEDI (WASHING POWDERNIRMA WASHING POWDER NIRMA WHITENESS LIKE MILK)

Now what this did was kick start the consumer demand People started askingfor Nirma but it was not to be found When the demand reached its peak thenthe Retailers started to look for Nirma This is what Karsanbhai was waitingfor

One fine day the team was called for another meeting and Delivery vans werecleaned material loaded and NIRMA hit the market again Now Nirma was

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dictating terms All cash on delivery no credits and tight supply Overnight thebrand was changed and within no time gave a fantastic fightback to theleading global brands

The best case of shy Give your consumer what he wants when he wants where hewants and at the price he wants selling will be done quite automatically This isthe marketing mantra of Nirma

Nirma adopted backward integration strategy for the regular supply of rawmaterials 90 of which they manufacture themselves Nirma also gave dueimportance to modernization expansion and upgradation of the productionfacilities The company also made sure that it uses the latest technology andinfrastructure

As far as Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is concerned Nirma has madesome good efforts by starting Nirma Education amp Research Foundation(NERF) in the year 1994 for the purpose of running various educationalinstitutesNirma has also set up Nirma labs which prepares aspiringentrepreneurs to effectively face the different business challengesNirma alsoruns Nirma Memorial Trust Nirma Foundation and Chanasma Ruppur GramVikas Trust as a part of their effort as a socially responsible corporate citizen

The company that was started in 1969 with just one man who used to deliverhis product from one house to the othertoday employs around 14 thousandpeople and has a turnover of more than $ 500 million In 2004 Nirmas annualsales were as high as 800000 tonnesAccording to Forbes in 2005 KarsanbhaiPatels net worth was $640 million and its going to touch the $1000 millionmark soon

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Ramesh Babu the barber who owns a Rolls Royce

Leonard Willoughby said ldquoAs you begin to live according to your ownguidance and your own daring everything changes completelyrdquoRamesh Babu the barber who became a millionaire did exactly this when hewas shaping his dazzling destiny Stories of personal perseverance the oneswhere heroes overcome severe obstacles and achieve dizzying heights ofsuccess have been around since the beginning of time but they never get oldThey inspire us and inflame our passions making us believe we too can followsuit Ramesh Babu bought a Maruti Van with his meagre savings in 1994 By2004 he had a fledgling car rental business with seven regular cars In 2014 hehas a fleet of 200 cars What is even more extraordinary is the 75 luxury carson the fleetshy a range of Mercedes BMWrsquos Audirsquos five and ten seater luxuryvans and his ultimate pride a Rolls Royce

Difficult Beginnings I was born in a poor family My father was a barber He passed away in 1979when I was just seven years old My mother started working as a maid servantto make ends meet My father had left behind a saloon business on Brigaderoad which my uncle took to running He would give us five rupees a day fromthat Five rupees even in those days a pittance was too less to see to me andmy brother and sisterrsquos physical and educational needs We took to having one

Quora User449 upvotes by Aman Vividish Alok Chaithra Kashyap Asavari Navlakhe (more)

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meal a day just so we could survive From when I was in middle school I tookup various odd jobs to make a little extra cash I would deliver newspapers andmilk bottles and whatever else was convenient to ease my motherrsquos load a bitThis way I somehow managed to finish my tenth standard and joined eveningPUC

Breaking Point Sometime in the nineties when I was in my first PU my mother had a bitterfight with my uncle He had simply stopped paying us any money I told her Ishould take over the saloon and run it myself She was adamant that Iprioritise my education but I started working at the saloon too and learningthe ropes of the business In the mornings I would be at the saloon andevenings at college Then again at night I would return to the saloon whichwould remain open till 1 in the morning Since then I have been called abarber

Breakthrough Idea Later in 1993 I bought a used Maruti van My uncle had bought a small carand petty pride made me buy one too I pooled my tiny savings took a loanand felt grim satisfaction at having bought a marginally grander vehicle thanhim My grandfather had to mortgage his property to enable the loan The loaninterest was six thousand and eight hundred rupees and I was reeling fromhaving to make the payments The lady whose house my mother used to workNandini akka as I like to call her asked me why I donrsquot rent out the car insteadof it just lying around She taught me the basics of doing this kind of businessShe became like a sister to me and remains a big part of my life even today Shecalled me to her daughterrsquos wedding and showed me off

Building a successful business From 1994 onward I seriously got into the car rental business The firstcompany I rented it out to was Intel because thatrsquos where Nandini akka wasworking and she helped arrange it Gradually I started adding more cars tothe fleet Till 2004 I only had about five to six cars I was focused on gettingthe saloon business off the ground so this was not my priority The businesswas not doing well as the competition at this level was intense Everyone hadsmall cars I thought of getting into luxury cars because that is something thatno one else was doing

On Taking Risks

When I was buying my first luxury car in 2004 everyone told me that I wasmaking a big mistake Forty lakhs in 2004 for a car even a luxury car was avery big deal I was extremely apprehensive but simply had to take the chanceI told myself that I would sell off the car if worse came to worst Fortunately forme the risk paid off remarkably No other car rental service had luxury cars ofthis stature There were ones who had purchased second hand models and theconditions of those cars were far from pristine I was the first person inBangalore to invest in a brand new luxury car and it did very well

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The story of Verghese Kurien the father of white revolution

Karthik Ganesh Just curious55 upvotes by Srinath Chowdary Quora User Ravishankar Kodukula (more)

ldquoWhat do you know about pasteurisationrdquo an interviewer asked the youngman who had applied for a Government of India fellowship for a Masters inEngineering abroad ldquoSomething to do with milkrdquo was the uncertain replyThe year was 1946 In his biography From Anand The story of VergheseKurien MV Kamath recounts the story of how the youngster was selected todo a Masters in dairy engineering by a government committee that wasimpervious to his pleas that he be allowed to specialise in metallurgy insteadAs it turned out Michigan State University did not have dairy engineering andVerghese Kurien was able to do metallurgy and Physics But when he cameback to India in 1948 it was to a small and unknown village in Gujarat calledAnand that he was sent to work out his twoshyyear bond at the Governmentcreamery on a salary of Rs600 per month Hating his job he waitedimpatiently for his fetters to loosen That did not happen What it did was thatV Kurien by the conjunction of politics nationalism and professionalchallenge decided to stay on He would transform rural India

Born on November 26 1921 in Kozhikode Kerala Verghese Kurien studied atMadras University for a Bachelor of Science in 1940 a Bachelor of MechanicalEngineering (Honours) from Madras University (1943) and was a graduate ofthe Tata Iron and Steel Company Technical Institute Jamshedpur (1946) Hetook a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Distinction) fromMichigan State University (1948) and then went for specialised training indairying at the National Dairy Research Institute Bangalore He had 17honorary doctorates from universities in India and abroad At the time of hisdeath he was Chancellor University of Allahabad (since April 17 2006)Member Board of Trustees Lal Bahadur Shastri National Memorial TrustNew Delhi (since 1986) and Member Advisory Committee South AsianNetwork on Fermented Foods mdash SAN FOODS (since 2004)

He was Founder Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board (1965shy1998) the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd Anand (1983shy2006) the National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India Limited (1986shy1993) (1995shy2000) and (2003shy2006) and the Board of Governors Institute ofRural Management Anand (1979shy2006) amongst several other posts he heldin his working life

Till his death he was a bitter critic of the policies of liberalisation in Indiawhich he believed opened India to unfair competition from multinationalcompanies He laid out his objections to liberalisation as early as 1995 in adetailed and wideshyranging interview he gave this correspondent for FrontlineldquoWith liberalisation and globalisation it seems to me Indias nationalboundaries have ceased to existrdquo he told Frontline ldquoI am sorry I do not thinkit is a good thing because if you have opened up this market under such termswhat it implies is that other countries can put their products into our marketsAre you aware that all those advanced countries subsidise their exportsSubsidies are as high as 65 per cent Now if you have globalised and the othersare subsidising their exports to what position have you exposed the Indiandairy industry You have declared dairy products under OGL (Open GeneralLicence) You have in fact created a situation where our dairy industry can bekilled This is unfair competitionrdquo

Speaking about Amul the successful cooperative he founded he explained the

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rationale behind Operation Flood ndash the strategy that made India selfshyreliant inmilk production mdash and why it succeeded He summarised it as follows ldquoOverthe last 20 years Indiarsquos milk production has tripled it has increased from 20million tonnes per annum to 60 million tonnes per annum What is the valueof one tonne of milk At Rs6 a litre the value of the increased production ofmilk is Rs2400 crore An additional Rs2400 crore goes yearly into thevillages and this has been achieved in 20 years thanks to Operation Flood I IIand III The total investment was Rs2000 crore and that was not from thestate exchequer The inputshyoutput ratio is staggering The money also goes tothose who own one or two buffaloes mdash the small farmer the marginal farmerthe landless labourer Dairying has become the largest rural employmentscheme in this country And the government has had very little to do with iteven though we are a government institutionrdquo

When presented with the criticism that the cooperative movement could notreplicate the successes of the Anand model in other parts of India Mr Kurienagreed but was unfazed by it contesting it soundly ldquoIs the democratic form ofgovernment successful in all parts of India But the solution to the problems ofdemocracy is more democracy There can be no democracy in India unless youerect a plurality of democratic structures to underpin democracy like thevillage cooperative which is a peoplersquos institutionrdquo

If in 2012 India is the largest producer of milk in the world contributing sixper cent to the national GDP and 26 per cent to the agricultural GDP it isVerghese Kurien with his socialist vision and technologyshyled approach whomade it possible

Source httpwwwthehinducomtodaysshyp

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I recently came across inspirational story about the women who born in smallvillage in Andhra pradesh and became ceo of keys software solutions inAmerica The story is inspirational to everyone especially for women

Napoleon Hill says ldquo Whatever human mind believes and conceives humanmind can achieverdquo So just believe believe believe you can do ithellip Have yougoal clear and start working on itWhen you read the below story it is sure you feel motivated and startappreciating the efforts of Jyothi Reddy It is not that we expect you toappreciate Just stop thinking all limiting believes and implement whatever youhave learned from her

INSPIRATION STORY OF JYOTHI REDDY

Every successful story has a painful beginningand every painful beginning has a successful ending Dr APJ AbdulKalam

Kush Tripathi Dil se Indian88 upvotes by Bhargav Ram Manjunath Hande Honey Agarwal (more)

Do you think it is just a common statement It is not a mere statement Aphilosophy of life It is not even a mere philosophy of life It is an alarmingcompassionate soothing and profound answer to all the questions that alwayschant in your mind A right and correct response to the pains that youexperience in the early phases of life It is said No pains No gainsMultimillionaire Bill gates has rightly said If you are born poor it is not yourmistake but if you die poor it is your mistakersquo

Let me elucidate narrate and bring into lime light of an eye opening mesmerizing and inspiring life story of a lady who was just an agriculturallabour worked for Rs 5 per day until 1989 now became CEO of Keys softwaresolutions in USA and making millions of money and serving the grass roots ofIndian society Is it awe striking and jaw dropping for you but you need tobelieve and accept because you are all going to witness her listen to her andeven talk to her very soon She is none other than Mrs D Anil Jyothi Reddy

I know You become more enthusiastic and eager to know how a mediocrevillage woman could surpass all the obstacles of domestic as well as financialand made her dreams realized Her success is not limited to her or her ownfamily the social service that she renders to the needy folk of society inspiresmany corporate giants to extend their hand with her to help the needy Thefinancial support that she renders is not a big issue when it is compared to herlife story which has become a living example for millions to take her asinspiration and face the challenges with brave heart Now many women takeher as an example and coming out with courageous hearts to brake thelimiting believes as well as glass ceiling which condense their actual growthaccording to their innate potentialNow here are some of the important phases in her much instigating story ofher life I know many of you even feel the warmth in your heart and wet youreyes and burst into tears by becoming panic No If you intend to become so itis not liked by either Jyothi Reddy or us

CHILDHOOD

Anila Jyothi Reddy was born in Narasimhula Gudem in Hanumakondamandal Warangal District as eldest of four children to a common peasant whohas lost his employment during emergency Her father was joined in Army butcould not continue because of his attachment with the family The militarytraining that he had the attitude that he developed was given to her asinheritance As it was very difficult for the family to meet the both the ends hewas forced to join Jyothi Reddy at BALASADAN a government orphanage atHanumakonda as a mother less child From 5th class to 10th class Jyothi Reddy stayed in orphanage by havingsolitary life away from home She used to await if anyone would come andrender some help Particularly during winter season when she used to shiverlike anything as her blankets were torn May be this had a strong influence inher sub conscious and drive her to orphanages often and help the childrenwith all that they require among all the love and feeling of belongingness Evenduring summer she never used to go to her village she used to stay in wardenrsquoshouse and did all the house hold work for which she was fed The empathy that she shows on all the orphans is gained through her ownbitter experiences Recently she made a representation to the Government ofIndia with all her allies to legislate the Rights of the Orphans She stronglybelieves the words of Mother Teresahellip ldquo The worst disease in the world isneither poverty nor other lack of feeling of belongingness being unwanted isthe worst rdquo Whenever she visits the Orphanages in India she prefers to spendmore time with the orphans Even they rejoice her companyhellip ldquo she is morethan mother to mersquorsquo says Ranjitha an orphan who is being sponsored byJyothi If you see many college students keep on blaming their environmentand parents when they fail to satisfy their wants A sincere advice to them tovisit any orphanage at least once in a year You better understand the real painof the life and appreciate what you really have

MARRIAGE

Mrs Jyothi Reddy passed 10th class with good marks and she dreamed tocontinue her education But her parents have contrary plans At the age of just16 they performed her marriage with Mr SangiReddy because of their direfinancial position It is quiet common in rural India many parents of girl childtreat them as burden and try to remove the burden as soon as possible and

perform marriage at an early stage She was innocent and not knowing muchabout marital life time passed by the age of eighteen she became mother oftwo girls It was very difficult for her to provide the basic needs of her childrento feed them and to look after

EARLY CAREER

Strong determination to take care of her children made her to persuade hermothershyinshylaw and husband to work in the agriculture to work for money Sheworked for Rs 5 per day as agriculture labour Many other people who workedalong with her on field were impressed by her attitude taught her the basics ofhard work of peasants She worked from 1986 to 89 on field till she got aninteresting turn in 1989 Nehru Yuvak Kendra (NYK) started a night school inthe village to teach the basic education for adults As there was no graduatefrom the village and Jyothi was the only available option they appointed her asthe volunteer to educate the adults after giving some training It fetched herRupees 150 per month She gathered all the co workers in the evenings to theCentre and taught them the basic education with unique play way methodsThe Inspection authorities were very much impressed by the initiative anddedication of Jyothi as the volunteer and appointed her Mandal Prerak ofHanumakonda

ACADEMIC PURSUIT

After being appointed as Mandal Prerak Jyothi had to visit all the centres ofthe Warangal district and realized the importance of education and withouthigher education she can not grow to next levels in life She completed hergraduation and post graduation Distance Mode from Ambedkar OpenUniversity Even University authorities were impressed by her urge foreducation She did B Ed from Anna University and become a government teacher But it was not a cake walk for her She had to cross overall obstacles at home as well as in society Leaving her village and staying at herwork place with her children and husband and balancing family and work andmaking money by doing all alternative sources as the salary was not sufficientetc these were all the different problems higher than the Everests for any ruralIndian women Patience perseverance and commitment are the secrets of herenergy behind this passionate effort

AMERICAN DREAM

If the story stopped here there would be nothing much to inspire others WhenJyothi was working as inspector of schools a relative of her who settled inAmerica came to her place Jyothi accompanied her during her stay andobserved how much change had been taken in the life style of her Americasettled relative The way her American relative was spending money for herdaughters laid seeds of desires in her She thought even she could give greatfuture to her daughter if she would go to America and earn there That timeonwards she made up her mind and learnt computers and started savingmoney for her passport and visa After series of early failures she could get avisiting visa and flew to America with a little amount but heart filled dreamsEARLY TRAILS IN AMERICA As soon as she landed in America she realizedit was not an easy task to settle in America The people whom she believedwould give her shelter and support turned off their faces As money shebrought from India was running off she joined as a salesperson in ldquo MovieTime rsquorsquo a video shop in New Jersey She stayed as paying guest in gujaratifamily While she was working iin Video Time a known Indian from Warangalsaw her and recommended her name to his brother who owned a companycalled ldquo CSAMERICArdquo and she was appointed as recruiter after being trainedLater a well know company ICSA offered her a good job with handsome salaryAgain she faced some problems as her visa was not approved and she went forH1 visa She had to resign her job in ICSA and again had to work for $5 perhour in nominal jobs till she got her H1 visa

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

She went to Mexico for her VISA stamping All the hardships of obtaining visagave her an idea of establish her first entrepreneurship to assist the people toget their Visas Thus Keys software solutions was initiated It extended itservices like developing software solutions and recruitment and other jobproviding areas Jyothi came to America in May 2000 and by September 2001

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Written 30 Jun 2013

she became entrepreneur She made her cousin as partner as his partner andextended her business to become more profitable

FULFILLMENT OF DREAMS

Her hard work commitment and dedication fetched her the success shedreamed for She made enough money to take care of her children and hernear relatives Her two daughters could finish higher education in Americafrom prestigious universities and got married to well settled bridegrooms Herdream to provide good living conditions to her daughters was fulfilled But shethought it was not here mere responsibility She has been always thankful to allthe people who supported her She never forgets the pains that she hadthroughout her life So she decided to start helping all the needy She wants toshed tears from the needy orphans who suffer from all inadequacies She wantsto give warmth heart to the pain tinted lives These thoughts ushered her totake an inspiring turn to extend her service to the humanity

SERVING HUMANITY

It is not just a lady went to America and making some money and peoplestarted calling it as success It is the attitude and humbleness of Jyothi Reddywhich really made the people to notice her and started extending their serviceto fellow human kind Jyothi Reddy never forgot her roots In every visit toIndia she visits Orphanages Old age homes and spends time with themprovides them financial assistance She visits Womenrsquos colleges and empowersthem with her life experience She stands for the orphans and represented tothe government to make a legislation to safeguard their rights She takes hersuccess to heart and not to head She helped many Indians to settle in Americaby providing initial shelter and guidance

FUTURE VISION

Jyothi Reddy has a vivid and constructive vision to extend her service to needypeople She wants to provide educational facilities and long term resultoriented service activities Everyone should accept the self responsibility and tryto be courageous enough to face the challenges Struggle in life strengthens thecaliber of the people She visits colleges and inspire girl students to take up theself responsibility to empower themselves She strongly feels that everyindividual should stop blaming the environment and start helping themselvesGod always sends his hidden helping hand through different unexpectedsources We need not to look back when we realize we are responsible for ourlives

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Arunachalam Muruganantham Indiarsquos ldquoTampon Kingrdquo He acquired thistitle by figuring out how to locally produce lowshycost sanitary napkins that havethe dual benefit of not only providing women with an affordable hygienicmanagement method for that time of the month but also providingemployment to many women

Ankit Mishra CoshyFounder StoryXpress (wwws (more)63 upvotes by Mudit Tanwani Bratish Goswami Misbah Ashraf (more)

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Written 3 Apr 2013

Check out his venture httpnewinventionsinaboutusWatch TED talk by him

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From child bride to multishymillionaire in India

Kalpana Saroj heads Kamani Tubes a company worth more than $100An Indian Dalit (formerly untouchable) woman who once attempted suicideto escape discrimination poverty and physical abuse becomes the CEO of amultishymillion dollar company The BBCs Rajini Vaidyanathan in Mumbaicaptures Kalpana Sarojs journey shy a symbol of the Dalit struggle to mark theirarrival at the topHer life reads like the plot of a Bollywood film with a narrative which hasdefied so many obstacles to conclude with a happy endingThe rags to riches cliche can be overused but it goes some way in describingthe story of Kalpana Saroj a woman who struggled on so many occasions onher way to the topBorn into a lowshycaste Dalit family she was bullied at school forced intomarriage at the age of 12 fought social pressures to leave her husband beforeshe tried to take her own lifeToday she is a multishymillionaire At the helm of a successful company she rubsshoulders with prominent businessmen and has won awards for herprofessionalismContinue reading the main story ldquoStart QuoteI was treated badly by my husbands elder brother and his wife They wouldpull my hair and beat me sometimes over little thingsrdquo

Kalpana SarojThe first time I came to Mumbai I did not even know where to go I was fromsuch a small village Today my company has two roads named after it in thecity she says summing up the extent to which her life has transformedIndias caste system is an ancient social hierarchy which places people intodifferent categories by birth Those born into the lower castes have historicallyfaced discriminationSome of my friends parents would not let me in their homes and I was noteven allowed to participate in some school activities because I was a Dalit saysthe 52shyyearshyoldI used to get angry I felt really nervous because I thought even I am a humanbeing she addsMarital woesEven though her father allowed her to get an education wider family pressures

Shreyas Manjunath30 upvotes by Joyce Pinto Krishna Kumar Anuradha Tiwari (more)

saw Kalpana become a bride at the age of 12She moved to Mumbai to be with her husband who was 10 years older but wasshocked to find herself living in a slumBut that was not the only hardship she had to endureI was treated badly by my husbands elder brother and his wife They wouldpull my hair and beat me sometimes over little things I felt broken with all thephysical and verbal abuse she says

People from all backgrounds and caste work in Kalpanas companyLeaving a husband is widely frowned upon in Indian culture but Kalpana wasable to escape the violent relationship thanks to her supportive fatherWhen he visited her in Mumbai he was shocked to see his daughter emaciatedand wearing torn clothes and took her back homeMany villagers were suspicious of her return viewing Kalpana as a failureShe tried to ignore the judgemental comments thrown at her focusing insteadon getting a job She learnt tailoring as a way to make moneyBut even with some degree of financial independence the pressure became toomuchOne day I decided to end my life I drank three bottles of insecticide termitepoison she says recalling her lowest momentKalpana was saved after her aunt walked into the room and found her frothingat the mouth and shaking uncontrollablyThe big changeIt marked a watershed for her I decided to live my life and do something bigand then die she saysSo at the age of 16 she moved back to Mumbai to stay with an uncle and workas a tailorShe began by earning less than a dollar a month but tirelessly learnt how tooperate industrial sewing machines and as a result saw her income riseBut the money she earned was not enough to pay for her sisters treatmentwhich could have saved her life a moment which defined Kalpanasentrepreneurial spiritI was highly disappointed and realised that money did matter in life and thatI needed to make moreShe took a government loan to open a furniture business and expand hertailoring work

Kalpana (right) is one of the few Dalits to have succeeded by unleashing theirentrepreneurial spiritShe worked 16 hours a day a routine she has not managed to shake off to thisdayIn the following years she remarried this time to a fellow furniturebusinessman and had two childrenHer reputation led to her being asked to take over the running of a metalengineering company Kamani Tubes which was in massive debtBy restructuring the company she turned things aroundI wanted to give justice to the people who were working there I had to savethe company I could relate to the staff who needed to put food on the table fortheir family she says of her motivations at the timeNow Kamani Tubes is a growing business worth more than $100mKalpana employs hundreds of people from all backgrounds and castes Shehas met prominent businessmen such as Ratan Tata and Mukesh Ambani andin 2006 won a prestigious award for her entrepreneurial spiritKalpana regularly visits her home village and does charity work to help those inher communityAs a Dalit and a woman her story is all the more remarkable in a country


Written 30 Jun 2013

where so few CEOs are from such a backgroundIf you give your heart and soul to your job and never give up things canhappen for you she saysIt is a mantra that has helped Kalpana through the worst of times and stillrings true for her

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Written 3 Apr 2013

N R Narayana Murthy (Coshyfounder of Infosys)

Banglaoreshybased Infosys is one of the best Indian success stories Founded in1981 the founders persisted and grew their company from a small entity to ahuge global IT powerhouse that employs 155629 people (as of 2012) He iscurrently the Chairman Emeritus of Infosys

This man created wealth and generated employment during the days of theLicenseshyPermit Raj (preshy1991)

It used to take us about 12 to 24 months and about 50 visits to Delhi toimport a computer worth $1500 Today I dont need to go to anybodysoffice to import anything that I want I can import a computer worthmillions of dollars See the difference I think that the kind of inhibitionthat these permit [and] license laws brought into play the kind of frictionto business that these policies cost is something that can only beexperienced it cant even be explained Its difficult to appreciate

He showed it was possible to make serious money legitimately and in asingle generation That he used middleshyclass Indias favourite tool for socialand economic mobility ndash education ndash made him a hero they couldappropriate and appreciate

Ganesh Srinivas Johannes factotum42 upvotes by Quora User Vamsi Tellakula Vishal Trivedi (more)

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Meet the Indian boss who gave cars apartments and

Nehal Sanghvi Dream Big42 upvotes by Vivek Agrawal Mahesh Karthik Quora User (more)

diamonds to employees

Forwardshythinking Hari Krishna chairman marks Diwali by lavishing almost500 cars and more than 200 apartments on his longshyserving staff

Cars are lined up for Sundayrsquos bonus presentation ceremony to staff at HariKrishna Exports in Surat Photograph AFPGetty ImagesAparna Joshi in SuratTuesday 21 October 2014 1328 BST 5 commentsAn unusually generous boss in the western city of Surat has attracted attentionacross India for lavishing expensive preshyDiwali gifts on staff at his diamond polishing company Cars apartments and diamond jewellery are among the unusual loyalty bonuses handed to employees of Hari Krishna Exports by itschairman Savjibhai DholakiaOf the 1268 employees rewarded for loyalty and performance almost 500opted for Fiat Punto cars while 207 went for apartments and 570 employeeschose jewellery Such largesse has taken even generous corporate houses inIndia by surprise but diamond industry observers detect canny altruism inDholakiarsquos gesture of disbursing nearly 500m rupees (pound5m) in this mannerThe diamond polishing industry in India has been suffering for a while sogiving away such eyeshycatching gifts ndash to be paid for by the company ininstalments over the next few years ndash may help retain talent at a difficult time

Savjibhai Dholakia shy known as Kaka to staff shy was a school dropout whoworked his way upDholakia who began Hari Krishna Exports in 1991 said he had earmarkedR500m for the staff even before targets were drawn up for this financial yearldquoItrsquos a refund of sorts to those who have stayed with us helped improve ourproducts and grown with the Hari Krishna family I am merely giving backrdquosaid the 53shyyearshyold a primary school dropout from a small village nearAmreli in north Gujarat who moved to Surat as a diamond worker andworked his way up ldquoI know what it is like to have needs When a worker ishappy he can do anything at all for yourdquoDholakiarsquos ldquoroughshytoshyretailrdquo diamond company has long been a trendsetterEight years ago it was the first in Surat to build an onshysite kitchen for its nearly6000shystrong staff and was also the first to distribute helmets to employeeswho ride to work on motorbikes ldquoKakardquo as the chairman is known to staffhas also insured 280 employees who have been with the company for morethan a decade to the tune of pound100000 each and ensures that employeesrsquofamilies get to go on annual pilgrimages at company cost

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Administrative assistant Kanak Patel 28 has worked with Hari KrishnaExports for the last decade He believes the bonus culture reflects a widercommitment to staff welfare by the company ldquoWe have gyms and familyprogrammes we have the freedom to meet the management with oursuggestions there are dropshyboxes located on each floor to receive our ideasItrsquos like a family ndash I wouldnrsquot dream of leavingrdquoThe headlineshygrabbing loyalty scheme was started two years ago when threecars were given away last year 70 cars were gifted as incentives ldquoWe createdthe hunger among the employees ndash they work better they take home betterincentivesrdquo Dholakia said His company currently exports finished diamondsto more than 50 countries through affiliates in the US Belgium UAE andHong Kong

Source httpwwwtheguardiancomcities2014oct21shyspshysuratshydiamondshymerchantshyindiashygenerousshybossshydiwalishyharishykrishna

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This one is about Lijjat

Seven semishyliterate Housewives decide to use their cooking skills to create asmall industry

From wikipedia The seven women were Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat Parvatiben RamdasThodani Ujamben Narandas Kundalia Banuben N Tanna LagubenAmritlar Gokani Jayaben V Vithalani and one more lady whose name isnot knownThe women borrowed Rs 80 from Chhaganlal Karamsi Parekh a memberof the Servants of India Society and a social worker They took over a lossshymaking papad making venture by one Laxmidasbhai and bought thenecessary ingredients and the basic infrastructure required tomanufacturepapads On March 15 1959 they gathered on the terrace oftheir building and started with the production of 4 packets of PapadsTheystarted selling the papads to a known merchant in Bhuleshwar From thebeginning the women had decided that they would not approach anyonefor donations or help even if the organization incurred losses

Lijjat expanded as a cooperative system Initially even younger girls couldjoin but later eighteen was fixed as the minimum age of entry Within threemonths there were about 25 women making papads Soon the womenbought some equipment for the business like utensilscupboards stoves etc In the first year the organizations annual sales were Rs 6196Thebroken papads were distributed among neighbours

They expanded they succeeded they empowered 45000 other womenwho are part of the womenshyonly coshyoperative

Current annual turnover is more than $100 Million Their story is taught as a case study in Management schools

Their product is a household name in India just like Coke and Pepsi standfor Cola drinks Lijjat is the de facto standard for Papad

Mohnish Chakravarti I like to follow startshyups5 upvotes by Anshul Rai Apurva Shastry Rachna Verma (more)

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Written 21 Sep

This is a great startshyup story Where there is a will there is a way It becomesmore inspiring considering the level of education experience and power insociety women had in India 50 years back

Oh a bonus for reading uptill here

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Mr Ajai Chowdhry one of the six founder members of HCL began an excitingjourney three decades ago with a dream to give India its very ownmicrocomputer The sheer clarity of vision and hard work led to a revolutionand laid the foundation for the Indian IT industry taking India to the leagueof major economies of the world

HCL Indiarsquos original IT garage startshyup founded in 1976 today is an Rs 26318crores (US $ 57 bn) global enterprise and Mr Ajai Chowdhry has been a keyforce in driving the growth of HCL He led the foundation of HCLs overseasoperations starting with Singapore in 1980s and later expanded to the otherSouth Asian Markets Mr Chowdhry son of an IAS officer has also been a keyforce in driving the growth of HCL Infosystems the flagship company of the

Mudit Tanwani Tech Entrepreneur IITH Grad (more)15 upvotes by Ankit Mishra Pranay Patil Akshay Pamnani (more)

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Updated 17 Aug

group He took over the reins of HCL Infosystems in early 90s and later onwent to become the Chairman of the company in 1999 His leadership infusedtremendous energy which took the company from a turnover of Rs 4006crores (US $ 89 mn) in 1994 to Rs11 542 crores (US $ 26 bn) with over 7600people The company has today emerged not only as the countryrsquos informationshyenabling powerhouse but a great place to work with industry accolades andawards received year after year In 2010 alone the company has been awardedlsquoBusiness Superbrandsrsquo by The Brand Council and rated the Most Trusted Indian IT Brand by Economic Times for 2010shy11 among many more

Mr Ajai Chowdhry has constantly added newer and cuttingshyedge technologyskills to the companys portfolio and under his able leadership severalpioneering projects like foraying into IT retail creating an extensive SystemsIntegration business and driving a vision of ldquoIT for the massesrdquo was successfullydriven He has a vision to take PC and broadband into every village and toevery person in India It was this vision that made HCL Infosystems the firstcompany in India to create special products for the rural market place like arural PC that works on a car battery or specially developed financial inclusionsoftware and hardware products

Gifted with a pedant sense of entrepreneurship Mr Ajai Chowdhry has beenenlisted among lsquoIndias Most Powerful Brand Buildersrsquo and has been adjudgedamong lsquoIndia Incrsquos Most Powerful CEOsrsquo by The Economic Times His vision tofurther expand Indian IT to developing economies has now made him one ofthe key voices for IT development in Africa In 2010 Coshychairing the lsquoWorldEconomic Forum on Africarsquo in Tanzania he shared his vision to empowerpeople across the developing continent of Africa through InformationTechnology

Presently Mr Ajai Chowdhry has started to focus on incubatingentrepreneurship by aiding startshyups through a variety of initiatives Hecontinues to give back to the society through his inshydepth experience andunderstanding of the industry He is currently involved in teachingentrepreneurship at IIT Hyderabad Former Chairman of IIT ndash Hyderabadand has been recently appointed by the Honrsquoble President of India Shri PranabMukherjee as Chairman of IITshyPatna

Full Storyhttpentrepreneurindiainpeop

Had the honor of learning about Entrepreneurship from him at IITHyderabad

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How RickshawshyPuller Dharamveer Singh Became A SuccessfulEntrepreneur Through Innovation

ldquoSangharsh hi sabse badi kaamyaabi hai Agar badhna hai to peecche mudkar nahin dekhna hairdquo(The strength to struggle is the greatest success There is no looking back if youwant to move ahead in life)

This is not just some idealistic romanticisation but a truism by whichDharamveer Singh Kamboj lives by Born in 1963 Dharamveer is the youngestamong five siblings Always inquisitive by nature his mother also inculcated inhim a love for nature He learnt about herbs by a holy man who visited theirvillage and while working as a rickshawshypuller in Delhi where he used to ferrypassengers dealing in herbs

Shreya Pareek15 upvotes by Ds Aman Priyanshi Shah Vaibhav Sharma (more)

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Written 24 Sep

Genesis of the MultishyPurpose Machine

In 2004 Dharamveer got the opportunity to visit aloe vera and amlaprocessing units in Rajasthan along with a group of farmers through theDepartment of Horticulture Government of Haryana He got interested in thebusiness However the exorbitant cost of machinery deterred himInstead of backing out he decided to develop his own machine

In April 2006 Dharamveer was ready with the first prototype of the machinewhich was used mainly for extraction of aloe vera juice He further modifiedthe machine and transformed it into a multishypurpose machine for processingseveral herbs and farm produce

MultishyPurpose Processing MachineThe multishypurpose processing machine is a portable machine which works ona single phase motor and is useful in the processing of various fruits herbs andseeds It has features like temperature control and condensation mechanismwhich helps in the extraction of essence and extracts from flowers andmedicinal plants

The machine is a cylindrical container made of food grade stainless steelhaving an opening (with lid) at the top to feed the herbs and an outlet at thebottom to collect residue It is powered by an electric motor whose powerdepends on the capacity of the machine It is also equipped with an oil jacketoutside the main chamber to prevent direct heating of the herbsThis machine is unique as it has the capacity to process a wide variety ofproducts without damaging the seed of the fruit or vegetable It can be used forprocessing mango amla aloe vera tulsi aswagandha and flowers like rosechameli lavenderThe multishypurpose machine is available in two models with juice extractioncapacity of 50 kghr and 150 kghr

Read his full story hereshy How RickshawshyPuller Dharamveer SinghBecame A Successful Entrepreneur Through Innovation shy TheBetter India

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Success story of indian school dropout who became CEO

It is not everyday that one comes across a truly inspiring story of successinterwoven with hardwork vision judgment calls and yes the ability to spotopportunities

started his journey as a school dropout

Akshay Mane CSE UnderGrad Ex InfoscionPu (more)19 upvotes by Atit Anand Kartikey Agarwal Ravishankar Kodukula (more)

He gave up formal education after he passed the Secondary School Certificateexamination in the midshy1980s because of his familyrsquos circumstances

His father was a machine setter in electricals company Philips in Pune and hismother was a homemaker

Katkar relied on his interest in technical matters to learn how to repair the thenpopular office gadgets such as Facit adding machines desktop electriccalculators and ledger posting machines

Looking back Kailash Katkar started his entrepreneurial venture with acalculator repair business in Pune in the 1990rsquos

When one door closes another opens Itrsquos been like that right through KailashKatkarrsquos life Every time an opportunity looked like dimming another emergedfor him He says his success was largely the result of his ability to sense changesin technology early

Kailash Katkar explains his success story as told to Amit Shanbaug

ldquoI wasnrsquot interested in studies had no special skills only a small repairbusiness

These may not be the right qualifications for being an entrepreneur but it hasturned out well for me

I started working on my own when I was in school I always was on the lookoutfor jobs that could supplement my family income I think itrsquos the drive to givemyself and my family a better life that moved me on the entrepreneurial path

In 1985 having barely managed to complete my matriculation

I took up a job at a local radio and calculator repair shop as I needed tosupplement the family income

The owner sent me to his Mumbai shop for a twoshymonth training andsubsequently I returned to Pune to work for him for just 1500 a month

I was only 19 and over the next five years I not only learnt a lotabout fixing calculators and radios but also picked up enoughaccounting skills to handle the books for my employer

In 1990I felt confident enough to start my own calculator repairbusiness with a seed capital of 15000which was drummed out ofmy savings I leased a small 100 sq ft office in Pune and started aoneshyman venture

In the first year I managed a decent income of 45000 but I was not satisfied with the progress I was making

I realised that one way to scale up would be to capitalise on theongoing software boom

So I started reading about computer hardware even enrolling for a shortcomputer management course in 1991shy92 to understand the basics ofcomputer application The classes were held in the evening so my business didnot suffer and once I was sure I had my basics in place I decided to ventureinto computer maintenance

The idea was to take care of the entire repair work for an annualfee In 1993 I finally started a new venture CAT Computer Serviceswhile continuing with the repair business

Generating business was a huge challenge initially since I had no workexperience in the field However I did not lose hope and kept trying to woocustomers aggressively

I got my first break a few months later when two families signed up for themaintenance of their personal computers for an annual fee of 2000 each

With some work experience to back me up more work soon came my way

In September 1993 I managed to breach the corporate domain by bagging theannual maintenance contract for New India Insurance followed by anothergroup a month later

I managed to generate a turnover of 1 lakh in 1993shy94 and employfour people to manage and expand the business

Around this time my younger brother Sanjay who was studying computerengineering in Pune began writing software programs

On my insistence he started developing a basic model of antivirus software forus

In those days the people involved in computer maintenance faced thisproblem and I realised that there would be plenty of takers for cheap andsimple solutions

I started using the software we called it Quick Heal for my customers and soldit to other vendors making it one of the least expensive options available in themarket

But nobody was willing to pay for it So it was distributed free withthe computer AMC and also circulated it among their network ofcomputer service professionals

ldquoThen came deadly viruses like One Half and Natash

Only our antivirus could decrypt the files they encryptedrdquo Katkar recollects

indicating that even the global big names in the antivirus business were not upto the task

ldquoThat was the birth of Quick Heal as a business idea mdash a solution that wouldreside on a machine and tackle problems as they cropped uprdquo

Before long the antishyvirus software became a big hit and my turnover for1996shy97 was 1219 lakh three times that for the previous financial year Inthe following years Sanjay and other hired software developers came out withmore advanced versions of this softwareBy 2002the business had grownto a point where we managed shift to a 2000 sq ft office in Punewhich we purchased for 25 lakh

Our first branch opened in Nashik a year later followed quickly by severalothers across India

By 2005shy6 we had diversified our product portfolio moving beyond the antishyvirus solutions We covered the entire gamut from security and tunersolutions which focused on increasing computer speed to mobile security andgateway level protection

Another milestone year for us was 2007when we renamed the company QuickHeal Technologies

Of course there have been several setbacks along the wayldquoThere was a time when our employees were leaving our setupbecause they felt that our company was small and wasnrsquot growingor wellshyknown We realised that it was time we moved to a realisticidea and thatrsquos when we decided to do away with the MaintenanceCompany tag We lost a few customers because we were shortstaffed and could not meet our deadlines We suffered losses and

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Written 10 Jun 2013

the cash crunch affected our product development and the processEven no bank was ready to support usAt one point in 1999 the business was in such a bad shape that weconsidered shutting shop since we were not even in a position topay staff salaries Thankfully we decided to delay the decision by acouple of months and during this period our hard work pulled usout of the redAccepting challenges is not always easy but if you have a ldquonevergiveshyuprdquo attitude you survive You have to completely believe inyour idea and give your 100 to it Also if you are a good observerand can read the pulse of your consumers you will know when andhow to improve

The infusion of 60 crore from the US based private equity firm SequoiaCapital in 2010helped us expand our footprint internationally In the pasttwo years our export turnover has been to the tune of 4 of our total businessand we hope to push it up in the coming years Todaythe companyemploys 610 people and has 23 offices in India We also have apresence in nearly 50 countries across the globe The sky is trulythe limit for usrdquo

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Visit this link to view his interview

Kailash Katkar the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Quick Heal Technologies

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Im surprised nobody mentioned the story of Shahnaz Hussain

She grew up in a traditional family but was privileged to receive moderneducation She got married when she was only fifteen years old The next

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year after her marriage she became a mother

When she went to Teheran along with her husband she developed a keeninterest in beauty treatments Eventually she decided to study thecosmetology course She wanted to be self independent and so she beganwriting articles for the Iran Tribune on varied subjects While pursuingstudies she learnt about the harmful effects of chemicals on human bodyShe studied Ayurveda and believed that it is the best alternative to chemicalcosmetics

After leaving Teheran she took an extensive training in cosmetic therapy fora long period of 10 years from the leading institutions of London Paris NewYork and Copenhagen She returned to India in the year 1977 andestablished her first beauty salon in her abode Unlike other salons she didnot use chemical cosmetics Rather she made use of Ayurvedic productsthat are absolutely safe on the human body She has ushered an era ofherbal cosmetics The products launched by her Company head their way toleading global stores such as Blooming Dales (New York) Harrods andSelfridges (London) Seibu (Japan) Galleries Lafayette (Paris) and LaRinaeccente (Milan)

Her beauty products are very skin friendly and give a beautiful glowing lookShe has not only been able to tap the markets of India but made herpresence felt in international market too Now her aim is to set her footholdin the space People who go to space usually suffer from skin problems Atpresent Shahnaz Hussain is focusing her attention on creating productsthat can prove to be beneficial for the astronauts To know the complete lifehistory of Shahnaz Hussain read on

Her company Shahnaz Husain Herbals has witnessed tremendous growththroughout these years She has launched more than 400 different kinds ofbeauty products In the contemporary times people are becoming more andmore conscious about the way they look It is here that Shahnaz Hussaincomes to play a major role by providing people with products that can bringthe glow back to their skin

She has dominated the market from the USA to Asia During 1990s theaverage growth rate of her company which is based in New Delhi wasnearly 194 In the year 2002 her Company touched $100 million Herworks are real praiseworthy and have been appreciated all over the worldShe has received many awards such as The Arch of Europe Gold Star forQuality The 2000 Millennium Medal of Honor Rajiv GandhiSadbhavana Award and many more

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Varun Agarwal coshyfounded Alma Mater an online store providing apparel andmemorabilia to the alumni community of schools and colleges across Indiaback in 2009

He then shot to fame when his book rsquoHow I braved Anu Aunty and coshyfoundeda million dollar companyrsquo went on to become a bestseller The book turned out to be a great way to promote Alma Mater and it alsopaved the way for the multiple speaker slots for Varun at the best collegesacross India Recently

Varun was chosen to be the brand ambassador for Lenovorsquos Flex products

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The ticket to our dream

Like all innovations redBus too has a very interesting story

All the founders used to work in Bangalore at the time (sometime in 2005) shy allwith top IT MNCs shy IBM Texas Instruments and Honeywell They were friendsfrom BITS Pilani one of Indias finest engineering colleges

During Diwali that year one of them wanted to spend the festival in his hometown Since he didnt know his schedule till the end taking a bus was the onlychoice

He ran around town hunting for a ticket but they were all sold out minutesbefore he reached the travel agents Bangalore traffic is notorious and can gripyou at the wrong time Thats exactly what happened that day

Thats when he thought of the possibility of providing consumers theconvenience of booking a bus ticket over the internet The objective was twoshyfold shy to ensure that they dont have to leave the confines of their comfort tobook a ticket and to help them get a ticket when they need it the most

The idea was compelling And why not The internet was being voted as amedium people couldnt do without PC and net penetration was increasingnot only in urban areas but also in rural India with innovative concepts likeShakti and eshyChoupal Also people were getting used to booking tickets fortravel using IRCTC and private airline websites So why not buses

However the most compelling reason was that no body in India had done this

So with these thoughts running through his mind he bounced initial thoughts

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off his friends from college They were excited about the concept too

However they didnt want to take the plunge without understanding thefeasibility of such an undertaking They met with various people shy busoperators consumers and venture capitalists shy to gauge how well the conceptcould do

As expected they got a favorable response They started writing the code forthe software that would be required to run the operations Once this was readythey put together a business plan and presented it to TiE Bangalore Chapter

TiE shy The Indus Entrepreneurs shy are mentors to say the very least Theybreathe lives and hope in to young entrepreneurs who have a working conceptThe idea didnt need much selling to TiE members either That was thebeginning of a seemingly long journey All the founders quit their wellshypayingsecure jobs and started redBus

Since those days there have been many ups and downs It wasnt simple tochange the mindset of bus operators who are used to dealing with theirtraditional brickshyandshymortar travel agents It wasnt easy to market theconcept It needed time and money It took a few months for things to fall inplace

All that was needed were a few people who used the website Once that wouldhappen the user interface was bound to generate wordshyofshymouth Thatsexactly what happened Those who used it liked it told others and the dominosstarted to fall in place

To cut a long story short redBus has come a very long way from days ofstruggle to days of growth It has the largest number of tieshyups (and growing)with bus operators and a large and satisfied customer base

Being run by a team of young people the culture is informal and everyone isambitious and charged to make it larger than imagined What started as ateam of three grew into a team of 50 within 9 months

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As I lived near the Marina beach I decided to put the mobile cart at the AnnaSquare on the Marina beach I had seen people thronging the beach in theevenings But I had to make umpteen trips to the Public Works Departmentand wait for one year to get the permission

Finally I started working on June 21 1982 a day I will never forget Theprevious night itself with the help of the local rickshaw drivers I had rolled themobile cart to the beach It was a small move but thrilling as it was my ownand I was going to be a business woman the next day

While such carts sold only tea and cigarettes I decided to sell cutlets samosasbajjis fresh juice and coffee and tea On the first day I sold only one cup ofcoffee and that was for fifty paise

I was very disappointed and came home crying I told my mother that I wouldnot like to continue But my mother consoled me saying at least you sold onecup of coffee Thats a good sign You will do well tomorrow And she wasadamant that I go the next day also

The next day I made sold snacks for Rs 600shy700 which was big money for methen As I started making money I added ice creams sandwiches French friesand juices too I used to keep thinking of adding more items

I ran it from 1982 to 2003 and the maximum I made from that mobile cartwas Rs 25000 a day That was during the bandh days We used to be openfrom 3 pm to 11 pm every day and later I started opening from 5 am to 9am for the walkers

I used to personally stand there and sell all the stuff I made I never felt scaredto stand there late at night My only thought was to prove myself and moveahead

There was a fire in me that made me believe that I could be successful withoutanyones help I did not want to be a failure If you have that fire nothing inthe world can stop you from succeeding

Offer to run a canteenOn seeing my work at the beach within a year the Slum Clearance Board gaveme an offer to run the canteen at their office with a proper kitchen Thechairman met me during her morning walk That is how I got the offer Thecanteen was a huge success

On Wednesdays it was the public grievance day so about 3000 people used tocome there and I had a roaring business

I used to get up at 5 am in the morning make idlis and go to the beach From9 am I would be at the canteen From 330 pm I would again be at the beachcart and would be there till 11pm By then I had employed people to cookand clean and all the cooking was done at the canteen kitchen My monthlyincome in those days was around Rs 20000

Later I got an offer to run the Bank of Madurai canteen I stopped runningthe canteen at the Slum Clearance Board canteen At the Bank canteen Iserved food to around 300 people daily

The turning pointOne day after a fight with my husband who used to come to trouble me oftenI boarded a bus and travelled till the last stop I got down and saw theNational Port Management training school run by the Central government

On the spur of the moment I told the security guard that I wanted to meet theadministrative officer I met him and told him that I was a caterer and that Iheard they were looking for a one

He said to my surprise that they were indeed looking for one as they hadproblems with the current contractor I still believe it was God who took methere

I got the offer I had to serve three meals to about 700 students They gave usquarters to stay It was a new life for me I got into the groove in a day It was

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