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orphanages,
cadre,
“Never give them fish, teach them how to fish!”
expat
And despite the many balls he is juggling in the air, Mahadevan balances his work and family artfully.
one month every year I take off with the family and no one can reach me - whatever the emergency.”
“I travel, meet people - do the things I enjoy the most.
Income minus expenditure = profit.
“Measure twice, cut once.
Don’t measure at all, and you keep cutting, cutting.”
Buy by the day and sell by night.
stale
complacent.
In this line, ten times the customer gets a good meal. The 11th meal, the kebabs are not good. But you will only talk about the 11th meal, you will forget the first ten good meals. That is human nature.
a facilities management firm
placard
“I like people who can get things done.”
Like millions of Indians, he had no bank balance, no godfather, no special privileges available to the upper class. But, he found opportunities everywhere.
diffident.
They lived in Phugewadi near Dapodi in a tiny one room house. 10 by 10 feet.
pawned
hefty
Samaritan
frugal.
but Hanmant had his sights set higher.
Swami Vivekananda.
‘Karm hi dharma hai, karm hi pooja hai… Aaram haraam hai. Jiss aadmi ne yeh samajh liya, woh aadmi badaa ban jayega’.”
stipulated
country liquor
cursed
“I was absent for the first semester exams - all papers. I had to make up for it in the second semester. But I was able to complete the job and earn a one lakh rupee profit.”
It was quite a learning experience.
TELCO
Marketing is handled by me, finance is arranged by me.
Umesh looks after the operations, and he is the Vice-Chairman.”
spic and span.
“Every city we had one trusted person - a boy from my village - as the supervisor.
30% of the workers we send from Pune, 70% we take locals.”
long term mein there is no strike, there is no union, there is no jhamela.”
ransom.
“Do rupaya kharcha kiya, toh teen rupaya maang ke lene ka customer se.”
inner sanctum
Bajaj, Mahindra, Ashok Leyland, Hyundai.
Volkswagen, FIAT - the who’s who of the auto sector are BVG clients.
ONGC, ITC, Hindustan Lever, Accenture and even Indian Railways are just a few of the other big names that Bharat Vikas works with.
satisfy one client and he will bring in several more.
Jab kaam acchha karoge to customer khud aapki marketing karega.”
At one time a contract worth T 10,000-20,000 per month was a big thing for BVG. Now, he looks for a commitment of minimum T 1 crore per month.
60% of the company’s business comes from the private sector;
“We maintain Patanjali Yogpeeth (Baba Ramdevji’s ashram).
