Katha Udyojakanchi (Stories of Indian Businessmen)
Though entrepreneurship in India isn't new, Indian business has come a long way. There are numerous Indian companies listed on the Fortune 500 and a huge number of Indian billionaires. This podcast series celebrates the achievements of charismatic, powerful and influential leaders who have shaped world history. Age appropriate content, fun facts and bold anecdotes will appeal to the curiosity of young inquisitive minds and help them develop their skills and general knowledge. The inside track to India's most powerful tycoons The business maharajas profiled here are among Asia's most powerful industrial tycoons, Their combined turnover runs into billions of rupees, and between them they employ some 650,000 people, while indirectly affecting the lives of millions more. Sip a cup of tea, drive to work, listen to music, build a house and the chances are that in these and a myriad other ways you are using products that they manufacture or market. By any yardstick, the achievements of these men would rank among the great business stories of our time. How did these men build their enormous empires? What are their management secrets? How did they thrive and prosper even as others failed? What is their vision for the future? Some on the list are especially inspiring because they managed to make their fortune during British rule when the environment was not conducive for business and particularly for Indian business. These stories hopefully will inspire you through your startup journey and will keep you motivated. There are tales of outstanding successes, crushing failures, extraordinary challenges and relentless determination, some of which chronicle the times when these legends were just simple businessmen trying to make a mark. The grit and ruthless persistence of these men defined who they were and the legacies they left behind. जरी भारतातील उद्योजकता नवीन नसली तरी भारतीय व्यवसायाने खूप मोठा पल्ला गाठला आहे. फॉर्च्युन 500 वर असंख्य भारतीय कंपन्या सूचीबद्ध आहेत आणि मोठ्या संख्येने भारतीय अब्जाधीश आहेत. ही पॉडकास्ट मालिका जगाच्या इतिहासाला आकार देणार्या करिष्माई, शक्तिशाली आणि प्रभावशाली नेत्यांच्या कर्तृत्वाचा उत्सव साजरी करते. वयोमानानुसार सामग्री, मजेदार तथ्ये आणि धाडसी किस्से तरुण जिज्ञासू मनांच्या कुतूहलाला आकर्षित करतील आणि त्यांना त्यांची कौशल्ये आणि सामान्य ज्ञान विकसित करण्यात मदत करतील. त्यांची एकत्रित उलाढाल अब्जावधी रुपयांमध्ये चालते आणि त्यामध्ये ते काही लाख लोकांना रोजगार देतात, तर लाखो लोकांच्या जीवनावर अप्रत्यक्षपणे परिणाम करतात. एक कप चहा घ्या, कामावर जा, संगीत ऐका, घर बांधा आणि शक्यता आहे की या आणि इतर असंख्य मार्गांनी तुम्ही उत्पादने वापरत आहात किंवा ते बाजारात आणत आहात. कोणत्याही मापदंडानुसार, या माणसांच्या कर्तृत्वाला आमच्या काळातील महान व्यवसाय कथांमध्ये स्थान मिळेल. या माणसांनी त्यांची प्रचंड साम्राज्ये कशी निर्माण केली? त्यांचे व्यवस्थापन रहस्य काय आहेत? इतर अयशस्वी झाले तरीही त्यांची भरभराट आणि समृद्धी कशी झाली? भविष्यासाठी त्यांची दृष्टी काय आहे? या यादीतील काही विशेषत: प्रेरणादायी आहेत कारण ब्रिटीश राजवटीत व्यवसायासाठी आणि विशेषतः भारतीय व्यवसायासाठी वातावरण अनुकूल नसताना त्यांनी आपले भविष्य घडवले. आशा आहे की या कथा तुम्हाला तुमच्या स्टार्टअप प्रवासात प्रेरणा देतील आणि तुम्हाला प्रेरित ठेवतील. उत्कृष्ट यश, चिरडून टाकणारे अपयश, विलक्षण आव्हाने आणि अथक दृढनिश्चयाच्या कथा आहेत, त्यापैकी काही त्या काळाचा इतिहास आहे जेव्हा हे दिग्गज फक्त साधे व्यापारी ठसा उमटवण्याचा प्रयत्न करत होते. या माणसांच्या धैर्याने आणि निर्दयी चिकाटीने ते कोण होते आणि त्यांनी मागे सोडलेला वारसा परिभाषित केला.
Episodes
From the bylanes of Kamalia and the rugged landscapes of Quetta in India of the 1940s which later became Pakistan, they escaped to the partition ravaged cities of Amritsar, Agra, Delhi and finally settled in Ludhiana with little more than the shirts on their backs.
From here, four of the six Munjal brothers built their business, part by part. This is an authentic 'Make in India' story about overcoming many odds: labyrinthi...
Ghanshyam Das Birla was one of the most prominent Indian businessmen from the era when India was struggling to get freedom from the British Empire. He belonged to the Birla family and is the founding father of the multi-billion dollar Birla Empire. He came from a humble background of Pilani in India where his grandfather was into the business of money lending—a tradition in that particular community. But Birla had dreams bigg...
The podcast provides vivid account of the career and achievements of Dr.Kalyani, the battles he waged and the laurels he earned. It is a rare depiction of the qualities which go to make a person a successful entrepreneur. These qualities have not merely been enumerated here in the podcast but they are brought out dramatically through stories related by a number of persons, associates, executives, admirers and even mentors of Dr.Kal...
Walchand Hirachand Doshi was an Indian industrialist and the founder of the Walchand group. He established India's first modern shipyard, first aircraft factory and first car factory; he also established construction companies, sugarcane plantations, sugar factories, confectioneries, engineering companies and many other businesses. Walchandnagar Industries Limited, located at Walchandnagar, an industrial township near Pune is today...
Dhirubhai Ambani's character is inspiring and invigorating as he reaches the Everest of success by starting his own business only on the strength of perseverance when there is no business tradition or business education required to back him up in business. Dhirubhai set up his business empire in Mumbai, which in the beginning did not provide him with the jobs he needed to survive.
He started a new way of reducing the dependence ...
The saga of the Hinduja Group started in Sindh, the cradle of the Indus Valley Civilisation, where more than 5,000 years ago, the human race learnt its first lessons in organized business and banking. Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja, a young entrepreneur from the fabled town of Shikarpur in Sindh district (then in undivided India) realised early in life that business was all about spotting opportunities and seizing them, wherever they ...
They said Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata turned mud into gold or was it skillful management, clear thinking and honesty that did the trick?
He had an uncanny knack for recognizing a good business opportunity and a selfless will to improve the lot of his countrymen. Thus a little known Zoroastrian family became the foremost business house in India's industrial history.
The chronicle of the life of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata is fascinati...
In 2005, Forbes ranked Mittal as the third-richest person in the world, making him the first Indian citizen to be ranked in the top ten in the publication’s annual list of the world’s richest people. In 2007, Mittal was considered to be the richest Asian person in Europe. He was ranked the sixth-richest person in the world by Forbes in 2011. He is also the “57th-most powerful person” of the 72 individuals na...
In 2005, Forbes ranked Mittal as the third-richest person in the world, making him the first Indian citizen to be ranked in the top ten in the publication’s annual list of the world’s richest people. In 2007, Mittal was considered to be the richest Asian person in Europe. He was ranked the sixth-richest person in the world by Forbes in 2011. He is also the “57th-most powerful person” of the 72 individuals na...
Shantanurao Kirloskar was born on 28 May 1903 in Solapur in a family of entrepreneurs who set the stage for the establishment of one of India’s biggest engineering conglomerates — Kirloskar Group.
His father Laxmanrao Kirloskar was the founder of the Group.
Shantanurao did his primary education from Kirloskarwadi, an industrial township that his father had set up, and then completed his secondary education from New En...
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