4 Ordinary Indians Who Created Extraordinary Business

2. Pravin Herlekar
Chairman and Managing Director, Omkar Speciality Chemicals

Born and brought up in an Indian middle class family, Pravin Herlekar is an IIT graduate. Like the other middle class kids, Pravin’s life was also the same. Right from his childhood, he was made aware about the very common Indian belief, ‘study hard and you will have a nice life!’

Life was also going the same traditional way for Pravin. Change happened to him, when he was in the final year of his Chemical Enginnering from IIT Bombay and was about to complete his internship. It was in the year 1972, when during his internship, he met the then Managing Director, KC Shroff of Excel Industries, Mumbai. Pravin also gives the credit of all his success to Shroff. The discussion with the MD of Excel Indstries changed Pravin’s life forever.

After the discussion with KC Shroff, Pravin decided to start his own chemical lab. Even though lack of cash and space were the main restraining factors for this determined grad, he did not kept his goals of having a MNC limited to his dreams. To achieve his dreams, he first acquired proper entrepreneurial knowledge from Mumbai University and upon completion of his post graduation he worked with multiple big shots of the corporate market. He worked with State Industrial & Investment Corporation of Maharashtra, FDC, Aegis Chemicals and Milton Group.

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