N.M. COLLEGE IDEAS WITH INTENTIONS JOURNEY OF 50 SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS OF NM INTENT – The Entrepreneurship Development Cell N.M. COLLEGE SVKM's Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics 2015 IDEAS WITH INTENTIONS Compiled by: Intent – The Entrepreneurship Development Cell Copyright© 2015 Published by: SVKM's Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, JVPD Scheme, VileParle (West), Mumbai – 400056. Printed At : Eastern Printing Press, Fort, Mumbai - 400001. First Edition: 2015 ISBN: 978-81-931242-0-8 All rights reserved. No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, orN.M. by any information COLLEGE storage and retrieval system, nor exported, without the written permission of the copyright owner or the publisher. Although this book has been prepared with care and every precaution, compilers or publisher assume no responsibility for the errors or omissions and is not liable for damages resulting from the use of the information provided in this book. MESSAGE FROM: SHRI AMRISH R. PATEL Honorable President, SVKM “Dear All! I am very happy to learn that the students of N. M. College are bringing out a compilation of success stories of their Past Students in diverse careers and especially as entrepreneurs on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the College. The subject N.M.of Entrepreneurship COLLEGE is very dear to my heart, having become an entrepreneur at a young age myself. In a vast nation like ours the role of entrepreneurship in creation of jobs, generation of revenue for the Government and the overall benefit of society can never be over-emphasized. More particularly entrepreneurship results in an immense satisfaction for the entrepreneur and not just the wealth that he creates. Narsee Monjee College has over the years lived up to its name and created leaders and success stories in various fields of business. It is very encouraging that the present batch of students has excellent ideas and ambitions for the future. I once again convey my best wishes on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the College.” AMRISH R. PATEL (President, SVKM) N.M. COLLEGE MESSAGE FROM: SHRI SHALIN DIVATIA Honorary Joint Treasurer, SVKM “My Dear Nmites, I was amazed when I came to know of the success story of NMites in diverse fields including that of business and that too in different parts of the globe. This compilation of some of those success stories is an eye-opener for the younger N.M.generation exemplifying COLLEGE that the purpose of education is to create a platform for exploring the humongous possibilities that life unfolds and is not meant to be a narrow channel in which one navigates ones career. The experiences of the past students will no doubt serve as a guiding force for unleashing the creativity, energy and potential of the present batch of students at NM College as well as various other alumni who have passed out and read this compilation. I would like to convey my congratulations to the Alumni whose success has been mentioned but I am sure that there would be many more equally inspiring stories of other NMites that we still may not be aware of. I would request all the Alumni to come back to College and share their experiences and help make our own NM College better and better with each passing year. On behalf of SVKM, I compliment the students who have taken efforts in this compilation and their energy and enthusiasm. Undoubtedly, they will fulfill their aspirations in the times to come. Best wishes to you all on the Golden Jubilee of NM College.” SHALIN S. DIVATIA (Honorary Joint Treasurer, SVKM) N.M. COLLEGE MESSAGE FROM: SHRI SUNIL MANTRI Principal of NM College “Congratulations to team Intent for initiating the idea of printing the success stories of entrepreneurs from N.M. College as part of the Golden Jubilee Year Celebrations. We initiated the business plan competition “Intent” with an objective to bring forth the entrepreneurship skills of our students and make available to the students a platform to think, prepare and present their business plans. The ultimateN.M. objective of initiating COLLEGE this Entrepreneurship Cell is to arrange for finance and other requirement of making these business plans successful. The basic idea behind this publication is to spread awareness amongst student of the college that N. M. has more than C. A. to its credit and to motivate the students to become entrepreneurs rather than become job seekers. N. M. College is known as the C. A. Factory. With growing interaction with the alumni on different occasion, I found that alumni of N. M. are successful entrepreneurs in diverse fields of commerce and industry. Thus when team INTENT proposed to publish the success stories of entrepreneurs, I was very happy and delighted to seek approval for the publications from the Management. I am very thankful to Shri Amrishbhai Patel, President of SVKM, Office bearers and all at SVKM for approving the proposal immediately. I am very sure that the students will benefit from the success stories of our Alumni and feel motivated to move from being job seekers to entrepreneurs. With the participation of our Alumni in this Entrepreneurship Cell, I am sure that we will be able to meet our final objective. Happy reading and be motivated.” SUNIL B. MANTRI (Principal, Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & Economics) N.M. COLLEGE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT On behalf of the whole team of INTENT, we express our sincere gratitude to every person who is associated with “Ideas With Intentions” and has contributed towards inspiring and enlightening our initiative. We extend our gratitude to Mr. Amrish Patel and Mr. Shalin Divatia who have placed faith in our team to take up this initiative. At the outset, we thank our college - Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics which has stepped into its 51st year completing half a century of Pride & Reverence. Our thanks are also due to our Principal Mr. Sunil B. Mantri for encouraging and guiding us throughout the execution of this book. Next, for generously sharing their wisdom, love and divinity, we would like to thank all the Alumni of our college who have made this possible, especially the ones who have mentored us through out the year; We pay our sincere obeisance to all the teachers- Mrs. Vijayshree Anand, Mrs. Tessy Pillji, Mr. Manorath, Mr. Ashish Gavande, Mrs. Anupama Jawale, Ms. Pooja Singh and Mr. Kapil Budhdev. A special thanks to Mrs. Vaishali Dawar, the Convenor of INTENT under whose guidance we have walked successfully till here today. We also thank Dr. Mrs. Muktha Manoj,N.M. Mrs. Jagruti Mewada,COLLEGE Mr. Vinod Naik and Mr. Vikas Vichare for their help in framing, formatting and printing of this book. We are extremely grateful to all the entrepreneurs who have connected with us and given us an insight into their lives. We thank them for sharing their Success Stories for the inspiration of the youth. For their time and support, we also thank all our peers, volunteers and family members for being a part in this fruitful journey- “Ideas With Intentions”. Last but not the least, we are grateful to the entire team of INTENT – The Entrepreneurship Development Cell of N.M. College for their sincere and dedicated efforts throughout the year to make “Ideas With Intentions” a dream come true. N.M. COLLEGE CONTENTS Message from- Shri Amrish R Patel- President, SVKM Message from- Shri Shalin S. Divatia- Honorary Joint Treasurer, SVKM Message from- Shri Sunil B. Mantri- Principal, NM College Acknowledgement Introduction 1 THE STORIES (In order of the year of graduation) Sr. Name of the Company Year of Page No Entrepreneur Name Graduation no. 1) Bipin Morjaria National Decorators 1976 3 2) Hoshi NIEM 1978 7 Bhiwandiwalla 3) Ram Bhatia RAB Consultants 1979 11 4) AmishaVora Prabhudas Lilladher 1981 17 5) Jagdeep Kapoor Samsika Marketing 1981 23 6) Anita Dongre AND 1983 29 7) Hiten Parekh Nilkamal Plastics 1983 35 N.M. COLLEGE 8) Priyesh Kamdar Shlok Security 1983 41 9) Rajan Agarwal Advantage India 1984 47 Advisors 10) Aatish Kapadia Hats Off Production 1985 51 11) Atul Tibrewala E-Vision 1985 57 Technologies Sr. Name of the Company Year of Page No Entrepreneur Name Graduation no. 12) Sanjay Shah Supreme Industries 1985 63 13) Nirmal Jain IIFL 1986 69 14) Jamnadas Hats Off Production 1986 77 Majethia 15) Vipul Shah Sunshine Pictures 1987 83 16) AmeeTrivedi Avni Productions 1988 93 17) Samir Tanna & Kala Nirjhari 1988 97 Arsh Tannna 18) Shailesh Mehta DuFlon Industries 1988 103 19) Vinay Reddy Lovable Lingerie 1988 109 20) Harish Shetty Radha Krishna 1989 113 21) Sheetal Choksi WordHatter 1989 119 22) Amit Jain Hatimi Steels 1993 125 23) Anil Bhandari ANB Global 1993 131 24) Dippak Khurana Vserv 1993 137 25) Ankush Agarwal Mint RPO 1997 143 26) Rajesh Joshi Pay Point India 1997 149 27) Smita DeorahN.M. Leadership COLLEGE Boulevard 1998 155 28) Nirav Mehta Apps Magnet 1999 161 29) Varuchhi Dubey DNV Securities 1999 165 30) Tejas Shah Safex Fire 2000 171 31) Sharad Mittal Crimson Interactive 2002 177 32) Hemang Credence 2003 183 Panchmatia Sr. Name of the Company Year of Page No Entrepreneur Name Graduation no. 33) Ashutosh Rathi EnLight 2004 189 34) Dhaval Bathia Genesis Education 2004 195 Technologies 35) Aarti U Kapoor La Bottega Del Gusto 2006 199 36) Dhaval Doshi Webventurous 2006 207 37) Priyesh Karia Indus Startegy 2006 213 38) Shaili Sutaria Griphin 2006 219 39) Ankit Doshi InsideIIM.com 2007 225 40) Anuj Gosalia Terribly Tiny Tales 2007 231 41) Karan Thakkar Ecocentric 2007 237 42) Rahul Chandalia Red n Brown 2008 243 43) Rahul Sharma Coldwell Banker 2008 249 44) Shruti Saraf Que Queens 2008 253 45) Varun Sheth Ketto 2008 259 46) Vinit Rughani Imperial International 2009 265 Sports Academy 47) Anant Mukim Blurb box 2011 271 48) Pratik ShahN.M.