Name: Kamal Sagar and Shibanee Sagar
Profile: Founders, Total Enviornment
Basic Principles: Clarity of intent is the most important thing.
When it comes to quality, you must check and review at every stage.
When Kamal Sagar had just graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur with a degree in architecture, he got hired by a rather unusual man who wanted to build a stud farm near Pune. His employer, Zavaray Poonawala, wanted to employ someone who would “stand there and build”. However, when he reported to work, he found Poonawala — a man who drove around in a thirty foot car — in no hurry to build anything. Instead, he made the young graduate do odd jobs, until one day, the restless youth forced the project on his employer.
(This story appears in the 23 October, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)
An interview that brings out the essence doing things with a sense of purpose and with utmost quality. More entrepreneurs of this kind should arise to bring about a everlasting change to India and to the world. Regards, Vijay
on Oct 23, 2009