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| LEADER - INTERVIEW | 4 “The only driving force then was a desire to start a business which I can call my own creation no matter how small” Know A Leader - Rubber & Tyre Machinery World | APR 2016
| LEADER - INTERVIEW | One Must Dare To Dream. Entrepreneurship is about dreaming, conceptualising. Interview With Rajendra V. Gandhi, Managing Director, GRP Ltd. PRASANTH WARRIER (PW): Hello Rajendra Gandhi. First of all thank you for accepting an interview with Rubber & Tyre Machinery World and sharing your thoughts. The decade of 70s was not a period conducive to entrepreneurs in Indian ecosystem. Yet, as a young graduate out of IIT Mumbai, you embarked on a journey that created an enterprise, people today know as GRP. So let me start with a personal question - What would you say were secrets to your success? What are the take away for the next generation of leaders in your inspiring story? RAJENDRA V. GANDHI (RVG): It is true that the decade of 70's was not a period conducive to entrepreneurs in Indian ecosystem. But after graduating from IIT Mumbai, and having spent some time in my family textile business, I had inkling to start something on my own instead of enjoying the family business legacy. At that time I came across an article which spoke how there is a good future for the recycling industry in a developing country like India. I was struck by that article and decided to pursue an opportunity in recycling. After reviewing several options, I zeroed in on rubber recycling. I must admit that I did not have any fixed roadmap to succeed in this venture when I set out. The only driving force then was a desire to start a business / industry which I can call my own creation no matter how small. It was then that I was introduced to K.M. Philip who was fondly known as the 'Father of the Indian Rubber Industry'. He encouraged me to set up a reclaim rubber plant with technical guidance from Wamanrao G Desai who was an accomplished rubber technologist with several years of experience in the reclaim rubber manufacturing. Thus Gujarat Reclaim & Rubber Products Ltd Company was set up in 1974. Philip graciously agreed to become the Chairman, while Desai was appointed the Managing Director and I was the Joint Managing Director. For me this was a journey in faith. The company was established on certain values and principles, which later turned out to be the valuable 'assets' of the company. We decided that instead of importing the machinery by bribing to get an import license through DGTD, we would design and make the entire plant based on indigenous parts and equipment. Desai had 5 Know A Leader - Rubber & Tyre Machinery World | APR 2016
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