Entrepreneurs Who Built India- Lala Shriram (The Man Who Saw Tomorrow)

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The year was 1909, and Boota Singh, a successful contractor, found out that a young man employed by him was the son of DCM's secretary Madan Mohan. He was surprised that the talented and hard-working Shri Ram was a munshi at his firm instead of working at DCM. He wrote multiple letters to Madan Mohan extolling Shri Ram's virtues. Giving in to Boota Singh's gentle admonishments, Shri Ram was finally called to DCM and hired in the accounts department.

This is the story of a man who saw tomorrow. Joining DCM at the age of twenty-five, Lala Shri Ram went on to not only create a textile giant but a conglomerate that gave wings to an aspiring nation-venturing into sewing machines, sugar, hydrogenated oil and chemicals, and becoming a market leader in a short span. Shri Ram established new benchmarks in labour welfare, education and business innovation that were hitherto unheard of in the Indian business space.

This book celebrates the man, his vision and the entrepreneur's zeal that made it all possible. Start-ups today will find it inspiring and a useful guide as they go about building the businesses of their dreams.

SONU BHASIN is one of the earliest and most senior women professionals in the industry. Bhasin led various businesses in leadership positions during her corporate career, including being part of the TAS (Tata Administrative Service), director at ING Barings Private Banking, president at Axis Bank, group president at Yes Bank, and COO at Tata Capital Limited.

She is an independent director on the board of well-known and reputed domestic and multinational companies. As part of her work now, Bhasin focuses on family businesses, and is the founder of Families and Business (FAB).

She is a family business historian, a business author and the editor-in-chief of Families & Business magazine. She has been named as one of the Global 100 Most Influential Individuals for family enterprises in 2020. Bhasin has a BSc (Hons) degree in mathematics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, and an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, also Delhi University.

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