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Anil Agarwal

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Sep 5

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हमेशा की तरह, हमारे माननीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी से मिल कर नई प्रेरणा मिली। वेदांता फैब और सेमीकंडक्टर परियोजना के साथ-साथ भारत की ऊर्जा सुरक्षा के विषय पर उनके साथ विस्तार से चर्चा हुई। (1/4)

भारत में एक और सिलिकॉन वैली बनाने का सपना अब ज्यादा दूर नहीं है। ये रोजगार के अवसरों को भी जन्म देगा और हमारे देश पर बहुत सकारात्मक प्रभाव डालेगा। (2/4)

प्रधानमंत्री जी ने हमारे नंद घर कार्यक्रम की सराहना की और सुझाव दिया कि इस मॉडल को पूरे भारत में दोहराया जा सकता है। नंद घर के साथ बाल पोषण, महिला सशक्तिकरण और शिक्षा क्षेत्र में तय लक्ष्यों को प्राप्त करने की दिशा में कदम बढ़ेगा। (3/4)

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Anil Agarwal

@AnilAgarwal_Ved

May 31

My dear dreamers, always remember that with the two wings of Karma and Dharma, you can fly towards your dreams as high as you want. This is what helped me in my journey...(1/9)

...We set up the first copper rod plant at Lonavala, near Bombay. On most days, I would leave my Marine Line 360 sq ft office and take the train to Lonavala. I would spend my nights working and chatting with our factory people, and then...(2/9)

...I would take the 7am morning train back to office. I used to barely get any sleep but I always felt fresh after having some cutting chai and Lonavala chikki at the station - just thinking about it brings a smile to my face. In parallel, I started dreaming about...(3/9)

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Anil Agarwal

@AnilAgarwal_Ved

May 2

My dear dreamers, I believe that the biggest roadblock in life is to never take a risk at all. When I landed in America, I had no place to stay but that didn’t matter. I came back to India with dreams bigger than my reality...(1/9)

...As my feet touched the ground, I looked at the vast land in front of me & dreamt of setting up my telecom cable factory. I got the best experts & equipment from America, some from Nokia in Finland, & the best bunch of youngsters to set up the plant in Aurangabad...(2/9)

…as they say, a true entrepreneur keeps expanding their capacity - & so we did. Moved from producing jelly-filled cables to optical fiber cables. It used to take 8 years to get a telephone line in India, & as we started producing, this waiting period started reducing…(3/9)

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Anil Agarwal

@AnilAgarwal_Ved

Apr 18

I found out about the largest manufacturer of jelly-filled cables based in Essex, America. The company had many plants, one of which had recently shut down. At that time, getting a telephone line in India took at least 8 years of waiting. I saw a gap in the market and… (1/8)

…I decided to set up a plant in India. I was determined to find a way to talk to their CEOs. Even when I had to go back to India, I continued to find ways to contact them. It took me two years to get a single meeting confirmed. I packed my bags and flew to America…(2/8)

…this time, with Narayan Swami, a very bright CA and an excellent negotiator. Initially, we shared a room and survived on one dinner where we used to eat sandwiches or falafels from the street. I met with the CEO and CFO of the company - Fred Zinzer and Chriss Rudd…(3/8)

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Anil Agarwal

@AnilAgarwal_Ved

Apr 4

They say good things come only if you work towards it. To enjoy the fruit, you must sow enough in the roots. With the policy change in 1986, my fate changed as well. My first business started picking up pace and I managed to raise… (1/7)

…the first 4 crores through public offering of shares. I wanted to buy second-hand equipment to expand my cable business and decided to try my luck once again. With this, a new dream was born, and I was off to my next destination where dreams are made - America… (2/7)

At the age of 24, with my tooti-footi English, a suitcase filled with ghar ka khana, and a dear friend from Bihar, Ajay Anand, I took off to chase my dream. To top it all, I had no idea where I was going to stay! (3/7)

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Anil Agarwal

@AnilAgarwal_Ved

Mar 28

I bought my first company with great ambition, but the next 10 years were the toughest years of my life. In 1976, I acquired Shamsher Sterling Cable Company but I had… (1/8)

...no money to pay the salary of my employees or buy the raw materials needed. I spent my days visiting banks to clear my payments, and my nights reviving the closed cable plant…(2/8)

To make ends meet, I started 9 businesses in various fields: magnetic wires, different cables, aluminium rods, multiplexes with Warner Brothers - but all of them failed, one after the other. Still, I never gave up…(3/8)

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