ABHISHEK AGARWAL
Super Food Plazas At Railway Stations Is A Wonderful Development Of Our Indian Railways
"Fun: Food Festivity at Indian Railway Stations is a development which I was not expecting in my lifetime. My father was in the Railway and we used to live in Railway Bungalows near the Railway Station. I live in Nizamuddin West and in Nizamuddin East there is a Railway Station and there I have enjoyed the food at Comesum restaurant, the word in Latin stands for “Come and Eat Together”.
Comesum Café is the fastest emerging food chain in India and the entrepreneur behind is Abhishek Agarwal who was born and brought up in Chattisgarh. He became civil engineer but his heart was in entrepreneurship-to be his own boss and to do something on his own. REventually an opportunity came his way when he started a food plaza at Pune, Railway Station. It became an instant success which is not usual but the idea of good wholesome food was an idea whose time had come. He went ahead and made several food plazas at major junctions throughout India. He believes, rightly, that good food brings a smile of satisfaction and if it is served in style and is economical it makes the journey more enjoyable and fulfilling. Everyday, 24x7, they have to provide quality and taste. In this task he has the support and guidance of his brothers Rahul Agarwal and Rajiv Mittal. They provide support and monitoring of day to day operations.
Indian Railway has a division which is called Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation. Catering is an area where plenty innovations have been done but much more has to be done to achieve the customer satisfaction of millions upon millions of travelers-every day! Fortunately the mind-set of IRCTC has accepted the fact to achieve the objective of customer satisfaction through the PPP (Public Private Participation) way. Now, if I take you blindfolded to Nizamuddin Railway Station and open your blinkers at Comesum Food Plaza you may “think” you are in Europe. Indian Railways has given an excellent opportunity to Indian entrepreneurs to prosper, provide effective service and in the process reduce poverty and increase employment. Jai Ho!
ANIL AGARWAL
To Me, Aniljee, Tussi Great Ho Because Of Your Vedanta Foundation And Pledging $1 Billion For Vedanta University In Orissa.
He is a $ billionaire, No. 11 on the list of the 100 Richest Indians as per Forbes India, December 2009 issue with $6.3 billion. He was also on the cover page of Forbes Asia, March 2009, issue. He is a hero of philanthropy, one among, four from India in the list of Forbes.
He was born in Patna in 1954. His father was a small businessman. He is a matriculate and Lalu Prasad Yadav was his classmate. He is strict a vegetarian, married, 2 children. He is based in London, UK. He started very humbly as a scrap metals dealer in 1976. When he was 21, he married a family friend Kiran, 16. Incidentally, his first pleasure of life was when his father bought him a bicycle. Much later he graduated to Vespa scooter, but never made it to a college. Now he has an empire in copper, zinc, aluminum iron ore and power generation. He now travels by his own private plane. Bhagwanjee, tussi bahut hee great ho - from a bicycle to own jet in a few decades. He had moved to London because of the licence raj and started dreaming big. Our P. Chidambaram is on his board and many other international personalities. He learnt his English on his way going up, up and away! He is also Hare Krishna Bhakt and has like minded friends. In his entrepreneurial journey, he picked up Balco and Hindustan Zinc, PSUs. In 2006, he pledged $1 billion to set up the Vedanta University. He spends 20% of his time on philanthropy, in the footsteps of American industrialists-like Ford, Rockefellers, Bill Gates and so on. His may be only baby steps now but he believes in distributing his earnings back to society. He is not finished yet! His various companies are on a fund - raising spree, raising $3.35 billion. His Sterlite Industries is always looking for acquisitions from around the world. His land acquisition for the University is still to be completed. vedanta resources plc
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