CORPORATE STORY 3

A successful industrialist Prakash Ambadas Kharwadkar was born in a farmer’s family in the most backward village “kalampuri” (Maharashtra) in 1946. He completed his primary education at the village school. He did btech in chemical engineering from Mumbai University in 1966. He was latter appointed as lecturer in an engineering college, but he had to take only one lecture. So for the rest of time he had no any work. Getting bored over the free time he left the job and did mba from Mumbai University. He joined Hindustan liver after mba, he did not continue here for long period and started his onward journey. From Chandigarh, Bangalore and Mumbai he reached to Birla group in Kolkata. And at the age of 37 years in 1983_84 he was made the vice president of the company at the monthly salary of rupees one lakh. During his stay in Birla group he also came in contact of oswal company of Ludhiana. From here he thought of becoming an entrepreneur and he left the job. After setting up an industry he initially selected Orissa and Uttar Pradesh. He invested rupees six lakhs in the year 1985_86 in Kanpur.

66 years old kharwadkar is not only a successful industrialist, but is a great visionary who is engaged in making plans for bringing change in the exiting social condition. He is the managing director of corona plus industries limited. Corona plus detergent company started with a capital of rupees six lakhs. The sole aim of kharwadkar’s life is not to earn only money and richness for his personal pleasure. He also wants to change the social conditions for a better future of millions of youths and others. He believes, “ if we use our energy and money for discharging our social responsibility we would certainly be able to bring a change in the society.” For his untiring efforts in becoming a successful entrepreneur and a dynamic social reformer the government of Maharashtra felicitated him for udyamita and samajik dayitava in the year 2013