About UsPartition of 1947 saw struggles, pains and miseries of the worst kind in India, but it also witnessed survival of spirit and the rise of phoenix from the ashes . One such real life story is of Mr. Chellaram Manik. Trained into jewellery trade, he put his knowledge and experience in creating decorative gift and novelty products. With his meager resources a robust spirit he moved on to whether the toughest storm of life. Surviving the nightmares of partition, staying in the refugee camps, he bloomed into a successful small entrepreneur. In 1950, he set up a small polishing unit, in 1953 when he had managed to set up a home with hard earned money, he faced yet another challenge. He sold his home and acquired a 2-3 acre plot with a shed in Bhandup, uprooting his family, shifting them to distant places around Mumbai to stay with relatives. Now he entered brass utensil market and then making brass ingots melting scraps from utensils manufacturing. Next to convert brass ingots into sheets, he started a rolling mill which started working 2-3 shifts everyday. Staying next to this mill was very disturbing with all the noise but this very sound was music to his ears as he told his friend upon asking how he sleeps with so much noise. What soon followed was aluminum utensils and close on the heels anodizing plant was set up. By 1959 he entered into manufacturing stainless steel utensils. Soon Pilot spray guns arrived on the scene. In 1961, her made a beginning in engineering activity with coolers, radiators and heat exchangers for compressors, oil engines and gensets. |