Some
people might not know who the person in the picture is, but I am sure
it is hard to find people who do not know the name SAHARA.
Even
a novice can say that Sahara is the official sponsor for Indian Cricket
Team, we won’t be talking about cricket, but we will try to talk about
the achievements in the life of Subrata Roy (As spelled in the Bengali
style).
As
one of the oldest and successful businessmen for INDIA, he is named
among the 10 Most Powerful People of India by India Today.
Early Days
Subrata Roy was born on 10 June 1948 at Araria (40 km. north to Poornia, Bihar).
He
is born to Sri Sudhir Chandra Roy and Srimoti Chhabi Roy. Sri Sudhir
Chandra was a mechanical engineer with a transferable job and Srimoti
Chhabi Roy is from Bikampur, Bangladesh.
His
mother Chabbi Roy along with her brothers migrated to West Bengal in
1947 during partition of Bengal. Subrata Roy studied at Holy Child
School in Kolkata.
He was from an upper middle class family. As a child he was always a bright student and went on to hold a diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the Government Technical Institute, Gorakhpur.
He was from an upper middle class family. As a child he was always a bright student and went on to hold a diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the Government Technical Institute, Gorakhpur.
Before
he founded the Sahara Group, he had already gathered 32 years of
precious experience in business development along with 18 years of
experience in real estate business.
He
always believed in Collective Materialism and that why he calls it as
Sahara Pariwar and not by some corporate company name. He believes in
the collective growth through collective sharing and caring.
The
Group also organizes ‘Sahara India Sports Awards' to felicitate the
achievement and efforts of Indian sportspersons in their respective
fields and provide recognition to the upcoming young talents.
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The Birth of the spark
Subrata
Roy is into every business, as we already came across he was into real
estate business likewise he was into aviation, media, film, hospitality,
tourism, and many and many… recently he has taken up the ownership of
Pune warriors team in Indian Premier League, with all these he is into
social service too.
In
1978, he opened a small office in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, where his
journey started. He started with three workers as a small deposits
para - banking business. His office was small with a table and some
chairs. Today, the group has diversified into a giant business
conglomerate with interests in housing, entertainment, media and
aviation.
Shri
Subrata Roy, Chairman of Sahara India Pariwar, started his stupendous
journey with a vision backed by the belief that “emotion is the key to
success”.
In
span of 29 years, the Sahara India Pariwar has grown from just 42
depositors in all and a single establishment in the beginning to over
6.1 crore depositors through 1707 establishments, across the nation. He
has created an empire of over Rs.50, 000 crore which is now recognized
as one of the fastest growing business groups in the country.
Throughout
Subrata Roy's life, his aim was to create a family and not just a
company. The fact that he always considered his position as that of "The
Chief Guardian" of the ‘World's Largest Family’ - Sahara India Pariwar
is the biggest achievement of his life.
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Sahara Group
Today,
Sahara group is worth over $10 billion and is the largest first
generation conglomerate of India. The Sahara Group was termed by the
Time magazine as ‘the second largest employer in India after the Indian
Railways’.
Sahara
Group presently runs a private airline, entertainment and news
television channels, a newspaper, and claims to own some 33,000 acres of
real estate across India.
The
group is successfully diversified into Infrastructure and Housing (real
state), Media (news channels and news-paper), Entertainment (TV
channels and film production) and Aviation.
It
intends to move into Finance, Information Technology, Tourism and
Hospitality, Life Insurance and Consumer Products, with many projects
already in the pipeline.
It
also sponsors the Indian Hockey and Cricket team jerseys and other
sports equipments. Roy promotes sports at international to regional
level. The Sahara group is a sponsor of National Indian Cricket, Hockey
Teams and has adopted 91 sportsmen belonging to the four Indian Olympic
disciplines of Boxing, Wrestling, Archery, Shooting and Track &
Field.
On
March 22, 2010 in the IPL franchisee auction, Sahara group bought the
Pune IPL team for Rs.1, 702 crore and named it “Pune Warriors India”.
Sahara
Group has come up with one of the most prestigious real estate projects
in India, namely Aamby Valley Project. The project boasts some of the
biggest name in Indian entertainment and sports arena as well as some
former international Olympic medal winners as its brand ambassadors.
Aamby Valley, which is a first of its kind Megalopolis spread over
more than 10,000 acres. Located in the outskirts of Mumbai, Aamby Valley
City is being developed to be amongst top 5 Destination cities in the
world.
Among
its other recent projects, the merger of the Sahara Airlines with Jet
Airlines created waves throughout the aviation industry.
Sahara Group has also acquired a huge complex in Lucknow and Uttar Pradesh known as “Sahara City”.
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Personal life
Subrata
Roy is famous for his flamboyant lifestyle. Subrata Roy is married to
Mrs. Swapna Roy; she is one of the Directors of the Company. She holds a
Bachelors Degree in Science from Osmania University, Hyderabad. She is
at the helm of the human resource development and welfare related
activities of Sahara India Pariwar and has over 15 years experience in
these activities.
She
is the president of Sahara Muskan and Sahara Welfare Society. Mrs.
Swapna Roy has over 15 years of experience in the real estate industry.
Mrs. Swapna Roy has held several important industrial, financial and
diplomatic positions.
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