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“Woh
phool sar chadha jo chaman se juda hua: Izzat use milee jo watan se
nikal gaya” (A flower, when plucked from
the flora, is respected. So also a person, who leaves his homeland
for a cause earns respect) someone had said these lines a little
ago. After these couplets, do we still need anything more to
describe the virtues of a migrant?
Like many other people in Jalgaon,
here is a migrant once again. However, what distinguishes this
migrant from others is that, his forefathers faced the rigorousness
of migration twice, first from Rajasthan to Wakod and then from
Wakod to Jalgaon. However by doing so, the person became destiny’s
favorite and when the reward came, fortunately for the him, it too
came in twosome and it came, not only in the form of the means and
money, but also in the form of the vision and wisdom.
Under such circumstances, can anybody
challenge a person, having not only the means and money, but also
the vision and wisdom in plenty? Really a tough task and of course,
it is the vision and the wisdom, not the means and money, of
Bhavarlalji Jain, 70-year old Founder-Chairman of Jain Irrigation
Systems Ltd. followed by destiny’s favor, which has helped him to
take his establishment, a MNC, yes an Indian Multi National Company
to such a height that it has become invincible, not only in the
country but in the whole world.
Reaching to such a status requires a
different kind of determination, hard-work and commitment but an
inside look at Bhavarlalji’s life clearly reveals that he did more.
Bhavarlalji himself recalls, “I had a meager 7000 rupees, a saving
of three generations, in my hands when I started selling kerosene in
Jalgaon on pushcart in 1963.”
Kerosene? “Yes”, he replied and said,
“I had a keen interest for agriculture products and rural life. Can
you dissociate kerosene from such life?” he asked and then
elaborated further recalling his mother’s advice, “She had said to
me, you can also feed your belly easily, like anyone else in this
world, but there is nothing great in this. You try to do something
that would also take care of someone else’s belly”, he paused for a
moment and then continued, “Her advice remained stuck into my mind
for ever. I kept thinking on her advice and decided to do something,
which not only would take care of many others’ belly but would take
care of many more bellies, the birds, the cattle and many other
non-human beings. Hence I opted for the agriculture industry, the
only industry which is capable of doing so.”
And then, on pushcart, his journey
towards conquering the globe began in 1963. Since he did not have
enough money to fulfill his dreams, he spent fifteen years of his
life first selling kerosene and then marketing agro-products right
from tractors and PVC pipes to sprinkles and seeds and worked as a
dealer with various manufacturers. Eventually, he became a
reputable, trustworthy and prestigious name in the market. This
background helped him for an entry into industrial ventures.
In April 1978, Bhavarlalji took over a
sick unit in Jalgaon and started producing purified Papain from
Papaya latex and soon became top-most supplier of highest purity
refined Papain in the world. Papain put Bhavarlalji on international
map and then there was no looking back. Jus two years after this
landmark achievement, Bhavarlalji started manufacturing PVC pipes in
1980, Micro-Irrigation Systems in 1989 and then Food Processing in
1994. During this period, he kept himself engaged also in R&D that
resulted in introducing hi-tech concepts to Indian agriculture
industry such as Integrated System Approach, One-Stop-Shop for
Farmers, Infrastructure Status to Micro Irrigation and manufacturing
Micro & Sprinkler
Irrigation, Agricultural Inputs, Agro-Processed Products and Plastic
Pipes & Sheets. In between, the strong
dealer-distributor network in the rural areas helped him become the
largest producer of PVC pipes in the country by 1997.
As if the chain of factories all over
the globe was not enough to satisfy his success run, Bhavarlalji
took a historic decision on October 10, 2006 for launching a
Residential International School. He started the construction on the
same day, very determined as ever, devoted his whole time from 05:30
in the morning till 07:30 in the evening, for everyone’s surprise,
completed the construction work in record timing, simultaneously
monitored the whole admission process, chose a unique learning
methodology as “Experiential-Learning”, gave a name “Anubhuti”
befitting to his life and the teaching methodology and commenced the
academic year of the school from July 7, 2007.
The way 70-year old Bhavarlalji has
completed his school project in nine months, shows how young is he
to face any kind of challenge even at this age. Today, people regard
him as a very successful businessman, who head a 2000 Crore Indian
Multi National Company with a 150 Crore net profit. However, a
meeting with him fails to find a businessman in Bhavarlalji.
Instead, one can easily find in Bhavarlalji, a reformer, a man with
rare vision for the future and a caring, father-like persona for the
nation.(Jalgoan ICONS, The Times of India)
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