MUMBAI, August 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Company Founder Follows the Family Tradition Before Getting his Son On-board
A city is as good as its people. And now, the US-educated scion of a Surat-based diamond manufacturing billionaire family, who lived incognito in the city for a month, fending for himself without any support from the family, has testified the goodness of Hyderabad and its people.
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Hitarth Dholakia, son of Ghanshyam Dholakia, one of the Founders of Hari Krishna Exports Pvt. Ltd., a Rs. 6,000 crore-diamond firm that has its presence in 71 countries, was in the city as a part of an age-old family tradition that required him to live in a city unknown to him, without the family tag or even a mobile phone, to find a job on his own and moreover, and to keep finding new jobs every week.
Hitarth landed in Hyderabad on 10th July, 2017 and according to a 30-minute video he posted on Facebook narrating his experience, it was the first time he was in the city. "The battle for survival, as a totally independent person, taught me some of the most important lessons, those which I could not learn during my Business Administration course in New York," says Hitarth.
The gruelling one month, during which he managed to find accommodation in cheap lodges in Secunderabad, at times with benevolent employers and colleagues, and had him eating from roadside eateries, saw him appearing for interviews and landing jobs, mostly as a salesman, in restaurants, jewelleries and garment stores, and footwear outlets as well. From McDonald's to Jade Blue and Adidas, from salaries ranging from a few couple of thousands to Rs. 17,000; Hitarth says he was 'lucky enough' to have found a marketing job in a white board manufacturing unit. He again worked for 5 days and earned Rs. 1500. He managed to get through interviews with his story of being the son of a poor farmer in Gujarat.
"I could understand how the minds of salesmen work, what they think about their bosses and the pressure they are under," he says, adding that there were 'really good' people in Hyderabad, some of whom offered him accommodation without demanding anything after they felt he was 'a nice guy.'
He also added that he managed sales worth Rs. 18,000 on just his third day as a salesman with Adidas, which was something he was really proud of. Hitarth says, "The goodness of the people I met and who employed me made me take special care not to hurt anyone."
This experience taught him a lot about the struggles of life and how one deals with it on a daily-basis. It was important for him to experience this life as he will now be joining his business and will have a better understanding of his employees.
About Hari Krishna Exports Pvt. Ltd.
Established in 1992, Hari Krishna Exports is a Surat-based diamond manufacturing company, headquartered in Mumbai, which earned global reputation as the most trusted diamond supplier. We procure rough diamonds from De Beers, Rio Tinto, DDC and Alrosa. We are also the official suppliers of CanadaMark and ForeverMark. We are the only diamond manufacturer to achieve the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) Certification in India; the only recipient of GJEPC'S 16 awards for 14 consecutive years from 2003-2017.
We are also actively involved in developing our domestic brand of diamond jewellery named 'KISNA' which was launched in July 2005 and currently, is the largest distributed diamond jewellery brand in the domestic Indian market with availability in more than 3,000 retail outlets.
For more information on the company, please visit: http://www.hk.co .
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