Kalpana Saroj - Revision history

Pdewan: /* The house on King Henry Road */

2015-04-21T14:27:30Z

‎The house on King Henry Road

Pdewan: /* Kalpana Saroj is... */

2015-02-18T12:43:44Z

‎Kalpana Saroj is...

Pdewan: /* The revival */

2015-02-18T01:16:15Z

‎The revival

Pdewan: /* Kalpana Saroj is... */

2015-02-18T01:15:09Z

‎Kalpana Saroj is...

Pdewan at 01:13, 18 February 2015

2015-02-18T01:13:23Z

Pdewan: /* Kalpana Saroj */

2015-02-18T01:08:59Z

‎Kalpana Saroj

Pdewan: /* Kalpana Saroj */

2015-02-18T01:08:22Z

‎Kalpana Saroj

Pdewan: /* Kalpana Saroj */

2015-02-15T01:53:35Z

‎Kalpana Saroj

Pdewan: /* Kalpana Saroj */

2015-02-15T01:52:33Z

‎Kalpana Saroj

Pdewan: Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"|
This is a collection of articles archived for the excellence of their content.

|} [[Category:Ind..."

2015-02-15T01:50:39Z

Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"|<div style="font-size:100%"> This is a collection of articles archived for the excellence of their content.<br/> </div> |} [[Category:Ind..."

New page

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|colspan="0"|<div style="font-size:100%">
This is a collection of articles archived for the excellence of their content.<br/>
</div>
|}

[[Category:India |S ]]
[[Category:Economy-Industry-Resources |S ]]
= Kalpana Saroj=
Anahita Mukherji [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com//Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Dalit-honcho-scripts-historic-buy-08022015014025 ''The Times of India''] Feb 08 2015, ''' Dalit honcho scripts `historic' buy '''

Saroj is chairperson of Kamani Tubes and winner of the 2013 Padma Shri award.

Saroj was born, a couple of years after Dr Ambedkar's death, to a poor Dalit family in rural Vidarbha. Married off at the age of 12 to a man many years older, she was tormented by her in-laws and her marriage fell apart before she turned 13. After a failed suicide bid, she was determined to make something of her life and chose to script her success in Mumbai.

When she first arrived in the city, she worked as a seamstress for Rs 2 a day . She then took a loan, turned entrepreneur and finally worked her way up the ladder. Nearly a decade ago, she took control of Kamani Tubes when the company was sick and turned it around.

''' The house on King Henry Road '''

In July 2014, Saroj was in Paris to attend a conference organized by the Ambedkar International Mission, a global organization of Dalits around the world. “After the conference, a few of us headed to London. Whenever we're in the city , we make it a point to visit the house where Ambedkar once lived,“ says Saroj, who was accompanied on her visit by R K Gaikwad, Maharashtra's former commissioner for social welfare, and Gautam Chakravarthy of the Federation of Ambedkarites & Buddhist Organizations, UK, among others. “We [noticed that] the house was up for sale,” she says, adding that it cost Rs 40 crore, more than any Dalit organization could afford.

For the next six months, Saroj teamed up with prominent members of the Dalit community in India and the UK and lobbied with the Centre [Government of India ] and the [Maharashtra] state government to bid for the house.

The Maharashtra government agreed and succeeded in buying the house.

@@ Line 69: / Line 69: @@
 =The house on King Henry Road =
 In July 2014, Saroj was in Paris to attend a conference organized by the Ambedkar International Mission, a global organization of Dalits around the world. “After the conference, a few of us headed to London. Whenever we're in the city , we make it a point to visit the house where Ambedkar once lived,“ says Saroj, who was accompanied on her visit by R K Gaikwad, Maharashtra's former commissioner for social welfare, and Gautam Chakravarthy of the Federation of Ambedkarites & Buddhist Organizations, UK, among others. “We [noticed that] the house was up for sale,” she says, adding that it cost Rs 40 crore, more than any Dalit organization could afford.
@@ Line 75: / Line 74: @@
 The Maharashtra government agreed and succeeded in buying the house.

@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
 Kalpana Saroj was born, a couple of years after Dr Ambedkar's death, to a poor Dalit family in rural Vidarbha. Married off at the age of 12 to a man many years older, she was tormented by her in-laws and her marriage fell apart before she turned 13. After a failed suicide bid, she was determined to make something of her life and chose to script her success in Mumbai.
-When she first arrived in the city, she worked as a seamstress for Rs 2 a day . She then took a loan, turned entrepreneur and finally worked her way up the ladder. Nearly a decade ago, she took control of Kamani Tubes when the company was sick and turned it around.
+When she first arrived in the city, she worked as a seamstress for Rs 2 a day . She then took a loan, turned entrepreneur and finally worked her way up the ladder. In 2006, she took control of Kamani Tubes when the company was sick and turned it around.
 = Reviving Kamani Tubes=

@@ Line 52: / Line 52: @@
 Alongside, Saroj dabbled in social work, which brought her into close proximity with politicians of all hues. It enabled her to climb the social ladder quickly. Her critics view this as an opportunistic trait, but it's also true that business easily cultivates friends and patrons in high places.
-==The revival==
+==The revival of KTL==
 "My capital has always been people," explains Saroj. Her tryst with KTL was also thrown up by the ecosystem she was in. The company was weighed down by a debt of Rs 116 crore, salary and provident fund dues of over 500 workers, and over 170 court cases. "Takeover suitors would appear, conduct a due diligence and flee for dear life," recalls Ramesh Bondkar, general secretary of Kamani Kamgar Ekta, KTL's workers union.
@@ Line 67: / Line 67: @@
 Sales are inching up; it stands at about Rs 1 crore or so. Three new gas furnaces have been installed at KTL's new plant in Mumbai. The company is quickly moving into newer areas of demand. "We are developing cupro-nickel alloy tubes, required in large quantities by power plants," reveals Ashish Deshpande, CEO, KTL. Also on the drawing board are SBP brass wires for ball pen tips. It's powering along, slowly. Few companies in India has had such a chequered history, and fewer still have such a chairperson: a gutsy, at times reckless, dalit; a school drop-out; child-bride; slum dweller; suicide survivor
 =The house on King Henry Road =

@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 Anahita Mukherji [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com//Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Dalit-honcho-scripts-historic-buy-08022015014025 ''The Times of India''] Feb 08 2015, ''' Dalit honcho scripts `historic' buy '''
-Kalpana Saroj is chairperson of Kamani Tubes and winner of the 2013 Padma Shri award.
+Kalpana Saroj is chairperson of Kamani Tubes and winner of a Padma Shri award in 2013.
 Kalpana Saroj was born, a couple of years after Dr Ambedkar's death, to a poor Dalit family in rural Vidarbha. Married off at the age of 12 to a man many years older, she was tormented by her in-laws and her marriage fell apart before she turned 13. After a failed suicide bid, she was determined to make something of her life and chose to script her success in Mumbai.

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:13, 18 February 2015
Line 1:		Line 1:
		+	[[File: Kalpana-Saroj.jpg\| Kalpana Saroj\|frame\|500px]]
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|-		\|-

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 [[Category:India |S ]]
 [[Category:Economy-Industry-Resources |S ]]
-= Kalpana Saroj=
+= Kalpana Saroj is...=
 Anahita Mukherji [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com//Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Dalit-honcho-scripts-historic-buy-08022015014025 ''The Times of India''] Feb 08 2015, ''' Dalit honcho scripts `historic' buy '''
@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
 When she first arrived in the city, she worked as a seamstress for Rs 2 a day . She then took a loan, turned entrepreneur and finally worked her way up the ladder. Nearly a decade ago, she took control of Kamani Tubes when the company was sick and turned it around.
 = Reviving Kamani Tubes=
 [[File: kalpana.jpg| Kalpana Saroj: a snapshot |frame|500px]]

Kalpana Saroj - Revision history

Pdewan: /* The house on King Henry Road */

Pdewan: /* Kalpana Saroj is... */

Pdewan: /* The revival */

Pdewan: /* Kalpana Saroj is... */

Pdewan at 01:13, 18 February 2015

Pdewan: /* Kalpana Saroj */

Pdewan: /* Kalpana Saroj */

Pdewan: /* Kalpana Saroj */

Pdewan: /* Kalpana Saroj */

Pdewan: Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"| This is a collection of articles archived for the excellence of their content. |} [[Category:Ind..."

Pdewan: Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"|
This is a collection of articles archived for the excellence of their content.

|} [[Category:Ind..."