Please tell us about the journey so far?
I came to Mumbai after my 11th exam from Kishangarh in Rajasthan. My brother Prem Godha, now CMD of IPCA Lab, guided me here. I started as a part-time accountant in a shop at Linking Road, Khar for a salary of ₹100. It was a 10 to 6 job. After that, I used to attend college till 9 pm. I also used to do extra account work for others making around 700/- per month. After two years, I joined Amitabh Bachchan for his account work in 1976 at a salary of ₹1000/- and stayed there for 3 years. I left in 1979 when my brother asked me to set up a unit of IPCA at Silvassa in the name of Mexin Medicaments. In 1984 I opted out and went in the Real Estate business. On the suggestion of a forest officer KD Singh, I bought a huge chunk of land near Van Vihar where Khanvel Resort with initially 36 rooms started functioning. Today we’ve 200 rooms.
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