B&E’s Pallavi Srivastava catches up with management graduates who looked beyond the traditional corporate career and took up non-conventional jobs... and that’s what made all the difference!
Five years ago, when E. Sarathbabu joined the MBA course at IIM Ahemdabad, he too just like thousands of other MBAs in the country had a dream of working in a plush and grandiose office of a big corporate house. However, destiny had something else in store for him. It was while doing his summer internship at Central Fuel Research Institute in Dhanbad that Sarath realised that he needed a different fuel to run his life. “While doing my internship I came across few statistics that made me think. When I came to know that more than 30% of the people in India live below the poverty line, I was taken by surprise. And that was when the seed to do something to change the situation cropped in my mind,” he tells B&E.
In fact, this was not the only reason that motivated him to take the road not taken by others. Sarath himself had had an early life of difficulties as he was brought up in a slum in Madipakkam in Chennai with four siblings; his mother being the sole breadwinner of the family. Thus, he could feel the plight of those 30% Indians. “I knew the best way to improve their situation was to give them decent jobs.” And that’s how this Chennai lad started off Foodking Catering Services three years ago with a vision to employ illiterate and poor people. Today, Foodking undertakes event catering, industrial catering, and institutional catering. It also has its own retail outlets. In fact, Sarath’s aim is to employ at least 1,00,000 people before he reaches the age of 50. But it was not an easy call for Sarath to reject the lucrative corporate jobs and start his catering business. He admits that he was in a dilemma whether to do something for the social cause or opt for a corporate job. “I thought if I take up a job, things will be good only for my family.
But if I start a company for a social good, things will be really good for the families of the hundreds of people whom I am going to give jobs,” says Sarath. However, Sarath’s efforts to serve people don’t stop at Foodking. He feels that politics is also one of the strong platforms to serve the people and that’s what motivated him to contest for the General Elections from Chennai as an independent candidate early this year.
Five years ago, when E. Sarathbabu joined the MBA course at IIM Ahemdabad, he too just like thousands of other MBAs in the country had a dream of working in a plush and grandiose office of a big corporate house. However, destiny had something else in store for him. It was while doing his summer internship at Central Fuel Research Institute in Dhanbad that Sarath realised that he needed a different fuel to run his life. “While doing my internship I came across few statistics that made me think. When I came to know that more than 30% of the people in India live below the poverty line, I was taken by surprise. And that was when the seed to do something to change the situation cropped in my mind,” he tells B&E.
In fact, this was not the only reason that motivated him to take the road not taken by others. Sarath himself had had an early life of difficulties as he was brought up in a slum in Madipakkam in Chennai with four siblings; his mother being the sole breadwinner of the family. Thus, he could feel the plight of those 30% Indians. “I knew the best way to improve their situation was to give them decent jobs.” And that’s how this Chennai lad started off Foodking Catering Services three years ago with a vision to employ illiterate and poor people. Today, Foodking undertakes event catering, industrial catering, and institutional catering. It also has its own retail outlets. In fact, Sarath’s aim is to employ at least 1,00,000 people before he reaches the age of 50. But it was not an easy call for Sarath to reject the lucrative corporate jobs and start his catering business. He admits that he was in a dilemma whether to do something for the social cause or opt for a corporate job. “I thought if I take up a job, things will be good only for my family.
But if I start a company for a social good, things will be really good for the families of the hundreds of people whom I am going to give jobs,” says Sarath. However, Sarath’s efforts to serve people don’t stop at Foodking. He feels that politics is also one of the strong platforms to serve the people and that’s what motivated him to contest for the General Elections from Chennai as an independent candidate early this year.
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and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.
2012 : DNA National B-School Survey 2012
Ranked 1st in International Exposure (ahead of all the IIMs)
Ranked 6th Overall
Zee Business Best B-School Survey 2012
Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri’s Session at IMA Indore
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IIPM strong hold on Placement : 10000 Students Placed in last 5 year
IIPM’s Management Consulting Arm-Planman Consulting
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