CAN YOU GIVE OVERVIEW OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND LEADING UP TO AND INCLUDING YOUR CURRENT ROLE?
It all begun when I was a small kid and use to assist my mother in her Handcraft
business. After graduating in Commerce, I worked for a Textile Mill prior to starting
a textile-processing unit in 1979 at Sanghinagar, at the outskirts of Hyderabad. The
journey that started there reached to establishment of a large scale industrial
township – Sanghi Nagar at Hyderabad. My commitment to expand the business to
newer horizons and the entrepreneurial gut brought me to Kutch – Gujarat in 1993
and then with a vision to make Kutch – ‘Singapore in making’, we established one
of the world’s largest single stream cement plant along with a full fledged township
named Sanghipuram. Currently I am working in the capacity of Chairman and
Managing Director of Sanghi Industries Limited, which has business interest in
Cement, Infrastructure, Power and Hospitality industries.
2. What have been some of the significant highlights of Sanghi Industries Limited
history?
I still remember the day when I first visited the current Sanghi Cement Plant site
location literally on a camel cart. It was a completely arid region with practically
nothing around. The moment I saw this place, I was very clear to make the place an
oasis in the desert. We still boast of having a plant with full infrastructure facility like
Power Plant, own jetty, fully operational township and road network connectivity
from day one of our operations.
The major milestones of Sanghi Industries were Commissioning of One of the
world’s largest single stream cement plant and the launch of ‘Sanghi Cement’ in
Gujarat market in the year 2003, my children Aditya and Alok joining our business in
the year 2005, expansion of the Clinker capacity to 6.6 MMTPA and Cement
capacity to 6.1 MMTPA. Expansion of the Power Plants to 143 MW capacity,
establishment of Bulk Cement Terminals at Navlakhi in Gujarat, Dharamtar in
Maharashtra and at Kochi at Kerala. On the sales front, we have expanded our
markets from Gujarat state to Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and
Kerala. Sanghi Cement has become one of the most trusted and preferred brand. In
the export market we went on to became biggest exporter of bagged cement from
India.
However on the personal front, direct or indirect difference to thousand of residents
via community and regional development is the key milestone that I feel I have
achieved during the journey.
What are some of Sanghi Industries key values and beliefs? How important is
customer’s satisfaction?
We at Sanghi have always believed in inclusive growth. Our vision is to be the
business leader, delivering superior value to all our stakeholders. On the similar
lines we govern our Company with a mission to achieve profitable growth and
customer delight through innovation, operational excellence, leadership and
teamwork to add value for all stakeholders and society. Our core values are : Care
for all stakeholders, Continuous learning and growth, Commitment to excellence,
Concern for society and Corporate governance based on trust and integrity.
Customer satisfaction has always been our utmost priority. Since we operate in an
industry which has connect to one’s life thorough out his / her life via building their
dream house or any long term construction related to one’s career like his factory,
office etc., we are more concerned about them and assist them via various
initiatives to take informed decisions. We were pioneer in many Customer centric
services like Shakti Rath – Onsite Concrete Testing services and establishing
Consumer Care Centers – a one stop Construction solution shop at majority of the
cities we operate in.
We are recognized by many Government and other institutes of repute for our
products and services including “most preferred Cement brand of the year” awards.