Meet Ashvini Jakhar the 26/11 Indian Navy Hero who built Rs 25 cr business Prozo for e-commerce
Ashvini Jakhar served in the Indian Navy before he built a company to serve the e-commerce industry. Prozo now clocks a turnover of Rs. 25 crore. The story of Ashvini Jakhar is about a boy who studied in a village school and became a navy doctor before building Prozo, a cloud supply chain company. Ashvini, who is 38 years old now and hails from Haryana, completed his medical studies at the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) in Pune. He reached to the level of Surgeon Lieutenant Commander in the Indian Navy before returning to civilian life and starting a business for the e-commerce industry. Ashvini founded Prozo, a cloud supply chain firm, with just five people about six years ago. "I experienced a knee injury while playing volleyball for my college team in a zonal competition," recalls Ashvini Jakhar. He had two operations on the same knee, which jeopardised his chances of promotion in the navy, so he chose to leave. During the 26/11 Mumbai incident, he part...