How Namit Bajoria built Rs 300 cr Kutchina home appliance brand after suffering losses in his first business
Namit Bajoria introduced Kutchina chimneys in the year 2002. The company now offers a variety of kitchen and home appliances and clocks a Rs 300 crore turnover. Namit Bajoria, 49, the creator of Kutchina, a Rs 300 crore turnover home and kitchen appliances firm based in Kolkata, was a youngster when he decided not to work or join his father's business. His father, Bimal Kumar Bajoria, had a small-scale sodium dichromate plant in Ranchi, with a branch in Kolkata. Namit, on the other hand, had little interest in the business and was resolved to be self-sufficient from an early age. He began working part-time jobs after finishing Class 10, and at the age of 22, he created his first firm after graduating in 1995. "I borrowed Rs 1.30 lakh from my father and opened a fax machine and digital phone dealership," Namit explains. At the age of 29, he eventually created Kutchina, a kitchen chimney brand, which has now developed into a composite kitchen and home app...