Kishore Indukuri, who built Rs 44 cr dairy business Sid’s Farm after quitting Rs. 50 lac Intel job
Kishore Indukuri started a dairy business after quitting his job with Intel in the U.S. His company Sid’s Farm now clocks a turnover of Rs. 44 crore. Kishore Indukuri, an IIT graduate with a Masters and a Doctorate from the University of Massachusetts, returned to India at the age of 32 and established a dairy farm with 20 cows on a rented land near the Hyderabad international airport in Shamshabad. Today, his company has expanded into Sid's Farm, a dairy brand with a revenue of Rs 44 crore that sells approximately 20,000 gallons of milk to consumers in and around Hyderabad. Speaking of his early days as a dairy entrepreneur, Kishore, 42, recalls, "Initially, we sold the milk in the wholesale market for Rs 15 per litre and lost money because the production cost was almost double." Kishore enjoyed what he did, and the company grew year after year. The farm, which began with only eight employees, now employs 110 people. Interestingly, Kishore deri...