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When Mr. Gopal
Poddar, born: 6 April, 1951, entered the tea industry 25 years ago,
he was clear about one thing he wanted to make it to the top of
the industry. And that’s what he did for the past 25 years. He had
a vision and he wanted to grow and the entrepreneur in him yearned
to succeed.
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After graduating from Calcutta
University, Mr. Poddar studied law at University Law College
of Calcutta. He also completed his Masters in Commerce from
the Calcutta University along with his L.L.B. He started his
career as an Officer with Hindustan Development Corporation
where he worked for nine years at various functional and administrative
positions.
This was the time the entrepreneur
in him realized that he need to break away and do something
of his own which lead him start off independently in 1977.
The small tea trading business he started in 1977 has grown
to Limtex Group of Industries that he heads as Chairman &
MD. Limtex is today one of the major players in the tea industry
and made a name for itself in the world market.
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Mr. Gopal Poddar
Chairman cum Managing Director of Limtex (India) Limited
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It has diversified in
biscuits and detergents. Under his stewardship Limtex is a popular
name in the household. It has emerged as a diversified FMCG house.
As Mr. Poddar puts it,
“I started off in 1977 with a miniscule turnover of Rs.1.02 lacs
and the now, for the fiscal ended March 2002 the group turnover
pegged at 200 crores.” And ask him mantra of success, he sighs off
“its all team work and people out here are business focused. We
are a professional team and I believe in my people and they in turn
believe in me.”
The big day came in 1999
when Limtex was awarded the National Export Award by the Indian
Prime Minister for outstanding performance in Exports. This was
apart from the “Niryaat Shree Award” Ministry of Commerce and the
Federation of Indian Export Organisation.
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