Winning Stroke: Interview With Ajay Kapur, Founder & MD, Shubham Chemicals & Solvents Ltd
If not in the current profession, you would be?
Corporate world has always fascinated me and I always wanted to set up my own business. I took over administration of the school when my father retired and thought to establish a name in education after putting my running business on autopilot.
One tune you always hum?
Waqt se din aur raat, waqt se kal aur aaj, waqt ki har shai ghulaam,waqt kaa har shai pe raaj. A song from movie Waqt (1965), which was sung by Mohammad Rafi for the legendary Balraj Sahni Ji on screen always reminds me that we can never ignore Waqt (Time).
One book to read when you want to motivate yourself?
Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy
One dialogue of a movie that motivates you or you like the most?
"It is so simple to be happy, but it is so difficult to be simple," the famous of quote Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore was emphatically delivered by Rajesh Khanna in the movie, "Bawarchi".
The place you never been to and always want to go?
Norway to see the Northern Lights
An animal that signifies you & why?
A bear that looks slow and idle, but can surprise anyone with its power and agility while chasing the target.
A Movie Character you most resemble or resonate with:
Marvel or DC: Marvel
Batman or Superman: Batman as he is human and yet a superhero
Tom or Jerry: Jerry for his fun-loving nature
Chacha Chaudhary or Super Commando Dhruv: Chacha Chaudhary as he uses the power of the mind.
If your life was to be turned into a movie who would you like to play your part?
Unfortunately, Sanjeev Kumar is no more if he would be alive, then definitely he would be the ideal choice. Among the present actors, I think Manoj Bajpayee is perfect to play Ajay Kapur on the silver screen.
Luck or Hard Work, what do you think weighs more in defining a successful person?
Luck without hard work will yield nothing
One best decision you ever made?
To have the perfect life partner as having one, solves almost every problem in life.
A strategy that you always use to take your decisions in Personal or Professional life?
Listen first then take an informed decision and measuring the tentative results in real-time.
Whose advice do you seek when in a dilemma?
I seek solace in 'me time' first and then think of the best person to take advice from. In personal life, it is my wife and in the profession, I have friends on whom I can bank on.
What has been your biggest achievement?
Having been able to raise my business (First Generation) from zero to 800 crores in a span of 30 years.
One thing that you want to change in yourself?
To become a good listener.
A line said by your closed one that you never forget?
My wife said that she has not seen god but he will be no different than my husband.
