Captain Gopinath Shares his Entrepreneurial Journey with ISB Students

Captain Gopinath Shares his Entrepreneurial Journey with ISB Students

"The story of Air Deccan is the story of New India," that was Captain G. R. Gopinath, Managing Director, Air Deccan, India’s first low-cost no-frills airlines, talking to the students at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. He was at the ISB to give a talk about his entrepreneurial venture of integrating the aspirations and resources of the 'Other' India and translating the dream of a common Indian to fly, into a reality.

Captain Gopinath, MD, Air Deccan, Speaking at ISB Hyderabad

"Dare to dream and begin it" - that was his tip to the students and the members of the Entrepreneurial & Venture Capital Club at the ISB. Recounting the start of his journey - from a village child who went to a regional medium school, barefooted, and then his short stint in the Army, from which he took premature release because he knew he wanted to pursue an alternative dream - Captain Gopinath shared the interesting tale of his first experiment as an entrepreneurial farmer, when he took over a barren, un-reclaimed land and converted it into a model farm, which yielded him much profit.

"Energy and passion is most important, capital will flow in if you have the integrity and the persistence to follow your dreams," he shared with the audience. It was his indomitable will and 'inventional courage' which he converted into a helicopter company in the year 1997, after a journey of obstacles and negations from all quarters.

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Contributed by -
Ms. Bhuvana Ramalingam,
Director - Communications,
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

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