About this Book

Jagran Gems, a book on some key entrepreneurs of Uttar Pradesh, is a tribute to the might of those who have dared to dream. These fourteen faces of the business world, are all here with the collective message, 'Where there is a will there is a way.' Having made a difference to the entire spectrum of their respective chosen area of specialization, they are today a veritable source of inspiration to many. We more than just realized this, when we visited them in their area of operation.

As our team moved from one district to another, talking, probing, recording every word and clicking extensively, it realized at every step what odds these people have been up against, when they found themselves in different stages of launching. It is indeed difficult to evaluate because as you read on you too will find, all are equipped with their unique strengths, something that we have clearly identified and narrated in detail in the chapters devoted to each one of them. What is heartening is the openness with which the family members have come out to reveal varied nuances of character and bearing of these personalities. All through they emerge as those belonging to the exclusive club comprising people, who have made a drastic difference to the lives of scores of others, be it as employers or service and facility providers.

The focus in this book is clearly not just their achievements. After all they are there for all to see in the grandiose infrastructure and mini-empires that they today have created with their grit and determination. Its many pages zoom-in to the other aspects of their lives that go to make them complete individuals. So there we have them talking about their favourite song, cooking, playing basketball and even walking the ramp. In addition the elaborate pictorial coverage makes its glossy pages look even brighter. The hand-picked entrants into the haloed precincts of Jagran Gems include Mangalayatan University, Aligarh, Surya Meditech IVF Clinic and Apollo Clinic, Varanasi, Ganeshi Lal Agarwal Group, Mathura, Maharana Pratap Group of Institutions, Kanpur, MPS College, Agra, Jhunjhunwala Vanaspati Limited, Varanasi, Subharti University, Meerut, Sunbeam Chain of Schools, Varanasi, Vishal Videos and Appliances, Lucknow, Institute of Technology and Management, Gorakhpur, Teerthankar Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Nave Technical Institute and Inter College, Shahjahanpur, and Jeevan Jyoti Group of Hospitals and Institutes, Invertis Institute of Management Studies, Bareilly.

We feel both proud and lucky to have got the opportunity to get up close and experience the aura of luminaries of this stature.