“Coming from a Marwadi family, I thought of doing something different rather than doing BBA or BCom, so after 10th I went to Christ College for my 11th and 12th in Science, and then to Centurion University for my B.Tech in Civil Engineering. I got a job in Bangalore under a contractor, and I did some field work there for 5-6 months. But I left my job because I had heard about post-graduation in Construction Management, which was a new course being taught in NICMAR College, Pune. I started preparing for the entrance and I got into the college as well.
I graduated from there in 2019. However, during the placement process there, I opted out of the placements and I decided to join the family business. I returned back to Cuttack and carried on with the business for a year and half.
My sister Sushma Mantry, who is a home-baker, inspired me to start something of my own. So, I started my own business of bakery raw materials and packaging. I started in September just after the lockdown got lenient, and I recently opened my new outlet just beneath our house, and made my office and shop there.
Even though we have a well-established family business, I always had this dream of doing something on my own. Through my business I learnt that even if some things seem to be going against you, you can always break past the hurdle if you work hard enough for it. My work also made me learn many things about interaction with people and maintaining good and healthy relationships with everyone. I’m really happy now that I could become an entrepreneur by myself, and slowly we are targeting to improve our business. We’re starting to deal with some good brands as well, and we hope to start their distributorship in Cuttack.
I always aim to believe that no matter what you have come across in life, every situation teaches you a new lesson and every lesson gives you a new learning to look forward and achieve something big. Dreamers dream and achiever’s make their dreams come true!” – Praveen Mantry
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