A Stubborn failure, A market Disruptor with a aim to become India’s next Billionaire
A disruptor, an evangelist, a business leader, a mentor and a motivational speaker, Dr. K. S. Bhatia, is a selfmade man well-known in the world of biz. He is the founder and CEO of an award-winning start-up Pumpkart and a revolutionary initiative Figgital. Dr. Bhatia is an inborn entrepreneur with stone-willed determination who scaled through a stack of failures to stand at the apogee of success. Hailing from a humble background, his entrepreneurial journey began early in his college days when this young man with a burning desire started selling sweaters and shawls on the streets of Bangalore. From there he went on to designing pumping systems at a biogas plant to working on sewerage treatment plants. In 1998, he started his first business venture, Air Fluid, with a meagre investment of Rs 20,000. With his unwavering dedication, the business bloomed into a Rs 20 crore company making him one of the leading contractors in the region in water supply and pumping systems which he later closed in a single day to focus on Pumpkart. Atlast, whatever he is today it’s because of his competitiors. During Pumpkart he faced competition from unhealthy competition from few Pump manufacturers who were not able to digest his success, Instead of accepting his defeat he decided to defeat them.
Even for this veteran, the road was not always smooth and scenic, but it was the strong foundation of his parent’s upbringing that helped him sail through the dark storms. It took him a lot of courage, uncountable sleepless nights spent in planning, intense brainstorming with his team and an unquenchable flame that kept him going. His professor parents taught their little boy the importance of 3 H’s – humility, honesty and humanity, and he believes it was these values that made his journey a lot easier. He always wanted to make an impact on the society and build his legacy from the scratch. In 2010, he attended a conference that discussed how within the next 10 years our complete lives will be digitized. He foresaw the power of digitalization and understood that mobile is the future. On that thought, he decided to venture into the world of the web and began experimenting with several start-ups between 2010 and 2014, ranging from real estate business to e-commerce. However, each of these failed, but he did not let his failures determine his fate, and finally, in 2014,thatbreak-through start-up idea happened with Pumpkart.com. It expanded exponentially in a short span to become India’s largest Chain of Farm Machinery by Putting up 400+ stores by December 2022 . He is the 1st Startup from India to represent India in United Nations.
