Dr.Mahesh Gupta, a first generation entrepreneur, is known worldwide for revolutionizing the water purification industry in India. He is the Founder-Chairman of Kent RO Systems Ltd., India’s leading water Purifier Company. Dr. Gupta, is an IIT graduate from Kanpur in Mechanical Engineering and Post Graduate in Petroleum Conservation from IIP, Dehradun. He began his early career in 1978 with prestigious IOCL, and later ventured into entrepreneurship in 1988. He has been conferred upon with an honorary doctorate degree by Sri Sri University, for the work done by him in providi...Read More
A mechanical engineer started in 1985, from a small room in his house with just 20,000 which
he had saved from his job with IOCL. His first invention was in the field of petroleum
conservation instrument where he earned fame and half a dozen patents to his credit.
His turning Point came with the establishment of KENT RO SYSTEM in the year 1998, when he
charted out on a new enterprise after jaundice gripped his son in a posh colony of South Delhi.
Knowing that jaundice is a water-borne disease, Gupta researched and analyzed all the
available water purifier in the market. He was dissatisfied with available options and decided to
make a better-quality purifier. After several trails, he made his own water purifier and became
confident that is product is good enough to be marketed. The experiment turned into success.
And then he brought it out commercially in the market. He started from scratch with an
investment of about 1 lac and four-member team. Today Kent has grown 40% market share in
RO mineral and has turnover 580 crore and 2,500 employees.
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