From Selling Ladies Purse to Building Rs. 444 Crores Company | KwK #77

This Man’s Company was bought for Rs. 337.82 Crores for a 76% stake by Veranda Learning Solutions. Do you know what’s common between Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla (Chairman of Aditya Birla Group), Mr. Piyush Goyal (Minister of Commerce and Industry) and Mr. Nilesh Shah (Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company)? They all are alumni of JK Shah Classes. And if you’re a CA or a CA Student, you ought to have heard his name! What an absolute honour to host JK Shah Sir and present my book to him! They successfully train around 90,000 students every year across different courses making it one of the largest test-prep organizations in India. He grew up in a middle-class family and had a humble beginning. During his CA journey, he faced many obstacles, including financial constraints, language barrier, and a lack of quality coaching. In the pursuit of solving these problems, he developed a passion for teaching and started tutoring his peers and juniors. After completing his CA and moving to Mumbai he started teaching at various institutions. While Kota is known for engineering, in Mumbai, this coaching institute alone is regarded as the CA factory of India. He is a perfect example of: “If you want to see a positive change in the world, start with yourself and be willing to take that first step”