TALE OF DESIGNING A PRODIGIOUS EMPIRE – Sugathan Janardhanan

Sugathan was born as a third son to a reputed agricultural family at Kallara. He went on to become one of the top 100 Indian business leaders in UAE as picked by Forbes Middle East. In his 1840-essay titled The Philosophy of Furniture, Edgar Allan Poe said that the design of the room is like that of a picture – “both amenable to those undeviating principles which regulate all varieties of art”. It was this correlation marked out the remarkable career of Sugathan. Like most ambitious youth aspiring for a good career and willing to leave the comfort of their homes, Sugathan left his native place Trivandrum, in Kerala, and went to Mumbai in the early ‘70’s, in search of a career. After a stint at the evident Mumbai, he worked in a Furniture Company in Dubai for a decade. Trying his luck on entrepreneurship, he started a modest upholstery-making unit in Ajman in 1991. By 1995 the company began trading by importing fabric and furniture. It was also the year that the first retail outlet of the company was set up.  He had to face a lot of financial crisis and administrational challenges in the course of his journey. Determination was his sole capital. It was, by no means, an easy journey. He faced uphill tasks, and every task that turned up before him was converted to an opportunity to improve himself. Every single lesson, like the exposure he had to Italian furniture in Italy during his employment or the negative experiences during his initial phase of entrepreneurship, he converted them all as stepping stones to success.

Successful entrepreneurs always share this fundamental to provide their customers excellent quality at affordable prices. Mr. J Sugathan vouches his commitment and dedication to take care of his customers which has helped his empire emerge as a reputed enterprise. The envious growth Royal and IndRoyal group of companies has claimed in the last two decades shouts loud on the excellence they have mastered in their industry.In a way, he had taken the game out of reach of his competitors with the sheer value he was able to provide and the attitude of care and service that he ensured was given to customers at all the company outlets.

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