25 years is a long time – to put it into perspective, most of the Contributors on this page were kids back then. Growing up, there was always a sense of wonder to understand what our parents did, especially when we used to fill forms in school that marked our Parents’ Occupation as “Business”. Gradually, we all started getting involved in the Business – from visits to Office along with our Parents, to getting our Project work done and many more activities.

While we might have missed our Parents presence during our growing years, it didn’t take us long to realize that were busy toiling away at work to build something significant for us. Today as we look back, we can’t help but be awestruck at what they have achieved. We, the 2 and 3 Generation of our Families who have established businesses definitely have big boots to fill and roles to play.

A common factor that unites all these Businesses is the vision and foresight that the previous generations showed when establishing these Enterprises and then the dedication and tireless efforts to stabilize, expand and grow operations. We aim to continue the legacy and carry it forward by retaining the best practices and policies that our families prioritized. Many of us have had the good fortune of being educated at some of the best Colleges both at home and abroad. We have also accompanied the CCCI group on its multiple Foreign trips. Both of these have taught us invaluable lessons and provided us with a global exposure, something that we wish to keep in mind while handling the Businesses.

From what we have observed, the previous generations had the following values:

• Ethics and Honesty
• Quality above all
• Timely delivery
• Customer Focus and Retention
• Personalized Service & Building Relationship

These are also what we need to focus on and keep as the foundation on the way forward.

WHAT CHANGES CAN WE MAKE?

We can certainly bring in the latest technology that we are familiar with, to streamline the business processes. At the same time, care should be taken to ensure that in the rush towards digitizing things, we take care not to go overboard and mindlessly implement technology just because it’s the latest, but thoughtfully choose what is needed. Let the technology blend with the human touch for optimum benefit. Our parents kept all records in hard copy, so digitizing these on the cloud will definitely be some steps we can take.

Twenty-five years ago, people had lesser resources to start a business, and money was harder to come by. Today, resources to commence a business are relatively easier to get, but then this era has its own challenges. Laws are stricter, customers have more options, employees are also more difficult to retain. We would say both eras have their
pluses and minuses when it comes to ease of doing business.

Of course, entrepreneurship is not for everyone. There are certain fundamental attributes that a successful entrepreneur needs to develop. The appetite for risk is one. Knowledge of the field you are building or carrying forward your business is another. Ideally, we believe a person should secure a few years of valuable work experience learn the ropes and then enter business so that the chances of making more effective decisions increase. Of course, our fathers and mothers in most cases put in huge amount of hours at work when they were establishing their businesses.

For every strong structure, you need to dig a lot below the ground and that is hard work. So definitely the previous generation, when they were founding the family businesses, would have found it difficult to maintain work-life balance. We are sincerely grateful to them for what they have done for us. Today, now that our businesses are mostly established, we find it easier to find time for leisure, family, hobbies and even for contribution to society.

It is our commitment as the next generation that we will put in our best efforts to carry forward the Chamber and its activities to the next level and try to leave it for our children in at least as good shape it was when we take over the baton. We hope that you all will be around and we too, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our Chamber in grand style.   God Bless us all.

Michael High School is a coeducational English medium school started by Mr. Moses Michael Gomes and his wife Mrs. Jean Moses Gomes with a simple background. Mr. Moses Gomes started the kindergarten with 12 children in his family home in 1979. The school today stands tall in Kurla west and is the result of the efforts put in day and night by this couple.

The school is also been accredited as grade A+. The school SSC results for the academic year 2014-2015 was 100%. The overall results of standard XII were 99.78%. The rising figures in the number of admissions speak out for themselves of the growing popularity of this school.

In 2004 Reliable Group ventured into real estate and Reliable Spaces was born. A 2 million sq. ft. plot of land was purchased at Airoli with the vision to convert it into an IT hub. Today Reliable Plaza, Reliable Tech Space, Reliable Tech Park and Liberty Tower stand testimony to the company’s vision with their impressive architecture, remarkable amenities and top notch safety and security systems. Currently under construction is the soon to be completed Empire Tower –a whopping 2 million sq. ft. project.

The Reliable Group is managed under the visionary and able leadership of Mrs. Clotilda Sequeira, the Chief Managing Director of the entire group.

Reliable Spaces now plans to get into residential and industrial space development. The company aims to develop, in a phased manner, a mini township at Ambarnath/Badlapur spread over 30 acres.Ambarnath/Badlapur has been identifed for industrial development projects as well with plans to develop an R&D hub over a whopping 50 acres and an industrial estate spread over 15 acres in the near future. Also on the anvil is a 1 lakh sq. ft. residential development project at Mangalore.

Express Pesticides Private Limited is a professionally run Pest management organization which has been in this industry for the last 35 years. With honesty and customer satisfaction as its foundation stones, providing a pest free home to customers has always been the goal of this organization.

Mr. Felix Quadros is the founder Director of Express Pesticides Private Limited

Fulfilling that goal we provide services ranging from eliminating cockroaches to termites to rodents to even bed bug, woodborer and ants from your premises may it is residential or even commercial. With the latest techniques of gel treatments and usage of odourless chemicals we provide our customers with easy, convenient and hassle free treatments.

The company began on 2nd Nov 1972 with the dream of proving a pest free environment. As the years progressed the conviction and commitment of this company only deepened as there was a definite need for protecting health, property and environment & thus giving the future generations a safer and a pest fee living. The company in all these years has only scaled upwards, changed it working with time, by using all the latest technologies available.

The corporate logo of the company : The three horizontal Blue lines
The non-rigid, smooth texture of the lines depicts the smooth UN interrupted horizontal growth of the company.
The thickness of the three bands depicts the strong foundation of the company.
The colour: Cerulean blue – signifies growth & prosperity.

Seven Islands Shipping Limited (SISL) was founded in the year 2002 and is based in Mumbai, India. It is engaged in the seaborne transportation of crude oil, refined oil products, palm oils and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The company owns a current fleet sized at 25 Indian-Flagged ocean-going tankers ranging from small vessels right up to the Suezmax category, further to the VLGC category. The fleet consists of 2 crude oil tankers, 21 product carriers and 2 gas carriers.

SISL was founded by Capt. Thomas W. Pinto – a master mariner having over 40 years of experience in shipping. The company’s operations and technical teams consist of highly experienced master mariners and chief engineers. SISL has nurtured relationships with India’s largest public and private oil companies and their subsidiaries for over 19 years. It has received a significant equity investment from the investment arm of Fairfax India Holdings – one of the most prestigious investment companies in the world.

Rossari Biotech Limited

Minimizing the ecological footprint of manufacturing while maximizing customer benefits

We are amongst India’s leading textile and specialty chemical manufacturers based on sales of fiscal 2019 with over a decade history of innovative, agile, and rapid growth. We provide customized solutions to industrial and production requirements of our customers through our diversified product portfolio. Building upon our expertise from textiles, we have successfully diversified into the animal health and nutrition, home, personal care and performance chemicals markets.

Mr. Edward Menezes is the Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of our Company and mentors the Company’s technical, manufacturing and marketing initiatives. He is one of the founders of the company and has been a member of our Board since incorporation of our company.

Mr. Sunil Chari is the Managing Director and Co-Founder who drives the growth of Rossari Biotech Limited. He is one of the founders of the company and has been a member of our Board since incorporation of our company. His passion for the business, people and processes provides Rossari a competitive edge in the marketplace.