Left the job, started his own business with 150 rupees, today he is successful with 1.5 crore busine

Success Story: Left the job, started his own business with 150 rupees, today he is successful with 1.5 crore business of salt.

Almora district of Uttarakhand, about 22 km ahead of Neem Karoli Baba's 'Kainchidham' in this district, there is a place named Kakdighat. In this place, on one side there are high mountain paths and on the other side there is a river flowing through a ravine. In front of this path, one can see a board, 'Pahari ground salt. For the first time, business of hill salt.' And this salt is quite different from other salt.

Know about this salt businessman.

This company named 'Himfla' is run by a man named Sandeep Pandey. Sandeep Pandey says that '11 years ago, with a grinding stone, 150 rupees and three friends, I started selling salt, today the turnover is 1.5 crore rupees. Sandeep, who has done such a big business by selling salt, surprisingly told that most people do not believe that such a big business can be done with just salt, whereas this salt is made in every household of Uttarakhand because it is mountain salt.

Sandeep's education.

Sandeep is studying B.Tech in Information Technology. Sandeep was in job for 4 years earlier, he started working after completing his studies but he left it for his business. Regarding his business, Sandeep tells that while going to Gujarat, he saw salt cultivation on the way to Kutch ahead of Morbi. To make salt, women break small salt stones and grind different things with it like chilli, garlic and ginger. Sandeep says that he has sold salt in 52 flavors.

Main elements of Sandeep's business.

Idea.

The idea of a business of Rs 1.5 crore came by selling salt in the hilly areas of Uttarakhand. A friend of Sandeep used to sell this hill salt. Seeing him, he got the idea of setting up his own business by trading the salt of the country.

Training.

The matter of its training was that he went from village to village and connected women with it and taught them the process of making and grinding salt.

Fund.

For its fund, he kept investing a part of his earnings in the company with 3 friends. And it started with Rs 150, before this it was an NGO. Registered as a company in 2021.

Marketing.

In Uttarakhand, they have been selling the product in offline stores and also sell through website and e-commerce platform.

Business model.

In Kakdighat unit, women prepare it by grinding it, different things including garlic, red chilli, ginger are added to it.