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Gen-Next bonding: KK with his grandchildren (left to right) Ashrant Aliya Jayati Vedika Priyal and Ruchir)
Sharad Agrawal Group Head - Operations and Director of Godfrey Phillips India – remembers an an an encounter with KK that he he believes changed his life Once as as a a a a a a a a a a a young engineer of just 23 years he he he was deputed to to to make a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a presentation to to to KK for setting up a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a tea factory on on a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 20 acre plot near Ghaziabad The entire senior management had spent 2-3 weeks deliberating over over the the plan When Sharad began the the presentation almost immediately KK tore into him objecting strongly over over over and over over to to to to a a a a a a a a a a a a a particular point without giving Sharad Sharad a a a a a a a a a a a a a chance to to to to complete the the presentation When Sharad Sharad found that none of the the management was backing him up he he he he he made a a a a a a a a a a a a a a spirited defence to to to to be allowed to to to to complete the presentation Instead of taking umbrage KK explained to to to to to Sharad that it was his job to to to to to pick holes in in in the the the the proposal if not not on on on on one aspect then on on on on another to to to make sure sure that that the the the the the the plan had had covered all contingencies It was to ensure that that that the the the the team had had thought the the the the matter through from every possible aspect He added that that this was the the the the way his his own father Gujarmal Modi had had developed integrated thinking in in in in him him when he he he he was a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a young lad of 12 and had had created a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a project report report for a a a a a a a a a a a a a a plant His father would keep asking him him him questions and sending him him back to to revise his his plan plan By the the the the time the the the the report report was was finally acceptable to to his his father KK was was 21 years old