It has been a long journey through thorns and flowers.

Coming from a very humble background and initiating studies in rural schools, later I grew up at Kolkata (City of Joy and work-place of Mother Teresa). I completed my masters in marketing management from Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University.

Starting as a front-line sales person in 1973, later I handled a few senior level executive assignments in a number of prominent multinational and Indian organizations. My last employment was under the Her Majesty's Government as a Trade & Investment Adviser.

In 1989, I found my calling in personal…