They call it grit: he sold pens to get by, worked in a small shop, and built a company worth crores.
In its Marathi Success Story series, Maharashtra Times tells the tale of Kunwer Sachdev, the “Inverter Man of India” and founder of Su-Kam — a man who once sold pens to cover his expenses and worked in a small shop, and turned sheer persistence into a company worth crores.
Grit, by definition
The headline is blunt: this is what grit looks like. The report emphasises that Sachdev’s birth into an ordinary family was not in his hands — but his future was. Rather than wait for circumstances to change, he did whatever work came his way, from selling pens to shop work, learning the one lesson that would define his career: how to understand and win over a customer.
Leaving a job to build a business
A turning point the piece underlines is his decision to give up the security of a job and start out on his own. It was a risk, but it let him act on what he had noticed: an inverter market full of unreliable, unbranded products and short on trust. He set up Su-Kam to fix exactly that — and treated the inverter as a serious product worth real engineering.
Your birth may not be in your hands — but your future is.— the spirit of the Maharashtra Times profile
A company built on hard work
On the strength of that effort, the report notes, he built a business worth crores. Su-Kam became one of India’s best-known power-backup brands, and Sachdev’s name became shorthand for the self-made entrepreneur — the man who reshaped how Indian homes handled power cuts, and carried an Indian brand well beyond the country.
Why it inspires
Maharashtra Times frames the story for readers who want proof that background need not be destiny. Sachdev’s journey — from selling pens on the street to running a crore-worth company — is offered as exactly that: evidence that with the right idea, relentless work and a refusal to give up, ordinary beginnings can lead anywhere.
जिद्द यालाच म्हणतात! … कोट्यवधींची कंपनी — Maharashtra Times →