... for whom loyalty, passion & humility remain the ingredients to brew success!
‘Leaders are made, not born!’ is what you might
have heard sometime in the past... and rightly so. But talk to this man and the sparkle in his eyes and the sudden gush of energy into the hall only makes you doubt the veracity of the aforementioned statement – and you’d perhaps remark (just as we did), “Maybe... Maybe this man was ‘born’ a leader! Maybe they were wrong...” And before you realise it, Romi Datta, CEO, International Business Division, Sahara Pariwar, manages to convince you far enough...
And even as this flamboyant gentleman, smartly dressed to the hilt and with neatly-combed ‘black’ hair expressed his strategic intent, something told us, “He’s serious... He means it, folks!” And even as we took our seats and shot our volley of questions at him, he reverted back in an utmost relaxed mood – simply no hurry at all to get over with it! In other words, surprisingly ‘hospitable’ unlike many leaders; but then, wasn’t that typical of the ‘Sahara Pariwar’? Friendly, non-arrogant & hospitable?
Today, he heads the International Business Division, which comprises of India’s largest Travel & Tourism company called Sahara Global and a servicing company named Sahara Care House. Romi’s face lightens up further as he discloses details about his latest Sahara Global venture, ‘Paradiso’. Interestingly, till date, Sahara Global hadn’t stepped into the luxury arena in the travel sector, focussing just on the budget and mid-value travelers, and as per him, this was the first act on the group’s part to tap the premium end travellers. In his own words, “In the travel segment, we realised that this was a niche market. As far as the company is concerned, we are now in a position where we have actually taken care of all possible segments in the travel industry...” Indeed, if we may add – a total thumping presence!
‘Leaders are made, not born!’ is what you might
have heard sometime in the past... and rightly so. But talk to this man and the sparkle in his eyes and the sudden gush of energy into the hall only makes you doubt the veracity of the aforementioned statement – and you’d perhaps remark (just as we did), “Maybe... Maybe this man was ‘born’ a leader! Maybe they were wrong...” And before you realise it, Romi Datta, CEO, International Business Division, Sahara Pariwar, manages to convince you far enough...And even as this flamboyant gentleman, smartly dressed to the hilt and with neatly-combed ‘black’ hair expressed his strategic intent, something told us, “He’s serious... He means it, folks!” And even as we took our seats and shot our volley of questions at him, he reverted back in an utmost relaxed mood – simply no hurry at all to get over with it! In other words, surprisingly ‘hospitable’ unlike many leaders; but then, wasn’t that typical of the ‘Sahara Pariwar’? Friendly, non-arrogant & hospitable?
Today, he heads the International Business Division, which comprises of India’s largest Travel & Tourism company called Sahara Global and a servicing company named Sahara Care House. Romi’s face lightens up further as he discloses details about his latest Sahara Global venture, ‘Paradiso’. Interestingly, till date, Sahara Global hadn’t stepped into the luxury arena in the travel sector, focussing just on the budget and mid-value travelers, and as per him, this was the first act on the group’s part to tap the premium end travellers. In his own words, “In the travel segment, we realised that this was a niche market. As far as the company is concerned, we are now in a position where we have actually taken care of all possible segments in the travel industry...” Indeed, if we may add – a total thumping presence!
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
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