From being a street hawker to building company with 72 manufacturing units and empowering 9400+ Divyangjan to be self dependent, the story of Dr. Bhavesh Bhatia is inspiring and motivating.
Dr. Bhavesh Bhatia is 100% visually impaired entrepreneur and owner of Sunrise Candles. Sunrise Candles is based in Mahabaleshwar and is a candle making company run majorly by Visually impaired people.
Bhavesh Bhatia lost his mother to cancer and all the savings was exhausted during treatment. He used to work as telephone operator and massage therapist. He saved some money and in 1994, with one single dye and 5 Kgs of wax Bhavesh started making candles. He used to sell them in rented handcarts on the streets. His wife Neeta, decided to marry him despite stiff resistance from her family and supported him through his struggles. “My wife is the most beautiful lady in the world. She is compassionate and Kind. With her, I have the confidence that I can conquer anything.” he says.
In 1998, he received an award from Reliance Industries as ‘Best Blind Entrepreneur’. The VP of the company offered him 51 lakhs rupees to build a factory but he rejected the money saying “I don’t want money, I want work” He was so focused to get a sustainable outcome by which he could assist other visually impaired people by making them self dependent.
He believes that hardwork and dedication can change the life of a person and his life story is the elite example of this. For almost 30 years, Sunrise Candle has been providing employment and skill development training to visually impaired people and empowering them to live a good life.
Today, 72 manufacturing units of Sunrise candles are operating in 14 states, imports wax from UK and manufacture different kinds of candle which include pillar candles, floating candles, fruit basket candle and traditional candles. They have developed more than 10700 Designer Scented, Plain and Aromatherapy candle designs.
The client list of Sunrise candles includes Reliance Industries, Ranbaxy, Big Bazaar, Naroda Industries, Resilient Cosmecuticals, Rotary Club, Hotel Groups, etc.
Learn more at: http://sunrisecandles.in/
