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Rahul Lunkad
Rahul Ranmal Lunkad was born on 13th february, 1990 in Bellary, Karnataka in a Marwari Jain Family. Right from young age, the child dream big and wanted to do something significant to bring change in this world. He read lot of biographies and Autobiographies by famous men and was inspired to always pursue his passion, his dreams. He was introvert and shy since childhood.

Earlier Life: After finishing his schooling from Bhiwandi, he was sure of pursuing business administration degree from a reputed college in Mumbai or Pune. He applied in SVKM's Usha Pravin Gandhi college of Commerce, Vile-Parle and was selected. The college and its culture was new to him, bit alien too. His earlier two years were in a small college which was more of a correspondence kind of education as rarely Students came in classes to attend lectures. The new environment had people from Mumbai all full of enthusiasm and off course, the course required constant interaction in every lecture. This was initially a problem for Rahul but as days went by he formed his own group of friends with 3 boys and 5 girls in it. The group remained intact till a year followed by differences between some. Rahul has long list of goals, final being good placement and percentages in final year. In first year, he remained average in all activities, still trying to adjust to such demanding place in college and ragging in hostel.

He has done BBA in Finance, CFA and three certified courses of Bombay stock exchange.

Hostel Life: The SMJV hostel in Andheri west was a reputed one and chased by many from outside the city. When Rahul managed to be admitted through, he never dreamt it will change his thiking foreever. The hostel being divided into groups on each floor has its share of events Junior's welcome function, Senior's farewell, sports events etc. Rahul was never a sports person but public speaking was his comfort zone. He participated in few dramas, was part of a Club in hostel named Book Lover's club eventually becoming its president in final year. The club activities were hosted by him and his team. The club drew appreciation for its sessions encouraging students to speak publicly through impromto speaking, stories, games etc. The Cub launched its magazine 'PRISM' for the first time.

Career: Having tried luck in three placements earlier, he finally managed to get through two companies- Lodha Developers and HDFC Life. He choose Lodha Developers and began his 2.5 year stint in corporate world. While joining, the 20 year old was the youngest employee in company history. He got promoted in first year itself and second year too. The high point came when he wanted to startup desperately but has no clear idea. The soon to be taken decision was part of his dream to make a difference in this world, by having resources, Capital and lot of respect in society. He left Lodha Developers on September 2012 and surprised his parents initially. For next two months, he joined his dad's real estate consultancy firm still trying to find a good idea. The idea came while discussing distribution business with his father. He at once decided to find a potential location with demand and start a distribution business by himself. On his birthday in 2013, he left for Surat and got his company registered in March by the name 'Lata Sales and Marketing' by his mother's name. For next 2 months, he travelled markets each day to collect orders, finish deliveries and collect payments. An employee joined in June and the business was gowing by then. His younger brother, Kunal, joined in August when his family shifted with him seeing potential in this business.

Today, Rahul is residing in surat with his family. Still the road is long enough but so are his passionate dreams. His company Lata Sales and Marketing is both on and offline in distribution. The plans are diversifying in different zones.