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Kailas katkar (quick heal )

Presented by ;- Rohit jagtap sachin nagrgoje

Kailash Katkar, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Quick Heal Technologies started his journey as a school dropout.

Despite being low on education and skill, Kailash Katkar has created a multi crore anti-virus software business.

The entrepreneur who created a Rs 187 crore anti-virus software

Kailash Katkar

Born 1 November 1966 (age 47)Rahimatpur,

Maharashtra, India

Nationality Indian

Occupation CEO of Quick Heal Anti Virus

Known for Founder of Quick Heal

Kailash Katkar

EARLY LIFE

Kailash Katkar was born into a Maharashtrian family in a small village at Rahimatpur, Maharashtra and grew up in Pune.

His father was a machine setter in electricals company Philips in Pune and his mother was a homemaker.

In 1985, having barely managed to complete his matriculation, He took up a job at a local radio and calculator repair shop in a bid to supplement his Family Income.

Entrepreneurial career

In 1990 Kailash Katkar finally decided to take and entrepreneurial jump and started his own calculator repair shop with an initial seed capital of Rs 15,000 from his savings, leased a small 100 sq ft office in Pune and started a one-man venture.

In the first year he had a decent income of 45,000 in those times, but was not really satisfied with the pace and the progress that he was making.

• He decided to upgrade his skills from Calculator repairing and started reading and attending short computer courses around 1991-92.

• Feeling confident enough, he decided to start his new venture known as CAT Computer Services in 1993 while continuing with his calculator repair shop.

• In the first year of beginning he managed to generate a turnover of Rs 1 lakh.

• Around this time, his younger brother, Sanjay Katkar, who was studying computer engineering in Pune, began writing software programs.

• On his insistence, he started developing a basic model of antivirus software for CAT Computer Services.

• In those days, the people involved in computer maintenance faced this problem and he realized that there would be plenty of takers for cheap and simple computer security solutions.

• When one door closes, another opens. It’s been like that right through Kailash Katkar’s life.

• Every time an opportunity looked like dimming, another emerged for him.

• “He wasn’t interested in studies, had no special skills, only a small repair business These may not be the right qualifications for being an entrepreneur, but it has turned out well for him.

• Around this time, his younger brother, Sanjay, who was studying computer engineering in Pune, began writing software programs.

• On his insistence, he started developing a basic model of antivirus software for quick heal. 

• But nobody was willing to pay for it. So it was distributed free with the computer AMC and also circulated it among their network of computer service professionals

• They suffered losses and the cash crunch affected their product development and the process.

• Even no bank was ready to support them.

• At one point, in 1999, the business was in such a bad shape that they considered shutting shop since they were not even in a position to pay staff salaries.

• Thankfully, they decided to delay the decision by a couple of months, and during this period their hard work pulled them out of the red.

• Accepting challenges is not always easy, but if you have a “never give-up” attitude, you survive.

• You have to completely believe in your idea and give your 100% to it. 

Awards

Red Herring Asia

Emerging India Award

CRN Channel Champions Award Business Today's

Best Innovation SME Award

Future plans for the company……

• To make Quick Heal the global leader in the field of IT security

• To take pride in creating an Indian brand, taking it to global market place and making a difference to millions of people worldwide.

• To Develop anti-virus products for mobile phones.

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