Me .....3

My Father:Venkatesha Murthy

A True conformist, was groomed purposefully by my Grand father to make a come back to the industry which according to my Grand father was a profession for generations.

Grand father this time ensured that my father was well armoured to face the industry with more knowledge, Logic than the sheer emotion of passion (as it was in the case of my Great Grand father & Grand Uncle)

Venkatesha Murthy Joined his Diploma in Automobile engg from the Famous Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic in Bangalore. He was the Baby of the class & was a resident in the Hostel.

On the Side track it was at the Polytechnic hostel, he found a great room mate & best friend of his life Sri. Ravi Prakash Mittal. Ravi Prakash taught my father to experiment with electrical & basic electronics. He also taught him to move around in the used material market (Fondly called as Gujree) to find a few items to recycle & reuse.Till date I've seen my father Interacting only with Sri. Ravi Mittal & doing hear to heart session with him. Incidentally Sri.Ravi Prakash Mittal is the Eldest Brother of Sri.Som Mittal Sr.Vice president of HP Asia.

Passing out of his Diploma at the age of 17 years, My father went on to Join the 515 Army base workshop as an Apprentice. Post Apprenticeship, he moved on to a Two wheeler dealership & then on to a car service station as its lube bay foreman.

In the Days When Govt Jobs were considered God Sent blessings, father suddenly got two. The year was 1965 & had to make a tough choice between the two.
1. Motor vehicles dept (RTO) as Motor vehicle Inspector
2. Central Power Research Institute as its High Voltage Lab Foreman.
He choose the later as it was research oriented to the former which was more Paperwork oriented.

1971, one fine day my Grand father asked him to quit his secure central govt job to restart the family enterprise.