The inspiring story of 2nd most famous Chai wala of India.

This story is an inspiring story of a middle-class Indian guy called Mr. Praful Billore, who, like any other ambitious teen, wanted to pursue an MBA. He appeared in CAT Entrance Exam, for three years and failed every time. He was a sincere student and would study for 8 to 10 hours a day to compete for the CAT exam. His parents had a lot of hopes from him and would encourage him to study hard to get into the right MBA college. On his repetitive failure, he got too depressed and quit his CAT preparations for a while.

He roamed around entire India to look for solace. When after a few weeks of traveling, he landed in Ahmedabad, he felt like home. He was not sure of what he wanted to do next, as his plans of pursuing an MBA from top B-school had utterly shattered. So, he joined McDonald’s as housekeeping staff. He kept getting promoted to become a kitchen staff who would take orders, make burgers, and serve the customers.

He had this innate desire to get an identity of his own. He kept thinking of starting a venture of his own. He went around to look for a place to start a cafe’ but the minimum investment needed was Rs. 15,00,000. He did not have any money to invest. So, he finally dropped the idea and kept thinking of some idea of his own. He finally decided to start a tea stall of his own but lacked the courage to do so. Soon after, he set up the stall, but the journey wasn’t easy. He went to a hospital owner and asked him to rent his space to him for putting up a tea-stall. He happily rented it out for Rs. 10,000. And, Praful was back to business with full zeal. He reinvented the strategy of selling tea to his customers. He made a corner in his shop where job seekers can leave their names, numbers, and qualification to help them connect to job providers. The job providers would often come for having tea and would pick up the numbers of suitable candidates.

Praful named his business as ‘MBA Chaiwala, ‘ which stands for ‘Mr. Billore Ahmedabad Chaiwala’.