Mr. Chitrak Shah – Entrepreneur of the Entrepreneurs

Chitrak Shah is the emerging business tycoon of Gujarat and the MD of Shivalik Group has owned many prestigious awards in recent days. Also, the Economic Times has recognized this business knight of the Gujarat State and rewarded with Business Knights Awards. At the early age of 16 years only, he has joined the stock market with father Satish Nyal chand Shah. How brilliant is it? 16 years is truly less for a boy to join the stock market and it’s just remarkable.

Starting off a New Era

When father S.N. Shah determined to join real estate business, the little entrepreneurial spirited and determined Mr. Chitrak Shah was there with father and joined as a trainee to gain as much knowledge as possible about buildings and architecture. With the bright mind, greater eyesight and outstanding visionary, he just climbs the steps further towards success. In just five years of determination, strong knowledge developed over building constructions, hands on experience in marketing, policies and crafting unique concepts are all together works for Mr. Chitrak Shah.

With each passing day, his knowledge and skills are getting mastered and his skills in innovation are now beyond horizons. With tremendous personality, vast knowledge of what’s actually work in the business line, and years of experience – all these help Mr. Shah starting up SHIVALIK in 2001.

Under his supreme guidance and knowledge, Shivalik is now turned into a brand name in the Gujarat state and eyes to come out of the state border and serve the nation. Getting learned progressively and taking strategic decisions for beating competencies in the market is what works for Shivalik Group. He continuously engages himself with everything from taking decisions to mapping the growth structure; and therefore, Shivalik is now not an underdog performer anymore. With complete knowledge of bit-by-bit process, he and the entire Shivalik Group is primarily focusing on completing commercial projects.

Business Expansion for the Betterment of the Society 

When all the possibilities and projects are done creatively and on due time, Shivalik Group has started to look for new ventures and ended up taking projects for Rajkot and Surat. Mr. Shah is now acknowledged as the prudent businessman across these localities because of focusing more on crafting new and unique designs in the architecture department. The best and burning example of Shivalik Group’s highest level of accuracy shows in the project Shivalik Highstreet which completes in the FY 2009 with utmost care and perfection.

Active Association of Mr. Shah:

• MD at G.I.H.E.D

• Advisory Board at YMCA, Ahmedabad

• Co-Founder of EO-GUJARAT

• Member at Ahmedabad Angel Network

• Member at GCCI

• Member at FICCI

A Chain of Loyal Customers:

Shivalik Group with their continuous effort and optimum professionalism have created an exclusive brand name in the real estate business. The decade's old company is now having a wider customer base across the nation. The hunger for innovation has ensured more than 70% customers turning into loyalists because of Mr. Shah’s quality, ethics, and clarity on projects.

Today, Shivalik Group is available with new ventures namely QWICHES – a chain of fast food restaurant with nearly 10 outlets across Gujarat & Dipali Shah – a fashion label specializing in Gowns for all occasions.

Qualities Which Make Chitrak Shah A Hugely Successful Businessman

Not everyone can become a successful entrepreneur. Besides having the necessary capital required for starting a business, a person needs to possess certain specific qualities which go into the making of a successful businessman. Many people believe that people like Mr. Chitrak Shah have managed to become successful only because they had the backing and support of their family. It is true that Mr. Shah started his career by joining his father in his stock market business at the age of 16, and while this did give him a lot of knowledge and exposure, which eventually helped him in his career, it is also a fact that there are many other people, who, given the same opportunities would not have been able to gain anything from the same.

People like Mr. Chitrak Shah are born to be the leaders. There are many qualities which people like him possess from birth, and many other skills which they develop through their life experiences, and together all these qualities help them in becoming successful businessman.

Some of the qualities which almost all successful entrepreneurs like Mr. Shah possess are as follows:

Focus And Discipline

At the age of 16 when most of the boys his age were trying out new video games or trying to impress girls, Mr. Shah joined his father in the stock market and focused all his energies in learning the tricks of the business. Even when his father’s stock market business suffered setbacks and had to then join his father’s real estate business as a trainee, it did not deter his confidence. Rather, he took it as an opportunity and started to build the foundation for the Shivalik Group, which is today considered to be the top construction companies in India. He did not let any temptation in life take away his focus, nor did he allow setbacks life threw his way to shatter his confidence. People with such focus and discipline are the ones who are able to make a big name for themselves as successful entrepreneurs.

Open Minded

After joining his father’s real estate business, Mr. Shah worked in scorching heat and learned about every aspect of construction through hands on experience. Successful people, like Mr. Shah, are extremely open minded, and for them no work is menial. They understand that without knowing how to perform each and every aspect of business themselves, they would never be able to prove to be successful leaders of their company.

Patience And Eye For Opportunities

These are two very important qualities which every person needs in order to be successful. Mr. Chitrak Shah very patiently waited for the right opportunities and through strategic planning and careful decision making, he made sure that the Shivalik Group slowly, but gradually became one of the biggest names to reckon with in the construction industry. He has the foresight to correctly assess the demands of the public from the construction industry and accordingly come up with projects which cater to the specific needs of the people and are therefore, always successful.