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3 The story of a real-life rich daddy (A case study of K.P. Singh’s Arogya Medical) My journey with Innovate India gave a chance to see many interesting start-ups and innovators. Few impressed me like K.P. Singh. Only the alumni of institutions like IITs and IIMs or those with professional degrees are usually expected to make their way to success. K.P Singh is an exception as he does not give much weightage to school and college education. He does not discount academic knowledge but believes curriculum books lack practical knowledge required for successful entrepreneurship. In his view, we need a balance between both kinds of knowledge. There is no greater school than life and it prefers students with a passion to learn. Success or failure is immaterial in the process of learning. In every failure lies the seed of success as it helps us to understand our path better. K.P. Singh was never a brilliant student. He failed many times during his science graduate studies. However, life was educating him parallelly in business. His case study will show how you must strive to learn from the market instead of running behind professional courses. Although K.P. Singh trumps many seasoned academicians in reading habits. But he selects only books that are useful to him. Putting efforts into making the mind more innovative is the most valuable investment to him. He regularly participates in informative seminars and workshops. He is invited by many prestigious institutions like IITs to guide students. K.P. Singh Chauhan began with selling oil at a petrol pump during school days. Today, he owns a major business group. He has established brands like Arogya Medical, Shouraditya Advertising,

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