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There’s no monotony. When the business evolves, you evolve
You represent the third generation of the Jalan family in this
business. Which childhood memory or family lesson most shaped
your view of entrepreneurship, risk-taking and customer trust?
Some lessons just slip into you without you noticing. For me,
it was watching my father and grandfather work. I would walk
in after classes, still half in college mode, and there they were,
two different generations, two different working styles, both fully
committed.
I suppose I absorbed the idea that work is built through
consistency. Not speeches. Not big dramatic decisions. Just
showing up, doing things properly, respecting people who
depend on you. That early exposure taught me responsibility,
respect for risk and the value of earning customer trust through
hard work and continuity, which stayed with me far more than
anything formally taught.
Coming from an established legacy, how do you maintain the
hunger, experimentation and risk-taking spirit that usually defines
first-generation founders?
The business itself keeps me on my toes. We haven’t had a
period where things were slow or predictable. We have expanded
across states, then crossed into Mexico. Every time we enter
a new geography, I feel like I am starting from scratch – new
setups, new teams and new dynamics.
That journey from a local forging unit to a global manufacturing
footprint naturally pushed us towards experimentation and
risk-taking. And diversification does the same thing. One year
we are scaling commercial vehicles, the next we are deepening
passenger vehicle work, then EV platforms, then railway
systems.
too. Hunger comes from the journey itself, from the excitement
of building something state-of-the-art, not from some internal
discipline exercise.
How do you balance traditional business wisdom with the need
for contemporary innovation, where do you draw the line between
continuity and change?
I think of tradition as the anchor, not the chain. It keeps you
steady. The way we approach quality, our commitment to forging
excellence, the seriousness with which we treat commitments
and the respect for process, that part is non-negotiable.
Innovation comes wherever it can make us sharper. If
automation helps, we bring it in. If robotics adds precision, we
add it. If data systems help us reduce errors, we integrate them.
So, I don’t see a clash between the old and the new. The values
stay the same. The tools change.
Who within or outside the immediate family has been most
influential in shaping your strategic approach, and what single
piece of counsel from them changed your thinking?
Within the family, the person who has shaped my strategic
approach the most is my father. His biggest influence is not in
words but in his working style. He approaches every situation
with clarity and calm.
Discipline and rigor are his core principles – and I have seen
it play out, not just heard it. I think leadership is less about
personality and more about rhythm. And that’s a lesson I have
internalized from him.
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