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Our generation is reshaping industrial
India to be seen as trusted and reliable,

product innovators and sustainability
leaders, not just cost-efficient suppliers.

RISHABH DESAI
Director, APAR Industries

Growing up in the Desai family with a long APAR legacy,
Built for the Long Run which childhood memory or family lesson most shaped your
approach to business, risk and customer trust?
At the forefront of India’s industrial renaissance, My exposure to the business was shaped by countless
Rishabh Desai is driving APAR’s evolution into a visits to trade fairs, conferences, factories and customer
global leader in speciality oils. As Director of APAR, sites alongside my father and grandfather. It was during
India’s largest private manufacturer and exporter these moments that I understood a fundamental truth,
of speciality oils, and with the world’s third-largest long-term success depends not just on profits but on trust
transformer oil producer, he embodies a blend of and strong relationships. Even as a young boy, I witnessed
legacy, innovation and strategic foresight. the profound respect and loyalty customers, suppliers and
other partners had for my grandfather, father and uncle.
His leadership has propelled APAR’s overseas They were more than mere business associates, they were
growth, product innovation and sustainability treasured partners and at times extended family. This early
initiatives. This interview traces his journey from lesson engraved in me that trust is APAR’s most invaluable
entrepreneurial beginnings to leading global asset. It remains the foundation of our corporate culture as
expansion and outlines his ambition to position we continue expanding our footprint across 140 countries,
APAR as a benchmark for industrial excellence and including GCC, MENA, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Africa and
sustainable growth. beyond.

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