Under ₹50 lakh to ₹500 crore: the journey of Naman Manmohan Agarwal
No shortcut, no overnight success. Just a long run of ordinary days, done well.
Ask Naman Manmohan Agarwal how he built his group and he will usually change the subject to someone else: a supplier who trusted him early, a buyer who gave him a second chance, a mentor who told him the truth. Pressed, he will admit it took a very long time, and that most of it was not exciting.
The decision
Naman never wanted a salaried job. When he enrolled for the Executive MBA in entrepreneurship at IIM Ahmedabad, it was to sharpen a decision already made: he would build something of his own, and he would build it from the ground up.
A small beginning
The first business turned over less than ₹50 lakh. There was no cushion, no large team and no room for a mistake. What there was, he says, was time to learn the material properly and to earn the trust of the few people willing to deal with an unknown name.
That trust became the group's real capital. Suppliers came back because he paid when he said he would. Buyers came back because what arrived matched what was promised. Each repeat order was a small vote of confidence, and the votes added up.
The hard years
A rise this quick drew opposition and more than its share of hurdles. He met each one patiently, kept working, and came through stronger. He does not dwell on that chapter, and prefers to let the work speak.
The group today
Today he leads Orama Techno Labs, based in California, USA, and the Mansha Group, working across recycled PET and polymer trade in India and abroad. The estimated turnover of the group led by Shri Naman Manmohan Agarwal is set to close at around ₹500 crore in the financial year 2026-27.
Along the way he has earned some well-known friends. He is a co-founder in a startup venture with Ashneer Grover, and counts Ambassador Dr. Deepak Vohra, former technology advisor to the Prime Minister of India, as a mentor.
What has not changed
He still lives simply. He still answers his own phone. And he still believes, as his role model Ratan Tata did, that a business is only as great as the good it does. That is why the story he likes telling most is not the one about ₹500 crore. It is the one about 200 girls.
"I was a nobody in this trade once. I have never forgotten what that felt like, and I never want to."