Prasad Mahajan

From student to entrepreneur

                    This is a story of a guy whom I met when I was in my 1^st yr of hospitality studies at rivi college  of hmct . his name is ashish and at that time  he was in his 2^nd yr . the time when he was in  his 1^st year  he went for outdoor waitings (catering services ) as a part of the course , but thn slowly n steadily he  was attracted towards that work. In the beginning he started working as a waiting staff with various catering services ;and as we know that top caterings in Mumbai  look for  their  service staff to be very polite and properly grommed  . Events like marriages and other private  functions  last for 1 or 2 days and on the other hand this business is  seasonal  ,therefore the catering owners never kept any permanent waiting staff . This is where ashish came into picture , as he was from hotel management background , having good contacts with the catering people and the  students studying in the college . he started supplying students from college to work  at different events organized at different places( the students were paid ), he was been paid commission behind every student by the caterers . initially  he started with rizvi college but by the end of his 3^rd year he was responsible to  manage waiting staff for events and other activities almost in every catering operation . No one knew  how much he  earned  but it was no less than 25000 per month .

He paid his college fees  on his own and now he has opened his own office at kingscircle ,from where he operates his business, and  around 6-7 caterers and other event management  companies contact him for  waiting staff .

-Prasad Mahajan

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