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About the Book :
Simply Fly is an autobiography of Captain G R Gopinath. This wonderful true story, which can easily give any Bollywood flick a run for their money, narrates the life of a village boy. Isn’t it out of this world to read the life and story of a boy who, in his childhood, used to ride bullock cart and went on to own an airline? This is a story of an army man turned businessman, who launched India’s first cheap airline – Air Deccan. This story recounts the unpleasant facts of a Captain Gopinath, who left Indian Army in late 1970s and started farming. A piece of land owned by him was flooded with rain water, and then he took the pains to turn that barren land into a fertile patch and sown the seeds of ecologically sustainable silkworms.The autobiography beautifully tells how a man’s passion, perseverance and strong willpower make him extraordinary from ordinary.
About the Author :
An army man, an author, a businessman – Captain G R Gopinath (for his friends, he is Gopi) is the first entrepreneur to start low cost airline in India. Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar Gopinath hails from Karnataka, where he was born in a Hassan Iyengar family. After his schooling in Bijapur Sainik School, Gopinath joined National Defence Academy and served Indian Army for 8 years. Thereafter, he took farming as his full time occupation. Next he launched Maland Mobikes (Enfield dealership) and then opened a hotel. G R Gopinath won Rolex awards for Enterprise (1996), Rajyotsava Award (Karnataka) in 2005, Chevalier de la legion d’Honneur (France) in 2007, Personality of the Decade Award (K.G. Foundation) and Sir M Visvesvaraya Memorial Award (Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry).
Features
- : Simply Fly
- : Captain G R Gopinath
- : Harpercollins.
- : 935029155X
- : 9789350291559
- : Paperback
- : 400
- : English
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