Hari Kishan Pippal
Hari Kishan Pippal | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1951 (age 73–74) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Known for | Dalit businesses |
Hari Kishan Pippal is an Indian entreprenuer from Agra, India. He is the managing director of People's Group, a company that owns a hospital, a shoe export factory, an auto dealership, and a publication house. He is noted for creating successful businesses as a member of the Dalit community, a marginalised community in India, after starting out in extreme poverty, including working as a rickshaw puller in Agra. He also serves as the president of DICCI.
Biography
Hari Kishan Pippal was born in Jatav community, an Indian Dalit community, to Ramsingh Pippal in Agra, India. His father used to run a shoe repair shop where he started working at a young age. When he was in tenth grade, his father died due to a stroke. He was married shortly thereafter, at the age of 12, and worked as a rickshaw puller and later as a daily wage labourer in Agra.[1][2]
Pippal got a loan of ₹15,000 (US$180) from Punjab National Bank in 1975 to expand his family's shoe shop. He received his first large order from "State Trading Corporation," for ten thousand pairs of shoes. Eventually he launched his own shoe brand known as 'Harrykson.'[1]
Business
H. K. Pippal is managing director of People's Exports (P) Limited and People's Heritage Hospital Ltd., one of the largest private medical facilities in Braj. His leather products consists of Hush Puppies shoes for Bata and are traded to Bulgaria, England and other countries.[3][4]
He also owns a Honda dealership, a banquet hall and a publication house in Agra region. He has a turnover of more than ₹100 crore (US$12 million). He is also the president of DICCI.[5][6]
He even contested in 2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections from Agra Cantonment on a Congress ticket.[7]
Recognition
Pippal was featured in the books, 'Defying the Odds: The Rise of Dalit Entrepreneurs' written by Devesh Kapur, D Shyam Babu and Chandra Bhan Prasad,[8] Dalit Millionaires' by Milind Khandekar.[9]
References
- ^ a b "Heritage People's Hospital | Hari Kishan Pippal's story overcoming barriers". SMEpost. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ "From riding rickshaw to running multi-crore business: Hari Kishan Pippal's inspiring story". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Growing breed of talented, self-confident Dalits make its presence felt in variety of fields". India Today. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Rich Indian can't buy out of lowest caste". NBC News. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "Why only Tatas, why not give sops to dalit businessman?". Governance Now. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Story of A Rickshaw Driver Who Became Millionaire". India Time Mail. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Hari Kishan Pipal (Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- AGRA CANTT. (SC)(AGRA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ Kapur, Devesh; Babu, D. Shyam; Prasad, Chandra Bhan (18 July 2014). Defying the Odds: The Rise of Dalit Entrepreneurs. Random House India. ISBN 978-81-8400-639-1.
- ^ "Inspiring accounts of Dalits who became millionaires (Book Review)". Business Standard India. IANS. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2020.