Back in 1996 when TJL was in its infancy, India was going through a sea change. The IT boom
was picking up and infrastructure development was gaining momentum. A good omen for things to come. It was inevitable that TJL became a part of a revolution that would make India one of the leading economic powers in another two decades.
Before I throw more light on TJL’s future plan, I would like to comment on the scenario that will play a crucial part in TJL’s growth. Currently over 500 million Indians with average age less than 30 are living in the tier-1 / tier-2 cities. And unlike their previous generations, the present generation have spending power on par with their counterparts in the developed countries. As a result of this parity in living standards, stable political leadership, introduction of new tax structure and new FDI policies, many global companies are choosing India as the destination to sell their products and services. TJL would be playing a pivotal role in the establishment of such companies in India by providing them sales, marketing and operational support for their products and services. By bringing in international quality products and services to India, TJL plans to bridge the parity between the developed countries and India.
Compared to developed countries, India’s infrastructure index is poor. Infrastructure development has not kept up with the increasing needs of the economy. Since 2007, the country slipped 14 ranks to 81st worldwide in terms of overall quality of infrastructure.
The quality of life too especially in the rural areas need to be improved significantly. We need to provide them better sanitation, healthcare, education and empower them. A quarter of Indians still do not have access to electricity and almost a third of the urban population live in slums. 65% of the population does not have access to improved sanitation and access remains unevenly distributed. This is also the case for clean drinking water The physical infrastructure needs to be improved significantly with latest roads, rails, flyovers, bridges, ports, airports, power stations in the world class standards.
For us to reach the global standards in shorter period, we have to adapt technologies / services / products / quality / safety standards from the developed countries. TJL plans to invest in the infrastructure development in the country through various partnerships with government and foreign institutions.
Another area that we will be focusing more in the future is CSR. Already we have laid plans for carrying out various activities that will be mainly focusing on improving the living standards of the rural India.
Over the years, TJL has sailed through every kind of situations. Be it the good times of late 90s or the unpredictable times of the late 2000s recession. The greatest strength of TJL is its ability to adapt to the demands of the times. This very quality of TJL will stand in good stead in the years to come. Lastly, I would like to thank everyone – employees, well-wishers and clients for the support that they have been lending to me for over two decades. I am absolutely certain that the same would continue in the years to come.
