What began with just ₹1,000 from his mother has today grown into a business worth ₹5 crore in annual turnover. The inspiring journey of Ashish “Pintu” Nimbalkar, a farmer’s son from Brahmani village in Kalmeshwar tehsil, is a tale of resilience and faith.
With his father out of work after the KTM factory shut down, the family survived on two acres of farmland. Pintu left school after Class 10 and took up a job wiping machines for ₹3,000 a month. While his father urged him to focus on farming, Pintu dreamed of business. His mother Prabha backed him, handing him ₹1,000 that became the seed of his incense trade.
Starting with incense sticks from Nagpur’s Itwari market, Pintu sold them in weekly bazaars. A failed chocolate venture pushed the family into crisis, forcing his mother to mortgage her mangalsutra. With that money, he bought an old incense-making machine, laying the foundation of his enterprise.
By 2018, he launched his own brand Kadambari, named after his daughter. Today, under Nimbalkar Industries, the company sells 32 incense brands in six states, with depots in Wadi (Nagpur) and Patna (Bihar).
From selling small packets in village markets, Pintu now employs 40 workers directly and sustains 300 families indirectly. “The ₹1,000 my mother gave me was my true capital,” he says.
From struggle to success, Pintu’s story proves that dreams, once lit, can spread like fragrance.
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