At the outset, Rajat is grateful to Shrimati Radharani and Govindji, the presiding deities of ISKCON Ahmedabad for their continued blessings on him and his family.
Rajat describes himself as a Student of Self-Development. He is passionate about Leadership, Motivation & Wealth Creation.
He believes that being grateful is one of the best ideas that he came across and which has helped him become more happier in life.
Values that Rajat subscribes to are:
- Integrity
- Excellence
- Responsibility
- Growth
- Success
Spirituality is a critical part of Rajat’s life and he devotes a good amount of time practicing Krishna Bhakti, reading spiritual literature and attending courses run by ISKCON. Rajat is an aspiring disciple of HH Loknath Swami Maharaj. His shiksha guru is HG Muralimohan Prabhu who also acts as his spiritual mentor helping him in improving in Bhakti.
Rajat is extremely fortunate to get the association of “Life Mentor” in the form of Shri Shyam Taneja who is the founder of Unnati Unlimited and Trustee of ICIWF. He considers Shri Taneja as a guiding light who helped him come out of abyss and transform his life by becoming more responsible, take accountability and adopt tools that would change the way he conducts his business in particular and his life in general.
Professional Life
Rajat takes care of his 2 businesses:
- Starco Arochem Pvt. Ltd. (Textile Chemicals)
- Starcocare Research Labs (FMCG)
Rajat is also a failed Entrepreneur of Webinito, a business that he started in 2009 and shut down in 2012 due to financial constraints.
Rajat has a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering from Pune University and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Nirma University with specialization in Entrepreneurship.
Rajat is part of Commune called ILEAD that promotes continuous and sustainable self-development. It is an International Commune consisting of Entrepreneurs that are engaged in development of self and others.
Personal Life
Rajat is actively supported by his wife Dr. Diksha Gupta who is a practicing Dentist. Both have an adorable son Tarush. Diksha has had a profound influence on the way Rajat conducts his social affairs.
Rajat maintains an active fitness regimen with exercising an minimum of 30 minutes daily along with practicing 15 minutes of meditation.
Rajat loves to read books usually non-fiction, autobiography but has started to include fiction to explore his understanding about the world in general.
Rajat loves to travel and explore new cities and has interests in history as well as historical places.
Rajat strongly believes in Stoicism and strongly believes that one must strive to control their own actions and behavior. Rajat also strongly believes in the power of Flow as well as Ikigai.
Rajat supports the following NGO’s
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I follow the following Handles on Twitter for my daily dose of Motivation:
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Personalities I am influenced by:
- Srila Prabhupada
- Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw
- Lee Kuan Yew
- Shyam Taneja
- Narayan Murthy