After leaving her job as a sewing machine operator at a local garment factory, octogenarian Sarla Ahuja broke through glass ceilings to start Shahi Exports in 1974. Little did she know that the company would eventually grow to become India’s largest apparel manufacturer and exporter, with over 50 state-of-the-art apparel manufacturing facilities spread across eight states and employing nearly one lakh people.

Would Harish Ahuja have imagined that, years later, he would be paying £21 million ($27 million) for a house in London’s Notting Hill district—one of the biggest UK residential deals of the year—defying a general slowdown in luxury property sales? Her mother had begun her entrepreneurial journey with a meager sum of Rs 5000.

The Ahujas of Shahi Exports have one of the most amazing and well-known rags to riches tales of the modern era, despite how corny it may seem. Harish Ahuja took advantage of the chance to work from home with a small team of ladies and did not have to deal with the difficulties his mother had in juggling work and family obligations. The son must have had additional difficulties related to modern business realities.

They both handled the difficulties of life with composure. The company’s path over the last 50 years has been characterized by a consistent and ongoing emphasis on women’s empowerment and community impact.

Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the owner of Shahi Exports, which supplies major international brands like Uniqlo, Decathlon, and H&M, is well-known throughout the world for purchasing a 20,000+ square foot space for his son Anand Ahuja and daughter-in-law, Bollywood diva Sonam Kapoor, and converting the remaining space into apartments. The space was previously owned by a UK-registered charity and religious order.

According to company topbrass, one of its differentiators has been its dedication to its workers and the creation of several training and development programs that include a variety of development training courses that meet the diverse demands of its workers. At its corporate headquarters and factories, its Leadership Development wing actively engages its future and high-potential executives. The organization provides life skills, behavioral and soft skills, multi-dimensional technical skills, leadership, management, outbound experience learning, and strategic alignment workshops. Through “Shahi Academy,” the corporation has also formalized and simplified a number of developmental programs. Bangalore is where the Academy is located. The facility has cutting-edge infrastructure that can accommodate different training designs.

The clothing company recently finalized a joint venture agreement with Little King Global, a Taiwanese synthetic athletic fabric producer, to build a synthetic fabric production facility in Shimoga, Karnataka. The project also intends to increase manufacturing jobs in Shimoga. For its esteemed clientele, the new facility will provide durable, responsive, and recyclable services. Top authorities note that all of these actions are motivated by the idea of empowering members of the local community and helping them improve their abilities so they may go to the next level.