Meet Prafull Billore Aka MBA Chaiwala

Prafull Billore, famously known as MBA Chaiwala was no one but just like some ordinary graduate student who wanted to have an MBA degree from some top business school. He appeared for CAT(Common Entrance Test for having admissions into MBA colleges of India) three times but he was not able to clear that despite studying 8 to 10 hours per day sincerely. His parents were very supportive and they encouraged him to study hard for his goals.

But because of being failed three times in a row, he got depressed and he thought to travel across the country to look for relief and peace. After travelling here and there he reached Ahmedabad and stayed there for sometime.

He was not sure what he wanted to do in life. For his livelihood, he joined McDonald’s on some lower work posts. Working hard there he was then promoted to the post of kitchen staff who managed the orders from customers.

But he was never satisfied with his work because being an aspirant of business management studies, he always wanted to start his own venture like a cafe. But at that time the minimum amount needed for this cafe thing was somewhat around Rs.10 lacs and that was just too much for him.

Then he dropped this idea and he finally decided to start a tea stall of his own. But being from a well-educated background, he did not have the courage to do so because of so much social dishonour on having a tea stall in our country. He was also in fear of what his family will think of him if they get to know that he was into this profession instead of working hard for getting admission in Business School.

In all of these thoughts time was passing by but he did not lose his courage of starting his own tea stall.  He soon started his own stall but wait.. things did not end here. At the start, due to his hard work day and night, he got popular but due to his popularity, nearby vendors got jealous of him and they made a union against him and threw him out of their locality.

But Prafull being himself not lost his composure and being determinant towards creating his own identity, rented a place in a nearby hospital’s place and happily paid their rent.

From his innovative mind, he soon discovered an idea of having a corner in his shop where guys who were in search of jobs would leave their details and he helped them to get in contact with recruiters. Job recruiters used to come to his stall for having tea and at the same time they used to pick up the details of suitable candidates.

Then after some time, he named his stall as “MBA Chaiwala” which stands for ‘Mr. Billore Ahmedabad Chaiwala’. Many people still passed on some harsh comments on him as they said that the stall’s name shows that educated MBA students are forced to sell tea. But he did not let any of these stains affect his devotion towards his goal. His dedication helped him to take his business to the top. After becoming popular he travelled across the world for many social gatherings and seminars.

And that is life, MBA Chaiwala has been invited to top business schools like IIMs and Harvard to motivate students studying there and to make them confident enough to pursue their passion. And everything started from his repeated failure attempts of getting admissions into these business schools.

So never ever lose hope in your life. Questions like “What will society say?” will come across your mind, but never let those questions affect your goal. Always work hard towards your goal and passion. Once you get there where you want to be, no one will say a word against you.