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How a simple, highly personal mark of responsibility forged a legendary alliance with Bajaj Auto and built a multi-billion rupee supply empire.

27 Sep 2026 | 217 Views | By Shahkar Abidi and Anurag Chaturvedi

Sometime in 2001–2002, inside the fluorescent-lit receiving bays of a major automotive Tier-1 supplier, a quality inspector from Bajaj Auto was flipping through a thick stack of carbon-copy inward inspection sheets — a monotonous landscape of part numbers and rubber-stamped approvals. Then, next to the name Dhoot, a small subcontracted ...

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