Yogesh Kothari's Alkyl Amines is a reflection of his passion for chemistry
In 1979, Yogesh Kothari founded his own startup. The term startup wasn’t in vogue then, but in effect that’s what he did.
A chemical engineer—Kothari had worked for some time with elder brother Hemendra Kothari of DSP—he knew his heart always lay in a venture that made use of his skills as a chemist. “In those days, the government was promoting manufacturing, and I thought import substitution would be a good idea,” says Kothari, the 74-year-old chairman and managing director of Alkyl Amines.