An eye for problems, a will for solutions

Abhimanyu Jakhar of Jakhar hospitality and co-owner at Diablo, a Mediterranean restaurant in South Mumbai

The story of Abhimanyu whose journey started as a young boy trying to solve problems and make the world a little better to an adult who is successfully doing it and impacting people’s life positively through his ventures Santosh Offshore Consultants, JHPL, Inter Urban Hotel, Diablo and many more to come. But as no climb uphill is free of obstacles on the road; his journey was not an easy one. It began when he took his first leap of faith and left a high paying campus job to follow his dreams and since then there was no looking back. He started with a furniture company, then a football turf leasing company; all with the aim to solve problems he himself faced. However, like many things in life, this did not fall in place in the first time but gave lessons that contributed immensely to his journey.

Seeds of his venture Inter Urban Hotel were sowed when he realized his family-owned land in Rohtak, Haryana was not being utilized to its full potential and took responsibility of turning that around. The area being a popular industrial hub, it was home to multinational companies who would have to travel 1 to 2 hours to get a good hotel accommodation. He discovered these two problems and tried to create a synergy by building Inter Urban Hotel there. Initial days where tough with a lot of things to figure out, new mistakes, new learning, but that is how beginnings are. He truly believes and says winners are just losers who tried one more time. A never give up attitude, continue quest for learning and self-belief can help you pass through difficulties of life.

While Inter Urban Hotel was becoming a success, he started another venture solving the ship building industry problems leveraging the learnings he had from his dad who was in the Indian Navy. He learnt the problems faced in the Indian ship building process and came up with solution to solve those; reducing time/cost and increasing efficiently by huge margin. It started with one shipyard and now the company has presence/associations in many big shipyards of the country.

Abhimanyu Jakhar with a vision to revolutionize the restaurant industry in the coming future

During the pandemic which gave the world a lot of time to reflect upon themselves, he realized he still had passion for the hospitality industry and could do much more than Inter Urban Hotel. That is when Diablo was formed! now they plan to expand heavily with 6 new brands with JHPL being the parent company under which Inter Urban Hotel and Diablo will operate. He says, “We do not aim to build a hotel or restaurant company but to build an experiential company, a company that builds experiences and not merely restaurants/hotels.