Babu's father was a barber and used to run a shop in tech city Bengaluru. The family was hit by a huge crisis and Ramesh Babu's mother had no other option, but to rent the shop to his uncle for Rs 5 a day. Still young at that time, Babu did odd jobs like selling newspapers. I did odd jobs like paper guy I never wasted time," he said, while adding that there came a time when his uncle couldn't pay the rent anymore.
The business soon picked up from one client to two and soon, Babu was attending people every day including many celebrities and politicians. Gopal, used to run a barbershop. Ramesh lost his father when he was seven and saw the beginning of turmoil in his life at a very tender age.
With no breadwinner in the family, her mother took charge of raising three kids and worked as a servant at various houses to feed her children. She also rented out the barbershop her husband left her for Rs. There are mini Mercs, a Rolls Royce and even a few vintage models. Born and raised in Bengaluru, Ramesh lost his father at an early age, in the year , and found his family mired in conflict and poverty. We had only one meal every day in the afternoon from what my mother got from work.
Getting a good meal during a festival was one of our happiest moments. He continued his studies while supporting his family, till his pre-university years when he took over the saloon, named Inner Space, from his uncle. Ramesh stepped into business with no resources except the determination to succeed. He always believed that work is worship.
He wanted to do something, so he planned to buy a car. He also always dreamt of owning a car and passionate about fancy cars. In , He bought a Maruti Van Omni car from his little savings and own hard-earned money with the help of his uncle, calls him a Baba. To get a loan, his grandfather had to mortgage his family house to enable the car loan. He got a car loan from the Karnataka State Finance Corporation, which was the only bank, which is to give loans those days after buying the car and he thought to keep it for his first self-use.
It was not sufficient to pay the EMI. Nandini Akka, a woman whose house his mother used to work and working in Intel Corporation, asked him why you do not rent out his Maruti van instead of it just lying around. She advised him to lease the Omni to Intel. The first company he rented his car was Intel Corporation because Nandini helped arrange. She taught him the basics of doing this type of business.
Ramesh Babu started renting out. That is how he came into the car rental business. By , he started adding more cars to the fleet and had six cars all engaged in the same business. As he slowly but steadily gathered a sizeable customer base, gradually, the car rental drew in customers from the tourism and travel industry. Ramesh Babu focused on getting the saloon off the ground. Between and , with the help of Karnataka State Finance Corporation, Ramesh Babu bought seven more cars and his car rental business now known as Ramesh Tours and Travels.
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