{"id":4055,"date":"2022-03-06T22:24:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T16:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.easy2it.com\/bi\/?p=4055"},"modified":"2022-03-06T22:58:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T17:28:21","slug":"sheela-alurkar-abhivruddhi-financial-consultancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.easy2it.com\/bi\/sheela-alurkar-abhivruddhi-financial-consultancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview of an influential woman | Sheela Alurkar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sheela Alurkar
Abhivruddhi Financial Consultancy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Sheela Alurkar<\/strong> is an Entrepreneur and the Founder of Abhivruddhi Financial Consultancy<\/strong>, based in Bangalore and Mumbai. Abhivruddhi is a Financial Consultancy and Advisory firm that helps individuals create wealth
The name of her firm \u201dAbhivruddhi\u201d<\/strong> means accretion<\/strong> i.e. the gradual and incremental growth of assets in the Sanskrit language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business Icon: “Can you tell us about the journey of your life?”<\/strong>
Sheela Alurkar:<\/strong> \u201cOriginally from Mumbai, I started my career with Blue Star Ltd right after my B.Com graduation. While I wanted to pursue M.Com, I enjoyed my work at Blue Star and I was seeing a strong career progression too, so I changed that plan. I started pursuing correspondence course of Company Secretary but, due to family responsibilities post marriage, half-way I couldn\u2019t continue it. The hunger for continuous learning remained and I am proud to say that I completed my Diploma in Financial Management at the age 40, from Mumbai University. It was not easy managing my job, family and attending classes every evening. However, that helped me secure a job in the world\u2019s largest commodity marketing company, Glencore India Pvt Ltd. I retired from Glencore as a DGM \u2013 Accounts and Finance in 2013 after working for 18 years. Thus, I have a rich cumulative corporate work experience of 40 years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Business Icon: Can you tell us about your family background?<\/strong>
Sheela Alurkar:<\/strong> I belonged to a very simple middle-class family, but I had a very fulfilling childhood thanks to my parents and my siblings. My parents taught us the values of good culture and ethics. My father, who we fondly called \u201cNana\u201d, was an encyclopedia for us.
My mother, Aai, was homemaker but an extremely intelligent and a creative lady. She first sowed the seeds of entrepreneurship 50 years back to support the family and it remained a life-lesson.
We grew up, watching our parents buying books and reading, which is why, I am an avid reader.
I am married to Dinesh Alurkar and have one daughter Mugdha who lives in Bangalore and son Kaustubh who lives in the US. My husband always remained my pillar of strength & support in my career journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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with Dinesh Alurkar and Mishika<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Business Icon: What has inspired you to take this career post retirement and give us the brief introduction about company?<\/strong>
Sheela Alurkar:<\/strong> My passion for the domain of Finance drove me to pursue this post retirement. Additionally I was helping my husband who was a Personal Finance Advisor already.
Warren Buffet\u2019s quote resonates with my views – \u201cSomeone\u2019s sitting in the shade today, because someone planted a tree long time ago\u201d
Well, today everyone is in a pursuit of happiness and financial Freedom is a vital step in this pursuit. While many maybe fortunate that our parents have planted that tree for us, all of us aspire to plant a similar or a larger tree for our next generation to enjoy it\u2019s shade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My company \u201cAbhivruddhi\u201d is a Financial Consultancy and Advisory Firm that helps create wealth for our clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is your company\u2019s ideal customer and how does the company currently approach them?<\/strong>
Sheela Alurkar:<\/strong> The main focus is, on the young working professionals, for who, an early start and disciplined investments, can create a huge wealth for themselves and their following generation. Today these young individuals are working very hard for their money but may not have the time to plan their personal finances. At the same time, a lot of senior citizens, who need that handholding for their investments, are our clients. In a nutshell, Abhivruddhi, as a trusted financial Advisory firm, provides complete and personalized solutions to our clients.
I am a strong believer that there is no short cut to Investment, but investment is a long-term journey. The earlier you start investing, the better it is.
The \u2018Power of compounding\u2019<\/strong> is the 8th wonder of the world, and this power can be reliably unleashed over a long term with prudent investments. Even small but regular investments, have the power to magnify your wealth. It also allows one to average the purchase price of a compounding investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n