#AHFCL #MALA(Mahila Awaas Loan from Aspire) salutes the spirit of #IndependentWomen Patricia Narayan and her #courage to believe that she could be a #successful Entrepreneur.

1. Registered Office & Corporate Office, Aspire Home Finance Corporation Ltd., Motilal Oswal Tower,
Rahimtullah Sayani Road, Opposite Parel ST Depot, Prabhadevi, Mumbai- 400025
PATRICIA NARAYAN
Entrepreneur, Sandheepa Restaurant
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. Patricia Narayan, the
winner of this year’s ‘Ficci Woman Entrepreneur of the Year’ award, is a burning example of how to
take advantages of hard times instead of being used and controlled by them and how to evolve through
difficulties that lead you to the road of accomplishment from battling against helplessness, getting rid of
failed marriage and drug addict and abusive husband, and taking care of two small kids, she not only
managed to pursue her passion but also laid the foundation of success on it by establishing the chain of
restaurants.
Patricia Narayan’s journey started when she entered the threshold of a complete failed
marriage with the person of her own choice who belonged to a Brahmin family. It was considerably
troublesome issue for a very conservative Christian family to accept it. Unfortunately, she couldn’t cope
up with drug addict and abusive husband who would beat her often. She was left with two choices,
either to die with two small kids or fight her own battle as her father denied to help her in anyway. She
started making pickles, jams and squashes at home. Her endeavor was successful and soon she found
herself to be economically independent. Her first step of becoming of an entrepreneur was when she
decided to sell bajjis, cutlets, samosas, fresh juice, coffee and tea in Marina beach. On her first day, she
could only manage to sell one cup of coffee for fifty paise.
However, her progress was briefly stopped by the death of her newlywed daughter Sandheepa.
Two years later, she returned to the business and opened her own restaurant after her daughter’s
name. Her success wasn’t magic or a miracle that happened overnight, it actually took her 30 years to be
a successful entrepreneur.