Captain Vijay Raichand, VSM, (Retd)
Head of Real Eatate
Capt. Vijay Raichand had an enviable 20 years of service on Indian Naval ships and establishments before he took pre-mature retirement. In his last job in the Indian Navy, he was in-charge of modernizing the only Indian Aircraft carrier INS Vikrant in a record time to give it an additional life of 20 years and make it fit for “Harrier aircraft” operations. For this he was awarded the ‘Vishisht Seva Medal” by the President of India. Captain Raichand also excelled in sports and earned Services/ Navy Blues in Athletics, Football, Golf and Tennis.
Post retirement he went on to set up and operate companies for distribution of Polyester/ Nylon/ Tyre cord Yarns and manufacture of speciality yarns and packaging materials. Thereafter he was also involved in setting up a company to manufacture adhesives and specialty chemicals Titinates and PCE. He also has experience of running a company that carried out repairs of Diesel engines/ gear boxes etc of Naval ships, Coal India and Army Tanks.