Khanindra Barman

Khanindra Barman (Kay), hailing roots from Guwahati, Assam, India is an Author, Optimist, Serial Entrepreneur, Brand Consultant & Mentor.

His purpose is to help the world create better brands. After passing out from BITS Pilani, he worked as a software engineer for 5 years. One fine day he decided to renounce the corporate world and pursue his dreams of becoming an entrepreneur. That’s when he launched his first restaurant in Bangalore, India in 2004. This was just the beginning, he then went on to launch 22 different projects across restaurants, night clubs, lounges and spas over a period of 15 years. Simultaneously, he was also a professional DJ and had released more than 100 records globally.

He is also a seasoned serial entrepreneur in the hospitality and lifestyle industry. His lifestyle brand Würfel has revolutionized the Indian Modular Kitchen industry with a vision to bring European modular kitchens to every Indian home. Looking at the national popularity of Würfel Küche he also launched a complete home interior project under the brand name Würfel Living.

He is a first generation entrepreneur and built everything from scratch. While taking the first few steps in his entrepreneurial journey he went through many hardships and always wished he had some help or a mentor. He burnt his hands in the process but also learnt a lot, which in his opinion is a great way to learn. During that time, he promised himself that if someday he is in a position to help the community, he would actively be doing the same. And today, that’s what he takes pride and happiness in mentoring future entrepreneurs.

Being a part of numerous successful ventures, one day he had a profound realization that this frenzied race has no cessation. Following which, he spent a lot of time self-reflecting where he felt an inner calling of giving back to the community.

135,000 new companies are launched every day out of which less than 10% manage to make profits. He found these numbers astounding and decided to work towards helping create better brands which will make the world a better place.

Currently he is focussing on helping the new generation of entrepreneurs. He also does a lot of one- on-one mentoring sessions for many entrepreneurs and brands. He says, “Real happiness is not in earning but in giving. This world would be so much more beautiful when everybody starts sharing.”

He is highly optimistic and grounded by nature. In the future, he wants to work more towards social and environmental initiatives. He also wants to introduce to the world the “Cycle of Greatness”, where he says, “Great leaders create great people and great people create great brands.”

Eventually he wants to build a school for the under privileged and he has already started working on this path.