Pune: Ajinkya Firodia, the managing director at Kinetic Engineering, wears two hats. He also leads Motoroyale Kinetic — India’s only known dealer in premium motorcycle brands.
Firodia’s work entails frequent visits abroad, as the company also dabbles in automotive component exports. Besides travelling overseas, his travel list includes constant trips to Mumbai or Delhi — even thinking of which is tiresome for Firodia.
“It is stressful to plan a trip because boarding a flight from Mumbai or Delhi is expensive and requires two extra days, which is quite a lot for people who travel often,” he says.
Firodia says that Pune is a reasonably important city to not have a full-fledged international airport. “For an industry to grow, we need air connectivity. The talks have been going on for years. But it is 2019 and we still don’t have a full-fledged international airport. Once you have connectivity, you have opportunity,” he says.
The makeshift domestic airport in the city is not too enchanting for him either. “Once, it was raining and there were no buses to take passengers to the flight. After checking-in, I went to the flight holding area. At this point, it was pouring and the cabin crew said ‘run’. So we all had to run in the pouring rain. The airport was a mess,” he recollects.
Firodia, who grew up in Pune, says the deterioration of the city is not limited to the airport. He says, “Pune used to be a beautiful city. People would come here from Mumbai for the cool weather and to relax. Everything is so stressful these days.”
He says, “If we just retain the weather, anyone would like to come here for business. Everything is good — the quality of life, people, schools, clubs, restaurants and cafés, to list a few. It is one of the safest cities in India. There are industries of all sorts. Despite all these, the city is going down rapidly due to lack of planning and slow implementation.”
19/05/19 Satyanarayan Iyer/Times of India
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Firodia’s work entails frequent visits abroad, as the company also dabbles in automotive component exports. Besides travelling overseas, his travel list includes constant trips to Mumbai or Delhi — even thinking of which is tiresome for Firodia.
“It is stressful to plan a trip because boarding a flight from Mumbai or Delhi is expensive and requires two extra days, which is quite a lot for people who travel often,” he says.
Firodia says that Pune is a reasonably important city to not have a full-fledged international airport. “For an industry to grow, we need air connectivity. The talks have been going on for years. But it is 2019 and we still don’t have a full-fledged international airport. Once you have connectivity, you have opportunity,” he says.
The makeshift domestic airport in the city is not too enchanting for him either. “Once, it was raining and there were no buses to take passengers to the flight. After checking-in, I went to the flight holding area. At this point, it was pouring and the cabin crew said ‘run’. So we all had to run in the pouring rain. The airport was a mess,” he recollects.
Firodia, who grew up in Pune, says the deterioration of the city is not limited to the airport. He says, “Pune used to be a beautiful city. People would come here from Mumbai for the cool weather and to relax. Everything is so stressful these days.”
He says, “If we just retain the weather, anyone would like to come here for business. Everything is good — the quality of life, people, schools, clubs, restaurants and cafés, to list a few. It is one of the safest cities in India. There are industries of all sorts. Despite all these, the city is going down rapidly due to lack of planning and slow implementation.”
19/05/19 Satyanarayan Iyer/Times of India
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