Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar Gopinath or famously known as Captain Gopinath is one such man who revolutionized the airlines Industry in India. He was a man with a vision and was the first one to launch the low cost airline in India. Capitan Gopinath made it possible for the common man to fly using airplanes. Though he was born in a remote village of Gorur, Karnataka yet he had immense self belief and he simply refused to think small. Captain Gopinath did his earlier education in the village only however he later joined National Defence Academy and graduated from the Indian military academy as a commissioned officer. After serving the Indian army for eight long years, he quit his job and went on to become a farmer. He converted the barren land into proper plantation and even won recognition for it.
Captain Gopinath has been inspiration for many since he fought against all the odds and made his dreams come true with his own efforts and strength. After working as a farmer, he indentified the entrepreneur in himself. During that time, somewhere in 1995, the government of India was encouraging the entrepreneurship and Captain Gopinath got wings to his dreams. With the help of his friend he started his own Helicopter service. He launched his own airline company by the name of Air Deccan. Its main motive was to make flying possible for the common man. Captain Gopinath achieved this by eliminating services like food, drinks and also by increasing the number of seats. This concept was mimicked by a number of other airlines companies and later on Air Deccan was sold to Vijya Malya’s Kingfisher airlines.
However, Capitan Gopinath emerged again with his new company Deccan 360 that works exclusively freight carrier aircrafts. Today Capitan Gopinath is the proud founder and chairmen of Deccan 360.
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