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G.R. Gopinath

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in Gorur, Karnataka, India

November 13, 1951

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Captain Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar Gopinath is an Indian entrepreneur, the founder of Air Deccan, a retired Captain of the Indian Army, an author, and a politician.

After school, he earned a commission in the Indian Army, earning the rank of Captain.

The army life seemed to somehow tie him down. He took early retirement from Indian Army, at the age of 28. Upon retirement from the armed forces, he established an ecologically sustainable sericulture farm; his innovative methods earned him the Rolex Laureate Award in 1996. Next, he started the Malnad Mobikes (Enfield dealership) and opened a hotel in Hassan.

In 1997 he co-founded Deccan Aviation, a charter helicopter service. In 2003, Gopinath founded Air Deccan, a low cost airline; Air Deccan merge ...more

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Average rating: 4.21 · 1,701 ratings · 159 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey 4.22 avg rating — 1,680 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“When you start something you cannot give yourself a time-frame for success. You can't say: if it doesn't work out in six-months I will give up. Your only task is to keep doing whatever it takes to achieve the goal.”
― G.R. Gopinath, Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey

tags: give-up, goal, success, time-frame

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“The power of the metaphor is that in a single flash the entire idea is revealed.”
― G.R. Gopinath, Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey

tags: communication, metaphor

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“Where others saw gloom, I saw light or lit a candle.”
― G.R. Gopinath

tags: entrepreneur, gloom, hope, light

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