Urvi Associate

Our office is at 12 Sahyog Apartment, right opposite Sindhi High School in Usmanpura. Being near a school means it gets very loud around the time the bells ring and the kids are heading home, but it also means there are always plenty of snacks available from the street vendors. The apartment is on the first floor, and it’s been converted into our workspace. It still feels a bit like a home, with the kitchen area used for making tea and the living room holding most of our desks. We’re in Ahmedabad, so the summers are really something else, and we mostly just try to stay out of the sun and keep the fans going. The building is older, with those heavy metal gates and a small elevator that sometimes gets stuck between floors. We don't have a big sign outside, just a small one near the door. It’s a quiet life for the most part, focusing on the work at hand as an associate. We don't have a marketing team or anything like that. People find us because they live in the neighborhood or heard about us from a friend. We keep our records in big ledgers and on a couple of older computers. It’s not a high-tech operation, but we know where everything is. We like the personal feel of being in a residential building rather than a cold office block. It makes the day go by a bit easier.