Rachana Engineering Corporation

You can find us at F 10 Nand Dham Industrial Estate on Marol Maroshi Road. Being in Andheri East means there is always traffic and noise outside. Rachana Engineering Corporation is just a workshop where we do a lot of metal turning and fabrication. We have a couple of lathes and some drill presses that have been with us for years. They are old but they still work perfectly if you know how to handle them. The floor is usually covered in metal shavings and oil. We wear our old work clothes because everything gets stained anyway. It’s a busy spot. We get a lot of small jobs from other factories in the estate. Sometimes someone needs a specific part machined because theirs broke. We just take the measurements and get to it. It’s not a clean environment, but it’s a productive one. My father started the shop and now I run it with two other guys. We share a tiffin at lunch in the small corner we cleared out for a table. The fan oscillates but never quite reaches the back of the room. We don't mind. We are used to the heat and the grease. It is just how engineering work goes. We keep our tools sharp and our heads down. People know our door is always open during the day. The roof leaks a tiny bit when the monsoon is really heavy, so we have to move the machines away from that one spot. It’s just part of being in an older industrial estate like Nand Dham.