Pratik Industries

Our workshop is located at number 32 in the Hareram Harekrishna Industrial Estate, right on I.B. Patel Road. If you know Goregaon East, you know how busy this stretch gets with all the small units and trucks trying to navigate the narrow lanes. Pratik Industries has been operating from this spot for years, and it’s definitely got that old Mumbai industrial feel to it. The walls could probably use a fresh coat of paint, but we’re usually too busy with the actual work to worry about that. Inside, it’s mostly the sound of metal and machines running. We do a lot of fabrication and part manufacturing here. It’s a hands-on kind of place where everyone’s clothes usually have a bit of grease or dust on them by midday. During the monsoon, the rain hits the tin roof so loud we have to shout to hear each other, but we just keep going anyway. We aren't a huge team, so everyone knows what the other person is working on. There is no fancy HR department or complex hierarchy here. If something needs fixing, we just grab the tools and do it ourselves. We get our tea from the same vendor at the corner every afternoon. It’s a simple setup, but it works for us. We make sure the dimensions are right and the products are solid before they get loaded onto the tempos waiting outside in the lane. We just take it one day at a time.