HON’BLE MINISTER FOR TOURISM AND CULTURE SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY RELEASES MY STAMP ISSUED BY INDIA POST TO HONOUR LATE SHRI JAI KARAN SHARMA, FOUNDER, CHETAK GROUP

New Delhi,  Hon’ble Union Cabinet Minister for Tourism, Culture and Development of North-Eastern Region of India, Shri G. Kishan Reddy released a commemorative My Stamp (issued by the India Post) in honour of Late Shri Jai Karan Sharma, Founder Chetak Group, at an event, here, today.Post-Master General (Operations) Shri Ashok Kumar handed over the first album to the Hon’ble Minister as a symbolic release of the commemorative My Stamp. The Stamp was unveiled by the Minister and Post-Master General in the presence of Smt. Krishna Sharma, Chairperson Chetak Group and wife of Shri Jai Karan Sharma, their sons and Directors Shri Mukesh, Rajesh and Sachin Haritash and Shri G Raghuram, Principal Academic Advisor NRTI and former Director IIM (Bangalore).Shri Jai Karan Sharma, Founder Chairman, Chetak Group was recognised for his illustrious life journey wherein he excelled on the professional, social and personal front. Late Shri Jai Karan Sharma, son of a farmer, hailing from Jhinjhar, a small village in Haryana was a self-made entrepreneur who started from scratch and went on to build the Chetak Group, one of the leaders in Logistics, in India.Speaking on the occasion, Hon’ble Union Minister Shri G Kishan Reddy said, “I am happy to see a home-grown and self-made person like Shri Jai Karan Sharma ji, Founder, Chetak Group being recognised by the India Postal department and I am glad to release a postal stamp to acknowledge his achievements. A person with rural background and moderate means, he fought against all odds, starting from scratch and going on to build a company that created substantial employment and contributed to the economy. Shri Sharma ji was a living example of the Prime Minister’s Employment generation programme. People like him help the government’s efforts in working on various development initiatives and I am sure this recognition will encourage today’s youth to take up entrepreneurship and take advantage of various government policies to create employment, rather than seeking employment.”