■ Staff Reporter :
THE Chairman ofVICCO Laboratories,Yeshwant
Keshav Pendharkar
passed away on Friday
due to old age at his residence in Civil Lines,
Nagpur. He was 85 years
old. He leaves behind
wife Shubhada; sons
Ajay, Deep; daughter
Deepti; grandchildren
and a host of relatives to
mourn the loss. The
funeral procession will
start from his residence
at‘Keshwaynamaha’ 1662 A, Chitnavis Road, Civil
Lines on Saturday at 9.30 am. The last rites will
be performed at Ambazari ghat.
After completing LLB, Pendharkar joinedVICCO group. His study of law always helped VICCO Group. Because of him, VICCO Group succeeded in winning the 30-year old legal battle.
His guidance in all the arguments made in the
court proved successful. VICCO carved a niche for
itself in the ayurvedic products market. It competed
with big multinational companies and created its own
space.
Yeshwant Pendharkar
had joined his elder brother
Gajananrao in taking company to a new height. VICCO has originated in
Mumbai but it has a strong
Nagpur link. While
Gajananrao, his son Sanjeev
and others looked after its
Mumbai establishment,
Yeshwantrao and Jayantrao
settled here to manage VICCO unit at Hingna MIDC,
Nagpur.
After the sad demise of
Gajananrao in 2015,
Yeshwantrao took over the
reigns of Chairmanship in
2016. Under his leadership,
VICCO adopted new technology and accordingly
raised its market share occupying the place in the heart
of people. Under his
Chairmanship, company got
several awards related to
export. He was known as soft
leader in the industry sector.
He had fluency in Sanskrit
and was fond of reading religious scriptures like the
Bhagwadgeeta and
Ramayan. In his death, people have lost a learned and
considerate personality