THE BABA RAMDEV PHENOMENON (HB)

Patanjali Ayurved has turned
out to be the most disruptive force in the Indian FMCG market..it witnessed a
whopping annual growth of 146% in fiscal year 2016, grossing a turnover of
$769 million.’—Assocham–TechSci research reportWhen in 1965, at Saidalipur, a
nondescript village in Haryana, a baby boy was born to a marginal farmer,
there was hardly any celebration. They were happy to receive what they
believed was ‘the most precious gift from God’ but there was no time to
pause, reflect or celebrate. People needed to get on with their lives. Little
did they realize that the new-born would take this philosophy of detachment
to a different level altogether. And if this detachment was induced in their
life by poverty and hardship, three decades later their child was to show the
world how to practise the same philosophy and even, while doing so, gather
unimaginable wealth—an approximate net sum of 10,000 crore. He was to become
Baba Ramdev, the celebrated yoga guru and one of the founders of Patanjali
Ayurved Limited and Patanjali Yogpeeth.The Baba Ramdev Phenomenon offers a
detailed account of Ramdev’s journey from attaining moksha in the Himalayas
to ruling the market, especially the FMCG sector, with his Patanjali
products. It captures the rise and rise of Patanjali and the various factors
that worked for it, most importantly, the vision of Ramdev and the able
assistance of his associate Acharya Balkrishna.