Bhavarlal Jain

Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain(also known as Bade Bhau – Big Brother or Bhumiputra – Son of the Earth) is the Founder Chairman of Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.(JISL).

Life

In 1980, he commenced PVC pipe manufacturing operations . During 1987–98, he pioneered the concept of micro irrigation in India. He has received many awards and accolades for outstanding work in agriculture including the prestigious Crawford Reid Memorial Award instituted by Irrigation Association, USA for "Significant achievements in promoting proper irrigation techniques and in fostering major advancements in the Industry outside the United States of America" in 1997. He was the first Indian and the second Asian to receive this honor.

Jain was born into a farming family of a tiny village named Wakod in Maharashtra, India in 1937. In 1963, selling kerosene from a pushcart, the young law graduate Bhavarlal Jain, started the family business with trading. The family formed a partnership with a meager Rs. 7,000, the accumulated savings of three generations, as capital. Soon, agencies for two wheelers, auto vehicles, and automobile accessories were established.