wo decades ago, Sandeep Khosla’s business card would have white ink masking the word junior in his designation. “I’d try to hide it,” he smiles remembering his first, rather reluctant, foray into sales.

After graduating in Arts from the University of Kanpur, Khosla returned to Mumbai when he got to know about an opening at India Book Distributors. After six months, Khosla heard that the Indian Express Group was looking for people. ‘Smart and having good command over English’ was all that was required. Khosla, was hired in the sales team as junior business executive. The ‘salesman by accident’ was to stay there for 22 years. ... more