Leadership team
The Genesis of Essae
My innate nature is to seek knowledge, convert into wisdom and translate it into positive action to serve society by touching the lives of people. Having studied mechanical engineering and worked in two organisations, one a government research laboratory and another an academic institution, the emptiness continued. I changed four jobs in seven years since I wanted to explore the different aspects of life in different places and in different roles. I wanted to experiment my entrepreneurial acumen. I shifted my gear from seeking one more job to providing many more jobs. This is the genesis of Essae.
The one and only capital I had was a powerful idea coupled with indomitable courage and conviction to make my knowledge useful for me, my family and society at large. “The journey of thousand miles begins with a single step “. The first step was taken in the right direction when my mother inaugurated “Essae“ on 15 June 1965 along with the blessings of my father and brothers. The journey has not been easy, though challenging and inspiring. I could learn from every failure that kept me going for over 6 decades without losing enthusiasm.
The purpose of any organisation is to serve society and also make profit as a byproduct. The right values and robust systems are embedded in the veins of Essae since inception. I am sure, this momentum will continue to accelerate a healthy growth in the years to come.
I am grateful to those who have travelled along with me in this marathon. The journey continues to be wonderful and self fulfilling. I wish Essae group to use this innate strength to grow to its full potential.
With Love,
Essae Chandran
Founder & Chairman - Emeritus
Collaborating for Win-Win
Ethics and values in business come before everything else for Essae
We work based on the deep rooted conviction that win-win is the only sustainable foundation for all successful long term partnerships with all our stakeholders. The business environment and technology is rapidly changing and disrupting both our customers and competitors alike. Such disruptions have always fuelled in us a burning passion and a deeper commitment to provide more relevant and innovative products and solutions to all our customers and business partners.
Competition here is truly global in nature with the best of technology and products made available to the Indian customer. Our sustained success for more than 40 years is substantial proof of our ability to compete and win against any global competition through long term investment on our people, R&D and excellence in manufacturing and quality.
Finally, the real strength of Essae is the deep commitment of our beloved Essae-ites towards this shared vision and mission.
with Best Wishes,
Prabhu Chandran
Managing Director
Global Partnerships
It is truly a flat world now. Essae realises the strong need to partner with global technology leaders to bring the best of products and solutions to the Indian customer.
The Teraoka/DIGI group was founded in 1926 with presence in over 75 countries and is the global leader in weighing and POS technology for retail & industrial markets. It has more than 100 years of rich history in setting new standards by offering innovative solutions such as the first price computing scale, automatic Weigh-Wrap-Labeller etc.
Essae-Teraoka was conceived as a manufacturing joint venture with Teraoka Seiko of Japan in 1986 with co-operation in the form of financial investment in equity and technology transfer. A large part of our success was due to our founder’s vision to manufacture Teraoka/DIGI scales in India as early as 1987.
