Vinod Kumar Mittal was born in Himalayan city Shimla on 5th May 1950 in the traditional Aggarwal family. Soon after, his family shifted to city Kharad near Chandigarh. 

 

His father Sh. Brij Lal was running the business of cloth for many years in Kharad. But after he suffered losses in business, they shifted to city Khanna near Ludhiana. 

 

He completed his high school from The Modern School in Khanna. The quality of education he got in that school made the ground for him to touch high levels of education in the future years. He had very high regards for a teacher at that school who taught him both mathematics and English. 

 

After high school, he qualified for Delhi College of Engineering at Delhi and completed his engineering in the mechanical stream. 

 

After college, he joined Bajaj Electricals at Mumbai and worked there for 2 years. He submitted form for post graduate course at IIM, Ahmedabad. He qualified but didn't join and he himself didn't know why he did that blunder. 

 

But destiny wanted him to be there and next year he again applied. He qualified and this time he grabbed the opportunity. Then those two years at IIM changed his life not only in terms of career but as an individual a well. 

 

After IIM, he had one year stint at IBP and then worked for 4-5 years in UPSIC at Kanpur. But the leader in him was always urging him to take risks and do something big. He finally quit his government job and started his own manufacturing unit of steel at Sikandarabad, UP. 

 

He became a very successful entrepreneur and started another unit of wire drawing at Ghaziabad in early 1990's by the name of Chetak Metals. This unit was the top grosser among the industrial areas of Ghaziabad for many years. 

 

But unfortunately, his health was not on his side and he suffered a severe heart attack at the age of 42. But he was a fighter as not only did he recovered from that attack but he also grew his business to higher levels after that. 

 

Then when he was close to 60, he started winding his business as his health was declining and all his three kids had also started working in their respective fields. But his health started declining a lot in late 2010 and he breathed his last on 14th Feb 2011. 

 

He is survived by his wife, Bimlesh, two daughters - Richa, Nitika and son - Nipun. His wife is a housewife but she is also highly qualified like him and had done her MA in political science. 

 

His elder daughter Richa is an architect and settled in San Jose, USA with her husband and two sons. Her husband is an IITian and works in Google in California. 

 

His younger daughter Nitika has done post graduation in management from ICFAI, Gurgaon and is settled in Gurgaon with her husband and son. She is working in Crisil and her husband is a qualified CA and working in SBI’s risk management. 

 

His son Nipun has done post graduation in management for IMI, Delhi and working in Indian Oil corporation. 

 

His journey was not so long but will be remembered for his academics, business acumen, his in-depth knowledge on almost every subject of life and also for his helpful nature. Above all he was simplicity personified without any ill will towards any one.