Whatever obstacles you face along the way, anyone with a strong will can achieve their goals. It’s easy to see this in Dadasaheb Bhagat’s success story. The Prime Minister congratulates Bhagat for starting his own company after leaving Infosys. Former Infosys employee Dadasaheb Bhagat is now the CEO of his own start-ups, and Prime Minister Modi is proud of him for it. Find more about the journey of the man who built the “made-in-India” Canva in a shed.
In 1994, Dadasaheb Bhagat was born in Beed, Maharashtra. Bhagat relocated from his village to Pune to look for work after completing high school. He joined an Infosys guest house after completing an ITI diploma program and started earning about Rs 9,000 per month as a room service employee.
He was responsible for delivering room service, water, and tea to guests at the Infosys guest house. While working at Infosys, he developed an interest in the software industry. Bhagat was drawn to the corporate world but knew he would never fit in because he had no college education.
While investigating alternative choices, he was urged to pursue animation and design. He worked at night and attended animation classes during the day. After finishing school, Bhagat was engaged for a “real job” in Mumbai, which he quit after a short time to migrate to Hyderabad.
Bhagat started studying Python and C++ while he was employed by a Hyderabadi design and graphics company. He understood that creating several visual effects took a lot of time and that a collection of reusable templates would be great. He started to offer these design templates online as his idea developed.
Unfortunately, Bhagat was involved in a car accident. Bhagat, who was confined to a bed, quit his job and started spending all of his time in his design library. His first business, Ninthmotion, was established in 2015. He worked with roughly 6,000 clients worldwide in a short period of time, including renowned companies like BBC Studios and the 9XM music channel.
Bhagat took the choice to establish an online graphic design platform akin to Canva. As a result, Bhagat’s second company, DooGraphics, was created. The platform has a straightforward drag-and-drop interface that allows users to create themes and designs. Due to the COVID-19-induced shutdown, he was obliged to stop doing business in Pune and migrate to his hometown in Beed, Maharashtra.
Because his locality lacked enough infrastructure, Bhagat established his company in a highland cow stable with respectable 4G network coverage to make interim preparations. With a small group of friends, he had personally trained in animation and design, Bhagat started his business out of his shed. Soon after, DooGraphics instruction was given to other village children, and business activities started.
The startup had 10,000 active users after six months, with the bulk hailing from Maharashtra, Delhi, and Bangalore, and just a small proportion from Japan, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Bhagat hopes to further Prime Minister Modi’s vision of “Atmanirbhar Bharat” by making DooGraphics, an entirely Indian software, the largest design platform in the planet.