Walking into his home felt like stepping into a different world. Mr. Kunwer Sachdev — the man who, for all practical purposes, was Su-Kam — sat hunched over a laptop, his eyes fixed on a WordPress tutorial. WordPress. The founder of a power empire, teaching himself to build a website from scratch.
He looked wrecked — genuinely wrecked. Three months earlier, his twins had been born. Then the NCLT process arrived and stripped him of nearly everything. Salary, gone. Savings, gone. Properties, shares, insurance — all of it, gone.
The Committee of Creditors had cut off his salary without ceremony. A man who had once run an empire was suddenly staring at empty pockets and two newborns.
It was hard to sit there and act normal. How does someone go from owner of Su-Kam to this? He explained, almost matter-of-factly, that he was learning WordPress. And then came the quiet bombshell: he had a CEO interview the very next day. After all of it.
The instinct was to offer him anything that might help — but he simply shook his head. “I’ll figure it out,” he said, his voice barely above a whisper. “I always do.”
That was the moment it became clear. This was not just a businessman. He was a fighter. He could have given up and sunk into self-pity; instead he was learning WordPress, preparing for a CEO role, and rebuilding from the ground up — turning the very entrepreneurial drive that had built Su-Kam onto himself.
Entrepreneurs are always said to take risks, but this was a different order of risk. He was betting on himself, on his own ability to bounce back.
It raises a question about what business schools actually teach. Risk management, diversification, the usual frameworks — but rarely this kind of raw, gut-wrenching resilience, the sheer willpower it takes to pick yourself up after being knocked down that hard.
He could easily have fallen into despair. Instead he chose to embrace the entrepreneur within and rebuild. That is not just a story; it is a lesson — in what it means to be human, to be strong, and to rise even when everything has fallen apart. It is the kind of lesson that belongs in every classroom.
The fuller arc of that period — and the comeback that followed — is told in The Shadow Over Su-Kam and From Su-Kam to Su-vastika. Today, that same drive powers his newest ventures, including kunwwer.ai.
Disclaimer
Mr. Kunwer Sachdev, the original founder and visionary behind Su-Kam, is no longer associated with Su-Kam Power Systems Ltd. He has not been involved in the management, operations, or decision-making of the company for several years. Any products, services, communications, or representations made under the Su-Kam name have no connection to Mr. Kunwer Sachdev. His current efforts are entirely focused on new innovations and ventures under different entities, including his latest initiative, Su-vastika, which is redefining the energy storage and power backup industry.