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'''Malkit Chand Janagal''' (born {{Circa|1962}}) is an Indian entrepreneur and founder of Janagal Exports, a Ludhiana-based T-shirt manufacturing company.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-07-10 |title=Empowerment by enterprise |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/empowerment-by-enterprise/815247/ |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=The Financial Express |language=en}}</ref> He is noted for his success as a [[Dalit]] entrepreneur, having built a successful business after starting his career as a tailor.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Malkit was born in 1962 in Ludhiana where he was eldest of the six siblings. His father, Mansa was a farm worker in Bore, a village {{Convert|20|km}} outside Ludhiana, but moved to the city to start a tailoring business.<ref name="w550">{{cite book |last=Kapur |first=Devesh |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Defying_the_Odds/sSz_AwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Defying+the+Odds:+The+Rise+of+Dalit+Entrepreneurs+google+books&pg=PT207&printsec=frontcover |title=Defying the Odds: The Rise of Dalit Entrepreneurs |last2=Babu |first2=D. Shyam |last3=Prasad |first3=Chandra Bhan |date=July 18, 2014 |publisher=Random House India |isbn=978-81-8400-639-1 |page= |access-date=July 9, 2025}}</ref><br />
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Chand studied in Ludhiana where he finished his [[twelfth grade]] schooling in 1979. He saw no room for growth in family business and sought other enterprises, eventually accepting a job at a T-shirt manufacturing company. His family disapproved of his choice.<ref name="w550" /><br />
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Chand was later promoted to the position of a master cutter in a hosiery factory in [[Ludhiana]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref name="Pioneer2014">{{cite web |date=August 3, 2014 |title=Dalits who defied all odds |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2014/columnists/dalits-who-defied-all-odds.html |access-date=July 8, 2025 |website=The Pioneer}}</ref> He later founded his own garment manufacturing business, Janagal Exports. The company manufactures T-shirts that are exported to countries in Europe and Africa. As of 2014, his business had a reported turnover of Rs 80 crore.<ref name="Pioneer2014" /><br />
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== Recognition ==<br />
Chand's entrepreneurial journey is featured in several books. He was one of the featured profiles in the 2014 book ''[[Defying the Odds: the Rise of Dalit Entrepreneurs|Defying the Odds: The Rise of Dalit Entrepreneurs]]'', co-authored by [[Devesh Kapur]], D. Shyam Babu, and Chandra Bhan Prasad,<ref name="w550" /> and 2013 book ''Dalit Millionaires: 15 Inspiring Stories'' by Milind Khandekar.''{{sfn|Khandekar|2013|loc=Chapter 4}}''<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry]]<br />
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=== Books ===<br />
* {{cite book |last=Khandekar |first=M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t2ZBAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT20 |title=Dalit Millionaires: 15 Inspiring Stories |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |year=2013 |isbn=978-93-5118-583-3 |publication-date=December 15, 2013 |language=en |access-date=July 4, 2025}}<br />
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