RNS TRUCKING Ltd.
About RNS TRUCKING Ltd.
RNS Trucking dedicated
to Quality Service. We proudly introduce ourselves as Bharat Benz dealer
network in Karnataka offering all services under one roof. Sales, Service,
Spares, Body Repair, Quick Repair, Extended warranty, On Road Service catering
Hubli, Belgaum, Koppal, Murudeshwar, Bijapur, Kalaburgi, & Harihar with
total of 7 outlets.
Daimler India
Commercial Vehicles: - Daimler AG's fully owned subsidiary, are fully committed to
Making Trucks in India with exports to multiple countries. Daimler being a
pioneer in Truck industry, had unveiled the brand the BharatBenz in 2012 with
vehicles that are customized for Indian market and roads. Since then, BharatBenz
has been successful in transforming the Indian CV industry and has endeavored
several milestones in line with the vision which was set during its inception.
Daimler has its manufacturing facility located in Chennai that produces
trucks in 4 different brands and houses a state of the art test track which is
used for producing the most reliable trucks to its customers. BharatBenz
has its strong network across India with 34 dealers on boarded till date and
more than 250 touch points that cater to Sales, Service and Spares.
RNS trucking, proud
dealer to Daimler India Commercial Vehicles for their BharatBenz brand trucks
and buses was operational in 2013 and since sold over 4000+ vehicles across
North Karnataka.
With 8 state-of-the-art
facilities as part of the ever growing sales and service network, RNS trucking
keeps thousands of customers happy. It has been consistent in delivering the
best to its customers through superior service and customer oriented processes.
Rama Nagappa Shetty
INDUSTRIALIST
PUBLIC SPACE PRIVATE
LIFE at 83.
He was a man who
believes in simple living and high thinking. Eighty-three-year-old Rama Nagappa
Shetty has come a long way from his humble origins in Murudeshwar.
"I like to work.
To keep myself busy with office meetings or business conferences. Twice a
month, I also ensure I visit my beloved God (Lord Shiva) at Murudeshwar,"
says Shetty, who was born on Independence Day.
With a visit to the
temple. "Oh, my father keeps himself busy though we insist that he take it
easy," smiles Sunil, his second son, who likes to keep a low profile and
is always a step behind his famous dad.
THE POWER OF
SIMPLICITY
Though Shetty's annual
business turnover today stretches beyond Rs. 2,000 crore, his inborn simplicity
and humility have remained untouched. In his autumn, he was ever ready to
travel by non-luxury bus and sometimes boards a second-class sleeper train to
reach Hubli from Bangalore. "Whatever I am today is because of the respect
that people have bestowed on me. I am glad they appreciate my simplicity and
hard work," said Shetty.
After all, Shetty was
not the one who was born with a silver spoon. "I came from an agricultural
family at Murudeshwar in Uttara Kannada district. My father was the
administrator of Murudeshwara temple."
EARLY DAYS
After completing high
school, Shetty started his career as a civil contractor in Sirsi. "Those
days, it was a strenuous walk to school in Sirsi every day. But there were no
colleges in Sirsi in those days for me to continue my studies. However,
whatever happens, happens for the good," Shetty reminisces. His career as
a civil contractor blossomed so much that his father got him married at the age
of 24. In 1961, he started a partnership company (R N Shetty & Company).
During the next four years, it undertook construction of three major projects —
building bridges on Honnavar-Bangalore road.
"This phase taught me that quality and
hard work really pays," Shetty says, citing examples of how they managed
to impress bureaucrats with good construction work by hiring skilled workers
from Kerala.
As business
flourished, Shetty moved out of his native district and began operations from
Hubli. In 1967, he started another company in Hubli in his younger son's name
(Naveen) with seven civil contractors. The company bid for construction of
Hidkal dam in Belgaum district. However, the company did not survive for long
due to huge financial losses. In order to keep it alive, other stakeholders in
the company offered Shetty their share. The next year, he took over the company
and over eight years, R N Shetty undertook several projects that nursed the
company back to good health.
Thereafter, there was
no looking back. He's built roads, dams, bridges, hotels, a ceramic company,
power projects, automobile ventures, hospitals and educational institutions.
"Murudeshwar's blessing and luck really favored me after my third son was
born," he admits. This, he says, is the reason why he chose to name many
of his business ventures after his third son.
Buoyed by his success
in the construction field, Shetty could have remained invincible in that field.
But, as always, he wanted to experiment. He entered the hotel business in 1975
and constructed a five-star hotel in Bangalore which was leased to the Taj Group
of Hotels (Taj Residency). "The lease will expire in another two years but
we are thinking of extending it.
We are also on the
verge of completing another five star hotel at Yeshwanthpur, which will also be
leased to The Taj," he says.
He has car dealerships
too. "We have set high standards of excellence and are extremely conscious
about delivering value to our customers. This is proved by the fact that we are
one of biggest dealers in Maruti cars in the state and have also won awards for
our services," says the industrialist.
RELIGIOUS BENT
Materialistic pursuits
and achievements apart, Shetty is a deeply religious and philanthropic person.
He is instrumental in putting the sleepy town of Murudeshwar on the tourism
map. Being a devotee of Lord Shiva, he first showed keen interest in renovating
and rebuilding the Murudeshwar temple in Dravidian architectural style. The
249-ft-tall Raja Gopura at the temple is considered the tallest gopura in the
world.
Another marvel is the
123-ft Shiva idol erected on the hillock on the coast of Arabian Sea, said to
be the tallest in the world. "I decided to build the idol inspired by my
visit to Kanyakumari in the early 90s. I had visited the place two years after
the famous Vivekananda statue was installed there. After that it took about two
years to build the shiva idol," he says adding, "I will continue the
development work at Murudeshwara till my last breath. I also want my children
to take it forward." Shetty who believes in leading a spartan life,
instilled a sense of duty and discipline among his seven children - three sons
and four daughters. His kids heed his advise to lead simple lives. "As a
father, I was a strict disciplinarian with my children, but with the
grandchildren, I have turned their friend," he says candidly
WHAT DOES HE DO?
He was the chairman of
R N Shetty Group of companies and also runs a chain of educational institutions
under the R N Shetty trust
FAVOURITE THINGS TV
show: Serial
Mahabharata, directed by B R Chopra Food: Any hot vegetarian food and
occasionally, sea-water fish Actor: Kannada matinee idol Rajkumar Place:
Bangalore
FIRMLY GROUNDED: Though R N Shetty's
annual business turnover today stretches beyond Rs. 2,000 crore, his simplicity
and humility have remained untouched.