Mr. Sanjay Chhabra – Lotus was his dream. And the business traits running in his blood turned his dream into reality. Born in a small business family, knit closely with friends and brothers, Mr. Sanjay Chhabra, the founder of Lotus Electronics is a born entrepreneur, a natural leader, and a man who believes in relationships. With a basic commerce background, he started small with his own distribution business even before turning twenty.

Young enthusiast, he shared the dream of opening an electronic store which would give choice, comfort, and convenience to the customers with his co-founders, Pahwa and Raje in 1998. With the trio’s teaming together, the first Lotus Store bloomed in Indore city in the year 2000, being the country's largest retail electronic store of that time.

Sanjay’s deep understanding of people, whether customers, employees or other stakeholders, has today enabled him to create a big lotus family with 1.5 million customers, 800 staff members, and more than 120 brands associated with Lotus.

Mr. Deepak Pahwa- A postgraduate in Commerce, Mr. Deepak Pahwa, has been the strongest companion and just the co-founder Mr. Chhabra needed for Lotus Electronics, to shape it up as a strong business house.

With a background of multiple business joint family and experience in the timber business from a very young age, he has been the backbone of Lotus from its initial days.

From Purchases, Operations, Logistics, to Team Handling, he has been a multi-tasker in laying the foundation of business. And till date is thickly involved in the running of the business as well as mentoring the next generation on various aspects.

Mr. Rajendra Raje- Co-founder of Lotus Electronics, Mr. Raje is a postgraduate in Marketing with professional experience of almost 40 years, having worked with renowned corporates before joining the business.

He has helped Lotus define the purpose of its existence, the creator of Lotus Brand Promise - Rishta Behtar Zindagi Se now termed as the Promise of Making Lives Better.

The identity created by him has helped each and every member of the organization to move forward in one single direction, for one single purpose – towards making the customer’s life better by offering him, the best of products, the best of advice, the best of offers and the best of experiences.

Mr. Raje is actively involved with professional bodies such as Indore Management Association, Indian Society of Lighting Engineers and Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers. He is also a certified trainer with Junior Chamber International. An avid sports enthusiast, he is fond of exploring new places and reading.

Mr Gaurav Pahwa - With a heart full of commitment and the zeal of taking up new responsibilities of turning the family business dream into a full bloom reality, MD, Gaurav Pahwa, the eldest in next-generation joined Lotus in the year 2003. After completing his Master’s Degree in Business Management from the University of Kent, Gaurav joined with his big plans to take Lotus to a new horizon altogether.  

With store expansions, setting up of new categories, establishing IT business, gaming business, conceptualizing and developing the software, driving aggressive marketing plans, to getting into institutional business and taking the business online, he has always had novel and brilliant ideas up his sleeves that are committed to organizational growth constantly.

Truly a people person, a motivator and a team leader full of ideas, Gaurav believes that a leader who supports and encourages his team attains the set goals easily. He aims to utilize the full potential of the available resources and channelize them towards the CPR Group’s vision – of Making People’s Lives Better!