Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. And H. K. Mittal, CMD, Mercator Lines, is one those corporate leaders who has seen, thought and discovered all the roads that leads to success. It's now wonder that he has found new horizon of glory for the Mercator Lines.

Known to spreading his empire in the mercantile world, Mittal has already carved a niche in the global corporate world and has been steering the ship of the Mercator Lines Limited in the rough sea, and in the process, has helped the mercantile company tide over many a problem.

In fact, Mittal's contribution to the corporate world has been duly recognized by the media as he was named the entrepreneur of the year award in 2005-2006. The award was given for "bringing transparency and professionalism to a traditional industry, creating the fastest growing Indian shipping company and building immense shareholder value". Mittal has set the goal to make his company a dominant force in the international shipping and offshore industry.

An M. Tech from Roorkee University, Mittal has been the captain of this established player in the marine transportation industry for long. And under his able steering, the company has been breaking conventional barriers of the shipping industry and has been providing the most valuable shipping solutions too.

With about 30 years of fertile entrepreneurial experience, Mittal, a corporate to the core, started his career by forming a proprietorship firm Natraj Chemicals in 1975 that was later converted into a limited company, called Natraj Organics Ltd. Primarily into the manufacturing field, the Company produces Sulphuric Acid and Oleum Ferric Alum.

Expanding his business by promoting Ankur Fertilizers Pvt. Ltd to manufacture super phosphate fertilizers, Mittal scaled new heights in the vast ocean of corporate professionalism. The same year, this agile entrepreneur bagged the entrepreneur of the year award. Further, Mittal's acquisition of the Mercator Lines Ltd. in 1988 totally changed the destiny of this corporate chief.

A man who is always close to market realities, Mittal also received the NITIE-Empresario Most Inspiring Entrepreneur of 2006, an award to recognize people who inspire others to achieve their best. Thanks to Mittal's vision and rock-hard policies, Mercator Lines has over the years emerged as India's third largest shipping company in the private sector with a clear focus on energy transportation. And as long as Mittal is at the helms of the big ship of the Mercator Lines, the company will sail smoothly in the high sea of professional excellence.