Overview

Khadims was established in 1965 with the acquisition of a small shop in Chitpur by Lt. Shri
Satya Prasad Roy Burman. Through the next many years, the company was involved in wholeselling and distribution of branded basic utility footwear. From 1993, with its foray into retailing,
Khadims emerged as a popular fashion footwear brand, as also one of the leading organized
footwear retailers in India. Today, Khadims has over 600 retail outlets in 21 states nationally.
In a brief period of less than two decades, Khadims has been transformed into a much-loved
iconic brand that promises customers an unmatched experience. Our passion for producing
quality footwear delivering an inimitable customer satisfaction, has made Khadims one of the
well-known entities in organised footwear retailing in the country.
The same dynamism and appreciation of customer aspirations that has propelled Khadims to a
position of eminence in the country, is now driving Khadims to greater heights. A whole new
generation of customers who demand products that are high on style without compromising
either comfort or quality, are now stepping forth with renewed confidence with our multiple subbrands that are a perfect combination of advanced technology and material, and deliver
affordable fashion like no other.
While keeping pace with the rapidly changing retail environment, global fashion trend and
consumer behavioural paradigms, Khadims has also consciously adopted contemporary retail
store aesthetics for an enhanced shopping experience, and to boost its brand appeal to
Generation-Next.
Khadims sustainable growth and quick ascendance to popularity has many authors; a
management that displayed insightful business acumen and a loyal workforce that made
customer satisfaction their mantra. Even as our business and social environments change rapidly,
Khadims promises to provide the same value quotients to customers that will continue to deliver
delight.

Mission
Ensuring customer delight and stakeholders return by delivering quality product at affordable
price through extensive retail network.

Vision
To be in every Indian step.

Founders Story
Surprisingly and thankfully as well, several hands supported me in my maiden venture and I
loved my business all the more.
When in 1965, Lt. Shri Satya Prasad Roy Burman acquired a small shop in Chitpur, Kolkata, and
with it the Khadims brand, few would have dared to predict the success story that was to be
scripted in the next few decades, especially since 1993, when Khadims commenced its foray
into retailing.
Lt. Shri S.P Roy Burman, also fondly remembered as Barobabu, was a visionary par
excellence. His pioneering spirit that believed in blending intelligence with imagination played
a key role in carving the destiny of Khadims; a process of transformation of a tiny single-shop
entity to a colossus in footwear retailing with more than 600 exclusive retail outlets across the
country.
More than being a manufacturer, I love to manufacture manufacturers.
Lt. Shri Roy Burman was a father-figure for countless small shoe manufacturing entrepreneurs
with his dynamic and insightful perception of technology as well as consumer psychology his
indomitable drive resulted in Khadims becoming one of the market leaders in organized
footwear retailing in India.
Even in a country where exceptional entrepreneurs are not uncommon, Lt. Shri Roy Burman
stands out, not only for his business achievements but for his sensitivity for the needs of the
teeming humanity around him. His missionary zeal to build a business of stature was always
been tempered with the need to address social and economic issues that Indian society was
commonly plagued with.
Even today, as Khadims gears up to expand exponentially and deliver value to the fashionconscious and progressive young customers without losing its focus as an affordable brand, Lt.
Shri Roy Burmans humanitarian philosophy continues to guide and motivate us.

History
Khadims began in the 1960s as a humble shoe store in Chitpur to become a popular and muchloved footwear brand of the new millennia. The journey of almost 50 decades has been more
than just rewarding; it has given Khadims much of its business philosophy and consumer
approach, all of which can still be traced to the hustle and bustle of the whole-sale market and
the people who once crowded our stores back-alley.
In fact, it is this connection with people at the most basic levels of manufacturing, selling and
buying shoes that continues to drive Khadims success. Even as times change, the company
remains as connected with its manufacturing and merchandizing partners as it was many years
ago.But while this association benefits our continued growth, it is our customers who sustain our
business; a fact Khadims has always been, and is still deeply appreciative of. And so, with the
introduction of new trends in shopping in the early 1990s, Khadims transformed itself into a
retailing point of interest,opening exclusive outlets in quick succession to channel direct
communication with customers and improve from real-time feedback.
By the 2000s, realizing the need for expansion and organized retailing as a result, Khadim
became a manufacturing and retailing corporate house, bringing Sales, Finance, Supply Chain
Management, Human Resources, Brand Management, Legal, Systems & IT, Buying and
Merchandising, as well as Manufacturing under one umbrella.
And since Khadims has remained closely-knit units working as one, thinking as one and
dreaming as one. Today, Khadims enjoys nationwide prominence with over 600 retail outlets in
21 states in Indiaall of which has been possible due to an insightful management and a loyal
workforce that has displayed high regards for customer satisfaction at every step. In fact, even as
our business and social environments change, Khadims promises to deliver the same value and
quality to customers that have, over the years, earned Khadims the reputation of a trusted and
reliable shoe brand. Khadims, at the centre of its business, remain greatly motivated by
customer preferences. The now-more-than-ever fashion conscious and discerning generation
demands footwear high on style as well as durability.
Thus, we work towards manufacturing for our customers, fashionable and comfortable shoes,
without a price tag that ever gets too high. Affordable fashion for everyone remains at the core
of our business objective.

C&MD Speaks
Welcome to the World of Khadims - footwear manufacturers and retailers who work based on a
remarkably simple ideology: to make shoes that fit everyone, in style, quality and
price.Thisfrankness of objective that has made Khadims what it is today; a peoples brand that
delivers what it promises: fashion footwear that is not only affordable, but comfortable and
lasting as well.
Although it was no small feat to transform a humbleshoe store in Chitpurof the 1960s into a
popular and much-loved footwear brand of the new millennia, the journey
awardedKhadimsmuch of its business philosophy and consumer approach, and helped
established a strong connection with people at the most basic levels of manufacturing, selling
and buying shoes that continues to drive Khadimss success.
While this association benefits our growth, Khadimsbelievesit is our customers who sustain our
business. Thus, with the introduction of new trends in shopping in the early 1990s, Khadimsfelt
the need to transform itself into a retailing point of interest, and open exclusive outlets in quick
succession to channel direct communication with customers and improve from real-time
feedback.
Today, Khadims enjoys nationwide prominence with over 600 retail outlets in 21 states in
Indiaall of which has been possible due to an insightful management and a loyal workforce
that has displayed high regards for customer satisfaction at every step. Affordable fashion for
everyone remains at the core of our business; even as our business and social environments
change, Khadims promises to deliver the same value and quality to customers that have, over
the years, earned Khadims the reputation of a trusted and reliable shoe brand.

Board of Directors
Mr. Siddhartha Roy Burman is our Chairman & Managing Director
Mr. Siddhartha Roy Burman is our Chairman & Managing Director, and son of Khadim Group's
Founder & Chairman Emeritus, Mr. S P Roy Burman.
Mr. S. Roy Burman joined his father after completion of his Graduation in Commerce in 1980.
Through his thirty-two years (32) in the Company, Khadim has benefitted manifold from his
carefully streamlined operations, processes, HR initiatives, efforts towards brand building, and
more. His leadership has been instrumental in taking Khadim's footwear retailing to its present
heights of success.
Mrs.Tanusree Roy Burman, Whole-time Director
Mrs. Tanusree Roy Burman, wife of Mr. S. Roy Burman and a Whole-time Director at Khadim,
has afforded the Company her insight into fashion, inputs on contemporary design, and eye-fordetail, all of which have greatly helped Khadim bring fashion closer to consumers.
Dr.Indra Nath Chatterjee, Independent Director
Dr. Indra Nath Chatterjee is one of the non-executive, Independent Directors at Khadim. An
Alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIMC), he also is a fellow member of
the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), as well as a fellow member of the Institute
of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI).
Dr. Chatterjee brings with him industry experience of 35 years, having served tenures in the
capacity of Senior Executive/Director/Advisor/Consultant at several renowned companies
including ONGC (Director Finance), the Hinduja Group, TELCO, and Indian Airlines.
Prof.Ashoke Kumar Dutta, Independent Director
Prof. Dutta is one of the non-executive, Independent Directors at Khadim. An Alumnus of the
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIMC), he has served as Founder Director of the
newest IIM-Shillong and as Director of the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business
Management (IISWBM), Kolkata, the oldest business school in India.
Prof. Dutta brings with him experience of more than 40 years spent in service of a number of
Multinational Corporations, home grown large business houses and large PSUs in industries of
Shipping, Transport, FMCG, Media, Education, etc. He has served / is serving a number of
renowned companies in the capacity of Director/Advisor/Consultant.
Prof. Amar Nath Sadhu, Independent Director
Prof. Amar Nath Sadhu is one of the non-executive, Independent Directors at Khadim. Prof.
Sadhu has served as Managing Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers and also as a faculty in
Vinode Gupta School of Management under the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Prof.
Sadhu has experience of more than 40 years and has served in / serving a number of renowned
companies in the capacity of Director/Advisor/Consultant.

Ms. Namrata Chotrani, Nominee Director of Reliance Alternative Investments Fund

(RAIF)
Ms.Namrata Chotrani is a Director with Fairwinds Asset Managers Limited, the Investment
Management Company of RAIF.
Prior to joining Fairwinds Private Equity, Namrata worked for 4 years with KPMG in its M&A
Tax & Regulatory practice in India. She was primarily involved in domestic corporate
restructuring, private equity and international investment structuring from a tax and regulatory
perspective.
Namrata holds an MBA degree from INSEAD (2011) and a Bachelors degree in commerce from
H.R. College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai University (2006).
Mr. Vinayak Kamath, Nominee Director of Reliance Alternative Investments Fund (RAIF)
Vinayak is an Operating Partner with Fairwinds Asset Managers Ltd, the Investment
Management Company of RAIF. He is a Mechanical Engineer from BITS Pilani, an MMS from
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute, Mumbai, and a Certified Corporate Director from The Institute of
Directors. He has nearly 23 years of experience which include Gadgil Holdings as Chief
Executive Officer, VIVA Capital as founder and Managing Partner, Halcyon Private Equity as
Director, Genpact (formerly GE Capital Information Services) as Vice President, Accelya Kale
Limited as Senior VP and at The Arvind Mills as Senior Manager. He also serves on the board of
Shri Shakti Alternative Energy Ltd and a non-profit CSA amongst others.