In this deeply honest conversation on Nexxt in Line, Abhinav Gupta (President, Ambica Steels) reveals the emotional, financial, and leadership battles that go unseen in Indian family businesses. From shutting down a project his father spent years building, to navigating father–son conflict, trademarks, exports, digital sales, and a ₹1000-crore expansion — this episode is a masterclass in next-gen leadership.

Abhinav opens up about:

✔ Growing up inside a steel factory

✔ Saying "NO" to a ₹1000 crore investment his father approved

✔ Breaking down communication gaps with a family coach

✔ Managing misalignment with the MD (his father)

✔ Rebuilding trust at home and in business

✔ Why next-gens feel pressure, guilt, and expectation

✔ How Ambica Steels scaled globally, professionally, and institutionally

If you’re a next-gen entrepreneur, part of a family business, or someone navigating succession, legacy, conflict, or reinvention, this episode will hit home.

What You Will Learn

• How to handle father–son disagreements in business

• The emotional side of inheriting a legacy

• How to professionalize and scale a traditional business

• Why next-gens struggle with expectations

• Institutionalizing a family business

• Trademark battles, exports, and global sales lessons

• Digital transformation in manufacturing

• Balancing entrepreneurship, family dynamics, and personal identity

30 years and 1 lakh weddings - Tivoli Group stands as the soul of India’s wedding celebrations. In this episode of Nexxt In Line, Mohit Goel sits down with Akshay Gupta, Executive Director of Tivoli Group, to explore how an Indian family brand built a legacy of emotions, scale and trust - turning moments into milestones.

Akshay shares the inside story of how Tivoli navigated Supreme Court battles, scaled from a single venue in Chhatarpur to a national hospitality chain and redefined how India celebrates. From logistics to love, this is the story of a next-generation leader balancing growth with grace.

If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to run a wedding empire or carry a multi-crore legacy into the future...this conversation is your front-row seat to the business behind “once-in-a-lifetime” celebrations.

What You’ll Learn

• The evolution of India’s wedding industry and Tivoli’s 30-year journey

• How the Gupta family managed legacy, succession & modernisation

• Lessons on leadership, scale & emotional branding in hospitality

• Why empathy is Tivoli’s strongest business strategy

• How family values fuel multi-generational growth

Dinika Bhatia’s story is the perfect example of how women entrepreneurs in India are reshaping family businesses and building modern D2C brands.

As a 6th-generation entrepreneur, she took her 130+ year-old dry fruit legacy and transformed it into a healthy snacking brand loved by today’s millennials and Gen Z consumers. From festive dry fruit boxes to everyday lifestyle snacks, this is how legacy entrepreneurship in India evolves into global opportunities.

India’s packaged food and healthy snacking industry is booming, projected to cross $50 billion by 2030. Dinika Bhatia recognized the gap, that dry fruits were seen as “old-school” and rebranded them into modern health foods with innovative packaging, global D2C distribution, and wellness-driven positioning. Her journey is not just about nuts and dry fruits, but about how to build a consumer brand in India by balancing tradition with innovation.

This episode of Nexxt in Line dives deep into the myth of second-gen privilege, the challenges of legacy businesses, and the opportunities for women leaders in Indian entrepreneurship. Dinika shares her lessons on identity, consumer trust, and scaling family businesses in India, proving that legacy is inherited, but leadership is built.

If you’re interested in family businesses, women entrepreneurs, D2C brands, Indian agriculture and food industry, or next-gen leadership in India, this episode is a must-watch.

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