Karan Chaudhary is the executive director at Chaudhary Group. He works hard and makes everyday count, and considers himself a shrewd businessman. We at The Week talked to him about his work space and how it helps him get work done. 

Daily drill
A typical day for him starts early morning around 6 am. He starts his day with horse riding which he is very passionate about. He arrives at work around half past nine and prefers to tackle all his non-creative issues during the first half of the day where he doesn’t really have to think too much. All the creative work he has to do, like coming up with new business strategies and business development ideas he reserves for the second half of the day. His day usually ends around 7 in the evening and by the time he leaves work, its 8 pm. His evening schedule, however, depends on any social function that may require his presence. He travels every two weeks of the month and the other two weeks he draws up reviews from his travels. His reviews, he revealed, are very stringent when necessary. 

Chamber of secrets 
He believes in communication and prefers to be on the floor where he can interact with his colleagues easily. He is away from his office about 60% of the time so he makes it a point to get the most out of his office time. When he comes into his office he is greeted with a view of Swayambhunath and on a clear day, even the mountains. This invigorates him and pushes him to work harder. He has many trophies and medals on display in his office and many of them are for horse riding. His space is decorated with statues of horses and an elegant bejeweled peacock. But what automatically attract your eyes are the statues of Lord Ganesha and a rudraksha bead necklace. Though young he is a very God fearing person and likes to surround himself with idols of God. 

His own desk is realatively clutter free to help him concentrate on the task at hand. A circular table right next to his desk is full of pens, highlighters, and notebooks all spread out in an organized chaos.

Creating the space
While working on the design for the office, he knew that he needed a very comfortable space. Working together with his parents, they created this space where he could entertain guests, have meetings and get his own work done. His mother took care of the seating area for the guests while his father designed the look of the place. He himself looked after the accessibility, productivity and the efficiency the area would provide. He knew that his office needed to be white for it is a soothing color that isn’t very distracting and chose orange to brighten up the area as he knew he couldn’t get any work done in a dull space. 

Quaint touch
The striped opaque and transparent glass isn’t just a divider but also serves as a board where Karan can draw up plans and flowcharts of the goals he has set and the things he hopes to achieve in the future. 

He admits that this isn’t what most people expect the room of an executive director of a company to look like and revealed that he has heard his room being referred to as “the tiger’s den”. There are two small statues of Ganesh that cannot be moved for they are facing a certain direction vaastu-wise! The circular desk that greets you when you enter the office is a charming vintage piece with drawer handles strewn all over in a very attractive pattern behind which two huge portraits of his grandfather and father are mounted on the wall, creating a visually overpowering space. 

Text: Isha Upadhyay
Photos: Pratik Rayamajhi

 
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