Our Journey

1966:

Born in the family of village peasants, Baban Shelke started working as loader at the age of 20.

1986:

At the age 20, He joined Patel Roadways- satara, As loader due to poverty

1989:

He Started his own local level transport business with a small three wheeler, investing Rs.6000. Within the span of 5 years, he single handedly expanded his business to Mahabaleshwar & Pune.

1990:

Added one more vehicle via second hand purchase of a Mahindra FC, Unfortunately suffered heavy losses due to maintenance cost of the vehicle

1992:

Purchased Bajaj Metador tempo by selling earlier one. Started transportation of Building material & Scrap between Mahabaleshwar & Satara.

1993:

Purchased Tata 407 tempo by selling Bajaj Metador tempo.

1994:

Added one more vehicle, Metador & with these two vehicle he started transportation service between Satara & Pune. The only driver was BABAN SHELKE.

In the same year the business was expanded from Pune,Satara to Belgaum,with the help of his Wife and 2 relatives RAVI & MALAN.

1995:

He formed "AVINASH CARRIER" company & purchased Tata 709, after selling old Metedor & In the same year, one more new vehicle "Tempo 608", was purchased & added 4th service route to Palghar.

1998:

Baban Shelke stoped driving & started running office form an STD Booth in satara.

2000:

Regular office space was hired & the 1st branch office was opened at Satara; Pune branch started working through an STD Booth.

2001:

Two regular branch offices were started viz Belgaum & Pune.

2002:

Expanded branch network by adding 2 more Branch offices at Kolhapur & new Mumbai & added 10 more vehicles.

2003:

Further expansion took place by adding 4 more branches Viz Bhiwandi, Andheri, Punecity & Tathawade & during this process also added 20 more vehicles. Avinash Carrier Company was Registered under Company act 1956 as "AVINASH CARRIER PVT. LTD.".

2004:

One more branch at Hubli was started & Container division was formed in Vashi and 25 more vehicles were added to cater growing transportation business & one more branch at Hubli was started.

2005:

The business was accelerated by adding three new branches viz. Sangli, Chakan & Masjid Bunder by attached 30 more vehicles.

2006:

Further business expanded by adding 4 new branches at Shirwal, Nasik, Aurangabad & Vasai & added 20 more vehicles.

A new venture "AVINASH SWIFT CARGO PVT LTD" started its operation from 1st May 2006 with a network of 18 branches and100 vehicles to various routes of Maharashtra.
In the same year Mr. Baban Shelke received Rashtriya Nirman Ratna award from Indian Organization for business research and development at the hands of Mr. GVG Krishnamurthy, the former Election Commissioner.

2007:

Build own building for Head Office at Satara, MIDC. & In the same year, 4 new branches added in the network viz., Karad, Dombivali, Ranjangaon and Ambarnath & Lean and Six Sigma training given to employees and started Quality drive in the year 2007. "Quality" was put as most important objective. In the same year, performance metrics were defined as Growth, Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost, and designed Key Performance Indicators for the whole organization.

2008:

Avinash Enterprises - A new Venture Dealership of Road Tyres was started in Satara. & In the same year, added two more branches in the network, viz. Sinnar and Thane. Keeping Qualitative growth as objective, started "GUNVANT KAMGAR AWARD DISTRIBUTION" in "DIPOSTAV" function & ERP was developed for total computerization of the system in the same year and brought into operation.

2009:

Two new branches were added viz. Bengalore Yashwantpur and Pennya & Build own building at Tathawade for Hub operation. Data Hub was also started at the same location & Added two more branches viz. Pirangut (Pune) and JNPT (Navi Mumbai).

2010:

Two more branches added in Bengalore region viz. Bommasandra and Mysore Road & Web based consignment tracking system was started.

2011:

Five new branches has been established namely Ichalkarangi, Gokul Shirgaon, Shivne, Ranjangaon & Belgaum Kakati. New state entry has been made by establishing Kundaim & verna branches in Goa. Container division has been converted In "Avinash Swift Cargo Pvt. Ltd.". Nine new vehicles has been purchased & Most Important step has been taken that all branches has been made online with remote access which is landmark in progress of "Avinash Carrier Private Limited ". one new branch has been established namely CHIKALTHANA.

Now the organization owns about 200 fleet and operates through more than 50 branches in Maharashtra and Karnataka.

Mr.Baban Shelke has received Rashtriya Nirman Ratna Award by Indian Organization for Business research and Development at the hands of Mr. Krishnamurthy, The former Election Commissioner.

2013:

The business was accelerated by adding Eight new branches in Gujarat viz. Padra, Daman, Wagodiya, Halol, V.V. Nagar, Por-Ramangadi, Ankleshwar & Alandi branch in Pune by adding 30 more vehicles.