16/04/2026
He started M Tel India's first mobile repairing and Training Center in Pune on 15th Aug 1999, starting mobile repairing in a 100 sq. ft. room. Today, his journey stands as proof that small beginnings can create a powerful life.
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This is the story of Ramakant Nevse.
**M-TEL was not built only to teach repair. It was built to create livelihood.**
The journey began in a very small space.
A 100 sq. ft. room.
A 2×2 plywood board.
No big setup.
But the larger vision was clear: practical technical training should not remain theoretical. It should help people earn.
That is how M-TEL grew — as a practical mobile repair and technical learning platform designed for students, technicians, and unemployed youth who needed real working skills connected to self-employment and livelihood generation.
Over the years, this work expanded through multiple centres and training partners, making technical learning more accessible across different regions.
As per internal documented institutional data up to March 2026, the M-TEL system has recorded **65,510 enrolled trainees**,
with **13,575** reported to have started their own activity and **4,350** reported to have upgraded previous work.
The main submission also records approximate field impact across Maharashtra, including **3,422 own repair shops**,
**8,900 technicians**, and
**2,848 service/technical activity units established** based on long-term observation, follow-up interaction, field feedback, and available records.
This is why M-TEL is not only a founder story.
It is a student outcome story.
A self-employment story.
A vocational empowerment story.
When one student learns to repair properly, it does not stop with one handset.
It can become a shop.
It can become a service centre.
It can create local customer trust.
It can add accessories sales, software work, digital services, and long-term family income.
That is the real value of practical skill education.
M-TEL was built from struggle.
But its real strength is the number of lives that moved from learning to earning.
About Ram Sir,
After working as a service engineer, he decided to start his own repair activity.
But he had no money for a proper setup.
So he took a loan under the PMRY scheme and started with whatever little space and resources he had.
There was no big shop. No polished office. No comfortable infrastructure.
He began in a 100 sq. ft. one-cot-basis room — the same room where he lived.
His first service table was only a 2 ft × 2 ft plywood board.
That tiny plywood sheet became his first workshop.
No funding backup. No powerful network. No shortcut.
Just technical skill, courage, and the willingness to begin.
What makes this journey even more powerful is that it is not only a memory — it has evidence.
The roommate, Bapu Gaikwad, who saw those days, is there.
The room owner, Shree Modak uncle, is there.
And later, even Yuva Sakal newspaper coverage in 2003 became part of this story.
https://ramakantnevse.com/newspaper-coverage/
From that one small room, the journey moved forward through repair work, technical growth, training, entrepreneurship, and a larger mission in life.
Success does not always begin with capital and comfort.
Sometimes it begins with a loan, a tiny room, a plywood table, and a person who refuses to give up.
