Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Rathi, Aged around 66 years, he graduated from Delhi University in 1961 and thereafter associated himself with the family business, M/s Rathi Steel Rolling Mill, Delhi. There, he looked after forging and casting work till 1966. This firm was involved in multiple activities related to the steel business viz. rolling, fabrication, casting etc. He was initially associated at the grass root level  to get  a complete  understanding of  the various processes involved  in the business like Rolling, Fabrication , Forging etc. During 1966-67, he was also in-charge of one of the family’s rolling mills at Gurgaon, Haryana.

During the year  1970, he  shifted  to Delhi  and along  with his  brothers  established an Electric Ore furnace unit in
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh in the name of Rathi Ispat Ltd. Thereafter, they established another unit by the name of Rathi Udyog Ltd., a rolling mill, at Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh during 1973-75.