Rajesh Agarwal, the Founder of Indian Mobile Phone Brand Micromax which claims an stake of 24% in Indian Mobile Phone Market. Rajesh Agarwal was arrested recently in a bribery case where he was caught red handed offering bribe to the Engineers of North Corporation for regularizing an unauthorized Building for Rs 30 Lakhs.
Rajesh Agarwal The Managing Director of Micromax Informatics
Apart this, Rajesh Agrawal has a great track record in Business Empire. His company Micromax started making mobile phones in 2008 and within 2 years it captured almost 23% share in Indian Mobile Market which was dominated by foreign players like Nokia, Samsung and Sony. Presently Micromax is the largest Indian domestic mobile handset company and the second largest mobile handset seller in India.
An Electrical Engineer by Profession, Rajesh Agarwal started Micromax along with Rahul Sharma, Sumeet Arora and Vikas Jain in 2000 as a company working on Embedded Systems. The Mobile Handset business commenced in 2008.
Presently Micromax has 23 domestic offices across the country and international offices in Hong Kong, Colombo, Kathmandu, Dhaka and Dubai. The company is registered in Gurgaon and  has about 1900 employees at present. The company has also ventured in the Business of Tablet Computers, Data Cards and
According to Micromax website, Rajesh Agarwal, co-founder of Micromax Informatics is a key force behind one of the largest mobile brand in India in terms of volumes.
With an enriching experience of 22 years, Rajesh has orchestrated strategic accomplishments that, together with ground-up development, allowed Micromax to assemble a portfolio amongst the top-tier handset manufacturers that serve consumers across the globe.
Rajesh has been instrumental in advocating innovative product strategies, business restructuring and channel management as the building blocks to create a strong base for the organization.
Inspired by Warren Buffett, Rajesh an electrical engineer encompasses from him the rich virtues of will strength, determination and risk-taking ability and applies them across all diversification and growth to emerge as a victor.
An outdoor sports lover, Rajesh shows keen interest in volley ball, cricket and table tennis. He is fond of travelling to new places and exploring different cultures. In his leisure he reads about successful leaders and draws inspiration through their ideologies.
On August 7, 2013, CBI arrested Rajesh Agarwal along with his associate Manish Tuli offering Bribe to 4 Engineers of North corporation officials for regularizing an unauthorized Banquet Hall in Gurgaon owned by Manish Tuli. Till now  North corporation’s three engineers Satish Kumar, Naresh Kumar and Sanjay Kumar have been arrested along with junior engineer in DDA Rajesh Gupta, one Ashok Lamba, Assistant engineer R K Sethi and a Driver. The Trial Court has remanded them to a Police custody of 7 days.