Noida Man Builds LED Company After Pandemic Job Loss

After years working as a purchase manager in the LED lighting industry, Brajmohan Kushwaha watched the pandemic turn steady employment into a question mark. The Noida resident decided it was time to bet on himself instead.

In February 2025, he launched Sugam Lighting Technology, trading as Megas Lighting, from a small unit in Sector 80, Noida. The venture came after a previous partnership dissolved, but Kushwaha saw the setback as a chance to build something entirely his own.

Today, his team of five to six people, including two women, manufactures indoor and outdoor LED products. They source raw materials from Delhi-NCR and Ahmedabad, design circuit boards in-house, and handle assembly and packaging at their Noida facility before shipping across Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Punjab.

The company's current annual revenue sits at around Rs 60 lakh (approximately $72,000 USD). Kushwaha aims to cross the Rs 1 crore mark this year and scale further over the next five years.

Keeping production local has been key to maintaining quality control and meeting deadlines. Two employees handle marketing, one focuses on research and development, and the rest manage assembly and finishing work.

In March 2025, Kushwaha discovered the Mukhyamantri Yuva Udyami Vikas Abhiyan (CM YUVA) program, a government scheme supporting young entrepreneurs. The program offered loans without collateral requirements or interest burdens, providing crucial working capital when cash flow management mattered most.

The loan approval came within weeks. Kushwaha says the reduced repayment pressure in those early months allowed him to focus on stabilizing operations rather than worrying about interest costs.

Why This Inspires

Kushwaha's journey shows how uncertainty can become a catalyst for growth. He didn't just survive a career disruption. He used his industry knowledge to create jobs for others while building the stability that corporate employment once promised but couldn't deliver.

His approach has been measured rather than flashy, but that steady progress reflects real entrepreneurship. From employee to employer, from job insecurity to running a functioning manufacturing unit, Kushwaha found the control he was looking for.

"If you have the determination to do something, you should take the step," he says. One year into his entrepreneurial journey, that determination is creating opportunities not just for himself, but for five other families counting on the paychecks his small factory generates.