Over two decades ago, a business immigrant from Jaffna, settled in Gujarat, dreamed of doing something different. Hailing from Sri Lanka, he was familiar with South Indian food better than most. Apprising the market tastes acutely and accurately, he decided to capitalise on his strengths; viz. his knowledge of culinary preparations, and made bold forays into opening a restaurant of South Indian delicacies in Ahmedabad, India. The man was Ramavtar Goenka and the restaurant was SANKALP. The rest, as they say, is history..