Around 45 years in the field and counting, the Dubai-based Eros Group is one of the longest-serving companies in the UAE. Over the course of the last few decades, it has built up a wide-ranging product portfolio that is the envy of the many competitors that have sprung up in more recent years. And that, in a nutshell, is the tale of how an Indian professional by the name of Deepak Babani — supported by the group’s parent, the Badri Group — managed to transform the distributor and retailer of consumer electronics products into what it is today.