Few
companies in India can even contemplate reaching the heights that Avantha Group has managed during the
course of its existence. The company is one of India’s largest businesses,
having a net worth of US $ 4 billion. The group does business in vast areas
including, but not limited to chemicals, energy, infrastructure, farm forestry,
food processing, power transmission and distribution services. It operates in
more than 90 countries while having more than 25,000 highly efficient employees
worldwide.
Gautam Thapar is
one reason that the group did this well in the corporate scenario. His
visionary skills have been acknowledged through multiple entrepreneurship and
corporate awards. Gautam Thapar
received his chemical engineering education in the USA after the completion of
which, he returned to India and sought work as a factory assistant in one of
Thapar Group’s manufacturing units. He excelled there and caught the eye of prominent
members of the group, thus rising through the ranks. Lalit Mohan gave him the
task to turn around BILT’s chemical division, which was for some time suffering
losses due to labor agitation and shortage of water and power. He was true to
his promise as the company started showing profits within a year and he became
the Chairman of Avantha Group in July, 2006.
Crompton
Greaves is India’s foremost power production, transmission
and distribution equipment company based in Mumbai. In May 2005, the company
was ranked among the world’s top ten electrical transformer manufacturers.
Having a positive reputation for several years, Crompton Greaves, which originated in India has grown and
transformed itself into a Global Corporation. While making a permanent and
undeniable footprint in the industry, the company is known to manufacture and
host a variety of products and services both for use in Industries as well as
consumer based products worldwide.
Some of the common Industry systems produced by Crompton
Greaves include Generators/Alternators, Traction Motors/Control Electrics, Railway
Signaling/Coach Applications and Services for Industrial Systems. While a
number of more common Consumer Products produced by the company are Fans, Lighting,
Home Automation, Security Systems, Wiring Accessories and Appliances Pumps
Crompton
Greaves has received several awards which are National
award for Research and Development, Best Product award given for their
transformers in 2008 and Golden Peacock Innovation Award to name a few. It has
also received NABL Accreditation for 5 of its labs.
Apart from his brilliant professional integrity, he
promoted golf and is the president of PGTI (Professional Golf Tour of India).
Today, PGTI is just like any other professional International Golf in India.
