- Avantha Group
Avantha Group is a business
conglomerate inIndia . Its chairman isGautam Thapar .The group's business interests include power transmission and distribution equipment and services, paper and pulp, energy, infrastructure, food processing, farm forestry, chemicals, IT and ITES.
The Avantha Group operates in over ten countries with 20,000 employees. Group companies include
Crompton Greaves andBallarpur Industries Limited . Recently, CG acquiredGanz , Pauwels, Microsol and Sonomatra. BILT acquired Sabah Forest Industries of Malaysia. Another group entity, The Global Green Company, acquired Belgium- and Hungary-based Intergarden.Affiliated organisations include
Thapar University , Prestige Wines & Spirits, CII-L.M. Thapar Centre for Competitiveness for SMEs and Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI).Links
Thapar University Karam Chand Thapar L. M. Thapar External links
* [http://www.forbes.com/global/2008/0616/044.html Forbes]
* [http://www.businessworld.in/content/view/4544/4651 Businessworld]
* [http://businessworld.abp.in/content/view/4548/4654/ BW Editorial]
* [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&refer=India&sid=aLfq63y.N3Zo Bloomberg]
* [http://www.lavasa.com/what_is_lavasa/promoters.html Lavasa]
* [http://tiet.ac.in/ Thapar University]
* [http://www.pgtofindia.com/ Professional Golf Tour of India]
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