The India Cements Limited is a cement manufacturing company based in

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

. It is the 9th largest listed cement company in India by revenue. The company was headed by former

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and

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president N. Srinivasan. It was established in 1946 by S. N. N. Sankaralinga Iyer and the first plant was set up at Thalaiyuthu in

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in 1949. It has seven integrated cement plants in Tamil Nadu, Telangana and

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, one in Rajasthan (through its subsidiary, Trinetra Cement Ltd) and two grinding units, one each in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra with a capacity of 15.6 million tonnes per annum. Sankar Cement, Coramandel Cement and Raasi Gold are the brands owned by India Cements. India Cements directly owned the

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franchise Chennai Super Kings from 2008. It then transferred ownership to a separate entity named Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltd., after the

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struck down the controversial amendment to the BCCI constitution's clause 6.2.4 that had allowed board officials to have commercial interests in the IPL and the Champions League T20 on 22 January 2015. India Cements is also alleged to have made controversial investments in Jagati Publications and Bharati Cements owned by Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy. In July 2024, UltraTech Cement acquired a majority stake in India cements. However, there will be no change in ownership of Chennai Super Kings as it has been functioning as an independent entity.

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