The Thapar Group is an Indian conglomerate founded by
Karam Chand Thapar. The following companies are or have been a part of the group:
Greaves Cotton,
The Pioneer, Sohna Stud Farm Pvt Limited, TT & G Trading Pvt Limited, Built Middle East Pvt Limited, Himalayan Hideaways Pvt Limited, Karam Chand Thapar & Bros Limited,
Lavasa
Lavasa (Marathi: , lavāsā) is a private, planned city built near Pune, India. It is stylistically based on the Italian town Portofino, with a street and several buildings bearing the name of that town.
A or project being developed by HCC, ...
Corporation Limited and KCT Papers Limited.
Divisions
Inder Mohan Thapar's son Vikram Thapar and grandson Varun Thapar look after the KCT group which includes KCT Coal Sales (KCT Bros), the Calcutta-based coal trading business. Vikram M. Thapar started Waterbase Ltd in the 90s with primary business of aquaculture including prawn farms for exports.
After Lalit Mohan Thapar's death in 2007, his nephew Gautam Thapar (son of Brij Mohan Thapar and grandson of Karam Chand Thapar) formed
Avantha Group
Avantha Group is an Indian business conglomerate. Its businesses include power generation and distribution, power transmission and distribution equipment and services, paper and pulp, farm forestry, and infrastructure.
Divisions
Avantha Group ...
and took the reins of BILT, which is the flagship company of the group.
Gautam's brother Karan took over the holding company Karun Carpets Private Limited which took over DBH International (including Kaolin India), Bharat Starch Products, DBH Investments and which got the majority of
Greaves Cotton, Premium Transmission, DBH Holding, Greaves Leasing, Dee Greaves, DBH Consulting and Ampere Vehicles.
JCT Mills FC
Jagatjit Cotton & Textile Football Club (formerly known as JCT Mills FC; abbreviated as both JCT FC, or simply JCT) was an Indian professional football club based in Phagwara, Punjab. Founded in 1971, the club was sponsored by Jagatjit Cotton ...
was the football club of JCT Mills till it was disbanded in 2011.
The club has competed in top tier leagues of India,
National Football League (India)
The National Football League (NFL) was a league competition featuring football clubs from India. Founded in 1996 through the All India Football Federation (AIFF), the NFL was the first football league in India to be organized on a national scal ...
alongside
Punjab State Super Football League.
References
External links
Business Houses listArticle on family divisionJCT electronics
KCT websiteThe Waterbase website{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610061414/http://orientalinsurance.nic.in/index.htm , date=10 June 2010
Conglomerate companies of India
Companies based in New Delhi
Thapar family
Avantha Group