Thapar Group

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 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 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.^[1]

JCT Mills FC was the football club of JCT Mills till it was disbanded in 2011.^[2] The club has competed in top tier leagues of India, National Football League (India) alongside Punjab State Super Football League.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ "NCLT Chandigarh approves amalgamation". indiainfoline. 24 December 2020. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
^ "JCT decide to disband football club". Indo-Asian News Service. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
^ Football in Punjab punjab.football/about.php. Retrieved 16 August 2021
^ "All you need to know about the football league structure in Punjab | Goal.com India". www.goal.com. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
^ "28th JCT Punjab State Super Football League starts today". MSR Sports News. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

External links

Business Houses list
Article on family division
JCT electronics Archived 12 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
JCT textiles website
KCT website
The Waterbase website
Oriental Insurance Archived 10 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "NCLT Chandigarh approves amalgamation". indiainfoline. 24 December 2020. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

[disband-2] "JCT decide to disband football club". Indo-Asian News Service. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

[3] Football in Punjab punjab.football/about.php. Retrieved 16 August 2021

[4] "All you need to know about the football league structure in Punjab | Goal.com India". www.goal.com. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2023.

[5] "28th JCT Punjab State Super Football League starts today". MSR Sports News. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

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