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ESSEL GROUP
‘Faith in innovative and organised growth’
Essel Group is among India’s most prominent business houses with a diverse portfolio of assets in media, packaging, entertainment, technology-enabled services, infrastructure development and education. The Group started business in 1976 with a commodity trading and export firm, Rama Associates Limited, and has since then metamorphosed into a conglomerate that is a symbol of the ingenuity and power of Indian entrepreneurship, with worldwide operations and a workforce of nearly 8,000 dedicated employees.
MEDIA___________________________________________________________________
Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd - India's largest media and general television entertainment network with a range of businesses encompassing the content-to-consumer value chain.
Zee News Ltd - a cluster of news and regional entertainment channels touching the lives of millions of Indians.
DNA - an English language newspaper in a joint venture with the Dainik Bhaskar Group.
TECHNOLOGY_____________________________________________________________
Dish TV - India's first direct-to-home (DTH) entertainment service, brings the latest in digital technology to television viewers, broadcasting high quality programmes straight from the satellite to the consumer's home.
Wire & Wireless India Ltd - the largest cable distribution system in India, present in 45 cities.
Intrex India - a revolution in the financial services industry with two innovative businesses and unique payment instruments - the country’s first ever cashless /trade exchange and a multi-purpose stored value card.
Procall - India’s first and only digital PTT telephony service, powered by Motorola’s iDEN technology .
Cyquator Technologies Limited - an IT infrastructure outsourcing company that provides end-to-end Internet Data center and high-end managed hosting services.
Digital Media Convergence Limited - personalized, entertaining and informative multimedia and textual content.
Cornershop - a wide range of mobile content and interactivity services, the first to launch reality-based TV interactivity for voting and polling.
PACKAGING_______________________________________________________________
Essel Propack - the world’s largest specialty packaging company manufacturing laminated tubes for personal care, pharmaceutical, food and industrial businesses.
ENTERTAINMENT___________________________________________________________
E-City Property Management Services - the first organized corporate entity in the convergence of entertainment, retail and technology with interests in realty development, mall-based property management, digital cinema solutions, film distribution and syndication.
ETC Networks - among leading television networks in India with two channels - ETC Hindi and ETC Punjabi.
Pan India Network Infravest Pvt Ltd – Playwin, India's first and largest online gaming company, provides infrastructure, data communication, marketing support and service to facilitate a secure online lottery network.
Essel Sports – pioneering sports initiatives with Indian Cricket League and Mumbai Football Club to promote India in the global sports arena through an all inclusive spirit of free and fair competition.
Suncity Projects – a pioneer in conceiving and executing a profusion of urbane real estate projects arraying from townships to group housing to luxury apartments to shopping malls and office complexes.
Asian Sky Shop - India’s first Direct Response Television Marketing venture.
E-City Bioscope Entertainment Pvt Ltd – a chain of multiplex cinema–cum- family activity centers across non-metro towns in India.
Fun Multiplex Pvt Ltd - With a leading position in the Indian multiplex market, Fun Multiplex Pvt Ltd operates 70 cinema screens in 19 cities and twenty three locations – Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Guwahati, Gwalior, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Lucknow, Agra, Jaipur, Bangalore, Panipat, Ambala, Karnal, Hyderabad, Gulbarga, Panjim and Margao.
E-City Digital Cinemas Pvt Ltd -The company was established in April 2004, and is committed to revolutionise the Indian movie business by implementing state-of-the-art digital technology, thereby eliminating print costs, curbing piracy and offering audiences globally benchmarked cinema-viewing with a uniform audio-visual experience.
E-City Media Pvt Ltd - E-City Media has been incorporated to bring synergies and to leverage upon E-City Venture’s media assets. The on-screen and off-screen media opportunities at E-City’s Cinema & Malls have amassed to become an attractive tool of communication for advertisers.
INFRASTRUCTURE__________________________________________________________
Essel Infraprojects Limited – With Esselworld and Water Kingdom, among the largest amusement theme parks, EIL is also engaged in the development of roads, power plants, Sports complexes and Special Economic Zones.
E-City Real Estate Pvt. Ltd – The Company behind the successful lifestyle brand Fun Republic – plans to develop and operate 20 million sq ft of retail real estate by 2011.
E-City Property Management & Services (India) Pvt Ltd (EPMS)– An E-City Venture company that provides the most comprehensive and reliable mall/property management and retail services in India, including overall operations, marketing, consultancy, occupant management, retail leasing services and advisory services.
EDUCATION_______________________________________________________________
Zee Interactive Learning Systems - the education arm of the group runs India's largest chain of preschool and high schools. Zee Institute of Media Arts provides training in media arts and technology while Zee Institute of Creative Arts is an animation training academy.
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The Essel Group strives to offer the best to the communities that it serves — shareholders, customers, employees and vendors. ‘Faith in innovative and organised growth’ is the dictum that drives all business decisions. A multicultural organization with a strong customer focus, Essel Group companies reach out every day to millions of consumers across the globe.
