Essel Group

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.

THE ESSEL PHILOSOPHY

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.

MEDIA

Zee Entertainment Enterprises 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 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 54 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.

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.

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 World Cricket and other Sports 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 81 cinema screens in 20 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.

PRECIOUS METALS

Shirpur Gold Refinery - A world class refinery located at Shirpur, Maharashtra. It has the technical capability to refine and fabricate Gold & Silver upto 999.9 fineness. To facilitate secured logistics, the refinery has its own airstrip with night landing facilities and an established all India dealer network for effective distribution