Keventer

The Keventer Group is a Kolkata based Rs. 1,500 crore business conglomerate with businesses across varied industries like food processing and real estate. Keventer Agro Limited, the food processing business of Keventer Group, is one of the fastest growing Food Company in Eastern India. Keventer Agro is present across categories like dairy, bananas, frozen foods, export of food commodities, franchisee for beverages and franchisee for hospitality brands. Established in 1986, Keventer Agro Limited acquired the rights of Edward Keventer’s operations and now aims to take the legacy of over 125 years in Food & Dairy to new heights, while remaining committed to Edward Keventer's philosophy and beliefs. While the vision of Edward Keventer helped plant the seed more than 125 years back, it has been nurtured and carried forward since then by Mr. Mahendra Kumar Jalan, a visionary himself, and his team. Mr. Jalan was already a successful entrepreneur trading in steel and structurals, when the MKJ group took over Keventer in 1986 with the aim of entering the Food, Dairy and Beverages businesses. The Company’s foray into the Beverages business began by becoming a franchisee of Parle Agro – the brand owners of Frooti and Appy – in 1987, and till today, is one of the largest franchisees of the company in the country. In 1996, the Keventer Agro entered the Dairy business as one of the 3 partners in India's first joint sector Dairy Project – Metro Dairy, funded by the World Bank under the Operation Flood Phase III Programme. Today, Metro Dairy is a 100% owned subsidiary of Keventer Agro and “Metro” is one of the top 3 Dairy Brands in Kolkata.