Sahara India Pariwar
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Conglomerate |
| Founded | Gorakhpur, India (1975) |
| Founder(s) | Subrata Roy |
| Headquarters | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Key people | Subrata Roy (Chairman) |
| Products | Finance, real Estate, media & entertainment, tourism & hospitality, services & trading |
| Website | www.sahara.in |
Sahara India Pariwar is an Indian conglomerate company headquartered in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Its diversified business has interest in financial services, housing finance, mutual funds, life insurance, city development, real estate activities, print and television media, film production, sports, information technology, health care, tourism, hospitality and consumer products. The group is a major promoter of sports in India. It owned the New IPL team Pune Warriors India as well as a supreme sponsor of Indian cricket Team. They own 42.5% stake in Formula One's Force India Formula 1 Team and also sponsors India national field hockey team.[1] The Brand Trust Report listed Sahara in the top 100 most trusted brands of India. The report was published by Trust Research Advisory.[2]
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[edit] Subrata Roy Sahara
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He is named among the 25 Most Powerful People of India by India Today. His residence is in Lucknow, UP, India. Subrata Roy Sahara founded Sahara India Pariwar in 1978. In 2004, the group was termed by the Time magazine as ‘the second largest employer in India after the Indian Railways'.
[edit] History
[edit] Sahara Real Estate
The flagship real estate project of Sahara Sahara City Homes chain of townships is proposed to be across 217 cities in India.[3] In 2011 it launched Sahara Grace brand Phase II, a residential complex at Kochi.[4] After Sahara Grace at Gurgaon and Lucknow the Kochi project is the third under this brand which is positioned to provide a product mix of apartments and penthouses to its residents[citation needed]. Other ventures of Sahara real estate business are Sahara States – Kanpur, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Hyderabad and Bhopal, Brand malls – Sahara Ganj, Lucknow and Sahara Mall, Gurgaon.[5]
[edit] Aamby Valley City
Sahara is constructing an eco-friendly self-contained residential city called Amby Valley City in Maharashtara near Mumbai Pune expressway. The city is spread over 10600 acres of land.[6] VD Patel
[edit] Sahara Prime City Limited
Sahara Prime City Limited Establishes Partnership with USA’s, Turner Construction Company and enters the Indian Construction and Infrastructure Sector.[7] Sahara Prime City Limited, the real estate flagship company of Sahara India Pariwar, along with Turner Construction Company, America’s largest building construction contractor and the Acropolis Capital Group, a Special Situation Investment and Development Firm has formed a joint venture to serve the construction and development market in India. The company, Sahara Turner Construction Limited was launched today by ‘Saharasri’ Subrata Roy Sahara - Managing Worker & Chairman, Sahara India Pariwar, Mr. Nicholas E. Billotti - President and C.E.O., Turner Construction International and Mr. Annat Jain - Managing Partner, Acropolis Capital Group.[8]
[edit] Sahara Sports
[edit] Pune Warriors India
The group acquired the cricket team, Pune Warriors India on 21 March 2010 for Rs. 1702 crores.[9]
[edit] Force India Formula 1 Team
In October 2011, Sahara acquired 42.5% of the Force India Formula 1 Team for an estimated $US 100 million.[10] [11]
[edit] Celebrity Cricket League
Celebrity Cricket League is a cricket league involving many Bollywood, Sandalwood, Tollywood, Kollywood Malyalam film industry and Bengal film celebreties. It was started in 2010 and takes place every year.
[edit] Sahara India Sports Awards
Sahara Sports Awards is an annual sports awards provided each year to the best indian sporstars of various sports. It is organised by Sahara Group. It is popular in India and abroad. Sahara also sponsors IPL Awards.
[edit] Sports Sponsorships
It has had sponsorship rights for the Indian Cricket Team since 2001. In the last bid Sahara had bagged the sponsorship for the Indian Cricket Team for 
400 crore (US$88 million) for a four-year period ending December 2009, and had agreed to continue for six more months as Board of Cricket Control in India could not find any sponsors. The group on Monday, 31 May 2010 re-secured the sponsorship rights for the Indian men's cricket team till December 31, 2013. Sahara outbid Bharti Airtel for the right to sponsor Team India. Sahara bagged the rights for 3.3 crore (US$726,000) per match. Sahara and Airtel had submitted the eligibility documents and security deposits on Saturday and the bid was submitted on Monday and thereafter, BCCI's marketing committee decided the new sponsor of Team of India.[12]
- Teams and Events Sponsored by Sahara:
On Saturday, 4 February 2012, Sahara announced to withdraw from the sponsorship of the India cricket team and IPL Team Pune Warriors.[13]Subroto Roy, the head of Sahara India Parivar, has said that he is not "rigid" but open to negotiations with the BCCI. Roy insisted the Pune franchise should participate in the IPL this season regardless of the decision taken by Sahara today. However, on 16 February 2012, confirmed that they back as the sponsor of Team India and owner of IPL franchise Pune Warriors after sorting out most of its issues with the BCCI after 12 days of intense negotiations.[14]
[edit] Media
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[edit] Electronic Media
The group owns the national Hindi News Channel Samay, consisting of 36 city specific regional news channels Sahara Samay.
Sahara One,A General entertainment channel.
Filmy,A Hindi movie channel .
Firangi,A entertainment channel.
Sahara Samay received the "Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award" in 2008 for its network newsroom technology.[15]
[edit] Print Media
The group owns one national weekly magazine in English, 7 editions of Hindi Daily Newspaper Rashtriya Sahara, nine editions of Urdu Daily Newspaper Roznama Rashtriya Sahara and one International Urdu Weekly, Rashtriya Sahara[16]
[edit] Film & Entertainment
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The group is engaged in business of producing, marketing and distribution of motion pictures in Hindi and other regional Indian languages. Its successes include Bewafaa, Page 3, Sarkar, No Entry, Wanted.[17] In September 2010, the company was in talks to acquire MGM Studios, but the deal collapsed.[18][19] Sahara is willing to try again to take over MGM.[20]
Sahara is creating a Film City to provide filmmakers with everything they need to make films, television software and commercials. The existing infrastructure of the Film City will be renovated and equipped with the most modern and latest technology.
[edit] Hospitality
- Sahara Star
The group owns the hotel "Sahara Star" in Mumbai, a 5-Star Hotel spread over 7.42 acres adjacent to the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. Currently it has 210 guest rooms, 13 suites and 9 restaurants. It contains World's largest pillarless clear-to-sky dome of its kind,[21] World's first Hemisphere-shaped Glass Elevators,[22][23] Marine Aquarium, Lagoon area, Inward and Outward facing rooms, Glass Roof rooms, Parking and shall have amenities like Sahara Health and Wellness Centre, Multi-cuisine restaurants and Preview theatre.
The group also owns the Grosvenor House Hotel in London (UK).[24]
[edit] Finance
Sahara India Life Insurance Company Ltd. (SILICL) is the first wholly Indian-owned Life Insurance Company in the private sector.The company offers life insurance policies catring to individuals of all ages and segments.
- Life Insurance
- General Insurance
- Mutual Fund
[edit] Power
Sahara Power has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Orissa for setting up a 1320 MW (2 x 660) Coal Based Thermal Power Plant in Turla Tehsil of Balangir District, Orissa at an investment of about Rs.5604 Cr. Sahara India Power Corporation Limited has also proposed to set up a 2000 MW Coal based power plants in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh at an estimated investment of Rs. 8000 Cr. each.
[edit] Health care
The group owns a hospital in Lucknow. The hospital was opened in 2009. This hospital got operational in February 2009 and is currently operating with approximately 350 beds, including 120 bed Critical Care Infrastructure and expandable to 554 beds. It is spread on 31 acres and contains a centre for preventive and alternative medicines like Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Naturopathy and Yoga for Holistic approach.[25]
[edit] Other Business
[edit] IT
Sahara India Pariwar IT Division is named as "SAHARA NEXT". Sahara Next works on different domains like Banking,Finance,Media and Entertainment,Chemical and CRM. Sahara has the client all over world including Malaysia,Singapore,USA.
[edit] Tourism
The group has launched Sahara Global - an integrated travel and tourism service provider for domestic and international services.[26][27]
[edit] Handicrafts
The Araria Jute Project is engaged in creating diversified jute products e.g. Blankets, Carpets, Floor covering, Handicrafts, Jute Chappals etc.
[edit] Education
- International School Amby - Amby Valley, Pune
[edit] Sahara Airlines(Sold in 2006 to Jet Airways)
The airline was established on 20 September 1991 and began operations on 3 December 1993 with two Boeing 737-200 aircraft as Sahara Airlines. Initially services were primarily in the northern sectors of India, keeping Delhi as its base, and then were extended to cover all the country. The airline was rebranded as Air Sahara on 2 October 2000, although Sahara Airlines remains the carrier's registered name. On 22 March 2004 it became an international carrier with flights from Chennai to Colombo. The Airline was sold to Jet Airways for ₹1450 crore on 12 April 2007.
[edit] References
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- ^ ALL INDIA BRAND TRUST RANKING, Trust Research Advisory, February 23, 2011
- ^ Sahara lines up Rs 800 crore for each City Home, Rediff.com, August 8, 2006
- ^ Sahara Grace launched phase II, IBNlive, September 16, 2011
- ^ Sahara Group enters real estate, Economic Times, February 5, 2008
- ^ THE GOOD LIFE, INDIA TODAY, February 15, 2008
- ^ Sahara launches construction JV with Turner, rel="nofollow",REUTERS, February 9, 2012
- ^ Sahara launches JV with US based Turner Construction, rel="nofollow",Economic Times, February 9, 2012
- ^ 2 New IPL Team, TImes of India, March 22, 2010
- ^ "Sahara Group takes 42.5% stake in Force India Formula One team". The Guardian (The Guardian, UK). 12 October 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/oct/12/sahara-force-india-formula-one?newsfeed=true. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ^ "Sahara buys 42% stake in Mallya's Force India F1 team". The Times of India (Times News Network). 12 October 2011. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/racing/Sahara-buys-42-stake-in-Mallyas-Force-India-F1-team/articleshow/10329046.cms. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ^ Sahara to continue as Indian team sponsor, ESPNCRICINFO, May 31, 2010
- ^ "The Sahara release". cricinfo (ESPN). 4 February 2012. http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/552060.html. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ "BCCI didn't bend rules for Sahara: Rajiv Shukla". DNA India. 16 February 2012. http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_bcci-didn-t-bend-rules-for-sahara-rajiv-shukla_1651183. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ Samay bags international honour, ECONOMIC TIMES, April 6, 2005
- ^ Sahara plans three weekly newspapers, rediff.com, February 1, 2003
- ^ Sahara One Motion Pictures - a banner in the right direction, IndiaGlitz.com,September 5, 2006
- ^ Indian Congolomerate In Talks About MGM Bid, Reuters, September 18, 2010
- ^ Sahara Says MGM Studio Creditors Reject $2 Billion Bid, Google.com, September 24, 2010
- ^ Sahara Still Committed to Finalizing MGM Bid, Hollywood Reporter, September 29, 2010
- ^ Sahara group forays into hospitality sector, DNA, Jun 19, 2007
- ^ Sahara group forays into hospitality sector, DNA, Jun 19, 2007
- ^ Sahara Star Hotel Mumbai Airport, mumbaiairporthotel.com, Jun 11, 2010
- ^ Sahara buys UK hotel for Rs 3,275cr, TImes of India, December 31, 2010
- ^ Nawabi Entry in Healthcare, Express Healthcare, April 1, 2009
- ^ Sahara Global launches travel show
- ^ Sahara Global launches 'Celebrate Life'
