The RPG Group one of India's largest industrial conglomerate

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 headquartered in Mumbai

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, India

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. It was founded by RP Goenka

RP Goenka

Rama Prasad Goenka is the Chairman Emeritus of the RPG Group, a multi-sector Indian industrial conglomerate. Goenka was born in 1930 and attended the Presidency College in his home town of Kolkata and Harvard University in the United States. He is currently an M.P. in the Rajya Sabha, or upper...

 in 1979, and initially encompassed Phillips Carbon Black, Asian Cables, Agarpara Jute and Murphy India. Currently, RP Goenka retains the title of Chairman Emeritus, while the chairmanship and vice-chairmanship have been assumed by his sons Harsh and Sanjeev Goenka, respectively.

Today the RPG Group is involved in diverse sectors of business, including power generation, power transmission, information technology, retail, and entertainment. The group recorded a turnover

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 of INR

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 11,500 crore

Crore

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 (equivalent to INR 115 billion) for fiscal year 2007.

Group companies

The conglomerate's major companies, subsidiaries and affiliates are

• Power
• CESC

• Tyres / Tires
• CEAT Limited
  CEAT Limited
  CEAT Limited is a tyre manufacturing company based in Mumbai, India. CEAT is an abbreviation for Cavi Electrici Affini Torino...
  
  

• Phillips Carbon Black
• Harrisons Malayalam

• Transmission
• KEC International
  KEC International
  KEC International Limited is India's second largest maker of electricity transmission towers and one of the largest Power Transmission Engineering, Procurement & Construction companies in the world, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It part of the RPG Group, engaged in laying of power...
  
  
• RPG Transmission
• Nitel
  NITEL
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• Technology
• Zensar Technologies
  Zensar Technologies
  Zensar Technologies is a global information technology services and business process outsourcer headquartered in Pune, India. It is a software wing of RPG Group, and offers a range of integrated information technology and BPO products and services to Fortune 500 clients.Zensar has a marketing...
  
  
• RPG Cables
• RPG Life Sciences
• Raychem RPG

• Retail
• Spencer's Retail
  Spencer's Retail
  Spencer's Retail is one of India’s fastest growing retail stores.Spencer's is based on the 'Food First' Format . Many outlets though sport multiple formats for retailing food, apparel, fashion, electronics, lifestyle products, music and books...
  
  
• Foodworld
  Foodworld
  Foodworld, previously known as Spencer's Daily, is a chain of supermarket stores. It was started in May 1996 as a division of Spencer & Co, a part of the RPG Group. In August 1999 it became a separate company...
  
  
• Music World
• Books and Beyond
• RPG Cellucom

• Entertainment
• Saregama

• Other
• Spencer's Travel Services
• Spencer International Hotels

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