founder j. r. d. tata headquarters india key people sanjiv mehta ceo unilever pushkaraj shenai ceo lakm purnima lamba head innovations shraddha kapoor ambassador 1 products cosmetics beauty products and salon services website lakmeindia.com lakm is an indian cosmetics brand which is owned by hindustan unilever and run by ceo puskharaj shenai . having shraddha kapoor as the ambassador it ranked at number 1 among the cosmetics brands in india . 2 3 lakme started as a 100 % subsidiary of tata oil mills tomco . it was named after the french opera lakm which itself is the french form of lakshmi the goddess of wealth who is renowned for her beauty . it was started in 1952 famously because the prime minister jawaharlal nehru was concerned that indian women were spending precious foreign exchange on beauty products and personally requested jrd tata to manufacture them in india . 4 simone tata joined the company as director and went on to become the chairperson . 5 in 1996 tata sold off their stakes in lakm lever to hll for rs 200 crore 6 45 million us . in the brand trust report 2012 lakme was ranked 104th among india s most trusted brands and following the next year it was ranked 71st among india s most trusted brands . in 2014 lakme was ranked 36th among india s most trusted brands according to the brand trust report 2014 . 7 the company is the title sponsor for lakme fashion week lfw a bi annual fashion event which takes place in mumbai . 8 references edit shraddha kapoor turns brand ambassador for lakme . indianexpress.com . retrieved november 12 2015 . top cosmetic brands in india . top10companiesinindia.co.in . retrieved november 12 2015 . top 10 cosmetic brands in india . mapsofindia.com . retrieved november 12 2015 . make in india 10 indian brands at par with foreign brands . india today . 20 february 2015 . retrieved 15 july 2015 . simone tata . the sunday indian . retrieved 15 july 2015 . amarnath & ghosh ; nischinta amarnath ; debashish ghosh 2005 . the voyage to excellence the ascent of 21 women leaders of india inchello . pustak mahal . p. 214 . isbn 81 223 0904 6 . india s most trusted brands 2014 . trust research advisory . fashion business poised for dramatic growth fdci . times of india . 2 august 2002 . retrieved 1 april 2012 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lakm cosmetics & oldid 736981620 categories unilever brandsindian brandscompanies based in mumbaicosmetics brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 august 2016 at 02 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view