listed company industry infrastructure founded 1978 ; 38 years ago 1978 founder grandhi mallikarjuna rao headquarters bengaluru india key people grandhi mallikarjuna rao services infrastructure development revenue 110.87 billion us 1.6 billion 2015 1 number of employees 10 000 website www.gmrgroup.co.in gmr group is an infrastructural company headquartered in bengaluru . the company was founded in 1978 by grandhi mallikarjuna rao . employing the public private partnership model the group has implemented several infrastructure projects in india . the group also has a global presence with infrastructure operating assets and projects in several countries including nepal turkey south africa indonesia singapore the maldives and the philippines . business edit gmr group chairman grandhi mallikarjuna rao a first generation entrepreneur hailing from rajam in srikakulam district in andhra pradesh pledged 340 million which is equivalent to his personal share in the infrastructure conglomerate to improve education among the undereserved sections of the society . 2 the company started with agri based industries like jute sugar breweries and slowly moved in the infrastructure space over the past decade . now the gmr group interests lie in areas of airports energy highways and urban infrastructure . gmr infrastructure limited is the infrastructure holding company formed to fund the capital requirements of various infrastructure projects across the sectors . it undertakes the development of the infrastructure projects through its various subsidiaries . they are also actively involved in community service as a part of corporate social responsibility . 3 the company was involved in the construction of rajiv gandhi international airport hyderabad and sabiha g k en international airport in turkey . 4 gmr is also involved in the expansion and modernisation of indira gandhi international airport in new delhi . 5 airports operated currently by gmr are indira gandhi international airport new delhi 6 rajiv gandhi international airport hyderabad 7 the group s strategy of being a power generation focused integrated player in the energy space has resulted in a diversified fuel as well as tariff mix . the group today has 2135 mw in operation and 5043 mw under various stages of implementation with a diversified fuel mix consisting of coal natural gas and hydro . recently it has completed setting up of a 25 mw solar power plant in gujarat and two wind mills of 2.1 mw in gujarat and 1.2 mw in tamil nadu . the group also has around 806 mn tons of coal reserves in golden energy mines indonesia and 104 mn tons in pt barasentosa lestari indonesia . the group has seven operating assets in the highways sector tambaram tindivanam 93 km tuni anakapalli 59 km ambala chandigarh 35 km adloor pochanpalli 103 km hyderabad vijayawada 181 km chennai outer ring road 30 km and hungund hospet 99 km which is partially operational . the group s projects in the urban infrastructure sector include a multi product sez and large area development in krishnagiri tamil nadu a captive port based multi product sez in kakinada andhra pradesh aviation and logistics sez around the hyderabad international airport and development of a central business district around the delhi international airport . gmr has forayed into sports by promoting the indian premier league ipl cricket team delhi daredevils . gmr sports owning the national capital s team has been helping it connect with the citizens of delhi . gmr looks at its participation in the ipl as a serious and dedicated venture representing a broad based opportunity spectrum . references edit gmr annual financial report pdf . gmr group . 2015 01 01 . gmr boss pledges 340m for education . the times of india . 2011 03 22 . retrieved 22 march 2011 . company profile gmr bags turkey airport deal . the times of india . 11 july 2007 . retrieved 22 march 2010 . http economictimes.indiatimes.com markets stocks news gmr group under cbi lens 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