industry conglomerate founded 1948 founder nandlal kilachand family dodwel and karsa salem 1 headquarters dubai united arab emirates area served worldwide key people rajen a. kilachand chairman & president 2 products trading & distribution engineering procurement and construction mining casual dining restaurants manufacturing owner rajen a. kilachand number of employees over 25 000 1 website www.dodsal.com the dodsal group is a diversified multinational conglomerate headquartered in dubai united arab emirates . it operates in the areas of trading and distribution ; engineering procurement and construction ; exploration and production ; casual dining restaurants ; and manufacturing . it is wholly owned by rajen a. kilachand the chairman and president of the group . contents 1 history 2 business divisions 2.1 trading and distribution 2.2 engineering procurement and construction 2.3 exploration and production 2.4 casual dining restaurants 2.5 manufacturing 3 acquisitions 4 references 5 external links history edit the dodsal group was founded in mumbai india in 1948 by the nandlal kilachand family as a trading company in partnership with a british trading company dodwel and karsa salem . after the kilachand family acquired dodsal from the other partners and rajen kilachand took over the company he streamlined dodsal s various businesses to form the dodsal group . the group moved its headquarters from mumbai to dubai in 2003 . 3 business divisions edit the dodsal group operates five main business divisions trading and distribution edit the trading and distribution arm operates under dodsal enterprises pvt. ltd as the agency division and markets and distributes chemical and engineering products in india for more than 15 companies from 10 countries spanning north america europe and asia engineering procurement and construction edit the dodsal group has successfully implemented projects in over 22 countries in the middle east europe africa the indian subcontinent and south east asia . dodsal engineering and construction pte. limited the holding company for the group s engineering and construction activities also carries out infrastructure development and management projects and has already implemented on a finance build operate and transfer basis pipeline projects in india and north africa . dodsal group is one of the three companies in the italian led consortium that was awarded a us 900 million contract by the state backed railway company etihad rail to build the first stage of the united arab emirates railway network . 4 5 exploration and production edit the group s latest venture dodsal resources fzco is the holding company for the group s hydrocarbon exploration mining and production activities . it has successfully secured concessions in nations in the african great lakes region . the group s venture into exploration and production has led to the discovery of deposits of multi metals in tanzania and the group is also expanding its hydrocarbon search for oil and natural gas and in the energy sector . 3 casual dining restaurants edit dodsal enterprises pvt. ltd. used to own 78 pizza hut and kfc outlets with franchise rights from yum brands inc. in major metropolitan cities in india . manufacturing edit dodsal group and atomenergomash aem a russian heavy equipment engineering company signed a memorandum of understanding mou to co operate in the fields of manufacture and supply of power equipment for nuclear thermal and oil and gas projects in india . an initial investment in the range of usd 150 million was put forth targeting start up of commercial production by the first quarter of 2013 . 6 acquisitions edit dodsal group acquired the chennai based company ae & e i.d.e.a. india private limited on march 7 2011 . 7 references edit a b about dodsal . dodsal group . retrieved 29 february 2012 . chairman s cv . dodsal group . a b dodsal resources bags o & g exploration block in tanzania . the economic times . 31 october 2007 . retrieved 29 february 2012 . italian consortium wins 900 million uae rail deal . the huffington post . 26 october 2011 . etihad rail awards civil & track works contract for stage one of network to saipem tecnimont and dodsal pdf . etihad rail press release . retrieved 26 october 2011 . dodsal aem to set up plant in india . hindustan times . 13 april 2011 . dodsal acquires chennai s ae & e idea . the indian express . 9 march 2011 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dodsal group & oldid 737518071 categories conglomerate companies of the united arab emiratescompanies based in dubaihidden categories use british english from july 2011use dmy dates from july 2011 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 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