conglomerate founded 1998 ; 18 years ago 1998 headquarters gandhinagar india products manufacturing agriculture finance sugar horticulture cement plastics alcohol insurance consulting industrial machinery total assets us 400 million 2014 number of employees 15000 2009 website mehtagroup.com the mehta group of companies commonly referred to as the mehta group is a conglomerate based in mumbai india with subsidiaries in the united states canada kenya and uganda . the group employs in excess of 15 000 people worldwide and has an asset base in excess of us 350 million as of april 2010 . the group s businesses include investments in sugar cement packaging floriculture engineering cables consulting management insurance international trade and international finance . 1 contents 1 history 2 subsidiary companies 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the group owes its foundation to nanji kalidas mehta 1887 1969 . he was born in india in the late 19th century . in 1900 at the age of 13 years he migrated to uganda and started a series of businesses that included a tea plantation a cotton ginnery a sugarcane plantation and a sugar factory . during the 1930s having established himself in uganda mehta began operations in india . he set up a textile mill and ginning factory in porbandar gujarat and a trading company in bombay . later a cement plant saurashtra cement limited was established in 1956 . in 1972 idi amin then leader of uganda expelled all asians from the country ; all of the group s ugandan possession were surrendered many to the government controlled uganda development corporation . 2 the group concentrated on their non african businesses ; setting up a consultancy in india and a plastics plant in canada becoming a truly international conglomerate during the 1970s . in 1979 amin was removed from power and the group was invited back into uganda to repossess their assets . during the 1980s the agrima consultancy wing of the group expanded to ethiopia cameroon sudan burundi nigeria nepal sri lanka and myanmar . the group rehabilitated all their ugandan businesses during this period . a second cement plant was started in india ; the gujarat sidhee cement limited . during the 1990s the group entered the financial area by establishing transafrica assurance company limited . during this period the cement factories in india were expanded and modernized . 3 subsidiary companies edit the companies of the mehta group include but are not limited to the following 4 india saurashtra cement limited ranavav gujarat india gujarat sidhee cement limited sidheegram gujarat india agrima consultants international limited mumbai india mehta private limited mumbai india kolkata knight riders kolkata india global cups & consumables private limited kandla port gujarat india . uganda transafrica assurance company limited kampala uganda transafrica commerce limited kampala uganda sugar corporation of uganda limited scoul lugazi uganda 5 lugazi power station lugazi uganda ugma engineering corporation limited lugazi uganda cable corporation limited lugazi uganda uganda hortech limited lugazi uganda kenya agro chemical and food company limited muhoroni kenya the mehta group limited nairobi kenya glenn investments limited nairobi kenya usa monarch plastics inc. kenosha wisconsin united states see also edit conglomerates africa conglomerates uganda conglomerates uganda sugar factories uganda power stations wealthy ugandans references edit economic times bureau 23 april 2010 . in a tight spot will jay mehta wriggle through . the economic times new delhi . retrieved 28 july 2014 . j rgensen jan jelmert 1981 . uganda a modern history . taylor & francis . pp. 288 290 . isbn 978 0 85664 643 0 . retrieved 12 august 2010 . mehta group 2010 . history of the mehta group of companies . mehtagroup.com . retrieved 28 july 2014 . mehta group 2010 . the businesses of the mehta group . mehtagroup.com . retrieved 28 july 2014 . habati mubatsi asinja 27 august 2011 . mabira no storm in mehta s tea cup . the independent uganda . retrieved 28 july 2014 . external links edit mehta group homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mehta group & oldid 742523555 categories conglomerate companies of ugandacompanies based in mumbaicompanies established in 1900conglomerate companies of india1900 establishments in uganda 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 4 october 2016 at 06 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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