HISTORY

The Dhampur Group began its operations at Dhampur, Uttar Pradesh in 1933 with a crushing capacity of 300 TCD. The current capacity of Dhampur Group is 39,500 TCD. Its products include Power, Ethanol, Chemicals, Refined Sugar and Plantation White Sugar.

Leadership begins with a vision

Lala Ram Narain ji [1880 – 1943], founder of the Dhampur Group, took on the task of supporting his entire family at a very young age and shouldered his responsibilities with fortitude and confidence. During this period he worked with a forest contractor but the craving to press forward and accomplish, burnt deep within his heart. He soon spotted an opportunity in supply of wooden sleepers, for laying new railway tracks and boldly struck out on his own. His determination defied logistics and laid the foundations of the Dhampur Group.

From such modest beginnings, he hand-crafted the destiny of the corporate house that today, directly and indirectly, provides employment and livelihood to a large number of individuals and families of the rural India.

In the early 1930’s, while the strategists debated over choice of role models on which to shape the Indian economy, Lala Ram Narain ji anticipated the need for industrialization. The outcome of his foresight was investment in two sugar mills – one at Dhampur and the other as a 50% partner, at Bareilly, in Uttar Pradesh.

The Dhampur Sugar Mill was commissioned in 1933.

Shri Murli Manohar ji [1916 – 1964], eldest son of Lala Ram Narain ji took up the baton at an early age to carry forward the vision and legacy of his father. Even in face of a youth spent in comparatively difficult circumstances, the indomitable will he inherited from his father manifested itself in 1947 when the Indian Sugar Industry was passing through a challenging phase.

He resisted efforts to divest the Dhampur unit and took over the Managing Agency of the factory agreeing to pay a fixed dividend to his partners. He accomplished this task with great élan and successfully turned around the fortunes of the Dhampur factory.

He passed away at the young age of 48 but the path for the future generations had already been etched.

Dhampur Today

The Dhampur Group is spearheaded by its dynamic Chairman, Mr.V.K.Goel. His visionary innovativeness and emphasis on continuous R&D have made the company a technological leader in sugarcane processing and green energy solutions.

Starting from 300 TCD in 1933 the Dhampur Group has recorded an impressive performance taking its crushing capacity of sugarcane to 39500 metric tonnes per day, with power co-generation capacity of 145 MW and alcochem capacity of 270,000 liters per day. Through its successful pioneering efforts, the Dhampur Group directed the industry’s development by introducing new technologies like Fibrizors, Pressure Feeders, Fiber based single tandem, Pressure Evaporation System with Falling Film Type Evaporator Bodies, Vertical Continuous Pans etc. These innovations became the mainstay of sugar technology in India.

Dhampur is one of the most integrated sugarcane processing companies in India. Dhampur's sugarcane co-generation capacity is one of the largest in the country and it has perhaps the highest ethanol manufacturing capacity relative to it’s cane crushing capacity, in the country. It is also the first and the largest producer of refined sulphurless sugar in the country.