ITC Ltd is an Indian public conglomerate company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal.

It started off as the Imperial tobacco Company of India in August 24,1910.

BUSINESS SEGMENTS

Its diversified business includes 4 segments:

FMCG

HOTELS

PAPERBOARDS

PAPER&PACKAGING AND AGRI BUSINESS

KEY PEOPLE

Y C DEVESWARYogesh Chander Deveshwar joined ITC in 1968and became its CEO in 1996.

Deveswar has been ranked as the seventh best performing CEO in the world by the Harward Business Review in its January-February 2013 edition.

In 2011, he was conferred with the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India,honouring his contribution to the Nation.

MEERA SHANKAR

Meera Shankar joined the board of ITC Ltd as the first woman Director in its history.

She is an additional non-executive director of the company.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

ITC contains a wide range of businesses:

Cigarettes TobaccoHotelsInformation TechnologyPackaging Paperboards&Speciality Papers Agri-business Foods Lifestyle RetailingEducation &StationeryPersonal Care

VISION&MISSION

VISION

Sustain ITC’s position as one of India’s most valuable corporations throughworld class performance, creating growing value for the Indian economyand the company’s stakeholders.

MISSION

To enhance the wealth generating capability of the enterprise in a globalizing environment, delivering superior and sustainable stakeholder value

The earlier decades of the company the existence mainly depending on

Growth and consolidation of the cigarettes and

Leaf tobacco business

In 1970 s it started to transform into a Corporate.

1975- The company launched its Hotel business. [ITC Welcomgroup Hotel Chola]

1979-ITC entered the Paperboard business. [ITC Bhadrachalam paperboards Ltd]

HISTORY

1985- ITC set up Surya Tobacco Company.

2000-Greeting,Gifting and Stationery products.

2002-Papercraft,premium range of notebooks.

2003-Popular range of notebooks under brand "classmate”.

2007-2009 launched children books, slam books, geometry boxes, Pens& Pencils under classmate brand.

2008-launched India’s first environment friendly premium business papers.

DIVERSIFIED BUSINESS SEGMENTS:

Tobacco Stationery Agri- Business IT Branded Apparels Packaged foods&Confectinery Personal Care Hotels

Tobacco

ITC is the market leader in cigarettes in India.ITC’s highly popular brands includes:

 •India Kings •Classic •Gold Flake •Navy Cut •Scissors •Berkeley•Bristol •Flake

Stationery

Classmate NotebooksClassmate PensClassmate PencilsPrecision instrumentsErasers & SharpenersPaperkraft 

Agri -Business 

ITC's Agri Business Division is the country's second largest exporter of agri-products. It currently focuses on exports and domestic trading of:

Feed Ingredients - Soya mealFood Grains - WheatMarine Products - Shrimps and PrawnsProcessed Fruits - Fruit Concentrates, Frozen FruitsCoffee

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The company services industries including: 

Banking Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI)Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)Retail Manufacturing, Engineering Services, Media & EntertainmentTravel, Hospitality, Life Sciences Transportation & Logistics.

LIFESTYLE RETAILING

ITC's Lifestyle Retailing Business Division  Wills Lifestyle John Players.

won numerous awards for its: Qualitymarketing product excellence

Packaged foods&Confectinery

ITC's Branded Packaged Foods business is one of the fastest growing foods businesses in India

The Foods business is today represented in 4 categories:

Snack FoodsReady To Eat Foods ConfectioneryStaples

PACKAGING

ITC's Packaging & Printing Business is the largest value added converter of paperboard packaging in South Asia.

Its client list includes :

• Nokia• Colgate Palmolive • British American Tobacco• Philip Morris International• Agio Cigars• Tata Tea• Akbar Brothers

The Division was set up in 1925

PERSONAL CARE

ITC forayed into the Personal Care business in July 2005.ITC's Personal Care portfolio under:

Essenza Di WillsFiama Di WillsVivelEngageSuperia 

ITC WELCOMGROUP HOTELS

India’s second largest hotel chain with over 100 hotels.

Best employers in Asia in the hospitality sector.

ITC hotels currently owns and operates 100 hotels in 75 destinations.

The distinct brands are:

ITC-Luxury Collection HotelsSheraton HotelsFortune HotelsWelcomHeritage Hotels

HOTELS:ITC Grand Chola,ChennaiITC Maurya,New DelhiITC Gardenia,BengaluruITC Mughal,AgraWelcomHotel Vadodara

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Carbon positive for 8 years.

Water positive for 11 consecutive years.

Solid waste recycling positive for the last 6 years.

RURAL INITIATIVES

Women’s Empowerment programme

Places computers with Internet access in rural farming villages. E- choupals: e-choupals serve as both a social gathering place for exchange information and e-commerce hub.

ITC’s Agri-business is India’s second largest exporter of agricultural products.[Foreign Exchange earners]

GLOBAL RECOGNITION

ITC has been ranked No.1 as the ‘Most active in CSR’ for 2 successive years.[Nelson Corporate Image Monitor]

Highest weightage in GREENEX&CARBONEX.

CONCLUSION

The journey to create world –class brands, that will bring pride to our country.

Commitment towards creating enduring and to put India first.

Can expect greater glory in coming years.