RUCHI SOYA INDUSTRIES LIMITED 
By NEWS RELEASE
Ankesh Shahra of Ruchi Soya honoured with Globoil Global Young Entrepreneur Award 2012Mumbai, October 09, 2012: Mr. Ankesh Shahra has been felicitated with the Global Young Entrepreneur Award during the Annual Globoil Conference held in Mumbai. Hon'ble Member of Parliament and reputed lawyer, Shri. Ram Jethmalani handed over the award and citation to Mr. Ankesh Shahra. Currently based in Singapore, Ankesh is managing the international businesses for Ruchi Soya. It includes establishing a cross-commodity global trading platform headquartered in Singapore, as well as implementing Ruchi Soya's backward integration strategy into agricultural plantations in Asia and Africa.
Established in 1997 in India, Globoil - the Premier
International Conference & Exhibition on Vegetable Oil, Feed
& Feed Ingredients, and Oilseeds & Oleo Chemicals is an
established annual feature and holds much value to the
players in the vegetable oil trade and industry.
Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Ankesh Shahra stated, "I am
very grateful to the committee for their kind consideration,
and realise the responsibilities that this award carries and
look forward to completing each and every one of them. Food
security is indeed a prevalent global concern, and Ruchi is
taking strategic steps towards ensuring competitive supply to
India in the coming several years."
Ankesh has a background in Finance, Economics and
International Trade, and represents the third generation of
the Shahra family that started the business conglomerate
Ruchi Group having business interests across the sectors
ranging from Edible oil, Soya foods, Steel, Dairy,
Information technology, Realty and others.
Featuring among the top five FMCG players in India, Ruchi
Soya is the flagship company of Ruchi Group of Industries.
Besides being a leading manufacturer of high quality edible
oils, soya foods, vanaspati, and bakery fats, Ruchi Soya is
also the highest exporter of soya meal, lecithin and other
food ingredients from India. Ruchi Soya features amongst top
three players based on market share in the overall Refined
Oil in Consumer Packs (ROCP) in India with leadership
position in important segments like palm oil. Ruchi Soya
Industries Limited owns household brands like Nutrela,
Mahakosh, Sunrich and Ruchi Gold, and clocked a turnover
crossing Rs. 26,000 crores last financial
year.
Yogesh Kolte Head - Corporate Communications, Ruchi Soya
Industries Limited
M: (+91) 98203 09121 T: (+91 22) 6656 0677 | 0600 E:
yogesh_kolte@ruchigroup.com
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