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CONTENTS :Genesis and Origin of ITC. Governing Board & Its Structure. Business Area of The Company. Product & Associate Services. Competitors of ITCs. Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR). Innovative Practices.

TYPE
Public (BSE: 500875)

Industry
Conglomerate

Founded
1790 (as Wills & Co.)

Founder(s)
Henry Overton Wills

Headquarter
37, J.L.Nehru Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Key people
Y.C. Deveshwar, Chairman Kurush Grant, Exec. Director, P. Dhobale, Exec. Director, Nakul Anand, Exec. Director, Rajiv Tandon, CFO,

Website

ITCportal.com

HISTORY
ITC was incorporated on August 24, 1910 under the name Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited. As the Company's ownership progressively Indianised, the name of the Company was changed from Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited to India Tobacco Company Limited in 1970 and then to I.T.C. Limited in 1974. In recognition of the Company's multi-business portfolio encompassing a wide range of businesses - Cigarettes & Tobacco, Hotels, Information Technology, Packaging, Paperboards & Specialty Papers, Agri-business, Foods, Lifestyle Retailing, Education & Stationery and Personal Care - the full stops in the Company's name were removed effective September 18, 2001. The Company now stands rechristened 'ITC Limited'.

GENESIS AND ORIGIN OF ITC

The Companys beginnings were humble. A leased office on Radha Bazar Lane, Kolkata, was the centre of the Company's existence. The Company celebrated its 16th birthday on August 24, 1926, by purchasing the plot of land situated at 37, Chowringhee, (J.L. Nehru Road) Kolkata, for the sum of Rs 310,000 landmarks. In 1979, ITC entered the Though the first six decades of the Company's existence were primarily devoted to the growth and consolidation of the Cigarettes and Leaf Tobacco businesses, the Seventies witnessed the beginnings of a corporate transformation that would usher in momentous changes in the life of the Company.

GOVERNING BOARD & ITS STRUCTURE

Board of Directors Chairman: Y C Deveshwar Executive Directors Nakul Anand P V Dhobale K N Grant Non-Executive Directors: A Baijal S Banerjee AV Girija Kumar S H Khan S B Mathur D K Mehrotra H G Powell P B Ramanujam Anthony Ruys Basudeb Sen K Vaidyanath B Vijayaraghavan

BUSINESS AREA OF THE COMPANY

FMCG

Cigarettes & Cigars Foods Lifestyle Retailing Personal Care Education and Stationery Safety Matches Agarbattis

Paperboards & Packaging

Paperboards & Specialty Papers Packaging

Agri Business

Agri Commodities & Rural Services e-Choupal Leaf Tobacco, Spices & Agri Inputs

Hotels

Information Technology

PRODUCT & ASSOCIATE SERVICES

Foods Personal care Lifestyle retailing Education and stationery Safety matches Agarbattis Cigarettes and Cigars E - Choupal Hotels Services Paper board and packaging Paper board and specialty papers Agribusiness

ITC Business Portfolio

FMCG
Cigarettes Foods Personal Care Lifestyle Retailing

Education & Stationery

Matches

Incense Sticks

Hotels

Paper & Packaging

Agri Business

Information Technology

LEADER IN

CIGERATES

ITC is the market leader in cigarettes in India. With its wide range of invaluable brands, it has a leadership position in every segment of the market. It's highly popular portfolio of brands includes Insignia, India Kings, Lucky Strike, Classic, Gold Flake, Navy Cut, Players, Scissors, Capstan, Berkeley, Bristol and Flake, Silk Cut and Duke.

COMPETITORS OF ITC
HINDUSTAN UNILIVER LIMITED. PROCTOR AND GAMBLE LIMITED. DABUR. OBERAI HOTELS TAJ HOTELS

COMPITITOTRS OF ITC
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD AXE PONDS, TATA GROUP OF INDUSTRIES BEBRAGES P&G PANTENE, REJOICE, HEAD&SHOLDERS SKINCARE OLAY _

PEARS ,REXONA,LIRIL2000 SURF EXCEL,ACTIVE WHEEL BROOKE BOND TAAZA TAJ MAHAL KWALITY WALLS PURE IT _

FOOD PRODUCTS E-TRADING

STEEL INDUSTRY _ _ _

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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

E-CHOUPAL

WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT

SOCIAL & FARM FORESTRY

PRIMARY EDUCATION

SUNEHRA KAL

LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT

WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT

INNOVATIVE PRACTICES

ITC Echoupa: INNOVATIVE IDEA

INNOVATIONS OF ITC
ITCs Personal Care Products Division strengthened its consumer insights based product innovation with Laboratoire Naturel, a pioneering, one-of-its-kind, world class Centre for Consumer and Product Interaction in Bengaluru. In line with ITCs commitment to deliver world class products backed by research and innovation, the Centre aims to create a forum for establishing greater direct connect between the divisions scientists, brand teams and the Indian consumer, with the objective of enhanced product innovation, delivering unique and differentiated benefits.

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consumers are invited to experience products at the developmental stage. Designed by Bengaluru based Future Research Design Company (FRDC), the Centre is built on a harmonious balance of nature and science, echoing the brand attributes of ITCs Fiama Di Wills range of personal care products In addition, with a contemporary design based on eco-friendly materials and environmentally conscious technologies Laboratoire Naturel has also received the prestigious LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, creating a radiant synergy of science and nature.

Deepika Padukone, Brand Ambassador for ITC Fiama Di Wills was present at the Laboratoire Naturel - Consumer Interaction Centre for a firsthand experience of ITCs philosophy of Innovation.