Founder, Naira
Ankit leads a family business group that began in Indian manufacturing in 1990 and now has companies in India, the UAE and Hong Kong.
Ankit's family began manufacturing and trading calcined and dead burnt magnesite in Salem, Tamil Nadu, in 1990. Today the group's mining and kiln operations supply refractory, steel, cement and agriculture customers across India.
The group grew beyond minerals into contract manufacturing for ITC Mangaldeep in Salem and Guwahati, and into food processing, with rice processing plants in Darbhanga in Bihar and Nagaon in Assam.
Ankit brought the business to the UAE to connect the group's production in India with buyers across the Gulf, Africa and Asia. Naira, based in the Sharjah free zone, is the trading company that makes those connections, supported by the group's office in Hong Kong.
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Businesses that Ankit and his family lead across three countries.
Salem, Guwahati, Darbhanga, Nagaon
Sharjah and Dubai
Hong Kong SAR
How the group has grown.
Manufacturing and trading of calcined and dead burnt magnesite starts in Salem, Tamil Nadu.
The group starts manufacturing for ITC Mangaldeep in Salem, later adding Guwahati.
The magnesite business continues as SriBalaji Minerals, with its own mining approval and kilns.
The group opens rice processing plants in Darbhanga and Nagaon.
Naira Project Management Services LLC is registered in Dubai.
The group opens its company in Hong Kong to serve buyers in Asia.
Naira opens in the Sharjah free zone as the group's trading hub for the Gulf, Africa and Asia.