L. M. Thapar
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Lalit Mohan Thapar was born on 27th October, 1930. He heads the LM Thapar group of companies. He was born to Karam Chand Thapar, the founder of the Thapar group of companies that ran J.C.T mills , BILT and other industrial concerns. Brij Mohan Thapar or BM Thapar, Inder Mohan Thapar and Man Mohan Thapar are his brothers. [link] He did his schooling from the prestigious Doon School. He graduated in engineering from the University of Southern California, USA. He became Chairman of the Ballarpur group of companies in 1962.[link].
Ballarpur Industries Limited [link] , Bilt Paper Holdings Limited, Orient Engineering and Commercial Company Limited, The Pioneer Limited, Sohna Stud Farm Pvt Limited, TT & G Trading Pvt Limited, iBilt Technologies Limited, Bilt Middle East Pvt Limited, Himalayan Hideaways Pvt Limited, Karam Chand Thapar & Bros Limited, Lavasa Corporation Limited and KCT Papers Limited are some of the Thapar group comapnies that he has been a director of.
Single and staying in prestigious Lutyen's New Delhi on Amrita Shergill marg, Mr L.M. Thapar was involved in a court case when a lady accused him of breach of promise. The case was settled out of court.
His nephew Gautam Thapar ( son of BM Thapar) has taken over LM Thapar's companies in the year 2005.
Other Thapar group companies and concerns in India are , the Pioneer newpaper, Thapar house on Janpath lane, Tiger Bay restaurant, Global Green.
The Crompton Greaves [link], Greaves Cotton and JCT group is with MM Thapar. His son Samir Thapar runs JCT mills and his son Arjun Thapar runs JCT electronics.[link]
Bilt Chemicals and Bharat Starch was vested with BM Thapar and hence would be under his sons Gautam and Karan Thapar's control. Gautam has also been named by L.M. Thapar as the successor of his goup of companies.
IM Thapar's son Vikram Thapar looks after his group which inculdes the Calcutta based coal trading business K.C Thapar started out with and prawn farms for prawn exports as well as the Tiger Bay restaurant chain.
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Tech. is a group project funded by the Thapar's.
LINKS
- http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1489841.cms
- http://www.hinduonnet.com/businessline/iw/2000/11/19/stories/0819h151.htm
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