| About us |
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| Davars M.P. Organics was started in 1982. Project began by setting up an in house R&D laboratory for the development and standardization of food, pharmaceutical and industrial grade additives which were essentially import substitutes of Carrageenans, Pectin, Alginates and Locust bean gum. Samples of our products were sent to different concerned laboratories of C.S.I.R. as well as others to receive their test reports and confirmation of quality. After receiving positive test reports industry was started at a small scale by investing individual capital and without raising any loan what-so-ever from any of the lending institutions. |
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| The industry received first rating on the basis of quality of our products, which are sold under our registered trade name and patented formulations which were accepted by the industry as perfect import substitutes. |
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| The company having proved excellence in the field of food additives carries on to develop & offer innovative products to almost all the food ingredients engaged in the manufacturing of diverse processed and finished foods. |
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| Financial performance reveals that consistently from its inception the company has grown from strength to strength. Davars took a major forward-leap by registering itself as the first company of its kind to acquire HACCP certification by the globally renowned TUV-Mitte of Germany in the late 90's. This qualified us for exports to the European Union and U.S.A. Davars is already registered with APDEA & is exporting its products to UAE, Russia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia & Nepal apart from other markets. Effective participation in major food ingredients events (like AAHAR) in India, Singapore, China, Germany & UAE have been major marketing thrust areas. |
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| Davars today is a well known brand in the dairy & bakery ingredient business with the widest distribution network in India having our own sales offices in Delhi, Mumbai & the UAE. We are one of the largest manufacturers & distributors of food ingredients globally. We currently operate in 26 states all across India and close to 17 countries worldwide with our exclusive agents & distribution network existent in all parts of India and overseas. By virtue of our extensive distribution network and market coverage in India, we are also engaged in imports, trading & distribution of various frozen, chilled & dry food products. We have a full fledged cold chain & logistics in place for effective transportation & distribution of frozen, chilled and dry food products all across the country. |
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| Founder and Guiding Spirit |
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| Late Shri K.S. Davar |
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| Late Shri K.S. Davar was the founding father and the first chairman of Davars group. He was a civil engineer who had post graduated from the university of Sheffield (England). He was a visionary and a unique blend of an engineer, an architect, an artist and spiritualist of deep convictions. It was he who had conceptualized & initiated the spadework for the various food industries besides setting up of the first cold storage for food preservation in 1951. His personal and powerful character won him esteem from both Indians & the British. His life and work were the triumph of character over circumstances. |
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| Management Team |
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| Mrs. Meera Davar, Chairman |
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Mrs. Meera Davar developed deep insights into the art and science of food processing and product development while pursuing her post graduation. She holds the key to all the formulations developed under German Technical know-how in the laboratories of Davars. Every single product gets tested, approved and passed under her care. She is a self-disciplined person gifted with enormous capacity to almost effortlessly organize and manage different institutions besides her own enterprise.
It was in recognition of her proven business & management acumen that the Govt. of India offered her directorship of Central Social Welfare Board as also the Govt. of M.P. Offered her directorship of Women's Economic Development Corporation of M.P. She served at both the positions with distinction & a sense of purpose. She generated self-employment opportunities for women entrepreneurs thereby lending dignity of life and self-reliance to the deprived. From project conceptualization to its successful implementation, from arranging bank loans to their timely repayment with interest became the hallmark of her work.
Besides making vital contribution to business she is also serving on the governing board of Jiwaji University as well as (i) Zonal Advisor LIC (ii) Organizer I.G. working Women's hostel and (iv) Patron All India Magneto therapists Association.
The services that Mrs. Meera Davar has rendered to holistic health promotion are many, varied nd outstanding. 25 years ago she gained expertise in the curative properties of healing magnets and set up a well-equipped clinic under her care where she has been devoting each morning 3-4 hours treating 20-30 patients each day. Employing various educational tools like radio talks, addressing service clubs, press interviews, articles and holding camps in other states, helping establish social health clinics in rural areas she outreached to her best capacity. An attitude of modesty, humility and sobriety constitute her personality. She has worked with such devotion and fervor in establishing and organizing the first women's Half-Way Home in India that the National Human Rights Commission recognized it as a model and complimented her contribution. |
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| Dr. G.S. Davar, Managing & Technical Director |
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Dr. G.S. Davar post-graduated from Central Food Technological Research Institute. Mysore securing distinction and first position as well as Institute's Gold Medal.
He served as head of the Department of Food Technology at New Delhi in the Institute of Applied Nutrition in Pusa Campus established by the Ministry of Food & Agriculture of the Government of India and FAO of UNO.
Through an All India Open Competition he was awarded a scholarship i.e. Carl Duisburg Scholarship for pursuing advanced studies in West-Germany at the Bundusvorschungsanstalt furlebensmitteltechnology, Karlsruhe, under Herr Prof. Dr. Kupranoff.
Later on in 1975 he was invited to present his work at the SOS "Science of Survival" Conference held in Washington.
In 1977 he was selected & invited by the International Institute of Protein Food Technology, Santa Monica, U.S.A. where he worked on Low Cost High Nutrition Foods & visited Universities of Los Angeles, Prudue, Indiana & Philadelphia and also become a fellow of the Food Technologists Association, U.S.A.
In India his work has been devoted to the development of hydro colloids based formulations for application in the Food ingredients as Import substitutes of Sodium Alginate, Carrageenans, Locus Bean Gum, Gum Tragacanth for their use as quality improvers in the (i) Dairy Industries (ii) Bakery products (iii) Sauces & Gravies & (iv) Extruded products.
He also developed formulations for the paper industry to provide strength, finish and overall quality improvement of paper which found use with leading paper mills like Hindustan Paper Corporation, Pondicherry Paper Mills, Madhya Paper Mill etc.
For the leather industry he developed Paste-Drying Agent as substitute of imported Gum Tracacanth which found immediate approval & acceptance by Central Leather Research Institute, Madras as well as the well reputed Bata India & Gordon Woodroffe of Madras (the two leading most leather processing units in India).
All his formulations bear either the prefix "Ico" or the Suffix "Podric" which were registered.
In 1995 he was awarded "Udyog Ratna" award at the hands of Shri Vasant Sathe at Delhi.
Recently he was invited by the "TIMES" group as an author for their Food Processing related Journal being brought out as Economic Times Presentation. "TIMES" Food Processing Journal is meant to show-case the post-globalization State-of-the-art in respect of food laws, quality control, quality assurance and the ways & means of utilizing abundant opportunities in the field of food processing that exists in India. |
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| Mr. Puneet Davar, Chief Executive |
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'Davars' has a history of innovations resulting in the in-house development of food ingredients and import substitutes. Having acquired a particular plateau, the company needed to be ably driven to the next level. Mr. Puneet Davar, an MBA with specialization in food technology is the Chief Executive of the company who assumed the responsibility of taking the organization forward to the next level.
Mr. Puneet Davar was appointed as CEO and assumed office in the year 1999 with the firm belief in the fact that well placed systems and processes drive businesses and not an individual. His hands-on experience in products' processing and production, quality control, marketing and efficient application of management techniques gives him an edge to understand & plan the growth-path for the success of the organization. This lead to the effective-participation of the company in major food ingredients events like "AAHAR" in India and food ingredients exhibitions in Singapore, China, Germany & UAE. Davars was the first food ingredient company in the country to be certified for HACCP by the globally renowned TUV-Mitte of Germany. This was a major forward-leap for the status of an "Export-House" registered with APEDA thereby resulting in the development of export markets in over 17 countries world wide.
With special interest in the R&D program brought Mr. Puneet Davar and his team early breakthrough in developing pre-processed ready-to-use foods. His intensified interest in product development and control over quality factors affecting rheology, viscosity, dispersability, stability, body & texture, organoleptic properties, mouth feel, overrun, volume, colour and flavour development and gelling properties of an array of products resulted in the development of many other novel products, which found ready domestic & overseas market. This depicts an adept technocrat at work, Davars CEO Mr. Puneet Davar. |
