About Us

Gujarat Agro Infrastructure Mega Food Park is an industrial estate focussed exclusively at the food processing sector.

We provide enabling infrastructure and mechanisms to strengthen the Agricultural value chain, bringing together Farmers, Food Processors and the End Consumers such as Wholesalers, Retailers & Exporters.

Vision

Vision

To be recognized in the Food and Agricultural Industry for playing a vital role in linking agricultural production to th e marketplace using Cutting-edge Technologies, Innovation, High quality Service standards and ethical business practices.

Promoters

Urja Group

  • Vast experience (4 decades) in the fields of infrastructure development and storage of food grains in dry warehouses. Pioneers in Constructing Private warehouse for use by Food Corporation of India at Viramgam near Sanand in Gujarat
  • Rich experience in infrastructure development through execution of Turn-key projects in Power Transmission and Construction of Commercial & Residential Projects. The acquired Project Management skills will be a big support in timely execution of Mega Food Park Project of this size.
  • One of the largest Mobile Value added Services provider companies servicing more than 50 Million Customers on behalf of most leading telecom companies such as BSNL, MTNL, Vodafone, Airtel, IDEA, TATA Docomo etc.
  • Also present in Financial Services as members of the National Stock Exchange of India, Bombay Stock Exchange of India, Multi Commodity Exchange of India. The Marketing wing of the group has wide network with offices at Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, and Bangalore.
  • Involved in the field of LPG Distribution marketing for domestic, commercial and industrial clients since more than three decades supplying nearly 4 Lacs Cylinders per annum.

Adani Wilmar Limited

  • Adani Wilmar Limited (AWL) is a 50:50 JV between Adani Enterprises Ltd and Wilmar Investments (Mauritius) Ltd.
  • AWL is engaged in the business of crushing edible oil seeds, manufacturing and trading of refined edible oil, De-Oiled Cakes(DOC) & speciality fats (including Vanaspati) and processing and exporting castor oil and castor DOC.
  • The Company is in the middle of ongoing expansion of its existing facilities and has identified Gujarat as one of the preferred regions to set up carious facilities.
  • Turnover of almost 1.6 Billion US Dollars ( more than Rs. 8000 Crores) and has fantastic forward integration capabilities of taking their products to the market.
  • In light of the strategic advantages that this location offers they have also agreed to join hands as equity participants to this Mega Food Park and commit their vast experience in the Food Processing Industry in order to make this venture a great success

Manu Srivastava

  • Has worked as a Strategy consultant for McKinsey & Co., OC&C Consultants in the past
  • B. Tech in Information & Communication Technology with MBA in Finance & Entrepreneurship
  • Will support the SPV in the areas of Strategic Planning, Finance & Marketing.

Mafatlal Siroya

  • Farmer Member in the SPV
  • Engaged in precision farming of fruits and in floriculture
  • Strong Local Presence shall bring Support for this project through various Agricultural Mandalis for providing raw material
  • Also engaged in real estate Business in the Surat City and nearby Districts

Promoter Strenghts

  • Promoters / SPV members are the best combination of expertise in the Food Processing, backward and forward integration of raw materials and finished goods and infrastructure development
  • Promoters can commit adequate and all necessary resources to ensure well and timely implementation of project.
  • Promoters are very good financial strength have required Net Worth to carry out a project of such size
  • Experience of promoters in sourcing raw material shall prove handy in developing backward linkages
  • Thus, the promoters bring all the related experience required for a food processing park
    • Infrastructure development
    • Processing
    • Marketing
    • Logistics

Key Personnel

Mr. Pranav Doshi

Mr. Pranav Doshi

Mr. Pranav Doshi is the Group Director of the multifaceted URJA GROUP which has business interests in the fields of Marketing and Distribution, Warehousing and Logistics, Financial Services, Mobile VAS and Mobile Banking Solutions, E-Commerce, Real Estate and Power Distribution infrastructure.
Being a visionary, he saw an opportunity and was an early investor in mobile value added service space in India. Now he sits on the board of several such companies such as 6d Technologies, Contakt Tech, Mobipay Solutions and many others.
He is presently involved in setting up of Gujarat Agro Infrastructure Mega Food Park - an Industrial park with exclusive focus on Food & Agro Processing. He He also sits on the managing committee of Federation of Gujarat Industries. Besides work, he has a keen interest in music and theatre.
Key areas of expertise:
  • Mr. Doshi Specializes in Conceptualizing, Planning and Execution of large scale projects and process reengineering.
  • He has immense knowledge of infrastructure and power transmission sectors.
Mr. Ashish Doshi

Mr. Ashish Doshi

Mr. Ashish Doshi is the Group Director of the multifaceted URJA GROUP which has business interests in the fields of Marketing and Distribution, Warehousing and Logistics, Financial Services, Mobile VAS and Mobile Banking Solutions, E-Commerce, Real Estate and Power Distribution infrastructure.
Mr. Doshi focusing mainly on Mobile VAS, Mobile Banking and New Business Development of the Group. He also focuses on Financial Planning and Group's Investments in the Equity Markets.
As part of the new business development, Mr. Doshi is also actively aiding in the group's latest business namely Gujarat Agro Infrastructure Mega Food Park, which is an initiative approved by Government of India and Government of Gujarat to set up a 70 Acre Industrial Park for the Food Processing sector. This is the only Mega Food Park in the ITDP Zone in India and will help huge number of tribal farmers to increase their lively hood by curtailing wastage of crops due to lack of infrastructure and help food processors ready infrastructure on a pay as you go basis.
Mr. Doshi is actively involved in day to day working of M/s. Contakt Tech Solutions (I) Private Limited and is currently one of the most recognized Mobile VAS company with the Telecom Operators and was a pioneer in India and specializes in providing USSD based services. M/s. Contakt has seen huge success with it being the preferred mobile banking partner for USSD based services by Vodafone M-Pesa, Visa Movida and is also the chosen partner for Mobile Banking by National Payment Corporation of India was the financial inclusion program as well as Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
Apart from the business achievement, Mr. Doshi has been a delegate member of the prestigious Vibrant Gujarat business Summit where he represented the state of Gujarat for inviting investment from Global investors. He went to the US and got a commitment of investment of over 1000 crore into the country.
Mr. Doshi is an avid motorsport lover and in his younger days used to participate in at National Level in various National Rallying and Motorsport events where he has won many accolades and awards.
Mr. Manu Srivastava

Mr. Manu Srivastava

Mr. Manu Srivastava has been a strategy consultant for Mckinsey & Company during which he has provided his consulting services to Oil & Gas as well as Telecom companies in formulating their business and financial strategies. Prior to which he was an analyst at Merrill Lynch and worked extensively in the debt capital markets.
He is now an entrepreneur. He is the director of ICT Infracon, which is an IT firm that focusses on e-governance projects and big data analytics.
Key areas of expertise:
  • Corporate strategy encompassing future goals, defining short term and long term objectives, value creation strategy and competitive analysis.
  • Development, evaluation and appraisal of businesses, forecasting opportunities and forecasting on financial plan outlays and analysis of existing business practices.
  • Valuation of listed companies and valuation of new resource acquisition.
He has a MBA in Finance & Entrepreneurship from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and also has B.Tech in Information & Communication Technology from DA-IICT.