Essel Group
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Essel Group is a media conglomerate
company headed by Subhash Chandra
based in Mumbai
, Maharashtra
.
The companies under the group are:
Media conglomerate
A media conglomerate, media group or media institution is a company that owns large numbers of companies in various mass media such as television, radio, publishing, movies, and the Internet...
company headed by Subhash Chandra
Subhash Chandra
Subhash Chandra is a onetime rice exporter-turned media baron and Chairman of Essel Group, that launched India's satellite television revolution. The Zee chairman dropped out after standard 12. His pioneering channel Zee TV competes with, among others, Sony Entertainment Television and STAR Plus...
based in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
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The companies under the group are:
- Media
- Zee Entertainment Enterprises
- Zee NewsZee NewsZee News, the news and current affairs channel, is the oldest channel of Zee News Ltd, founded in 1992. It was the first 24-hour Hindi current affairs and news channel in India. In spite of being the only pay channel in its genre, it maintains its position among the top three Hindi news channels in...
- DNA (newspaper)DNA (newspaper)Daily News and Analysis is an Indian Broadsheet published in the English language from Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Jaipur, Bangalore and Indore in India. It was Launched in July 2005, targeted at a young readership....
- Technology
- Dish TVDish TVDish TV India Limited is an Indian company engaged in the business of providing direct-to-home satellite television service, which includes teleport service, customer support and transponder space leasing. Dishtv is a division of Zee Network Enterprise . It uses MPEG-2 digital compression...
- Wire & Wireless IndiaWire & Wireless IndiaWire & Wireless India is a part of Essel Group based in Noida. It is a public limited company listed on stock exchanges and is one of India's largest Multi System Operators with presence in 43 cities including Mumbai, New Delhi and Goa of India with 400 centers...
- Zee Turner LimitedZee Turner LimitedZee Turner Ltd is a 76:24 joint venture between Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd and Turner India Pvt Ltd . It has the mandate to distribute the channels of Zee group and Turner group as well as other satellite TV channels for the territories of India, Nepal and Bhutan...
- Intrex Trade Exchange LtdIntrex Trade Exchange LtdIntrex Trade Exchange Ltd is India's first ever Cash Trade Exchange, based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. formerly known as Intrex India Ltd, is a public limited company incorporated in Year 2000 by Essel Group. The Trade exchange, comprising a both cash and a cashless exchange, offers Indian businesses...
- Cyquator Technologies Limited
- Digital Media Convergence Limited
- CornerShop Entertainment
- Shirpur Gold RefineryShirpur Gold RefineryShirpur Gold Refinery is India's first and Asia's largest gold refinery headquartered in Mumbai. It is a green field precious metal refinery with installed capacity to refine 217 MT p.a. of gold and silver respectively in Shirpur, Dhule and Maharashtra. SGRL is a Public Ltd Company with its...
- Dish TV
- Entertainment
- E-City Ventures
- ETC Networks
- Pan India Network Infravest Pvt Ltd - The online gaming company PlaywinPlaywinPlaywin is an online lottery run by the Sikkim government. It was one of the first such lotteries to be opened in India. Established in November 2001, it has operations in many Indian towns and promoted by the Essel Group through Pan India Network Infravest Ltd.Playwin has five lotto games:*...
is a part of this group - Essel Sports - Essesl Sports has started the Indian Cricket LeagueIndian Cricket LeagueThe Indian Cricket League was a private cricket league funded by Zee Entertainment Enterprises that operated between 2007 and 2009 in India...
(ICL) and is also the owner of Mumbai Football ClubMumbai FCMumbai Football Club is an Indian football club based in Mumbai. The Club has many firsts to its credit and promises made have been duly fulfilled... - Suncity Projects
- Asian Sky Shop
- E-City Bioscope Entertainment Pvt Ltd - The multiplex chain Fun CinemasFun CinemasFun Cinemas is a cinema chain in India based in Mumbai, owned by the Essel Group and promoted by E-City Ventures. The company operates with the brand name Fun Cinemas and Talkie Town for all theatrical presence and cinema activity and Fun Gaming, for all game-based leisure options...
is a part of this group
- Packaging
- Essel PropackEssel PropackEssel Propack is a company headquartered in Mumbai in India.The company is part of Essel Group and is a manufacturer of laminated and seamless or extruded plastic tubes.The company is listed on Bombay Stock Exchange....
- Essel Propack
- Infrastructure
- Essel Infraprojects Limited (EIL) - This group has started the amusement parks Essel WorldEssel WorldEssel World is an amusement park in Gorai, Mumbai, India. It is spread over of land and attracts 10,000 visitors everyday. It can be reached from the suburbs of Borivali or Malad. Essel world was started by Subhash Chandra of the Essel Group in 1986...
and Water Kingdom
- Essel Infraprojects Limited (EIL) - This group has started the amusement parks Essel World
- Education
- Zee Learn Limited - A number of Learning projects has been launched by this group. They include
- KIDZEE & Mount Litera World preschools
- Mount Litera Zee & Mount Litera World Schools
- Zee Institute of Media Arts (ZIMA)
- Zee Institute of Creative Arts (ZICA)
- Zee Learn Limited - A number of Learning projects has been launched by this group. They include
- Charity
- Ekal Vidyalaya
- Global Vipassana Foundation
- Transnational Alternate Learning for Emancipation and Empowerment thorough Multimedia (TALEEM) Research Foundation
- EsselWorld-OASISEssel WorldEssel World is an amusement park in Gorai, Mumbai, India. It is spread over of land and attracts 10,000 visitors everyday. It can be reached from the suburbs of Borivali or Malad. Essel world was started by Subhash Chandra of the Essel Group in 1986...