BRIEF HISTORY OF THE COMPANY

The Jeypore Sugar Company (VVS SUGARS) Ltd. was incorporated as a public limited company on 29th July 1936 under the Indian Companies Act. 1913 and was the first company to be registered in the then newly formed province of Orissa.

The company started a sugar unit at Rayagada, Koraput District, Orissa with an initial capacity of 150 TCD and subsequently expanded to 450 TCD. The company diversified into various other activities like manufacture of Industrial Alcohol, Indian made foreign liquor and Ferro manganese. In the course of expansion of the company, a separate sugar unit was established at Nagaram in Guntur District A.P. in 1958. Due to non-availability of sugar cane the unit was shifted to Chagallu, West Godavari District, in A.P in 1961 with an installed capacity of 850 TCD in the year 1960-61 and having licensed capacity of 1250 TCD. At present the company's installed capacity and crushing capacity is at about 8500 TCD.

The founder of the Organization is late Sri Velagapudi Rama Krishna. He was born on March 4th, 1896 in the village of Bellamvaripalem in Guntur District.

Now the Chairman of this organization is Smt Rajeswari Rama Krishnan. She was born in 1928, is the eldest child of the great late Sri Velagapudi Rama Krishna, C.I.E, I.C.S. She graduated from Queen Mary's college in 1945. The Jeypore Sugar Co Ltd.,(VVS SUGARS) has taken big strides under her stewardship and today the company has become the biggest sugar unit in Andhra Pradesh which manufactures “SUGAR, FERROMANGANESE,ALCOHOL,STARCH). She is closely associated with KCP, Madras Aluminum Co Ltd., Eimco-KCP fuller KCP (Krishna Industrial Corporation), Rama Krishna Industries (Private) Limited, V.R. Textiles Limited and Coimbatore Institute of Technology (C.I.T.,Coimbatore) and Sandwich Polytechnic. The Managing Director of this organization is Smt Anita Prabhu.

V.V.S. SUGARS, CHAGALLU

In the year 1960 Sugar Factory at Chagallu was established by shifting the existing sugar factory at Nagaram village in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh with an initial capacity of 850 T.C.D. The production was commenced on 2/12/1961. This small unit of V.V.S. Sugars has been expanded from time to time and at present acquired the capacity of 8500 T.C.D.

SUBSIDARY COMPANY

Sri Rama Distilleries Limited, Jangareddygudem, W.G.Dt., A.P.
A sick unit Sri Rama Distilleries limited was purchased in the year 1988 by The Jeypore Sugar Co Ltd., (VVS SUGARS) and now it is flourishing well on its own after take-over. At present this unit is producing 45 lakhs liters of Rectified Spirit per year.