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|foundation = {{Start date and age|1893}}
|foundation = {{Start date and age|1893}}
|founder = [[Kasinathuni Nageswara Rao]]
|location = 42–45 Luz Church Road, [[Mylapore]], Chennai – 600004, India
|location = 42–45 Luz Church Road, [[Mylapore]], Chennai – 600004, India
|key_people = S Sambhu Prasad<ref name="bod">{{cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=https://www.amrutanjan.com/Boardofdirectors.html |website=amrutanjan.com |access-date=26 December 2022 }}</ref><br />(Chairman)
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| industry = [[Ayurvedic]] [[health care|health-care products]], [[beauty products]], [[Informational Technology]], [[Business process outsourcing]]
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| revenue = {{profit}} [[United States dollar|US$]]
|revenue = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|421|c}} (FY22)
|net_income = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|67|c}} (FY22)<ref>{{cite news |title=Amrutanjan Health Care Ltd Q4 FY2021-22 PAT drops QoQ to Rs. 14.70 crores |url=https://www.equitybulls.com/category.php?id=313788 |access-date=19 April 2023 |work=EquityBulls |date=25 May 2022}}</ref>
|net_income = {{profit}} [[United States dollar|US$]]
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'''Amrutanjan Healthcare Limited''' is an Indian [[pharmaceutical]] [[Public limited company|company]] established by [[Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao]] in [[Mumbai]] in 1893.
'''Amrutanjan Healthcare Limited''' is an Indian [[pharmaceutical]] [[Public limited company|company]] headquartered in [[Chennai|Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India]]. It was founded by [[Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao]] in [[Bombay]] (now [[Mumbai]]) in 1893.

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[[File:Amrutanjan, a pain relieving balm 2013-11-27 09-10.jpg|220px|Thumbnail|right|Amrutanjan pain balm]]


==History==
==History==
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Amrutanjan was established as a [[patent medicine]] business in [[Mumbai]]<ref name="amrutanjan_profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.amrutanjan.com/profile.html |title=Profile of Amrutanjan Healthcare Limited |publisher=Amrutanjan Healthcare Limited |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616152043/http://www.amrutanjan.com/profile.html |archivedate=2008-06-16 }}</ref><ref name="gods_bazaar">{{cite book | title=Gods in the Bazaar: The Economies of Indian Calendar Art| last=Jain| first=Kajri| year=2007| pages=124| publisher=Duke University Press| id={{ISBN|0822339269}}, {{ISBN|978-0-8223-3926-7}}}}</ref> in 1893 by [[Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao|K. Nageswara Rao Pantulu]] who was a [[journalist]], [[social reformer]] and [[freedom fighter]].<ref name="madrasrediscoveredp206">[[#Madras Rediscovered|Madras Rediscovered]], Pg 206</ref><ref name="music_concerts">{{cite book | title=Music and Orientalism in the British Empire, 1780s–1940s: Portrayal of the East| last=Clayton| first=Mary|author2=Bennett Zon| year=2007| pages=206| publisher=Ashgate Publishing Ltd.| id={{ISBN|0754656047}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7546-5604-3}}}}</ref><ref name="southernindia">{{cite book | title=Southern India: Its History, People, Commerce, and Industrial Resources| url=https://archive.org/details/southernindiaits00some| last=Playne| first=Somerset|author2=Arnold Wright| year=1914| pages=[https://archive.org/details/southernindiaits00some/page/642 642]| publisher=| id=}}</ref> The headquarters were shifted to [[Chennai]] in 1914.<ref name="amrutanjan_profile" /><ref name="gods_bazaar" /><ref name="southernindia" />
Amrutanjan was established as a [[patent medicine]] business in [[Bombay]] (now [[Mumbai]])<ref name="amrutanjan_profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.amrutanjan.com/profile.html |title=Profile of Amrutanjan Healthcare Limited |publisher=Amrutanjan Healthcare Limited |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616152043/http://www.amrutanjan.com/profile.html |archive-date=2008-06-16 }}</ref><ref name="gods_bazaar">{{cite book | title=Gods in the Bazaar: The Economies of Indian Calendar Art| last=Jain| first=Kajri| year=2007| pages=124| publisher=Duke University Press| isbn=978-0822339267| id={{ISBN|978-0-8223-3926-7}}}}</ref> in 1893 by [[Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao|K. Nageswara Rao Pantulu]] who was a [[journalist]], [[social reformer]] and [[freedom fighter]].<ref name="madrasrediscoveredp206">[[#Madras Rediscovered|Madras Rediscovered]], Pg 206</ref><ref name="music_concerts">{{cite book | title=Music and Orientalism in the British Empire, 1780s–1940s: Portrayal of the East| last=Clayton| first=Mary|author2=Bennett Zon| year=2007| pages=206| publisher=Ashgate Publishing Ltd.| isbn=978-0754656043| id={{ISBN|978-0-7546-5604-3}}}}</ref><ref name="southernindia">{{cite book | title=Southern India: Its History, People, Commerce, and Industrial Resources| url=https://archive.org/details/southernindiaits00some| last=Playne| first=Somerset|author2=Arnold Wright| year=1914| pages=[https://archive.org/details/southernindiaits00some/page/642 642]| publisher=Asian Educational Services| isbn=978-81-206-1344-7}}</ref> The headquarters were shifted to [[Madras]] (now [[Chennai]]) in 1914.<ref name="amrutanjan_profile" /><ref name="gods_bazaar" /><ref name="southernindia" />


As of 2014, it is headed by Sambhu Prasad, the grandson of Nageshwara Rao.<ref name="bod"/>
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===Amrutanjan balm===
''Main article:'' [[Amrutanjan (balm)|Amrutanjan]]


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==Products==
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Even today, the words "Bombay" are inscribed along with Amrutanjan on the lid of its most well-known product, the pain balm. In 1936, Amrutanjan became a [[public limited company]] with the name Amrutanjan Limited.<ref name="amrutanjan_profile" /><ref name="historyofindianbusiness">{{cite book | title=The History of Indian Business: A Complete Account of Trade Exchanges from 3000 B.C. to the Present Day| last=Agarwala| first=Prakash Narain| year=1985| pages=566| publisher=Vikas| id={{ISBN|0706926099}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7069-2609-5}}}}</ref> Kasinathuni Nageswara Rao popularised the balm by distributing it free-of-cost at music concerts.<ref name="music_concerts" />
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Amrutanjan Healthcare's main product is its pain balm. In 2002, Amrutanjan Healthcare launched a series of anti-diabetic medicines called Diakyur.<ref name="amrutanjandiakyur">{{cite news | title= Amrutanjan launches Diakyur | date=13 June 2002 | url=http://www.expresspharmaonline.com/20020613/corpmon2.shtml | work =Express Pharma Online | access-date = 2008-10-21}}</ref> <!--Of recent, it has plans of selling [[olive oil]] and [[pesticides]].<ref name="amrutanjanoliveoil">{{cite news | last=Venkat | first=Archana | title= Amrutanjan adding olive oil, home insecticides to portfolio | date=November 6, 2007 | url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/11/06/stories/2007110651150500.htm | work =The Hindu Business Line | access-date = 2008-10-21| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081012112438/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/11/06/stories/2007110651150500.htm| archive-date= 12 October 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>--> In 2004, the company launched herbal mouth-fresheners under the brand name "Affair".<ref name="amrutanjanmouthfresheners">{{cite news | last=Venkat | first=Archana | title= Amrutanjan's Affair with mouth fresheners | date=28 September 2004 | url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2004/09/28/stories/2004092800590700.htm | work =The Hindu Business Line | access-date = 2008-10-21}}</ref>


On 13 November 2007, the company changed its name from Amrutanjan Limited to Amrutanjan Healthcare Limited and has ever since been known by that name.<ref name="amrutanjanhealthcareref">{{cite news | title= Amrutanjan becomes Amrutanjan Health | date=13 November 2007 | url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/13/stories/2007111352701600.htm | work =The Hindu: Business | accessdate = 2008-10-21| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081026215151/http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/13/stories/2007111352701600.htm| archivedate= 26 October 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
The Amrutanjan group also includes a software company called Amrutanjan Infotech. In July 2001, Amrutanjan Infotech's call-centre began its operations.<ref name="amrutanjaninfotechcallcentre">{{cite news | title= Amrutanjan Infotech's call centre to go online shortly | url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/07/02/stories/0602000c.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020128065129/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/07/02/stories/0602000c.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=28 January 2002 | date=2 July 2001 | first1=S. | last1=Varadharajan | first2=P. | last2=Narasimhan | newspaper= [[The Hindu]] | access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref>


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In May 2011 Amrutanjan diversified into foods, buying out Siva's Soft Drink Pvt Ltd, a Chennai-based company which sells fruit juices under the Fruitnik brand. It has relatively paid out {{INR}}260 Million for the acquisition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiabusinessview.com/news/922/amrutanjan-buys-sivas-fruitnik-fruit-juice-rs-26-cr|title=Amrutanjan buys Siva's Fruitnik fruit juice for Rs 26 cr|date=3 March 2011|work=indiabusinessview}}</ref>
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On 4 July 2002, Amrutanjan Healthcare entered the U.S. market.<ref name="amrutanjan_us">{{cite news | last= | first= | title= Amrutanjan set to enter US market | date=5 July 2002 | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020705/biz.htm#6 | work =The Tribune | accessdate = 2008-10-21}}</ref> As of 2014, it is headed by Sambhu Prasad, the grandson of Nageshwara Rao.


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===Amrutanjan balm===
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==Products==
{{main|Amrutanjan (balm)}}
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Amrutanjan Healthcare's main product is its pain balm. In 2002, Amrutanjan Healthcare launched a series of anti-diabetic medicines called Diakyur.<ref name="amrutanjandiakyur">{{cite news | last= | first=| title= Amrutanjan launches Diakyur | date=13 June 2002 | url=http://www.expresspharmaonline.com/20020613/corpmon2.shtml | work =Express Pharma Online | accessdate = 2008-10-21}}</ref> <!--Of recent, it has plans of selling [[olive oil]] and [[pesticides]].<ref name="amrutanjanoliveoil">{{cite news | last=Venkat | first=Archana | title= Amrutanjan adding olive oil, home insecticides to portfolio | date=November 6, 2007 | url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/11/06/stories/2007110651150500.htm | work =The Hindu Business Line | accessdate = 2008-10-21| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081012112438/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/11/06/stories/2007110651150500.htm| archivedate= 12 October 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>--> In 2004, the company launched herbal mouth-fresheners under the brand name "Affair".<ref name="amrutanjanmouthfresheners">{{cite news | last=Venkat | first=Archana | title= Amrutanjan's Affair with mouth fresheners | date=28 September 2004 | url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2004/09/28/stories/2004092800590700.htm | work =The Hindu Business Line | accessdate = 2008-10-21}}</ref>
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[[File:Amrutanjan, a pain relieving balm 2013-11-27 09-10.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Amrutanjan pain balm.]]


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In 1936, Amrutanjan became a [[public limited company]] with the name Amrutanjan Limited.<ref name="amrutanjan_profile" /><ref name="historyofindianbusiness">{{cite book | title=The History of Indian Business: A Complete Account of Trade Exchanges from 3000 B.C. to the Present Day| last=Agarwala| first=Prakash Narain| year=1985| pages=566| publisher=Vikas| isbn=0706926099| id={{ISBN|978-0-7069-2609-5}}}}</ref> Kasinathuni Nageswara Rao popularised the balm by distributing it free-of-cost at music concerts.<ref name="music_concerts" /><ref>{{cite web |title=How a Freedom Fighter Gave India Its Favourite Pain Balm, Amrutanjan |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/228629/amrutanjan-pain-balm-iconic-brand-freedom-fighter-nageshwar-rao-history-india-tan42/ |website=thebetterindia.com |last=Patel |first=Tanvi |date=2 June 2020 }}</ref>
The Amrutanjan group also includes a software company called Amrutanjan Infotech. In July 2001, Amrutanjan Infotech's call-centre began its operations.<ref name="amrutanjaninfotechcallcentre">{{cite news | last= | first= | title= Amrutanjan Infotech's call centre to go online shortly | url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/07/02/stories/0602000c.htm | date=2 July 2001 | newspaper=The Hindu | first1=S. | last1=Varadharajan | first2=P. | last2=Narasimhan | accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref>


On 13 November 2007, the company changed its name from Amrutanjan Limited to Amrutanjan Healthcare Limited and has ever since been known by that name.<ref name="amrutanjanhealthcareref">{{cite news | title= Amrutanjan becomes Amrutanjan Health | date=13 November 2007 | url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/13/stories/2007111352701600.htm | access-date = 2008-10-21| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081026215151/http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/13/stories/2007111352701600.htm| archive-date= 26 October 2008 | work= [[The Hindu]] | url-status= dead}}</ref>
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In May 2011 Amrutanjan diversified into foods, buying out Siva's Soft Drink Pvt Ltd, a Chennai-based company which sells fruit juices under the Fruitnik brand. It has relatively paid out Rs.260 Million for the acquisition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiabusinessview.com/news/922/amrutanjan-buys-sivas-fruitnik-fruit-juice-rs-26-cr|title=Amrutanjan buys Siva’s Fruitnik fruit juice for Rs 26 cr|author=Editor|date=3 March 2011|work=indiabusinessview}}</ref>

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On 4 July 2002, Amrutanjan Healthcare entered the U.S. market.<ref name="amrutanjan_us">{{cite news | title= Amrutanjan set to enter US market | date=5 July 2002 | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020705/biz.htm#6 | work =The Tribune | access-date = 2008-10-21}}</ref>

In 2022, the company launched a period pain roll-on under Comfy brand.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amrutanjan Healthcare launches new period pain roll-on under Comfy brand |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/market/stocks/amrutanjan-launches-new-product-under-comfy-brand-15074861.htm |website=cnbctv18.com |language=en |date=2 November 2022}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==1 reading==
== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book | title=Madras Rediscovered| last=Muthiah| first=S.| year=2004| pages=| publisher=East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd| isbn=81-88661-24-4|ref=Madras Rediscovered}}
* {{cite book | title=Madras Rediscovered| last=Muthiah| first=S.| year=2004| publisher=East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd| isbn=81-88661-24-4|ref=Madras Rediscovered}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081013203748/http://www.amrutanjan.com/ Amrutanjan Healthcare]
* [http://www.amrutanjan.com/ Amrutanjan Healthcare]


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Latest revision as of 03:32, 29 May 2024

Amrutanjan Healthcare Limited
Company typePublic
IndustryAyurvedic health-care products, beauty products, Informational Technology, Business process outsourcing
Founded1893; 132 years ago (1893)
FounderKasinathuni Nageswara Rao
Headquarters42–45 Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai – 600004, India
Key people
S Sambhu Prasad[1]
(Chairman)
RevenueIncrease ₹421 crore (US$49 million) (FY22)
Increase ₹67 crore (US$7.8 million) (FY22)[2]
Websiteamrutanjan.com

Amrutanjan Healthcare Limited is an Indian pharmaceutical company headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded by Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1893.

History

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Amrutanjan was established as a patent medicine business in Bombay (now Mumbai)[3][4] in 1893 by K. Nageswara Rao Pantulu who was a journalist, social reformer and freedom fighter.[5][6][7] The headquarters were shifted to Madras (now Chennai) in 1914.[3][4][7]

As of 2014, it is headed by Sambhu Prasad, the grandson of Nageshwara Rao.[1]

Products

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Amrutanjan Healthcare's main product is its pain balm. In 2002, Amrutanjan Healthcare launched a series of anti-diabetic medicines called Diakyur.[8] In 2004, the company launched herbal mouth-fresheners under the brand name "Affair".[9]

The Amrutanjan group also includes a software company called Amrutanjan Infotech. In July 2001, Amrutanjan Infotech's call-centre began its operations.[10]

In May 2011 Amrutanjan diversified into foods, buying out Siva's Soft Drink Pvt Ltd, a Chennai-based company which sells fruit juices under the Fruitnik brand. It has relatively paid out ₹260 Million for the acquisition.[11]

Amrutanjan balm

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Main article: Amrutanjan (balm)
Amrutanjan pain balm.

In 1936, Amrutanjan became a public limited company with the name Amrutanjan Limited.[3][12] Kasinathuni Nageswara Rao popularised the balm by distributing it free-of-cost at music concerts.[6][13]

On 13 November 2007, the company changed its name from Amrutanjan Limited to Amrutanjan Healthcare Limited and has ever since been known by that name.[14]

On 4 July 2002, Amrutanjan Healthcare entered the U.S. market.[15]

In 2022, the company launched a period pain roll-on under Comfy brand.[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Board of Directors". amrutanjan.com. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Amrutanjan Health Care Ltd Q4 FY2021-22 PAT drops QoQ to Rs. 14.70 crores". EquityBulls. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Profile of Amrutanjan Healthcare Limited". Amrutanjan Healthcare Limited. Archived from the original on 16 June 2008.
  4. ^ a b Jain, Kajri (2007). Gods in the Bazaar: The Economies of Indian Calendar Art. Duke University Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0822339267. ISBN 978-0-8223-3926-7.
  5. ^ Madras Rediscovered, Pg 206
  6. ^ a b Clayton, Mary; Bennett Zon (2007). Music and Orientalism in the British Empire, 1780s–1940s: Portrayal of the East. Ashgate Publishing Ltd. p. 206. ISBN 978-0754656043. ISBN 978-0-7546-5604-3.
  7. ^ a b Playne, Somerset; Arnold Wright (1914). Southern India: Its History, People, Commerce, and Industrial Resources. Asian Educational Services. pp. 642. ISBN 978-81-206-1344-7.
  8. ^ "Amrutanjan launches Diakyur". Express Pharma Online. 13 June 2002. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
  9. ^ Venkat, Archana (28 September 2004). "Amrutanjan's Affair with mouth fresheners". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
  10. ^ Varadharajan, S.; Narasimhan, P. (2 July 2001). "Amrutanjan Infotech's call centre to go online shortly". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 January 2002. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Amrutanjan buys Siva's Fruitnik fruit juice for Rs 26 cr". indiabusinessview. 3 March 2011.
  12. ^ Agarwala, Prakash Narain (1985). The History of Indian Business: A Complete Account of Trade Exchanges from 3000 B.C. to the Present Day. Vikas. p. 566. ISBN 0706926099. ISBN 978-0-7069-2609-5.
  13. ^ Patel, Tanvi (2 June 2020). "How a Freedom Fighter Gave India Its Favourite Pain Balm, Amrutanjan". thebetterindia.com.
  14. ^ "Amrutanjan becomes Amrutanjan Health". The Hindu. 13 November 2007. Archived from the original on 26 October 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
  15. ^ "Amrutanjan set to enter US market". The Tribune. 5 July 2002. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
  16. ^ "Amrutanjan Healthcare launches new period pain roll-on under Comfy brand". cnbctv18.com. 2 November 2022.

Bibliography

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  • Muthiah, S. (2004). Madras Rediscovered. East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd. ISBN 81-88661-24-4.
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