Our Business Background, History, & Group Companies
Our Business Background and History
We come from a reputed business family, and the family group businesses are spread in the north-eastern states, Bangalore, and other parts in India.
We have more than 150 years old tradition of ethical and progressive business, the foundation of which was laid with the renowned firm “SRCB Group”, spread over all the 7 north-eastern states (then the undivided Assam). Under SRCB, we had exclusive agency of Burmah Oil Company (BOC), and we also acted as Bankers to this British firm. This petroleum business has expanded manifold over the years and continues till today as Agents of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) under the firm name Chhaganmal Sarawgi & Sons, with around 30 retail outlets in different locations all over Assam. The family has several other distribution, logistics, transport, and warehousing businesses in Assam under different firm names. These include distributorship/C&F agencies of Hoechest, Ciba, Ceat, Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation, Castrol etc. for chemicals, fertilizers, lubricants, transport, and warehousing. Our Chairman Mr. Narendra Sarawgi is a senior partner in these family firms.
Our other businesses in the north-east, under the firm name Systems & Appliances, included distributorships and sales & marketing representations of renowned companies such as Philips, Wipro, Tata Telecom, Rolta, Enfield India, ECIL, Reliance, Aplab, L&T Instruments, TCS, and others. The portfolio included office automation, instrumentation, consumer durables products, and machineries, including computers, software, telecom & mobile telephony solutions, televisions, lighting, engines, generating-sets, pump-sets etc. We operated this business all over north-east by establishing an efficient dealer network. This firm was founded and managed by our Chairman Mr. Narendra Sarawgi.
Our Chairman has also had a proprietary consulting firm called Ascent Business & Consulting that has vast experience in helping Telecom, Engineering, Utilities, PSU and Govt. projects across India by providing business development, sales & marketing, and liaison services to companies such as Telstra V-Comm, Electrosteel Castings, Manjushree Extrusions, and mPhinite Technologies among others.
In Bangalore, the family business includes Innoversant Solutions – a business and management consulting firm founded by our Chairman Mr. Narendra Sarawgi, and of which our CEO Mr. Nishant Sarawgi has been a Director. Innoversant’s consulting expertise has mainly been in areas of business growth, investment attraction, and trade promotion, and the firm has served several domestic and international businesses and economic development agencies such as FCEDA, InvestHK, and others.
Our Group Companies
Ascent Business & Consulting
Ascent Business & Consulting is a consulting firm focused on assisting businesses in areas of business development, marketing & trade representation, liaison services and sales consulting. The firm has strong expertise and experience in diverse verticals likes Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Engineering services, Utilities, PSU and Govt. projects. The firm has vast experience serving International and Indian clients across these verticals with a proven track record.
Innoversant Solutions Pvt Ltd
Innoversant Solutions Pvt Ltd is a boutique, multi-disciplinary business and management consulting firm assisting international and domestic businesses and economic development agencies.
The firm’s consulting services encompass areas of business strategy, business development, marketing, international expansion, and other strategic areas.
The firm has officially represented InvestHK, Govt of Hong Kong; the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA), Virginia USA; and Marketing Birmingham, UK, among others in India for these regions’ investment promotion.
Systems & Appliances
Systems & Appliances has been in the field of sales & marketing of testing & measuring instruments, analytical equipment, Computer hardware & software, Captive Power Plants, Engines, Pumps, Generators, telecom equipment & networks, turnkey projects, integrated systems & consulting services for more than 28 years.
Our main customers have been Water Supply Utilities, Electricity Boards, Oil Sector Organizations, Research & Technical Institutes and various other State and Central Govt. organizations like DOT, Railways, Defense etc.
M/s Chhaganmal Sarawgi & Sons
We are a century and a half old partnership firm inherited from the renowned Parent organization M/s Saligram Rai Chunilal Bahadur & Co (SRCB), a sole selling agent of the then Burma Oil – a British Company – presently Assam Oil Division of Indian Oil Co. Ltd.
We are one of the largest dealers of I.O.C. (A.O.D.) in the North-Eastern Indian region. From our Head office at Guwahati we control the operations of our 25+ branches.
We are C & F Agents of M/s Indofil Chemical Company Ltd., Mumbai for North-Eastern Region for more than 20 years. We also have the C & F agency of M/s Indian Oil Corporation (Assam Oil Division) for Servo Lubricants.
Few Credentials:
- Tremendous reputation and goodwill enjoyed by the Firm as well as Partners
- Owners of ISO 9002 Certified prestigious petroleum retail outlet : the first in the North East India
- Tradition and experience of over 150 years of Agency business for reputed Principals as Distributors/Dealers/Retailers and C&F Agents
- Engaged in the business of Petroleum, Lubricants, Tyres, Real Estate, and Transportation etc.
M/s Sarawgi Chemical Agencies
Our sister concern M/s Sarawgi Chemical Agencies is in the business of Agro Chemicals, Spraying Equipments, Lubricants, Tyres & Tubes, Hardware Goods, etc. used in tea gardens, industry and Govt. organizations. Here we have dealerships of more than 20 Companies including prestigious names like Rallis India Ltd, Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd., Indian Potash Ltd., Indofil Chemical Company Ltd, etc.