Executive Summary

For over three decades, Essel Group has been a leading business
conglomerate having diverse business presence across Media, Entertainment,
Packaging, Infrastructure, Education, Precious metals, Finance and
Technology sectors. we have created an impressive track record of value
creation in all our businesses that compares with their respective industry
peers. Our companies strive to bring the latest innovations and the best value
offerings to all our consumers in our quest to deliver the best in class. "Faith in
innovative and organized growth" works as the guiding principle behind every
business at Essel and keeps us committed to enhancing operational
excellence through greater focus on innovation and efficient resource
utilization. With worldwide operations and a workforce of over 10000
employees, Essel Group is growing in strength day by day.

This journey of a thousand miles began with a single step in 1926 with a
commodity trading and export firm. With its ardent passion and a clear and
focused vision, Essel has not only built and expanded new businesses but has
built a formidable and exemplary position in all these businesses in a short
span of time. Today, the Essel Group has grown to become a strong
diversified entity in India and globally with presence across the entire value
chain.

The Essel Group’s media business offers a strong portfolio of numerous

entertainment and news channels, reaching millions of viewers in India and
internationally. ZEE is considered as one of the strongest Indian Media brands
across the world while the Living Entertainment Network through its 'Living'
brand is devoted to showcasing healthy lifestyle and wellness programming
and related content across multiple media platforms globally. Essel's print
venture, DNA – an English daily, provides responsible journalism to its readers.
Essel's distribution arms – Dish TV and SITI Network Limited with their vast
reach across the country provides quality viewership experience to millions of
subscribers and is well poised to take advantage of the mandatory digitisation
of the distribution platforms in the country.

The Group has also made a successful foray into socially relevant business
ventures such as infrastructure, education and finance. Essel Infrastructure is
engaged into construction of roads, power plants and urban infrastructure
development and has built an impressive order book while Essel Utilities is
engaged in power distribution and water management. Zee Learn has
established a vast network of preschools across the country shaping young
minds to drive India's future and is currently building its network of K-12
schools expanding its reach to millions of students in the country. The Group's
financial arm, Essel Finance is a customer-centric, financial services firm
arranged into three business groups - commercial finance, investment banking
and private equity

Another Group venture - Essel Propack, a laminated tube manufacturer, is

considered to be one of the largest in the world. Essel through Shirpur Gold
Refinery has also ventured into precious metals which has a promising outlook.
Essel's entertainment brands include - Playwin, India's first and largest online
gaming company, 'EsselWorld' the largest amusement park in the country and
'Water Kingdom', the largest theme water park in Asia.

Our companies are at an exciting juncture of their business journey, as we

continue to expand their product offerings and explore new markets. Having
attained respectable scales in most of its businesses, Essel is now pursuing
the next level of growth. we are committed to adopt and develop new
technologies to provide a wider range of offerings and a better experience to
its consumers. Given Essel's growth potential and increasing international
outlook, the promoters as well as the entities in the Group continue to pursue
fund-raising opportunities both domestically and in the international markets.
Essel with its experience and resources will keep tapping new growth
opportunities.
we believe in inclusive growth and are ever committed to the various
stakeholders – shareholders, customers, employees and vendors. Our
companies are well poised to not only grow further in scale but also balance
the growth with the interests of its stakeholders and civil society. It is the
unflinching goal of Essel to become a greater force to reckon with and the
Group is on its journey towards accomplishing it.

PURPOSE

To understand the overview business strategy and business

profile of Essel group in India

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

1) To understand the strategies of the company

2) To understand how the company manages different

companies.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Exhaustive literature survey regarding the topic and related

concepts has been done. For the purpose of study secondary
data was collected from various sources including books,
research papers, newspapers, magazines, and the websites.
 Essel Group is a giant conglomerate with diverse business interests. Essel
Groups business interests span media programming, broadcast &
distribution, specialty packaging, entertainment, telecom and trading.
Subhash Chandra is the founder of the Essel Group of Companies. The
Group has several firsts to its credit such as launching the first private
television channel in India and setting-up India's first laminated tube
manufacturing facility.

Businesses of Essel Group

1. Media & Entertainment: In the filed of Media & Entertainment, Essel

Group has business interest in Broadcasting & Content, Cable Distribution,
DTH Television, Direct To Home, Films & Animation, and Print Media.

 Broadcasting & Content: Essel Group launched India's first private

channel Zee TV in 1992. Today, Zee Network has 22 channels in its bouquet.
It has a reach of more than 120 countries across 5 continents and access to
more than 350 million viewers globally.
 Cable Distribution: SitiCable Network Limited, a company of Essel
Group, has the largest cable network in the country with a reach of 6.5 million
homes. The company has taken a lead in Implementing CAS in India through
its "Digital Headend In The Sky" project.
 Direct to Home: Essel Group started India's first DTH Television
Broadcast Service through its brand DISH TV.
 Films & Animation: Essel Group has one of the premier animation
studios of the country, named Zica. It has produced India's first full length
animation movie - "Bhagmati - The Queen of Fortunes.
 Print: Essel Group in collaboration with Dainik Bhaskar has jointly
promoted a company called Diligent Media Corporation which publishes
English newspaper DNA - Daily News & Analysis.
2. Amusement & Theme Parks: Essel World is Asia's largest amusement
park sprawled over 64 acres on the coastal Goral village in northwest
Mumbai. Water Kingdom is a theme park located adjacent to Essel World. It
provides international water park experience in India.

3. Gaming: Essel Group Company Playwin has introduced popular gaming

 formats Lotto and Thunderball in India. Play TV is India's first interactive
gaming channel. It offers games and contests on a real time basis through
SMS, emails and chat.

4. Telecom & IT: Essel Group is involved in following businesses in the

filed of Telecom & IT

 Data Center: Essel Group Company Cyquator provides a number of

solutions designed to meet the different needs of business, such as firewall
solution, Backup, DR solution etc.
 Satellite: Essel Group company, ASCEL is a multi venture corporate
providing nationwide retailing of TIME (Telecom, Information & Learning,
Media, Entertainment) products & services, satellite and digital wireless
communication ventures for provision of infrastructure, services and solutions
among other initiatives.
 Technology Enabled Services: Intrex India Limited, a public limited
company of Essel Group has been set up to play a leading role in 'Financial
Services Industry'.
5. Education: Zee Interactive Learning Systems Limited (ZILS) provides IT
Educational Services through its Own and Franchised Network of Centers
branded as Zed Career Academy. Zee has also set up a network of play
schools under the brand Kid Zee.

6. Realty: Essel Group has entered real estate business through its
company Fun Republic FEC. The company offers a wide variety of leisure,
entertainment, gaming and shopping options under one roof. Fun Cinemas,
a chain of multiplexes is also owned by this company. Another company
Suncity Projects Private Limited, promoted by Essel, Action and Odeon
Groups, is engaged in the development of international quality real estate
infrastructure for shopping, commercial, leisure and housing activities.

7. Retailing: Essel Group company, Asian Sky Shop is India's leading

telemarketing company.

8. Packaging: Essel Propack Ltd promoted by Essel group is the World's

largest packaging company dealing in laminated tubes. The company offers
packaging solutions in the toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals
sectors to top multinational customers.
Timeline
1982

- The Company was incorporated on December 22, with annual capacity of 57

million units and went public in 1984. It is a flagship company of the Essel
group and is a pioneer in the manufacture of lamitubes.It was promoted by
Subhash Chandra, Ashok Goel and others of the Essel Group.The Company
manufactures fully collapsible laminated tubes (lamitubes) and soft squeeze
lamitubes.

1989

- The installed capacity was increased from 57 million tube per annum to the
current level 170 million tubes per annum.

1993

- The Company's joint venture project in Egypt to manufacture Laminated

collapsible tubes commenced production.

- 700 shares subscribed for by signatories to Memorandum of Association.

27,99,300 No. of equity shares were then issued at par of which 10,79,500
shares and 5,19,800 shares were reserved for Allotment to promoters,
directors and NRIs respectively. Of the remaining following were reserved for
allotment on preferential basis (i)34,000 shares to employees; (ii) 6,00,000
shares to NRI. Balance 5,16,000 shares were issued to the public.
- During 1990, 14,00,000 Right equity shares issued in prop 1:2.Additional
2,10,000 shares allotted to retain over-subscription. Another 70,000 shares
issued to employees on equitable basis only 8,550 shares taken up. 11,04,637
Right equity shares were issued at a premium .of Rs 40 per share in prop. 1:4
(all were taken up); Another 41,200 shares were offered to employees' at a
premium . of Rs. 40 per share (only 900 shares taken up) unsubscribed portion
was allowed to lapse.

1994

- On 18th June, the Company issued 22,00,000 No. of equity shares on

preferential basis to promoters and associates.

- The Company issued 33,62,044 Rights equity shares of Rs 10 each at a

premium of Rs 215 per share in proportion 1:3.

1995

- During the year, the Company has created a functional chain responsible for
`Buy-Make-Deliver' functions.

- The Company undertook to expand the capacity of lamitubes manufacture to

220 million tubes at Waqda and also manufacture 1030 tonnes of polyethylene
film as backward integration programme for marking laminates that go into the
making of lamitube.

- Three new technologies viz., Blown Film, Injection Mouldings and

co-extrudend Seamless tubes were absorbed by the company.

- The joint venture also started manufacturing plastic moulded containers.

- The Company offered 38,62,044 equity shares of Rs 10 each at a premium of

Rs 215 per share to the existing shareholders of which 36,22,367 shares were
applied. All were allotted and taken up.
1996

- The Company has entered into an MOU with its Egyptian Partners in the
Joint Venture Company in Cairo whereby the equity holding would increase to
55% from the current 35%.

- The Company has emerged as one of the World's largest supplier of

Laminated tubes.

- In 1995-96, the company created a Supply Chain Group.

- The Company have created a separate team for Product Development,

Import Substitution and Quality Assurance.

- The Company has installed an online MIS System on LAN. The company has
one of the finest equipment capable of producing tubes to any exacting
international standard.

- The Company's rights Issue opened for subscription on 27th March, 1995
and closed on 26th April, 1995.

1997

- EPL has set up joint ventures abroad, which will manufacture tubes with the
help of web imported from Essel's plants in India.

- The company is also setting up an integrated laminated tubes manufacturing

operation in China that will be catering to the several user industries like the
toothpaste industry, pharmaceutical industry,adhesive industry and others.

- Essel Packaging Limited has received the approval of the Reserve Bank of
India and department of industries in Nepal to set up a unit in Nepal.

- Essel Packaging Ltd, an integrated producer of laminated tubes and

seamless plastic tubes for a wide variety of packaging uses, has launched its
web site with 20 pages on the Internet.

1998
- The Mumbai-based Essel Packaging Ltd, the second-largest tube company
in the world, is setting up a 100 per cent owned manufacturing subsidiary in
Nepal.

- Essel Packaging is currently setting up manufacturing plant at Silvassa.

- Essel Packaging Ltd (Essel), is setting up a manufacturing plant In Dresden,

Germany.

1999

- ESSEL Packaging, the second largest lamitube company in the world, has
become the first Indian company to announce the price range for buying back
its equity.

- The company, is also proposing to introduce an employee stock option

scheme for its employees, wherein it will allot convertible warrants to an
employees welfare trust.

2000

- As part of its strategy to corner a major chunk of the European market, Essel
Packaging collaborated with Helmut Roschinger, the owner of real estate
company Argenta International, to set up a .5-m production unit for laminated
tubes in Dresden (Germany).

- Essel has a 100 per cent subsidiary operating in the Chinese market, which
at an estimated 10 billion.

- Essel will be bringing to the joint venture state-of-the-art technology and cost
leadership.

- The Board has approved an issue of bonus shares in the ratio of three shares
for every five shares held.
- Essel Packaging Ltd has acquired the laminated tube business of Romanian
Company, `Progresul'.

- Crisil has assigned P1+ rating to the Rs 40-crore CP program of the

Company.

- Essel Group's flagship company Essel packaging Ltd. has entered into a
mega merger deal with Propack Limited, which would effectively make it as a
world's largest player in laminated tubes.

- Crisil has reaffirmed the P1+ rating assigned to the Rs 40-crore commercial
paper programme of Essel Packaging, subsequent to EPL'sdecision to acquire
a 100 per cent stake in Propack Mauritius.

2001

- The Company has received the Foreign Investment Promotion Board

approval to set up a 51:49 Joint venture with Bericap Holding GmbH of
Germany for manufacturing caps and closures for carbonated soft drinks.

- The Company has acquired tubing lines and printing machinery from
Masterpak in Mexico. It proposes to use these assets to start tubing operations
in Mexico.

- Mr. Bernhard A. Schwyn has been appointed as a Director of the company.

- Essel Packing has acquired tubing lines and printing machinery from
Masterpak in Mexico.

2002

-Essel Propack Ltd launches fourth plant in Guangzhou region to manufacture

45 million sq mt of special laminates and 550 million laminated tubes annually
2003

-Essel introduces a new product Co-extruded plastic tubes.

-Mr.Cyrus Bhagwadia resigns as the Managing Director on the board of the

company.

2004

- Essel Propack to establish new plant in Russia

- Essel Propack sets up caps unit in US

-Essel Propack Ltd has informed that the Company has acquired 100% stake
in Arista Tubes, UK. Arista Tubes is the leading manufacturer of plastic tubes
in UK and has a 30% market share

- With effective September 02, 2004, the shares of the Company have been
delisted from the Delhi Stock Exchange Association Ltd (DSE)

-Delist from Ahmedabad Stock Exchange with effect from October 15, 2004.

2005

-Essel Propack acquires Telcon Packaging, UK

2006

-Essel Propack signs amended agreement with Berrycap Holding GmBH,

Germany

-Essel Propack has acquired 85% stake in Tacpro Inc., USA and Avalon
Medical Services Pte Ltd. Singapore.
-Essel Propack takes over Packaging India pvt Ltd.

-Essel Propack expands into speciality packaging materials

-Company has splits its Face value of Shares from Rs 10 to Rs 2

2007

-Essel Propack Board approves interim dividend of 100% (Rs. 2/- per

share).

2008

-Essel Propack acquires Medical Engineering & Design, Inc. in USA

-Essel Propack appointed Mr. Ashok Kumar Goel as Vice chairman &
Managing Director of the company.

-Essel Propack Limited has acquired Minneapolis based company Catheter &
Disposables Technology (CDT), a supplier of specialized disposable Medical
Devices.

2010

-Essel Propack's New Plant Goes on Stream in CHINA.

2011

-Essel Propack Wins Global Supplier Award by Unilever

-Essel Propack Mexico has started production in its new plant in State of
Mexico.
-Essel Propack’s New Expanded Plant Goes On Stream in Goa, India

2012

-Recommended Equity Dividend of Re. 0.65 per share of face value of Rs. 2/-
each i.e. 32.50% on the Company's equity shares for the financial year ended
March 31, 2012

-Essel Propack wins long term contract in Europe.

2013

-Essel Propack Wins Long Term Contract in Europe.

-Essel Propack’s North America region has clinched three winning spots in the
Tube Council’s 2013 Tube of the Year Awards.

-EP won the India Pharma Award 2013 for Excellence in Packaging
Development.

2014

-Essel Propack has recommended Dividend of Rs. 1.25per shares of face

value of Rs. 2/- each.

2015

-Essel Propack China awarded as the 'Supplier of the year 2015'

2016
-Essel Propack arm awarded as Supplier of the year 2015 by GSK.

- Essel Propack Wins RBNQA Excellence Trophy.

Media

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Education

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Financial services
Group Profile

Media

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd - The company was launched on 02

October 1991 and was previously known as Zee Telefilms until 2006, when it
was renamed and the news and entertainment units were spun off into four
smaller divisions. ZEEL currently operates over 34 different television
channels, record label Zee Music Company, a production company (Essel
Vision Production Limited as Zee Studios) and other businesses as well. It has
expanded operations abroad, with several of its channels available in the UK
and US as well as Africa and Asia.

In 2002 ZEEL acquired a majority stake (51%) in ETC Networks. In 2006, we

acquired Integrated Subscriber Management Services Limited, and in
November 2006, ZEEL acquired an interest (50%) in Taj television TEN Sports.
In February 2010 ZEEL acquired an additional stake (95%) in TEN Sports.

As Zee Telefilms, the company formed part of BSE Sensex from 2000-2005.
The news and regional entertainment channel business was spun off into a
separate company in 2006 under the corporate banner Zee News Ltd (ZNL).

In May 2011, Star Den entered into a 50/50 joint venture with Zee Turner
Limited and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) to distribute and
market all channels owned by the company and ZEEL, their respective
affiliated channels and other third party channels in India, Nepal and Bhutan.
It also owns a music label, Zee Music Company.

In 2008, Zee Networks launched Zee Motion Pictures and Zee

Limelight (now Zee Studios), for development, production, distribution and
marketing of mainstream films in Indian languages
including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Marathi.So
me of the productions of Zee Studios include Gadar: Ek Prem
Katha, Natsamrat, Sairat and Rustom.In 2015 Zee acquired Sarthak TV, an
Odia language GEC.Zee Entertainment Enterprises launched the Bollywood
movie channel Zee One dedicated to the German market on 28 July 2016. A
Polish version is scheduled to follow in 2017.In 2016, Zee launched Zee
Mundo, the first ever Spanish-language Bollywood movie channel.In 2017,
ZEE acquired the majority of Reliance Broadcast Network and got the Big
Magic, Big Ganga, Big FM, etc. from Anil Ambani's Broadcasting Network.It
also acquired 100 percent stake in two media entities, 9X Media and INX
Music. Zee Entertainment Enterprises operates favourite 14 news channels
and 65 entertainment channels.A partially owned subsidiary, Diligent Media
Corporation, is a publisher of Indian daily newspapers and news and
entertainment websites. DMC is a joint venture between Zee and the Dainik
Bhaskar Group.Recently, Zee Entertainment acquired US patent for a new
digital technology, where the platform will offer immersive content, satisfying
all five senses.

Zee Media Corporation Ltd - Zee Media Corporation Ltd is one of India's
foremost media companies with a strong presence in the national and regional
news genre. The company was incorporated as Zee Sports Limited on August
27, 1999. The name of the company was changed to Zee News Limited in May
27, 2004 and further to Zee Media Corporation Limited (ZMCL) with effect from
July 6, 2013. ZMCL touches the lives of millions of Indians through a clutch of
national and regional news channels.

The specific channels operated by Zee Media Corporation Ltd are Zee News,
India 's first 24X7 Hindi news channel, Zee Business, Zee Punjab Haryana
Himachal, Zee Madhya Pradesh Chattisgarh,Zee Salaam (Urdu), Zee 24 Taas,
the first 24-hour Marathi news channel, Zee Kalinga and India 24X7. 24
Ghanta, a 24 hour Bangla news channel is operated by a subsidiary company
known as Zee Akaash News Private Limited. While Maurya TV Private Limited,
another Subsidiary company operates 'Maurya TV' a regional channel
targeting Bihar & Jharkhand region. ZMCL also supplies content to the
international broadcasting business of Zee in USA, Europe, Africa, Middle East
and Asia Pacific.

Apart from News Channels, ZMCL operates a English daily News Paper 'dna'
through Diligent Media Corporation Limited, another subsidiary of the
Company.

Dna - Daily News and Analysis (DNA) is an Indian broadsheet newspaper

launched in 2005 and published in English
from Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Jaipur, Bengaluru and Indore in India. It
targets a young readership and is owned and managed by Diligent Media
Corporation.

A high-profile advertising campaign with the tagline, "Speak up, it's in your
DNA", preceded the birth of Daily News and Analysis in 2005. The context into
which the publication was introduced was described by the Indian media as
tumultuous, with price cuts and competitive activity occurring.In an
announcement on its front page on 1 February 2010, former
editor-in-chief Aditya Sinha announced that DNA would drop its "edit page,"
the section containing editorials, analysis and opinion.In 2012, Quarter, DNA
added 21,000 readers, taking its all India readership to 9.3 lakh.

In February 2007, DNA announced that its paid circulation had reached
400,000 in Mumbai. It had previously reached 300,000 in October 2006. In
May 2006, DNA authorised Ernst & Young to certify its circulation figures.

TECHNOLOGY
Dish TV - Asia's largest Direct to Home Entertainment Company, DishTV is
the pioneer when it comes to digital entertainment.DishTV India Ltd. is a
company providing Direct to Home (DTH) television service in India. It is a
subsidiary of Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was ranked # 437 and 5 on the
list of media companies in Fortune India 500 roster of India's largest
corporations in 2011. Dish TV was also voted India's most trusted DTH brand
according to the Brand Trust Report 2014, a study conducted by Trust
Research Advisory. On 22 March 2018, Dish TV completed a merger
with Videocon d2h, creating the largest DTH provider in India.DishTV launched
the first DTH service in India on 2 October 2003. The a company decided not
to compete against entrenched cable operators in metros and urban areas,
and instead focused on providing services to rural areas and regions not
serviced by cable television. Jawahar Goel, who led the launch, recalled 10
years later, "we hardly had four transponders and could offer only 48 channels,
compared to analog cable that was giving 60 and was much cheaper.
And, STAR refused to give its channels. So, we decided to go slow and
concentrate in cable-dry and cable-frustrated markets, rather than cable-rich
markets and build the market step by step." Dish TV acquired 350,000
subscribers within 2 years of the launch. Following bitter legal proceedings
between STAR and Zee, in 2007, the two companies called a truce and began
offering their channels on each other's services. This decision and Dish TV's
acquisition of more transponders enabled them to offer 150 channels on their
service, more than any other DTH service in India at the time. On 11
November 2016, the Board of Directors of Dish TV and Videocon d2h agreed
to an all-stock merger of their DTH operations. The merger will create the
largest DTH provider in India with a total valuation of ₹17,000
crore (US$2.4 billion). The merged entity will be called Dish TV Videocon
Limited. Dish TV will hold a 55.4% stake in the merged entity, while Videocon
d2h will own the remaining shares. As on 30 September 2016, the two
companies combined would have 27.6 million subscribers out of the estimated
175 million Indian households that own a television. The deal is subject to
regulatory approvals, which will take a minimum of 8 months.
The merger was approved by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on
10 May 2017, and by the National Company Law Tribunal on 27 July 2017.The
merger faced uncertainty in January 2018, when Dish TV announced that it
was re-evaluating the merger after some of the Videocon Group's lenders
petitioned the National Company Law Tribunal to open insolvency proceedings
against the company. In February 2018, Dish TV announced that it intended to
go through with the merger.

The amalgamation was officially completed on 22 March 2018. The merger

made the new combined entity the largest DTH provider in India with 17.7
million active subscribers. Dish TV and Videocon d2h reported separate
revenue numbers in FY2017. The combined total revenue of the two firms
was ₹8,077 crore (US$1.1 billion).

Zing Digital is a subsidiary of Dish TV India launched in January 2015 to

provide access to South India's regional channel packs at an affordable cost.
The service currently operates in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Telangana, west Bengal and Odisha state of India.It is the
India's first stb which has packs with selected channels and cost.

SITI Cable Network Ltd - SITI Cable Network Limited is one of India's leading
Multi System Operators (MSO) is one of India's largest Multi System Operator
(MSO) owned by Subhash Chandra, which provides digital cable television
at Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntur, Indor
e, Patna, Guwahati and major towns in Guntur (Chilakaluripet, Tenali,
Sattenapalli, Mangalagiri) District and Krishna District in AP etc. The
company's Head office is located in Noida.Its product range includes, Digital
Cable Television, Broadband and Local Television Channels.It is one of the
India's largest Multi System Operator (MSO) and is one of group company
of Essel Group conglomerate.WWIL was formed as a part of the de-merger
of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited – ZEEL, formerly known as Zee
Telefilms Limited (ZTL) – the publicly listed flagship company of Zee Group. As
per the Scheme of Arrangement approved by the High Court in Mumbai, all the
cable TV distribution business within ZEEL and Siti Cable Networks Limited
(Siti Cable) was transferred to WWIL as of 31 March 2006. Siti Cable was a
100% subsidiary of Zee Telefilms Limited. The cable operations of Siti Cable
were launched in June 1994. SITI Cable was known as Wire and Wireless
(India) Limited till 5 September 2012 wherein after it is renamed as SITI Cable
Network Limited it is renamed as SITI NETWORK LIMITED

PACKAGING
Essel Propack - Essel Propack, is the largest specialty packaging global
company, manufacturing laminated plastic tubes catering to the FMCG and
Pharma space. Employing over 2852 people representing 25 different
nationalities, Essel Propack functions through 20 state of the art facilities and
in eleven countries, selling circa 7 billion tubes and continuing to grow every
year.Essel Propack is the world’s largest manufacturer of laminated plastic
tubes with units operating across countries such as USA, Mexico, Colombia,
Poland, Germany, UK, Egypt, Russia, China, Philippines and India. These
facilities cater to diverse categories that include brands in Beauty & Cosmetics,
Pharma & Health, Food, Oral and Home, offering customized solutions
through continuously pioneering first-in-class innovations in materials,
technology and processes.

CONCEPT TO TUBE

Tubes are soft, squeezable containers used for containing thick liquids, pastes
and creams. we are hermetically sealed and sterile as a result of exposure to
high temperatures during the production process. The most important feature
of a tube is its barrier properties, which keeps it contents safe from the
atmosphere. Special coatings and laminates reinforce tubes to prevent
materials from reacting with their contents. Laminated tubes are especially
suitable for packaging highly perishable contents due to their 100% sterile
manufacturing process. When compared to other formats, tubes are easy to
use and convenient, making them the preferred packaging choice for products
in the categories of Beauty & Cosmetics, Pharma & Health, Food, Home and
Oral.

As a leader in the field of packaging, we offer the most extensive selection of

laminated and plastic tubes in the world. we make use of the finest raw
materials to manufacture superior quality tubes that optimize a product’s
delivery, shelf life and visual impact. we take pride in our ability to continually
innovate new types of packaging solutions and welcome new design
challenges. Through our dedicated Creativity & Innovation and Product
Development teams, we provide extraordinary solutions to our customers. This
also includes providing suggestions to new customers who are not in the same
product segment but can venture out to adjacent markets of products similar to
pastes, creams, lotions, gels, ointments, pharma products, adhesives and
lubricants. we complete our production cycle with the timely delivery of quality
tubes, bringing a sense of speed to the market. The end result of our
exhaustive research and comprehensive development processes is a product
that stands out on the shelf, bringing out the first essence of truth in the hands
of the consumer.

ENTERTAINMENT
Pan India Network Pvt Ltd - Pan India Network Infravest Limited, through its
subsidiary, owns online gaming operations. Pan India Network Infravest
Limited was formerly known as Playwin Infravest Private Limited and changed
its name to Pan India Network Infravest Limited in January 2003. The
company was founded in 2001 and is based in Mumbai, India. Pan India
Network Infravest Limited operates as a subsidiary of Essel Group.

Pan India Paryatan Private Limited - PIPPL owns and operates India's most
favourite entertainment parks, 'EsselWorld' and 'Water Kingdom' located at
Gorai, Mumbai. 'EsselWorld' - launched in 1989 is the largest amusement park
in the country & 'Water Kingdom' - commissioned in 1998 adjacent to the
EsselWorld, are the largest Theme Water Parks in Asia.Pan India Paryatan
Private Limited is a Private incorporated on 24 August 2007. It is classified as
Non-govt company and is registered at Registrar of Companies, Mumbai. Its
authorized share capital is Rs. 132,000,000 and its paid up capital is Rs.
21,673,820. It is inolved in Building of complete constructions or parts thereof;
civil engineering

Pan India Paryatan Private Limited's Annual General Meeting (AGM) was last
held on 26 September 2018 and as per records from Ministry of Corporate
Affairs (MCA), its balance sheet was last filed on 31 March 2018.

Directors of Pan India Paryatan Private Limited are Ashok Kumar Nandkishore
Goenka Goel, Kaveeta Ashok Goel, .

E-City Bioscope Entertainment Pvt Ltd -E-city Bioscope Entertainment

Private Limited was registered at Registrar of Companies Mumbai on 23 June,
2005 and is categorized as Company limited by Shares and an Non-govt
company. E-city Bio scope Entertainment Private Limited currently have 3
Active Directors / Partners: Subhash Chand Garg, Abhishek Bansal, Harshita
Kakkar, and there are no other Active Directors / Partners in the company
except these 3 officials. E-city Bioscope Entertainment Private Limited is
involved in Community, Personal & Social Services Activity and currently
company is in Active Status.

E-City Digital Cinemas - E-City Digital Cinemas is a part of E-City Ventures -

the corporate brand that represents the interests in out-of-home entertainment
of the $5 billion Essel Group.

The company was established in April 2004, and is committed to

revolutionizing the Indian movie business by implementing state-of-the-art
digital technology at the various independent cinema houses in this
fragmented industry. This eliminates print costs, curbs piracy and offers the
same audio-visual experience as seen in the affluent centres. The partnership
with Qube Cinemas has further helped E-City Digital in providing an integrated,
technically superior, stable & cost effective technology solution.

Importantly, it helps the cinema owner in securing the latest content on the day
of its release since there is no dependence on the conventional celluloid print.
The Company has offices in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Jaipur, Indore,
Amravati.

INFRASTRUCTURE
Essel Infraprojects Limited - Essel Infraprojects Ltd. is one of the fastest
growing infrastructure companies and one of the successful ventures by the
Essel Group. we build modern, sustainable and inclusive infrastructure to
enhance economic environments and quality of people’s lives.we aspire to
contribute to India's growth story by investing in key infrastructure initiatives.
With our four major strategic business units – Transport, Green Energy &
Transmission, Smart Utilities, Environment and 10 verticals – we are
pioneering progressive infrastructure with order book value exceeding USD
5.06 billion.The Group ventured into Infrastructure space in 2007 with an entry
into the surface transport segment and today has presence in Transport
(Roads and Railways), Power Transmission & Distribution, Environment
(Municipal Solid Waste), Waste Water Treatment and Water Desalination
(Swachh Bharat Mission and NAMAMI Gange Programme), Green Energy
(Solar & Hydro), and Integrated Utilities (Power, Water, and City Gas
Distribution).we have truly embarked on an exciting journey to transform the
façade of our nation with significant infrastructure projects. Currently, we have
touched more than 100 cities across 17 states in India with our presence,
improving the lives of millions, and facilitating economic growth.
Smart Utilities - Smart Utilities is India's first integrated utilities brand- a
consumer-centric integrated utility services brand delivering smart value and
efficiency.

E-City Real Estate Pvt. Ltd - The Company behind the successful lifestyle
brand Fun Republic - currently operates 4 lifestyle malls in Mumbai,
Chandigarh, Lucknow and Coimbatore. The Company aims to operate
successful retail formats that align the interests of operators, retailers and
consumers providing an ideal size and brand mix.E-city Estates Private
Limited is a Private incorporated on 19 June 2008. It is classified as Non-govt
company and is registered at Registrar of Companies, Mumbai. Its authorized
share capital is Rs. 100,000 and its paid up capital is Rs. 100,000. It is inolved
in Real estate activities with own or leased property. [This class includes
buying, selling, renting and operating of self-owned or leased real estate such
as apartment building and dwellings, non-residential buildings, developing and
subdividing real estate into lots etc. Also included are development and sale of
land and cemetery lots, operating of apartment hotels and residential mobile
home sites.(Development on own account involving construction is classified
in class 4520).E-city Estates Private Limited's Annual General Meeting (AGM)
was last held on 30 September 2014 and as per records from Ministry of
Corporate Affairs (MCA), its balance sheet was last filed on 31 March
2014.Directors of E-city Estates Private Limited are Arpit Goel, Atul Goel

Siti Energy Limited (SEL) - It is incorporated under Companies Act 1956 to

inter-alia, implement the Piped Natural Gas (PNG) and Compressed Natural
Gas (CNG) project for various application in the Domestic, Commercial,
Industrial & Automotive sectors in Indian cities. It is a Company incorporated
for Natural Gas Business like City Gas Distribution (CGDN), Natural Gas
Pipeline, Power projects, in India. SEL is presently developing CGDN Project
in western U.P. and has planned to expand in other cities. It also has plans to
enter Power Generation of different capacities and sizes. SEL is promoted by
Essel Group which has varied national and global business interests in media
and newspaper publishing, content broadcasting, film exhibition, theme parks,
infrastructure development, lamitube manufacturing, etc. The group has a
turnover of approx. INR 130 billion.

E-City Property Management Systems - EPMS is an E-City Venture that

provides the most comprehensive and reliable property management services
in India, including overall operations, marketing, consultancy, occupant
management, retail leasing services and advisory services.E-city Property
Management & Services Private Limited is a Private incorporated on 19
August 2005. It is classified as Non-govt company and is registered at
Registrar of Companies, Mumbai. Its authorized share capital is Rs. 100,000
and its paid up capital is Rs. 100,000. It is inolved in Non-specialized retail
trade in stores

E-city Property Management & Services Private Limited's Annual General

Meeting (AGM) was last held on 30 September 2015 and as per records from
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), its balance sheet was last filed on 31
March 2015.

Directors of E-city Property Management & Services Private Limited are Girish
Chandra Pande, Rajiv Malhotra, .

EDUCATION
Zee Learn - The education arm, through its chain of pre-schools (Kidzee),
K-12 schools (Mount Litera) and youth institutes (ZICA and ZIMA) promises to
give light to the paths of children and youngsters who wish to realise their
potential in order to set foot on the path of development. Zee Learn's purpose
is to improve human capital via quality education.With one most advanced
teaching methodology – Litera Octave, Zee Learn under its brand
name Mount Litera Zee Schools provides promising education to the future
generation enabling them to explore their true unique potential. Awarded as
the ‘K-12 School Chain of the Year’ at Indian Educational Congress in 2015,
Mount Litera Zee school has over 120 schools in 110+ cities nationwide.
Zee Learn also runs Asia’s No. 1 chain of pre-schools, Kidzee with more than
1500+ operational pre-schools in over 550 cities across India and neighboring
countries. Kidzee is a pioneer in Early Childhood Education and standardized
pre-schooling in the country under its proprietary pedagogy – Interactive
iLLUME. Kidzee has so far touched the lives of more than 400,000 children
since its inception in 2003.
Enabled by its extensive experience in understanding of education and
learning, Zee Learn is extending its services to other schools. Zee Learn
School Innovations works with existing schools to improve their student
outcomes and efficiency through a School Audit that identifies improvement
areas.
Youth today is looking for vocational education outside the ambit or traditional
higher education. Acknowledging this fact, Zee Learn has developed Zee
Institute of Media Arts (ZIMA), a TV and Film training institute in Mumbai that
offers diploma courses in Direction, Acting, Sound, Editing, Production and
Cinematography. Another offering from the company, Zee Institute of
Creative Art (ZICA) is the nation’s first full-fledged Classical and Digital
Animation Training Academy that trains youth in classical 2D, modern 3D
animation and VFX in over 15 cities across the country.

HEALTHY LIFESTYLE & weLLNESS

Z Living (formerly Veria Living) is an American digital
cable and satellite television network that is owned by Indian company Essel
Group. The channel's lifestyle programming focuses on health and wellness. Z
Living is a leading media brand devoted to showcasing the best healthy
lifestyle and wellness programming and content across multiple media
platforms, including TV, web, and an on-demand streaming service. From
over 50 series on food and fitness to health and life, we strive to offer the
world’s largest line-up of first-run, original wellness programming, connecting
viewers in a contemporary and accessible manner to the benefits and joys of
living a healthy lifestyle. In the U.S., Z Living is available
to Cablevision/Optimum (Channel 164), DISH Network (Channel 218),
Verizon FiOS (Channel 162), RCN (Channel 226), CGI (Channel 142),
and Comcast (Chicago, Channel 389) subscribers, and in San Diego and
Atlanta.Our Manifesto: we believe wellness has a new name – And it’s not
just kale. It’s eastern philosophy, but western application. It’s for everyone: the
young, old, active, and the uninspired. It’s yoga – but on a paddleboard. It’s
vegan, paleo, raw, and organic. It’s taking 5,000 years of wellness wisdom and
helping you apply it to your life right now. It’s us taking you to your happy place
– with your mind, body, and soul.

PRECIOUS METALS
Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd - 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
shares listed in BSE & NSE.

It is a state-of-the-art refinery, occupying a 50-acre (200,000 m2) complex set

up at a cost of ₹2.5 billion (US$35 million). It is among the most advanced in
the world and also owns its own airport with 24-hour landing facilities.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Essel Finance - Essel Finance is one of India's leading private sector financial
services company offering a range of services and products across corporate
finance and retail sectors. It's the umbrella brand for the financial businesses
of the $10 billion conglomerate - Essel Group. Essel Finance is a
well-diversified financial services firm offering a range of financial products &
services such as Private Equity, SME Business Loans through its
Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC), Housing Finance, Distribution of
Mutual Funds & Insurance, Forex Money-Changing & Remittance and
Investment Banking. Head quartered in Mumbai, the company has a vast
network spread in almost all major cities in India

Essel Middle East

Essel Middle East is Essel Group's overseas extension, based in Dubai UAE.
Essel Middle East is involved in the business of mineral mining, oil
explorations and acquisition of natural resource assets globally. The company
also provides food security and relief support to various UN and related
organization. It has also explored and advanced to other dimensions with
interest in education, logistics and international trading.

Pan Asia Infrastructure FZ LLC has been incorporated under Dubai

Technology and Media Free Zone. It is located in the midst of DMC , Dubai,
United Arab Emirates. Pan Asia Infrastructure provides Real Estate Research,
Management and Development services across United Arab Emirates. Pan
Asia Infrastructure is the new hub of commercial real estate activities. it has
well-known brands under its retail wing.Twenty five years ago, we started with
a single channel, Zee TV, beaming unique shows and curated content to a
largely South Asian audience hungry for new-age entertainment. Over time,
we expanded into a multinational colossus that straddles the Media and
Entertainment industry, creating innovative content for a discerning audience
and uniting the world through entertainment. we celebrate the fact that with
effort and conviction, we can create gold out of the ordinary.Everything that we
create, not only has to be better than what was, but it has to be extraordinary,
everyday.Because we inspire to go beyond, it’s not a goal, it’s a standard. It’s
not for any particular individual. It’s for everyone.we know that when we create
the extraordinary everyday, With our audiences, our people, our partners and
our stakeholders, only then will we be Extraordinary, Together.
Market Position of Essel Group
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Ekal Vidyalaya

Ekal Movement working with support organizations is the biggest voluntary

effort of its kind spread over 50,000 villages. And the target is to reach more
than a lac of villages as power centers and surrounding villages in its ambit.
This will ensure that the message of development and empowerment reaches
every village of the country.
Ekal Movement has a five-pronged education programme to empower the
marginalized and particularly the tribals in remote Bharat. The education
programme includes - basic education, health care education, development
education, empowerment education and value education.

The spread of Ekal work is throughout the country - from Kashmir to Kerala
and from North East to Gujarat. Started in 1989, Ekal very recently celebrated
its Silver Jubilee in service to the needy.

Ekal's education programme is customized to meet the needs of rural and

tribal children. The schools are run for three hours every day. The timing of
classes are scheduled to meet the needs of the village children and are often
adapted depending on the season and harvest schedule. The school
curriculum is tailored to teach the children basic literacy and life skills to help
them develop self-confidence and succeed in rural occupations and pursue
higher education. Surveys have proved that the drop-out rate from higher
formal schools have come down in Ekal's area of operation. There are no
school buildings. The schools are run under a tree or in a small hut offered by
the local people.

In Ekal's health care education efforts are made to tell the children how not to
fall ill. The importance of cleanliness and personal hygiene is communicated in
an easy to understand mode. And when these children at Ekal understand this,
the message reaches across to the parents at home too.

Development education is the third dimension of Ekal Movement. Believing

that our villagers should make their earning for livelihood in their village itself
Ekal imparts training for better farming to give them more produce in value
terms. Other skill training programmes, tailor-made to the specific needs of a
particular area, are being implemented in some regions.

Empowerment education to the marginalized section of society residing in

remote Bharat is what Ekal aims at. Giving training for how to get information
from government, including by using RTI, and use of digital technology has
 been accepted as the tools for this empowerment. The enthusiasm amongst
the rural folk has made Ekal increase its target to reach more and more areas.

Values and ethics are the prime requirement for any society to develop in the
right sense. And here Ekal plays a very important role. Through various
programmes Ekal makes sure that this rural population, children and the adults,
understand and imbibe this primary need. And only then our beloved country
will become a Global Guru.

Dr. Subhash Chandra, Chairman - Essel Group &ZEE, has visited many of the
villages in remote areas where Ekal functions. He has got a feel of the life
there and seen the impact that the Ekal Education has made in the life of the
tribal brethren. He has also attended training programmes where the trainers
are trained and interacted with the volunteers and teachers.

Now, that Dr Chandra has become the Chairman of Ekal Global, he has a
vision to make every villager of Bharat empowered and real 'swaraj' attained.

It may be mentioned here that Ekal has support groups in 11 countries

presently and Dr Chandra's target is to reach 25 countries for Ekal support
soon.

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

The work of EKAL and its support organizations has been recognized at
various forums in the recent past. Some of the important ones are:

 'Uttakrishta Samman' by Bharat Vikas Parishad in recognition of the

work done in the tribal villages by providing education, primary health care and
village development
 'Outstanding Contribution to Social Work' trophy by the PHD Chamber
of Commerce & Industry
 'Excellent in Social Service' award by the Punjab Kesari Group for being
the best NGO and 'Meri Dilli Award' by the NNS Media Group
 'Thakkar Bapa Rashtriya Samman' by the Madhya Pradesh
Government for rendering valuable service for promotion of self-respect,
education, healthcare and economic development of the backward Janjati
Community

SEEING IS BELIEVING

To have a feel of the impact of work done in the villages, Ekal welcomes all to
witness the changes through personal visits. These visits are called 'Van
Yatras'. This is a unique concept to let the urban donor know what Ekal is
doing for its rural counterparts in which villages. The visits help to empower
villagers and create opportunity for bonding among the two sets of people. Our
assurance is once someone is there, it is a feeling of being in a different world.
This comes from the warmth of the people which leaves one spell bound.

The Global Vipassana Foundation

Dr. Subhash Chandra is the Senior Trustee of the Global Vipassana
Foundation in his capacity as a Vipassana meditator. Having completed the
Vipassana course in the 1990s (around 1994), he was impelled to spread the
philosophy of mental purification through self-observation.

Developments in the fields of science, technology, communication, transport,

agriculture and medicine have revolutionized human life at the material level.
But this progress is only superficial. Beneath this progress, people are living
lives of high mental and emotional stress, even in the most developed and
affluent societies. The problems and conflicts arising out of racial, ethnic,
sectarian and caste prejudices, poverty, warfare, disease, terrorism,
environmental devastation and the general decline of moral values have cast a
dark shadow on the future of civilization.

The Vipassana Foundation propagates the Vipassana technique of meditation

that was rediscovered 2500 years ago by Gautama the Buddha. Over
centuries, the technique spread to the neighboring countries of Burma, Sri
Lanka, Thailand and others. However, the noble heritage disappeared from
India. Vipassana was reintroduced to India by Shri S N Goenka, who has been
conducting Vipassana courses since 1969.

The Vipassana movement now operates in over 90 countries through more

than 150 Vipassana centres. The centres conduct ten-day courses as well as
train people to be assistant teachers to spread the Vipassana legacy across
the globe. Vipassana can be accepted and applied by people from any
background. Vipassana courses are open to anyone wanting to learn the
technique, irrespective of race, caste, faith and nationality. The technique
works on the principle that all human beings share the same problems; when
the malady is universal, the remedy has to be universal.

The Global Vipassana Foundation is a non-commercial organization. All

courses, throughout the world, are run solely on freely-offered donations. No
fee is charged. The courses are financed totally by donations from students
who have completed a prior course and wish to share the benefits we received
by giving donations for students who come after them. Neither the teacher nor
the assistant teachers receive remuneration and volunteer their time and
service. This practice is consistent with the pure tradition whereby the teaching
is to be offered free.

The Foundation has conducted courses in prisons and for senior police officers
in Rajasthan and Gujarat. A course was also conducted for the 1,000 inmates
of Tihar Jail, where Vipassana was adopted as a prison reform technique. A
large number of government officers and corporate executives are increasingly
adopting Vipassana as a stress buster and to increase their efficiency and
productivity. Thousands of prisoners are practicing Vipassana, transforming
their mental attitudes and benefiting from the resultant peace and harmony in
their lives. School and college students are taking full advantage of this
technique to increase their faculties of memory and understanding whilst
developing self-esteem, self-confidence and humane qualities like tolerance
and good-will. Vipassana is also known to help in the rehabilitation of tobacco,
alcohol and drug addiction. Some rehabilitation centres for drug addicts in
Australia and Switzerland have adopted Vipassana in their programmes with
encouraging results.

The Global Vipassana Pagoda

With increasing number of people taking to Vipassana, the Global Vipassana

Foundation has built a Global Vipassana Pagoda near EsselWorld in Mumbai.
The monument in stone is an expression of gratitude and sharing of benefits of
Vipassana as well as serving a practical function of enabling thousands of
students of Vipassana to meditate together, under the enshrined corporeal
relics of the Buddha.

The Global Pagoda is being built on nearly 11 acres of land (worth around Rs
25 crores), donated by Dr. Subhash Chandra. The massive dome of the
Pagoda encloses a meditation hall, which is 90 feet high and 280 feet in
diameter, where 8,000 people can meditate together. The Pagoda is built
using interlocking stones instead of cement, concrete or metal and is
unsupported by any pillar. This is the largest pillarless dome to be built in stone
in the world.

Two small pagodas are located on either side of the main pagoda. The Global
Pagoda also has an art gallery depicting the life of Buddha and his teachings.
The Pagoda is surrounded by examples of Burmese architecture, including a
21 feet high monolithic marble statue of the Buddha weighing 60 tons, and a
13-ton 8 foot high brass bell, both donated by the people of Myanmar.

The Pagoda's main aim is to provide information about Vipassana in all major
Indian and South Asian languages as well as international languages. While
adding fresh life and vitality to the teachings of the Buddha, this monument will
also be a destination for spiritual tourism.
TALEEM

Transnational Alternate Learning for Emancipation and Empowerment

through Multimedia

TALEEM Research Foundation was founded by Shri Subhash Chandra as a

literary, scientific and charitable society and trust in May 1996.

TALEEM Research Foundation is an initiative of the Essel Group to channelize

part of its creative and financial resources to address issues of national
concern.

The mission of TALEEM is to provide access and opportunities for world class
research and education both in residential and distance and open mode
learning leading to employment and income generation, to promote and
conduct research and training.

Under its auspices, the TALEEM Research Foundation has three main
activities:

Research, Training and Capacity Building

Asian Communications and Creative-Arts Research Institute for Training and

Information (ACCRITI) has continuously supported and promoted social
science research with a focus on health, communication, micro economy,
social marketing, education, social audit and poll studies. Since its inception,
the Foundation has conducted a wide range of researches funded by several
national and international agencies. Besides its home state Gujarat, the
Foundation has worked in almost all parts of the country including north
eastern states of Assam, Meghalaya, and Nagaland, in urban, rural and tribal
regions of the country.

Sponsors of the research and training programmes

TALEEM Research Foundation has conducted research studies for Central

Government Institutions like Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Indian
Council of Medical Research, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO),
Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science and Technology, Indian National
Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting, National Institute of Social Defense, CAPART, Registrar
General of India (ORGI), Ministry of Home Affairs, Space Application Center-
DECU Ahmedabad.

While TALEEM has conducted studies for State Governments like Gujarat
State AIDS Control Society, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Integrated Population and
Development Project, Commissioner, Rural Development, Government of
Gujarat, Commissioner, Gujarat Tribal Development Corporation,
Gandhinagar, State Programme Director, Mahila Samakhya, Gujarat, Uttar
Gujarat Vij Company Limited, Ahmedabad, SPIPA, Ahmedabad, Tribal
Development Department, DSAG, Government of Gujarat, Gujarat Ecology
Commission, Gandhinagar, Department of Health and Family welfare,
Government of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra Health Systems Development
Project, Gujarat Industrial Power Company Limited-DEEP.

TALEEM has also conducted studies for institutions and organizations like
World Bank, DANIDA, CIDA, DFID, Harvard Institute for International
Development, Canadian International Development Agency, American India
Foundation , British Council Division, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health, DKT International, PATH Canada, Center for International
Project, Columbia Water Center India (CIPT), Save the Children, U.K, Shastri
Indo Canadian Institute, Micro-Nutrient Initiative and NIPI Secretariat, UNOPS
International Institutions, TATA Power, Adani Ports, ZEE News, UNFPA,
UNDP, TATA Chemicals Limited, Mithapur, City Managers' Association,
Ahmedabad.

TALEEM is one of India's pioneer and leading health care, media and opinion
poll research institutions.

Development and Rehabilitation

After the devastating earthquake in Gujarat on January 26, 2001, the TALEEM
Foundation adopted Samakhiali village in Kutch District. The Foundation has
contributed more than Rs 1.5 crore towards the reconstruction and
rehabilitation of the village.

The first step was to set-up communication links through satellite phones.
Simultaneously, TALEEM set up a round-the-clock helpline facility at the Zee
News office in Ahmedabad.

A Relief Fund was set up with contributions from viewers across the world. The
fund was used to provide tents for temporary shelter, medicines and
installation of water storage tanks at various locations. A girls' school, a
children's play school, a veterinary hospital and a multi-purpose community
centre were built at a total cost of Rs 1.5 crore.

Further responding to the needs expressed by the community, Chandra and

his brother Laxmi Narain Goel, initiated a second phase of construction of
public utilities including an overhead water tank with a capacity of 1,00,000
litres, a Panchayat Ghar, a bus stand, crematorium and a shelter for cows. In
addition, the office of the District Development Officer, at Bhuj in Kutch was
reconstructed and support was provided to digitize land records by way of
supplying computer hardware and manpower.

Development rehabilitation activities of the Foundation have given it as

distinctive position as a corporate social responsibility.

Education

The educational objective of the Foundation is to provide high quality

education from primary to higher secondary and higher education. In order to
fulfill this objective Foundation has taken initiative to set up institutions in
Dehradun and Mumbai.

Himgiri ZEE University (erstwhile Himgiri Nabh Vishwavidyalaya) is based on

the motto "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam". The Himgiri ZEE University was set up
by Act No. 17 of 2003 of the State Legislative Assembly, Government of
Uttarakhand and has been functioning in Dehradun, Uttarakhand since 2005.
The University aims to meet the growing demand for trained human resources
in various organizations so as to channel human energy towards sustainable
economic and social development.

Himgiri ZEE University has been established for the vocationalization of

higher education which is national in character and transnational in jurisdiction.
The University is characterized by its resolve not to discriminate on grounds of
caste, creed, residence, community, gender and religion.

The University offers Programmes in both Regular (on campus) and Distance
Learning modes, using modern technologies for imparting quality education.

Presently, it offers courses in Architecture, Education, Management, Mass

Communication, Hotel Management, Engineering, Computer Science, Law,
Agriculture and Forestry in Regular mode. The Distance courses being offered
are in Management, Computer Science, Hotel Management, Animation, Visual
Effects and Film Making.

Himgiri ZEE University has its own Community Radio Station, broadcasting on
107.8 FM. It has its own Video Production Studio, which is one of the best in
any institution in Northern India.
The University has tie ups with University of Regina (Canada), Florida State
University (USA), AMIC, (Singapore), University of Tartu (Estonia), Moscow
State University (Russia) and Oslo School of Architecture & Design (Norway).

Himgiri ZEE University is also publishing "Himgiri Education Review", a

biannual Research Journal, besides having its own monthly Newsletter.

For all round development of its students, Himgiri ZEE University has a
sprawling sports complex consisting of Badminton, Volleyball, Basketball,
Tennis, Football and Swimming Pool.

The Mount Litera School International

Another initiative of the Foundation has been to set up a educational institution

in Mumbai. Mount Litera School International is being set up at MMRDA/BKC
land of the Foundation to provide students with the happy and secure
environment needed for their learning and social development.

The school aspires to the best of teaching and learning, and so ensures that all
students achieve the highest academic standards of which we are capable,
while being prepared to take their place as world citizens. The Mount Litera
School is expected to start functioning from June 2014.

The school seeks to instill among students a love of learning, integrity of

character and confidence in them to move with assurance into the future. The
students will have awareness of their needs and responsibilities towards their
multicultural country regardless of caste, class and creed.
Awards

 Dr. Subhash Chandra, Chairman - ZEE & Essel Group features in The
Indian Express' IE 100 | 2016 - The List of Most Powerful Indians

The Indian Express (dated February 26, 2016) ranks our Chairman, Dr.
Subhash Chandra at #92 in the IE 100 | 2016 - The List of Most Powerful
Indians.

 ZEEL MD & CEO, Punit Goenka features in the Times Twitter Impact
List of most engaging Business Leaders

Mr. Punit Goenka, MD & CEO, ZEEL features at #8 on the recently-released

Times Twitter Impact List of most engaging Business Leaders.

 ZEE receives the IAA Olive Crown 'Special Award of Excellence' for
its 'Zee Is Green' initiative

he India Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA) honoured

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) with the IAA Olive Crown
'Special Award of Excellence' for its 'Zee Is Green' initiative at the 6th IAA
Olive Crown Awards held on March 09, 2016 at Radio Club, Mumbai.
 ZEE's Legal Team is awarded 'The Best In-House Legal Team in the
Media & Entertainment Sector' for 2015-16 at the 5th Annual Legal
Era Awards 2016

With immense pride, we would like to announce that ZEE's Legal Team has
been awarded as the 'Best In-House Legal Team of the Year in Media &
Entertainment Category' at the 5th Annual Legal Era Awards 2016 held on 5th
March 2016 at Hotel Taj Lands End, Mumbai.

 Brand Trust Report puts Zee Learn among the Most Trusted
Education Diversified Brands 2016

Kidzee is India's Most Trusted Brand in pre-school education category on

Brand Trust Report 2016

 ZEEL's Leaders, Punit Goenka and Amit Goenka receive MIPTV's Top
Television Honor - 'Medaille d'Honneur'

Punit Goenka and Amit Goenka, the top leaders of Zee Entertainment
Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) have received the highest television honor at
MIPTV -- the Médaille d'Honneur Award.

 Essel Infraprojects wins globally recognized Golden Peacock award

for Innovative Service

Secures the award for Intelligent Grid & Smart Metering Solutions for power
distribution service

 Dr. Subhash Chandra, Chairman, Essel Group & ZEE honored with
the CIF Chanchlani Global Indian Award
Essel Group and ZEE Chairman Dr. Subhash Chandra (DSC) received the
prestigious Global Indian Award instituted by Canada India Foundation (CIF) in
Toronto, Canada on Friday, April 22.

 ICRA upgrades SITI Cable's Long Term Ratings to A- from BBB+

Long term rating on term loans for SITI Cable Network Limited, an Essel Group
Company (SITI CABLE) (BSE: 532795, NSE: SITI CABLE EQ) has been
upgraded by credit rating agency ICRA.

 Shankhachil wins the 'BEST BENGALI FILM' award at the National

Film Awards 2016!

The poignant Bengali film - 'Shankhachil', directed by the famous Goutam

Ghose and presented and distributed by Zee Studios, won the award for the
'Best Bengali Film' at the prestigious 63rd National Film Awards ceremony.

 ZEE impresses at the fourth Asian Customer Engagement Forum and

Awards (ACEF) with wins for Zee TV, TEN Sports Network and Living
Foodz

At the fourth Asian Customer Engagement Forum and Awards (ACEF) held
last week, leading media conglomerate, Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Limited (ZEEL) bagged numerous awards, with wins going to Zee TV, TEN
Sports Network and Living Foodz.

 Zee News bags 5 Trophies at NT Awards

ZEE NEWS recently was declared the No. 1 trusted Hindi News Channel
(Source: The Brand Trust Report - India Study 2016 - study by TRA Research
Pvt. Ltd.)
 Essel Infraprojects Limited wins yet another Golden Peacock Award:
The Golden Peacock Eco-Innovation Award

With the addition of the prestigious Golden Peacock Eco-Innovation Award

2016, Essel Infraprojects Limited (EIL) has added yet another feather to its
well-adorned cap!

 Zee Learn & Kidzee Honoured at National Awards for Marketing

Excellence 2016

Zee Learn Limited, a leading player in core education and India's Most Trusted
Diversified Education Brand and its brand 'Kidzee', India's largest network of
preschool chain in Asia, was honoured at National Awards for Marketing
Excellence 2016.

 ZEEL is the only media company to feature in Forbes India's list of

'India's Super 50 Companies'

The latest issue of Forbes India (dated August 05, 2016) features Zee
Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) in the second edition of its list of
'India's Super 50 Companies'. ZEEL is the only media company to feature in
this prestigious list.

 The Economic Times recognizes Essel Infraprojects Ltd as The Best

Infrastructure Brand!

The Economic Times awarded Essel Infraprojects Ltd (EIL) with The Best
Infrastructure Brand Award 2016 at The Economic Times Infra Focus Summit,
which was hosted in New Delhi yesterday.

 Zee Music Company's album 'Udta Punjab' is named as 'Album of

2016' by Apple Music & iTunes
This year has been a landmark year for Zee Music Company. From starting the
year with Udta Punjab ruling the charts to 'Tere Sang Yaara' from Rustom then
stealing hearts across the world and becoming the romantic melody of year, it
just keeps getting better and better for Zee Music Company.

 ZEEL's MD & CEO, Punit Goenka honored with the Business Today
'Best CEO Award' in the Media and Entertainment category for 2016

Mr. Punit Goenka, MD & CEO of leading Indian content conglomerate Zee
Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) today received the coveted
Business Today 'Best CEO Award' in the Media and Entertainment category
for 2016.

 Zee Music Company sets earth shattering records in 2016

Christmas has come early for Zee Music Company this year with the label
smashing records on records one song at a time.

 Zee Music Company bags the Best Album Award for 2016 by
Gaana.com

Gaana one of the most popular streaming platforms of today presented the
Zee Music Company Team with the award of 'Best Rated Album by the legend
Asha Bhosle'. Asha Bhosle, the queen of Bollywood Music, personally
handpicked Rustom's music out of the plethora of great albums released in the
undoubtedly musical year 2016.

 Essel Vision's film Killa bags two awards at MAMI after Berlin

Debutante director Avinash Arun's Marathi film 'Killa' has won two awards -
Second Best Film; the Silver Gateway of India and Special Jury Mention for
Ensemble Cast at the 16th Mumbai International Film Festival (MAMI) recently
concluded in Mumbai.
 IVI! Channel gets the annual national award Healthy Eating for
contributing to the promotion of healthy eating in the media

Healthy Eating - is an annual public significant award, designed to attract

public attention to the problem of health in general and nutrition in particular.

 Essel Vision creates history at IFFI, Goa

Essel Vision creates an unprecedented history at 45th International film

festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, with a whopping 4 films selected officially to be
screened at the festival.

 jv.ru is considered as the Best Project of the Year

The ceremony of awarding the "Runet Award" was held on Tuesday,

November 25 in Moscow. wellness portal jv.ru was among the prizewinners in
the category "Health and Entertainment".

 Punit Goenka, MD & CEO, ZEEL wins IMPACT Person of the Year
2014

Mr. Punit Goenka, MD & CEO, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL)
was awarded the prestigious IMPACT Person of the Year 2014 on December
05, 2014 at a glittering function held at the ITC Grand Central, Mumbai.

 Essel Vision bags 4 Awards at PIFF, Pune

Maintaining its excellent pace, Essel Vision's films pennon their victory in
Maharashtra state's official film festival, Pune International Film Festival (PIFF
2015).

 ZEE Annual Report FY14 Ranks No. 1 in the Global Media Industry
The ZEE Annual Report (FY14) has been Ranked as No. 1 in the Global Media
Industry by League of American Communications Professionals LLC (LACP).

 ZEEL MD & CEO, Punit Goenka, receives the 'Young CEO Award'

Punit Goenka, MD & CEO, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, was

awarded the prestigious 'Young CEO Award' by CEO India Magazine on
Thursday, March 12 at a glittering function held at the Taj Mahal Palace,
Mumbai.

 Essel Vision's Elizabeth Ekadashi is Best Indian Film of the year

Gloriously winning the 'Best Film' title at three major awards FIPRESCI,
MaTaa Sanmaan and Zee Gaurav, Elizabeth Ekadashi makes it to one of most
acclaimed & successful films of the year.

 Essel Vision's Marathi films bag prestigious National Awards

Essel Vision's film Elizabeth Ekadashi has got the National Award Golden
Lotus (Swarna Kamal) back home for Essel Vision 4 years after Natarang won
the same award back in 2010.

 Z Living's show 'Good Food America with Danny Boome' nominated

for a 'Daytime Emmy 2015'

Danny Boome, host of Z Living's 'Good Food America', has been nominated
for a Daytime Emmy for 'Outstanding Culinary Host.'

 Essel Vision's film wins Swarn Kamal at 62nd National Film Awards
Essel Vision Productions' films Elizabeth Ekadashi and Killa, undoubtedly one
of the most talked about and highly appreciated films of this year have
received top honour of Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) award by winning the
'Best Children Feature Film' and 'Best Marathi Feature Film' respectively at the
prestigious 62nd National Film Awards at New Delhi.

 Zee Entertainment is the top Indian Media & Entertainment company

at the Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Awards 2015

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) was awarded as the top Indian
company in the Media & Entertainment sector at the Dun & Bradstreet
Corporate Awards 2015 held on May 13, 2015 at The Trident, Mumbai.

 ZEEL and ZMCL win a combined 9 Gold and 5 Silver awards at the
PromaxBDA India Awards 2015

ZEEL leads the race by bagging the maximum Gold awards at the prestigious
Awards function.

 Essel Vision's Jazbaa creates a stir at Cannes

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan along with Essel Vision's Business Head Akash
Chawla with co-producer Sachiin Joshi (Vikings Entertainment) and director
Sanjay Gupta unveiled the exclusive first look of the most awaited film of the
year 'Jazbaa', at Lady Jersey Boat - Port de Cannes Centre.

 Mumbai FC win 'Best Organizer' award for I-League 2014-15

Mumbai FC & East Bengal share the 'Best Organiser' award of Hero I-League
2014-15 for organising their respective home matches in Cooperage Stadium
and Salt Lake Stadium & Barasat Stadium, Kolkata respectively.
 Mount Litera Zee School awarded 'K12 Chain of the Year- National'

Mount Litera Zee School won a major plaudit at the Indian Education Congress
Awards, one of the most prestigious awards that recognises excellence in the
education sector.

 KIDZEE bags an Award for 'Outstanding Outdoor Campaign' at

Outdoor Advertising Awards (OAA) 2015

Kidzee, the largest network of preschool chain in Asia, has been conferred
with a bronze award for an Outstanding Outdoor Campaign in Best Use of
Ambient Media under special categories at Outdoor Advertising Awards (OAA)
2015.

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented music album 'Shanti

Samsara' towards India's commitment towards a healthy
environment, produced by Zee Music Company

Zee Music Company, a division under Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited

gets the prestigious opportunity to produce the music album 'Shanti Samsara'

 Zee Business honoured at the Consumer World Awards

In 2004 and 2005, Zee Business was awarded as the Best Business Channel
in Hindi at the Consumer World Awards.

Summary

Essel Group, a business conglomerate, operates in media, entertainment,

packaging, infrastructure, education, precious metals, lifestyle and wellness,
and technology sectors. The company’s activities include operating news and
entertainment television channels; DNA, an English-language broadsheet;
amusement parks and lifestyle malls; operating a chain of commercial
complexes, housing complexes, construction business, and multiplex
cinema-cum-family activity centers; digital screens; a food and lifestyle
television channel; and a chain of K-12 schools and pre-schools. The company
also provides direct-to-home entertainment services; information technology
infrastructure outsourcing services, such as Internet data center and managed
hosting services; infrastructure, data communication, marketing support, and
service solutions to facilitate an online lottery network; property management
services, such as operations, marketing, consultancy, occupant management,
retail leasing, and advisory; integrated utility services, which include power
distribution, water distribution, solid waste management, city gas distribution,
and cable and broadband distribution; infrastructure services; and financial
services in the areas of commercial finance, investment banking, and private
equity. In addition, its activities include manufacturing laminated plastic tubes
for FMCG and pharma companies; implementing piped natural gas and
compressed natural gas projects for various applications in domestic,
commercial, industrial, and automotive sectors; and producing and refining
gold and silver bars and coins, as well as mineral mining, oil explorations, and
natural resource assets acquisition. It serves customers in India and
internationally. The company was founded in 1976 and is based in Mumbai,
India.
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