SHAHI EXPORTS PRIVATE LIMITED
Shahi was established in 1974 by Mrs. Sarla Ahuja, the family-owned company has grown to
become India’s largest apparel manufacturer and exporter. They now operate 65 state-of-the-
art manufacturing facilities across 9 Indian states with a diverse workforce of over 100,000
people with 67% women workforce and producing over 144 million garments per year.
Clients: Abercrombie & Fitch, Gap, Esprit, Wal-Mart, Ralph Lauren, Walmart, H&M,
JCPenny, PVH, and Target and Tommy Hilfiger , American Eagle
Some of their support services for employees:
1. Facilities and support services
2. Free crèche in every unit with full-time teachers, support staff, and nutritious, free
food
3. Medical centre in every unit, equipped with free medication, ambulance, and first aid
services
4. Bank accounts for every employee and secure ATMs on site
5. Support in applying for relevant government benefits
6. Merit-based scholarships for employees’ children
7. Human Resource team at all units trained in basic counselling skills including
behavior change, working with families, and group counseling.
8. Specialised counseling cells in 15 units, with professional counselors.
9. Regular employee engagement programs, cultural events and festival celebrations.
Initiatives
1. Good Business Lab: In March 2017, Shahi incubated Good Business Lab (GBL),
which aims to improve the lives of low-income workers by proving, through rigorous
research, that better social well-being for workers can deliver measurable financial
returns to businesses.
2. P.A.C.E.- Personal Advancement & Career Enhancement, P.A.C.E is GAP Inc.’s
proprietary holistic life-skills training program for Female Garment Workers.
Inception: 2007
a. Modules: Communication, problem solving & decision making, time & stress
management, execution excellence, health, water, sanitation & hygiene,
financial literacy, social entitlement
b. 31,000+ women trained
c. 100% female factory employees by 2024
3. S.T.I.T.C.H. (Supervisors’ Transformation into Change Holders) is a soft-skills
training program for line-level supervisors designed by Shahi in collaboration with
Options and Solutions and Good Business Lab. Through modules such as problem
solving, gender sensitivity, stress management, team management, amongst others,
the objective of the program is to reduce harassment and improve line productivity.
4. Since 2013, Shahi has been establishing training centers across the country to skill
and increased employability of rural populations, with a focus on increasing female
labor force participation. By partnerships with companies such as Tata Steel and
Spark Minda and have set- up centers under government schemes such as Integrated
Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya
Yojana (DDUGKY).
5. Human Right: An illustrated employee handbook in four local languages is provided
to employees, which provides simple information for employees to easily understand
their rights, responsibilities and benefits at the workplace. Topics included in the
handbook include: Health and Safety, Code of Conduct, Pay and Benefits, Facilities
and Support services, Committees and Suggestion boxes, Grievance redressal
mechanisms, Leave and Holidays.
Address
Head Office: Delhi & NCR Corporate Office, Industrial Plot No. 1, Sector-28, Faridabad –
121008, Haryana, Tel.: 129-2273980, 4044444 E-mail: delhi@shahi.co.in
Garment Factories
1. Shop No. E-10, Industrial Area Block E, Sector 11, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201301,
Phone: 0120 255 6259
2. C-35, C-35, C Block, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201307, Phone: 094508 36259
3. 15/1, Mathura Rd, Sector 27A, Faridabad, Haryana 121003, Phone: 0129 225 2260
Contacts:
1. Samidha Bhatnagar, General Manager HR, New Delhi
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samidha-bhatnagar-a7492210/
2. Promila Rawat, Manager HR (Corporate) at Shahi Exports Pvt Ltd
email ID: promila.rawat@shahi.co.in Phone No.: +91 96502 95129
3. Gauri Sharma, OD Manager at Shahi Exports
Senior Policy and Outreach Manager & chief of Staff, Good Business Lab
linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lavanya-garg-34852455/
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Ludhiana Textile Cluster
Ludhiana referred to as the Manchester of India -biggest manufacturing cluster for textiles in
North India. Under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks, Ludhiana also have two major
Cluster parks: Ludhiana Integrated Textile Park and Punjab Apparel Park.
Ludhiana Integrated Textile Park: The Project envisaged setting up of state-of-the-art
integrated facilities for knitting and apparel manufacturing, and ancillary activities etc.
with all the support services with state of the art infrastructure which would be fully
socially compliant with financial support from the government.
Punjab Apparel Park, a joint venture of Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation
Ltd (PSIEC) and Apparel Association of Ludhiana (APPEAL), is a Special Purpose
Vehicle (SPV) set up to develop the 85- acre apparel park under the Apparel Park
Scheme of the Union ministry of textile.
o Contact Details: Punjab Trade Centre Building, Opp. Manju Cinema, Adj. SBI,
Miller Ganj Branch, Industrial Area – B, Ludhiana, Punjab - 141 003
o +91 161 4624043, 3946370
o +91 9872203682, 9501544445
Major Industries in Ludhiana:
1. Vardhman Group
Vardhman Textiles Limited, formerly Mahavir Spinning Mills Limited, is a large textile
producer in India. The company operates in five segments: yarn, sewing thread, steel,
fibre and fabric. The company has its corporate office at Ludhiana, yarn manufacturing
units at Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Malerkotla and dyeing units at Ludhiana and
Hoshiarpur.
2. The Nahar Group of companies is also known as the OWM Group. The group’s
portfolio comprises spinning, knitting, fabrics and hosiery garments. It operates seven
firms: Oswal Woollen Mills Ltd, Nahar Spinning Mills Ltd, Nahar Industrial
Enterprises Ltd, Nahar Poly Films Ltd, Monte Carlo Fashion Ltd, Cotton County Retail
Ltd and Nahar Capital & Financial Services Ltd. Most of its manufacturing facilities
are located at Ludhiana and Mohali
3. Prince Textile Mills, based in Ludhiana, was established in 1990 for high-quality
Pashmina products. The company offers a wide range of hand-woven shawls and
scarves of different lengths. The company has a manufacturing facility at Ludhiana,
Punjab
