"We trace our origins back to 150 years ago, when, as Littlewood Pallonji & Co, we built a giant water reservoir on Malabar hills to serve the needs of the residents of Bombay (now Mumbai), a city on the west coast of India. Over time, we have grown to become the ‘Shapoorji Pallonji Group of Companies’, with annual revenues in excess of US$ 2 billion.

Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd (SPCPL), our contracting division has contributed in building numerous iconic buildings and structures that dot the architectural landscape of India. In 1970, we became the first Indian construction company to venture into the Middle East, when we were chosen to build the 'Royal Palace for the Sultan of Oman'. Today, we operate in over 9 countries across the Middle-East and Africa.

SPCPL has grown nearly fourfold in the last five years and has developed new capabilities including ‘Design & Build’ and ‘EPC contracting’. We take pride in counting the crème de la crème of manufacturing, services and other industries as our esteemed clients. We always operate with the highest levels of integrity and responsibility so as to build on the trust that we have earned over the years.

As you scan through our website, you will find several examples of industry leading projects within our portfolio, including the tallest residential building in India, the largest mall in India, the largest cement clinker plant in Asia etc. These stand as proud testimonies of the abilities of our 5,500 strong staff and the faith reposed in us by our clients.

Our employees are our biggest asset. Leveraging their collective talent allows us to undertake complex projects even in the harshest of operating environments. As a company that operates across the length and breadth of India and overseas, we believe our responsibilities go beyond our clients, to the larger community that we operate in. Our team members are continuously engaged in charitable and outreach programs across India, in the fields of education, primary healthcare and technical training programs, through the support of the Shapoorji Pallonji Foundation.

While we take pride in our legacy, we acknowledge that the journey ahead is challenging. Our business environment has seen drastic changes in the light of rising commodity prices, labor shortages, stiff competition and a strict regulatory environment. However, I am confident that through the devotion and hard work of our staff, we will reinvent our operations with a drive towards industry leading ‘process excellence’ so as to deliver our projects on time and with the quality that our customers have come to expect from us.

We at Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd, will continue to innovate and design solutions that add value to our esteemed clients, for in their success lies ours."

Mr. S. Ravi Shankar, Director of Shapoorji Pallonji oil & Gas Pvt Ltd. He is also the Head of Business Initiatives for Shapoorji Pallonji & Company Limited on Oil & Gas sectors. He holds Master’s Degree in commerce, ACA & Fellowship in Insurance Institute UK.

Mr. Ravi Shankar is a well sought-after professional in Oil & Gas and shipping industry. He is associated with the group since 2008. Apart from managing the top line and bottom line of the business, his key focus areas are to establish Oil & Gas business for Shapoorji Pallonji Group across the geographies in the globe and to make SP Oil & Gas amongst the top 5 organizations in the Oil & Gas floating space. He has successfully established the business from scratch & developed an asset base of over US$ 1.5 Billion for the Group. He has successfully spread the wings of the organization in a very short span across South East Asia with strong presence in Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore.

He brings considerable experience and an extensive background in Insurance, Finance, Shipping and Maritime projects. He has previously worked as Regional Director for Finance and Business Development the Norwegian shipping giant, Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA. During the 19-year career there, he implemented several novel business projects, merging traditional shipping with innovative, modern technical solutions.

Mr. Ravi Shankar was formerly the Finance and Operations Director for the largest ship-management company, Barber Ship Management, overseeing the technical and commercial management of over 280 ships globally. There, he implemented (for the first time globally) a planned and integrated maintenance system linked to the purchase and accounting functions through an on-board connection via satellite communication for all of the company's 280 ships sailing globally.

Mr. Ravi Shankar also has extensive experience in the (non-life) reinsurance industry and is a Fellow of the Insurance Institute of London. He has developed and implemented many successful projects, many in the technology area. He was successful in developing an alternative mode of logistics for Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) distribution; a floating terminal for ore-handling. He is one of the founding members of PostX, a leading California- based technology venture providing solutions for the encryption of e-mail. He was one of the founding members of Edumetry, a Knowledge Based Industry for universities and colleges.

He is outgoing and adventurous, trekked in Tibet, climbed up to Base camp of Mt. Everest and trekked 174 km to reach South Pole in Antarctica.

"Mr. Umesh Narain Khanna is Group Head - Coordination at the Shapoorji Pallonji Group Centre.

Umesh joined SP Group in February 2012. In his role, Umesh works closely with the Promoters as well as Group Companies to drive SP Group-wide initiatives, facilitate forging synergy amongst SP Group Companies, provide expert inputs/ advise to the Business Heads on matters relating to technology, business development, market expansion, commercial and contracts management, strategic alliances and drive management of external stakeholders including network relationship with policy and decision makers at administrative and central Government level.

Umesh is an electrical engineer from Agra University and completed his Masters in System Engineering& Operations Research, from IIT Roorkee. He is also an MBA specializing in Marketing from University of Hull, UK. Umesh has over 30 years of experience in launching and expanding businesses & markets, business policy & planning and in International Marketing and Contracts Management for power and non-power industries. He was with BHEL for 27 years starting as an Engineer and rising to the position of Regional Manager & AGM – International operations based out of Jakarta, Indonesia. Prior to joining SP, he was CEO, Director on Board, Bharat Forge NTPC Energy Systems Ltd, a JV between NTPC Ltd. and Bharat Forge Ltd."