The Amira Foundation - Karan A Chanana

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The Amira Foundation is a food education charity
that aims to inspire people to connect with food
and equip them with the knowledge and cooking
skills to help make healthier eating choices. The
mission of the foundation is to educate both
children and adults on healthy eating, with a
focus on nutrition. The charity is dedicated to
empowering people with the knowledge to make
smarter nutritional choices and educating them on
food-related illnesses. An extension of Amiras,
Food Connect vision, the Foundation will foster
relationships and raise awareness of
international hunger and nutrition, all through
the common language of food.
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A Brief History of Amira

• With a passion for purity that began a century
  ago, the Amira Group has been run by four
  successive generations of the Chanana family
  since the companys inception in 1905. Founded by
  B.D. Chanana, in 1915, as an agro-commodities
  trading house that bought and sold local beans
  and pulses in the Punjab region during the days
  of the British Raj. This was taken over by his
  son Karam Chand Chanana, who re-established the
  company in New Delhi, after the 1947 Partition of
  India forced him to sell off the companys
  assets. He went on to quickly re-establish the
  firm as one of Indias major rice traders, in the
  newly independent company.
• Karams son, Anil Chanana, joined the company in
  1968 when the company was called Nav Bharat,
  eventually taking over the company in 1978. It
  was during Anils time in charge of the business
  that the name was changed to Amira and the
  company began its rapid international expansion.
  A company that has constantly embraced
  innovation it was during Anils charge, in 1993,
  that the company introduced Indias first fully
  automated rice milling plant for Amiras rice
  milling plant in Gurgaon.
• In 2006, Anil passed leadership of the Amira
  Group over to his son, Karan A Chanana, the
  fourth generation Chanana to lead the company,
  who has since led the company through their
  current era of impressive growth. Since launching
  the Amira branded strategy in 2008, Karan has
  taken the company from strength to strength.

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Why the Amira Foundation?

• 2015 marks the centenary of the Amira Group, and
  with it the company will look back on our proud
  100 year history. The past 100 years have seen
  the Amira group grow from a modest
  agro-commodities trading house, to become a
  global corporation, currently listed on the New
  York Stock Exchange and with a turnover of over
  500 million.
• This rapid rise has ?all ?occurred through
  spreading the joy of basmati rice?,? and other
  specialty packaged foods?,? across the world and
  it is in recognition of the good fortune food has
  brought the company that ?we were inspired to
  launch the Amira Foundation, as a means of giving
  back.
• ?As we enter our second century,? The? Amira?
  Foundation, which will be primarily focused
  towards food education?,? marks a key step for
  ?us by creating a platform ?through which? the
  Amira Group can make a difference, raising
  awareness of diet-related illness and issues and
  promoting the importance of good nutrition.

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Our Vision

• A passion for food lies at the heart of
  everything we do at the Amira Group. In
  recognition of this, the Amira Foundation was
  established as a platform through which we can
  educate the world about food. It is our mission
  as a foundation to raise awareness of diet
  related illnesses and promote the importance of
  good nutrition. The foundation will work to
  inspire people to connect with their food at a
  deeper level and empower them with the knowledge
  to make healthier eating choices.
• The foundation will work to inspire people to
  connect with their food at a deeper level and
  empower them with the knowledge to make healthier
  eating choices.

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org/Email info_at_amirafoundation.orgContact Us

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