Tractor Industry

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Amrit Sagar Mittal

President, Tractor and Mechanization Association

A.S. Mittal is Vice Chairman of The Sonalika Group Companies.

Vice Chairman of Punjab State Economic Policy & Planning Board, Govt. of Punjab in the rank of Cabinet Minister.

International Tractors Limited is the foremost tractor manufacturing company of Punjab with turnover of Rs.10,000 crores approximately. The company is a largest exporter of tractors from the country. The export contribution is about Rs.300 crores per annum.

Company owned a wheel leader manufacturing company in Germany. Company has Joint venture for manufacturing assembly lines in Algeria, Brazil and Turkey.

Company has its export business (Solis Brand) more than 150 countries and No. 1 in Germany, France & U.K for 50HP range tractors.

YANMAR of Japan with annual turnover of Rs.80, 000 crores is the technical and financial partner of the company.

Company gives employment to 8,000 employees directly and 20,000 indirectly through its vendors & dealers.

Company is depositing an annual revenue to the government of the personal and corporate account is approx. Rs. 500 Crores on account of Income Tax.

Career growth:

Mittal is a self-made industrialist, a prominent entrepreneur and started his career in 1980 from farm equipment. Mr. Mittal has a vision of green revolution in the country and thus contributed mainly in the development of agriculture industry in the country. Mr. Mittal is Vice Chairman of International Tractors Limited, a renowned company across the world and among one of the top Three Tractor Companies in India. Mr. A.S. Mittal is Vice Chairman & Director of twenty one companies in India.

A Prominent Industrialist:

Mittal is a leading industrialist and Graduate from Punjab University with Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy. He has been bestowed upon with numbers of awards and accolades. He was appointed as Member of the Advisory Board of Industries during the period of Governor Shri S.S. Ray in Punjab.

Appreciations:

Hon’ble Shri Vajpayee (Ex-Prime Minister) appreciates that Sonalika Tractor relates closely to Common Man. This speech was delivered on occasion of Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in New Delhi Chief Minister (Punjab) Shri Badal ji specifically add that “Mittal Family is Proud of Punjab” on inauguration program of Collaboration with M/s Renault, France.

Rotary International appreciates Shri A.S. Mittal as a “Pride of City”
His Excellency, The President of India Shri APJ Abdul Kalam appreciated the Sonalika Tractors during Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana in Kissan Mela.

Awards :

• Entrepreneur of the Year by Governor of Punjab Shri S.F.Rodrigue
• Rashrapati’s “Udyog Patra” by Sh. Giani Zail Singh, President of India
• Quality Excellence Award by Commerce Minister Shri. Pranab Mukherjee
• Selected as one of the Top 20 Punjabi Achievers World Over
• Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award
• Quality Excellence Award by Minister of Rural Development.
• Pride of Nation award Vidhan Sabha Speaker of Delhi for his valuable contribution in Green Revolution of India

AS Mittal, from the core of his heart, believes in doing the acts for the upliftment of the members of society.

For the purpose, he has taken the initiatives to set up the following:

• Clean & Green Association: NGO for cleanliness & greenery in the City of Hoshiarpur (Punjab). It is working since 2004
• Sonalika Charitable Trust : The Trust is involved into the various charitable activities.
• Anand Ashram : to help the orphans / poor children to get the education, food & stay in the Ashram.

Beacons Club : The Club takes along the children of various local schools & with the help of the local Administration, make the people aware about the rules of the road.

Interest & Hobbies:

Playing Golf/Table Tennis
Watching Cricket & Football
Reading Books