JIS enters dairy biz

Kolkata: After carving a niche for itself in the field of academics across eastern India, JIS Group has entered dairy business. Unveiling a dairy brand ‘JOI Farm’, the group has invested Rs 150 crore in the venture which includes a plant in Howrah. It would create 150 jobs.
Many years ago, JIS Group chairman and founder late Sardar Jodh Singh, and his younger brother Sardar Ishar Singh had set up a dairy business near Ludhiana in Punjab.It was the first venture of JIS Group operated across between Punjab, Haryana and West Bengal. “Taking the dairy legacy forward, we have launched JOI Farm and planned to launch a range of dairy products like milk, paneer and doi (dahi),” said Anmol Singh Narula, director of JIS Group, tnn