S H Kelkar & Co. was incorporated on July 1, 1955 in Mumbai under the Companies Act, 1913. After incorporation, the company took over businesses carried on by Mr. V.G. Vaze as a sole proprietor of M/s S.H. Kelkar & Co and in partnership by the firm M/s Saraswati Chemical Works.
The Company is focused on its core business of manufacture, supply and exports of fragrances, flavours and aroma ingredients that are used in the food, beverage, personal care or household product industries. As on March 31, 2018, the Company had subsidiaries in India, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Singapore, Italy and Indonesia comprising of Keva Fragrances Pvt. Ltd.; Keva Flavours Pvt. Ltd.; Saiba Industries Pvt. Ltd.; Rasiklal Hemani Agencies Pvt. Ltd.; Keva Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.; Creative Flavours & Fragrances S.p.A., Italy; Keva UK Ltd., United Kingdom; Keva Fragrance Industries Pte. Ltd., Singapore V N Creative Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. (step-down subsidiary) Tanishka Fragrance Encapsulation Technologies LLP (step-down subsidiary) PFW Aroma Ingredients B.V., Netherlands (step-down subsidiary) PT SHKKEVA Indonesia (Indonesia) (step-down subsidiary).
The company was founded by Mr. V.G. Vaze who had three sons, G.D. Kelkar, Suresh Vaze, and Promoter Ramesh Vaze. On account of certain disputes which led to petitions being filed before the Company Law Board, Principal Bench at New Delhi ('Company Law Board'), the three sons and their respective families executed a memorandum recording a family settlement on November 18, 2009 as amended by an addendum dated July 12, 2010 (the 'Family Settlement'). The Family Settlement contained the terms and conditions on which G.D. Kelkar and Suresh Vaze and their respective families exited from our Company and its subsidiaries (the 'Kelkar Group'). In accordance with the terms of the Family Settlement, the control and management of the Kelkar Group vests with our Promoter Ramesh Vaze and his family. Accordingly, as on date, no member of G.D. Kelkar's family