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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Torrent Group<br />Torrent Private Limited<br />
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| type = Private<br />
| industry = [[Conglomerate (company)|Mini-conglomerate]]<br />[[Energy industry|Energy]]{{efn|Majority of the assets.}}<br />
| founded = 1959<br />
| founder = [[Uttambhai Nathalal Mehta]]<ref name=FounderPR/><br />
| location = [[Ahmedabad]], [[India]]<br />
| area_served = Worldwide<br />
| key_people = [[Samir Mehta]] ([[Chairman]])<ref name="Chairs">{{cite press release|title=Board of Directors|url=https://torrentpharma.com/index.php/site/aboutBoard}}</ref><br />[[Sudhir Mehta]] ([[Non-executive director|Chairman emeritus]])<ref name=Chairs/><br />
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| subsid = [[Torrent Pharmaceuticals]]<div> [[Torrent Power]]<div> [[Torrent Cables]]<div> Torrent Gas<br />
| homepage = https://torrentlimited.com{{dead link|date=February 2021}}<br />
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'''Torrent Private Limited''', [[Trade name|d/b/a]] '''Torrent Group''', is a group of companies in [[India]] founded by the late [[U. N. Mehta|Uttambhai Nathalal Mehta]],<ref name="FounderPR">{{Cite press release|title=U N Mehta - Founder|url=https://torrentgas.com/frontend/web/index.php/site/info/aboutfounder|publisher=Torrent Gas}}</ref> belong to a [[Jainism|Jain]] family and now run by his sons, [[Sudhir Mehta|Sudhir]] and [[Samir Mehta]].<ref name=Chairs/> The core business of the group is gas, pharmaceuticals and power.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Torrent-brothers-divide-business/articleshow/34903104.cms|title=Torrent brothers divide business|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2021-02-11}}</ref><br />
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== Subsidiaries ==<br />
The various companies under the Torrent banner are:<br />
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* [[Torrent Pharmaceuticals]] – One of the largest pharmaceutical companies of India. It has four manufacturing plants: (a) Chhatral, [[Gujarat]] and (b) Baddi, [[Himachal Pradesh]] c) Gangtok [[Sikkim]] and d) Dahej, [[Gujarat]].TPL has Research Centre at Indrad, Near Ahmedabad in [[Gujarat]].<br />
* [[Torrent Power]] – Responsible for generation, transmission and distribution of power to the cities of [[Ahmedabad]] and [[Surat]]. The company has taken up distribution of electricity in [[Bhiwandi]] Maharashtra, [[Agra]] and [[Kanpur]] Uttar Pradesh.<br />
* [[Torrent Cables]]- Torrent cables was taken over from ailing Mahindra Electricals and revamped. It manufactures up to 132KV XLPE cables.<br />
* Torrent Gas – Torrent Group has now forayed into City Gas Distribution business to meet another critical need – Green Fuel – in different parts of India. Torrent Gas has its presence in 16 Geographical Areas spread across 32 districts covering 7 States and 1 UT in India. Torrent Gas Private Limited is committed to reach all the natural gas users of expanded Geographical areas with effective and efficient management of the natural resources.<br />
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==Charity==<br />
In 2020, the company has contributed a total of 100cr to PM fund to fight against coronavirus pandemic.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/torrent-group-commits-rs-100-crore-to-fight-coronavirus-pandemic/story/399668.html|title=Torrent Group commits Rs 1000 crore to fight coronavirus pandemic|work=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]]|access-date=2021-02-11}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060506091821/http://www.torrentlimited.com/index.htm|date=6 May 2006}}<br />
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