SOBHA Limited
Since1995
With three decades of glorious experience in creating interiors of palaces and masterpieces in the Middle-East, Mr. P.N.C. Menon founded SOBHA Limited in 1995 with a clear vision to ""transform the way people perceive quality"". Today, SOBHA, a Rs. 40 billion company, is the most trusted brand and only backward integrated real estate player in the country. Since inception, the Company has always strived for benchmark quality, customer centric approach, robust engineering, in-house research, uncompromising business ethics, timeless values and transparency in all spheres of business conduct, which have contributed in making it a preferred real estate brand in India. In 2006, SOBHA went public through its initial public offering, an event that created history when the issue got oversubscribed a record 126 times.Headquartered in Bengaluru, SOBHA is primarily focused on residential and contractual projects. The Company's residential projects include presidential villas, row houses, luxury and super luxury apartments, plotted developments and aspirational homes replete with world-class amenities. In all its residential projects, the company lays a strong emphasis on environmental management, rain water harvesting and high safety standards. On the contracts side, the Company has constructed a wide variety of structures for corporates including corporate offices, convention centres, software development blocks, multiplex theatres, hostel facilities, guest houses, food courts, restaurants, research centres and club houses. Some of SOBHA's prestigious corporate clients include Infosys, Taj Group, Dell, HP, Timken, Biocon, Institute of Public Enterprises (IPE), Bosch, Hotel Leela Ventures and others.Today, with presence across 27 cities in India, SOBHA has an impeccable track record of timely delivering 474 real estate and contractual projects with over 109 million sq.ft. of area in the last 24 years.The backward integration model is one of the key competitive strengths of SOBHA. This ensures that the Company has control not only over the supply but more importantly over the quality of the materials it uses in construction activities. SOBHA has all the competencies and in-house resources to deliver a project from conceptualisation to completion. Backward integration includes an interiors division, a metal works and glazing factory and a concrete products factory. SOBHA has also diversified into retail business with spring mattresses under the brand name 'SOBHA Restoplus'. More than 27 variants of mattresses are produced by the mattress division using cutting-edge machinery of international quality.SOBHA is renowned for its world-class products. The Company conforms to the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications for its quality, safety and environment management systems.As a responsible corporate citizen, SOBHA's CSR activities encompass the areas of education, providing healthcare facilities and helping the aged, single mothers, children and others in need of financial and other assistance. The CSR activities are primarily undertaken through a public charitable trust, the Sri Kurumba Educational and Charitable Trust.Some of the key social projects undertaken by the Trust are (a) SOBHA Hermitage, a unique senior citizens' and widows' home with world-class amenities, (b) SOBHA Health Care, a primary health centre with best-in-class facilities for medical treatment, (c) SOBHA Academy, an exclusive educational institution for the underprivileged children, (d) SOBHA Icon, another educational initiative to improve the standards of Government school students in higher classes, (e) SOBHA rural women empowerment, (f) social rehabilitation scheme for the people of the three backward panchayats.SOBHA has been honoured with several prestigious awards by various institutions of repute. Some of the recent recognitions include CREDAI CARE award 2019 for CSR initiatives; 'One of India's Top Builders 2019' award by CWAB; 'Developer of the Year (National)' award by Franchise India; Dun and Bradstreet Corporate Awards 2019 in the Real Estate category; Top National Realty Brand for the 5th consecutive year by BrandXReport 2015-19.
