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Fourth-gen heir’s bold bioplastics bet over sugar
Mint New Delhi
|October 04, 2025
As Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd (BCML), a 50-year-old sugar producer in Uttar Pradesh, builds its first bioplastic plant, the company’s fourth-generation promoter already has ideas on how to further diversify beyond its sugar and ethanol business.
BCML exec director Avantika Saraogi.
(AVANTIKA SARAOGI/LINKEDIN)
Avantika Saraogi, an executive director on the board of BCML is betting on diversifying into biochemicals and other organic materials in the face of growing environmental concerns. Her plans have an unusual moat—the company’s direct connection to over 550,000 sugarcane farmers.
Besides cane, the farmers can also supply the company with biowaste, which could, in theory, become the feedstock for making bioplastics or ethanol.
This story is from the October 04, 2025 edition of Mint New Delhi.
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