- CEO
- Ashwin Devineni
- Full Time Employees
- 1,249
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Electric utilities
- Address
- Silicon House Hyderabad TS India 500 034
- IPO Date
- Jul 1, 2002
- Business
- Nava Limited Nava Limited (NAVA.NS) engages in ferroalloy manufacturing, power generation, mining, agribusiness and healthcare services as a diversified multinational conglomerate operating primarily in India, Zambia, Southeast Asia and Africa. Founded in 1972 and headquartered in Hyderabad, India, the company produces high-quality manganese alloys including silico manganese and ferro silicon at facilities with 175,000 MTPA installed capacity, exporting 30% to the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Europe; generates power through 734 MW collective capacity encompassing thermal and solar plants such as the 300 MW mine-to-mouth facility operated by subsidiary Maamba Energy Limited (MEL) in Zambia, a 150 MW plant via Nava Bharat Energy India Limited (NBEIL) in India and merchant sales; conducts mining operations as Zambia's largest concessionaire supplying coal for internal consumption and external sales; pursues commercial agriculture via high-yield avocado and sugarcane plantations on a 25,000-acre farm block in Zambia; and invests in healthcare services targeting emerging markets. Recent developments include the board's approval in November 2024 of a 2:1 stock split to enhance equity share liquidity, initiation of a US$125 million integrated sugar complex project in Zambia for sugar, ENA and ethanol production alongside the US$45 million world-class avocado project with initial harvest targeted for December 2024, commencement of MEL's 300 MW Phase-II expansion with groundbreaking attended by Zambia's president and projected commissioning by August 2026, receipt of US$10 million dividend from subsidiary Nava Bharat (Singapore) Pte Ltd boosting standalone profitability, a February 2025 share buyback approval worth Rs360 crore at Rs500 per share and re-designation of Ashwin Devineni as Vice-Chairman of wholly-owned subsidiary Nava Global Pte. Limited in November 2025 to oversee overseas investments.