The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise

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K L : Initially, I intended to come back from London after the completion of my studies to join my father in the drug manufacturing business. Kartar Singh Lalvani OBE (born December 1931) is a British-Indian businessman, and the founder and chairman of Vitabiotics, a vitamin and mineral-based food supplements company. Dr Lalvani is one of the founder patrons of Asia House at New Cavendish Street and has helped sponsor some events. In 1880 the Marquess of Ripon, the Liberal Viceroy, abolished a rule that Indian judges could not conduct the trials of white defendants in criminal cases. We use cookies to collect information about how you use the Charity Commission Register of Charities and Digital Services, such as pages you visit.

Today, 'Vitabiotics Wellbeing', selling a legion of health products, is Britain's leading and fastest growing major nutraceutical company specialising in effective solutions for specific therapeutic areas, introducing wholly new concepts in nutrient therapy. India’s first nationwide political party, the National Congress, was founded in 1885 by a British liberal civil servant, Allan Octavian Hume.The examples he uses to portray Britain's contributions to India are supported by facts and most of his examples continue to exist today. He has supported a new eye hospital for the poor in Lagos and the KVOWRC Foundation in Nairobi for a rehabilitation centre for young, orphan girls. Born in Karachi in 1931, Kartar moved to Mumbai in 1947 and to London in 1956 to study pharmacy, before undertaking his doctorate at Bonn University.

But we were the first to introduce a sugar-free cough syrup in India which even diabetic patients could partake. Dr Lalvani shows his love of both countries in a generous, heart-warming contribution to our history. Vitabiotics itself is a proud supporter of a number of charities including Bliss, which is the UK's leading charity for babies born premature or sick, providing dedicated help and support for women and babies across the UK. It’s a busy period in the firm’s history: it is building a new factory in Egypt, acquiring a manufacturing plant in Indonesia and looking to significantly expand its US presence. Dr Lalvani is an art collector and a patron and member of the Director's Circle at the Victoria and Albert Museum.R J : Do you think these Sammelans can help us save our language or do we need to put in more efforts? Lalvani has actively supported the National Literacy Trust for several years and the Commonwealth Education Fund. Dr Kartar Lalvani OBE, FRPharmS, DSc, is founder and chairman of Vitabiotics, Britain’s leading vitamin company. This is where the author comes in to his own with a painstaking and really-really detailed exposition of the British actions and influences over a great many years.

As Lalvani prefers to be based in the UK, it’s down to Tej to lead the global business development of Vitabiotics. Earlier she used to visit Gulu's home and was very friendly with his children, a fact which was even reported in the English newspapers. But, pulling back from the detail, the book provides an important perspective on how the economic drivers of the British presence in India played out on the ground. Dr Lalvani founded Vitabiotics in 1971 and today it is Britain's leading and fastest growing major nutraceutical company specialising in effective solutions for specific therapeutic areas, introducing wholly new concepts in nutrient therapy.

While this frustrated the rate at which Vitabiotics could grow, Lalvani says the experience forced him to focus, concentrate on value for money and approach expansion and investment with caution. It was tested by a hospital in London and when after three years trial in a government hospital it was cleared for commercial usage, it made world news in Aids Journal. The Empire also led to vital social reforms that protected human rights, including the prohibition on female infanticide and the ban on the savage practice known as suttee —burning alive widows on their husbands’ funeral pyres.

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