The flagship company of the Nagarjuna Group, Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited is a leading manufacturer and supplier of plant nutrients in India. Commencing operations in 1986-87, the company’s asset base is around Rs. 21 billion. The company has the distinction of being the single largest private sector investment in Southern India. An ISO 9001:2000 certified company, its  operational profits are one of the highest in the industry. In terms of the Composite Scheme, the name of the Company has been changed to Nagajuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited w.e.f. August 19 2011.

The Company in terms of the Composite Scheme of Arrangement and Amalgamation of Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals, Kakinada Fertilizers and Chemicals, Ikisan and Nagarjuna Oil Refinery merged into Kakinada Fertilizers, its wholly owned subsidiary with Registered Office at A/612, Dalamal Tower, 211, Nariman point, Mumbai-400021. Accordingly the name of the Company is now Kakinada Fertilizers with effect from August 1, 2011. Ikisan Limited a Company involved in agri informatics, information technology, education services and micro irrigation has also merged into Kakiinada Fertilizers Limited. Website: www.ikisan.com

Business of the company

The company is involved in the production and marketing of a wide range of fertilizers. Urea, the widely used nitrogenous fertilizer is both manufactured (at Kakinada Plant) and marketed through imports (at Vizag and Kakinada Ports). The company also markets a wide range of micronutrients and micronutrient mixes like Zinc Sulphate, Mahazinc etc.

Products and services of the company

Nutrition solutions: Macro and Micro fertilizers and Farm Management services

Micro Irrigation solutions: the company offers its expertise for the management of chemical process plants, which include Specialist Services and Total Project Management.

The company operations and offerings have been aligned into three strategic business units:

• Straight Nutrition Business.
• Nutrition Solutions Business.
•  Nagarjuna Management Services.

Awards

• The Company was recognized for Compliance at the Compliance Awards 2014 instituted by Legasis Services Private Limited, a Mumbai-based company, involved in providing on-line compliance management system, to recognise and honour Compliance and Ethics professionals, who excelled in exhibiting the culture of Compliance across the organizations.
• The Company has been awarded the Best Management Award for the Year 2012 from The Government of Andhra Pradesh.
• NFCL won the prestigious SILVER EDGE Award bestowed by Information Week in October 2012 for the Spatial Agronomy Information Application developed in-house by the IT team.
• The CIO 100 Award was awarded by CIO - IDG India in September 2012 to NFCL's CIO Mr V Srinivas for the Innovate & Cost Effective method followed in mapping the Merger & Demerger processes in the SAP application during the Organization restructuring in FY 2011.
• NFCL was bestowed with the Technology Innovation Award 2011 by the Indian Express Group in September 2011.