The Jaypee group is a well diversified infrastructural industrial group of India with a turnover of over Rs.3000 crores (USD 650 million) that commenced its operations in 1972 as a partnership firm then known as Jaiprakash Associates.

Three decades later with growth and diversification the group is now engaged in the businesses of Engineering and Construction, Manufacturing & marketing of Cement, Development of Hydro-Power projects in the Private sector, Engineering Design and Consultancy Services, Expressways and Highways Development, Hospitality, Golf Resorts and Real Estate Development and Information Technology.

JAL, an acknowledged leader in the construction of multi-purpose river valley and hydropower projects, is capable of undertaking any such project anywhere in the world on EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) basis. It has the experience and expertise to successfully complete such projects in challenging terrain under severe and adverse weather conditions. Most of the hydropower projects of the company are located in the Himalayas, which throws up major geological surprises including ruptured rocks, squeezing rock conditions and water bodies, frequently making the task that much more challenging and tough. The company has executed around 127 km. of tunnelling work, mostly in the Himalayan range.

The group has a unique niche in the private power sector on Build Own Operate basis with :
	300 MW Power Station in Baspa, Himachal Pradesh already in operation (India’s largest Hydroelectric Power Station in Private Sector) producing more than 1200 million units of clean & green energy, annually.
	400 MW Vishnuprayag Power Project in Uttaranchal in advanced stage of implementation which is slated for commissioning by mid 2006, to produce 2000 million units of clean & green energy.
	1000 MW Karcham Hydro Power Project now being taken for implementation in Himachal Pradesh with planned completion by 2010, to produce 4560 million units of energy

The various group companies are:

Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. is the flagship company of the Group and an acknowledged leader in construction of river valley and hydropower projects on turnkey basis and has been in the business for more than 3 decades. The company has had the unique distinction of executing simultaneously 13 hydropower projects spread over 6 states and the neighbouring country of Bhutan for the generation of 10,290MW of power. It is the only engineering company in India to be assigned "CR1" grade by ICRA indicating 'very strong contract execution capacity' for hydropower (EPC) contracts with average values of upto Rs.2,000 crores. The company has now made its foray into highway construction.

The Cement Division of Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. located at Rewa, Madhya Pradesh has 3 plants (and a grinding unit), with an aggregate production capacity of 7 million tonnes per annum. This is the single-largest cement complex at one location in India.

Jaiprakash Hydro-Power Ltd. is a subsidiary of Jaiprakash Associates Limited and is operating the 300 MW
Baspa-II power station in Himachal Pradesh after commissioing it in June 2003.

Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd. and Jaypee Karcham Hydro Corporation Ltd. are implementing the 400 MW Vishnu Prayag hydroelectric project in Uttaranchal and the 1,000 MW Karcham-Wangtoo hydoelectric project in Himachal Pradesh respectively.

Jaypee Ventures Ltd., the design and engineering arm of the group for mega hydroelectric projects has been assigned CT-1 grade by the Credit Rating Agency (ICRA) and the Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC). This is the highest rating assigned to consultants in the field of engineering.

Jaypee Hotels Ltd. has four 5-star deluxe hotels, 2 in Delhi and 1 each in Agra and Mussoorie.

Jaypee Greens Ltd. is developing the 450 acre, Jaypee Golf Resort, with the 18-hole 'Greg Norman Signature' golf course already operational. This international 18-hole championship course, with a length of 7,343 yards, is the longest in India and third largest in Asia.

Jaiprakash Enterprises Ltd. undertakes contracts of civil engineering construction of varying magnitude in various parts of the country including complex industrial construction of large size thermal plants.

JIL Information Technology Ltd. the infotech arm of the Group has pioneered India's first digital classroom teaching aid, 'Bhartiyavidya'. It also delivers high quality, cost-effective IT-enabled software sloutions and services.

Jaiprakash Sewa Sansthan, a ‘not-for-profit' Trust, is the service wing of the Group with special emphasis on education at all levels of learning curve. This education initative is catering to over 9,000 students through 12 institutions including 3 centres of higher learning.