About Us


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The GMS Group, headquartered in Mumbai, is an enterprise driven by a performance ethic and dedication towards complete customer satisfaction. The Group has been involved in several distinct service-oriented businesses over the last 40 years.

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Our Vision

To be a diversified enterprise with focus on building leadership and professionalism in each of our businesses.

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Our Mission

To provide personalized, error-free, quality service, with speed and smile to all our customers.

  • Integrity
  • Excellence
  • Respect
  • Team Work
  • Accountability
  • Work Life Balance

History


The GMS Group was founded in 1981, by Mr G. M. Singh. Under his leadership, the Group pioneered the technology of one-hour photo film development and prospered in the photo-finishing industry. Since then, the group has been a pioneer and market leader in a number of businesses it has undertaken. Businesses such as Photofinishing (Lazor QSS), Digital Imaging and Printing (GMS Technologies), Automobile Retailing and Dealerships (General Motor Cars-Opel, Ichibaan Automobiles-Honda Cars, Presidential Cars-Volkswagen Cars), Volvo Trucks, Master Franchise for Nissan Cars, Power Generation (GAPS Power), Construction (GMS Constructions) and most recently in Food Manufacturing (Cogent Foods).

  • 1981

    The GMS Group was founded.

  • 1982

    Pioneered Photo Finishing in India.

  • 1994

    Pioneered Digital Printing (Large format) for hoardings bus shelters etc., which eliminated the hand-painted ones.

  • 1996

    Started the retailing of General Motor Cars in Mumbai & Bangalore.

  • 1998

    Introduced Ichibaan Automobiles-retailing of Honda Cars in Mumbai. This enterprise became the second largest retailer of Honda Cars in India.

  • 1998

    Launched the First Commercial construction project in Mumbai.

  • 2005

    Introduced the servicing of Volvo Trucks in Maharashtra region.

  • 2005

    Launched Gaps Power, the first Bio-mass Power Plant in Aurangabad

  • 2007

    Introduced Presidential Cars-retailing of Volkswagen Cars in Mumbai.

  • 2008

    Introduced Nissan Cars as a master franchisee (Exclusive distributor) of Nissan Japan for sales, marketing, dealer development & supply of parts across India.

  • 2010

    : Created an iconic commercial building, which won an Asia Pacific Award for the Design & Aesthetic.

  • 2017

    Founded Cogent Foods, a B2B manufacturer & supplier of Fresh & Frozen Foods.

Leadership team/ Board of Directors


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Gurinder Mohan Singh Nindrajog
  • Founder & Current Chairman of the GMS Group
  • Driving force behind the growth & success of the company
  • Over 53 years of experience, of which 40 years is in the service industry
  • Promotes the culture of servicing Customers with Smile & Pride through all the companies
  • Belief in building relationships, thus making them customers for life
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Sumeet Nindrajog
  • Sumeet has over 22 years’ experience in advising, investing and operating in companies in North America and India.
  • Co-Founder of Paragon Partners, a leading Private Equity firm headquartered in Mumbai.
  • Prior to co-founding Paragon Partners, Sumeet was the co-founder and executive director at Hover Automotive India – HAI (a leading global automobile manufacturer’s exclusive distributor in India), based out of Mumbai.
  • Prior to joining HAI’s operations, Sumeet successfully managed automobile retail outlets which were a part of his family business.
  • He has also successfully initiated and sold two independent ventures in India in the Real Estate and Power sectors.
  • Sumeet previously worked at Ares Management in their Private Equity Group in Los Angeles and with UBS in the Investment Banking Group.
  • He has a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
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Rosenyn Kapur
  • Rosenyn has over 23 years of experience in several service oriented businesses
  • She joined the group in 2000 as director of the Digital Imaging business
  • In 2017, she co-founded Cogent Foods and currently handles strategy & business development for the company
  • Mrs. Kapur graduated with Honors from Cornell University, USA with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a concentration in Finance

Business Verticals


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Photofinishing

The GMS Group established its Photo Finishing business in 1982. The first laboratory started in Mumbai on 3rd February, to develop & produce color prints in one hour. The group successfully expanded its operations to a number of major cities in India, and became the largest producer of color prints in the world, as a single entity.

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Digital Imaging & Printing

In 1994, the GMS Group, once again pioneered a new technology and introduced large format digital printing across the country. This technology took the advertising and FMCG markets by storm, where hand painted billboards and signages were converted into large photographic prints.

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Automobiles

In 1996, the Group launched a dealership for General Motors. With the success of these dealerships, the GMS Group partnered with Honda to set up a dealership in South Mumbai in 1998. Subsequently, the Group expanded its operations with Honda to include three additional sales and service outlets across Mumbai. Starting in early 2005, the Group professionalized its management team and further expanded its Automobile business to Volvo Commercial trucks, Mahindra Renault & Volkswagen. In 2008, the GMS Group partnered with Nissan Japan as a master franchisee for Nissan Cars in India. The company grew from a start-up to recording an annual sales of approximately 40,000 units, and expanded the distribution network from a single dealer to approximately 130 outlets nationwide.

Over the years, the GMS Group, Automobile division built a reputation of being extremely, professional, ethical and customer centric. Our service to our customers, have won us numerous awards in the past.

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Construction

Besides other projects, the GMS Group undertook a large-scale construction project in Kalina, Mumbai, located at the corner of Bandra-Kurla Complex and CST Road in 2007. With over 155,000 sq. ft area, this grand commercial building, has an extremely unique structure in glass and steel, beautiful landscaped gardens, water bodies and ample covered and open car parking.

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Power Generation

GAPS Power & Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. was founded to develop and promote renewable energy projects across the nation. Its first biomass project was established in Aurangabad in 2005.

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Food Manufacturing & Hospitality

In 2017, the group spearheaded the founding of Cogent Foods, a leading fresh and frozen food manufacturing company based out of Navi Mumbai that provides "ready to cook & ready to eat" products to a number of hotels, institutions, airlines, cloud kitchens, QSR’s & a number of private brand across the country.

Over the years, Cogent Foods' client list includes Jubilant Foodworks (Dominos), YUM Foods (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell), Swiggy, Starbucks, Taj Hotels, Oberoi Flight Services (OFS), Taj Sats, to name a few.

In 2023, the GMS Group is expanding its F&B interests with new and exciting projects underway.

Careers


The GMS Group attracts people who are passionate, who seek excellence in quality and believe in delivering superior customer service. We seek to create an empowering learning environment where employees self-motivate and take ownership for their own success.

For careers, please contact

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Contact Details


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GMS Group 9A Grande Palladium 175 CST Road Kalina, Santacruz East Mumbai 400049