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design, physical planning, consultancy and with a vision to bring qualitative changes in the lives of the
engineering. The firm plays a pivotal role in underprivileged, especially through supporting the access to
commercial and residential property projects quality education, nutritious food, safe water, shelter and
undertaken by the group. Its unique value sanitation. KKF works to bridge the gaps and empowers the
propositions are dynamic management, educated unemployed youth, women and marginalized farmers
professionalism, innovation and creativity. to participate in income generating activities and establish
Index Architects Ltd provides consultation and them as independent, socially active, self-employed and
other services to clients overseas, mostly within successful entrepreneurs. Some of the foundation’s notable
the African continent. It has successfully contributions include Shufola Urbanic which is an endeavor to
completed more than 400 projects in Bangladesh promote safe food in urban living. KKF helps the marginalized
and abroad. farmers to grow the produce in their own/leased land through
largely organic processes. It also plays a part in ensuring
Index Energy Ltd in setting up 3 HFO power market linkages and promoting fair trade helping the farmers
plants. These two initial steps are sure to to make a living income.
become stepping stones for future growth in Khamarir Hashi is a project which thrives to enhance the lives
days to come when the companies will proudly of farmers. This program focuses on able but unsuccessful
produce power that will light up the lives of farmers so that they can turn their lives around and emerge as
millions who deserve to be a part of happy and successful entrepreneurs. It is working in 18 districts of
Assisting the Agro Industry prosperous Bangladesh of tomorrow. Bangladesh. KKF provides both financial and technical help to
Agriculture dominates both the landscape and the economy the beneficiaries.
of Bangladesh. The country has extensively invested in in As a non-profit development organization, KKF works with the
agro-processing and livestock development, and through the A Helping Hand in underprivileged children from all over Bangladesh. KKF has a
visionary direction of Mahin Mazher, X Index Companies has Hospitality shelter house called Joy Shokol Shishur for the street and
joined the journey in taking the sector to the next level. abandoned children that is located in Uttara, Dhaka,
Index Agro Industries Limited (IAIL) began operations in the Bangladesh has tapped into the potential accommodating around 100 children ranging from 3 years to
year 2000. Index Poultry (Pvt.) Ltd. was incorporated in exhibited by the tourism hospitality industry. 15 years of age. This house offers its children both formal and
2006, through which IAIL produces poultry, fish-feed, and Understanding the growth prospects of the non-formal education, proper nutrition, safe water and
Leader in Ceramics Tiles Day-Old Chicks (broiler & layer). Index Fisheries Ltd. is a industry, the dynamic Managing Director sanitation, medical and entertainment facilities.

The ceramics industry is a growing pioneering company working with aquaculture and fisheries. incorporated Index Holdings Limited in March Through Targeting the Ultra Poor, KKF identifies the needs of
2009. It is involved in tendering, trading,
the households that are too poor to access traditional
manufacturing sector in Bangladesh. The Most recently, IAIL has decided to move ahead with Initial hospitality and the power sector. The company’s
industry started during the late 1950s when Public Offerings. Such integration provided a powerful thrust main objective is investments in different development interventions. This is a tailor made program based
on the needs and capacity of the individual households. This
the first ceramics industrial plants were to the breeder and hatchery operations. The company concerns of the group, including Hotel X.
established. With the exemplary leadership of markets and packages its feed products under the brand Owning and operating a number of hotels and program partially follows the “BRAC Graduation” model and is
for reducing poverty in all its forms which will fulfill SDG1.
Mahin Mazher, Index seized the opportunity name X Feed and X Goldring. resorts in ideal and exquisite locations across
and expanded its wings to the ceramic tiles and Bangladesh from Cox’s Bazar to Rajshahi,
Ceramics Group was incorporated in 2008 with Sylhet and all the way to Kuakata sea-beach. Other Endeavors
a vision to produce world class Italian Ceramics Apart from expertly guiding the notable operations of X Index
Tiles. It has since become one of the largest Companies, Mahin Mazher also
porcelain and ceramic tiles manufacturing oversees X Angel Limited (XAL),
facility in a single location, not only in a venture capital entity
Bangladesh but also in south east Asia. The incorporated in 2017.The three
state of the art manufacturing plant is located main activities of XAL include:
The Building in Sreepur, Gazipur. To fulfil the growing Private Equity Fund, a Venture
Blocks demand for its popular line of products, the Capital Fund, Impact Fund
plant is equipped with five operational
Established in 2016, X Shops
Under the valuable guidance of the production lines. Modern machinery and world Limited has been
Chairman, Arch. Mazherul Quader, the class technical expertise is utilized in entirely dedicated
flagship entity which launched X Index delivering quality wall and floor tiles to the to the import,
Companies – the reigning Index ever-growing list of clientele all over the distribution, and
Architects Ltd – commenced operations country. Under the umbrella of ‘X Ceramics Strengthening the sales of Tyre,
from 1977. The architecture scene in Group’ (XCG), four premium tile brands – X Wheel, and
the country has been thriving for three Monica, Monalisa, Alexander, Venus – in terms Community Battery in
decades, spearheaded largely by the of both design and quality are manufactured in Powering Bangladesh Addressing the needs of disadvantaged people Bangladesh.
experimentation of Bangladeshi state of the art plants. The company also has a and helping them to create a better future, Currently, the
architects with form, material, well equipped R&D team who are relentlessly Bangladesh is rapidly moving into middle income category Mahin Mazher spearheaded the establishment company is in the process of securing exclusive agency lines of
aesthetics and most importantly how working towards coming up with innovative among the prosperous Asian countries. Energy is arguably Photograph Courtesy of the Kamrunnesa Khatun Foundation (KKF) in reputed international manufacturers for said items.
architecture relates to history, society products. Company’s latest innovation, a the most important parameter of industrial economy that 2011. An independent nonprofit charity, KKF is Mahin Mazher is currently supporting the incubation of about
and the land. The flagship entity of the patented technology called ‘Stone Shield’ is play no less important role in everyday life of common committed to bringing about better lives for the half- a- dozen technology-based start-up ventures, through
group is involved in architectural hoped to set a new standard in the industry. people. To this effect, Mahin Mazher set his ambitions for X disadvantaged people in Bangladesh and works recently developed software company named “VentureX.”

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