World of JIPL

The Jalan Group runs four distribution companies under one board.

Its companies have carried leading principals since 1941. Today the group is a market development partner for more than 25 principals, Apple among them, working through 650+ people and 3,000 retail counters across India. The Jalan Group holds no separate website: this is where the group is set out in full.

1941

Oldest company
in distribution since

4

Companies under
one board

25+

Principals
carried

650+

People on
the ground
01 · The Companies

The group grew one company at a time, from 1941.

The Jalan name entered distribution in 1941. Each company was set up to carry its own principals into its own markets, and the family that started each one still runs it.

1941

Jalan Brothers

Consumer durables

The first company. Consumer durables distribution across Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

1997

Pashupati Commerce

Durables & retail

Retail-led distribution in West Bengal. It carries the Titan Group portfolio and Sony.

1999

Jalan Infosystem

Telecom

Started in 1999 under the stairs of an office building. It carries Apple, OPPO and JBL across West Bengal, Jharkhand and the North East.

2002

Link Telecom

IT & telecom

The most recent of the four, and the widest footprint. IT and telecom distribution across eight states, including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

02 · Governance

How the group is governed.

The four companies share one board and one operating standard, across four sectors and geographies. They do not share customers, markets or principals, so no single market carries the whole group.

Select a company to see the principals it carries and the markets it covers. Every principal partnership is decided by the board.

03 · What We Carry

Each company carries its own principals and markets.

Jalan Infosystem

1999

Telecom

The group's Apple company. It handles distribution, marketing and retail enablement for premium technology principals, with a physical route to market that reaches counters national distributors do not.

Principals

Apple, OPPO, JBL

Markets

West Bengal, Jharkhand and the North East

Link Telecom

2002

IT & telecom

The widest footprint in the group. A value-added distributor of IT hardware and telecom products, in business since 2002, with facilities from Delhi and Indore to Guwahati and Bhubaneswar.

Principals

HP, Acer, Xiaomi, Digisol and more

Markets

Eight states, including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Jalan Brothers

1941

Consumer durables

The oldest company in the group, distributing consumer durables and home products since 1941 across central and eastern India, from warehouses in Mumbai, Indore, Raipur, Ranchi and Kolkata.

Principals

Blue Star, Godrej, LG, Orient, Greenlam and more

Markets

Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and West Bengal

Pashupati Commerce

1997

Durables & retail

Retail-led distribution in West Bengal, in business since 1997. It carries the Titan Group portfolio and Sony.

Principals

Titan, Tanishq, Titan Eye+, CaratLane, Sony

Markets

West Bengal

04 · The Board

90+ years of collective experience.

Across M&A, retail, infrastructure and distribution. The directors run the companies directly.

Lalit Jalan

Chairman

Former CEO of Reliance Infrastructure, with more than 40 years building and scaling billion dollar businesses.

Ex CEO, Reliance Infrastructure
IIT Kanpur
Wharton

Amit Jalan

Director

More than 30 years in telecom distribution.

Telecom distribution
Colgate University

Akshay Jalan

Director

Came to the group from Credit Suisse, with more than 15 years in IT.

Ex Credit Suisse
Wharton

Kunal Jalan

Director

More than 10 years in retail. He leads the group's principal partnerships.

Retail & partnerships
IIT Kanpur

Partnership enquiries are handled by the Jalan Infosystem team at the registered office in Kolkata.

05 · How We Work

The group's operating standard.

We align to each principal's operating model and provide detailed insights to influence policy, with the shared aim of growing the business.

Reliable

Decades of unbroken relationships and clean scheme settlement. We stay with a principal as it grows.

Scalable

Software-run operations that grow without losing the last mile. Salesforce in the field, EPOD and Fretron on every delivery, and the ERP and Power BI closing the loop.

Transparent

Open accounts, low attrition, and metrics tied to sell-out rather than sell-in.

06 · Where We Operate

The group operates across India.

Its footprint spans West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, the North Eastern states, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Delhi, with coverage extending to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Offices and warehouses on the ground, and a physical route to market in markets with no prior coverage.

Jalan Infosystem runs 10 of those offices. The four companies together run 38, with Burdwan and Goalpara opening next.

38

Facilities across
the four companies

19

Cities in 11 states
and union territories

25+

Principals across
the four companies

3,000

Retail counters
served

06 · Where We Operate

Talk to us about a partnership.

We work with global category leaders and Indian household names. Every enquiry is handled by our team at the registered office in Kolkata.

Jalan Infosystem

Get in touch
info@jalan.co.in033 6135 4444

Jalan Infosystem Private Limited
41A AJC Bose Road, Kolkata 700017