Tara Group Pakistan is one of the top ranking innovative Agri. Research based organization in Agriculture Sector of Pakistan. Tara Group's Agro Division was founded in Oct. 2012, which is playing a pivotal role since last 12 years for the prosperity of farming community and socio-economic development of the country. Tara Group Pakistan is a globally recognized leader in producing top quality Hi-Tech Seeds, Pesticides & Micro/Macro Fertilizers.
By the Grace of Almighty Allah, Six Companies of Tara Group have created a new history of fastest growth in a period of only 12 years, to become an emerging leader among top 5 groups in Agro Chemical Industry of Pakistan.
Currently Tara Group consists of following six companies.
State of the Art" Agro-Chemicals Plants of Tara Group were established with latest Quality Control and Research & Development Labs at Lahore and a Seed Processing Plant was established at Multan. Recently after a large scale expansion, the Agrochemical Plants of Tara Group have become capacity wise biggest Agro Chemical unit in the country.
Research & Development on advanced lines is the hallmark of Tara Group's tremendous progress. Tara Group's latest Quality Control Laboratories & Agrochemical Plants are accredited under International Quality Standards ISO/IEC 17025:2017 & ISO 9001:2015, International Total Quality Management System ISQL 100QC, International Star Leadership in Quality Excellence & IP Star Brand of Pakistan. After qualifying mentioned above Accreditation & Global recognition, Tara Group is producing 198 Branded and Registered Pesticides, Micro/Macro Fertilizer Products and Hi-Tech Seeds of International Standards.
Tara Group has also established its own Research & Demonstration Farms in 4 different ecological zones of the country. Most advanced Breeding Program on these Farms is successfully in progress to evolve Hybrids & GMO Technology seed and O.P varieties of major and minor сrорs.
In recognition of remarkable contribution and meritorious services, Tara Group has been honored with more than 50 National & 9 International Excellence Awards. The worth mentioning are 6 top ranking Awards received by Tara Group within 3 Years from the Honorable President of Pakistan, which is rare Pride of Tara Group in Agriculture & Corporate Sector of Pakistan.
Dr. Khalid Hameed is known as an icon of success in Agro Industry. He has a proven track record of producing outstanding business growth rates in a volatile industry of Agro chemicals and that too in a short span of time. He has worked at senior level positions in renowned MNCs and well reputed big National groups in Research & Development and Sales & Marketing.
Backed with the doctorate degree (Ph.D) in Crop Protection from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, he has developed numerous new chemistry products in Asia Pacific Region. Besides his technical expertise, Dr. Khalid Hameed is also known as a leader, strategist, team builder and a great mentor in industry.
After turning around various small scale businesses into sustainable corporate giants, he founded Agro Division of TARA Group Pakistan in 2002, which became a market leader and a trend setter in no time. Under his genuine leadership, TARA Group emerged as an industry leader. In 2017 – within 5 years of initiating business – TARA Group’s yearly business revenue reached to Rs.6 billion and it is ascending rapidly. In this short period, TARA Group managed to launch six companies to cater different business needs of customers.
Success of TARA Group has been recognized and acknowledged at national and international forums and Dr. Khalid Hameed has been awarded by various awards e.g. TOP CEO Award by President of Azad Kashmir, Best Leadership Award by Governor Punjab and Governor Sindh, to name the few. He has also been awarded of an International award on Environment Excellence by UNO’s accredited Forum. He was selected for the Best Achievement Award of LCCI -2017 by President of Pakistan.
He is a man on mission and his mission is to transform Agriculture sector of Pakistan by introducing low cost yet effective and quality inputs to farmers and helping them to obtain high yield by adopting modern and scientific agriculture practices. He believes that this is the only way of bringing financial prosperity to farmers and day is not far enough when he will be seeing his dream coming true.
Maqsood Ahmad is an acclaimed businessman and a respected personality in Fertilizer business community. He holds an Economics Degree with 15 years of entrepreneurial experience to his credit. He is remarkable leader with gifted strengths in Project & Operations Management. Due to his relentless efforts and sheer commitment, TARA Group succeeded to achieve its objective of construction, installation and operationalizing the Formulation Plant within stipulated time period.
His philosophy of business revolves around hard work, dedication and delivering commitment. He completely understands the significance of communication in growing business thus he always pleased to stay connected with people.
Pakistan is gifted with 60% youth population and so is Tara Group Pakistan as young generation is making its way to management position of the organization. This transition shall create an ideal blend where experienced professionals shall be guiding fresh blood and training them for future strategic roles in the organization. As part of this planned transition, Dr. Shehryar Khalid joined Tara Group as CEO Star Industries (Pvt) Ltd (a subsidiary of Tara Group Pakistan) and Group Director. He is a medical doctor with several distinctions on his part throughout the academic period.
His distinctions were well acknowledged and rewarded with Gold Medals in various subjects. During his academics, he became President of Student Council of CMH LMC. He strongly believes in investing for the cause of promoting Sustainable development of Agricultural sector of Pakistan i.e., environment protection, revival of field crops especially Cotton, customer & farmer education, poverty alleviation and improving healthcare services for the community. We are sure that his leadership experiences shall contribute towards organizational success too. He will be taking care of Sales & Marketing, Training, Procurement and Media & PR departments. He shall work and train under the guidance of Chairman of Tara Group Pakistan; who is an acclaimed leader of Pakistan Agro Industry.
Mr. Hassan Khalid is an energetic & intellectual young leader, who joined Tara Group as Director Seed Division & Imports. He completed his O & A Levels from Aitchison College Lahore. Later on he qualified B.Sc Honor in Business Management from Bayes (Formerly Cass) Business School, City University London.
He is determined to build up the status of Tara Seeds as Company of Pakistan. By acquiring world latest seed technologies, his prime mission is to provide Hi-Tech Seeds to the farmers for enhancing their yields of field, vegetable and oilseed crop. He firmly believes that “Self Sufficient farmers develops Self Sufficient Pakistan” He is also improving imports system with effective new policies to ensure timely procurement of imported material for well in time processing of quality products.
He was honored “Top Corporate Leader Award on Farmer’s CSR initiatives” by the Governor Punjab.
With a BSc in Agriculture, specializing in Plant Breeding and Genetics, Mr. Muhammad Ahsan brings a deep understanding of crop development, genetics, and agricultural innovation to Tara Group. As the Director of the Seed Division, he plays a pivotal role in overseeing seed development strategies that meet the evolving demands of modern agriculture.
In addition to his academic foundation, Mr. Ahsan has completed advanced training in Sustainable Agricultural Land Management at the University of Florida and Molecular Evolution at the University of California, San Diego. These credentials highlight his dedication to integrating sustainability and cutting-edge genetic methodologies into agricultural practices.
Mr. Ahsan also serves as the Head of the North Sales Seeds Team, where he is actively working to develop and expand Tara Seeds market presence in the northern regions. His leadership and expertise ensure that Tara Group remains a leader in delivering high-quality, innovative seed solutions to the agricultural sector.
Mr. Nasir Shah is a renowned and a top ranking sales leader in Agro Industry of Pakistan. With his commendable strategic approach and energetic leadership qualities, he motivates his sales team in order to turn impossibilities into possibilities for achieving historic sale targets. He did M.Sc. Agriculture in Agronomy with various Post Graduation Specialization Courses in Sales & Marketing Management. A number of Awards placed at his side table show his illustrious professional excellence in Agri.sales management.
Tara Crop Sciences (Pvt) Ltd has become a key player to strengthen the growth of Tara Group in Agri. Sector of Pakistan. A biggest Franchises network of over 600 Tara Zari Markaz has been established throughout the country to supply top quality hi-tech seeds, international quality pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, micronutrients, micro-fertilizers under one roof.
