Founded in 1993, Group Ritu simplifies access to the complex and regulated Indian market.
We have written entry strategies for international companies to set up in India.
Our pioneering activities in uncharted territory have been deemed “impossible” by many.
We developed the nascent market for luxury goods in India.
Glass by glass, we laid the foundations for the market for wine – since 1997 – when India’s tryst with wine had not begun.
The brand neutral promotions we conceived and executed for food and wine are now the benchmark for training, education, trade development and promotion.
Today, we are the oldest (and still the best) in the business and have to our credit a long list of “firsts” – others ape our standards.
Building the foundations for the wine-drinking culture in India • Promoting international wine in India and Indian wine in foreign countries • Introduced formal wine education through decorated sommeliers • Conceived the wine-by-the-glass programme for hotels in India
Promoting Champagne in India • Building the market for champagne in India through trainings • Protecting the appellation champagne in India • Public Relations and media activities • Registered Champagne as the first International Geographical Indication in India
Earliest official import of luxury tableware • Importing renowned brands from Limoges, Staffordshire and Luxembourg • Created a completely new distribution channel across India • Established a market among the Indian uber elite and luxury hotels
ऋ is an integrated and very complex alphabet in the Devanagari script.
It is the basis of our founding.
The nearly three-decade long journey is encompassed in this smooth flowing character – with an upward trajectory.
Rajiv Singhal studied Economics at Yale, and has been simplifying access to the Indian market for clients since. He laid the foundations for the market for wine in India with path breaking actions since 1996. Rajiv received the civilian honours – Officier de l’Ordre de Merite du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg by HRH The Grand Duke in 2022 and Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Merite by the President of France in 2014 for pioneering activities in the luxury sector. Rajiv is the Ambassador of Champagne to India and loves to challenge himself.
Ritu Singhal co-founded New Delhi based Group Ritu, which has diverse interests in publishing, international consulting, brand building, e-learning, and private equity, in 1993. She manages the only officially recognised wine and alcoholic beverage magazines in India – ‘FINE Wine & Champagne India’ and ‘Liquid’. A textile designer from Sophia Polytechnic Bombay, she follows her passion for crafts as voluntary work and empowers women artisans. When not doting on her two boys, Ritu is up for any gastronomic adventure as long as it is vegetarian.
Ritu Singhal was intronised as Dame Chevalier of the Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne at a special chapitre that was held at the Versailles Palace in Paris for her commitment to promoting Champagne.
HRH the Grand Duke of Luxembourg appointed Rajiv Singhal as Officer of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in recognition of his pioneering work in promoting Luxembourg’s "Art de Table" and "Art de vivre" in India for over two decades. H.E. Peggy Frantzen, Ambassador of Luxembourg to India, conferred this insignia.
Vincent Perrin, Director General of Comite Champagne, awarded the Grand Silver Medal of the Corporation des Vignerons de Champagne for his longstanding commitment to promoting Champagne in India at the Embassy of France in India.
Rajiv Singhal was inducted at the Palais du Tau in Reims into the very notable official fraternity in Champagne for his commitment to promoting and protecting the Champagne appellation in India.
Rajiv Singhal was the only Indian in 2001 to receive the Cochran Fellowship for a three week immersion into the wine regions of the United States.
