Managing DirectorTapovan Impex Private Limited

Vikas Makhija

The journey, however, is only just unfolding.

Vikas Makhija, 2025
Vikas Makhija speaking at a conference, in a navy suit, light blue shirt and red tie

The years

From one container to twenty‑six countries.

  1. 1999One container to Jeddah.Rejected at customs. Four years to learn the trade.
  2. 2004Tapovan Impex incorporated.One cabin in Rajouri Garden, two staff, dispatch from home.
  3. 2012KLJ Tower.A corporate office at Netaji Subhash Place, and FOODEX Japan.
  4. 2022Two new brands.Thela Style and Bhakti Rass, and a first Gulfood as exhibitor.
  5. 2025Sonipat, 85,000 sq ft.Twenty-six countries, four brands, one house.

The story

It began with one container.

In 1999 one container of Breaktime Namkeen left for Jeddah, handled alone, with Yahoo Mail and an ISD booth. Customs rejected it, the loss was real, and it took four years to learn export law and process. Tapovan Impex was incorporated in 2004 from one cabin in Rajouri Garden with two staff. Today the house runs an 85,000 sq ft facility in Sonipat and exports to 26 countries.

Vikas Makhija at the Bharat Bazaar counter at the Summer Fancy Food Show, United States, 2024, with spice jars and soya chaap tins in front of him
Summer Fancy Food Show, United States, 2024

The house

Four brands, one promise.

Purity, authenticity and trust are the house’s stated values. Three brands are for the kitchen and the prayer corner, one is for the wardrobe, and all four sit under Tapovan Impex. Choose a brand to open it.

On the trade floor

From SIAL Paris to Summer Fancy Food.

Tapovan Impex has exhibited since SIAL Paris in 2006: Gulfood in Dubai, FOODEX Japan, Indus Food every year since 2019, AAHAR in New Delhi, the Summer Fancy Food Show in the United States and the TPCI buyer-seller meets.

The Bharat Bazaar counter at Indus Food 2026: lit Promise of Purity sign, scalloped awning, chef mascot and a street-scene drawing across the counter front

Indus Food 2026January 2026

Vikas Makhija at the Bharat Bazaar table at the TPCI Buyer-Seller Meet, August 2025, spice jars and biscuit boxes in front of a Rice and Spices banner

TPCI Buyer-Seller MeetAugust 2025

The Bharat Bazaar shelf wall at Indus Food 2026: spice pouches, rice packs, rusk boxes and incense, with a Promise of Purity backdrop

Indus Food 2026The shelf wall

Vikas Makhija holding a Bharat Bazaar turmeric pack at a table of spices and biscuits, TPCI Buyer-Seller Meet, Bangladesh, March 2023

TPCI Buyer-Seller MeetBangladesh, March 2023

The Tapovan Impex stand at Indus Food 2025, Greater Noida, seen from the aisle: blue fascia, Thela Style cart, Bhakti Ras shelf and the bb letters

Indus Food 2025The stand from the aisle

Vikas Makhija behind the Tapovan Impex counter at Gulfood, Dubai, 2025, with jars of Thela Style candy and Bharat Bazaar banners behind him

GulfoodDubai, 2025

Contact

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