Mr. Nandkishore Mehra, along with his father Mr. Devichand Mehra founded Savita in 1961. He was an ambitious and aspiring entrepreneur and after initial trading stints with thinners and solvents, he setup Savita’s first manufacturing unit at Sakinaka, Mumbai in 1961 to manufacture liquid paraffin as an import substitute. This was soon followed by the production of petroleum jelly in 1965. Savita built its second manufacturing unit at Turbhe, on the out-skirts of Mumbai for the manufacture of petroleum specialties.