About Us

In the year 1941, The Ugar Sugar Works Ltd. was started by Dr. Shantaram Shirgaokar and his nephew Mr. V.S.Shirgaokar in Ugar, a small peaceful village on the banks of the River Krishna. It was the brainchild of Dr. Shantaram Shirgaokar who wanted to use the idea of ‘Lift Irrigation’ to grow more sugarcane in this belt and run a sugar factory successfully. It was indeed a challenging job then. But with God’s grace it was successfully established and managed by Shirgaokar Brothers from Kolhapur and as of today its’ a Public Limited Factory with a crushing capacity of 20,000 tons of sugarcane. Besides sugar factory, also has its IMFL section and generates power upto 52 MW per day capacity and Ethanol production upto 20,000 Ltr. Per day. As of today Power and Fuel the most important resources for the progress of our nation are produced in Ugar. And as of today, Ugar has emerged into a small township with a population of 35,000.

Just like Ugar Sugar Works, our Ugar Mahila Mandal has also blossomed and grown into a big institution with almost 350 members.

Objects and Aims of Ugar Mahila Mandal

Mission

To empower the local women, the wives of factory workers in particular through various training programmes and camps. To organize social and cultural events for them with the help of good resource persons from other places.

Vision

To help women come out of their cocoons and be confident enough to face the world, to read and write and voice their problems if any.