Sustainable feedstocks. Responsible sourcing. Long-term impact. Traceable, partnership-led supply chains in Pongamia and Used Cooking Oil, connecting Indian land, kitchens and communities to the world's renewable fuel industry.
Ranjit Oil Mills India Pvt. Ltd. is building reliable feedstock solutions for the renewable energy and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) industry. We work across the value chain, from Pongamia cultivation and seed aggregation to oil processing and Used Cooking Oil (UCO) sourcing, with a focus on quality, traceability and responsible supply.
Turning Natural Resources into New Possibilities. We see significant potential in native oilseeds and waste-based feedstocks to support the transition towards lower-carbon fuels. Our focus is on developing scalable supply chains that connect farmers, local communities, aggregators, processors and renewable fuel producers.
Led today by Aashay Shah, Aayush Shah and Hasitkumar Trivedi, Ranjit Oil Mills combines its family legacy with a forward-looking approach to sustainable feedstock development, traceability, responsible sourcing and long-term partnerships.
Ranjit Oil Mills India is into building a trusted feedstock partner for the growing Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) industry, while creating meaningful socio-economic opportunities for farmers, suppliers, workers and local communities, ensuring that the transition to a low-carbon future creates value not only for the industry, but also for the people at the heart of the supply chain.
Read about our legacyOur work spans land, seed, kitchen and sky, each one a link in a chain built for traceability from the very first transaction.
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Developing sustainable supply through plantation from suitable underutilised land through partnerships with farmers and landowners.
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Creating value across the oilseed while exploring renewable fuel and other downstream applications.
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Building a more organised, traceable and responsible collection network, including HORECA-based collection.
See the UCO network
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Developing feedstock pathways that can support India's growing role in the global renewable fuels ecosystem.
Our legacy
In 1974, Late Shri Ranjitbhai Shah founded Ranjit Oil Mills, beginning our journey with the manufacturing of Karanja (Pongamia) oil.
For more than five decades, the mill has been more than a manufacturing business. It has been a source of employment and livelihood for people connected to the local oilseed economy, including workers, suppliers, farmers and families. The relationships built over generations remain an important part of our identity.
As the world's energy needs evolved, we began exploring the wider potential of Pongamia oil, including its potential as a renewable feedstock for Sustainable Aviation Fuel and other low-carbon fuel applications.
Today, Ranjit Oil Mills India Pvt. Ltd. carries forward the foundation established in 1974, combining decades of oilseed experience with a new vision for renewable energy and sustainable feedstock development.
A legacy built on trust and community. A future driven by innovation and sustainability.
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At Ranjit Oil Mills India Pvt. Ltd., we see Pongamia as more than an oilseed, we see an opportunity to create a sustainable, homegrown feedstock for the future of energy.
India has large areas of marginal and underutilised land that can potentially support Pongamia cultivation, creating opportunities for farmers, landowners and local communities while developing a renewable resource for the growing SAF industry.
Alongside Pongamia, we see a significant opportunity in Used Cooking Oil. India generates large volumes of UCO, and responsible collection and traceability can turn a difficult waste stream into a valuable renewable feedstock.
Our approach is deliberately long-term. We are building our Pongamia programme through genuine partnerships with farmers and landowners, while developing a traceable and responsible UCO supply network from the beginning.
Our ambition is to help build the infrastructure, partnerships and supply chains that can position India as a reliable global supplier of sustainable feedstocks for the aviation industry's energy transition.
We are not just preparing for the future of fuel. We are helping build it.
Director, Ranjit Oil Mills India Pvt. Ltd.To build India's most trusted and traceable feedstock network for Sustainable Aviation Fuel and renewable energy, by formalising the Used Cooking Oil supply chain and developing Pongamia on underutilised land, while creating genuine and lasting partnerships with the communities we work with.
To make India a leading global supplier of sustainable feedstocks for the future of clean aviation, transforming underutilised land and waste resources into new opportunities for farmers, communities and the renewable energy industry.
Turning waste and wasteland into wings.
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The global opportunity
Aviation is one of the harder-to-abate transport sectors because long-distance flight requires energy-dense fuels. As airlines, governments and fuel producers work towards lower-carbon aviation, Sustainable Aviation Fuel is emerging as an important pathway for reducing lifecycle greenhouse-gas emissions associated with conventional jet fuel.
SAF is produced through multiple technology pathways and can use different eligible feedstocks, subject to applicable sustainability, certification and regulatory requirements. This creates an opportunity for countries with strong agricultural resources, waste streams and processing capabilities to become important suppliers of sustainable feedstocks.
India has two relevant opportunities: developing renewable feedstocks such as Pongamia on suitable underutilised land, and recovering Used Cooking Oil through organised collection systems. We believe that building traceable supply chains around both can create long-term value for India while supporting the global aviation fuel transition.
Our role is to build the upstream foundation, reliable sourcing, aggregation, traceability, quality management and partnerships, that can connect Indian feedstocks with global renewable fuel markets.
Pongamia
Pongamia pinnata, commonly known in India as Karanja, is a hardy leguminous tree traditionally found across many parts of the Indian subcontinent. It produces oil-rich seeds and has long been used in traditional and industrial applications.
For us, Pongamia represents an opportunity to connect agriculture, land development, rural livelihoods and renewable energy. Its non-edible oil makes it particularly interesting for non-food applications and renewable fuel pathways.
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Pongamia can potentially be cultivated on suitable marginal or underutilised land, subject to local soil, water, climate and agronomic conditions. As a leguminous species, it has nitrogen-fixing potential through its association with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, which can contribute to soil nutrient cycling in suitable systems.
The opportunity is broader than oil alone. A well-designed Pongamia programme can create value from the tree, seed, oil and remaining meal/cake while creating a long-term agricultural asset for participating landowners and communities.
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Our programme is focused on identifying and developing high-performing Pongamia planting material and cultivation practices suited to Indian conditions. Yield is influenced by wild variety, plantation age, spacing, climate, soil, water availability, management and harvesting practices.
Our objective is to develop commercially viable, scalable plantations with transparent agronomic data rather than relying on unverified yield promises.
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Our focus is on building a consistent, traceable and scalable supply of Pongamia seed and oil to meet the quality, sustainability and traceability requirements of downstream renewable fuel partners.
Through responsible sourcing, plantation development and supply-chain partnerships, we are working to create a reliable Pongamia oil value chain designed for long-term renewable fuel applications, including sustainable aviation fuel.
We combine feedstock development with quality management and traceability to support a dependable supply from seed to oil and, ultimately, to renewable fuel markets.
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Unlocking value beyond the oil.
Oil extraction from Pongamia seeds produces a nutrient-containing cake or meal that represents an important opportunity to maximise the value of the overall Pongamia value chain. Its composition and suitability depend on the variety, extraction process and subsequent treatment. We are exploring safe, value-added applications for Pongamia meal, including agricultural uses and, subject to appropriate processing, regulatory approval and safety validation, potential feed-related applications.
Our approach goes beyond a single-product model. By developing responsible pathways for both oil and residual biomass, we aim to improve resource efficiency, support circularity and create additional value across the Pongamia supply chain.
Non-edible, hardy and land-friendly, six reasons Pongamia stands out as a feedstock, and the disciplined approach we build around each one.
Non-edible oilseed with potential for renewable fuel applications.
Potential to be cultivated on suitable underutilised land.
Leguminous tree with nitrogen-fixing potential.
Long-lived perennial crop with potential for recurring seed production once established.
Potential to create additional rural income and employment.
Opportunity to build an integrated value chain around seed, oil and oil cake/meal.
Our approach is partnership-led: identify suitable land, work with farmers and landowners, develop reliable planting and agronomic practices, build traceability, and create dependable routes to market.
Used Cooking Oil
Used Cooking Oil is generated every day by restaurants, hotels, caterers, food-service businesses and other commercial kitchens. When it is discarded improperly, it can create waste-management problems; when it is diverted back into the food chain, it creates a serious food-safety concern.
Recovering UCO through a controlled collection network creates an alternative: a waste stream can be redirected into legitimate industrial uses and renewable fuel pathways.
The opportunity is to formalise a fragmented collection ecosystem and bring greater visibility to where UCO comes from, how it is collected, how it is stored and where it ultimately goes. We aim to connect food-service establishments with responsible collection channels while building documentation and traceability required by downstream customers and applicable sustainability schemes.
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Our collection network can work with Hotels, Restaurants and Cafés (HORECA), along with caterers, institutional kitchens, food manufacturers and other suitable commercial generators.
Identify eligible UCO generators and establish a collection relationship.
Schedule regular pickup based on generation volume and location.
Keep UCO separate from general waste and unsuitable materials.
Use appropriate containers and handling practices to minimise contamination.
Maintain records of collection quantities, source details and movement.
Consolidate UCO through controlled collection points and logistics.
Inspect incoming material and manage quality parameters required by buyers.
Build a documented chain from source to final delivery, subject to applicable certification and customer requirements.
Our long-term network can extend to food processors, institutional kitchens, caterers, canteens and other commercial generators where collection can be conducted responsibly and economically.
For renewable fuel markets, feedstock origin and sustainability evidence can be as important as physical quality. Our objective is to build traceability from the first transaction rather than attempting to reconstruct the supply chain later. We aim to develop a network that is transparent, scalable and compatible with applicable certification and sustainability requirements.
Sustainability
Sustainability is not only about carbon. It is also about people, livelihoods and long-term economic participation.
Our model is designed to create opportunities across the value chain, from Pongamia cultivation and seed aggregation to oil processing, UCO collection, logistics and associated services.
Our objective is to build a business where the growth of the renewable feedstock ecosystem also creates tangible local economic value.
The transition from fossil-derived jet fuel to Sustainable Aviation Fuel can reduce lifecycle greenhouse-gas emissions when SAF is produced from qualifying sustainable feedstocks and processes. The actual reduction depends on feedstock, land-use impacts, production pathway, energy inputs, transport, processing and the methodology used to calculate lifecycle emissions.
Pongamia and UCO can offer different sustainability advantages: Pongamia provides an opportunity to develop a renewable non-food oilseed resource, while UCO enables the recovery of an existing waste stream. Responsible sourcing and robust traceability are essential to ensuring that environmental benefits are real and measurable.
Our goal is to support renewable fuel supply chains that are scientifically assessed, responsibly sourced and aligned with applicable sustainability standards.
Pongamia programmes may have potential for carbon-related environmental attributes where the underlying project, methodology, additionality, monitoring and verification requirements are met. Potential value can arise from factors such as biomass accumulation and soil-related carbon outcomes, depending on the project design and applicable methodology.
Carbon credits should not be assumed simply because a plantation is established. Any crediting opportunity must be assessed under an appropriate methodology and independently verified where required.
We intend to explore credible carbon and environmental-attribute opportunities alongside the physical feedstock business.
Our vision for Pongamia extends beyond oil for fuel. We are exploring opportunities to develop higher-value applications across the Pongamia value chain.
Pongamia-based bioplastic potential. Pongamia oil contains fatty acids and other components that may be suitable starting points for research into bio-based polymers, coatings, resins and other materials. Commercial viability depends on formulation, processing, performance, economics and regulatory requirements.
Value from Pongamia meal. The protein-rich fraction remaining after oil extraction may offer opportunities for value-added applications. With appropriate detoxification, safety testing, nutritional validation and regulatory approval, future research could explore feed or other protein-related applications. This is an area for development rather than a current claim of suitability.
Our goal is simple: maximise the value of every seed, every litre and every partnership.
We are building a global network around Pongamia, Used Cooking Oil and sustainable feedstocks for renewable fuels. Whether you are a farmer, landowner, UCO generator, collector, logistics partner, technology provider, fuel producer, investor or sustainability partner, we welcome meaningful conversations.
We are happy to collaborate with partners across India and around the world who share our interest in building reliable, traceable and sustainable feedstock supply chains.
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