(AE) Amira Nature Foods Ltd is a food company best known for processing and distributing basmati rice and related food products. It is one of the largest sellers of basmati rice in the world. Amira Nature Foods Ltd was founded in 1915 under the name Nav Bharat by B.D. Chanana, as a trading house buying and selling locally grown beans. The company was later taken over by B.D. Chanana's son, Karam Chanana. In 1968, the third generation of the family, Anil Chanana, joined the company, changed the name to Amira, and began focusing on exporting. Karan A. Chanana, the current chairman and CEO, is the fourth generation of his family to run the company.