Bolkar is the legacy inherited from Sri Bola Thimmappa Kamath (1885-1961). The astute visionary and Entrepreneur, he was the founder of our parent organization during the early 20th century when most of India was passing through bullock cartage.

Even under the British rule during those days, he ventured in to international trade, exporting ship loads of Rice to gulf countries from Mulki port of Dakshina Kannada district. of erstwhile Madras Province through his agents based in Calicut.

He was the largest supplier of rice in this part of India till 1925. That was the time when Cashew business had begun and he started expanded the business of cashew Nuts along with other forest produce available during those days.

Being deeply involved in many entrepreneurial ventures and quite well versed in wide spectrum of economic activities of the district, he took a decisive lead in establishing processing industry for raw cashews in the district. His futuristic plan about the cashew processing activity considering its abundant supply and availability of cashews paved the way for next generations to follow his vision. He established a healthy business culture and created immense of goodwill for the entire Bolkar Family.

Bolkar family members are eternally indebted to the spirit of entrepreneurship and a truly futuristic vision of our great grandfather. We are proud of him and grateful to him for being beneficiaries of his dynamism entrepreneurship, venturesome nature which has given us a better start when we decided to set forth our New Venture. His vision shall remain as our mission for all the time to come.