The journey had just begun… Imbued with the fire of patriotism the visionary scientist - Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray laid the foundation stones of Bengal Chemical & Pharmaceutical Works Ltd. (BCPW) in the year 1901.
Undaunted spirit, true grit and passion saw the rise of a formidable organisation, which later became Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. as we know it today.
Sir John Cummings observed in a Review of the Industrial Position and Prospects in Bengal in 1908: "The Bengal Chemical & Pharmaceutical Works Ltd. is one of the most go ahead young enterprises in Bengal. Dr Prafulla Chandra Ray, D.S., E.C.S. started it as a small private concern in Upper Circular Road and made drugs from indigenous materials. It has now a well-thought out and well managed factory with about 70 workmen at 90 Maniktala Main Ro Click for details>>