# About Govardhan Overseas — Three Decades of Woven Textiles > A family-run textile house, established 1995. From Kolkata trading roots to a vertically-integrated weaver of linen, hemp, cotton, silk, and certified blends across multiple Indian cities. *Canonical HTML: https://govardhan.net/about/* --- 05 About us # A family-run textile house. *Since 1995.* Govardhan Overseas was incorporated on 27 October 1995 — a family-owned textile company that began in the Kolkata cloth trade and grew, over three decades, into a vertically-integrated weaver of linen and natural-fibre fabrics with operations across five Indian cities. ## What we do We weave linen, hemp, cotton, viscose, lyocell, micro modal, polyester, and silk fabrics — and every blend of those that makes sense for the customer's end use. Pure linen and cotton-linen are our largest categories, but our scope covers the full natural-fibre range and includes certified recycled-content constructions for buyers needing GRS claims. The looms run under our own roof. Yarn dyeing and fabric finishing are handled through certified facilities under our scope, preserving full chain-of-custody from incoming yarn through to finished cloth. ## Ownership Govardhan Overseas Private Limited is a closely-held, family-owned private limited company. We have no joint venture partner, no private equity, no external board. The people making decisions are the same people who have been running the business — and carrying its risks — since 1995. Direct operational responsibility sits with the family directors, who divide the work across finance and control, sourcing and manufacturing, and customer relationships. The team across head office and the manufacturing plant handles production planning, procurement, quality inspection, dispatch, accounts, and equipment maintenance — with the plant running multiple shifts so there is always a supervised production team on the floor. 06 Timeline · 1995 → 2026 - 1995 ### A textile house begins Govardhan Overseas incorporated in Kolkata as a family-owned textile trading and export company. Original focus on linen and silk fabrics for international markets. - 2005 ### Domestic market entry Entry into the domestic Indian market alongside the export business, responding to the growth of linen as a premium fabric category in Indian home textiles and apparel. - 2008 ### Long-term supplier relationships Multi-year sourcing relationships established with the Indian and international yarn mills that supply us today — measured in decades, not seasons. - 2011 ### Our own weaving plant Own weaving plant commissioned. The transition from pure trading to vertically-integrated manufacturing. The first looms come online. - 2014 ### Plant capacity scaled Plant capacity expanded significantly. Loom count grows, jacquard capability added, in-house inspection line scaled up to handle the larger throughput. - 2016 ### Buunai retail launches [Buunai](https://www.buunai.com) launched as our retail sub-brand, opening flagship fabric stores in Delhi and Kolkata to serve direct-to-customer demand for premium linen and natural-fibre fabrics. - 2020 ### First certification cycle First GOTS, OCS, and OEKO-TEX certification cycle initiated as international buyer demand for certified-supply-chain fabric grows. - 2024 ### Weathered global volatility Weathered global linen-yarn pricing volatility through long-term supplier commitments rather than spot-market exposure. - 2026 ### Where we are now Current GOTS, OCS, and GRS scope certificates renewed for another year. Five-city operations across Coimbatore, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, and Delhi. A growing multi-fibre product range serving home textiles, apparel, and exports. ## What we stand for **Long-term supplier relationships.** We work with the same yarn mills we have since the late 1990s. That consistency is what lets us specify inputs precisely and keep quality stable from one production run to the next. **Certified at every step.** Subcontracted dyeing and finishing are audited as part of our certification scope, preserving GOTS chain-of-custody from yarn through to finished fabric. **Audit-ready.** The plant is set up to host buyer audits at short notice. We are audited annually for our GOTS, OCS, and GRS scope, and for OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100. Major international retailer compliance frameworks for child labour, manufacturing restrictions, traceability, and worker welfare have been communicated to us and our documentation is current. **Green-category environmental classification.** Under the Pollution Control Board framework, our weaving plant holds the Green category — the lowest environmental-impact classification for a textile weaving operation. Weaving is fundamentally a dry process; the bulk of our environmental footprint comes through our subcontracted wet processes, which carry their own consents. **Mill-to-finish accountability.** When something goes wrong with a finished lot, the buyer talks to one company — us. We don't hide behind subcontractors. The buck stops at our head office. ## Five cities of operation We operate from five Indian cities, each with a specific role in the business: - **Coimbatore** — manufacturing and South India sales coordination - **Mumbai** — commercial office serving the West India market - **Bangalore** — head office, plus our principal weaving plant in the surrounding industrial area - **Kolkata** — registered office, where the company was incorporated in 1995 - **Delhi** — Buunai retail flagship, our direct-to-customer channel for premium fabrics Postal addresses for each location are available on the [contact page](https://govardhan.net/contact). ## Buunai — our retail sub-brand In 2016 we launched [Buunai](https://www.buunai.com) as a retail sub-brand to serve direct-to-customer demand for premium linen and natural-fibre fabrics. Buunai operates flagship fabric stores in Delhi and Kolkata, selling across the same product range our wholesale and export customers buy from us — pure linen, cotton-linen, linen-silk, and natural-fibre blends — through a curated retail experience designed for designers, decorators, and fabric enthusiasts. For trade buyers, Buunai is also a useful "see and touch" outlet — if you're in Delhi or Kolkata and want to feel the hand of a fabric before placing a wholesale enquiry, the Buunai stores carry samples of our standard ranges. [Visit buunai.com →](https://www.buunai.com) ## Ready to talk? If you're a buyer, a converter, a designer, or a fabric agent and you're evaluating suppliers, we'd like to hear from you. The best way is the RFQ form, but email and phone work too. [Request samples →](https://govardhan.net/contact?type=sample)  |  [Request a plant visit →](https://govardhan.net/contact?type=visit)  |  [View certifications →](https://govardhan.net/certifications)