We build, revive and run grain distilleries.
Benkas is a single accountable partner for ENA, ethanol and brewery projects — feasibility and DPR, erection and commissioning, licensing, restarts, and day-to-day operations. We have owned and run these plants ourselves.
We take responsibility across the whole process line — grain in, ethanol and by-products out.
What we do
Three ways plants come to us
Some clients are starting from bare land. Some have a plant that stopped. Some are running but leaving capacity and margin on the table. We work on all three.
Build it
Concept to stabilised commercial production, under one team.
Strategy and financial planning
Feasibility, competitive positioning and investor-ready models built on real production costs, not optimistic ones.
Facility planning and build-out
Site selection, zoning, layout, utilities, equipment specification and installation oversight — with DPRs that hold up to bank scrutiny.
Erection and commissioning
Equipment placement, piping, utility integration and trial runs, carried through to steady commercial output.
Licensing and compliance
We work with central and state authorities from day one, so documentation, quality protocols and audit readiness are designed in rather than retrofitted.
Fix it
Idle units restarted, running units pushed to their design numbers.
Sick unit revival and restarts
We have brought plants idle for three years or more back to full capacity at industry-standard product quality, on tight timelines.
Process improvement and de-bottlenecking
Reaching rated capacity, then adding output through minor modifications rather than fresh capital equipment.
Zero liquid discharge
Effluent handling designed to meet board conditions and keep the plant running through inspections.
By-product recovery
DDGS, gluten and corn oil streams turned into a second revenue line instead of a disposal cost.
Run it
Operations you can hand over, or keep and staff properly.
Operation and maintenance contracts
Full O&M with ERP-based monitoring, holding quality, efficiency and cost per litre steady. Currently proven on Veda Biofuels' 90 KLPD unit.
Operations and team development
SOPs, training, production scheduling, inventory systems and performance coaching for your own shift teams.
Product development
Formulation, sensory work and process validation that keeps quality consistent from trial batch to full scale.
Growth and brand building
Expansion roadmaps and capital planning, plus support for promoters building their own liquor brand rather than only a plant.
Why owners pick us
Real facilities. Real results.
Distillery projects fail on the unglamorous things: effluent, licences, yeast, uptime. That is the part we know best.
We have been the owner
We have owned and operated distillery businesses, not only advised on them. That perspective puts profitability and uptime ahead of a tidy plan on paper.
25 years on the shop floor
Grain-based ENA, fuel ethanol and brewery projects, with approvals and certifications from major buyers in the market.
Compliance designed in
Licensing strategy, documentation and quality protocols are part of the facility design from the first drawing, so approvals do not stall commissioning.
Tested across markets
Projects across three states and international operations, adapted to local excise rules, feedstock and market conditions.
Projects
A portfolio measured in KLPD
Every line below is a plant we planned, built, revived or now operate.
On site
Our plants, mid-build and in production
Photographs taken on our own project sites during erection, commissioning and operation. Tap any photo to enlarge.
Team
Led by people who have run the plants
K. Sai Venkat Kumar
Technical DirectorTwenty-five years in ethanol, grain-based ENA and large biofuel projects. Works hands-on across plant operations, process optimisation and zero liquid discharge systems, with facilities up to 400 KLPD and full-capacity turnarounds on units that had stopped.
Umesh B Pogul
DirectorAlcohol technologist trained at VSI, Pune. Career across Pernod Ricard India, Sentini Bioproducts, Haritha Bioproducts and PMK Distillations — from a first-of-its-kind 20 KLPD grain ENA unit to a 300 KLPD ethanol plant with zero liquid discharge.
Rajkamal Kona
Director, FinanceFinance lead for project funding, accounts finalisation, income tax, GST and ROC filings. Handles registrations, lender documentation and the financial analysis behind every project we take on.
Contact
Planning a distillery? Talk to us first.
One call puts you in front of people who have commissioned, revived and run these plants. No call centre, no junior team.
Reach us directly
Phone
Message or email
Registered office
Dno. 59A-2-4, Plot No. 9,
New P and T Colony No. 2, VJ Polytechnic,
Vijayawada (Urban), NTR District,
Andhra Pradesh 520008, India
CIN U74909AP2025PTC117385
PAN AANCB1576A