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Aavas Financiers Limited
Company type Public
ISIN INE216P01012
Industry Financial services
FoundedFebruary 2011
Headquarters,
Area served
India
Key people
  • Sachinder Bhinder
    (Managing Director & CEO)
  • Ghanshyam Rawat(CFO)
Website www.aavas.in

Aavas Financiers, also known as Aavas, is a Jaipur based housing finance company known for providing home loans in the rural and semi-urban locations of India. [1] [2] Aavas is registered with National Housing Bank as a Housing Finance Company and was granted the license in August 2011. [3] [4]

History

Aavas was incorporated in February 2011. It formally started its operations in March 2012. [5] The name of the company was changed to "Aavas Financiers Limited" in March, 2017. [6] Presently the company is headed by Sachinder Bhinder as the MD and CEO. [7]

The company issued its IPO in October 2018. [8] [9] [10] Shortly after issuing IPO CDC group, United Kingdom has invested Rs. 200 Crore in Aavas. [11] [12]

In September 2019, the company received Rs 345 crore investment from International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group. [13] [14] [15] In March 2020, Aavas signed an agreement with Asian Development Bank for receiving loan amount of $60 million specially targeting towards the 'women in lower income group'. [16] [17] [18] In December 2020, to promote the concept of Green Housing, International Finance Corporation signed an agreement with the company. [19] [20] [21] [22] As of September 30, 2023, Aavas has 350 branches operating in 13 states of India. [23] [24]

Awards

  • In March 2023, Aavas was recognised as Best BFSI Brand at the ET Best BFSI Brands Conclave. [25]
  • In August 2022, won Best NBFC award for the year 2020–21 at FE India's Best Banks Awards.[ citation needed]
  • In March 2022, Aavas was recognized by the Great Place to Work® Institute as among the best companies to work in India. [26]

Stock Exchange Listings

The equity shares of Aavas are listed on Bombay Stock Exchange where it is a constituent of the BSE 150 Midcap, and the National Stock Exchange of India where it is a constituent of Nifty Midcap 150. [27] [28]

References

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  10. ^ "Aavas Financiers' IPO: Here's All You Need To Know". BloombergQuint. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Aavas raises Rs 200 cr from UK's CDC group". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  12. ^ www.ETRealty.com. "Aavas Financiers raises Rs 200 crore from UK's CDC Group - ET RealEstate". ETRealty.com. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  13. ^ ANI (17 September 2019). "Aavas Financiers raises Rs 345 crore from IFC through NCDs". Business Standard India. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Affordable housing financier Aavas gets Rs 345 cr funding from IFC". Outlook India. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
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  16. ^ "Affordable housing firm Aavas gets $60m ADB loan". @businessline. 31 March 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  17. ^ Market, Capital (30 March 2020). "Aavas Financiers gains on securing ADB loan to boost housing finance in India". Business Standard India. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Kedaara-backed Aavas Financiers to raise loan from Asian Development Bank". VCCircle. 19 March 2021. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  19. ^ www.ETEnergyworld.com. "IFC, Aavas Financiers sign pact for affordable green housing finance for low-income borrowers - ET EnergyWorld". ETEnergyworld.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  20. ^ "New project to help catalyse affordable green housing finance in India". Energy Live News. 19 March 2021. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  21. ^ admin (19 March 2021). "IFC signs agreement for affordable green housing in India". GreentechLead. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  22. ^ Sharma, Sandeep Ravidutt (19 March 2021). ProjectX India: 15th December 2020 | Tracking Multisector Projects from India. Sandeep Ravidutt Sharma.
  23. ^ "Statement of consolidated unaudited financial results for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2023 published in Financial Express Epaper 27 Oct 2023". Financial Express. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  24. ^ "Aavas Financiers Limited: [ICRA]AA-(Stable) rating assigned". 19 March 2021.
  25. ^ "Aavas Financiers Recognized as Best BFSI Brand at the ET Best BFSI Brands Conclave". ThePrint. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  26. ^ "Aavas Financiers Ltd is now Great Place to Work-Certified". ThePrint. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
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  28. ^ "Stock Share Price | Get Quote | BSE". www.bseindia.com. Retrieved 19 March 2021.