Jay Shree Infotech Consultants (JIC) is promoted by the $45-million Jay Shree Tea & Industries Ltd., one of the largest tea producing companies in India. Accounting for about 2% of the national tea production, Jay Shree Tea belongs to the $2.25-billion BK Birla Group of Companies, one of the most admired business Houses in the country. The Birla family is considered the First Family of Indian Inc. The group has wide-ranging business interests in areas as diverse as cement, tyre, rayon, cotton textile, fertilisers, education and software development.