About Naroth Inc.
A family enterprise, since 1982.
Three generations
What began in Chennai in 1982 as a single fabric-export business is now a group of companies across India and Sri Lanka, still run by the family that started it.
The family
Started by one, carried by three generations.
- First
Jayapalan Naroth
Founded the company in Chennai in 1982 as Sree Aravind Enterprises, exporting fabric. The standards he set are the ones the group still works to.
- Second
The next generation
Ashwath's uncle and mother then took the business over and carried it forward.
- Third
Today
The third generation now continues the work, across textiles, hospitality, design, architecture and commodities.
Ashwath Naroth
Third generation
Grandson of the founder, Ashwath co-founded VOLO Designs, the group's design studio, with Alessio Comalli, and represents Philip Weeraratne Associates, the Sri Lankan architecture practice, in South India.
Since 1982
How the group grew.
- 1982
Sree Aravind Enterprises
Jayapalan Naroth starts a fabric-export business in Chennai.
- 2014
VOLO
VOLO is set up by the same family to run the group's exports.
- 2016
Padeniya, Sri Lanka
Production begins at the group's export facility in Padeniya: 63,400 sq ft, approved under Sri Lanka's Board of Investment.
- 2018
Asvah 24
Asvah 24 opens.
- 2022
India's Top 100 Bars
Asvah is named one of India's Top 100 Bars by 30 Best Bars India.
- 202610 December
The new Basera
After almost twenty years, Basera closed to make way for something new: a cinema and food & beverage destination, opening on 10 December 2026.
How we work
One set of standards.
Own the hard parts
From yarn to finished garment, from origin to export, from concept to shelf: the businesses are built to control the parts of the process that matter most.
Genuine attention
Across every vertical, the same standard: genuine attention, not the appearance of it.
One network
India and Sri Lanka aren't separate markets the group happens to work in. They are one working network.
The group
Five verticals today.
Textiles
Jayz AravindKnitting, fabric processing, dyeing and finished garments for international apparel brands, from a facility in Padeniya, Sri Lanka, built for 700 machines.
→Hospitality
Asvah 24 · BaseraAsvah 24, one of India's Top 100 Bars, and the new Basera, a cinema and food & beverage destination opening 10 December 2026.
→Design
VOLO DesignNaming, identity, packaging, websites and film, from first idea to launch.
→Architecture
With Philip Weeraratne AssociatesArchitecture in South India with the Sri Lankan practice Philip Weeraratne Associates.
→Commodities
VOLOExport trade from India, including cassava.
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Where we work
India
Chennai
Sri Lanka
Colombo