Nepalese resources. Global relevance.
To lead Nepal’s sustainable forest and agroforestry sector into global export markets, generating lasting economic value while protecting natural resources for future generations.
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01 / Corporate Profile
About Rokka Group
Industry rooted in
Nepal’s forests
Founded in 1978, Rokka Group brings timber, natural extracts, pine chemistry, herbal production, and agroforestry into one connected industrial portfolio.
Founded1978
OriginHetauda
Experience45+ Years
Our Story
From one timber venture to a forest-based group.
- Established
- 1978
- Origin
- Hetauda, Nepal
- Founder
- Basanta Rokka Chhetri
- Industry
- Forest & Agroforestry
- Experience
- More than 45 years
Founded by Basanta Rokka Chhetri, Rokka Group evolved from a modest timber trading venture in Hetauda into one of Nepal’s diversified forest-based industrial groups.
Its portfolio now spans timber processing, catechu and cutch, rosin and turpentine, pine derivatives, essential oils, herbal extracts, treated wood, nursery projects, and agroforestry. The group’s work connects Nepalese raw materials with value-added production, employment, and future export growth.
Nepal’s Forest Landscape
Direction
Develop responsibly. Grow inclusively.
To responsibly develop Nepal’s forest sector by cultivating, harvesting, and processing timber, resins, medicinal herbs, aromatic plants, and other natural resources through innovation, sustainability, and inclusive economic growth.
Principles
Principles carried through the value chain.
Responsible Stewardship
Natural resources are developed with long-term forest health, replanting, and environmental responsibility in view.
Industrial Self-Reliance
Local raw materials become competitive products that strengthen domestic industry and Nepal’s export economy.
Inclusive Growth
Public-private partnerships, rural procurement, and skills programs connect company growth with community livelihoods.
Tradition Through Innovation
More than four decades of forest-sector knowledge move forward through improved processing, technology, and value addition.
Chairman’s Message
Basanta Rokka Chhetri
Chairman & Founder“From day one, we have believed in the power of local resources to create products that meet the highest global standards.”
What began in 1978 with Nabin Kastha Udyogh Pvt. Ltd. in Hetauda has developed into a multi-sector group working across wood processing, Kattha production, herbal extracts, resin products, and related forest industries.
Looking forward, Rokka Group aims to support Nepal’s export economy, reduce the national trade deficit, expand international partnerships, embrace appropriate technology, and protect the environmental resources on which its industries depend.
Company History
A group built company by company.
Nabin Kastha Udyogh begins as a timber venture in Hetauda.
Mount Everest Kattha Mills expands the group into catechu and cutch production.
Gajurmukhi Herbal and Mount Rosin & Turpentine Industries join the portfolio.
Tika Laxmi Kastha Udyog and Kastha Mandal expand wood-processing capacity.
Mount Everest Agro Wood and Mount Everest Agro Nutrient extend the agroforestry value chain.
Aachyut Pine Products adds specialized pine derivatives.
Kalpabrikshya Nursery supports planting and green initiatives.
The businesses consolidate under RG Holdings.
Business Portfolio
One resource base. Multiple value-added industries.
Catechu, Kattha and Cutch→Rosin and Turpentine→Seasoned and Sawn Timber→Essential Oils and Herbal Extracts→Pine Derivatives→Eco-Friendly Wooden Products→Custom Furniture and Joinery→Nursery and Green Initiatives→Agro Nutrients and Medicinal Herbs→
Explore Our Group →Impact
Growth shared beyond the factory.
Community programs
- Education, health, and skills programs
- Rural income through resource-supply partnerships
- Local procurement of resin and herbs
Forestry partnerships
- Public-private management across 500+ hectares
- Community-connected rural procurement
- Sustainable harvesting of Khair and Chir Pine
- 01Conservation of forest resources
- 02Sustainable harvesting of Khair and Chir Pine
- 03Replanting barren land
- 04Rural youth and women’s training
- 05Resin collection and herbal-production skills
- 06Public-private partnership programs
- 07Effluent treatment in resin processing
- 08Organic standards in herbal and essential-oil production
- 09Community income generation
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