Indian Malt Whisky Association

The Indian Malt Whisky Association is a Trade association body that protects and promotes Indian whisky.^[3]

Indian Malt Whisky Association

Abbreviation	IMWA
Formation	06/2025
Type	Membership organisation
Purpose	To protect and promote Indian whisky
Headquarters	G-17, Ground Floor, JMD Pacific Square, Sector-15 DLF QE Gurgaon Haryan, 122002 New Delhi[1]
Products	Indian whisky
Membership	4[2]
Director	Rajesh Chopra
Website	https://indianmaltwhisky.org/

On February 20, 2025 the IMWA submitted an application to the Geographical Indications Registry to have Indian single malt whisky recognised as a geographical indication.^[4]

Goals

The goals of the Indian Malt Whisky Association are:

• to promote Indian whisky and the Made in India brand
• set regulatory and technical standards for the industry^[5]

Members

There are four founding members in the Indian Malt Whisky Association and these are

• Paul John (John Distillers)
• Rakshit Jagdale (Amrut Distilleries)
• Abhishek Khaitan (Radico Khaitan)
• Siddhartha Sharma (Piccadily Agro)^[6]

Qualification criteria for whisky

The Indian Malt whisky association has set a qualification criteria for single malt whisky which includes:

• production from 100% barley
• production in a single distillery
• production in copper pot stills and not column stills
• Only using malt barley , water and yeast
• Maturation in wooden oak barrels of less than 700L for a minimum of three years^[7]