



The 'Gold Standard' of Traps
Tracing Gumtree’s legacy to PCI, India’s first and biggest pest control product company:
In 2009, the then CMD and CEO of Pest Control India Private Limited (PCI), Mr. Anil S. Rao (Anil Rao), started Gumtree Traps Pvt. Ltd. (Gumtree) to provide non-pesticidal pest control solutions worldwide.
PCI was a pioneering Indian pest control company that two brothers, N. Sripad Rao and N. Bhavani Shankar Rao, started in 1954.
Anil Rao succeeded his father, N. Sripad Rao, at PCI in 1987 and headed it till it formed a joint venture with Rentokil PLC of the UK in 2017.
During Anil Rao’s three-decade tenure at the helm, PCI introduced pest control products several in India. Such product introductions helped the company offer a wide range of pest management services meeting international standards to its residential and business customers, including multinational corporations (MNCs). 

Mr. Anil Rao
Promoter - Gumtree Traps Pvt. Ltd.