Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited (KSDL) is an Indian company, owned by the Government of Karnataka, that manufactures personal care products including Mysore Sandal Soap. It was founded as Government Sandalwood Oil Factory in 1916 by sosale garalapuri shastri and M. Visvesvaraya for extracting and exporting sandalwood oil.[1] It launched Mysore Sandal Soap in 1918, and has since manufactured soaps and cosmetics products.[2][3] The company became a public sector enterprise in 1980 and was renamed as KSDL.[4][5]
KSDL obtained the Geographical Indication tag for Mysore Sandal Soap and Mysore Sandalwood Oil in 2006.[6]