V-Guard Industries Ltd is a major electrical appliances manufacturer in India, and the largest in the state of Kerala with an annual turnover of ₹ 21.50 billion INR (FY 2017). It manufactures voltage stabilizers, electrical cable, electric pumps, electric motors, geysers, solar water heaters, electric fans and UPSs. It was founded in 1977 by Kochouseph Chittilappilly as a small voltage stabilizer manufacturing unit.
Kochouseph Chittilappilly also founded other establishments held as subsidiaries such as V Star Creations, an Indian manufacturer of innerwear for men, women, and children, and Wonderla, a chain of amusement parks in South India.
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History
V-Guard is one of India’s consumer goods company with diversified product offerings. Headquartered in city of Kochi, Kerala, the company now has over 500 distributors, 30,000 retailers, and branches across India. It’s liste d with the NSE and BSE since 2008. Over the years V-Guard has sold into domestic, industrial and agricultural electronic goods and appliances category taking the total company revenue to over Rs. 1700 Crore in 2014-15
The company started in 1977, when Kochouseph Chittilappilly set out to build a brand in the Indian electric and electronic goods industry The company started with a small manufacturing unit for voltage stabilizers, a capital of Rs.100,000 and two employees. The Kangaroo logo was created by artist Sreekandan V.A. (Mani).
The company’s current Managing Director, Mithun Chittilappilly is a Post Graduate in Management from the University Of Melbourne, Australia. In the year 2006, he joined V-Guard as the Executive Director and in 2012, he was appointed as the Managing Director of the company. Mithun Chittilappilly has previously worked with leading MNCs like Deloitte & Hewlett Packard.
Chairman and founder, Kochouseph Chittilappilly was born in 1950 in Thrissur District, Kerala into a family traditionally engaged in agriculture. He holds a master's degree in Physics and began his career as a Supervisor in an electronics company. He is one of the founder promoters and was also the acting Managing Director of the company till in April, 2012 he passed the baton on to his son Mithun Chittilappilly.
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