K. M. Mammen Mappillai
| K. M. Mammen Mappillai | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Kandathil Mammen Mappillai November 28, 1922 Kerala, India |
| Died | March 3, 2003 (aged 80) |
K. M. Mammen Mappillai (November 28, 1922 – March 3, 2003) was born in a Syrian Christian family in Kerala to K. C. Mammen Mappillai and Kunjandamma (Modisseril Family )as the youngest of the prosperous family of eight sons and a daughter.
He graduated from the prestigious Madras Christian College. He started his industrial life with a toy balloon manufacturing unit from a small shed near Madras (now Chennai) in 1946. By 1952, MRF Limited ventured into the manufacture of tread rubber. Since then, the company has grown to become a INR 30 billion enterprise.
In 1992, K.M. Mammen Mappillai was awarded the Padma Shri award for his contribution to industry - the first industrialist from South India to be given this honour. His brothers, K.M. Cherian, K.M. Philip and K.M. Mathew and nephew Mammen Mathew are also Padma Shri awardees. The eldest brother K.M. Cherian is also a Padma Bhushan recipient. His Cousin M. K. Mathulla also was awarded Padma Shri.
K.M. Mammen Mappillai is in the list of 18 names of account-holders in LGT Bank. Prosecution is already launched against these. Not only a list of account, it also compromises the amount of number of comment gaving out already by every profile.
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