Kochouseph Chittilappilly

Kochouseph Chittilappilly
Chittilappily in 2011
Born	1950 Parappur, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Occupation	Businessperson, writer
Known for	Business Philanthropy Humanism
Spouse(s)	Sheila Chittilappilly
Children	Arun Chittilappilly Mithun Chittilappilly
Parent(s)	C. O. Thomas
Awards	GOI Rashtriya Samman Millennium Businessman of Kerala Tourism Man of the Year 2000 Newsmaker of the Year 2011 TMA Manager of the Year 2000 ATTOI Tourism Man of the Year 2011
Website	kochousephchittilappilly.com

Kochouseph Thomas Chittilappilly is an Indian businessperson, writer, philanthropist and humanist. He is the founder Chairman of V-Guard Industries Ltd and a chain of amusement parks called Wonderla.K. Chittilappilly Foundation, a non profit organization founded by him is engaged in charitable and philanthropic activities. Chittilappilly is a recipient of the Rashtriya Samman award from the Government of India for being among the highest taxpayers and the Newsmaker of the Year 2011 award from Malayala Manorama. As the chairman of the Stray Dog Free movement, he has advocated for government action to address the "menace" of stray dogs in his home state of Kerala, and has criticized legislation forbidding the killing of stray dogs.

Kochouseph Chittilappilly was born to C. O. Thomas in Parappur, a suburb of Thrissur in the south Indian state of Kerala in 1950. His early schooling was at the local church school after which he graduated from Christ College, Irinjalakuda and followed it with a master's degree in Physics from St. Thomas College, Thrissur in 1970. His career kick started in 1973 at Telics, a Thiruvananthapuram based electronics company manufacturing voltage stabilizers and emergency lamps, in the capacity of a supervisor where he worked for three years.

In 1977, he founded V-Guard Industries, a small electronics manufacturing unit for the production of voltage stabilizers with a capital of ₹100,000. The company which had 2 employees at its modest manufacturing facility in Thrissur at inception, grew over the years to become the largest selling stabilizer brand in India. The company claims to have 500 distributors, 3000 dealers, 20,000 retailers and a network of service centres across India supporting a product range composed of Pumps and Motors, Electric and Solar Water Heaters, Wiring Cables, UPS, and Ceiling Fans. The company has an Indian market share of 20 percent in UPS segment, 15 percent in pumps, 12 percent in water heaters and 7 percent in wiring cables segments.