V-Guard Industries Ltd
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| Traded as | : VGUARD |
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| Founded | 1977 |
| Founder | Kochouseph Chittilappilly |
| Headquarters | Kochi, India |
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Key people
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Kochouseph Chittilappilly, Founder and Chairman Mithun Chittilappilly, Managing Director |
| Revenue | INR 1745.92 Crs ( FY 2014-15) |
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Number of employees
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1,859 ( As on 31st March, 2015) |
| Subsidiaries | Wonderla, Veegaland, V Star Creations |
| Website | www |
Kochouseph Chittilappilly, Founder and Chairman
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 ₹ 17.50 billion (FY 2014-15). It manufactures voltage stabilizers, wiring cables, 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.
Founded in the year 1977 by Mr. Kochouseph Chittilappilly, V-Guard is one of India’s leading consumer goods company with technologically diversified product offerings.
Headquartered in city of Kochi, Kerala, the company now has over 500 distributors, 20,000 retailers, and a growing count of branches across India. It’s listed with the NSE and BSE since 2008. Over the years V-Guard has ventured into domestic, industrial and agricultural electronic goods and appliances category taking the total company revenue to over Rs. 1700 Crore.
The origin dates back to 1977, when Mr. Kochouseph Chittilappilly set out to build a brand in the Indian electric and electronic goods panorama. With a small manufacturing unit for voltage stabilizers, a capital of Rs.100,000 and two employees, the company set sail. The famous Kangaroo logo was created by artist Sreekandan V.A. (Mani).
The company’s current Managing Director, Mr. 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 six years later, he was appointed as the Managing Director of the company. Mithun Chittilappilly has previously worked with leading MNCs like Deloitte & Hewlett Packard.
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