K. M. Mammen Mappillai
K. M. Mammen Mappillai | |
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Born |
Kandathil Mammen Mappillai 28 November 1922 Kerala, India |
Died | 3 March 2003 80) | (aged
K. M. Mammen Mappillai (28 November 1922 – 3 March 2003) was born 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 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, Mappillai was awarded the Padma Shri award for his contribution to industry.[1] 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.
Controversy
K.M. Mammen Mappillai is believed to be in the list of 18 names of account-holders in LGT Bank.[2]
References
- ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main48.asp?filename=Ne120211The16thname.asp