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Kochouseph Thomas Chittilappilly is an Indian businessperson, writer, philanthropist and humanist. He is the founder〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=33404075&ticker=VGRD:IN )〕 Chairman and Managing Director 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 ''Rashtriya Samman'' from the Government of India and ''Newsmaker of the Year 2011'' award from Malayala Manorama. He was booked and arrested in October 2015 for inciting the local village population of Kerala to poison and kill stray dogs, and was held for trying to lead a group called Stray Dogs Eradication Group, but later released on posting bail.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Stray Dogs Are A Menace To The Society -... - The Stray Love Project - Facebook )〕 ==Biography== 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 masters 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.〔 Chittilapilly is reported to have introduced a new business model by total product outsourcing coupled with in-house quality control when his factories were shut down following a workers' strike in the 1980s.〔 Later, diversifying the business, he started the first water theme park in the state of Kerala under the name, ''Veegaland'', in 2000.〔 Another park on a larger scale, Wonderla, was subsequently started in Bengaluru.〔 Veegaland has since been renamed as Wonderla Kochi, in an effort to establish the name as a brand. Chittilapilly is married to Sheila and the couple has two sons Arun Chittilappilly and Mithun Chittilappilly. Sheila is the Managing Director of V-Star Creations, a group company. Arun heads the amusement park business, Wonderla and Mithun is the incumbent Managing Director of V-Guard Industries.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kochouseph Chittilappilly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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