V-Guard Industries Founder Kochouseph Chittilappilly

 

V-Guard Industries Founder Kochouseph Chittilappilly

Hailing from a well off  family of agriculturists, his ambition was to join ISRO as a scientist. With that in mind, he did an MSc in Electronics. But he had some learning disabilities that left his dream unfulfilled. He worked for three years after post-graduation in a small-scale unit at Trivandrum that manufactured Voltage Stabilizers. He felt he could design a better product while servicing stabilizers brought in by the customers. The V-Guard saga began when he was 27 with a capital of Rs.1 lakh raised from his father.

His hiring philosophy – giving a chance to average students worked wonders. The guiding principle was,” Ordinary people are doing extraordinary things in our company. I was just an above average student and if I could achieve this much, anybody can.  I value common sense more than technology knowledge.”