MURUGAPPA GROUP

Founder – Dewan Bahadur

USD 3 billion
Headquarters - Chennai
Interests - engineering, abrasives, finance, general
insurance, fertilisers, farm inputs, sugar, bio-
products, nutraceuticals, cycles and plantations
Employees – Over 30,000
 BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY
• The Group's business philosophy can be
summed up in this couplet from the ancient
Indian treatise on wealth creation and
governance, the Arthashastra:
• "The fundamental principle of economic
activity is that no man
you transact with will lose, then you shall
not."
 VALUES AND BELIEFS
• Adhere to ethical norms in all dealings with shareholders, employees, customers, suppliers,
financial institutions & government
• Treat people with respect and concern; provide opportunities to
learn, contribute & advance; recognize and reward initiative,
innovativeness & creativity
• Maintain an organizational climate conductive to trust, open
communication & team spirit, a style of operation befitting our
size but reflecting moderation & humility
• Manage environment effectively for harnessing opportunities
• Discharge responsibilities to various sections of society and
preserve environment
• Grow in an accelerated manner, consistent with values and
beliefs, by continuous organizational renewal
• Provide value for money to customers through quality products
and services
 
FAMILY TREE
 NEW GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
• NGS was created in 1999
• Changed the leadership of individual business
units from family members to professional
managers
• Family members moved to board positions on
MCB
Creation of knowledge transfer and
technology synergies
Shift in decision-making (more collaborative)
 RESTRUCTURING THE ORGANISATION
• GOALS – To introduce change without disrupting
performance
• To be more of a Group rather than a collection of separate
entities
• To be more flexible in the make-up of the portfolio of
businesses
• To have less emotional attachment by individuals to their
business
• To shift away from family-led units to non-family-led units
• To mentor the non-family managing directors for the long-
term view.
Boards and Committees
 WHISTLE BLOWING POLICY
OBJECTIVE
• To provide employees, customers and vendors
an avenue to raise concerns which seem to go
against company’s commitment
• Provide necessary safeguards for protection of
employees from victimization
 COMPANIES
MAJOR COMPANIES OF MURUGAPPA GROUP
 

• Carborundum Universal Limited

• Cholamandalam MS General Limited
• EID Parry India Limited
• Parry Agro Industries Limited
• Cholamandalam DBS Finance Limited
• Coramandel Fertilisers Limited
• Tube Investments of India Limited
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THE OTHER COMPANIES OF MURUGAPPA GROUP
• Ambadi Enterprises Ltd
• Kadamane Estates Company
• Murugappa Morgan Thermal Ceramics Ltd
• New Ambadi Estates Pvt Ltd
• Wendt India Ltd
• Sterling Abrasives Ltd
• Net Access India Pvt Ltd
• Laserwords Pvt Ltd
• Placon (India) Pvt Ltd
• Prodorite Anticorrosives Ltd
CORPORATE BOARD
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY