Arunachalam Vellayan (born 9 January 1953,
Chennai) is a member of the
Murugappa family and the vice-chairman of the
Murugappa Group
Murugappa Group is an Indian conglomerate founded in 1900. The Group has 28 businesses including nine companies listed on the NSE and the BSE. Headquartered in Chennai, the major companies of the Group include Carborundum Universal Ltd., Chol ...
, based in Chennai, India. In February 2018, he stepped down as chairman of the group, ceding the spot to his cousin
M.M.Murugappan. He is the Chairman of
Coromandel International
Coromandel International Limited is an Indian corporation founded in the early 1960s by IMC and Chevron Companies of USA and EID Parry, headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Originally named Coromandel Fertilisers, the company is in the ...
Limited and
EID Parry (India) Ltd.
He is also the Chairman of the Fertiliser Association of India, and is a Director in AMM Educational Foundation and Kanoria Chemicals and Industries Ltd, Calcutta.
Education
Vellayan was educated at
The Doon School and went to
Shri Ram College of Commerce,
University of Delhi, and then
Warwick Business School in the UK.
Career
He holds a diploma in Industrial Administration from
Aston University, UK and a master's degree in Business Studies from the University of
Warwick Business School, UK, and has been conferred the Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. Some of the other positions held by him in the past include:
* Vice President — Federation of Indian Export Organisation
* Member — Board of Governors, Doon School
* President — ICC, India
* President — All India Cycle Manufacturers’ Association
* Director — EXIM Bank
* Director — Indian Overseas Bank
In May 2015, Indian market regulator
SEBI charged him in an
Insider trading
Insider trading is the trading of a public company's stock or other securities (such as bonds or stock options) based on material, nonpublic information about the company. In various countries, some kinds of trading based on insider information ...
case related to the acquisition of Sabero Organics by Coromandel International in 2011.
On 31-Jan-2018 he has been appointed the new chairman of the Society and Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM-K).
References
External links
Murugappa Group
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1953 births
Living people
Tamil businesspeople
Tamil billionaires
The Doon School alumni
Alumni of the University of Warwick
Delhi University alumni
Shri Ram College of Commerce alumni
Murugappa family