MAK in India: From Thiruchengode to global stage
Business new tamfitronics Manickam Athappa Gounder walked six km to school for six years to clear SSLC. This farmer’s son from a small village called Pazhayapalayam in Thiruchengode taluk went on to do electronics and computer engineering (ECE) at PSG Tech in Coimbatore in the early 1970s. Over the next 50 years, he set up MAK Controls & Sytems, India, and Air MAK Industries, USA.MAK, as he now calls himself after his US exposure, has handed over the day-to-day operations of his mainstream business to a team of young professionals that includes his son.He now works with farmers in Panruti, Salem and Erode to improve productivity, walking with them to prevent pollution of Noyyal river by Tirupur dyers; supplies sewage cleaning kits for household septic tanks in cities such as Chennai; and makes paver blocks...
