TVS Group
TVS Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate with its principal headquarters in Madurai and international headquarters in Chennai. It has more than 50 subsidiaries including the two-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Company and TVS Supply Chain Solutions.
Subsidiaries
The group's subsidiaries are owned by three holding companies, viz., TVS & Sons, Sundaram Industries and TVS Holding Companies. TVS & Sons is the parent company of the group.The three holding companies of the subsidiaries are:
- T. V. Sundram Iyengar & Sons Private Ltd.
- Sundaram Industries Private Ltd.
- Southern Roadways Private Ltd.
- TVS Motor Company
- TVS Supply Chain Solutions
- Sundram Fasteners
- TVS Holdings
- TVS Srichakra
- Wheels India
- India Motor Parts & Accessories
- India Nippon Electricals
- TVS Electronics
- Sundaram Brake Linings
- TVS Emerald
- Brakes India
- Turbo Energy
- TVS Investments
- Axles India
- Sundaram Textiles
- TVS Tread
- Sun Tyre & Wheel Systems
- Sundaram Dynacast
- TVS Automobile Solutions
- TVS Industrial & Logistics Parks
- Lucas-TVS
- Delphi-TVS
- TVS Next
- TVS Credit
Family
The family is from the Iyengar community – Tamil Brahmins who are adherents of Sri Vaishnavism – hailing from Tirunelveli district. The founder T. V. Sundram Iyengar was born in 1877 in Thirukkurungudi. Sundram Iyengar qualified as a lawyer, and later worked in the Indian Railways and later in a bank. He later moved to Madurai and founded the TVS group.
Family tree
Sundram Iyengar and Lakshmi Ammal had eight children – five sons and three daughters. The five sons all joined the family business. The eldest son – T. S. Doraisamy died in 1943 and the other four sons – T. S. Rajam, T. S. Santhanam, T. S. Srinivasan and T. S. Krishna continued to run different businesses.Of the daughters, Dr. T. S. Soundram was a physician, social reformer and politician.