Padma Shri A Shaktivel - Chairman
Padma Shri A.Sakthivel is an entrepreneur nonpareil from Tamilnadu, India - a man born to succeed. He has proved it many times over. From building and nurturing the Poppys Group, to being the Chairman and Executive Committee Member of Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) for the past twenty four years, Chairman-FIEO (Federation of Indian Export Organisations), to being awarded the prestigious Padma Shri.



 

Our Chairman receiving the Padma Shri

His flair for business and keen interest in innovation and novelty helped him to build up a diversified industrial group in Tirupur, known for its hosiery industry. Being a person who does things differently, he swerved away from the beaten path of producing run of the mill hosiery products and boldly ventured into manufacturing and exporting knitwear. After that it was a saga of expansions and successes.

From a modest beginning, by dint of courage and sheer hard work, business acumen and drive, he expanded his business operations rapidly and promoted a number of ventures in areas as diverse as yarn spinning, manufacture and export of knitwear and woven garments, tourism and hospitality.

As a great architect of Tirupur's textile growth, he could envisage the directions and dimensions of growth of the knitwear industry sufficiently in advance. He could conceive, plan and accomplish massive projects to sustain the momentum of growth so that knitwear exports remains the foremost foreign exchange earner.

Through hard work and a focused approach, Padma Shri A. Sakthivel has taken Poppys group to new heights.Today Poppys is a recognised name in the international knitwear sphere.

Along with the growth of his company, Mr Sakthivel has given equal importance to the growth of Tirupur as a global outsourcing hub for knitwear. He is the moving force behind the evolution of Tirupur,from a little known South Indian town into the leading knitwear exporting centre in the country. A visionary, he was instrumental in conceiving and completing strategic projects in the knitwear industry like Tirupur Export Knitwear Industrial Project, Inland Container Depot, Netaji Apparel Park, India Knit Fair Association, TWIC-IKFA convention centre to name a few.

The Govt of India has recognised Mr Sakthivel's unparalleled contribution to the growth and devpt of the knitwear industry and the export sector by awarding the PADMA SHRI to him. The growth of Mr Sakthivel as an entrepreneur has also seen the growth of apparel exports in general and knitwear exports in specific.

 

Mr A Sivakumar - Managing Director Mr Sivakumar is another guiding light behind the success of the Poppys group. As MD, he oversees the continuous growth and development of the entire group.

Mr A Sivakumar has been an over achiever since his school days. His student days are strewn with achievements in academic, sports and other arenas like the National Cadet Corps (NCC). He is also an avid gliding and aircraft enthusiast.

He, like his brother Padma Shri A Sakthivel, is passionate about the well being of Tirupur. He is the Managing Trustee of the Tirupur Improvement Trust which provides yeoman service to uplift living and working conditions in and around Tirupur. He is also an active member of Tirupur Social Service Organization (TISSO) extending his monetary and physical support for orphanages, free ambulance services, free health care for children below twelve years, free educational and vocational training centers for the benefit of the down trodden sections of society.

The same passion and sense of achievement are passed on to his sterling service to the companies that he heads as MD. Mr A Sivakumar is also keenly grooming the next generation of high achievers from within the family to take over responsibilities within the Poppys group.

 

Directors Of Poppys group Mr Sakthivel Kalieswar Vignesh, Mr Om Saravanan and Mr Hari are Directors in various Poppy Group companies. They represent the next generation of entrepreneurs from within the family. They are being carefully groomed under the able stewardship of both the Chairman and the Managing Director of the group.

All of them are actively engaged in the day to day operations of different group companies.