C. Valliappa
Chairman

The founder of the Sona Valliappa Group, he is a well-known industrialist in South India with interests ranging from Textiles through the Construction Industry to Information Technology. He belongs to that elite class of people who has had the privilege of being the President of both the Industrial (Greater Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry) and Trade (FKCCI) Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry chambers of commerce.

C. Valliappa was instrumental in getting India on the IT map, when Texas Instruments decided to partner with the group in infrastructure.

He was also invited to visit USA as a guest of the American Government to understand American business and identify the future growth of business between India and the US - a rare honour vested on only one businessman each year.