Blog on a Company: M&M

My Company: Mahindra & Mahindra

 

Origin

Mahindra and an independent India began their rise together. In 1945, two enterprising brothers named J.C. Mahindra and K.C. Mahindra joined forces with Ghulam Mohammed and started Mahindra & Mohammed as a steel company in Mumbai. Two years later, India won its independence, Ghulam Mohammed left the company to become Pakistan’s first finance minister, and the Mahindra brothers ignited the company's enduring growth with their decision to manufacture Willys jeeps in Mumbai. The company’s new name???? Mahindra & Mahindra, of course.

Founders

1. J.C. Mahindra

Jagdish Chandra Mahindra was born circa 1892 in Ludhiana, Punjab. The eldest of nine children, the loss of his father at an early age placed the responsibility for the family on his shoulders. He believed strongly in the power of education and ensured that all his brothers and sisters studied hard. J.C. received his degree from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI). J.C. started out his career with Tata Steel, serving as the senior Sales Manager from 1929 to 1940. When the steel industry became critical during World War II, the Government of India appointed him as the first Steel Controller of India.

J.C. died tragically of a heart attack in 1951.

 

2. J.C. Mahindra

Kailash Chandra Mahindra was born in 1894 in Ludhiana, Punjab, the second of nine children. When their father died at an early age, his older brother J.C. K.C. studied at Government College, Lahore where he showed early promise of a brilliant scholastic career. Continuing his studies at Cambridge, UK, he earned Honors, played hockey, and took a keen interest in rowing.

1942, K.C. was appointed Head of the Indian Purchasing Mission in the United States. Returning to India in 1945, he was appointed the Chairman of the Indian Coal Fields Committee of the Government of India and also of the Automobile and Tractor panel. In 1946, K.C. moved to Bombay with his brother J.C. to found Mahindra & Mohammed. Under his 13-year leadership as Chairman, Mahindra & Mahindra established itself as a major Indian industrial house in several sectors. He also served as Director of RBI, Air India, and Hindustan Steel and Chairman of Indian Aluminium Company.

K.C. died in 1963.

 

3. M. G. Muhammad

Malik Ghulam Muhammad born and hailing from Lahore, British-controlled Punjab Province (now part of modern Pakistan), Ghulam Muhammad educated and graduated from the prestigious Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), and started his professional career in accountancy from Mahindra and Mahindra Limited. In 1947, Ghulam Muhammad joined the Indian Railway Services and initially worked as an financial auditor at the Indian Ministry of Finance. Prior to independence of Pakistan, Ghulam Muhammad settled back to his native city, and subsequently elevated as country's first Finance minister. As Finance minister, he is credited for drafting and formulating the Soviet-style high centralized plans for the national economy, and presented the First Five-Years Plans in 1948. After graduating from Aligarh Muslim University, he was among one of the co-founders of the automobile conglomerate, the Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. in 1945.

Ghulam Muhammad's health deteriorated, and he took a leave of absence in 1955. The acting Governor-General, Iskander Mirza, dismissed him, and Ghulam Muhammad died the next year in 1956

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 Vision

To create a fully collaborative environment in which suppliers can deliver exactly what the company needs, when it needs it, and at a competitive cost.

“We don’t have a group-wide mission statement. Our core purpose is what makes all of us want to get up and come to work in the morning”           -Anand Mahindra

Mission
 

 To create India's largest automobile and automobile-related products distribution network by providing dealers and customers with the largest choice of unique world-class products and services.

Awards & Recognition

·         Bombay Chamber Good Corporate Citizen Award for 2006-07.

·         Business World FICCI-SEDF Corporate Social Responsibility Award – 2007

·         The Brand Trust Report ranked M&M as India's 68th Most Trusted Brand in 2011 (from 16000 brands analysed) and 66th Most Trusted Brand in 2012 (from 17000 brands analyzed)

·         Deming Prize Japan

·         Quality Medal in 2007

·         Bluebytes News: Rated M&M as India's second Most Reputed Car Company (reported in their study titled Reputation Benchmark Study conducted for the Auto (Cars) Sector launched in April 2012.
 

Companies & Products

Companies

 

1. Mahindra & Mahindra-Automotive Division

2. Mahindra Graphic Research Design

3. Mahindra Navistar Automotive

4. Mahindra Navistar Engines

5. Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles

6. Mahindra Vehicle Manufacturers

7. Ssangyong Motor Company

 

Commercial Vehicles

 

1. Alfa

2. Gio

3. Mahindra Navistar Trucks

4. Bolero Maxi Truck

5. Genio

6. Loadking

7. Maxximo

8. Tourister Buses

Personal Vehicles

1.Bolero

2.REVA Electric Cars
3.Scorpio

4.Thar

5.Verito

6.Xylo

7.Actyon

8.Actyon Sports

9.Chairman W

10.Korando

11.Kyron

12.Rexton II

13.Rodius

14.XUV 500

 

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Manpower and Organizational structure

 

 

Corporate Social Resposibility

“CSR has always been an integral part of M&M group’s vision and the corner stone of our core value of good corporate citizenship”

– Keshub Mahindra

 

1. Education

2. Environment initiatives

3. Health & disaster relief

4. Art & culture

5. Sports

6. Nanhi kali

7. Esops

 

Important Links about the Company

 

1. Company Website

2. Company Blog