INDIAN BUSINESS LEADER -

D. NAVANITHA KRISHNAN
Prabu
Poorna Chandra
Shrivivek
D. NAVANITHA KRISHNAN

M.D. – Kannan Departmental Stores

 Personal Background
 Born on 22 Feb 1955

 Karuvelampadu Village, Thoothukudi District

 Completed his S.S.L.C. in Nazaragth village.

 From childhood, He had a desire to achieve in his life

 Business Carrier
 Started his carrier as a small grocery store

 By experience he learnt to manage a grocery store.

 Stated a retail store, along with his close relative

Mr.Thanuskaran (Chairman)

 In 1985,they started Sangeetha shopping center.

 In 1989, they started Kannan Departmental stores with 5

employees
 Contd..
Initial Problems in Carrier:

 Financial issues

 Lack of Experience
Current Status of Kannan Departmental
Stores
 30 Braches in southern Tamil Nadu.

 Annual sales over 500 Crores.

 Employee Strength – 4000.

 Also they own two petrol bunks in Erode.

 Branches
 Erode  Madurai

 Pallipalayam  Tiruchengode

 Tirupur  Namakkal
 Thiruchi  Gobichattipalayam
 Coimbatore
 Mettupalayam
 Pollachi
 Avinashi
 Karur
 Salem
 Palani
 Leadership Qualities
 Spirituality

 Believes in “Cause & Effect”

 Quality products to the customers

 Concentrating on future growth of the organisation

 Caring for the welfare of the employees

 Marketing Stategies
 Customer satisfaction

 Best quality at affordable price

 All things available in one place

 Daily offers for the customers

 Premium card for the regular customers

 Contd..
 Ready made dresses are failure in Erode

 But this become success in Tirupur

 Vegetables business was a failure initially. Later they

were successful in Erode.

 Food, Snacks & bakery at their departmental stores

 Also they have been owning two petrol bunks.

 Motivation for Employees
 Conducting trainings for the new employees

 Free Accommodation & Food is provided for the employees

 Motivational games

 Rewards for the well servicing employee

 Planning to help the employee’s sons & daughter education

in a large scale
 Motivation for Employees
 The employees are scolded for the failure doing their
work

 The employees are not scolded personally

 M.D.’s Message
 Taking in to consideration of time and place, if you work
intelligently can make this world in to yours.

 Similarly, if you taking in to consideration of time and

place and work intelligently, you achieve this world.

 That is, if you strongly believe what you want to achieve

and concentrate on that you can achieve that also.

 Without that aim no one can live.

 Message to Students
 Students & the Parents are having a mind set for a
decent job

 Going for a job is to gain some experience

 He wants the youngsters to have the risk taking

capability

 He believes only the entrepreneurs can make a wealthy

society
 Furture aim of Kannan Departmental
Stores

 To operate in all the major towns & cities of

Tamil Nadu
 References
 Interview in personal dated: 1.10.2010

 http://www.shrikannan.com/index1.html (Dated:
1.10.2010)
Thank You