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2. BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE :
Thirukkurungudi Vengaram Sundram Iyengar (22 March 1877 – 28
April 1955) was an Indian industrialist and automobile pioneer. In 1911, he
founded T. V. Sundram Iyengar & Sons, a bus company which later
diversified into automobile production and emerged as the parent company
of the TVS Group, one of India's biggest business conglomerates.With his
humble beginning as a lawyer, he grew into one of the most successful
industrialists of his time. The flagship company of the group is TVS
Motors established by his son T. S. Doraiswamy. He laid foundation for
road transport industry in the erstwhile Madras Presidency through the
state's first bus service. The TVS group he thus started now extends from
motor industry, auto services to financial services. As per his father's
wishes, he then moved to work for the Indian Railways and later in bank.

3. PERSONAL LIFE :
T. V. Sundram Iyengar married Lakshmi Ammal and they had eight children – five sons and
three daughters. Their son T. S. Doraiswamy, died at an early age. T. V. Sundram Iyengar
accepted his daughter T. S. Soundaram, then a teenage widow who remarried G.
Ramachandran (social reformer), under the compulsion of Mahatma Gandhi. T. S. Soundaram
then involved herself in the Indian independence movement along with Gandhi. She was later
honoured with a postal stamp released in her honour.
Apart from being a successful business man, T. V. Sundram Iyengar was a patron of the arts.He
was praised by Rajaji, a senior statesmen and governor general of India at that time, for his
gesture of retiring and handing over the trade to his sons.

4. TVS GROUP:
After quitting his job, he started the foundation for the motor transport industry in South
India. In 1911 he started the bus service in Madurai. Later in 1911, he established the T.V.
Sundram Iyengar and Sons Limited. He operated the company with good technical skills.
So, on his death, there are a number of Lorries and busses that got to run under his
name Southern Roadways Limited. This paved his way to start the TVS Group. His whole
Brahmin family got into this business. He got good leadership and authority over skills.
He lost his elder son early. With his other four sons T.S. Rajam, T.S. Santhanam, T.S.
Srinivasan and T.S. Krishna he started the business. They become an integral part of the
TVS group. Each one is responsible for distinct branches. Among all other branches Shri.
Sundram Iyengar’s branch was the largest and enjoys a turnover of about US$ 8.5 Billion.
This company has a strength of about 60,000. It operates in the diverse fields like IT
solutions and services, finance and electronics, automotive dealerships and automotive
component manufacturing.

5. CONTRIBUTION OF TVS GROUP:
T.V. Sundaram Iyengar & Sons were pioneers in the automobile industry. In 2012, they got the best dealership award in
the three wheeler category. There are a number of companies that came under the TVS group. And the list is given
below:
1. Lucas TVS
2. Sundaram Motors
3. Sundaram Brake Linings
4. TVS Logistics
5. TVS Southern Roadways LTD
6. Sundaram Hydraulics Limited
7. TVS InfoTech
8. TVS Motor Company
9. ZF Electronics TVS (India) Private Limited
10. Sundaram Finance
11. Turbo Energy Limited
12. Axles India
13. Sundaram Clayton
14. Wheels India
15. Sundaram Fasteners
16. Brakes India