SKM’s founder, Padma Shree Thiru SKM Maeilanandhan, was born into a humble agrarian family. After high school, he began his career as a merchant owning a general store. His drive, enthusiasm, determination, and quest for success propelled him from the family vocation of agriculture to fertiliser distribution. Later, he diversified into poultry farming and became an agent for a reputed animal feed manufacturer. The severe outbreak of Aflatoxin (a deadly plant disease) in 1979 prompted Padma Shri Thiru SKM Maeilanandhan to enter the animal feed manufacturing business. He started SKM Animal Feeds and Foods (India) Private Limited in 1981 and built a feed manufacturing unit in Nanjaiuthukuli, a rural town in Erode, Tamilnadu. Thiru SKM Maeilanandhan pioneered the concept of modern marketing in rural areas successfully. He organised farmers’ meetings to study and...Read more