Our Company was originally incorporated as ‘Popular Foundations Private Limited’ on November 30 1998 as a private limited company under the Companies Act 1956 with the Registrar of Companies Tamilnadu at Chennai (“RoC”). Subsequently pursuant to a special resolution of our Shareholders passed in the extra ordinary general meeting held on December 9 2023 our Company was converted from a private limited company to a public limited company and consequently the name of our Company was changed to ‘Popular Foundations Limited’ and a fresh certificate of incorporation dated 20th December 2023 was issued to our Company by the RoC Tamilnadu at Chennai.Major Events and Milestones:1998-Popular Foundations Pvt Ltd incorporated; promoted by A.S.Venkatesh with over ten years of prior experience-Secured contracts for Educational institutions and industrial buildings from the beginning1999-Procured the first contract outside Chennai city2000-Became a leading contractor of institutional buildings2001-Operations expanded to Pondicherry Villupuram Thanjavur Karaikal Madurai Coimbatore and Trichy-Became a member of Builders Association of India-Achieved ISO 9000 certification2005-Secured the 25th contract-Awarded Best Builder award from Southern Railway Employees Cooperative Society2007-Managing Director A.S.Venkatesh became the District Governor of Rotary International District 3230-Established a separate department for Quality control and Quantity survey within the organization2011-Appointed a professional CEO2013-Awarded a contract to construct a green building expanding the portfolio2015-Completed a 120000 sq. ft. building in a record 120 days duration2016-Secured prestigious contracts for Hotel Novotel and Hotel Fairfield by Marriott entering the hospitality industry2018-Achieved the milestone of the 100th contract2021-A.S.Venkatesh elected to serve on the board of Rotary International headquartered in Chicago Consistently profitable every year2023-Received the Dr. KCG Verghese Excellence Award
Name | Position |
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Mr. Ananthanarayanan Sankaralingam Venkatesh | Managing Director |
Ms. Vinita Venkatesh | Whole Time Director |
Mr. Dharmapuri Harirao Gopalakrishnan | Independent Director |
Mr. Narayanan Venkatesan | Independent Director |
Mr. Venkatachari Sridhar | Independent Director |