Mr. Sugathan Janardhanan belongs to Trivandrum ,capital of southern Indian state of Kerala . He started his career in Mumbai and after working Mumbai for a few years,took up a job in Dubai with a furniture manufacturing unit , about 30 years back . Being a quick learner , he could gain an in depth knowledge in all the aspects of the Furniture business and decided to put his knowledge into practice by setting up a modest unholstery making unit in Ajman in 1991. He built his business empire from this modest beginning and his Royal Palace Group now boasts of a turnover of around USD 100 Million . The products are exported to 45 countries.
His expansion plans took him to China , where he has established manufacturing facilities to tap the availability of raw materails and skilled labour. In 1998 , he decided to expand the operations to India by setting up factories in Trivandrum ( Kerala ) and Tenkasi ( Tamil Nadu ) and the products under the brand name “ Indroyal “ are sold through the company’s chain of own outlets as well through a wide dealer network.
Apart from Furniture , he has entered the hospitality industry also in a big way by setting up service apartments across UAE followed by building a 5 star hotel at Cochin managed by Holiday Inn.
Mr. Adarsh is in charge of R& D activities through which new designs/ models are developed to meet the ever changing customer taste.
Mr. Adarsh holds a Bachelor Degree in Automobile Engineering from Mysore University and also has obtained Master Degree in Engineering ( Manufacturing ) & Master Degree in Engineering ( Quality Management ) from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology ,Melbourne ,Australia. He has also done Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Computing .
Mr. Adarsh posess vast experience in the area of Manufacturing entire range of furniture products along with knowledge of modern techniques in production , quality control , designing etc ,gained during the last 8+ years of work experience in India and overseas.