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U.A.E
• Southern Franchise Co. LLC - Group Company. • India Palace Restaurant LLC - An Exclusive Indian Restaurant in UAE. • SFC Plus - An international QSR Chain with pan UAE presence. • Avenue Hotel - An international bou-
The Company’s flagship brand Southern Fried Chicken is the second largest fried chicken outlet in the UAE. The success of the group lies in its dedicated team of over 2500 professionals and enterprising employees of several nationalities. A significant diversification was into the elite chain of restaurants under the brand name ‘India Palace’ which has become the pride of Indian cuisine in the UAE.
tique hotel in Dubai. • Southern Food & Catering Services LLC - A contract catering services company. • Southern General Trading Company General Trading Company. • Southern General Contracting and Real Estate - Development & Investment Company.
INDIA
• Muralya Dairy Products Pvt. Ltd. - An integrated dairy farm project • Muralya Hospitals Pvt. Ltd. • Muralya Foundation - The Group’s philanthropic division • SFC Plus (Southern Fast Food Co.
AWARDS & ACCOLADES • Forbes Award “Top 100 Indian Leaders in the UAE - 2013” • Overseas Indian Cultural Congress Award - 2013 • Abu Dhabi Chamber Certification of Appreciation - 2012 • ICAI’s ‘Business Super Achiever’ Award - 2012 • Nexzen Excellence Award - 2012 • A.P. Aslam Pratibha Puraskaram - 2011 • R. Shankar Memorial Award - 2010 • Lion’s Club International Excellence Award - 2009 • Aathura Sevaratnam- 2008 by Gandhibhavan International Trust • Editor K. Sukumaran Award • Pravasi Bharatheeya Pramukh Award • Pravasi Business Emperor Award
Pvt. Ltd.) - An international QSR Chain
UK
• Companie De BMR Limited - Holding Company
District of Kerala for meritorious students
to financially deprived children below 12 years. So far, over 300
A FUTURE FULL OF PROMISE
who are denied opportunities in higher
children have received free pediatric heart surgeries under this
Muraleedharan has been conferred with
education due to financial constraints.
initiative.
numerous awards and recognitions for his -Philanthropic activities. Not content, he
This College has transformed into one of the best meritorious Engineering Colleges
THE FAMILY
constantly looks for opportunities to advice,
under Calicut University in graduate,
Muraleedharan is full of praise for his wife Beena who has helped
counsel and inspire the youth to achieve
post-graduate and research streams.
him undertake so many initiatives. She herself also serves as
their full potential in life.
The entire admission is purely based on
Director of Muralya Foundation.
Having started off as an accountant, found
merit and out of a student strength of 4500,
The couple have three children. The eldest is their daughter
that he could contribute to the sales
22% get different types of scholarships. He
Revathy who is a doctor and is happily married and settled in Kera-
division of the organisation he worked for,
is also the chairman of ‘Care and Share
la. Next is their son Rohit a graduate in Accounting & Finance from
gained the confidence to branch out on his
International Foundation’ initiated by film
Warwick University, UK and an MBA in Hospitality Management
own and established a business empire
star Mammooty.
from the Le Roches College, Switzerland, and currently working
that takes care of thousands of families
Passionate about philanthropy, he has
with the SFC Group. The youngest is their daughter Radhika who
across the Middle East and India, his advice
many other initiatives like ‘Hridaya Spar-
is currently doing her graduation in Management studies at the
is to be taken as coming from a person who
sham’ which extends medical assistance
Manchester University, UK.
has walked the talk.
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