Mr. V. P. Nandakumar, MD & CEO, Manappuram Finance Limited inaugurates renovated Manappuram Yoga Centre at Manappuram’s HO in the presence of Thomas Master, President, Valapad Panchayat on 7 December 2016. The inauguration was followed by Yoga demonstration by Manappuram Foundation’s Pakalveedu members. The demonstration showed that age is not a constraint for practicing Yoga.

Valapad, Dec. 17, 2016: Mr. V P Nandakumar, MD & CEO, Manappuram Finance Limited inaugurates a session on ‘Common Gynecological Problems’ for women employees organised by the Smt. Sarojini Padmanabhan Memorial Women’s Club at Manappuram HO. Dr. Sobhana Mohandas from Heart Hospital, Thrissur was the keynote speaker.

Valapad, Dec. 27, 2016: Mr.B.N. Raveendra Babu, Executive Director, Manappuram Finance Limited, inaugurates kids@manappuram programme for employees’ children organised by the Smt. Sarojini Padmanabhan Memorial Women’s Club at Manappuram HO. It was a programme to develop their skills through fun and games.

Valapad, January 7, 2017: Manappuram Finance Limited, a leading NBFC company in India, held a Loan Mela on 6th and 7th of Jan, 2017, at Valapad. The event was inaugurated by Mr. B N Raveendra Babu – Executive Director.  Mr. Sooraj Nandan – SVP, Mr. Suhas Nandan – AVP and other senior officials from the company’s Gold Loan Division, Vehicle Loan division, Forex & Money Transfer Division, Home Loan subsidiary, Insurance subsidiary were also present. The 2nd day was addressed by Mr. V P Nandakumar – MD & CEO, on Digital Literacy in presence of the members of the Grama Panchayat of Valapad, senior officials and the visitors of the Loan Mela. Earlier, the company held similar melas in Pune, Madurai and Ahmedabad to create awareness of their multiple products, which attracted good response from customers.

Valapad, Jan. 10, 2017: Smt. Sarojini Padmanabhan Memorial Women’s Club celebrated ‘World Laughter’s Day’ with Mr. Naveen Palghat, a performing artist in Television Shows like Rasika Raja, Asianet Comedy Star, Malayala Manorama Comedy Festival and Lunar Comedy Show. Club members performed drama and organized a fashion show on the occasion.

Blue House emerged as the overall champions with a tally of 229 points, followed by White House with 190 points. The individual championship in the Men’s category was shared by Mr. Rajesh Namboodiripad (DGM, Finance& Accounts) and Mr. Alwin (Junior Assistant, Manappuram Foundation) while the women’s individual championship was won by Ms. Athira Vikraman (MABEN)

Valapad, Feb. 4, 2017: Mr. V. P. Nandakumar, MD & CEO, Manappuram Finance Limited inaugurates an awareness session on ‘Cancer prevention, protection and treatment’. Prof. Gokul Das, founder member of the Pain and Palliative Care Society, Thrissur, lead the session. In addition, the club arranged a screening test for women employees and the public in association with MACare, Valapad.

Valapad, 22 February, 2017: The Valapad E-Village Project was formally inaugurated today by the Valapad Panchayat President, Shri Thomas Master in the presence of Shri B.N. Raveendra Babu, Executive Director, Manappuram Finance, and Dr. Anitha Shankar, Principal, SN College Nattika, at a function held at the Panchayat Office.
 
The project aims to spread digital financial literacy in shops and household in the Valapad village area. Initiated by Manappuram Finance Ltd. and the Valapad Panchayat, the project will involve a dedicated team comprising employees of the company, ward members and a batch of volunteer students from SN College, Nattika, fanning out into all the wards of the Panchayat with the aim of educating people in the use of various online means of payment.
 
Field level training will be imparted to every household of Valappad panchyat. Manappuram Finance Ltd. has trained the volunteer students of S N College and the members of Valapad Panchyat. In turn, these students, along with officials of the company, will conduct field meeting to educate at least one member per household of Valapad Panchyat and impart awareness about digital financial literacy. Every households of the panchyat would be taught the different platforms of making cashless transactions thereby transforming Valapad into a 100% digitally literate village in India. In the era of less use of cash along with growing use of digital modes of payment, people at large would lose out if they lack the knowledge to transact without cash.
 
Manappuram Finance Ltd. is headquartered in Valapad. This coastal village in the Thrissur District has an area of 16.33 sqkms. The total population is 35,237 out of which 19,029 are females & 16,208 are males. 40% of the population (8852 households) belongs to the BPL category. 86.5% of the total population are literate and only 13.5% are illiterate as per 2011 census.

Manappuram Finance Ltd. was honoured with the prestigious “Best NBFC for Gold Business” Award by the India Bullion and Jewellers Association, at the 4th India Bullion and Jewellery Awards function held at the Sahara Star hotel in Mumbai on March 16, 2017.
 
The India Bullion and Jewellers Association Ltd. (IBJA) was established in the year 1919 and is the leading apex body of India today, representing the bullion and jewellery industry.  This year, as part of its 98th Foundation Year celebrations, IBJA had held its 4th India International Bullion Summit and 4th India Bullion and Jewellery Awards in Mumbai on March 16, 2017.
 
The award was accepted on behalf of the company by Mr. Ranjan Sreedharan, General Manager, Corporate Communications. 

Valapad village in the Thrissur District of Kerala was officially declared as a fully e-literate village on March 22, 2017 at a function held in Valapad. The declaration was made by Shri E.K. Thomas, President of the Valapad Panchayat, and it follows the successful ground level implementation of “Project E-Valapad” initiated by Manappuram Finance Ltd. in partnership with the Panchayat.
 
Project E-Valapad aimed at spreading digital financial literacy in shops and household in the Valapad village area. For this purpose, a dedicated team consisting of employees of the company, ward members and a batch of trained volunteer students from the nearby S.N. College Nattika fanned out to all the wards. They went door-to-door imparting training to all the households in the use of various online means of payments and other financial transactions. Their mission was to ensure that at least one member of each household would become e-literate in terms of being conversant with the different platforms of making cashless transactions. Over a period of 5 days, the volunteers managed to cover 8,742 households out of a total of 9,809 households.
 
With the successful conclusion of the project, Valapad can now lay claim to the status of a fully digitally literate village. The village has an area of 16.33 sq. km with a population of about 35,000, a literacy rate of 86.5%, and with the BPL population at 40% (2011 census).
 
Manappuram Finance Ltd., a leading NBFC rooted in Valapad, is committed to spreading digital financial literacy among communities it is engaged with. Recently, the company’s officials had experienced first-hand some of the ground level difficulties faced by the local people in transitioning to cashless mode of transactions. Manappuram’s MD & CEO, Shri V.P. Nandakumar, conceived Project E-Valapad and directed a team within the company to approach Valapad Panchayat for implementation.