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| name = Kandathil Mammen Philip<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1912|05|02 }}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kottayam]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age |2017|01|11|1912|05|02 }}<ref name="pass1">{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/tyres/k-m-philip-mrf-director-passes-away/articleshow/56479221.cms?utm_source=chatgpt.com&from=mdr |title=K M Philip, MRF Director, passes away |date=Jan 11, 2017 |publisher=The Economic Times }}</ref>{{AI-retrieved source|date=March 2026|checked=no}}<br />
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
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| occupation = [[Entrepreneur]]<br />
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| parents = [[K. C. Mammen Mappillai]]<br/>Kunjandamma<br />
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| awards = [[File:Padma Shri Ribbon.svg|50px]] [[Padma Shri]]<br />
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'''Kandathil Mammen Philip''' was an Indian [[entrepreneur]] from the South Indian state [[Kerala]] who was a director of [[MRF Limited]] and [[Malayala Manorama]] group with business interests in tea, coffee and cardamom plantations and processing.<ref name="Dun and Bradstreet">{{cite web |url=http://www.dnb.co.in/top500_08/Adv%5CMRF%20Limited.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223202514/http://www.dnb.co.in/top500_08/Adv%5CMRF%20Limited.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2014 |title=Dun and Bradstreet |publisher=Dun and Bradstreet |date=2014 |access-date=23 December 2014 }}</ref> <br />
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He was also a director of many other companies such as Rembrandt and Vandykes Limited,<ref name="My Company Director">{{cite web |url=http://www.mycompanydir.com/directors/KANDATHIL-MAMMEN-PHILIP/21256 |title=My Company Director |publisher=My Company Director |date=2014 |access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref> Commercial Broadcasts Limited,<ref name="Corporate Director">{{cite web |url=http://corporatedir.com/officer/00021256 |title=Corporate Director |publisher=Corporate Director |date=2014 |access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref> India Coffee and Tea Distributing Company Limited<ref name="Corporate Director" /> and Balanoor Plantations and Industries Limited.<ref name="Corporate Director" /><ref name="Company Wiki">{{cite web |url=http://www.companywiki.in/wiki/balanoor-plantations-and-industries-limited.html |title=Company Wiki |publisher=Company Wiki |date=2014 |access-date=23 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223214401/http://www.companywiki.in/wiki/balanoor-plantations-and-industries-limited.html |archive-date=23 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <br />
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== Early life ==<br />
he was born to [[K. C. Mammen Mappillai]] and Kunjandamma (Modisseril family) as the sixth of their nine children.<ref name="Koti">{{cite web |url=http://koti.netplaza.fi/~jmatthan/granddad.html |title=Koti |publisher=Koti |date=2014 |access-date=23 December 2014 |archive-date=13 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013102457/http://koti.netplaza.fi/~jmatthan/granddad.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Philip did his elementary education at M.D School and C.M.S college, Kottayam and then moved on to [[Loyola College, Chennai]] from where he graduated in Economics (Hons).<ref name="pass1"/><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Philip is considered by many{{Who|date=December 2025}} as the father of Indian rubber industry. <br />
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== Recognition ==<br />
Philip was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2001, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> His eldest brother, [[Kandathil Mammen Cherian]] and one of his younger brothers, [[K. M. Mathew|Kandathil Mammen Mathew]] are recipients of the [[Padma Bhushan]] award while another younger brother, [[K. M. Mammen Mappillai]] and one of his nephews, K. M. Mammen Mathew have won the [[Padma Shri]] award.<ref name="Koti" /><ref name="Padma Awards" /><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
He was married to Chinnamma and they had two sons together, Mammen Philip and Peter Philip. He was active member of the YMCA and became the first Asian to be elected as the President of the [[World Alliance of YMCAs]].<ref name="pass1"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[MRF Limited]]<br />
* [[Malayala Manorama]]<br />
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