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| known_for = Founding [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]

| title = Founder and [[wikipedia:Managing director|Managing Director]], [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]<br>[[wikipedia:Chairperson|Chairman]], [[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|KRIBHCO]]

| relatives = [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] (father)<br>V. Suhruth Chowdary (son)<ref name="care2023" /><ref name="tmlegacy" />

| boards = [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]<br>[[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|KRIBHCO]]

| awards = Business Leader Award (2017)<ref name="archive-award" />

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== Early life ==

Chowdary graduated in production engineering and then joined his family's business, a fertiliser distribution company; his father looked after the family's other venture, tobacco cultivation.<ref name="tm2017" /> He ran the distribution business until 2004. By his own account its turnover grew from about ₹60 [[wikipedia:Lakh|lakh]] in 1992 to about ₹70 crore by 2004, and he remained involved in it until 2008, by which time his attention had turned to textiles.<ref name="tm2017" />

Chowdary is the son of [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]], the Chairman of Mohan Spintex.<ref name="care2023" /> Described by Infomerics as a "technocrat",<ref name="infomerics2024" /> he graduated in production engineering and then joined his family's business, a fertiliser distribution company; his father looked after the family's other venture, tobacco cultivation.<ref name="tm2017" /> He ran the distribution business until 2004. By his own account its turnover grew from about ₹60 [[wikipedia:Lakh|lakh]] in 1992 to about ₹70 crore by 2004, and he remained involved in it until 2008, by which time his attention had turned to textiles.<ref name="tm2017" />

{{Awaiting input|the Managing Director's office|section=section|Date and place of birth, schooling and the institution from which he graduated do not appear in published sources.}}

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Commercial production began in October 2006 at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 1, Vattigudipadu|Unit 1 in Vattigudipadu]] with 14,400 spindles.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="tm2022" /> He then expanded the company in phases: a second phase took Unit 1 to 30,000 spindles by April 2008, and a 40,000-spindle project proposed to its bankers in August 2009 was approved under the government's "mega project" scheme for investments above ₹100 crore, becoming [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 2, Remalle|Unit 2]].<ref name="tm2017" /> Explaining the later move into weaving, he said that "until and unless you reach the end of the finished product then your total system is not complete".<ref name="tm2017" />

Under his leadership the company expanded from a single spinning mill into a [[wikipedia:Vertical integration|vertically integrated]] group covering [[Spinning division|spinning]], [[Weaving division|weaving]], [[Processing division|fabric processing]] and [[Home textiles division|home textiles]], with units at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 2, Remalle|Remalle]] and [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Mallavalli|Mallavalli]].<ref name="tm2022" /> By 2022 the company employed about 5,500 people, 45% of them women, and had reported sales above ₹1,000 [[wikipedia:Crore|crore]] for the 2021–22 financial year.<ref name="tm2022" /> ''The Textile Magazine'' described him as a "young and dynamic entrepreneur" who had built the company into one of India's fastest-growing textile manufacturers.<ref name="tm2022" />

Infomerics credits him with more than two decades of experience in spinning and textile manufacturing, and with leading the company's capacity expansions and its move into weaving and made-ups up to 2020.<ref name="infomerics2024" /> Under his leadership the company expanded from a single spinning mill into a [[wikipedia:Vertical integration|vertically integrated]] group covering [[Spinning division|spinning]], [[Weaving division|weaving]], [[Processing division|fabric processing]] and [[Home textiles division|home textiles]], with units at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 2, Remalle|Remalle]] and [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Mallavalli|Mallavalli]].<ref name="tm2022" /> By 2022 the company employed about 5,500 people, 45% of them women, and had reported sales above ₹1,000 [[wikipedia:Crore|crore]] for the 2021–22 financial year.<ref name="tm2022" /> ''The Textile Magazine'' described him as a "young and dynamic entrepreneur" who had built the company into one of India's fastest-growing textile manufacturers.<ref name="tm2022" />

In 2022 the company set revenue targets of ₹2,000 crore by 2025 and ₹5,000 crore by 2030, following investment of ₹400 crore between 2018 and 2020.<ref name="tm2022" /> In January 2026 ''The Textile Magazine'' reported that his children, Suhruth and Keyura, had become involved in the company as directors, marking a generational transition with emphasis on digitalisation, analytics and modern management systems.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> The magazine quoted him as saying that "Mohan Spintex was not created merely to manufacture products; it was created to build trust".<ref name="tmlegacy" />

In 2022 the company set revenue targets of ₹2,000 crore by 2025 and ₹5,000 crore by 2030, following investment of ₹400 crore between 2018 and 2020.<ref name="tm2022" /> In January 2026 ''The Textile Magazine'' reported that his children, V. Suhruth Chowdary and Keyura, had become involved in the company as directors, marking a generational transition with emphasis on digitalisation, analytics and modern management systems.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> The magazine quoted him as saying that "Mohan Spintex was not created merely to manufacture products; it was created to build trust".<ref name="tmlegacy" />

=== Cooperative movement ===

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<ref name="infomerics2024">{{Ref infomerics2024}}</ref>

<ref name="suessen2017">{{Ref suessen2017}}</ref>

<ref name="zauba">{{Cite web |title=Mohan Spintex India Limited |url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/MOHAN-SPINTEX-INDIA-LIMITED-U18100AP2005PLC046188 |website=ZaubaCorp |publisher=Ministry of Corporate Affairs records |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>

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[[Category:People from Vijayawada]]

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 | known_for     = Founding [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]
 | title         = Founder and [[wikipedia:Managing director|Managing Director]], [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]<br>[[wikipedia:Chairperson|Chairman]], [[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|KRIBHCO]]
+| relatives     = [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]] (father)<br>V. Suhruth Chowdary (son)<ref name="care2023" /><ref name="tmlegacy" />
 | boards        = [[Mohan Spintex India Limited]]<br>[[wikipedia:Krishak Bharati Cooperative|KRIBHCO]]
 | awards        = Business Leader Award (2017)<ref name="archive-award" />
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 == Early life ==
-Chowdary graduated in production engineering and then joined his family's business, a fertiliser distribution company; his father looked after the family's other venture, tobacco cultivation.<ref name="tm2017" /> He ran the distribution business until 2004. By his own account its turnover grew from about ₹60 [[wikipedia:Lakh|lakh]] in 1992 to about ₹70 crore by 2004, and he remained involved in it until 2008, by which time his attention had turned to textiles.<ref name="tm2017" />
+Chowdary is the son of [[Vallabhaneni Mohan Rao]], the Chairman of Mohan Spintex.<ref name="care2023" /> Described by Infomerics as a "technocrat",<ref name="infomerics2024" /> he graduated in production engineering and then joined his family's business, a fertiliser distribution company; his father looked after the family's other venture, tobacco cultivation.<ref name="tm2017" /> He ran the distribution business until 2004. By his own account its turnover grew from about ₹60 [[wikipedia:Lakh|lakh]] in 1992 to about ₹70 crore by 2004, and he remained involved in it until 2008, by which time his attention had turned to textiles.<ref name="tm2017" />
 {{Awaiting input|the Managing Director's office|section=section|Date and place of birth, schooling and the institution from which he graduated do not appear in published sources.}}
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 Commercial production began in October 2006 at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 1, Vattigudipadu|Unit 1 in Vattigudipadu]] with 14,400 spindles.<ref name="tm2017" /><ref name="tm2022" /> He then expanded the company in phases: a second phase took Unit 1 to 30,000 spindles by April 2008, and a 40,000-spindle project proposed to its bankers in August 2009 was approved under the government's "mega project" scheme for investments above ₹100 crore, becoming [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 2, Remalle|Unit 2]].<ref name="tm2017" /> Explaining the later move into weaving, he said that "until and unless you reach the end of the finished product then your total system is not complete".<ref name="tm2017" />
-Under his leadership the company expanded from a single spinning mill into a [[wikipedia:Vertical integration|vertically integrated]] group covering [[Spinning division|spinning]], [[Weaving division|weaving]], [[Processing division|fabric processing]] and [[Home textiles division|home textiles]], with units at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 2, Remalle|Remalle]] and [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Mallavalli|Mallavalli]].<ref name="tm2022" /> By 2022 the company employed about 5,500 people, 45% of them women, and had reported sales above ₹1,000 [[wikipedia:Crore|crore]] for the 2021–22 financial year.<ref name="tm2022" /> ''The Textile Magazine'' described him as a "young and dynamic entrepreneur" who had built the company into one of India's fastest-growing textile manufacturers.<ref name="tm2022" />
+Infomerics credits him with more than two decades of experience in spinning and textile manufacturing, and with leading the company's capacity expansions and its move into weaving and made-ups up to 2020.<ref name="infomerics2024" /> Under his leadership the company expanded from a single spinning mill into a [[wikipedia:Vertical integration|vertically integrated]] group covering [[Spinning division|spinning]], [[Weaving division|weaving]], [[Processing division|fabric processing]] and [[Home textiles division|home textiles]], with units at [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Unit 2, Remalle|Remalle]] and [[Manufacturing units of Mohan Spintex#Mallavalli|Mallavalli]].<ref name="tm2022" /> By 2022 the company employed about 5,500 people, 45% of them women, and had reported sales above ₹1,000 [[wikipedia:Crore|crore]] for the 2021–22 financial year.<ref name="tm2022" /> ''The Textile Magazine'' described him as a "young and dynamic entrepreneur" who had built the company into one of India's fastest-growing textile manufacturers.<ref name="tm2022" />
-In 2022 the company set revenue targets of ₹2,000 crore by 2025 and ₹5,000 crore by 2030, following investment of ₹400 crore between 2018 and 2020.<ref name="tm2022" /> In January 2026 ''The Textile Magazine'' reported that his children, Suhruth and Keyura, had become involved in the company as directors, marking a generational transition with emphasis on digitalisation, analytics and modern management systems.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> The magazine quoted him as saying that "Mohan Spintex was not created merely to manufacture products; it was created to build trust".<ref name="tmlegacy" />
+In 2022 the company set revenue targets of ₹2,000 crore by 2025 and ₹5,000 crore by 2030, following investment of ₹400 crore between 2018 and 2020.<ref name="tm2022" /> In January 2026 ''The Textile Magazine'' reported that his children, V. Suhruth Chowdary and Keyura, had become involved in the company as directors, marking a generational transition with emphasis on digitalisation, analytics and modern management systems.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> The magazine quoted him as saying that "Mohan Spintex was not created merely to manufacture products; it was created to build trust".<ref name="tmlegacy" />
 === Cooperative movement ===
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 <ref name="tmlegacy">{{Ref tmlegacy}}</ref>
 <ref name="tm2017">{{Ref tm2017}}</ref>
+<ref name="care2023">{{Ref care2023}}</ref>
+<ref name="infomerics2024">{{Ref infomerics2024}}</ref>
 <ref name="suessen2017">{{Ref suessen2017}}</ref>
 <ref name="zauba">{{Cite web |title=Mohan Spintex India Limited |url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/MOHAN-SPINTEX-INDIA-LIMITED-U18100AP2005PLC046188 |website=ZaubaCorp |publisher=Ministry of Corporate Affairs records |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref>
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 [[Category:Indian industrialists]]
 [[Category:People from Vijayawada]]
+[[te:వి. సుధాకర్ చౌదరి]]