shriram group is an indian conglomerate founded on 5 april 1974 by ramamurthy thyagarajan avs raja and t. jayaraman . they have their headquarters in chennai tamil nadu india . 1 2 3 the group had its beginning in chit funds business and later on entered the lending business through shriram transport finance commercial vehicle finance and shriram city union finance consumer and msme finance . shriram group type private industry conglomerate founded 5 april 1974 ; 42 years ago 1974 04 05 in chennai tamil nadu india headquarters chennai india area served india key people ajay piramal 4 5 chairman number of employees 45000 6 2016 website www.shriram.com group companies edit shriram capital . shriram chits tamil nadu pvt ltd 7 shriram city union finance ltd. shriram transport finance . shriram life insurance . shriram general insurance shriram properties pvt. ltd. shriram value services ltd. shriram fortune solutions ltd. shriram housing finance ltd. shriram asset management company limited . shriram foundation . shriram epc shriram distribution services . shriram venture ltd. shriram equipment finance co. ltd. shriram insurance broking ltd. shriram automall india ltd. shriram industrial holdings ltd. shriram sepl composites pvt. ltd rambal ltd. medispan ltd. harmony musical instruments madras private ltd. take solutions shriram transport finance co. ltd. references edit about the group . raghuvir badrinath & t e narasimhan 24 may 2012 . shriram group s rs 400 cr pe plan to bind its cement foray . business standard . retrieved 7 august 2012 . sanjay vijayakumar & v balasubramanian 27 may 2012 . shriram group founder r thyagarajan bets on math and mathematicians for business success not that much on b school grads . ecomonomic times . retrieved 7 august 2012 . shriram capital limited . www.shriramcapital.com . retrieved 2016 09 08 . ajay piramal to strengthen role in shriram group takes over as chairman of shriram capital . articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com . retrieved 2016 09 08 . s lic . www.shriramlife.com . retrieved 2016 09 08 . shriram chits . www.shriramchits.com . retrieved 2016 09 08 . subsidiary shriram automall india ltd subsidiary shriram transport finance external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title shriram group & oldid 739381037 categories companies based in tamil naduconglomerate companies of india1974 establishments in indiahidden categories use indian english from september 2016all wikipedia articles written in indian englishuse dmy dates from september 2016pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 september 2016 at 10 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view