Founders – Welcome to Amara Raja Group

An unwavering spirit of perseverance

Dr. Ramachandra Naidu Galla’s journey started in the village of Petamitta, Andhra Pradesh. His formative years here, fraught with challenges due to limited guidance, resources, and opportunities, inculcated in him a pivotal realisation that for things to change he would need to think bigger, and be a trailblazer. He became the first youth to pursue higher education from his village.

This philosophy of harnessing adversity as a stepping stone to success became the cornerstone of his personal and professional life.

The narrative of Amara Raja mirrors Dr. Galla's personal journey. Returning to his rural roots in the mid-1980s, Dr. Galla founded Amara Raja Power Systems Ltd and subsequently Amara Raja Batteries, both with modest investments and a very small team.

Today, the Amara Raja Group echoes Dr. Galla's remarkable trajectory. Diversifying into businesses spanning lead-acid batteries, Li-ion battery packs and chargers, precision components, electronic manufacturing, plastic molding, infrastructure development, industrial services, food processing, and beyond, the conglomerate's influence is widespread.

Dr. Galla's visionary groundwork laid the bedrock for Amara Raja, a conglomerate that is rapidly growing and is continuing to enrich lives.

Selfless, Values-driven Life

As Mahatma Gandhi asserted: “An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.” Dr R N Galla lives by this dictum, always believes in walking the talk and will continue doing so.

Dr Galla believes the culture of an organization resides in the minds of its people and is reflected in their beliefs and values, which is evident in the day-to-day behaviour. Based on this belief, The Amara Raja Way® is a guiding principle for all employees. The Amara Raja Way® denotes five core values – Innovation, Excellence, Entrepreneurship, Experiences, and Responsibility. These are symbolically equated with the five natural elements – Space, Wind, Fire, Water and Earth – as embedded in the corporate logo. Through innovative engineering, research and design, Dr…

Smt. Aruna Kumari Galla

Co-founder

Jayadev Galla

Co-Founder & Chairman

Dr. Ramadevi Gourineni

Co-founder

The seeds for the Amara Raja Group were sown by Dr Ramachandra N Galla who at the age of 50 made the bold decision to become an entrepreneur. Smt Aruna Kumari Galla, his wife stood with him on this courageous move and was ably supported by their children Dr Ramadevi Gourineni and Mr Jayadev Galla, the co-founders.

Through innovative engineering, research and design, Dr Galla steered the growth of Amara Raja via partnerships with leading global organisations. He is committed to the latest-generation technologies by developing and manufacturing globally competitive, customer-focused products of world-class quality while introducing them into relevant markets responsibly.

A staunch believer in giving back to society, Dr Galla established the Rajanna Trust that works towards education, skill development, rural development, health and management of water. The Trust strives to ensure fair and equitable participation of rural households in national development. By building better amenities for rural people, it promotes inclusive growth and inspires non-migratory living in the region.

Throughout his life, Dr Galla has remained committed to social activities in three major spheres: Village Development and Infrastructure; Education and Skilling; Environment. Accordingly, he has launched myriad initiatives in these areas. Village development initiatives include the construction of roads, rainwater storage tanks, modern communication facilities and a host of other programs/activities. In education and skilling, two schools, a college and a Skill Development Centre have been constructed to provide quality education to children and skilling people from surrounding villages, apart from allied development initiatives. Dr Galla’s commitment to the environment has led to numerous social forestry programs, the development of green belts, water harvesting and energy conservation measures, to name just a few.

After passing on the baton as Chairman, Dr Galla is currently devoting his twilight years to fulfilling varied commitments to local communities and society at large via the Rajanna Trust. He continues working painstakingly through the Trust to uplift the neighbouring villages by providing amenities such as water for irrigation, road connectivity, other essential infrastructure, educational institutions, healthcare facilities and more.