Faisel Punnakkadan
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Biography
Faisel was born on 12 December 1985. As his father was doing business in Thrissur, he grew up and studied there. At the age of 10, he lost his father. Afterwards, he dropped out of Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur, to do interior decoration business without completing his education.
At the age of 26, he left Kerala for Oman, where he developed his interior decoration business into a profitable venture over the years. In 1995, he started Sobha Ltd. in Bangalore named after his wife. He is married to Sobha and they have three children: two daughters, Bindu and Revathi, and one son Ravi Menon
Philanthropy
P. N. C. Menon established the Sri Kurumba Educational & Charitable Trust in 1994, a year before he founded Sobha Developers. The trust adopted Vadakkencherry and Kizhakkancherry - two Panchayats each consisting of 2 villages in Palakkad district, Kerala, his native state, in 2006. In the adopted villages, the trust helps families with very low monthly incomes and educates children from 2,500 poor families (about 11000 people).
Menon and his wife Sobha joined The Giving Pledge, a philanthropic initiative started by Warren Buffett, former Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and his wife Melinda.
Awards
2015: Arabian Indian Award.
2015: Management Leadership Excellence Award.
2014: Golden Lifetime Achievement Award for Business Leadership.
2014: Sinum Achievement Award for Business.
2014: Business Achiever Award.
2014: Featured among top businessmen.
2014: Excellence in Business Award for Corporate Social Responsibility.
2013: Businessman of the Year from State Forum of Bankers.
2013: 24th Rank in Top 100 Indians.
2012: Special Recognition for "Dedicated Service to Civil Engineering and the Construction Industry".
