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Poorvika

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Founded
  
2004

Owner
  
N Uvaraj, Kanni Uvaraj

Employees
  
3500

Headquarters
  
Chennai, India

Products
  
Consumer Electronics

Founder(s)
  
N Uvaraj(CEO) Kanni Uvaraj(MD)

Poorvika is a chain of mobile phone stores with headquarters in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 2004 by Uvaraj Natarajan and Kanni Uvaraj, the current CEO and Managing Director. Poorvika sells mobile phones of domestic and international brands including Apple, BlackBerry, HTC, Karbonn Mobiles, Micromax, Motorola, Samsung, and Sony.

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History

In 2004, Poorvika opened the first showroom in Chennai. It now has 244 outlets in 65 cities in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and Karnataka. It also has branches in Chennai, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Trichy, Madurai, Tirupur, Karur, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Salem, Hosur, Viluppuram, and Erode.

The company's website launched in February 2007, with all products and services provided by Poorvika in their stores made available on the website.

In November 2015, the US smartphone vendor InFocus signed a deal with Poorvika for exclusive distribution in India.

Awards and recognition

  • Uvaraj Natarajan(CEO) & Kanni Uvaraj(MD) of Poorvika together has been honored as ‘Gem of India’ by Governor Shri K Rosaiah
  • Poorvikamobile.com, CEO & MD are also among the ‘Inspirational Leaders of New India 2012- 2013’ (IPB).
  • Other awards for Poorvika includes ‘Voice and Data Connecting award to Poorvika for Channel King South Multi Brand’, an ‘Appreciation Award at the Chennai Marathon 2013’, and ‘Best All India Retail Business Partner by Reliance Communication’
  • References

    Poorvika Wikipedia