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| birth_name = Moothedath Panjan Ramachandran<br />
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| birth_place = [[Kandanassery]], [[Thrissur district|Thrissur]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
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| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted_list|[[St. Thomas College, Thrissur]]|[[University of Mumbai]]}}<br />
| occupation = [[Organizational founder|Founder]] & [[Emeritus|Chairman Emeritus]] of Jyothy Labs <ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/business/india-business/jyothy-lab-founder-ramachandran-retires/amp_articleshow/69275419.cms<br />
|title=Jyothy Labs MD retires, daughter to take over<br />
|publisher=The Times of India}}</ref><br />
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| years_active = 1983 – 2020<br />
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'''Moothedath Panjan Ramachandran''' is an Indian businessman from [[Thrissur, Kerala]]. He is the [[Organizational founder|Founder]] and [[Emeritus|Chairman Emeritus]] of Jyothy Labs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/business/india-business/jyothy-lab-founder-ramachandran-retires/amp_articleshow/69275419.cms<br />
|title=Jyothy Labs MD retires, daughter to take over<br />
|publisher=The Times of India}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
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In 1971, he started working as an accountant while getting a post graduation in financial management in [[Mumbai|Bombay]] (now Mumbai). Since his childhood, Ramachandran had washed his own clothes but was dissatisfied with fabric whiteners results. One day he got a chemical industry journal that talked about "''purple-colored dyes helping textile makers get the most brilliant shades of white''". The phrase ignited an idea. Ramachandran experimented in his kitchen for a year–boiling, diluting and testing–until he was pleased with the results.<br />
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In 1983, a brother lent him {{currency|5,000|INR}} (less than {{currency|100|USD}}) to set up a makeshift factory on family land in [[Kerala]]. He named his firm Jyothy after his first daughter. In the first year, sales totaled {{currency|40,000|INR}} ({{currency|727|USD}} today) and profits were {{currency|23|USD}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=India's Jyothy Laboratories Keeps It Clean|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasia/2013/01/09/indias-jyothy-laboratories-keeps-it-clean/|website=Forbes|accessdate=12 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=3263602&ticker=JYL:IN<br />
|title=Jyothy Laboratories Ltd<br />
|publisher=Businessweek<br />
|accessdate=2013-10-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/company-facts/jyothylaboratories/history/JL<br />
|title=Jyothy Laboratories<br />
|publisher=Moneycontrol.com<br />
|accessdate=2013-10-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/battle-of-the-blues-112060800061_1.html<br />
|title=Battle of the blues<br />
|work=Business Standard<br />
|accessdate=2013-10-29}}</ref><br />
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