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About the Club

More than a club — a complete lifestyle destination

A premium integrated membership club where people connect, families enjoy, businesses grow and communities come together.

Who we are

Meenaa's Millionaire Club brings business networking, sports, fitness, wellness, family recreation, entertainment, dining and hospitality onto a single platform.

Vision

“To build a premium destination where people connect, families enjoy, businesses grow and communities come together.”

Our aim is to give members an outstanding lifestyle experience while creating the right setting for entrepreneurs, professionals, investors, families and community members to meet.

Mission

Premium lifestyle facilities
Healthy living
Sports development
Family recreation
Business & professional networking
Cultural engagement
Quality hospitality
Community interaction

Our inspiration · our guru

Sir M. Visvesvaraya

Bharat Ratna, 1955

Sir M. Visvesvaraya grew up in Muddenahalli, a village in Karnataka, and went on to build dams, banks, colleges and industries that still serve the state. He believed that discipline, honesty and hard work, applied patiently, lift whole communities. That is the standard we've set ourselves: a club is only worth belonging to if its members leave with a new partner, a new idea or a friend who opens a door. We keep his portrait on our wall as a reminder that the measure is what we build together, not what we announce.

“Remember, your work may be only to sweep a railway crossing, but it is your duty to keep it so clean that no other crossing in the world is as clean as yours.”— Sir M. Visvesvaraya

A life of building

1861 – 1962

a hundred years, well spent

1861
Born on 15 September in Muddenahalli, in the Kingdom of Mysore (now Chikkaballapur district, Karnataka).
1880s
Studies at Central College, Bangalore (University of Madras), then civil engineering at the College of Engineering, Pune.
1885
Joins the Public Works Department of Bombay as an Assistant Engineer.
1899
Serves on the Indian Irrigation Commission.
1903
Designs and patents automatic flood gates, first installed at the Khadakvasla reservoir near Pune, and introduces the “block system” of irrigation.
1909
Plans flood protection for Hyderabad after the 1908 Musi river floods, then becomes Chief Engineer of Mysore State.
1912
Appointed Dewan of Mysore. Over the next six years he founds banks, factories, colleges and a chamber of commerce.
1915
Knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE).
1923
Presides over the Indian Science Congress.
1955
Awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour.
1962
Passes away in Bangalore in April, aged 100. His birthday is celebrated every year as Engineers’ Day.

What he built

Still standing, still serving

As engineer and as Dewan of Mysore (1912–1918), he built the dams, banks, factories and colleges that Karnataka still depends on.

Krishna Raja Sagara dam

Chief engineer of the KRS dam on the Kaveri, which still waters farms around Mandya and Mysuru and supplies Bengaluru.

Automatic flood gates

His patented gates were used at Khadakvasla and Tigra (Gwalior) as well as at KRS.

Mysore Soap Factory

Started during his time as Dewan; its sandalwood soap is still made in Bengaluru today.

Bhadravati Iron & Steel

The Mysore Iron Works at Bhadravati, one of the first steel plants in South India.

State Bank of Mysore

Founded as the Bank of Mysore to give local businesses their own bank.

Engineering College, Bangalore

Founded in 1917, now University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE).

Mysore Chamber of Commerce

Brought the state’s traders and industrialists together, the same idea behind our Business Forum.

Kannada Sahitya Parishat

He backed the parishat to develop and promote the Kannada language.

His books

1920Reconstructing India
1932Unemployment in India: Its Causes and Cure
1936Planned Economy for India
1951Memoirs of My Working Life

Named in his honour

Visvesvaraya Technological University · Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum, Bengaluru · Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur · Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru · Engineers' Day, 15 September

What we carry forward

Four lessons

Be on time

He was famous for punctuality. Club events start when they say they will.

Keep it simple

A vegetarian who neither smoked nor drank, he lived simply and worked hard into his nineties.

Build for others

Every project he led was meant to outlast him. We measure ourselves by what members build together.

Do it properly

In his words, keep your crossing so clean that no other is as clean as yours.

Our objectives

What we are building

eight promises, one club

Establish a premium membership club across India's leading cities.

Provide a professional platform for business networking.

Promote sports and fitness.

Offer family recreation facilities.

Develop wellness programmes.

Host cultural and entertainment programmes.

Grow corporate memberships and partnerships.

Build a digital membership ecosystem.

Core values

TrustExcellenceRespectWellnessFamilyNetworkingExperience

hover a word ✦seven words we live by ✦

Business networking

The Business Forum

A forum for entrepreneurs, investors, CEOs, corporate executives, professionals, startups, consultants, technology leaders, manufacturers and service providers.