Retried Principal / Former Councillor in Panchayat / Former Director at Kaikatty Inco Factory / Author of Maths Books / Trainer for  IIT JEE exams.

Passionate about agriculture. Makes handcrafted teas – Black, Green, Oolong and White. His Green tea are done through streaming process, where the water is boiled upto 100° and when cooled to 90°, fine tea leaves are dipped for 2 minutes, cooled and hand rolled. Later sun dried. In case of inclement weather he uses a dryer from Lorman which functions on heat pump technology with a capacity of drying 10kgs and with temperature controller. The power consumption is 1unit per hour which runs in single phase.

He has branded his tea varieties in the name of Ayyappi. Most of his teas are exported in white labelling and prefer it rather than retail pack and marketing. His remaining teas are send to doctors in cities who treat patients with gum and stomach infection.

Balamurugan is passionate and dedicated in his work. Produces about 60kg per month and sells at a price between 3000 – 6000 for his different teas. He is more interested in creating women entrepreneurs in processing speciality teas.

Promoted agroforestry by planting 500 tree saplings in 5 acres of tea garden with 8 different species.