bangalore chairman and managing director of hyderabadbased country club india limited ccil rajeev reddy who has boosted his pet firm into a rs 250 crore empire is now on a massive expansion mode he talks about his plans for ccilccil has now become one of the biggest chains of leisure clubs in india with 15 clubs covering all leading cities what are yours plans for bangalorebangalore is a major centre for us as a result we have floated a third club on mysore road to add to our already existing two clubs on bannerghatta and sarjapur roads we have pegged the membership fee at a nominal rs 20000 for the time being the country club on mysore road will be the ccils best club to date nestled in a cosy green environmentcan you list the reasons behind ccils success it is estimated that it will register a turnover of rs 60 crore this yearwe provide value for money at the club our customers are treated like vips and are given every facility they desire our tassha health clubs are rated as the best health clubs in india which leading indian cricketers use cricketers like mohammed azharudhin and vvs laxman have been our esteemed customers at the health clubwe also have multicuisine restaurants discotheques banquet halls temperaturecontrolled swimming pools 24hour coffee shops etcwhat is your membership muscle at the moment and at what rate is it likely to growwe have more than 50000 members at the moment the rate at which the membership is growing i will not be surprised if the membership crosses one lakh shortlywhat do you think will drive membership at ccilto enhance its brand appeal the club organsies a number of entertainment programmes and festivals roping in celebrities such as sachin tendulkar remo fernandes and usha uthup former miss world yukta mookhey is our brand ambassador in order to attract more members we have tied up with citibank hdfc canara bank and uti bank to fund club memberships for customers initiallywhat are the international plans of the club you seem to be bullish about entering the middle eastwe plan to set up a number of clubs in the uae in the next three years to cater to that region we have set up an office in sharjah we also have affiliations with 25 overseas clubs including st james in london and paris