[13] His career kickstarted in 1973 at Telics, a Thiruvananthapuram based electronics company manufacturing voltage stabilizers and emergency lamps, in the capacity of a supervisor where he worked for three years.

[4] The company which had 2 employees at its modest manufacturing facility in Thrissur at inception, grew over the years to become the largest selling stabilizer brand in India.

[14] The company claims to have 500 distributors, 3000 dealers, 20,000 retailers and a network of service centers across India[15] supporting a product range composed of Pumps and Motors, Electric and Solar Water Heaters, Wiring Cables, UPS, and Ceiling Fans.

[14] Chittilapilly is reported to have introduced a new business model by total product outsourcing coupled with in-house quality control when his factories were shut down following a workers' strike in the 1980s.

[16][17] Veegaland Developers is another venture by Kochouseph Chittillappilly that is in to construction of ready to occupy flats and apartments in Kochi.

Arun heads the amusement park business, Wonderla and Mithun is the incumbent Managing Director of V-Guard Industries.

[21] The foundation, based in Kakkanadu, Kochi, also oversees the activities of Thomas Chittilapilly Trust, another charitable venture of Chittilapilly which is named after his father and runs two institutions, an old age home where elderly people are housed and provided with sustenance and medical care, and Shantimandiram, a home for destitute children where they are provided with shelter, education, and food.

[24][27] Chittilappilly has been arrested under statutes preventing cruelty to animals after tying four stray dogs in front of a police station.

[28] The movement is related to governmental plans to cull stray dogs which have prompted an international campaign to "Boycott Kerala Tourism".