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Ethiraj College For Women
Ethiraj College for Women is an arts and science college for women in Chennai, India, managed by the Ethiraj College Trust. It was founded in 1948 by the barrister V. L. Ethiraj of Vellore. History Ethiraj College for Women is an autonomous college situated in the heart of the city of Chennai with 9 acres of campus area. The formative years witnessed a strong foundation through introduction of undergraduate courses in Economics, Botany, Chemistry, History, Zoology and English Literature along with the infrastructural facilities, resulting in the construction of the Science Block, Hostel, Open Air Theatre and the Old Library Block. The landmark development of this decade was the auditorium, which to this day remains the pride of the college. The decade of 1968–1978 saw the growth of the college with the introduction of Commerce, Mathematics and Physics at the UG level and a number of PG courses and the construction of PG block. A significant development in the college was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in the country and forms the fourth-most populous urban agglomeration. The Greater Chennai Corporation is the civic body responsible for the city; it is the oldest city corporation of India, established in 1688—the second oldest in the world after London. The city of Chennai is coterminous with Chennai district, which together with the adjoining suburbs constitutes the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the 36th-largest urban area in the world by population and one of the largest metropolitan economies of India. The traditional and de facto gateway of South India, Chennai is among the most-visited Indian cities by foreign tourists. It was ranked the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanimozhi Karunanidhi
Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (born 5 January 1968) is an Indian politician, poet and journalist. She is a Member of Parliament, representing Thoothukkudi Lok Sabha constituency, Thoothukkudi constituency in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament of India, India's Parliament). She was also a former Member of Parliament, MP, represented Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of Parliament of India, India's Parliament). Kanimozhi is the daughter of the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi and his third wife Rajathi Ammal. Kanimozhi belongs to the Indian political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), where she functions as the deputy general secretary and women's wing secretary. Her half-brothers M. K. Alagiri and M. K. Stalin are the former Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers of the Republic of India and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu respectively. Early life Before her entry into politics, Kanimozhi was involved i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamilisai Soundararajan
Tamilisai Soundararajan (born 2 June 1961) is an Indian politician serving as the 2nd and current Governor of Telangana, and is the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (Additional charge) since 18 February 2021. She was the National Secretary and Tamil Nadu State Unit President of the BJP prior to this appointment. Personal life and education She was born in Kaliyakkavilai, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu on 2 June 1961. Her father Kumari Ananthan, is a former Member of Parliament and senior congress party leader in Tamil Nadu. Her husband, Mr. Soundarajan, is a medical doctor. Her paternal cousin is actor and businessman turned politician Vijay Vasanth. She did graduation from Ethiraj College for Women, followed by pursuing her MBBS at Madras Medical College, Chennai and her obstetrics and gynaecology qualifications at Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai. She did higher training in sonology and FET therapy in Canada. Prior to political commitment she worked as an assistant professor a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shvetha Jaishankar
Shvetha Jaishankar (born 11 December 1978) is an Indian model, author, entrepreneur, beauty pageant titleholder, writer, and a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She won the title at the Femina Miss India International 1998 and later was crowned as the second runner up at Miss International 1998 held in Tokyo. She is the author of ''Gorgeous: Eat Well, Look Great'' published by HarperCollins in 2016, which won the 'Best in the World in Food Culture' prize at The Gourmand Awards in 2018. Shvetha is also a founding trustee of Leap in India, a movement mentored by A R Rahman and founded by musician ''Srinivas Krishnan'', that develops and conducts immersive music and arts programs in schools. Personal life Shvetha was born in Chennai to Tamil Brahmin parents. She is the only child of her mother who is a retired doctor and pharmaceutical entrepreneur and her father who is a businessman in the clinical trials industry. She did her schooling from Sacred Heart Matriculation School at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sujata Sridhar
Sujata Sridhar ( ta, சுஜாதா ஸ்ரீதர் ; b. 25 December 1961) is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so .... She played a total of three Tests and six ODIs and represented Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in India's domestic leagues. References Living people 1961 births People from Tamil Nadu Indian women cricketers India women Test cricketers India women One Day International cricketers Tamil Nadu women cricketers Karnataka women cricketers {{India-cricket-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudha Shah
Sudha Shah (born 22 June 1958) is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She also represented Tamil Nadu and South Zone in India's domestic competitions. She played a total of 21 Tests and 13 One Day Internationals. In June 2018, she was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Board of Control for Cricket in India The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the world ... (BCCI). References 1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Kannur India women One Day International cricketers India women Test cricketers Indian women cricketers Cricketers from Kerala Sportswomen from Kerala {{India-cricket-bio-1950s-stub Indian cricket coaches Tamil Nadu women cricketers 20th-century Indian women 20th-century Indian people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudha Ragunathan
Sudha Ragunathan is an Indian Carnatic vocalist, singer and composer. She was conferred the Kalaimamani award by the Government of Tamil Nadu in 1994, Padma Shri (2004) and Padma Bhushan (2015) by the Government of India, and Sangeetha Kalanidhi by Madras Music Academy in 2013. Early life and education Sudha Ragunathan (née Sudha Venkatraman) was born in Chennai on 30 April 1956 and later shifted to Bangalore. She did her schooling in Good Shepherd Convent, Chennai. She studied at Ethiraj College, and obtained a postgraduate degree in economics. Musical career Training Sudha Ragunathan received her initial training in Carnatic music from her mother V. Choodamani. From the age of three, she began to learn bhajans, Hindu devotional songs. Her tutelage continued under B. V. Lakshman. In 1977, she received an Indian government scholarship to study music under a doyenne of Carnatic music, Dr. M.L Vasantha Kumari, whose student she remained for thirteen years. Trained under Dr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preetha Krishna
Preetha Krishna (also known as Preetha Ji, Preetha ji, Preethaji and Krishnapreetha Ramabagavaddasa; born 2 December 1974 in ChennaiPreethaji on Biography Online) is the daughter-in-law of Indian godman and cult leader Kalki Bhagawan. She is the co-founder and vice-chairperson of . Education Preetha Krishna attended the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padma Subrahmanyam
Padma Subrahmanyam (born 4 February 1943, in Madras), is an Indian classical Bharata Natyam dancer. She is also a research scholar, choreographer, teacher, Indologist and author. She is famous in India as well as abroad; several films and documentaries have been made in her honor by countries such as Japan, Australia and Russia. She is well known as the developer and founder of the dance form Bharata Nrithyam. Biography Padma Subrahmanyam was born to Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam, the Indian film director and Meenakshi Subrahmanyam on 4 February 1943 in Madras (now Chennai). Her father was a famous Indian filmmaker and her mother, Meenakshi was a music composer and a lyricist in Tamil and Sanskrit. She was trained by Vazhuvoor B. Ramaiyah Pillai. She started teaching dance at a very young age of 14 at her father's dance school. She felt that there was a gap between history, theory and dance and started doing her own research. She had her ''rangapravesha'' in 1956. She has taught in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Easo Smith
Molly Easo Smith (born 1958 in Chennai, India) is an Indian-American professor and scholar of Shakespeare and Renaissance drama, and academic administrator. Biography Born in Chennai (formerly Madras) in India, Dr. Smith graduated from Ethiraj College for Women and Madras Christian College in the University of Madras, with BA and MA degrees in English, respectively, and from Auburn University with a PhD in English Literature in 1988. Smith has written two books and several articles on Shakespeare and Renaissance drama. Her research and teaching interests include the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Shakespeare, Women in Drama, and the development of theatre. She has held faculty posts at a number of colleges, including Ithaca College, St. Louis University, the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, and Stephen F. Austin State University. She served as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Seton Hall University, Provost at Wheaton College, and two years as the pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meenakshi Chitharanjan
Meenakshi Chitharanjan, an Indian classical dancer, teacher and choreographer, is known as an exponent of the Pandanallur style of the classical dance form of Bharatanatyam. She is the founder of ''Kaladiksha'', an institution promoting Bharatanatyam and striving to preserve the Pandanallur tradition. A disciple of the father-son duo of Chokkalingam Pillai and Subbaraya Pillai, she is a recipient of several honours including Kalaimamani Award of the Government of Tamil Nadu and the ''Natya Kala Sarathi'' of ''Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha''. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2008, for her contributions to classical dance. Biography Meenakshi Chitharanjan was born in Chennai, in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu to Sabanagayam, a government official, as the youngest and only girl child among his five children. Her mother, Savithri, sent the girl to Pandanallur Chockalingam Pillai, a renowned Bharatanatyam guru, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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