Chelliah Loganathan (19 September 1913 – 4 May 1981) was a Ceylon Tamil banker and the first Ceylonese general manager of the Bank of Ceylon.

Early life and family

Loganathan was born on 19 September 1913. He was the son of V. Chelliah and Pilawadi Thangamuthu Ammai from Puloly South near Point Pedro in northern

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. He was educated at

Victoria College, Chulipuram Victoria College ( ta, விக்ரோறியாக் கல்லூரி ''Vikrōṟiyāk Kallūri'') is a provincial school in Chulipuram, Sri Lanka. See also * List of schools in Northern Province, Sri Lanka The following is a list ...

and

Hartley College Hartley College ( ta, ஹாட்லிக் கல்லூரி ''Hāṭlik Kallūri'') is a provincial school in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka. Founded in 1838 by British Methodist missionaries, it is one of Sri Lanka's oldest schools. The school i ...

. He received higher education in Colombo and Bombay. Loganathan married Thilagavathy Ammai, daughter of C. Sivasithamparam. They had three sons (Sathananthan, Sritharan and Kethesh) and three daughters (Gowri, Vasuki and Lalitha). His son in Law A.Tharmaratnam served with the International Financial Corporation of the World Bank. His granddaughter (daughter of Gowri Tharmaratnam)

Mythili Raman Mythili Raman is a Tamil American lawyer and the former acting Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice's Criminal Division. Early life and family Mythili is the daughter of Athishdam Tharmaratnam and grand daughte ...

is the acting United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division.

Career

Loganathan started working for the Bank of Ceylon in 1939. After a series of promotions he became general manager of the bank in 1953. He remained in this post until 1969 during which time the bank grew rapidly. Loganathan was a director of the Development Finance Corporation of Ceylon for two years, an adviser to the Development Bank of Philippines and a consultant to the UN Asian Institute for Economic Development and Planning.

Later life

Loganathan helped build and restore Hindu temples in his later years. He died on 4 May 1981.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loganathan, C. 1913 births 1981 deaths Alumni of Hartley College Alumni of Victoria College, Chulipuram People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka People from British Ceylon Sri Lankan Tamil bankers