Loyola College is a private Catholic higher education institution run by the

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. It was founded in 1925 by the

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priest, Francis Bertram, along with other

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s. It is an autonomous Jesuit college affiliated with the University of Madras. Loyola commerce association celebrated its 75th year in 2019. Loyola College has more than 8000 students studying as of 2021.

Rankings

Loyola College secured 3rd rank among 100 colleges in The

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(NIRF) ranking 2021 with a score of 69.28. It admits undergraduates and post-graduates and confers degrees in the

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and

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. The college is on a campus in the neighbourhood of

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. The campus features tree-lined pathways, academic buildings, steepled

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church that dates back to 1930, and separate fields for each sport.

History

The name Loyola comes from the ancestral castle where Íñigo López de Loyola was born in 1491, the last of a large Basque family. He along with

St. Francis Xavier Francis Xavier (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; Latin: ''Franciscus Xaverius''; Basque: ''Frantzisko Xabierkoa''; French: ''François Xavier''; Spanish: ''Francisco Javier''; Portuguese: ''Francisco Xavier''; 7 April 15063 December 15 ...

and five other companions founded the

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(the Jesuit Order), a worldwide organization of religious men numbering about 19,000. Nearly 4,000 are working in the 18 provinces of

. In

there are 480 Jesuits working in schools, colleges, youth services, social work centres, parishes, mission outreach programmes, and in other forms of service and church ministry. Loyola College was founded in 1925 by the

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priest, Francis Bertram (originally a.k.a. Père François Bertrand; 1870/1871–1936), along with other

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s, Fr Francis Bertram was educated at the universities of

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, and the

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. The Department of Economics was founded by Basenach from the

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Academics

The college offers courses at the

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levels. The arts/humanities stream includes

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and

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. Science courses include

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and

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. The college follows a credit-based, semester pattern. Undergraduate students must pass all examinations and obtain at least 120 credits in three years to be eligible for a degree. All students must also earn non-academic credits from extra-curricular and social service options. The Department of Outreach facilitates social work in the college. It is a degree requirement that every student irrespective of department complete the

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program in second year, intended to form more complete human persons. The program takes students to

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s and backward areas in and around

to acquaint them with the sufferings of the people and to serve in small ways to better the living conditions. The program awards 3 credits. Loyola College along with Women's Christian college are the only colleges in the state capital

with "A+" accreditation from NAAC. ''

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'' magazine in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 ranked Loyola number one in India for science degrees, and in 2007 in both science and humanities. The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research has recognised Loyola College as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, the highest research honour for an Arts and Science College. The college has been conferred a "College with Potential For Excellence" status by the University Grants Commission. It was given a 10 million grant (1 Crore) in 2006 by the UGC for continual improvement of facilities. The UGC has further certified it as a "College of Excellence" in the year 2014. The certification, for a period of five years until 2019, comes with a grant of Rs. 2 crore for the college to upgrade its facilities. Loyola college is one of the colleges which was selected fo
Deen Dayal Upadhyay KAUSHAL Kendra
a remarkable scheme initiated and funded by the Government of India and the University Grants Commission. It hosts a variety of courses like B.Voc. 3D Animation, B.Voc. Digital Journalism, M.Voc. 3D Animation and M.Voc. Digital Journalism, all of which are designed to offer Job oriented training. It has both UG and PG level curriculum courses in the department.

Faculty

* T. N. Ananthakrishnan, joined the Department of Natural Sciences, Loyola College in 1948, build the Department of Zoology from scratch, established Entomology Research Unit within the Loyola College campus in 1968. He became the Director of

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(ZSI), Calcutta in 1977. He won several laurels: 500 journal papers, 33 reference volumes and monographs, Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Award, Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship, INSA Senior Scientist Award, Pitambar Pant Environmental Fellowship, and the Asiatic Society Gold Medal. He is a Fellow of both the National Science Academies at Bangalore (

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) and New Delhi (

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), and the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Many insect species are named after him (''Ananthakrishnana Bhatti'' 1967'', Ananthakrishnaniella Stannard'' 1970'', Ananthakrishnanothrips Bournier'' 1985''; Allelothrips ananthakrishnani Stannard'' 1961'', Hydatothrips ananthakrishnani Bhatti'' 1973'', Exothrips ananthakrishnani Bhatti'' 1975'', Helionothrips ananthakrishnani Wilson'' 1975'', Liothrips ananthakrishnani Sen'' 1976'', Terthrothrips ananthakrishnani Kudô'' 1978'', Plectrothrips ananthakrishnani Okajima'' 1981 ''and Hennigithrips ananthakrishnani Johansen'' 1986). * A. W. Rabi Bernard, member of the

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* Father.

Jerome D'Souza Father Jerome D'Souza, SJ (6 August 1897, Mangalore, South Canara, British India – 12 August 1977, Madras, India) was an Indian Jesuit priest, educationist, writer and member of the Indian Constituent assembly (1946–50). Early years and ...

, S.J., Rector and Principal of Loyola College, Chennai from 1942 to 1950, elected to represent Madras legislative assembly at the

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from 1946 to 1950, member of the Indian Delegation to the

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(1949, 1951–1952, 1955, 1957), founder-director of the

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from 1951 to 1956, appointed as the Assistant and adviser of the

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(

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) for Indian and Asian affairs in 1957. * G. Prabha, journalist, Professor of Sanskrit, and director of 'Ishti', the first film in Sanskrit with a social theme *

P. R. Pisharoty Pisharoth Rama Pisharoty ( ml, പിഷാരത്ത് രാമ പിഷാരടി;10 February 1909 – 24 September 2002) was an Indian physicist and meteorologist, and is considered to be the father of remote sensing in India. E ...

, physicist and meteorologist, father of remote sensing in India, began his career as a lecturer in Loyola College, Chennai in 1935, joined the

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in 1942, founder Director of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune in 1962, Director of Remote Sensing and Satellite Meteorology, ISRO Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad during 1972–75, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of

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from 1963 to 1968 and later its Chairman, Emeritus Professor at

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, recipient of Raman Centenary Medal (1988),

's Prof K R Ramanathan Medal (1990),

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in 1989

Institute for Excellence

* Loyola College of Education *

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* Centre for International Program * Entomology Research Institute * Ignatian Institute for Career Development * Institute for Dialogues with Cultures and Religions (Research institution under

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) * Loyola – Racine Research Institute of Mathematics and Computer Sciences * Loyola ICAM College of Engineering and Technology * Loyola Institute for Industrial and Social Science Research * Loyola Institute of Frontier Energy * Loyola Institute of People Studies * Loyola Institute of Social Science Training and Research * Loyola Institute of Personal Development * Loyola Institute of Vocational Education

Culturals

Loyola College was a pioneer among colleges in South India in hosting cultural fests, and stands out among men's college in

for fostering well-rounded development. Women were first admitted at the turn of the

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, and they too are encouraged to participate in cultural activities. The college has been commended for its blend of cultures and for requiring all students to have weekly contact with the poor. Its cultural sensitivity also extends worldwide. The large,

Down Sterling Down Sterling was the name of the Loyola College, Chennai,'s annual cultural festival. It was held in the early 1980s, and again between 1985-1992, before being cancelled for various reasons. The college cultural fest was named after the college' ...

inter-college carnival was terminated by college authorities in 1992 when things got out of hand. This historic carnival is memorialized in the friendship song "MUSTHAFA MUSTHAFA" from the movie ''

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'' (1996). To somewhat fill the void the Loyola Student's Union organizes the intra-collegiate cultural event Ovations each September where the students compete for the Trophy in both on and off stage cultural competitions while representing their home departments. The college also used to host an annual inter-collegiate dance competition called "Ignite" each February, where its dance team, Loyola Dream Team, excels; also featured are Western/acoustic music bands, and variety and mime teams, but hasn't been conducted for the past 3 years for various reasons.

Alumni

Loyola college alumni also referred to as Loyolites have been contributors in various fields of law, politics, civil services, science, education, business, sports and entertainment.

Law and politics

Heads of state and Heads of government

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, third

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, Eighth

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, and member of the

Supreme Court Judges

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, former judge of the

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, sitting judge of the

* M. M. Sundresh, sitting judge of the

High Court Judges

Kumar Rajarathnam Kumar Rajarathnam (13 March 1942 – 27 September 2015) was an Indian Barrister and former Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. He was the first barrister to be appointed a judge, after the Independence of India. Career Rajarathnam st ...

, Chief Justice of the

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, Chief Justice of the

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Sundaram Nainar Sundaram Sundaram Nainar Sundaram (3 August 1932 – September 2001) was an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of the Gujarat and Telangana High Court. Career Nainar Sundaram was born in 1932 in Tirunelveli. His father Herbert Sundaram was a District ...

, Chief justice of Gujarat and

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Governors

* M. O. Hasan Farook Maricar, former

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, former

Governor of Kerala The governor of Kerala is the constitutional head of state of the southern Indian state of Kerala. The governor is appointed by the president of India for a term of five years and holds office at the president's pleasure. The governor is ''de j ...

M. K. Narayanan Mayankodu Kelath Narayanan (born 10 March 1934) is a former Indian Police Service officer. He was National Security Adviser of India from 2005 to 2010, assuming the role after the demise of his predecessor Jyotindra Nath Dixit in January 2005. ...

, former National Security Adviser of India, Director of

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, the

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and he also played a significant role in the negotiation of the

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Other political figures

P. Chidambaram Palaniappan Chidambaram (born 16 September 1945), better known as P. Chidambaram, is an Indian politician and lawyer who currently serves as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. He served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee ...

, Member of Parliament, former

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, Government of India * B. S. Gnanadesikan, president of the

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* A. P. Shanmugasundara Goundar, former

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, Member of Legislative Assembly, Minister, Government of

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Jose K. Mani Jose Karingozhackal Mani (born 29 May 1965) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Kerala. He is the son of veteran politician K. M. Mani and the Chairman of Kerala Congress ...

, Member of Parliament, chairman of

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party *

Dayanidhi Maran Dayanidhi Murasoli Maran (born 5 December 1966) is an Indian politician and one of the prominent members of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. He was elected thrice as a Member of Parliament to Lok Sabha from Chennai Central constituency during ...

, Member of Parliament, former Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India * J. Shivashanmugam Pillai, first speaker of

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(1946 -1955), first Scheduled Caste mayor of Madras *

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, former

K. Thulasiah Vandayar Krishnasami Thulasiah Vandayar (11 May 1929 – 17 May 2021) was an Indian politician and head of the Poondi estate in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. He was the member of Lok Sabha for Thanjavur from 1991 to 1996. He was the chair ...

, former Member of Parliament, Secretary and Correspondent of the A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College *

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, Member of Parliament and former

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Civil servants

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, IPS, second Director of

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(CBI) *

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, former Director of the

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(R&AW) * Ronald Carlton Vivian Piadade Noronha,

Indian Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 300 million ...

, second and fifth Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh state (1963–68, 1972–74), RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration & Management (RCVP), premier training institution of M.P. Government is named after him *

B. Raman Bahukutumbi Raman (14 August 1936 – 16 June 2013), also referred to as B. Raman, was an Additional Secretary of the Cabinet Secretariat of the Government of India and head of the counter-terrorism division of the Research and Analysis Win ...

, IPS, former head of the counter-terrorism division of the

(R&AW) * Pattabhi Sundar Raman, former advocate-general of Tamil Nadu *

C. Rangarajan Chakravarthi Rangarajan (born 1932) is an Indian economist, a former Member of Parliament and 19th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He is the former Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, he resigned the day the UPA ...

, 19th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and

Chairman The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...

of the Prime Minister's

Economic Advisory Council Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India (PMEAC) is a non-constitutional, non-permanent and independent body constituted to give economic advice to the Government of India, specifically the Prime Minister. The council serves to ...

V. K. Rao Valluri Kameswara Rao (15 July 1914 – 27 November 2018) was an Indian Civil Service officer and Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh, and the oldest living officer of the Indian Civil Service at the time of his death. He served in the civil ser ...

, Principal Secretary to the President of India,

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (; 19 May 1913 – 1 June 1996) was an Indian politician who served as the sixth President of India, serving from 1977 to 1982. Beginning a long political career with the Indian National Congress Party in the independence ...

* V. Selvaraj, IAS, Chairman of Madras Port Trust and Industries Secretary of the Government of Tamil Nadu *

C. G. Somiah C. G. Somiah served as the eighth Comptroller and Auditor General of India who was known for his honesty and for his impeccable career record. He wrote a best-seller autobiography 'The honest always stand alone'. He had a long career as an IAS ...

, IAS, former

Comptroller and Auditor General of India The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is the supreme audit institution of India, established under Article 148 of the Constitution of India. They are empowered to audit all receipts and expenditure of the Government of India and the S ...

S. Sripal S. Sripal was an Indian police commissioner who was Director General of Police in Tamil Nadu. Early life Sripal, who was born of a devout and erudite Tamil Jain family from a village about south of Chennai, was known even during his childhood ...

, IPS, former

Director General of Police Director general of police (DGP) is a rank in the Indian Police Service, held by the highest ranking police officer in a State or a Union Territory of India, typically heading the state or the UT police force. The DGP is appointed by the cabin ...

, Tamil Nadu State * N. Vittal, IAS, former

Central Vigilance Commission Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is an apex Indian governmental body created in 1964 to address governmental corruption. In 2003, the Parliament enacted a law conferring statutory status on the CVC. It has the status of an autonomous body, f ...

er * Beno Zephine, first 100% visually challenged

Indian Foreign Service The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is the diplomatic service and a central civil service of the Government of India under the Ministry of External Affairs. The Foreign Secretary is the head of the service. Vinay Mohan Kwatra is the 34th and the ...

Officer

Social workers

P. K. Gopal P. K. Gopal is an Indian social worker and a co-founder of International Association for Integration, Dignity and Economic Advancement (IDEA), an international advocacy group, known for his services towards eradication of leprosy, especially in ...

, International President of the International Association for Integration, Dignity and Economic Advancement of people affected by leprosy (IDEA), first Chairman of the National Forum of Persons affected by Leprosy (now Association of People affected by Leprosy), recipient of the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

award in 2012. * Joe Madiath, Social Entrepreneur, founder and chairman of

Gram Vikas Gram Vikas is an Indian non-governmental organisation based in Odisha, and founded in 1979. Gram Vikas works towards enabling rural communities to lead a dignified life. This is done by building capabilities of village communities, strengthening ...

, a non-governmental organisation based in

Orissa Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Sch ...

, recipient of Water Champion Award from

Asian Development Bank The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in the Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. The bank also maintains 31 field office ...

and Social Life Time Achievement Award by

Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Awards The Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Awards (formerly: Red and White Bravery Awards) is a surrogate tobacco brand promotional activity of Godfrey Phillips India, instituted in 1990, as a PR campaign to promote its cigarette brand "Red and Whi ...

in 2006

Science, technology, medicine, and mathematics

* Geetha Angara, first woman to be awarded a master's in chemistry by the university, receiving a gold medal in the process for graduating at the top of the class. Victim of an unsolved 2005 homicide in the U.S. *

Narayanan Chandrakumar Narayanan Chandrakumar (born 1951) is an Indian chemical physicist and a professor of chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He is the founder of the first Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) laboratory in India and is known for de ...

, Professor Emeritus at

IIT Madras Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is a public technical university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. As one of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), it is recognized as an Institute of National Importance and has be ...

, founder of the first

Nuclear magnetic resonance Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a physical phenomenon in which nuclei in a strong constant magnetic field are perturbed by a weak oscillating magnetic field (in the near field) and respond by producing an electromagnetic signal with a ...

(NMR) laboratory in India,

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Sir Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar OBE, FNI, FASc, FRS, FRIC, FInstP (21 February 1894 – 1 January 1955) was an Indian colloid chemist, academic and scientific administrator. The first director-general of the Council of Scientific and Industr ...

laureate * Ranjan Roy Daniel, former Dean, School of Physics and Senior Professor at

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is a public deemed research university located in Mumbai, India that is dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences. It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the D ...

, Bombay, Scientific Secretary of the Committee on Science and Technology in Developing Countries (COSTED) from 1988 to 1995, Chairman of

ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO; ) is the national space agency of India, headquartered in Bengaluru. It operates under the Department of Space (DOS) which is directly overseen by the Prime Minister of India, while the Chairman ...

's National Committee on Middle Atmosphere Research (1989) and Advisory Committee on Space Sciences (1981–88), founder member of Indian Physics Association and

Astronomical Society of India The Astronomical Society of India (ASI) is an Indian society of professional astronomers and other professionals from related disciplines. It was founded in 1972, with Vainu Bappu being the founder President of the Society, and as of 2010 has a m ...

, founder Chairman of the Bombay Association for Science Education, Fellow of

TWAS The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) is a merit-based science academy established for developing countries, uniting 1,000 scientists in some 70 countries. Its principal aim is to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable devel ...

, recipient of the

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...

award in 1992 and COSPAR International Cooperation Medal in 1994 *

M. S. Narasimhan Mudumbai Seshachalu Narasimhan (7 June 1932 – 15 May 2021) was an Indian mathematician. His focus areas included number theory, algebraic geometry, representation theory, and partial differential equations. He was a pioneer in the study of m ...

, Fellow of the Royal Society, London, Honorary Fellow of the

, Head of the Mathematics group at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, derived

Narasimhan–Seshadri theorem In mathematics, the Narasimhan–Seshadri theorem, proved by , says that a holomorphic vector bundle over a Riemann surface is stable if and only if it comes from an irreducible projective unitary representation of the fundamental group. The main c ...

and recipient of the

King Faisal International Prize for Science The King Faisal Foundation ( ar, مؤسسة الملك فيصل الخيرية; ''KFF''), is an international philanthropic organization established in 1976 with the intent of preserving and perpetuating King Faisal bin Abdulaziz's legacy. The fo ...

Kadiyala Ramachandra Kadiyala Ramachandra (1919-2007) was an Indian medical doctor, poet, a former superintendent of the Government General Hospital, Chennai and a former head of the department of medicine at Madras Medical College. His efforts were reported behind t ...

, former head of the department of medicine at

Madras Medical College Madras Medical College (MMC) is a public medical college located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established on 2 February 1835, it is the second oldest medical college in India, established after Calcutta Medical College. History The Governme ...

and established the Department of Oncology & Cancer Chemotherapy and the Rheumatic Care Unit at the

Government General Hospital, Chennai Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital is a major state-owned hospital situated in Chennai, India. The hospital is funded and managed by the state government of Tamil Nadu. Founded in 1664 by the British East India Company, it is the first moder ...

Ramakrishna Ramaswamy Ram Ramaswamy (born 14 October 1953 in Chennai, India) is an Indian scientist. He obtained his B.Sc. in chemistry (1972) from Loyola College, Chennai, then M.Sc. in chemistry from the IIT, Kanpur, and Ph.D. (1978) from Princeton University whe ...

, Visiting Professor at

IIT Delhi The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi is a public institute of technology located in New Delhi, India. It is one of the 23 IITs created to be Centres of Excellence for training, research and development in science, engineering and technolo ...

, former president of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, Vice President of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi and Vice Chancellor of the

University of Hyderabad The University of Hyderabad (IAST: ''Hydarāvād visvavidyālayamu'') is a top ranking public central research university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Founded in 1974, this mostly residential campus has more than 5,000 students a ...

C. P. Ramanujam Chakravarthi Padmanabhan Ramanujam (9 January 1938 – 27 October 1974) was an Indian mathematician who worked in the fields of number theory and algebraic geometry. He was elected a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 1973. Like his ...

, known for number theory and algebraic geometry (

Ramanujam–Samuel theorem In algebraic geometry, the Ramanujam–Samuel theorem gives conditions for a divisor of a local ring to be principal. It was introduced independently by in answer to a question of Grothendieck and by C. P. Ramanujam in an appendix to a paper by ...

Ramanujam vanishing theorem In algebraic geometry, the Ramanujam vanishing theorem is an extension of the Kodaira vanishing theorem due to , that in particular gives conditions for the vanishing of first cohomology groups of coherent sheaves on a surface. The Kawamata–Viehwe ...

), a mathematics student of Father Charles Racine * Natesan Rangabashyam, established Ostomy Department in 1978 at

and

, introduced the first M.Ch. (Surgical Gastroenterology) course in India in 1984, Honorary Surgeon to the President of India, R Venkataraman, Fellow of the

Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland The Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland is a British medical association founded in 1920 with the twin aims of the ''advancement of the science and art of surgery and the promotion of friendship amongst surgeons''. Association of Su ...

National Academy of Medical Sciences National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), better known by its acronym, NAMS, is a nodal agency under the Government of India, which acts as an advisory body to the Government in matters related to National Health Policy and Planning and as a ...

Academy of Medicine, Singapore The Academy of Medicine, Singapore (AMS), is a professional and educational organisation for doctors and dentists in Singapore. Background The Academy of Medicine, Singapore, was founded in 1957 and served both Singapore and Malaysia until the ...

and the recipient of

in 2002 and Dr B C Roy National Award twice *

Paul Ratnasamy Paul Ratnasamy is an Indian catalyst scientist, INSA Srinivasa Ramanujan Research Professor and a former director of National Chemical Laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He was honored by the Government of Ind ...

, catalyst scientist, former director of the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune *

Ravi Sankaran Ravi Sankaran (4 October 1963 – 17 January 2009) was an Indian ornithologist whose work concerned the conservation of several threatened birds of India. He was the Director of the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbato ...

, ornithologist, former Director of the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History *

Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran (born March 17, 1949; ta, லட்சுமணன் சத்யவாகீஸ்வரன்) is the former Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles. In 2016, he again took over this position ...

, former Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles *

C. S. Seshadri Conjeevaram Srirangachari Seshadri (29 February 1932 – 17 July 2020) was an Indian mathematician. He was the founder and director-emeritus of the Chennai Mathematical Institute, and is known for his work in algebraic geometry. The Seshadri c ...

, Fellow of the Royal Society, London, founder and Director-Emeritus of the

Chennai Mathematical Institute Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI) is a higher education and research institute in Chennai, India. It was founded in 1989 by the SPIC Science Foundation, and offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in physics, mathematics and compute ...

, derived

, the

Seshadri constant In algebraic geometry, a Seshadri constant is an invariant of an ample line bundle ''L'' at a point ''P'' on an algebraic variety. It was introduced by Jean-Pierre Demailly, Demailly to measure a certain ''rate of growth'', of the tensor powers of ' ...

is named after him, recipient of

and

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, Applied science, applied or Fundamenta ...

Veeravalli S. Varadarajan Veeravalli Seshadri Varadarajan (18 May 1937 – 25 April 2019) was an Indian mathematician at the University of California, Los Angeles, who worked in many areas of mathematics, including probability, Lie groups and their group representation ...

, Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor at the Department of Mathematics,

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

(UCLA),

Trombi–Varadarajan theorem In mathematics, the Trombi–Varadarajan theorem, introduced by , gives an isomorphism between a certain space of spherical functions on a semisimple Lie group, and a certain space of holomorphic functions defined on a tubular neighborhood of the ...

, a mathematics student of K.A. Adivarahan in 1950

Academics

Educational institution founders and presidents

* Malcolm S Adiseshiah, Deputy Director-General of

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

(1963-1970), founder-director of the

Madras Institute of Development Studies The Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) is a research institute based in Chennai. It is a joint undertaking of the Governments of India and Tamil Nadu for conducting research on development problems in Tamil Nadu and the rest of Ind ...

(MIDS), Vice Chancellor of the

(1975–78), recipient of the

award in 2010 *

Parvataneni Brahmayya Parvataneni Brahmayya or P Brahmayya (October 2, 1908 – 1980) was a chartered accountant, former ICAI president and founded Brahmayya & Co., a firm of Chartered accountants in 1932. Education and professional career An alumnus of the Madras L ...

, former president of the

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is India's largest professional accounting body under the administrative control of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. It was established on 1 July 1949 as a statutory bod ...

(ICAI) *

C. Raj Kumar Chockalingam Raj Kumar is the founding Vice-Chancellor of OP Jindal Global University in Sonipat, Haryana, India, and the Dean of the Jindal Global Law School, a private university, promoted by politician and businessman Naveen Jindal. Kumar is a ...

, Founding Vice Chancellor of

O. P. Jindal Global University O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University), is a private university located at Sonipat in Haryana. It was established in 2009 as a philanthropic initiative of its founding chancellor, Naveen Jindal in memory of his fa ...

and Founding Dean of

Jindal Global Law School O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University), is a private university located at Sonipat in Haryana. It was established in 2009 as a philanthropic initiative of its founding chancellor, Naveen Jindal in memory of his fa ...

P. S. Manisundaram P S Manisundaram (December 9, 1927 – October 26, 2013) was an Indian educationist and pioneer of computer science education. He was born in Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma). He graduated from Loyola College, Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India. After ...

, first Principal of the Regional Engineering College (which later became the

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NIT Tiruchirappalli or NIT Trichy) is a Public university, public Technical university, technical and research university near the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded as ...

), the Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology (ACGCET-Karaikudi) and the first Vice Chancellor of the

Bharathidasan University Bharathidasan University (BDU) is a university in the city of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located on Tiruchirappalli-Pudukkottai National Highway 336. It has affiliated colleges in the districts of Ariyalur district, Karur, Nag ...

, Tiruchirappalli * V. M. Muralidharan, Chairman,

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 col ...

, Secretary and Correspondent of the A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College and former Member of Parliament *

G. Viswanathan Govindasamy Viswanathan, is the founder and chancellor of Vellore Institute of Technology in India, was born on 8 December 1938 in a remote village in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.He served as a Member of Parliament and as a Member of ...

, founder and chancellor of

Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) is a private research deemed university located in Katpadi in Vellore, India. Founded in 1984 as ''Vellore Engineering College'' by G. Viswanathan, the institution offers 66 Undergraduate, 58 Postgraduate, ...

Professors and scholars

Srinivas Aravamudan Srinivas Aravamudan (1962 – April 13, 2016) was an Indian-born American academic. He was a professor of English, Literature, and Romance Studies at Duke University, where he also served as dean of the humanities. He was widely recognized for his ...

, professor of English and former dean of the humanities at

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

Mrityunjay Athreya Mrityunjay may refer to * Mahamrityunjaya Mantra * Mrityunjay: The Jnanpith Award-winning 1979 Assamese novel by Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya * The Marathi novel by Shivaji Sawant Shivaji Sawant (31 August 1940 – 18 September 2002) was an India ...

, former professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, the

London Business School London Business School (LBS) is a business school and a constituent college of the federal University of London. LBS was founded in 1964 and awards post-graduate degrees (Master's degrees in management and finance, MBA and PhD). Its motto is " ...

and the

Strathclyde Business School The Strathclyde Business School (SBS) is one of four faculties forming the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1948, the school is located on Cathedral Street within the John Anderson campus of the University. It offers ...

, Scotland *

Aswath Damodaran Aswath Damodaran (born 24 September 1957), is a Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University (Kerschner Family Chair in Finance Education), where he teaches corporate finance and equity valuation. Background Know ...

, Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University *

C. K. Prahalad Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad (8 August 1941 – 16 April 2010) was an Indian-American entrepreneur and author. He was the Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy at the University of Michigan Step ...

, Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and distinguished fellow at the

William Davidson Institute The Stephen M. Ross School of Business, also known as Michigan Ross, is the business school of the University of Michigan, a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1924, the school is ranked among the best business schools i ...

Business

* Wenceslaus Anthony, Chairman & managing director of WAML Group, Act Industrial Pty Ltd, recipient of the title,

Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have ren ...

and the

Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice ''Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice'' ("For Church and Pope" in Latin) is a decoration of the Holy See. It is currently conferred for distinguished service to the Catholic Church by lay people and clergy. History The medal was established by Leo XIII o ...

S. S. Badrinath Sengamedu Srinivasa Badrinath (24 February 1940 – 21 November 2023) was an Indian ophthalmologist who was the founder and chairman emeritus of Sankara Nethralaya, one of India's largest charitable eye hospitals. He was an elected fellow of the ...

, founder and chairman emeritus of

Sankara Nethralaya Sankara Nethralaya is a not-for-profit missionary institution for ophthalmic care (i.e., an eye hospital) headquartered in Chennai, India. In the name "Sankara Nethralaya", "Sankara" is a reference to Adi Shankaracharya and "Nethralaya" means " ...

, Chennai *

M. Damodaran Meleveetil Damodaran is an Indian corporate advisor and mentor and a former senior government official. He is a Director on the Boards of Larsen & Toubro, Hero MotoCorp, Tech Mahindra, CRISIL, Biocon and Experian India. He is the founder Chair ...

, IAS, Chairman of

IndiGo Indigo is a deep color close to the color wheel blue (a primary color in the RGB color space), as well as to some variants of ultramarine, based on the ancient dye of the same name. The word "indigo" comes from the Latin word ''indicum'', m ...

, former Chairman of the

Securities and Exchange Board of India The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is the regulatory body for securities and commodity market in India under the ownership of Ministry of Finance within the Government of India. It was established on 12 April 1988 as an executive ...

(SEBI), the

Industrial Development Bank of India The IDBI Bank Limited (IDBI Bank or IDBI) is a development finance institution under the ownership of Life Insurance Corporation of India and Government of India. It was established in 1964 as Industrial Development Bank of India, a developmen ...

(IDBI) and the

Unit Trust of India UTI Mutual Fund was carved out of the erstwhile Unit Trust of India (UTI) as a Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) registered mutual fund from 1 February 2003. The Unit Trust of India Act 1963 was repealed, paving way for the bifurcati ...

(UTI) * R. K. Krishna Kumar, Tata Administrative Services (1963), Trustee of

Sir Dorabji Tata Trust The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust was established by Sir Dorab Tata (fondly called ''Sir Dorabji''), the elder son of Tata Group founder Jamsetji Tata. Founded in 1932, it is one of the oldest non-sectarian philanthropic organisations in India. Histor ...

and Sir Ratan Tata Trust & Allied Trusts, former Vice Chairman of the

Tata Global Beverages Tata Consumer Products is an Indian fast-moving consumer goods company and a part of the Tata Group. Its registered office is located in Kolkata while its corporate headquarters is in Mumbai. It is the world's second-largest manufacturer and di ...

and Director of

Tata Sons Tata Sons Private Limited is the parent company of the Tata Group and holds the bulk of shareholding in the Tata group of companies including their land holdings across India, tea estates and steel plants. It is a privately owned conglomerate of ...

Sashi Kumar Sashi Kumar (born 23 February 1952) is an Indian journalist and media personality from Kerala. He worked in Asianet, the country's first regional satellite television channel. He founded and chairs the Media Development Foundation, the not fo ...

, founder and promoter of

Asianet Asianet may refer to: Disney Star channels *Asianet Communications, an Indian media company wholly owned by Disney Star **Asianet (TV channel), a Malayalam language general entertainment channel **Asianet Plus, a Malayalam language general entertai ...

, chairman of the

Asian College of Journalism, Chennai The Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) is a journalism school in Chennai, India, which offers postgraduate diploma courses in journalism. History Asian College of Journalism, Chennai was founded in Bangalore as the Asian School of Journalism, Ba ...

Verghese Kurien Verghese Kurien (26 November 1921 - 9 September 2012), known as the "Father of the White Revolution" in India, was a social entrepreneur whose "billion-litre idea", Operation Flood, made dairy farming India's largest self-sustaining industry an ...

, Father of the

White Revolution The White Revolution ( fa, انقلاب سفید ''Enqelāb-e Sefid'') or the Shah and People Revolution ( fa, انقلاب شاه و مردم ''Enqelāb-e Shāh o Mardom'') was a far-reaching series of reforms resulting in aggressive moderniz ...

, Founder Chairman of the

National Dairy Development Board The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is a statutory body set up by an Act of the Parliament of India. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying of the Government of India. The main office is in An ...

(NDDB) from 1965 to 1998, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF), from 1973 to 2006 and the

Institute of Rural Management Anand Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) is an autonomous institution and premier business school located in Anand Gujarat, India with the mandate of contributing to the professional management of rural organizations. IRMA was founded with the ...

from 1979 to 2006 * N. Mahalingam, former chairman,

Sakthi Group The Sakthi Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate with operational areas in India, China, Europe, Middle East and United States. The group has operations in Sugar, Dairy, Industrial Alcohol, Automobile distribution and components, Trans ...

and former chairman,

* Arumugham Mahendran, Chairman and Managing Director of Global Consumer Products Private Limited and former Managing Director of

Godrej Consumer Products Limited Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL) is an Indian consumer goods company based in Mumbai, India. GCPL's products include soap, hair colourants, toiletries and liquid detergents. Its brands include 'Cinthol', 'Godrej Fair Glow', 'Godrej No. ...

* Bala S. Manian, founder of ReaMetrix, Digital Optics and Quantum Dot Corporation *

Kalanithi Maran Kalanithi Murasoli Maran is an Indian billionaire media mogul who is the chairman and founder of the Sun Group. He owns television channels, newspapers, weeklies, FM radio stations, DTH services, a cricket team (Sunrisers Hyderabad), and a mov ...

, founder and chairman of the SUN Group * Sudhakar Ram, Group CEO and Managing Director of Mastek * Jerry Rao, chairman of the Value and Budget Housing Corporation and founder and former CEO of MphasiS Corporation. *

W Hansraj Saxena W. Hansraj Saxena is the CEO of the News J Channel. He is the former Deputy Managing Director of Sun Pictures, an Indian film distribution and production company, subsidiary of Sun Group and a division of Sun TV Network. Early life Hansraj Sax ...

, Chief Executive Officer

News J ''News J'' is all year round Tamil news broadcasting channel headquartered at Nungambakkam in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and is run by Mantaro Network Private Limited, founded by Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Edappadi K.Palaniswami, C.Ve.Radhaak ...

, former chief operating officer of

Sun Pictures Sun Pictures is an Indian film distribution and production studio based in Chennai, India. It is a unit of Sun TV Network a part of the Sun Group. Founded in 2000, it started producing the TV film ''Siragugal ''Siragugal'' () is an Indi ...

Ajit Shetty Ajit, Baron Shetty is a Belgian businessman. He was chairman of the board of directors of Janssen Pharmaceutica, a pharmaceutical company and subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, with its headquarters in Beerse, Belgium. In February 2012 he retired ...

, former Chairman of Board of Directors,

Janssen Pharmaceutica Janssen Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Beerse, Belgium, and wholly-owned by Johnson & Johnson. It was founded in 1953 by Paul Janssen. In 1961, Janssen Pharmaceuticals was purchased by New Jersey-based American c ...

Ram Shriram Kavitark Ram Shriram (born 1956/57) is an Indian-American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is a founding board member and one of the first investors in Google. He was earlier employed by Amazon, working for Jeff Bezos. Shriram cam ...

, ''Forbes'' billionaire, founding board member of

Google Inc. Google LLC () is an American multinational technology company focusing on search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics. I ...

(now Alphabet) and an initial investor in Google, Founder of the Sherpalo Ventures, Menlo Park and board member of the

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

. *

A. Sivasailam Anantharamakrishnan Sivasailam (24 August 1934 – 11 January 2011) was an Indian industrialist, educationist, philanthropist and a former chairman and managing director of Amalgamations Group of Industries, a 70 billion conglomerate hosting a w ...

, former chairman and managing director of

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of Industries *

Damal Kandalai Srinivasan Damal Kandalai Srinivasan (born 1933) is an Indian social worker, business person, philanthropist and the co-founder of Hindu Mission Hospital, Chennai. He is also the secretary of ''Valluvar Gurukulam'', an educational institution founded in 19 ...

, co-founder of

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N. Srinivasan Narayanaswami Srinivasan (born 3 January 1945) is an Indian industrialist. He is a former Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and former President of the BCCI, the governing body for cricket in India. He is also the managing ...

, first Chairman of the International Cricket Council, managing director of

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Limited *

Rangaswamy Srinivasan Rangaswamy Srinivasan (born February 28, 1929 in Madras, India) is a physical chemist and inventor with a 30-year career at IBM Research. He has developed techniques for ablative photodecomposition and used them to contribute to the development of ...

, inventor at

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Narayanan Vaghul Narayanan Vaghul (Born 1936) is a Philanthropist and an ex banker professional from India. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in the Trade and Industry category in 2010 by the Government of India. Early life Born in a remote village in South India, ...

, Chairman of the Board of

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from 1985 to April 2009, director on the board of

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since 1997, member on the Boards of Mahindra World City Developers Limited, Piramal Enterprises Limited, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited, recipient of the

award in 2010

Sport

Vijay Amritraj Vijay Amritraj (born 14 December 1953) is an Indian sports commentator, actor and retired professional tennis player from Madras. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's 4th highest civilian honour, in 1983.In 2022, he was honored for his cont ...

, tennis player *

Vasudevan Baskaran Vasudevan Baskaran (born 17 August 1950) is a former field hockey player and coach from Tamil Nadu, India. He captained the India, which won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, then part of the Soviet Union. Thereafter he c ...

, captain of

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, which won the gold medal at the

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Mohammad Ghouse Mohammad Ghouse (15 March 1931 – 29 September 2014) was a cricket umpire known for umpiring Test and One Day International matches. He is the former Chairman of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association and the ex President of Tamil Nadu Umpires Guild ...

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and former Chairman of the

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* Sunny Gupta, cricketer *

Jawad Hussain Raza Jawad Hussain (20 April 1939 – 26 April 2008), commonly known as Joe Hussain, was an Indian cricketer. He played only one first-class match, for Tamil Nadu against Andhra in the 1964–65 Ranji Trophy. He scored 17 in his only inning ...

, first class cricket player (father of the former England captain, Nasir Hussain) *

Sharath Kamal Achanta Sharath Kamal (born 12 July 1982) is an Indian professional table tennis player. He is the first Indian table tennis player ever to become ten times Senior National Champion hence breaking the record of eight-time National Champion Kaml ...

, Indian

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player *

Ramanathan Krishnan Ramanathan Krishnan (born 11 April 1937) is a retired tennis player from India who was among the world's leading players in the 1950s and 1960s. He was twice a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1960 and 1961, reaching as high as World No. 3 in Potte ...

, tennis player *

Ramesh Krishnan Ramesh Krishnan (born 5 June 1961) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from India. As a junior player in the late 1970s, he won the singles titles at both, Wimbledon and the French Open. He went on to reach three Grand Sla ...

, tennis player *

Vidya Pillai Vidya Viswanathan Pillai (born 26 November 1977) is an Indian professional snooker player. Vidya Pillai grew up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. In recognition of her achievements, the Government of Karnataka bestowed her with the Ekalavya award in 2016 ...

, first Indian female

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to reach the finals of the WLBSA

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, tennis player *

A. G. Kripal Singh Amritsar Govindsingh Kripal Singh (6 August 1933 – 22 July 1987) was an Indian Test cricketer. Life and career Kripal Singh came from a famous cricketing family. His father A. G. Ram Singh was unlucky not to play for India, his brother Mi ...

, first class cricketer for

* A. G. Milkha Singh, cricketer * Sivabalan, volleyball player * Krishnamoorthy Vignesh, cricketer * Sanjay Yadav, cricketer *

Tinu Yohannan Tinu Yohannan (born 18 February 1979) is a former Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed fast medium bowler. He played first class cricket for Kerala and was the first Kerala player to play Test and one day cricket for India. He is the curre ...

, cricketer *

Edwin Sydney Vanspaul Edwin Sydney Vanspaul Henry (born 24 September 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or defender for East Bengal in the Indian Super League. Early career Son of a sports enthusiast, Edwin Sydney grew up watching ...

, footballer

Religion

* Archbishop Joseph Powathil, Archbishop emeritus of Archdiocese of Changanacherry. *

Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (5 February 1924 – 2 June 2014) was an Indian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Roman Curia and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985. His ...

, Prefect Emeritus of the

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Swami Parthasarathy Avula Parthasarathy, popularly known as Swamiji (born 8 June 1927), is an Indian philosopher and exponent of Vedanta, one of the ancient philosophies of India. He translates the subtle philosophical themes into a practical technique of living. He ...

, philosopher and exponent of

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Chidananda Saraswati Chidananda Saraswati (24 September 1916 – 28 August 2008) was President of the Divine Life Society, Rishikesh, India. He is well known in India as a yogi, dnyani and spiritual leader. He succeeded as President of the Divine Life Society in 1 ...

, President of the

Divine Life Society The Divine Life Society (DLS) is a Hindu spiritual organisation and an ashram, founded by Swami Sivananda Saraswati in 1936, at Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh, India. Today it has branches around the world, the headquarters being situated in Rishikes ...

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Journalism

Kasturi Balaji Kasturi Balaji (born 1955) is an Indian journalist and publisher who is the Managing Director of ''The Hindu'' since 20 March 2010. Early life Balaji was born in 1955 to G. Kasturi and his wife, Kamala. He graduated in commerce from the Loyola ...

, Managing Director of

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, former chairman emeritus of the

Vikatan ''Ananda Vikatan'' is a Tamil-language weekly magazine published from Chennai, India. History and profile ''Ananda Vikatan'' was started by Late Pudhoor Vaidyanadhaiyar in February 1926 as a monthly publication. The issue for December 1927 wa ...

Group * Vincent D'Souza, editor and publisher of The Mylapore Times and The Arcot Road Times *

Manu Joseph Manu Joseph (born 22 July 1974) is an Indian journalist and writer. He is the former editor of ''Open'' magazine. Life and career Manu was born in Kottayam, Kerala, and grew up in Chennai. His father Joseph Madapally is a film maker who directe ...

, former editor of

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magazine, and a columnist for

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and The Hindustan Times *N. Murali, Narasimhan Murali, Co-Chairman, Kasturi & Sons Ltd., Proprietors of The Hindu Group of Publications *Sanjay Pinto, Indian lawyer, former bureau chief and resident editor, NDTV 24x7, NDTV 24 X 7 *N. Ram, Chairman, The Hindu Publishing Group (THG); former Editor-in-Chief,

Group of Publications *N. S. Ramaswami,

n sports journalist and former assistant editor of

, Mail and Indian Express *Palagummi Sainath, former rural affairs editor of

, founder editor of the People's Archive of Rural India and recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award

Film, theatre, and television

* I. Ahmed, film director and producer * Ajesh, singer, music composer * K. V. Anand, cinematographer and director * Arulnithi, film actor * Mahesh Babu, Telugu film actor * Ramachandra Babu, cinematographer * Yuthan Balaji, film actor * Gabriella Charlton, actor, dancer * Joe D'Cruz, writer, novelist and documentary film director * Venkatesh Daggubati, film actor * Darshana KT, Darshana, playback singer * Kishen Das, actor * Deepak Dinkar, film and television actor * Gifton Elias, music composer * R. Ajay Gnanamuthu film director * Gokul (director), Gokul, film director * Vinay Govind, film director * Sikkil Gurucharan, Carnatic musician – vocalist * Kalidas Jayaram, actor and playback singer * Anand Jeeva, cinematographer * Ashwin Kakumanu, film actor * Arvind Krishna, cinematographer, producer and actor * Anand Krishnamoorthi, film sound designer, sound editor * Krishna (Tamil actor), Krishna Kulasekaran, film actor * Jagadeesh Kumar, singer * Thiagarajan Kumararaja, film director * Maalavika Manoj, singer * Richard M. Nathan, cinematographer * Shanmuga Pandian, film actor * Suresh Peters, singer, music director, music producer * Daniel Annie Pope, film actor * Prashanth, film actor * Pushkar–Gayathri, director duo * Karthik Raja, music composer * Yuvan Shankar Raja, music composer * Mohan Rajan, lyricist * K. Rajeshwar, film director * P. C. Ramakrishna, theatre actor, The Madras Players * Sunder Ramu, film and stage actor * Paloma Rao, actress and performer * Jayam Ravi, film actor * Anirudh Ravichander, music director * Ruben (film editor), Ruben, film editor
Shyam Sibi
Editor * R. Sarathkumar, film actor * I. V. Sasi, film director * Vinayak Sasikumar, lyricist * Ashok Selvan, film actor * Silambarasan, film actor, singer, lyricst, film director, music composer * Sibi Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, film actor * Johnny Chakravarthy, film actor * Tatineni Satya, film director * Rajesh Selva, Rajesh M. Selva, film director and screenwriter * Soundararajan (cinematographer), Soundararajan, cinematographer * Bhuvan Srinivasan, film editor * R. Sudharsan, film editor * Suriya, film actor, producer, founder of the Agaram Foundation * S. J. Surya, film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, music composer, singer * Arvind Swami, film actor * Hiphop Tamizha, (Jeeva) Tamil Hip-hop pioneers * Vijay Vasanth, actor and managing director of Vasanth & Co * Arthi Venkatesh, actress * Vetrimaaran, film director, producer and writer * Vijay (actor), Vijay, film actor, also known as 'Thalapathy' by the media, a popular actor in Tamil cinema * John Vijay, film actor * Vikram (actor), Vikram, film actor * Siddharth Vipin, music composer * Vishal (actor), Vishal, film actor, producer and anti-piracy activist * Sam Vishal, singer * Vishnuvardhan (director), Vishnuvardhan, film director * Josh Vivian, singer, music composer

Other

*Viswanathan Anand, Grand Master and chess champion *S. Nandagopal, sculptor and painter and member of the Madras Art Movement *Sidney Sladen, fashion designer *Anukreethy Vas, Femina Miss India World 2018 *Tenzin Tsundue, Tibetan writer and activist

Gallery

Image:Lawrence sundaram audi.jpg, The Jubilee Building Image:Loyola college entrance.jpg, Entrance gate Image:Loyola college.jpg, Name board at the entrance in Tamil

References

External links

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