ప్రముఖ పారిశ్రామిక వేత్త , విద్యావేత్త ఆచార్య పి. ఆర్. రామకృష్ణ శత జయంతి సందర్భంగా ఒక ప్రత్యేక తపాలా కవరు 29-03-2018 న కోయంబత్తూరు లో విడుదల చేసారు.
A special cover on Prof. P.R. Ramakrishnan |
A special cover on Prof. P.R. Ramakrishnan was issued by India Post on 29th March, 2018 on his Birth centenary celebrations.
Prof. P R RAMAKRISHNAN, Son of Shri V. Rangaswamy Naidu; born in Peelamedu, Coimbatore on October 11, 1917; educated at Madras University. A post-graduate in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) Mr. Ramakrishnan had worked in the General Electric Company in the U.S. for seven years. P. R. Ramakrishnan was the first Indian Alumni of MIT Sloan School of Management and a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States who founded Madras Aluminum Company, South India Viscose, Coimbatore Institute of Technology and many other textile industries and two time Member of Parliament representing Indian National Congress from Coimbatore for the 3rd Lok Sabha during the 1962 General Elections and Pollachi for the 2nd Lok Sabha during the 1957 General Elections.
He married Rajeswari, daughter of Velagapudi Ramakrishna Ex.ICS officer and Founder of KCP group.
Along with his father V. Rangaswamy Naidu and brother R. Venkataswamy Naidu, Mr. Ramakrishnan started the Coimbatore Institute of Technology in 1956.
He was treasurer of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee. He is survived by his wife Rajeshwari and sons R. Prabhu and S.R.K. Prasad.
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