G. Viswanathan

Govindasamy Viswanathan, is the founder and chancellor of Vellore Institute of Technology[1] 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 the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Anaicut constituency in the 1980 election[2] and from Arcot constituency in 1991 election.[3]

G. Vishwanathan
Born
G.

(1938-12-08) 8 December 1938
Kothakuppam, Gudiyattam, Madras Presidency, British India (present day Tamil Nadu, India)
NationalityIndian
Alma materLoyola College, Chennai
Madras University
OccupationFounder & Chancellor, VIT University
Years active1967 – present
Spouse(s)Rajeswari (deceased)
ChildrenG.V. Sankar, G.V. Sampath, Sekar Viswanathan, and G.V. Selvam

Education

Viswanathan attended the six-week Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2003. He went on to obtain master's degree in Economics from Loyola College, and completed Law from Madras University. His leadership skills were noticed by C.N. Annadurai and the DMK party chose him to contest the elections in 1967. He entered the Indian parliament representing the aspirations of around 500,000 people of his constituency.

Career

Currently, Viswanathan holds these offices:[4]

  • Chancellor, VIT University, Vellore
  • Chancellor, VIT University, Chennai
  • Chancellor, VIT University, Amaravathi
  • Chancellor, VIT University, Bhopal
  • Chairman and Managing Trustee North Arcot Educational and Charitable Trust, Vellore
  • President, Friends of United States, Chennai
  • Executive President, The Centenarian Trust, Chennai
  • Vice President, Thiru. Vi.Ka — Dr. Mu.Va. Educational Trust, Chennai
  • President, Universal Higher Education Trust, NGO, Vellore[5]
  • President, Indian Economic Association (IEA), India.[6]

References
  1. VIT page
  2. 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  3. 1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  4. "The Living Legend — Dr. G. Viswanathan". Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  5. "President — UHET".
  6. Namma, Vellore (26 January 2018). "IEA President". www.nammavellore.in.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.