Honoured:
C. Rangarajan, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister,
presenting the Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar award to K. Sundaramurthy
at the M.A. Chidambaram Charities Founder’s Day Awards 2007 function
in Chennai on Friday. A.C.Muthiah, president, M.A.C. Charities (left),
and other awardees, K. Subburaj and S. Rajam (right), are in the picture.
Rajah
Annamalai Chettiar award for Tamil scholar
13/10/2007
CHENNAI:
The M.A. Chidambaram Charities Trust has donated Rs 50 lakh to the Madras
School of Economics. School’s chairman C. Rangarajan accepted the
donation from the Trust’s president and managing trustee A.C. Muthiah
at a function marking the late Dr. M.A. Chidambaram Chettiar’s 89th
birth anniversary on Friday.
Dr. Rangarajan, who is also chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, presented the Trust’s annual awards.
The 2007 Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar award was conferred on Tamil scholar and teacher K Sundaramurthy for his outstanding contribution to and promotion of Tamil language and literature.
The Dr. M.A. Chidambaram Chettiar Award for excellence in fine arts was conferred on well known Carnatic musician and artist S. Rajam.
The Dr. A.C. Muthiah award for achievement as a first generation entrepreneur was given to K. Subburaj, chairman of Cethar Vessels, one of the country’s leading boiler manufacturing firms.
Dr. Rangarajan, who is also chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, presented the Trust’s annual awards.
The 2007 Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar award was conferred on Tamil scholar and teacher K Sundaramurthy for his outstanding contribution to and promotion of Tamil language and literature.
The Dr. M.A. Chidambaram Chettiar Award for excellence in fine arts was conferred on well known Carnatic musician and artist S. Rajam.
The Dr. A.C. Muthiah award for achievement as a first generation entrepreneur was given to K. Subburaj, chairman of Cethar Vessels, one of the country’s leading boiler manufacturing firms.