T. V. Sundram Iyengar
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| Рожденный | Тируккурунгуди Венгарам Сундрам Айенгар 22 марта 1877 г. |
| Died | 28 April 1955 (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Industrialist |
| Children | 8, including T. S. Soundram |
| Relatives | TVS family |
Тируккурунгуди Венгарам Сундрам Айенгар (22 марта 1877 — 28 апреля 1955) — индийский промышленник и пионер автомобилестроения. В 1911 году он основал TV Sundram Iyengar & Sons, автобусную компанию, которая позже диверсифицировала производство автомобилей и стала материнской компанией TVS Group , одного из крупнейших бизнес-конгломератов Индии. [ 1 ] Начав скромную карьеру юриста, он превратился в одного из самых успешных промышленников своего времени. Флагманской компанией группы является TVS Motors, основанная его сыном Т.С. Сринивасаном. он заложил основу для автомобильного транспорта, Во время своего бывшего президентства в Мадрасе открыв первое в штате автобусное сообщение. Группа TVS, которую он таким образом основал, теперь простирается от автомобильной промышленности, автосервисов до финансовых услуг.
Рождение и молодость
[ редактировать ]ТВ Сундрам Айенгар родился в тамильской семье. [ 2 ] в начале 1877 года в Тируккурунгуди , в штате Тамил Наду в Индии . Сундрам Айенгар начал свою карьеру в качестве юриста. По желанию отца он затем перешел работать на Индийские железные дороги , а затем в банк. [3]
As an industrialist
[edit]Sundram Iyengar later quit his jobs[4] and laid the foundation for the motor transport industry in South India when he first started a bus service in the city of Madurai in the year 1911.[4][5] He established the T. V. Sundram Iyengar and Sons Limited in 1911, which by his death in 1955, operated a number of buses and lorries under the title of Southern Roadways Limited.[5] This paved the way for the genesis of the TVS Group.
During the times of the second world war, Madras Presidency was met with petrol scarcity[citation needed]. To meet the demands, Sundram Iyengar designed and produced the TVS Gas Plant. He also started a factory for rubber retreading, besides two more concerns, the Madras Auto Service Ltd and the Sundaram Motors, a division of T. V. Sundram Iyengar & Sons Ltd. The former was the largest distributor for General Motors in the 1950s.[5] What started as a single man's passion soon became the business of a family.
Sundram Iyengar had five sons and three daughters, and in his patriarchal Tamil Brahmin family all male members got into the business. With his son, T. S. Doraisamy's early death, four other sons — T. S. Rajam, T. S. Santhanam, T. S. Srinivasan and T. S. Krishna – became an integral part of the business, and ever since there have been four largely distinct branches that have worked under the TVS umbrella.[4]
The group established by Sri Sundram Iyengar, according to the company, is currently the largest automobile distribution company in India, enjoys a turnover of about US$8.5 Billion[citation needed] and has an employee strength of over 60,000.[1] The group operates in diverse fields like automotive component manufacturing, automotive dealerships, finance and electronics,[6] as well as into IT solutions and services.[7]
Personal life
[edit]T. V. Sundram Iyengar married Lakshmi Ammal and they had eight children - five sons and three daughters. Their son T. S. Doraiswamy, died at an early age. T. V. Sundram Iyengar accepted his daughter T. S. Soundaram, then a teenage widow who remarried G. Ramachandran (social reformer), under the compulsion of Mahatma Gandhi.[8] T. S. Soundaram then involved herself in the Indian independence movement along with Gandhi. She was later honoured with a postal stamp released in her honour.[9]
Apart from being a successful business man, T. V. Sundram Iyengar was a patron of the arts.[10] He was praised by Rajaji, a senior statesmen and governor general of India at that time, for his gesture of retiring and handing over the trade to his sons.[11]
Later years and death
[edit]He died in the early hours of 28 April 1955 at his residence in Kodaikanal at the age of 78 and at that time was survived by his wife, four sons and three daughters.[5]
Honours
[edit]Sundram Iyengar was honoured by the Government of India by unveiling bust in bronze and in marble in the city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu on 7 August 1956.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b TVS Iyengar [dead link]
- ^ "8 Most Successful Indian Family Businesses Running Over A Century". Marketing Mind. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ Ramaswamy, Vijaya (2017). Historical Dictionary of the Tamils (Second ed.). London: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538106853.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c 60 years in business – Outlook Business
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d T.V. Sundram Iyengar dead
- ^ TVS Electronics
- ^ TVS Infotech
- ^ "The Mahatma's Gandhigram" Archived 11 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stamp on Dr T.S. Soundram released- The Hindu
- ^ Kasiki Natakam
- ^ THE KING MAKER-Kamaraj grew up as a big power
- ^ Tributes to TVS Iyengar