CHETTIYAR VAISHYA PROMINENT PERSONALITIES

#CHETTIYAR VAISHYA PROMINENT PERSONALITIES

1. Alagappa Chettiar - founder of the various educational institutions in Karaikudi and its surroundings. Alagappa University, Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology, and Alagappa Government Arts College are a few institutes named in his honour.

2. Annamalai Chettiar - founder of Indian Bank and the Annamalai University bears his name.

3. Muthiah Chettiar

4. S. Rm. Muthiah Chettiar

5. M. A. M. Muthiah

6. M. A. M. Ramaswamy

7. M. A. Chidambaram

8. P. Chidambaram - former Finance Minister of India.

9. Kaviarasar Kannadasan - Tamil poet.

10. Justice A. R. Lakshmanan (b. 1942) - former judge of the Supreme Court of India and current chairman of the Law Commission of India.

11.Lena Chettiar

12. A. V. Meiyappan - founder of AVM Productions, the oldest and largest film production studio in Kollywood, the Tamil language film industry of India.

13. Hari Sevugan

14. Rama Narayanan, film director and producer

15. Sp Muthuraman, film director and producer

16. Vasanth, director

17. Soma Valliappan