We seek to publish the list of great achievers in our community.  The criteria to enter this list is to have achieved high esteem in important areas such as science, arts, administration, education, sports, religion,  engineering, industry, economics and commerce.   Please email the resume of your  relatives and acquaintances in our community to include in the list.  Also provide any corrections/alteration/additional data for the following list.

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Administration

1. M.A. Srinivasan I.C.S - Former Diwan of Gwalior and Minister in Mysore (Late)
2. M.A. Thirumala Iyengar I.C.S - Secretary West Bengal (Late)
3. T. Vengadamma (Late) - Under Secretary, Govt. of Karnataka

1. M.A.S. Rajan I.A.S - Chief Secretary Government of Karnataka
2. M.C. Narasimhan I.A.S. - Secretary Government of India
3. M.V. Jayanthi I.A.S. - Commissioner Government of Karnataka
4. Thirumalai - Secretary Government of Karnataka
5. M.N. Narasimhan- Deputy Commissioner Commercial Taxes Government of Karnataka
6. M.Sampath Kumaran,  Retd Additional Secretary to Government of India Central Board of Excise and Customs

Engineering

1. M.C. Sampath Iyengar - Chief Engineer Mysore PWD (Late)
2. M.C. Rangaswamy - Director National Diary Research Institute (Late)
3. R.A. Srinivasan - CWE Military Engineering Service (Late)
4. R.A. Sampath Iyengar - Chief Engineer PWD Mysore (Late)
5. R.A.A. Char - Chief Engineer Chambal Hydroelectric Project (Late)
6. M.B.Krishna Iyengar - Chief Engineer PWD Karnataka (Late)
7. M.N. Thirunarayanan - Chief Engineer Doordarshan (Late)
8. R.A. Parthasarathy Iyengar - Chief Engineer All India Radio (Late)
9. M.A. Ramanujam - Chief Engineer Karnataka Railways & PWD in the 20s and 30s was instrumental in building the Bangalore Townhall and roads, bridges and dams in Karnataka (Late)

1. M.T. Prabhakar - Chief Engineer Railways
2. M.R. Narasimhachar - Chief Engineer Railways
3. M.N. Singlachar - Chief Engineer Railways
4. M.A. Varadarajan - Chief Engineer PWD Tamilnadu
5. M.C. Thiruvenkatachar - Chief Engineer PWD Tamilnadu
6. M.K. Sridhar - Director, BHEL; Managing Director, Best & Crompton and Sr.Vice President, Dodsal Ltd.
7. G.V Varadarajan - CWE Military Engineering Service
8. M.A. Srivatsa- Executive Director NGEF
9. Narasimhan.N.Koomar - Management Consultant UNDP/ Asian Development Bank
10. M.A. Alahan BE, ME,LLB - Executive Director/ Chief Vigilance office. Indian Petochemicals Corporation Ltd  Gujarat
11. Nallarchakravarthy Narasingham,BE. DIISC (Power Engineering) Retired Chief Electrical Engineer- Central Railway Bombay. Key achievement is Electrification of Central Railway

Education

1. M.J. Narayana Iyengar - Prof of Mathematics. University of Mysore (Late)
2. M.T. Ramaswamy Iyengar - Prof of Mathematics. University of Mysore (Late)
3. M.T. Narayana Iyengar - Prof of Mathematics, University of Bangalore and winner of "Ganitha Shastra Praveena" award (Late)
4. Y.G. Krishnaswamy - Prof of Mathematics. University of Mysore (Late)
5. M.N. Narasimha Iyengar - Prof of Mathematics University of Mysore (Late)
6. M.O. Parthasarathy Iyengar - Founder Hindu College Chennai (Late)
7. M. G. Srinivasan (Late) - Founder NIE College, Mysore
8. M. A. Yeggamma (Late) - Co-founder MLA School
9. N.S.Krishna Iyengar (Late),Principal and Founder, Model Girls' School, Nagamangala.

1. Y.G. Singaperumal - Prof and Principal of M.E.S. College Bangalore
2. Y.G. Narasimhan - Head of Mechanical Engineer I.I.T Madras
3. M.A. Singlachar - Chairman M.E.I. Polytechnic
4. M.A.Lakshmithathachar - Director Academy of Sanskrit Research Melkote
5. M.I. Thiru Iyengar - Vice Chancellor Adarsha Trust
6. Dr. M.A. Gopinath - Director National Documentation Research and Library Science
7. M.S. Alvar - Professor National Institute of Engineering Mysore.
8. Dr.Y.G.Srinivasa, presently professor in Precision Engineering & Instrumentation Lab., Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras
9. Prof Makaram Alasinger - Prof Electrical Sciences, BMS College Bangalore
   

Science

1. Dr. M.A. Sampath Kumaran - Head of Department  Botony University of Mysore(Late)
2. Dr. M.O.T. Iyengar (Late)

1. Dr. M.A. Lakshmithathachar - Head of Department I.I.Sc Bangalore
2. Dr.M.A.Thirunarayan - Head of Department I.I.Sc Bangalore
3. Dr. M.K. Krishnakumari - Asst Director Central Food Technology Research Institute Mysore
4. M.D.Rajanarayanan - Director of Defence Research and Development Organisation
5. Dr. M.A. Singlachar - Director of University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore
6. Dr.N.K.S.Rajan, Specialist in Gassification, Senior Scientific Officer,
   Combustion/Gassification/Propulsion Laboratory, I.I.Sc., Bangalore.
7. Prof. Mandyam V. Srinivasan - ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision Sciences, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University

Sports

1. S.A. Srinivasan - President Karnataka State Cricket Association (Late)
2. M. K. Narasimha Iyengar (Late) - Karnataka Team Basketball & Founder Bharath Sports Union
3. M. A. Anand Alwar (Late) - Karnataka Team Basketball & Founder Bharath Sports Union
4. M.R. Alasingrachar (Late) - Played for Mysore in the Ranji Trophy in the'40s.
5. M.R. Parthasarathy (Late) - Played for Mysore in the Ranji Trophy in1954. Also captain of the victorious Mysore University team in the Rohington Baria Trophy tournament in 1953-4.
6. D.S. Murthy - President Indian Hockey Federation (Late)

1. S.Ranagarajan - Karnataka Team Basketball
2. S.Narasimharajan - Karnataka Team Basketball
3. M.O.Srinivasan - National Team Cricket
4. M.O.Parthasarathy - Ranji player Cricket
5. M.A. Seetha - National Basketball Team
6. M.A. Shakunthala - National Basketball Team
7. M.A. Thanga - National Basketball Team
8. Sushila Rajagopal - Captain Ball Badminton Team Karnataka
9. M. A. Srirangamma - Retd. Professor in Hindi, Theresian College Mysore & Karnataka Team Basketball
10. Mr.M.D.Jayasimha: Senior Referee of Basketball Federation of India. He an was Official in the recently held Asian basketball Confederation Championship. Mr.
11. M.K.Narasimhan: Associate Secretary of the Karnataka basketball Association, Chairman, referees Board. He was recently Manager to the Karnataka State Men and women team in the XV National Basketball Championships.
12. Ms. Radha Murthy: Wife of Mr.D.S.Murthy, is the President of the Karnataka State Women's Hockey Association.
13. Ms. Ranjini Ramanujam: Arjuna Award recipient for her achievements in badminton in special category. It is the highest honor conferred on a sports-person by the President of India. She is ranked number II in the World rankings in the game and is daughter of Mr.M.J.Ramanujam and grand daughter of late Prof.M.J.Narayana Iyengar.

Medicine

1. Dr. Col. M.D. Ramaswamy - Defence(Late)
2. Dr. S.T. Narasimhan - Neuro surgeon (Late)
3. Dr. R.M. Mohana - Dibrector Central Ayurvedic Institute (Late)

1. Dr. S.S. Jayaram - Psychiatrist
2. Dr. M.A.Thirumalachar - Endometry
3. Dr. Nallachakravarthi Vaijayanthi MD DGO MBBS  Chief Consultant St. Martha's Hospital, Bangalore

Industry

1. R.A. Krishnaswamy (Late) - Chairman Orkay Products

1. Narasimhan (Kishore) Mandyam - CEO Ampersand
2. S.P. Koushik - Managing Director CD Instrumentation
3. R ASridhar-Associate Vice President Marketing AMCO Batteries Limited
4. M.Rangarajan, Retired Group General Manager,Oil and Natural GasCorporation Ltd (ONGC)
5. Dr.M.C.Badarinarayana Vice President SHEQ Bayer(India) LTD
6. Krishna Mandyam - Computer Software business in the US and has been awarded Gold Medal by the State of Illinois , USA
7. Srinivas Mandyam - VP and Founder of COVIGO a wireless networking products company in San Francisco.

Arts

1. Y.G. Parthasarathy - Actor/ Director (Late)
2. M.T.V.Acharya, Renowned Artist and Arts Teacher[Fine Arts] (Late)

1. Vasundaradevi - Movie Actress
2. Vyjayanthimala - Movie Actress
3. M.A.Narasimhachar - Carnatic Musician (Vocalist), Rajyotsava Award Winner
4. Rajalakshmi Thirunarayanan - Carnatic Musician (Veena)
5. K.S. Srisaila - Movie and stage actor
6. Saroja Srisaila - Movie and stage actor
7. M.B.S. Prasad - Director, National ( Silver Lotus ) Award and State Awards winner
8. Y.G. Mahendra - Actor/ Director
9. N.S.S.Iyengar, Renowned Artist[Fine Arts
10. R.A. Ramamani, Karnatic vocalist and an expert in avadhanapallavi and jazz music
11. R.A. Rajagopal, Mridanga Vidvan
    
    

Politics

1. M.R. Narasimha Iyengar - Municipal Councillor (Late)
2. M.S. Krishnan - Member Legislative Assembly Karnataka (Late)

1. M.C. Narasimhan -Member Legislative Assembly Karnataka
2. Vyjayanthimala - Member of Parliament

Community Services

1. Madhura Chatrapathy - President AWAKE for development of women entrepreneurs

Defence

1. Wg. Cdr. Mandayam Anandalwar Srirangarajan - Indian Air Force
2. Retd Wg. Cdr. Mandayam Anandampillai Sunder,  Indian Air Force

Sanskrit/Philosophy

1. Vid.Areyar Srirama Sharma,
2. Dr.M.A. Alwar
   

Oustanding Academic Achievement by young Mandyams

1. Mr. Vaibhav Rajan, son of Prof. Sridhar Rajan, secured First rank in the Karnataka State PUC examination in April 2000, obtaining 97.2% marks. He also got a First Rank in the Country, in the Entrance examination of the Birla Institute of Technology(BITS) Pilani, for BE(Hons) in Computer science.