Our Achievers

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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

M.A. Srinivasan I.C.S - Former Diwan of Gwalior and Minister in Mysore (Late)
M.A. Thirumala Iyengar I.C.S - Secretary West Bengal (Late)

T. Vengadamma (Late) - Under Secretary, Govt. of Karnataka
M.A.S. Rajan I.A.S - Chief Secretary Government of Karnataka
M.C. Narasimhan I.A.S. - Secretary Government of India
M.V. Jayanthi I.A.S. - Commissioner Government of Karnataka
Thirumalai - Secretary Government of Karnataka
M.N. Narasimhan- Deputy Commissioner Commercial Taxes Government of Karnataka
M.Sampath Kumaran, Retd Additional Secretary to Government of India Central Board of Excise and Customs

Engineering

M.C. Sampath Iyengar - Chief Engineer Mysore PWD (Late)
M.C. Rangaswamy - Director National Diary Research Institute (Late)
R.A. Srinivasan - CWE Military Engineering Service (Late)
R.A. Sampath Iyengar - Chief Engineer PWD Mysore (Late)
R.A.A. Char - Chief Engineer Chambal Hydroelectric Project (Late)
M.B.Krishna Iyengar - Chief Engineer PWD Karnataka (Late)
M.N. Thirunarayanan - Chief Engineer Doordarshan (Late)
R.A. Parthasarathy Iyengar - Chief Engineer All India Radio (Late)
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)
M.N.Anandalwar - Chief engineer of the K.R.S Dam project (Late)

M.T. Prabhakar - Chief Engineer Railways
M.R. Narasimhachar - Chief Engineer Railways
M.N. Singlachar - Chief Engineer Railways
M.A. Varadarajan - Chief Engineer PWD Tamilnadu
M.C. Thiruvenkatachar - Chief Engineer PWD Tamilnadu
M.K. Sridhar - Director, BHEL; Managing Director, Best & Crompton and Sr.Vice President, Dodsal Ltd.
G.V Varadarajan - CWE Military Engineering Service
M.A. Srivatsa- Executive Director NGEF
Narasimhan.N.Koomar - Management Consultant UNDP/ Asian Development Bank
M.A. Alahan BE, ME,LLB - Executive Director/ Chief Vigilance office. Indian Petochemicals Corporation Ltd Gujarat
Nallarchakravarthy Narasingham,BE. DIISC (Power Engineering) Retired Chief Electrical Engineer- Central Railway Bombay. Key achievement is Electrification of Central Railway
Mr. M.V. Ramaswamy ( Ramaswamy M. Vokkarne) Managing Director and Chief Engineer, Karnataka UrbanWater Supply Board (KUWSDB) Retd. and former ADB consultant.

Education

M.J. Narayana Iyengar - Prof of Mathematics. University of Mysore (Late)
M.T. Ramaswamy Iyengar - Prof of Mathematics. University of Mysore (Late)
M.T. Narayana Iyengar - Prof of Mathematics, University of Bangalore and winner of "Ganitha Shastra Praveena" award (Late)
Y.G. Krishnaswamy - Prof of Mathematics. University of Mysore (Late)
M.N. Narasimha Iyengar - Prof of Mathematics University of Mysore (Late)
M.O. Parthasarathy Iyengar - Founder Hindu College Chennai (Late)
G.R.Josyer - Author of The Vimana Shastra (Late). Excerpts can be found at http://www.sacred-texts.com/ufo/vs/vspref.htm
Prof M.T. Narayan Iyengar - Central College, Bangalore (Late)
M. G. Srinivasan (Late) - Founder NIE College, Mysore
M. A. Yeggamma (Late) - Co-founder MLA School
N.S.Krishna Iyengar (Late),Principal and Founder, Model Girls' School, Nagamangala.
Y.G. Singaperumal - Prof and Principal of M.E.S. College Bangalore
Y.G. Narasimhan - Head of Mechanical Engineer I.I.T Madras
M.A. Singlachar - Chairman M.E.I. Polytechnic
M.A.Lakshmithathachar - Director Academy of Sanskrit Research Melkote
M.I. Thiru Iyengar - Vice Chancellor Adarsha Trust
Dr. M.A. Gopinath - Director National Documentation Research and Library Science
M.S. Alvar - Professor National Institute of Engineering Mysore.
Dr.Y.G.Srinivasa, presently professor in Precision Engineering & Instrumentation Lab., Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras
Prof Makaram Alasinger - Prof Electrical Sciences, BMS College Bangalore

Science

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

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

Sports

S.A. Srinivasan - President Karnataka State Cricket Association (Late)
M. K. Narasimha Iyengar (Late) - Karnataka Team Basketball & Founder Bharath Sports Union
M. A. Anand Alwar (Late) - Karnataka Team Basketball & Founder Bharath Sports Union
M.R. Alasingrachar (Late) - Played for Mysore in the Ranji Trophy in the'40s.
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.
D.S. Murthy - President Indian Hockey Federation (Late)

S.Ranagarajan - Karnataka Team Basketball
S.Narasimharajan - Karnataka Team Basketball
M.O.Srinivasan - National Team Cricket
M.O.Parthasarathy - Ranji player Cricket
M.A. Seetha - National Basketball Team
M.A. Shakunthala - National Basketball Team
M.A. Thanga - National Basketball Team
Sushila Rajagopal - Captain Ball Badminton Team Karnataka
M. A. Srirangamma - Retd. Professor in Hindi, Theresian College Mysore & Karnataka Team Basketball
Mr.M.D.Jayasimha: Senior Referee of Basketball Federation of India. He an was Official in the recently held Asian basketball Confederation Championship. Mr.
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.
Ms. Radha Murthy: Wife of Mr.D.S.Murthy, is the President of the Karnataka State Women's Hockey Association.
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

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

Dr. S.S. Jayaram - Psychiatrist
Dr. M.A.Thirumalachar - Endometry
Dr. Nallachakravarthi Vaijayanthi MD DGO MBBS Chief Consultant St. Martha's Hospital, Bangalore
Dr. Y.G. Narendra - Emergency Physician, Sydney, Australia

Industry

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

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

Arts

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

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

Politics

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

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

Community Services

Madhura Chatrapathy - President AWAKE for development of women entrepreneurs

Defence

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

Sanskrit/Philosophy

Vid.Areyar Srirama Sharma,
Dr.M.A. Alwar
Oustanding Academic Achievement by young Mandyams
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.

Oustanding Academic Achievement by young Mandyams

Ms. Megha Kishore Daughter of Ms. Rangashri Kishore and Mr. M.C. Kishore Executive Director and Company Secretary Airports Authority of India, New Delhi has been the Best All Rounder Student of the Year and Best Science Student of the year 2006-2007 for her College and has secured the ALL INDIA FIRST RANK in the Joint Admission Test for Masters Programme in Bio Technology of IIT.