Pollachi mahalingam biography of mahatma

Arutchelvar Dr. N Mahalingam, was the Founder Chairman of Sakthi Group an industrial conglomerate operating in sugar, automobiles, finance, distilleries, power and logistics. Mahalingam was a philanthropist, educationalist and politician. He has established a number of educational institutions and known for his support to various spiritual and cultural organisations.

He was born on 21 March in an agriculture family at Pollachi to P Nachimuthu Gounder, who started the Sakthi Group in by diversifying his traditional business of hiring out bullock carts to starting a passenger transport services. He was the founder of many educational institutions from schools to colleges. He held several important positions and played major roles fostering the development of agricultural, industrial, human resource and institutional development at the State and National levels.

His social and humanitarian considerations took his journey beyond the boundaries of industries and scholarly tenets he nurtured.

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He received the Padma Bhushan award from the Government of India in for his contributions to the nation in the field of Trade and Industry. His other honors include Honorary Consul from the Government of Mauritius during to and a number of other recognition and awards. The enigmatic life merged into the light on October 2, , the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Until the last moment, Dr.