Chairmen & Directors

Arunachalam Murugappa Murugappa Arunachalam, also known as A. M. M.

Arunachalam, was born on 1 March 1918 at Pallathur, located in the present day Sivaganga District. He served as the Chairman, Board of Governors at IIT Madras from 1978 to 1981. He was a Managing Trustee of the AMM Foundation, which runs many schools and hospitals across India. He also served as the Executive Chairman of the Murugappa Group for a period of three years (from 2006 to 2009), after decades of working in the group in key leadership positions. Murugappa Group companies were early partners of IIT Madras in several R&D projects.