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Sri. A. Sivasailam

Sri. A. Sivasailam

Sri A. Sivasailam served as the Chairman, Board of Governors, of IIT Madras from February 1981 to December 1987. Born in 1934 at Alwarkurichi, Sri A. Sivasailam was an Indian industrialist, educationist and philanthropist. He was the Chairman and Managing Director of the Chennai-based Amalgamations Group of Industries, founded by his father, Mr. S. Anantharamakrishnan. The Government of India honoured Sri A. Sivasailam for his contributions to Indian industry with the fourth highest civilian honour in the country, the Padma Shri, in 2007.