{"id":59,"date":"2021-01-04T06:45:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T06:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.agtindia.co.in\/grd-academy\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2021-02-05T06:35:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T06:35:35","slug":"our-founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.grd.org\/grdam\/our-founder\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\r\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grd.org\/grdam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/founder-grd-damodaran.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" >\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"col-md-9\">\r\n<h2>Prof G R Damodaran<\/h2>\r\n<p>The <strong>GRD Trust<\/strong> was founded in Coimbatore in the year 1979 by <strong>Prof G R Damodaran<\/strong> to promote institutions and programmes of education, research and extension service related to emerging scientific and professional areas. Prof G R Damodaran (1914-1986) was one of the great educational visionaries and institution builders of our country. Over a period of four decades, totally dedicated to the cause of education, Prof G R Damodaran made outstanding, unparalleled contributions to educational development. He developed the PSG Group of institutions into nationally renowned centres of excellence in Arts, Humanities, Engineering, Applied Sciences and Management. Dr G R Damodaran held, with distinction, numerous positions of leadership, at the regional and national levels which included the following:<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-angle-double-right\" style=\"color:#005899\"><\/i> Chairman of the Southern Regional Committee of the All India Council for Technical Education (1971-77)<\/li>\r\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-angle-double-right\" style=\"color:#005899\"><\/i> Member of the All India Council for Technical Education and some of its boards<\/li>\r\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-angle-double-right\" style=\"color:#005899\"><\/i> Chairman of the Government of India&#8217;s High Power Committee on the Reorganization of Polytechnic Education (1969-71)<\/li>\r\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-angle-double-right\" style=\"color:#005899\"><\/i> Member of the Parliament and the Tamilnadu Legislative Council spanning over two decades<\/li>\r\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-angle-double-right\" style=\"color:#005899\"><\/i> Vice-Chancellor of the University of Madras.<\/li>\r\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-angle-double-right\" style=\"color:#005899\"><\/i> Chairman and member of a large number of high level Committees related to several aspects and sectors of Education<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prof G R Damodaran The GRD Trust was founded in Coimbatore in the year 1979 by Prof G R Damodaran to promote institutions and programmes of education, research and extension service related to emerging scientific and professional areas. 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