Venu Srinivasan | |
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| Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | College of Engineering, Guindy Purdue University |
| Occupation | Industrialist |
| Title | Chairman Emeritus of TVS Motor Company[1] |
| Board member of | T. V. Sundaram Iyengar & Sons |
| Spouse | Mallika Srinivasan |
| Children | Lakshmi Venu, Sudarshan Venu |
| Relatives | TVS family Prema Srinivasan (mother) Sheela Balaji (sister) T. V. Sundaram Iyengar (grandfather) |
Venu Srinivasan is an Indian billionaire industrialist who is the chairman emeritus of two-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Company and auto components manufacturer TVS Holdings.[2] In addition, he serves on the board of Tata Sons and as one of the vice-chairmen of Tata Trusts.[3] He received the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award, in January 2020.[4][5]
He started and oversees Srinivasan Services Trust (SST), a social outreach trust which works in more than 2,500 villages in India.[6] Its focus areas are societal development through development of women and children, water conservation, improving livelihoods through agriculture & livestock and preservation & conservation of environment.
Srinivasan was also the chairman, Board of Trustees, of the Srirangam Ranganathaswamy Temple and has supported restoration work at the complex and several other ancient temples in India. He was also appointed as a non-official director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India in 2022.[7]
- ^ "TVS appoints Ralf Speth as chairman; Venu Srinivasan to continue as MD". 8 February 2022.
- ^ "Venu Srinivasan". Forbes. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Vijayaraghavan, Kala; Vyas, Maulik (1 July 2023). "Tenures of Tata Trusts vice chairmen extended". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Anand Mahindra, Venu Srinivasan to be honoured with Padma Bhushan; Naukri.com founder to get Padma Shri". The Economic Times. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS" (PDF). padmaawards.gov.in. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ SST (1 April 2015). "Srinivasan Services Trust". SST. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ "Anand Mahindra, Ravindra Dholakia, Venu Srinivasan, Pankaj Patel appointed to RBI Board". Economic Times. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2023.