TiE Coimbatore, under the theme Fostering Entrepreneurship, is organising “The Visionaries – Dreamers who built Coimbatore” as part of Coimbatore Vizha.

As part of the event, portraits of 20 great personalities of yesteryears, who had contributed immensely for the growth of Coimbatore and who reaffirmed the entrepreneurial spirit, will be on display along Race Course till Sunday.

The objective was to show the young minds the contributions of these dynamic entrepreneurs, said Ranjana Singhal and Hemalatha, secretary and president of TiE Coimbatore.

The portraits are that of L.G. Varadaraj, N. Mahalingam, SRP Ponnusamy, SP Narashimalu Naidu, Sir Robert Stanes, Swamikannu Vincent, R.S. Shamugam Chettiar, P.A. Raju Chettiar, Sri Ramulu Naidu, PSG Brothers, G.K. Devarajulu, GD Naidu, R.K. Venkatasamy Naidu, K. Damodarasamy Naidu, N.K. Mahadeva Iyer, A.P. Thiruvenkatasamy Mudaliar, P. Somasundara Chettiar, Textool Balasundaram, P.B. Krishnamurthy, and DPF Narayanasamy Naidu. The portraits will have a small note explaining their contributions.

Family members of a few personalities attended the inauguration event on Friday.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Coimbatore / by Special Correspondent / Coimbatore – January 12th, 2019