M. M. Rajendran

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|name = M. M. Rajendran
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|office = [[List of Governors of Odisha|Governor of Odisha]]
|1blankname = Chief Minister
|1namedata =
|term_start = 15 November 1999
|term_end = 17 November 2004
|predecessor = [[C. Rangarajan]]
|successor = [[Rameshwar Thakur]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|04|12|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
|nationality = [[India]]n
|death_date =
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|alma_mater = [[University of Madras]]
| profession = [[Civil Servant]]<br>[[Public administration|Administrator]]
}}

Shri '''M. M. Rajendran''' (born 12 April 1935 in Anantapur, [[Andhra Pradesh]]), was top of his 1957 IAS batch and later became [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu]] and [[Governor of Odisha]] from 15 November 1999 to 17 November 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/govv.htm |title=BIO - DATA OF GOVERNORS OF Odisha |work=ws.ori.nic.in |year=2006 |quote=SHRI M. M. RAJENDRAN |accessdate=23 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619084100/http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/govv.htm |archive-date=19 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/brief.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109172223/http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/brief.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 January 2007 |title=Brief History of Odisha Legislative Assembly Since 1937 |work=ws.ori.nic.in |year=2011 |quote=NAME OF THE GOVERNORS OF Odisha |accessdate=23 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/OR-Annual-2009/pdf/405-418.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-08-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219030651/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/OR-Annual-2009/pdf/405-418.pdf |archivedate=2013-12-19 }}</ref> Earlier he was a member of the [[UNICEF]] executive board and vice chairman of its program committee at New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurasiareview.com/20052012-india-protestant-christian-recommended-as-presidential-candidate/|title=India: Protestant Christian Recommended As Presidential Candidate|work=Eurasia Review}}</ref> He is a CSI ([[Church of South India]]) Christian, who was considered by the Tamil Nadu-based Samuga Samatuva Padai Party for the post of the President of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucanindia.in/news/another-christian-recommended-as-presidential-candidate/17891/daily|title=Another Christian recommended as presidential candidate|work=ucanindia.in}}</ref>

He was instrumental in getting shelters built all along the coastal areas and emergency procedures put in place when he was Governor of Odisha (1999 - 2004). With the help of many organizations (German Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, Ramakrishna Mission and many more) and with all his experience in administration, thousands of lives were saved when Cyclone Fani made landfall on May 3, 2019.

Recipient of the Mahatma Gandhi Award for Lifetime Achievement 2019 from the Gandhi World Foundation celebrating 150 years of the Mahatma.

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