Rajammal P. Devadas

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{{short description|Indian nutritionist}}
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| birth_name = Rajammal Packiyanathan Devadas
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| birth_place = [[Chengam]], [[North Arcot]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
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| occupation = [[Nutritionist]]<br>Educationist
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| known for = [[Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women]]
| spouse = Edward Devadas
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| parents = Packiyanathan<br>Sornammal
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]]
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'''Rajammal Packiyanathan Devadas''' (7 April 1919 – 17 March 2002) was an Indian [[nutritionist]], educationist and a former chancellor of [[Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women]], popularly known as ''Avinashilingam Deemed University''.<ref name="Chancellors">{{cite web | url=http://www.avinuty.ac.in/genesis.htm | title=Chancellors | publisher=Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women | date=2015 | access-date=17 October 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002024316/http://www.avinuty.ac.in/genesis.htm | archive-date=2 October 2011 }}</ref> She was a member of the State Planning Commission of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Commission for Women and the elected vice president of the [[World Food Conference]].{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1992.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Rajammal Packiyanathan, born on 7 April 1919 to Muthiah Packiyanathan and Sornammal, in [[Chengam]], [[North Arcot|North Arcot District]] (present [[Tiruvannamalai district]]) in the south Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]], Native Parkkaneri/Mudavankulam Village ,Tirunelveli District,graduated in science from [[Queen Mary's College, Chennai|Queen Mary's College]], Chennai in 1944 after which secured a master's degree in science (1948), a master's degree in arts (1949) and a doctoral degree in philosophy (1950) from [[Ohio State University]]. She joined [[Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women|Avinashilingam Home Science College]] and served the institute as its vice chancellor from 1988 until 1994 and as its chancellor and managing trustee from 1994 until her death on 17 March 2002.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}

Rajammal published several books and articles<ref name="Analyses of South Indian Food Preparations">{{cite journal | url=http://ijmr.in/CurrentTopicView.aspx?year=Ind%20Jour%20Med%20Res,%2037,%201%20January,%201949%20pp%2019-28$Original%20Article | title=Analyses of South Indian Food Preparations | author=Rajammal Packiyanathan Devadas | journal=Ind Jour Med Res | year=1949 | volume=37 | issue=1 | pages=19–28}}</ref> on the topics of nutrition and education<ref name="Rajammal P. Devadas 1919-2002">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50002580/ | title=Rajammal P. Devadas 1919-2002 | publisher=WorldCat | date=2015 | access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="Library of Congress profile">{{cite web | url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50002580.html | title=Library of Congress profile | publisher=Library of Congress | date=2015 | access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref> and was the author of a book on [[T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar]].<ref name="Ayya Dr. T.S. Avinashilingam : saga of dedicated life and service">{{cite book | title=Ayya Dr. T.S. Avinashilingam : saga of dedicated life and service | publisher=Avinashilingam Education Trust | author=Rajammal P Devadas | year=1993 | pages=352 | oclc=35222909}}</ref> She was an honorary Colonel of the [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Pondicherry]] chapters of the [[National Cadet Corps (India)|National Cadet Corps]] and a member of the Gandhigram Institute Rural Health and Family Planning, [[National Literacy Mission]], [[Sigma Xi]], [[Sigma Delta Epsilon]], Omicron Nu and [[Phi Upsilon Omicron]].{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} She served as the president of the Nutrition Society of India from 1987 to 1991.<ref name="Nutrition Society of India presidents">{{cite web | url=http://www.nutritionsocietyindia.org/ | title=Nutrition Society of India presidents | publisher=Nutrition Society of India | date=2015 | access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref>

Her husband was Edward Devadas.

==Awards and honours==
* Recipient of doctoral degree (honoris Causea) from [[University of Madras]], [[Oregon State University]], [[Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology]], [[Ohio State University]] and [[University of Ulster]].{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
* The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1992<ref name="Padma Awards" />
* Seceived the [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]] in 1998.
* She was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the International Union of Nutritional Science (IUNS) at the 17th Congress in Vienna Austria 2001.<ref name="Dr. Smt. Rajammal P. Devadas">{{cite web | url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/1998/women-and-child-welfare/dr-smt-rajammal-p-devadas | title=Dr. Smt. Rajammal P. Devadas | publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation | date=2015 | access-date=5 December 2015}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Avinashilingam University|Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Worldcat|id=n50002580}}

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