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{{Infobox Indian politician<br />
| name = Dr G R Damo<br />
| image = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1914|02|20}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| office1 = Vice-chancellor of [[Madras University]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1978<br />
| term_end1 = 1981<br />
| office2 = Chairman of Special Committee on the Reorganisation of Polytechnic Education<br />
| term_start2 = 1969<br />
| term_end2 = 1970<br />
| office3 = Member of Parliament<br />
| term_start3 = 1952<br />
| term_end3 = 1957<br />
| constituency3 = Pollachi<br />
| office4 = Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council<br />
| term_start4 = 1958<br />
| term_end4 = 1970<br />
| term_start5 = 1974<br />
| term_end5 = 1978<br />
| office6 = [[PSG College of Technology]]<br><br />
Principal<br />
| term_start6 = 1951<br />
| term_end6 = 1970<br />
| office7 = Member, Syndicate, Madras University<br />
| term_start7 = 1948<br />
| term_end7 = 1981<br />
| office8 = PSG Industrial Institute<br />
| term_start8 = 1943<br />
| term_end8 = 1986<br />
}}<br />
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'''G R Damodaran''' (20 February 1914 – 1986) was an educationist, an administrator, and founder of The GRD Trust in [[Coimbatore]]. He was the founder of [[PSG College of Technology]] and founder principal of [[PSG College of Arts and Science]]. Dr. G R Damodaran held positions of leadership and served education in a wide range of field and sectors. He was the chairman of the Southern Regional Committee of the [[AICTE]] and chairman of the Govt. of India's High Power Committee on the Reorganisation of Polytechnic Education (1969–1970). He was the vice-chancellor of the [[Madras University]]. He served as a [[Member of Parliament]] and of the [[Legislative Council]] of [[Tamil Nadu]].<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Damodaran was born to Divan Bahadur P S G Rangaswamy Naidu and Krishnammal on 20 February 1914. His schooling began in an elementary school in [[Peelamedu]]; he continued his education at Sarvajana High School, established by the PSG Charity Trust. His intermediate studies were at [[Government Arts College, Coimbatore]] in Mathematics. He completed a B.Sc (Electrical Engineering) and B.Sc (Mechanical Engineering) in King's College, New Castle on Tyne, [[United Kingdom]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
In 1943, Damodaran joined the PSG Industrial Institute. In 1948, he started a Tamil monthly magazine ''Kalaikathir'', devoted to science and technology. It installed a Heidelberg printing machine and computerized photo typesetting machine. He was the founder of [[PSG College of Technology]] and founder principal of [[PSG College of Arts and Science]].<br />
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He served [[UNESCO]] International Committee on training abroad policies, the All India Council for Technical Education, National Council for Vocational Trades and the All India Board of Technicians Education.<br />
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He was a member of the Syndicate of the Madras University for 33 years. There he introduced far-reaching changes in the engineering curriculum.<br />
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His unswerving commitment to the cause of the rural and urban masses through the NSS and Social Service League which he founded was laudable.<br />
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In 1952, he served as a [[Member of Parliament]] in [[Pollachi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pollachi]], [[Lok Sabha]] constituency. He was elected to the [[Legislative Council]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] from the Teachers Constituency and once from the Graduate Constituency. In 1955, he organized adult literacy workshop at [[Coimbatore]].<br />
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His stint in politics brought him close to stalwarts like K. Kamaraj, C. Subramanian, R. Venkataraman, Dr. V K R V Rao, Prof. N G Ranga, T T Krishnamachari, Dr. Triguna Sen and others.<br />
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==Vision==<br />
Dr G R Damodaran, believed education as the better means for securing the nation's economic future and social well-being, He often defined and addressed education as:<br />
<blockquote>"Education deals with the human growth in mind, spirit, character and effective behavior. The habits and attitudes a student acquires, the interest that cultivates, the ideals that is learned to practice - All these becomes the basic for an individual's future growth and the basics to the prosperity of our Nation."</blockquote><br />
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It is taken as the guiding principle of [[Dr G R Damodaran College of Science]], a college posthumously established in 1988 to honour Dr. G. R. Damodaran.<br />
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==Contributions==<br />
*The English books titled ''The Teacher in You''<ref>http://www.psgtech.edu/teacher_in_you.pdf</ref> and ''Evaluation and Grading'' were written by him. <br />
*He wrote a Tamil book titled ''Electron''. ,<br />
*His speeches made were published in a book titled ''Listen to a Leader in Education''. <br />
*He contributed to a dictionary of technical terms that was translated from English to Tamil, ''Kalaichol Agarathi''.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Dr G R Damodaran College of Science]]<br />
* [[PSG College of Technology]]<br />
* [[PSG College of Arts and Science]]<br />
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