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{{Infobox person
| name = N. S. Ramaswamy
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1926|03|02}}
| birth_place = [[Puthur, Thrissur|Puthur]], [[Thrissur district]], [[Kerala]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2012|09|17|1926|03|02}}
| death_place = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], India
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| othername = Cartman Ramaswamy
| occupation = Management academic<br>Social worker<br>Educationist
| yearsactive = 1952–2012
| known for = [[Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore|IIM Bangalore]]<br>Social service<br>Institution building
| spouse = Rajam Parvathi
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| children = A son and a daughter
| parents = N. R. Srinivasa Iyer
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| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]
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'''N. Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy''' (1926–2012), popularly known as '''Cartman Ramaswamy''', was an Indian engineer, educationist, management academic and writer, and the founder director of the [[Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore]].<ref name="IIMB mourns the passing of Founder-Director Professor N S Ramaswamy">{{cite web | url=http://www.iimb.ernet.in/node/3402 | title=IIMB mourns the passing of Founder-Director Professor N S Ramaswamy | publisher=Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | date=2016 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> He was the founder of ''Centre for Action, Research and Technology for Man, Animal and Nature'' (CARTMAN), a [[non governmental organization]] working for region-relevant and appropriate technology transfer to rural areas<ref name="A friend to nature">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/a-friend-to-nature/article4335474.ece | title=A friend to nature | publisher=The Hindu | date=23 January 2013 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> and ''Indian Heritage Academy'', an organization involved in propagating Indian cultural traditions.<ref name="Indian Heritage Academy">{{cite web | url=http://www.extraprepare.com/bangalore/listing/indian-heritage-academy_304.html | title=Indian Heritage Academy | publisher=Extra Prepare | date=2016 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> He was also the founder chairman of the Adarsh Vidya Kendra (AVK) Group of educational institutions.<ref name="Advisory Board">{{cite web | url=http://avkedu.com/about-us/ | title=Advisory Board | publisher=AVK Group of Institutions | date=2016 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 2006, for his contributions to society.<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=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref>

== Biography ==
[[File:IIMB entrance.jpg|thumb|235px|[[Indian Institute of Management Bangalore|IIMB]] - Main entrance]]
Ramaswamy was born in a Tamil [[brahmin]] family on 2 March 1926 in [[Puthur, Thrissur|Puthur]],<ref name="Friends remember IIM-Bangalore founder director NS Ramaswamy as a pure human being">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Friends-remember-IIM-Bangalore-founder-director-NS-Ramaswamy-as-a-pure-human-being/articleshow/16445694.cms | title=Friends remember IIM-Bangalore founder director NS Ramaswamy as a pure human being | publisher=Times of India | date=18 September 2012 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> in [[Thrissur district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]]<ref name="‘Cartman Ramaswamy’ dead">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/cartman-ramaswamy-dead/article3908291.ece | title='Cartman Ramaswamy' dead | publisher=The Hindu | date=18 September 2012 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> to N. R. Srinivasa Iyer, an [[Indian Police Service]] officer and the former Inspector-General of Police of Kerala.<ref name="Family">{{cite web | url=http://www.iiscalumni.com/news-events/downloads/Photo%20&%20CV_%20Prof.%20N.%20S.%20Ramaswamy.pdf | title=Family | publisher=Indian Institute of Science Alumni | date=2016 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> He did his college studies at [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam|Maharaja's College, Kochi]], affiliated to the [[University of Madras]] during those days, from where he secured a graduate degree in science (BSc) and moved to [[College of Engineering, Guindy|College of Engineering]], Chennai to secure a graduate degree in engineering (BE). He was known to have been active in student politics; he held various positions such as the secretary and president of the College Union and the president of the Students Association at Maharaja's College and was the secretary of the Students Association at Chennai college.<ref name="Family" /> His post graduate studies were at various institutions such as the [[University of Glasgow]], [[Lehigh University]] and [[Stanford University]] and he also did short term training other institutions in Europe and US.<ref name="IIMB mourns the passing of Founder-Director Professor N S Ramaswamy" />

Returning to India, he joined [[Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies]] in 1952 as a member of faculty and rose to become a professor, thus becoming the first professor of management in Indian university system.<ref name="IIBS announces appointment of Prof. N S Ramaswamy as 'Chief Mentor'">{{cite web | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/press-releases/iibs-announces-appointment-of-prof-n-s-ramaswamy-as-chief-mentor-111012500118_1.html | title=IIBS announces appointment of Prof. N S Ramaswamy as 'Chief Mentor' | publisher=Business Standard | date=25 January 2011 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> His next assignment was at the [[National Institute of Industrial Engineering]] (NITIE) and he served there as its director till 1972 during which time the institution introduced the first post graduate program in industrial engineering in India.<ref name="Mile stones">{{cite web | url=https://www.nitie.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=78&lang=en | title=Mile stones | publisher=NITIE | date=2016 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> When the Government of Karnataka decided to establish a national institute of management, he was appointed as the director of the institution and in a span of one year, the [[Indian Institute of Management Bangalore]] (IIMB) was inaugurated; the first academic program was started a year later in 1974.<ref name="History">{{cite web | url=http://www.iimb.ernet.in/about-institute/history | title=History | publisher=IIMB | date=2016 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> He stayed at IIMB till 2011, from 1972 to 1983 as the director and as a member of its Board of Governors till 2011.<ref name="IIMB mourns the passing of Founder-Director Professor N S Ramaswamy" /> During this period, he was known to have widened the scope of management studies by introducing areas such as Transport, Power, Education, Health, Agriculture, Rural Development, Public Administration and Political System into its scope<ref name="IIBS announces appointment of Prof. N S Ramaswamy as 'Chief Mentor'" /> and the institution grew to be listed among the top 10 business schools in the Asia-Pacific region.<ref name="Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Kolkata IIMs make it to Asia-Pacific top 10 again">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Bangalore-Ahmedabad-and-Kolkata-IIMs-make-it-to-Asia-Pacific-top-10-again/articleshow/11892168.cms | title=Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Kolkata IIMs make it to Asia-Pacific top 10 again | publisher=Times of India | date=15 February 2012 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref>

When he retired from the academic duties of IIMB in 1983, Ramaswamy founded a [[non governmental organization]], ''Centre for Action Research Technology for Man, Animal and Nature'' (CARTMAN) for promoting environmental and ecological issues and for introducing appropriate technologies to the rural areas.<ref name="CARTMAN on Kamayog">{{cite web | url=http://www.karmayog.org/ngo/Cartmanorg/#.V1hi2ZF97IU | title=CARTMAN on Kamayog | publisher=Kamayog | date=2016 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> The organization is known to be active in animal welfare, technology and environmental education and runs a two-acre eco-park in [[Koramangala]] in [[Bangalore]] which houses an animal welfare centre,<ref name="Professor N.S.Ramaswamy (February '99)">{{cite web | url=http://www.koramangala.com/korabuz/pers1999/02.htm | title=Professor N.S.Ramaswamy (February '99) | publisher=Koramangala | date=2016 | access-date=9 June 2016}}</ref> a [[herbarium]] with medicinal and endangered plants and a [[Day care|crèche]] for the children of financially compromised families.<ref name="A friend to nature" /> As a part of bringing in appropriate technology, CARTMAN proposed modern technology for slaughter houses<ref name="Chairman, AVK Group of Institutions">{{cite web | url=http://bangalore.malayali.directory/patrons/padma-bhushan-prof-n-s-ramaswamy/ | title=Chairman, AVK Group of Institutions | publisher=Bangalore Malayali | date=2016 | access-date=9 June 2016}}</ref> and introduced a modified bullock cart with redesigned wheels and pneumatic tyres, which earned him the moniker, ''Bullock Cart Ramaswamy''.<ref name="A friend to nature" /> He also served as a consultant to Anna Institute of Management, Chennai and [[Institute of Management in Kerala]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref name="Late Pro. Ramaswamy ">{{cite web | url=http://avkedu.com/teachers/padma-bhushan-prof-n-ramaswamy/ | title=Late Pro. Ramaswamy | publisher=AVK Group | date=2016 | access-date=9 June 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160906065131/http://avkedu.com/teachers/padma-bhushan-prof-n-ramaswamy/ | archive-date=6 September 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> It was during this time, he started the ''Indian Heritage Academy'', an organization for the promotion of Indian culture through programs on [[Yoga]], lectures on Indian philosophy and classes in music and dance.<ref name="Teaching heritage for three decades">{{cite web | url=http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/3816-indian-heritage-academy-nurturing-culture | title=Teaching heritage for three decades | publisher=Bangalore Citizen Matters | date=14 February 2012 | access-date=9 June 2016}}</ref> When the AVK Group of Educational institutions was started in 2000, he served as its founder chairman.<ref name="Late Padma Bhushan Prof. N Ramaswamy">{{cite web | url=http://avkedu.com/about-us/ | title=Late Padma Bhushan Prof. N Ramaswamy | publisher=AVK Group | date=2016 | access-date=9 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="Chairman, AVK Group of Institutions" /> He was associated as an adviser with several government or semi-government bodies such as [[Airport Authority of India]], [[Ministry of New and Renewable Energy]] and Parliamentary Committee on Railways.<ref name="CARTMAN on Kamayog" /> On the global front, he acted as a consultant to the [[United Nations]], [[Food and Agriculture Organization]], [[United Nations Industrial Development Organization]] and [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]].<ref name="Family" /> In 2011, the International Institute of Business Studies (IIBS), a chain of business schools, appointed him as their Chief Mentor.<ref name="IIBS announces appointment of Prof. N S Ramaswamy as 'Chief Mentor'" /> He published several articles<ref name="Ramaswamy, N. S. on WorldCat">{{cite web | url=http://worldcat.org/identities/np-ramaswamy,%20n%20s/ | title=Ramaswamy, N. S. on WorldCat | publisher=WorldCat | date=2016 | access-date=9 June 2016}}</ref> and two books, ''Management for Rural Development''<ref name="(Prof.)1984">{{cite book|author=N. S. Ramaswamy (Prof.)|title=Management for Rural Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FsnZAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}</ref> and ''The Management of Political Systems''.<ref name="(Prof.)1979">{{cite book|author=N. S. Ramaswamy (Prof.)|title=The Management of Political Systems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RTomAAAAMAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Published by the Newman Group of Publishers for Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore}}</ref>

Ramaswamy, a National Professor of Management of the Government of India,<ref name="Chairman, AVK Group of Institutions" /> was awarded the civilian honor of the [[Padma Bhushan]] by the government in 2006.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> He was married to Rajam Parvathi and the couple had a son, Rajan Srinivasan and a daughter, Rajani Chandrasekhar.<ref name="IIMB mourns the passing of Founder-Director Professor N S Ramaswamy" /> He died on 17 September 2012 at the age of 86, succumbing to age-related illnesses,<ref name="‘Cartman Ramaswamy’ dead" /> at his residence in [[Koramangala]] in [[Bangalore]], survived by his wife, children and grand children.<ref name="IIM-B founder N S Ramaswamy passes away">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/IIM-B-founder-N-S-Ramaswamy-passes-away/articleshow/16443387.cms | title=IIM-B founder N S Ramaswamy passes away | publisher=Times of India | date=18 September 2012 | access-date=9 June 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Indian Institute of Management Bangalore]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDdtOiCHHo | title=Prof .N.S Ramaswamy - Cartman Animal Nature Man MODERNISATION OF ANIMAL DRAWN CARTS (ADCs) | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=28 September 2011 | access-date=9 June 2016}}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.indianautographs.com/productdetail-125330.html | title=Autograph of N. S. Ramaswamy | publisher=Indian Autographs | work=Thematic gallery | date=2016 | access-date=10 June 2016}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book|author=N. S. Ramaswamy (Prof.)|title=The Management of Political Systems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RTomAAAAMAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Published by the Newman Group of Publishers for Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore}}
* {{cite book|author=N. S. Ramaswamy (Prof.)|title=Management for Rural Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FsnZAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}

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