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{{short description|Indian business conglomerate}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = PSG and Sons
| full_name =
| logo =
| founded = 1926<ref name="TOI">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/psg-trust-enters-platinum-jubilee-year/articleshow/805723768.cms|title=PSG Trust enters platinum jubilee year|date=21 July 2001|newspaper=[[Times of India]]|access-date=21 November 2023}}</ref>
| founder = P. S. Govindasamy Naidu (1856 {{ndash}} 1918)
| location = [[Coimbatore]], [[India]]
| origins = Coimbatore, India
| key_people = L. Gopalakrishnan, Managing trustee
| region_served = [[India]]
| focus = "Let there be charity so that other people may share my family's prosperity"<ref name= "PSG">{{cite web|title= About PSG Charity|url=https://psgsonscharities.org/pages/aboutus.php|publisher=PSG|access-date=2 February 2015}}</ref>
| method = [[education]], [[healthcare]] and [[Community service|service]]
| revenue =
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| website = [http://www.psgsonscharities.org/ psgsonscharities.org]
}}

'''PSG and Sons''' is a [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] involved in education, healthcare and community service in [[Coimbatore]], India.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/to-help-them-lead-a-special-life/article5236275.ece|title=To help them lead a special life|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2 July 2015}}</ref>

== History ==

The group was established as PSG & Sons' charities in 1926 by the four sons of P.S. Govindasamy Naidu namely Venkataswamy Naidu, Rangaswamy Naidu, Ganga Naidu and Narayanaswamy Naidu.<ref name="PSG1">{{cite web|url=https://www.psgcas.ac.in/about_psgcas.html|title=Founders of PSG|publisher=PSG Group|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Politics of Textiles, The Indian Cotton-mill Industry and the Legacy of Swadeshi, 1900-1985|first=Simon Robert Brough|last=Leadbeater|year=1992|publisher=Sage publications|page=143|isbn=978-8170-3-6296-8}}</ref> The trust was established with the purpose of starting a [[List of titles and names of Krishna|sarvajana]] ("omniscient") school when a family member was denied admission to existing schools run by [[British Raj|British]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://simplicity.in/app/education-detail.php?nid=1767|title=Four PSG Institutions feature in the NIRF Ranking|newspaper=Simplicity|date=14 April 2019|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref> The four brothers voluntarily divided their ancestral properties into five parts, reserving the one fifth amounting to {{INR}} 2.01 lakhs to create a charity trust.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/AhE76xU5d45DJmJxp3RAyM/Top-private-engineering-colleges--Industrial-unit-lifts-PSG.html|title=Industrial unit lifts PSG|newspaper=Mint|access-date=2 July 2015}}</ref> The trust later established various educational institutions, health facilities and industrial institutes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/celebrating-60-years-of-topnotch-engineering-education/article2652466.ece|title=Celebrating 60 years of top-notch engineering education|date=23 November 2011|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/2011/jul/11/pinnacle-of-excellence-270430.html|title=Pinnacle of Excellence|date=11 July 2011|newspaper=[[Times of India]]|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref>

== PSG Family ==

Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=PSG College of Technology |url=https://www.psgtech.edu/trustees.php |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=www.psgtech.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=PSG & Son’s CHARITIES -ன் 97- வது நிறுவனர் தின விழா நிகழ்ச்சி – PSG Hospitals in Coimbatore, India |url=https://www.psghospitals.com/news-and-events/psg-sons-charities-%e0%ae%a9%e0%af%8d-97-%e0%ae%b5%e0%ae%a4%e0%af%81-%e0%ae%a8%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b1%e0%af%81%e0%ae%b5%e0%ae%a9%e0%ae%b0%e0%af%8d-%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%a9-%e0%ae%b5%e0%ae%bf/ |access-date=2026-04-30 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Founders |url=https://psgim.ac.in/founders/ |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=PSG Institute of Management |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=G.R.Govindarajulu, a pioneer par excellence in education, trade, and charity |url=https://kammas2.rssing.com/chan-25970354/article582.html |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=kammas2.rssing.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Founders |url=https://psghsv.edu.in/?page_id=57 |access-date=30 April 2026 |website=psghsv.edu.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=PSG &Sons 'Charities |url=https://www.psgsonscharities.org/#home |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=www.psgsonscharities.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Srinivas |first=Mannam |title=THE MAN AND HIS LEGACY A portrait of PSG Govindasamy Naidu |url=https://www.kammasangham.in/2025/10/the-man-and-his-legacy-portrait-of-psg.html |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=KammaSangham}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Seeds of change |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/seeds-of-change/article6891229.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121143351/https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/seeds-of-change/article6891229.ece |archive-date=2023-11-21 |access-date=2026-04-30 |work=The Hindu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Metro |first=Kovai |date=2019-01-12 |title=The Iconic Women, Who Inspired Kovaiites |url=https://www.kovaimetro.in/index.php/2019/01/12/1014/ |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=Kovai Metro |language=en-US}}</ref>

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{{Tree chart| | | | | |GrPa|~|~|~|~|y|~|~| GrMa | | | | | | |GrPa=P S Govindasamy Naidu|GrMa=Manguthayammal}}
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{{Tree chart| |PSGV|y|WoPSGV| | |PSGR|y|Krish| | | |PSGG|y|WoPSGG| | | | |PSGN|y|WoPSGN| |PSGV=P S G Venkataswamy Naidu|PSGR=P S G Rangaswamy Naidu|PSGG= P S G Ganga Naidu|PSGN= P S G Narayanaswamy Naidu|Krish=Krishnammal}}
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{{chart top|PSGR Family}}
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{{Tree chart| | | | | |PSGR|~|~|~|~|y|~|~| Krish | | | | | | |PSGR=P S G Rangaswamy Naidu|Krish=Krishnammal}}
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{{Tree chart| |Lak| |GRD| |Ruk| | | |GRG| | | |GRVe| | | |GRVa|Lak=Lakshmi Ammal|GRD=[[G. R. Damodaran]]|Ruk=Rukmani Ammal|GRG=G R Govindarajulu|GRVe=G R Venkatesalu|GRVa=G R Varatharajan}}
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== Institutions ==

The institutions run by the charity include:<ref>{{cite web|title=PSG Institutions|url=https://psgimsr.ac.in/about/psg-institutions/|work=PSG IMSR|access-date=2 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/psg-launches-new-institution-in-coimbatore/article6146054.ece|title=PSG launches new institution in Coimbatore|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/celebrating-60-years-of-topnotch-engineering-education/article2652466.ece|title=Celebrating 60 years of top-notch engineering education|date=23 November 2011|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2018/oct/30/navy-psgct-ink-mou-1891688.html|title=Navy, PSGCT ink MoU|newspaper=Indian Express|date=30 October 2018|access-date=21 November 2023}}</ref>
* PSG Sarvajana Higher Secondary school (1924)
* PSG Industrial Institute (1926)
* PSG Polytechnic College (1939)
* PSG Primary School, Vedapatti (1941)
* PSG Primary School, Peelamedu (1943)
* [[PSG College of Arts and Science]] (1947)
* [[PSG College of Technology]] (1951)
* PSG & Sons’ Charities Metallurgy and Foundry division (1974)
* [[PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research]] (1985)
* PSG Industrial Training Centre (1986)
* PSG Hospitals (1989)
* PSG Centre for Sponsored Research and Consultancy (1989)
* PSG Centre for Non-formal and Continuing Education (1989)
* PSG College of Nursing (1994)
* PSG Institute of Management (1994)
* PSG College of Physiotherapy (1999)
* PSG College of Pharmacy (2001)
* [[PSG Public Schools]] (2002)
* PSG High School, Vedapatti (2005)
* PSG Institute of Advanced Studies (2006)
* PSG Children's school (2009)
* PSG Vishnugranthi (2013)
* PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research (2014)
* PSG Centre for Academic Research and Excellence (2015)
* PSG Software Technologies (2017)
* PSG Institute of Architecture and Planning (2021)

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

{{PSG Group}}

[[Category:Educational organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Environmental organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Coimbatore]]
[[Category:1926 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1926]]

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