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{{Short description|Indian entrepreneur, columnist and music historian}}
{{Indian patronymic|Sriram|Venkatakrishnan}}
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'''Sriram Venkatakrishnan''' (born 22 June 1966) is an Indian entrepreneur, columnist, music historian and heritage activist.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/history-beckons-walks-gain-currency/article26690500.ece|title = History beckons: Chennai heritage walks gain currency|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 31 March 2019|last1 = Lakshmi|first1 = K.}}</ref> He was schooled in Madras and Calcutta. His bachelor's in engineering from the [[Delhi College of Engineering]] in 1987 was followed by a master's in business administration specializing in marketing and advertising from [[Delhi University]]. Sriram then moved on to a varied career in marketing and advertising before joining his family businesses in Industrial Hydraulics and Software.<ref>from the author's profile in Carnatic Summer.</ref>

==Works==
* {{cite book|title=Carnatic summer: Life of twenty great exponents|last=Sriram|first=V.|publisher=[[Westland Books|East West Books]]|year=2004|isbn=8188661260|pages=}}
* {{cite book|title=The Devadasi and the Saint – the Life and Times of Bangalore Nagarathnamma|isbn=9788188661701|year=2007|first=V.|last=Sriram|publisher=[[Westland Books]]}}
* {{cite book|title=Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Life & Music|first=V.|last=Sriram|publisher=Westland|isbn= 9788188661787 |year=2008}}
* {{cite book|title=Historic Residences of Chennai|first=V.|last=Sriram|publisher=Chandra Sankar|year=2008}}
* {{cite book|title=Four Score and more - The History of the Music Academy Madras|publisher=[[Westland Books]]|year=2009|first1=V.|last1=Sriram|first2=Malathi|last2=Rangaswami|isbn=978-9384030476}}
* {{cite book|title=Championing Enterprise: 175 years of the Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry|first=V.|last=Sriram|publisher=The Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry|year=2012}}
*{{cite book|title=Friends of the Earth, the T Stanes Story|first = V|last= Sriram}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/the-stanes-story/article3609268.ece|title = The Stanes story|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 6 July 2012|last1 = Srinivasan|first1 = Pankaja}}</ref>
*{{cite book|title=Goodness and Mercy, the life and times of Dr Mathuram Santosham|first = V|last= Sriram|year=2013}}<ref name="indiatimes">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Historian-V-Srirams-book-Goodness-and-Mercy-The-Life-and-times-of-Dr-Mathuram-Santosham-will-be-released-today-Dr-Santosham-is-renowned-for-his-work-on-childhood-vaccines-and-oral-rehyadration-therapyORT-GovernorK-Rosaiah-and-Gopal-Krishna-Gandhi-are-the-chief-guests-at-the-event-which-is-scheduled-at-6-30pm-/articleshow/20697680.cms|title=Historian V Sriram's book 'Goodness and Mercy-The Life and times of Dr Mathuram Santosham' will be released today. Dr Santosham is renowned for his work on childhood vaccines and oral rehyadration therapy(ORT). Governor, K Rosaiah and Gopal Krishna Gandhi are the chief guests at the event which is scheduled at 6.30pm.|website=Times of India|access-date=2021-11-26}}</ref>
* {{cite book|title=Brick by brick - The Vidya Mandir Story|first1=V.|last1=Sriram|first2=Karthik|last2=Bhatt|year=2016}}
*{{cite book |title = An Unbeaten Century, Hundred Years of Karur Vysya Bank|first = V|last= Sriram|year=2016}}<ref name="kvb">{{cite web|url=https://www.kvb.co.in/docs/kvb-history-book-part1.pdf|date=2017-02-22|title= An Unbeaten Century – Chronicling a 100 Years of Karur Vysya Bank|author=Sriram, V. |access-date=2021-11-26}}</ref>
*{{cite book|title=An Eye For Detail – the Chronicle of CAMS|first = V|last= Sriram|year=2016}}<ref name="acsysindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.acsysindia.com/links/CAMS_An_Eye_for_Detail.pdf|date=2016-07-02|title=An Eye for Detail – The Chronicle of CAMS|author=Sriram, V. |access-date=2021-11-26}}</ref>
*{{cite book|title=Brotherhood and Benevolence, the 300 year history of English Freemasonry in South India|first = V|last= Sriram|year=2017}}<ref name="indiatimes2">{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/miscellaneous/how-masonry-built-integration-in-india/articleshow/60977201.cms?from=mdr|title=How masonry built integration in India|website=The Economic Times|access-date=2021-11-26|last1=Doctor |first1=Vikram }}</ref>
*{{cite book|title=A guide to Fort St George, Palaniappa Brothers| isbn=9788183797566|first = V|last= Sriram|year=2017}}
*{{cite book|title=The Rane Story, a Journey in Excellence|first = V|last= Sriram|year=2018}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rane.co.in/pdf/aboutus/RaneHistory.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-03-21 |archive-date=2014-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327015928/http://rane.co.in/pdf/aboutus/RaneHistory.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*{{cite book|title=Integrity and Excellence, The Sanmar Story|first=V|last=Sriram|year=2018}}<ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/sanmar-group/article26627299.ece|title=A story of grit and determination|website=The Hindu|date=24 March 2019 |access-date=2021-11-26|last1=Kumar |first1=K. Bharat }}</ref>
* {{cite book|title=When Mercy Seasons Justice: the Life and Times of Habibullah Badsha|first1=V.|last1=Sriram|year=2018}}<ref>{{cite news |date=January 12, 2019 |title=Book tracks life of legendary lawyer Habibullah Badsha |work=[[News Today]] |location=Chennai |url=https://newstodaynet.com/index.php/2019/01/12/book-tracks-life-of-legendary-lawyer-habibullah-badsha/}}</ref>

==Heritage walks==

Sriram pioneered the concept of heritage walks in Chennai. This was in 1999, when he led a heritage walk in Mylapore<ref name="outlookindia">{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/here-clive-ate-his-noonday-tiffin/298578|title=Here Clive Ate His Noonday Tiffin {{pipe}} Outlook India Magazine|website=outlookindia.com|access-date=2021-11-26}}</ref>
. Since then his monthly heritage tours in different areas of the city and his quarterly heritage tours in other parts of India have attracted a wide audience. As of 2018, Sriram has completed 75 different historic tours in Chennai and elsewhere.<ref name="citizenmatters">{{cite web|url=http://chennai.citizenmatters.in/chennai-historian-sriram-is-75-walks-old-5993|title=Chennai historian Sriram is 75... walks old! - Citizen Matters, Chennai|website=chennai.citizenmatters.in|date=August 2018 |access-date=2021-11-26}}</ref>

==Other details==

Sriram is a regular columnist with The Hindu and is Associate Editor of [[Madras Musings]], the fortnightly brought out by S Muthiah, the city's best-known chronicler. He is currently one of the four Secretaries of the Music Academy, Madras,<ref name="musicacademymadras">{{cite web|url=https://www.musicacademymadras.in/executive-committee-2017-2020|title=Committee|website=Music Academy|access-date=2021-11-26|archive-date=2019-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321091338/https://www.musicacademymadras.in/executive-committee-2017-2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> in which capacity he is the Convenor of its Annual Conference. Sriram's blog Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music is a popular site for trivia on the two subjects that he writes on. He was also Convenor of the Chennai Chapter of the [[Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage|Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage]] during 2012/13.

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