Tag: Venu Srinivasan

By Santosh Jangid

Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, leader to many Tamilians and Amma to millions, 68 years old Jayalalitha died on Monday, 5th after undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospital In Chennai for 73 days. She was hospitalised on 22nd September and suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday post which she was put on life support.

Jayalalitha was credited with various water projects, launched several people friendly welfare schemes to safeguard the poor from high prices of basic amenities and several other projects for people welfare.

Venu Srinivasan, Chairman, TVS Motor Company paying his tribute to the late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister said, “We at TVS Motor Company along with millions of citizens of India, are deeply saddened at the demise of our Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Selvi J Jayalalithaa. Our heartfelt condolences to her family and supporters. She promoted industry and commerce in order to generate employment and for economic progress and prosperity of the State.  She will always be remembered for her relentless efforts towards the welfare of the people of Tamil Nadu.”

And will it impact business in Tamil Nadu? Said Srinivasan K Swamy, Chairman, R K Swamy Hansa group on how the demise of Jayalalitha will impact the business in Tamil Nadu: “It is sad that Chief Minister passed away yesterday. I don’t think it will impact the business in Tamil Nadu. People who are depending on the Tamil Nadu government will probably have some loss. Many people don’t depend on that. The media would have a small setback because the spending will go down a little before they start again. Things will be normal otherwise.”

Meanwhile, Karthik Kumar, Director, Rage Communications, the Chennai-based digital agency, expressed his condolences. : “The Honourable Chief Minster was an exceptional human and an excellent administrator. In the commerce field she will be remembered for her creation of the auto hub in Chennai’s outskirts which houses the factories of Hyundai, Ford, BMW among others. A key element of her contribution appears to be the multiplier effect her decisions had in commerce or social benefits. For example, her development of the Sriperumbudur industrial area led to the economic activity spreading beyond Chennai to other districts such as Vellore and at the same time improving the commerce network in terms of ports and interstate transport. Similarly, her social welfare projects whether the free distribution of laptops to students or creating of low cost services such as the Amma canteens carried the benefits beyond the obvious. Her passing away will certainly by missed. However, the edifice of administration will likely endure.”