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C.T. Venugopal

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C.T. Venugopal (1907–1972) was an Indian civil services officer and was a member of the Indian Railways Accounts Services.

Family

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Venugopal was the second son of C. Tiruvenkatachari and Padmammal. His older brother was the mathematician C.T. Rajagopal and his younger brother was the philosopher C.T.K. Chari. They also had a sister, Kamala, who married a civil servant, R.P. Sarathy, who served as defense secretary under Krishna Menon.

Career

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He was the first officer to be recruited to form the IRAS in 1930.[1] He was considered to have been responsible for dividing up the railway assets during partition of India and Pakistan. He was also a member of the Railway board. Along with K.P. Mushran, he edited a book about Indian Railways.[2] IRAS commemorates C.T.Venugopal with memorial lectures every year.[3]

Personal life

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He converted to Christianity from Hinduism and also published religious papers and books including Witness to Christ.[4]

After his retirement, he settled in Vellore near Christian Medical College & Hospital due to an illness, where died in 1972.

There is a prize named in his honor at Christian Medical College & Hospital.

References

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  1. ^ "IRAS". Indian Railways.
  2. ^ C.T.Venugopal & K.P.Mushran (1957). Indian Railways.
  3. ^ "Memorial Lectures" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-15. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
  4. ^ Witness to Christ. OCLC 000799177.