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G Govindarajulu |
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 Founder
of Allied Engineering Industries, A G Govindarajulu was conferred
the Udyog Patra Award in 1986. A product of PSG,
Coimbatore, his first assignment was as tool-room incharge at
Textool Company Limited. He designed the Traverse can and a
new type of cross-wound Bobbins for Draw frames of Super High Draft
Spinning Machines. In 1958 he was mills-in-charge at Om Parasakthi
Mills Limited. In 1960, he developed the semi-automatic Traverse
Cone Winder and also adapted the Japanese Kamitsu Cone Winder for
the Indian market.
In 1966, he founded Allied Engineering Industries initially
to manufacture textile machinery spares. Among the several products
from Allied Engineering Industries that have been received successfully
by the industry is the Allied Cleaner. |
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| K Damodaraswami
Naidu |
 Founder
of the Sree Annapoorna chain of restaurants, K Damodaraswami
Naidu, came from Peedampalli village, in Coimbatore. Forced to
discontinue his schooling because of financial pressures, he took
up several odd jobs before opening a small canteen in a theatre in
1962. He and his brothers opened their first vegetarian restaurant
at R S Puram in 1968.
Since then their chain of restaurants have enjoyed continued success
with their centralised kitchen concept and their emphasis on quality
in procurement of groceries, preparation and handling of food. The
company is also into catering, retailing and manufacturing of masalas,
curry powders and pre-cooked items. |
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