Management

The school is being run under the auspices of the M.CT. Group of Trusts.

  • Shri. M.CT.P. Chidambaram – Correspondent & Honorary Secretary
  • Smt. Chandrika Chidambaram – Member
  • Ms. Valliammai Chidambaram – Additional Honorary Secretary
  • Smt. Shanti Krishnamurthy – Member
  • Mr. S. Rajarethinam – Member
  • Mr. Aladiyan Manickam – Member
  • Mr. Krishna Mahesh – Member
  • Mr. Ravi Chitturi – Member
  • Mr. Arun Khanna – Member
  • Mrs. Sheela Ravi Shankar – Member
  • Head of International School – School Member

Correspondent & Honorary Secretary - M.CT.P. Chidambaram

Born on 11th August 1960, M.Ct.P.Chidambaram, did his schooling at the Doon School, Dehra Dun. He is a Commerce graduate from the Loyola College, Chennai, and an MBA from the Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, U.S.A. He hails from the renowned business family who were responsible for establishing the Indian Overseas Bank Ltd., the United India Insurance Companies, the Travancore Rayons Ltd., etc., long before the dawn of the Independence of India. His great grandfather, Late Sir M.Ct.Muthiah Chettyar, was one of the earliest dignitaries to be knighted in South India and was a member of the Indian Legislative Assembly, Delhi and Simla in the 1920’s. His grandfather, the late Rt. Hon. M.Ct.M. Chidambaram Chettyar, was a well-known personality, a leading businessman and industrialist of his times and was a member of the Viceroy’s Council of State in Delhi in the 1930’s. His father Sri M.CT.Pethachi, a reputed and well-known figure in the Industrial circles in South India, has been the Managing Director of the Travancore Rayons Ltd and also served as a Director and Chairman on the boards of several public limited companies, including the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

He is the Managing Director of Sivagami Commercial Company P. Ltd., which is a trading and distribution company dealing with various products. He is also connected as a Board member / Trustee of a few other companies and Trusts in India and Overseas. He was largely responsible for setting up the Sivagami Finance & Investments Ltd., on a firm foundation and managed it for 20 years till the family decided to divest its interest in the business.

Chidambaram is connected with the following institutions: (a) Hony. Secretary, M.Ct.M.Chidambaram Chettyar Matric Hr. Sec. School & International School, Chennai; and (b) Hony. Secretary, M.Ct.M.Chidambaram Chettyar Elementary and High School, Kanadukathan, PMT District, Tamilnadu. He is also a trustee of a few other family managed philanthropic trusts.

His interest in the field of education had led him to introduce various unique programmes in the above schools in Chennai and Kandadukathan, emphasizing all round development of the student. It was largely due to his efforts that the M.Ct.M. Chidambaram Chettyar International School opened its doors in 2009, as the first Indian school in Chennai to offer the world renowned International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme for the 11th & 12th Stds. He is associated with one of the leading schools for the learning disabled children in the city of Chennai, as a Trustee. He is also a member of the Managing Committee of Chennai’s first Amateur English Theatre Group – “The Madras Players”.

He is the Honorary Consul of Finland in South India. He is an active member of the Rotary Club of Madras, the Southern India Chamber of Commerce, the Young Presidents Organization. He was on the Steering Committee of the Green Building Congress 2010 – Chennai, organized by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and was a member of the Managing Committee of the South India Hire Purchase Association. He was the Honorary Secretary and past member of the Managing Committee of the Madras Club besides being a member of most of the leading social clubs in Chennai.