Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy

Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy

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Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy Profile

  • Name:
  • Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy
  • Born:
  • November 8, 1925
  • Father:
  • Parthasarathy

Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy Biography

Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy is a Path-breaking educationist, journalist and social worker from Chennai. On January 26, 2010, Rajalakshmi was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civil honour for her overall contributions to the field of education, literature and social service. She is the founder and dean of the P. S. B. B. Group of Institutions. Her contributions to the CBSE system of education really worth mentioning. She is also a renowned teacher and a patron of arts and culture. She is popularly known as Dr. YGP.

 

She was born in Chennai in 1925. Her father Parthasarathy was an employee of Burmah Shell Limited. Famous independence activist T. Rangachari was her paternal grandfather. Her childhood days were spent at Chennai where she completed her school and college education. She completed Master’s in journalism from Madras University in 1947. She started her career as a journalist soon after the completion of degree course. She is one among the first women journalists from India. She worked with The Hindu and Tamil-weekly Kumudam for a brief period till her marriage. She enrolled at Mysore University for B Ed study program at the age of 45. She also took Master’s in History and an M. Ed degree too.

 

She started Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan in 1958 with 13 students in the terrace of her house in Nungambakkam, with the help of a few friends. It later grew into a three pace-setting CBSE-affiliated Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan (PSBB) schools in Chennai. This educational institution now includes 7,221 students and 335 teachers. In 2011 surveys, PSBB group was ranked third among the country’s Top 10 days schools and first in Chennai and south India.

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Updated: June 27, 2014

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