TTK Group chairman dead

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, APRIL 25. Mr. T. T. Narasimhan, chairman of the TTK Group, died this morning. He was 79.

The eldest son of former Union Finance Minister, Mr. T. T. Krishnamachari, Mr. Narasimhan took charge of the family business at the age of 19 and steered the company into a manufacturer of pressure cookers and rubber contraceptives long before the government conceived the population control programmes.

Affectionately called `TTN', he provided key support to the TTK Group's social welfare activities like the Madras Voluntary Blood Bank, education programmes and the TTK hospital for treating drug addiction and alcoholism.

He is survived by his wife and two sons.

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