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M.R. Rajagopalan, Managing Trustee of Gandhigram Trust and Dr. Soundram Trust, passed away on Saturday. He was 83.
Born in August 1935, he was selected for central secretariat service from IAS Allied Service and joined Central Government in 1960 and served in various government departments. In 1980, after taking premature retirement from Government, he joined Gandhigram Trust.
He was connected with various NGO Groups and served as Executive Committee member of CAPART, Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi. He was associated with Khadi movement.
He was also a member of Vivekananda Kendra, Kanniyakumari, AVARD - New Delhi, Gandhian Society for Village Development, Karaikudi, Gandhiniketan Ashram- Kallupatti and several other institutions.
He authored many books and wrote articles on environment, renewable energy and Gandhian economy.
