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Sri S V Balasubramaniam, Founder and Chairman of Bannari Amman Group is one of the most illustrious and successful businessmen. His life is a real success as an industrialist, agriculturist, educationalist, social worker and philanthropist. This Chartered Accountant cum Company Secretary hails from Sangampalayam Village near Coimbatore in Tamilnadu. Having lost his father at the age of 17 and being the eldest son in an agricultural family of five sons and a daughter, he began his career as an Internal Auditor. His propensity for business enabled him to create one of the largest Industrial Conglomerates in South India He has contributed greatly for the growth of Indian Sugar Industry and was the President, Indian Sugar Mills Association twice during 1990-91 and 2002-03; President, South Indian Sugar Mills Association (Tamilnadu) thrice during 1987-88, 2000-01 and 2001-02; & President, South Indian Sugar Mills Association (Karnataka) during 1993-1996 In addition to Business, his journey also extends to corporate social services including health and sanitation, rural development, watershed development, blindness control, environment conservation, spirituality, education, etc Owing to his phenomenal efforts, he has been honoured with Seva Rathnakara Award from Sri Adichunhangiri Mahasamsthana Math, Karnataka; Baktha Siromani Award from Sankaracharaya of Kanchi Math; and TNF Excellence Award from Tamil Nadu Foundation, USA Sri S V Balasubramaniam Chairman of Bannari Amman Group has been conferred with the Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University during its Centenary Year for his contribution to Agro Industry and Education in the presence of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, the then President of India Sri S V Balasubramaniam was conferred the Degree of Doctor of Letter (Honoris Causa) by the Annamalai University Annamalai Nagar during its Seventy Third Convocation for his contribution to industrial and educational services and was awarded by Sri Surjit Singh Barnala, the then Governor of Tamilnadu