Hindu High School, Triplicane…Old memories
I had been a student of this wonderful institution between 1949-50 and 1951-1952, when I
passed out SSLC. If I am today what I am (I retired from Advani-Oerlikon Electrodes Ltd.
Bombay, as Deputy General Manager (Export Administration) in 1997, after a stint of about 40
years' service). I have just entered my 79th year.
Shri T.P. Srinivasavaradhan, was the then Head Master, with Shri Sowriraja Iyenger as the Asst.
Head Master. Shri Rajagopalan as the Office Assistant. To the extent I can remember now,
some of my class and subject teachers were Shri S.R. Kothandarama Iyenger, Shri Mahalingam,
Shri T.P. Ragothama Rao, Shri S.Y. Subramanian, Shri Janakiraman, Shri Gundu Rao, Shri S.R.
Krishnamoorthy and Shri N.D. Subramaniam.
There was one G. Ramaswamy, living the house next to the school, but of different section. I
had wonderful classmates like Shri S. Mahadevan, Shri P. Kesava Reddy, Shri Brahmananda
Prasad, Shri K.V. Lakshminarayanan etc. ….T R Bhanumoorthy (1952-52 batch S S L C ),
Chembur, Mumbai
bhanumoorthy.tr@gmail.com
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I lived in the same house where Sri.G.Ramaswamy lived. Mr.Ramaswamy lived in 1st floor and
We lived in the back yard back of our drama stage. May be My brother Mr
K.R.lakshminarayanan belonged to your group who studued in Bifurcated engineering
section.Mr Ramaswamy shifted to Coimbatore on retirement of his Father sri Gopalakrishna iyer
and was employed in Bank of India at Coimbatore and retired there.Mr Ramaswami is no more.
Regards
K.R.Ramanathan ( 1960-61- S.S.L.C batch)
kr45ramanathan@gmail.com
I too once again wish & need to share my happy occasions: Self - S.S.L.C. passed out in 1970
Batch - Section XI - F - in Ground Floor right hand side corner room - Our Class Teacher:
Shri. D. Ramanujam (Maths & English) - Tamil:Shri. V.V. Natarajan -Science: Shri.
Thiagarajan- His. & Geography : Nick Name: Everest (sorry to say, since, not known Sirs
original name from the beginning)
The Present CMD of State Bank of Hyderabad -Mr. M. Bhagavantha Rao is my class from Xth to Xlth
This CMD scored Marks in SSLC: 505/600. Other important credentials to this CMD:
After written of Last Exam in B.Sc. (Vivekananda college) in April 1974, very immediately got the Job
in Central Bank of India,Marakkanam Branch, near Pondy, followed by Bank of India, Zonal Office,
Errabalu Chetty St., Broadway(scored 1st rank) consecutively followed by SBi Probationary officer- by
straight Merit.
Other few personalities of my Batch are:
Our Alumni Association VP Mr. R. P. Sarathy (affectionately known as Vivek Sarathy),now Vice
President in ESSAR Shipping Ltd.
Our Alumni Assn. Secretary : Mr. A. Elangovan : Self-starter during his college days,
exporter of flowers, vegetables since 1974.
Mr. Kittu (krishnamurthy) : Popular entertainment Actor, specialising "MONOLISA SMILE", in
present audience prefer style with Audio Sound.
you should forgive me for not mentioning Tamil Amazing Actor of my batch : yes, Mr. Kittu
(Krishnamurthy) popularly known by Tamil Cine Circle & Cine Fans: "MADHAN BOBB" During our
School Days, he is so popular in Light music, started with Music Director in Cho Ramaswamy Drama
plays- followed by Stage Light Music-introduction in Tamil Cinema by the Director Thiru. K. Balachandar.
N Viswanathan Narayanaswamy (1969-70 SSLC) eskayheramba@yahoo.com
I had been a student of Hindu High School,Triplicane and passed out my S.S.L.C in 1964-65.I am a
chartered Accountant by profession and an employee of M/S NTPC and Uranium Corporation of India
,Jamshedpur.I retired as Director(Finance) and now settled in Chennai now. In my period
Shri.T.S.Rajagopalan was Head Master(From 1961) and T.P.Sreenivasa Varadhan was Headmaster
before T.S.Rajagopalan.Mr.Ramachandran Iyer was my Maths teacher and we will call him by the nick
name of " Cheetah". K.R.Sivaraman(1964-65 SSLC) df.ucil@gmail.com
I am 61-62 batch A section Engg branch. Class teacher Maths wizard N.Ramachandra iyer ,'cheetah' !
Boy o Boy I would like to know the genius who thought of these nick names which have stood the test of
time ! TS Rajagopalan Head master,Swaminatha iyer asst Head master.
yes Kalyanaraman. what an apt name ! And 'puncture ' who used to say 'sssss' as soon as he enters the
class because of heat,humdity !
H Rangarajan (1961-62 SSLC) h.rangarajan@gmail.com
I passed out in March 1972, but joined in 1964-65 in 4th standard at Chinna Hindu High
school as it was called then.
The present day Indian bank Stands there. We used to pass Periya HHS and Engineering
block before reaching our school from Parthasarathy naidu Street where we lived. I did
Chemistry elective. Headmasters were TS.Rajagopalan of Maths book Fame. Finally it was
SDK when i left. Regards for bringing those green days.
S Ramasubramanian (1972 SSLC) rschennai@gmail.com
From 5th class to SSLC, I studied there and finished in 1959. I am now settled at MADRAS, near
Mandaveli Railway Station.I am fortunate to retain the group photos of my SSLC,PUC,B.Sc and B.E.
I am attaching my SSLC photo and hope it creates some ripples.
V H Subramanian (1959 SSLC) vhsubramanian@gmail.com
I, Achal Narayanan [then simply called A. Narayanan}, must be one of the really old
students of Hindu High School, Triplicane, still living! I finished mySSLC from this school in 1942. I was
an underage student then and could not join any college course that year, although I was allowed to write
the SSLC exam and duly passed it. Presidency College in Madras however admitted me in mid-1942
as a fee-paying "non-university student" in the 1st year Intermediate class. For all practical
purposes I was not a regular student at all, which I became a year later, in 1943.
I first joined Hindu High School in the 1st Form {in a smaller building near Indian Bankon Big Street] and
moved to the main building further down the road where I was a student from the 2nd to the 6th Form.
During this time we had a succession of Head Masters -- P.A. Subramania Iyer, G.V. Narayanaswamy
Iyer [father of the Carnatic music legend G.N. Balasubramaniam] and Nambi Iyengar. T.P.
Srinivasavaradan [popularly known as TPS], Souriraja Iyengar and N. Ramachandra Iyer were amongthe
senior teachers then. TPS was my class teacher for a year and also took the Physics classes [my
optional subject]; he later became a very successful Head Master.
Many were the former students of Hindu High School who later became well-known figures in various
fields, including academics, science, business and law. After my college studies I moved on to Delhi,
where I spent more than 40 years, most of which in the service of the British diplomatic mission, called
High Commission. I was mainly engaged in publicity and public relations work in the British High
Commission, from where I retired in 1987. Soon thereafter I relocated to Madras [now Chennai], where I
am presently living in the Besant Nagar area. Though 86 years old now, I am still active and do some
freelance writing work besides being an avid Net browser. I have not had many occasions to visit my old
school in recent years, though I managed to attend the Old Students Association reunions a few times.
I am glad that one of my brothers, A. Krishnaswamy, who too studied in Hindu High School, is now a
member of the School Committee and takes a lively interest in the school's activities.
A.Narayanan ( 1942 SSLC)
maudgalya@gmail.com
May be it is right time to inform the new members of the group the genesis of 1962 pass out group.
By painstaking effort of a few individuals belonging to 62 batch over a period of 2 years about 40 students
were located and the group re-grouped for golden jubilee celebrations in Dec 2012 over lunch. Many old
teachers were identified and were honoured - some at the venue and a few at their residence as they
were all 90+, Small contribution was made by each member and quality steel furniture for two class
rooms and painting of two class rooms were carried out with the funds.
The meeting was attended by four teachers and it was a great nostalgic reunion.
Not to let the effort go after one event the group continues to meet every quarter sometimes over quart
when spouses are not invited and on other occasions when spouses are present over dinner. The
occasion is usually marked by an external speaker or entertainer. Two members host the meet. Next
meet is due in March 2014. S Kalyanaraman (1962 SSLC) kalyans3@gmail.com
I passed out from our school in the year 1960. Sri N.Ramachandra iyer was our class teacher. I studied
there from 5th std.I could enlist few of my class mates like,K.ramachandran, R.Krishnamurthy,
Rajamani,and few others like Sankaranarayanan,G Nandakumar. I will be very glad to respond to any
calls or Mails from our Alumni. I have shifted my residence to Mumbai to be with my son SRIVATS,and
address is 2601,Relish,City Of Joy,J S D Road, Mulund[w],Mumbai-400080. My contact nos +91 93209
85507, +91 99697 64337 Srikrishnan Subramanian (1960 SSLC) srikrishnan.trs@gmail.com
I am a class mate of V H Subramanian , who has sent his school group photo . We passed out in 1959.. I
was in a different section , Engg option and english medium. " Cheetah " was my class teacher and for
hindi , We had Mr Mahadevan . " Himalaya " was our drawing teacher , he was over 6foot tall !!
Thirupurasundari or TPS was the HM . I do attend old boys meet and in touch with a few of my class
fellows. I am still in full time service in the Simpson Group, as a senior Executive.
S Ramachandran (1959 SSLC) ramachandran1944@gmail.com
Me ......1966 - 1972 Chemistry elective English Medium (HM's Sri...Cheetah,Ramanujam,RS........)
Pl respond regards Dr.Ansari MBA,Phd. ( 1972 SSLC) akbar786ansari@yahoo.co.in
It is great that so many are responding. I am very senior since I studied in the School from
1945 to 1950.Nambi Iyengar was the HM when I was in Form 1 and thereafter TPS was the
HM. G. V. Raman (1950 SSLC) gvr@shriram.com
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Same vintage as GVRaman. Six years in the school ending with SSLC in 1950.
Very glad to be in touch. My elder brother was also in the School , A.Krishnan IAAS Rtd who has passed
away.
A.Rangachari IAAS Rtd (1950 SSLC)
Formerly Secretary Govt of India and Budget Adviser IMF International Monetary Fund
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