Institute fellowship in the name of academic S.S. Rajagopalan: CPI(M)

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S.S. Rajagopalan. File

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The caput of the CPI(M) State portion P. Shanmugam connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) requested the Tamil Nadu authorities to institute a probe fellowship successful the sanction of eminent educationist S.S. Rajagopalan, who died successful Chennai.

In his condolence message, Mr. Shanmugam said Rajagopalan, popularly known arsenic SSR, worked to guarantee prime acquisition for each successful the parent lingua successful an unequal society. He recalled that Rajagopalan’s begetter had launched a Tamil-medium schoolhouse successful Coimbatore nether the guidance of Mahatma Gandhi.

An activist, Rajagopalan worked intimately with teachers’ associations and championed constructive initiatives successful the tract of education. He was besides a subordinate of the committee constituted by the DMK authorities to framework the Samacheer Kalvi strategy (uniform schoolhouse education).

Published - February 04, 2026 03:59 p.m. IST

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