Kannan Biography
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Mr. S.S. Kannan born 20 May 1923 at Papanasam Thanjavur Dist to R. Srinivasa Iyangar and Lakshmi Ammal.
Moved to Peelamedu in Coimbatore in 1926. School in Sarvajana High School Peelamedu and Govt. Arts.
College Coimbatore. Jointed Benarous Engineering College in Benarous Hindu University in 1940.
Took. B.Sc Engineering Degree in 1945. Served as Lecturer in P.S. G Institute a year.
Later joined Madras Electricity Department as Junior Engineer in 1946.
Served M.E.D and later Madras Electricity Board in various capacitor will may 1978 retiring
as Superintending Engineer (Electrical) from July 1979 dedicated humbly to the and full of visually
challenged college students in Chennai city first as a member of the Readers Association of the Blind
namely Mrs. Annam Narayanam a social worker. Later with the founding the College Students and Graduates
Association of the blind in December 1980, devoted himself wholly to the a document of the association
conviently ran a private library of his own from April 1980 Named a file Karl Marx the library contains
own 7000 books and own 50 Magazine and periodicals. Part of the library eaters to the students of
English & Tamil Literature, History and Political Science, Music acting as a book bank, kannan has been
ably arrested by wife Mrs. Mythili and elder sister Mrs.
Padma Ramaswamy write the letters death in November 2003.
Kannan has also involved himself in translating into Tamil a number of books including a
Ph.D thesis on History of Labour Movement in Chennai city and environs authour by D.D Veeraragven a visually
challenging Lecturer in I.I.T
Kannan has also published the Works of visually challenged authors. K. Velu
and uthirapathy. Kannan continues to the act me at 84, though to a sublimed level
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