About Us: Leela Narendran

Mrs. Leela Narendran, Bio Data
- Born on 23^rd March 1939 – Tamil Nadu, India
   Father- S.K.R. Karuppan Chetiyar
 
   Mother- K. Devakiamma

                          
  


  Education
- Completed School Level Education in  Lady Sivaswamy Ayyer Girls’ Higher Secondary School,    Chennai – 1954.


- Bachelor Degree in Economics, Madras University – 1958


- Master’s Degree in Sanskrit, Madras University – 1960   
                         
   Family               
- Married 1960


- Husband Mr.P.K.N.Panicker, Chemical Engineer


  -Two sons

         

         Mr. Rajeev Krishnan – Engineer in USA; 

         Wife Ms. Sheela Krishnan, Engineer

        

         Mr.Pradeep Narendran – Engineer in USA;

         Wife Ms. Sindhu Pradeep, High School Math Teacher in USA.

        

       - Three Grand Children  

         Tara Krishnan  - Grand Daughter

         Adarsh Pradeep  - Grand Son

         Akash Pradeep  - Grand Son

         

         Positions held 

        

         Teacher  - National  Girls’ School, Calcutta – 1962-63

         Joined own concern, Eskeyar Engineering Comapny Private Ltd as Director, Administration and  Procurement – 1964 -99 

         Social Field

      - Member of Film Certification panel – appointed by Government of India – 1981 - 87

      - Secretary, Vanitha Service Organisation –  an NGO working for the cause of women and children in Chennai -  1974 –80

     -  President  -  Altrusa International Inc., Madras Club, an Internatonal Organisation with its Head Quarters in Chicago, USA 1997 –99.

     -  Joint Secretary, Family Planning Association of India , Chennai Branch - 2003 - 05

  

     -  Executive Committee Member , Indian Council for Child Welfare, Chennai Branch  2003-05[ a Government of India sponsored and supported organization actively engaged in Women and Child welfare activities

     -  Member,  Local Area Environment Committee – 2005-06[ for the Manali Industrial Belt, a suburb of Chennai City, constituted under advice from Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Environment. ]

         

         Social Field -Present Positions

      - Executive Committee Member, Family Planning Association of India, Chennai Branch 

      - Executive Committee Member, Feminist Association for Social Action –  [ FASA ] - an NGO  Working for the welfare of Women.

       -Secretary, Lady Sivaswamy Ayyer Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Chennai;  very prestigious 140 year old school in Mylapore with over 1700 students, mostly from economically weaker section of the society.

        

       Countries Visited

      Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand,Sri Lanka, Nepal and USA 

   

Above all, she loves children and is always happy to be in the midst of children. She looks upon every child as her own.