N. Srinivasan | |
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Born |
Kallidaikurichi, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, British India |
3 January 1945
Residence | Chennai |
Nationality | Indian |
Education | BSc (Tech), MSc.IT |
Alma mater |
Loyola College, Chennai Illinois Institute of Technology |
Occupation | MD of India Cements Limited |
Title |
President of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association |
Term | 2011–2013 |
Predecessor | Shashank Manohar |
Spouse(s) | Chitra |
Children | Ashwin Rupa |
Parent(s) | T. S. Narayanaswami |
President of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
Narayanaswami Srinivasan (born 3 January 1945) is an Indian industrialist. He is a former Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and former President of the BCCI, the governing body for cricket in India. He is also the managing director of India Cements Limited.
Srinivasan is being investigated in several scams, including one involving betting on IPL cricket matches, where his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan has been indicted for passing inside information to bookies and is in jail. He is also being investigated as a in the corruption involving politician Jagan Mohan Reddy. In March 2014, the Supreme Court of India ordered him to quit as BCCI president to facilitate investigations into the IPL betting scam.
On 26 June 2016, N.Srinivasan was re-elected president of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. The election was held during the TNCA's 86th annual general meeting, in Chennai and he was re-elected unopposed as the president of the state association.
Srinivasan was born at Kallidaikurichi, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. He is the son of T. S. Narayanaswami, one of the first employees of India Cements. He holds a B.Sc. from Loyola College, Chennai and Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, United States.