Famous People with Name Chidambaram

Chidambaram Subramaniam            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Chidambaram Subramaniam: was the man who ushered in an era of self-sufficiency in food production in India. He hails from an agricultural family in Pollachi near Coimbatore.C. Subramanium was born in January 30, 1910 to Chidambara Gounder and his wife, in a village called Senguttaipalayam. Subramaniam completed his early education in Pollachi before moving to Chennai where he did a B.Sc in Physics at the Presidency College, Chennai. Later he took a degree in law at the Law college, Chennai

Palaniappan Chidambaram            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Palaniappan Chidambaram: is an Indian politician and present Union Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of India. He is among the most prominent cabinet ministers of the ruling-United Progressive Alliance (UPA) union government led by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Fro

Rajagopala Chidambaram            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Rajagopala Chidambaram: the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India and former Director of India's primary nuclear research facility, BARC. Dr. Chidambaram played a key role in the 1974 Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Experiment at Pokaran and led the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) team in the Pokhran-II tests in May, 1998. Dr. Chidambaram is also one of the members of IAEA's 'Commission of Eminent Persons'. He also played an important role in getting the Safeguards Agreement passed by the Board of IAEA that followed the signing of the Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement between India and the United States of America.

M. A. Chidambaram            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

M. A. Chidambaram: was an Indian industrialist and cricket administrator.He started off with a scooter factory in Mumbai and later became the Director of the Indian Aluminium Company at a young age. He was instrumental in founding the Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation (SPIC) and served as the chairman till his death. He was the Mayor of Madras in 1955.Chidambaram became the Vice President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in India in 1956, President from 1960-61 to 1962-63 and treasurer for about twenty years. He was the head of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) for 32 years. He was also the President of All India Lawn Tennis Association from 1963 to 1966.

P. Chidambaram            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

P. Chidambaram: is an Indian politician with the Indian National Congress and present Union Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of India. Previously he was the Finance Minister of India from May 2004 to November 2008. However, after the resignation of Shivraj Patil,