TD Ranga Ramanujan

TD Ranga Ramanujan ( Tata Desika Ranga Ramanujan ; born May 27, 1921 in Gandarakottai , Madras , † October 14, 2013 in Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh ) was an Indian table tennis official .

Life

Ranga Ramanujan was born to AT Desikachari in the district of South Arcot and trained as a journalist. He headed the Indian Table Tennis Association for about 40 years . He also took on official duties in the world association ITTF , initially as Deputy Chairman (Executive Vice President), and from 1999 on the Advisory Board (President's Advisory Council). In 1969 he founded the Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation , since 2000 he was its honorary president. In 1972 he was one of the founders of the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU), of which he was temporarily president.

Ranga Ramanujan was married and had two sons and three daughters.

Web links

Alan Ransome's obituary (accessed May 10, 2015)
Obituary in SCI-New No. 96, March 2014, page 22 (accessed on May 10, 2015)
S. Thyagarajan: Administrator extraordinaire in The Hindu of January 2, 2003
OBITUARY - TD RANGA RAMANUJAN at The Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation Limited

Individual evidence

↑ The patronyms Tata (grandfather) and Desika (father) are, as is customary in South India, abbreviated in front of the name, Rangaramanujan is the nickname. Family names are not common in South India.
^ India Who's who . INFA Publications, 1972, p. 423 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
↑ Obituary for ATTU ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on May 10, 2015) @1@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Ranga Ramanujan, TD
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ranga Ramanujan, Tata Desika (full name); Rangaramanujan, TD
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Indian table tennis official
DATE OF BIRTH	May 27, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gandarakottai , Madras , British India
DATE OF DEATH	October 14, 2013
Place of death	Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh , India

[1] The patronyms Tata (grandfather) and Desika (father) are, as is customary in South India, abbreviated in front of the name, Rangaramanujan is the nickname. Family names are not common in South India.

[books-3bFJAQAAIAAJ--2] India Who's who . INFA Publications, 1972, p. 423 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

[ATTU-3] Obituary for ATTU ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on May 10, 2015) @1@ 2