User:RANGANATHAN JANARDHANAN

Early Life
R. Janardhanan was born in Puthupet , a small village near Panruti  on 30th August 1936 into a traditional Chettiar family, as the 3rd son of '''Shri. A. R. Ranganathan Chettiar and Smt. Kaligi Ammal.'''

R. Janardhanan started his Primary Education in a Govt School at Puthupet village and was sent to Madras (presently known as Chennai ) to pursue his high school education at Hindu Theological High School, Mint, Chennai. He was taken care by Shri. B. Aparanji Chetty, who acted as a Guardian for him. He was further introduced to Shri. Vellayampattu Sundaram, who accommodated him at Kannika Parameswari hostel for his higher secondary school education. As a token of love and gratitude, Shri. R. Janardhanan has kept Shri B. Aparanji’s photograph at his pooja room and worship him daily. He completed his Bachelor’s in Mathematics from Loyola College, Chennai, B.T. from University of Madras and Post Graduate Certification in Mathematics from SCERT , Tamilnadu.

Janardhanan married Smt. J. Jayalakshmi who is the steering force behind the group of schools. Their son Shri. R. J. Thayumanaswamy (a) Bhuvanesh is the present CEO of the group of Schools and their daughter Smt. Kothai Praveen is the Correspondent of the Special School.

Career and Public Life
On completion of his graduation, Janardhanan worked as a Post Graduate Trained Maths Teacher at DRBCCC Hr. Sec School, Perambur, Chennai from 1957 to 1987. During his tenure of service, he was well motivated and inspired by Shri. C. Ethiraj Chetty (Former Correspondent of Dharmamurthi Rao Bahadur Calavala Cunnan Chetty’s Higher Secondary School). His motivational words and his able guidance made Janardhanan to start an Evening college cum Tutorial. As a token of love and respect towards Shri. C. Ethiraj Chetty, the library at the school has been named after him.

Upon successful running of the Tutorial and Parents’ compulsion, Shri. R. Janardhanan started Montford English School which was founded on 6th June 1970 with Kindergarten classes and 33 students, to be of service to young children in their formative years of life. The financial aid and support to start this educational institution was given by Trichy Shri. A. K. Venkatraman (his brother in law). The Institution celebrated the Silver Jubilee on the 24th July 1995 in a stupendous manner. The Silver Jubilee Building, named after the founder member of the Trust Board, Late Thiru. A.K.Venkatraman Chettiar came up in 1997 with 24 class rooms, laboratories for Computer, Physics and Chemistry and halls for library, and In-door Games.

Further, the school has spread its wings and now it has grown into branches of Matriculation school, CBSE School, Special School (School for children with special needs), IMTTI (Montessori Teacher Training Institute), Kshetra of Music and Fine Arts (Evening College). Presently, the school is head by his son who is the CEO of the Group of Schools. These group of institutions at present hold a strength of more than 10000 students and 800 staff members. The institutions are run by couple of Trusts at present. Several of the alumni of this institution are now in renowned service with various prestigious portfolios.

Awards & Honours

 * [On 17th Oct 2010, ASKA presented the “DRONACHARYA AWARD” to Shri. R. Janardhanan for the outstanding teaching.]
 * [On 14th Oct 2015, R. Janardhanan was awarded an “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” by Nrithya Kalalaya Academy of Performing Arts.]
 * [Lifetime Achievement Award towards the field of Education by BRAINFEED MAGAZINE and GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL.]
 * [During his leadership, the institution has achieved “GUINNESS WORLD RECORD” under the title “MOST PEOPLE SOLVING RUBIK’S CUBE” on 27th January 2018.]
 * [His lifetime pride moment is by bringing the 11th President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam to the institution on 21st June 2014 which he named as “SCIENCE DAY” for his institutions to commemorate Kalam’s visit.]
 * [Listed in FORBES MAGAZINE in the GREAT INDIAN SCHOOLS 2018 (listing in October 2018 issue).]