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Shri P. Haridas as advocate by Profession A businessman by Birth |
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| i) As a Lawyer | ||||
| Enrolled in the year, after 1 year of apprenticeship and as a Junior under Shri V. Thyagarajan, a famous original side Advocate. | ||||
| Independently practicing from 1971. | ||||
| From 1966, has been appearing before Railway Rates Tribunal for all the 9 Railways. | ||||
| Has been appearing before Madras High Court, Supreme Court and also Railway Rates Tribunal, Madras. | ||||
| Has been practicing on original side, writ side in the High Court and also in Railway Rates Tribunal. Specialized in Education, | ||||
| Railway rating Testamentary and Inter state succession. | ||||
| Matters relating to Trust, Trade mark disputes, land acquisition cases, University matters, Administrative law etc. | ||||
| Designated as a Senior Counsel of Madras High Court in 1999. | ||||
| Legal Adviser for several leading Educational Institutions. | ||||
| Member of Madras High Court Advocates’ Association Member of Madras Bar Association & Supreme Court Bar Association, New Delhi | ||||
| ii) As an educationist | ||||
| Secretary of Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College for 17 years (1975-1992) | ||||
| Secretary, Association of Management of Private Colleges 1977-87 and then President 1987-1991. | ||||
| Presently a member of | ||||
| Secretary of D.G. Vaishnav College from 18.02.2010 | ||||
| Secretary of M.O.P. Vaishnav College (1992 - 2010) | ||||
| Governing Body of Kongunadu Arts & Science College, Coimbatore | ||||
| Governing Body of Sri Sankara Arts & Science College, Kancheepuram | ||||
| Committee Member, RKM Vivekananda College | ||||
| Committee Member, S.S.V. Higher Secondary School | ||||
| Committee Member, Kola Perumal Chetty Vaishnav Sr. Sec. School | ||||
| Committee Member, Kola Saraswathi Vaishnav Sr. Sec. School for Girls. | ||||
| Former President & Executive Council of the Institute for Development Education. | ||||
| Academic Council of S.C.S. Kothari Academy For Women | ||||
| Expert Member in the Academic Council of Women’s Christian College | ||||
| Was instrumental in the establishment of | ||||
| M.O.P. Vaishnav College For Women | ||||
| Department of Vaishnavism in the University of Madras. | ||||
| Appointed as a Member in the State Level Quality Assurance Coordination Committee to expedite the process of assessment and accreditation of the Colleges in the state. | ||||
| Participated in several seminars on Higher Education, New Educational Policy, Acharya Rama Murthy Recommendations etc., | ||||
| Published a Hand Book of Government Orders and Directorate Proceedings 1981-1991of Private Colleges Management & Administration in October 1991. | ||||
| Full-page Analytical article on ‘New Bills of Education’ in 1994, published in “The Hindu” evoked positive response | ||||
| Local Advisory Committee Member in T.T.Devasthanam Information Centre Chennai for 7 years during 1995-2002. | ||||
| Awarded “For the sake of Honour” by Rotary Club of Madras South Wests in October 1990 for service in Education. | ||||
| Member of the Executive Committee and Vice President of the Indian Vegetarian Congress, Chennai. Organised 63 programmes as a Programme Committee | ||||
| Chairman for the 30th Vegetarian Congress held at Chennai. | ||||
| Secretary “Gosamrakshana Sangh”, Chennai established by Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamiji of Kanchi mutt. | ||||
| Member of National Cattle Commission appointed by the Hon’ble Prime Minister in 2001-2002 and submitted Report on “Ban on Cow Slaughter” | ||||
| to the Hon’ble P.M. on 30-7-1992. | ||||
| Expert Committee Member appointed by High Court for Gantry Signal Fitting regarding regulations in the city of Chennai. | ||||
| Vice-President, Anthar Rashtriya Pushtimargiya Vaishnav Parishad. | ||||
| Vice-President, Gandhi Peace Foundation, Chennai. | ||||
| Member of Governing Body of Viswa Gujarathi Samaj | ||||
| Actively associated with Lions District 324 A-1 and a prominent member of Lions Club of Madras (Host). Played an important role in the formation of | ||||
| Lions Edifice for Service Trust. | ||||
| Managing Trustee of Century old Gujarathi Chatram at Kanchipuram and renovated The Paramacharya Shatabdi Hall, declared open by the | ||||
| Former President Sri R. Venkatraman. | ||||
| Has successfully represented the Railway Board to defend the challenge “To pay surcharge ”, which got personal appreciation from the then Union Minister for | ||||
| Railways which enabled Railways to get the benefit of 54 crores. | ||||
| iii) As a Sportsman | ||||
A key sportsman playing Cricket, Table Tennis, Volley Ball; Key person to establish Tennis Training Centre at D.G. Vaishnav College. Has created endowments for Inter-collegiate tournaments Deeply interested in Sports. |
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| iv) Hobbies | ||||
Lover of Hindustani Music Was playing Sitar Was connected for the establishment of Saraswathi Vaagyakara Trust Thirupoonthurthi Narayana Theertha Swamigal Trust. |
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| v) Family background | ||||
| Belongs to one of an old Gujarati families settled down in Madras viz., Gocooldoss Jumnadoss family, whose father was associated with Buckingham & Carnatic Mills and Founder Director of Indian Bank. | ||||
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