M. M. Rajendran

Shri M. M. Rajendran (born 12 April 1935 in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh), was top of his 1957 IAS batch and later became Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu and Governor of Odisha from 15 November 1999 to 17 November 2004.[1][2][3] Earlier he was a member of the UNICEF executive board and vice chairman of its program committee at New York.[4] He is a CSI (Church of South India) Christian, who was considered by the Tamil Nadu-based Samuga Samatuva Padai Party for the post of the President of India.[5]

M. M. Rajendran
Governor of Odisha
In office
15 November 1999 – 17 November 2004
Preceded byC. Rangarajan
Succeeded byRameshwar Thakur
Personal details
Born (1935-04-12) 12 April 1935
Andhra Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materUniversity of Madras
ProfessionCivil Servant
Administrator

He was instrumental in getting shelters built all along the coastal areas and emergency procedures put in place when he was Governor of Odisha (1999 - 2004). With the help of many organizations (German Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, Ramakrishna Mission and many more) and with all his experience in administration, thousands of lives were saved when Cyclone Fani made landfall on May 3, 2019.

Recipient of the Mahatma Gandhi Award for Lifetime Achievement 2019 from the Gandhi World Foundation celebrating 150 years of the Mahatma.

References
  1. "BIO - DATA OF GOVERNORS OF Odisha". ws.ori.nic.in. 2006. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2012. SHRI M. M. RAJENDRAN
  2. "Brief History of Odisha Legislative Assembly Since 1937". ws.ori.nic.in. 2011. Archived from the original on 9 January 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2012. NAME OF THE GOVERNORS OF Odisha
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "India: Protestant Christian Recommended As Presidential Candidate". Eurasia Review.
  5. "Another Christian recommended as presidential candidate". ucanindia.in.
Preceded by
C. Rangarajan		 Governor of Odisha
1999- 2004		 Succeeded by
Rameshwar Thakur
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