Rajammal P. Devadas

Rajammal Packiyanathan Devadas (7 April 1919 – 17 March 2002) was an Indian nutritionist, educationist and a former chancellor of Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, popularly known as Avinashilingam Deemed University.[1] She was a member of the State Planning Commission of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Commission for Women and the elected vice president of the World Food Conference. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1992.[2]

Rajammal P. Devadas
Born
Rajammal Packiyanathan Devadas

(1919-04-07)7 April 1919
Chengam, North Arcot, Tamil Nadu, India
Died17 March 2002(2002-03-17) (aged 82)
OccupationNutritionist
Educationist
Known forAvinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women
Spouse(s)Edward Devadas
Children1
Parent(s)Packiyanathan
Sornammal
AwardsPadma Shri
Jamnalal Bajaj Award

Biography

Rajammal Packiyanathan, born on 7 April 1919 to Muthiah Packiyanathan and Sornammal, in Chengam, North Arcot District (present Tiruvannamalai district) in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, graduated in science from Queen Mary's College, Chennai in 1944 after which secured a master's degree in science (1948), a master's degree in arts (1949) and a doctoral degree in philosophy (1950) from Ohio State University. She joined Avinashilingam Home Science College and served the institute as its vice chancellor from 1988 until 1994 and as its chancellor and managing trustee from 1994 until her death on 17 March 2002.

Rajammal published several books and articles[3] on the topics of nutrition and education[4][5] and was the author of a book on T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar.[6] She was an honorary Colonel of the Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry chapters of the National Cadet Corps and a member of the Gandhigram Institute Rural Health and Family Planning, National Literacy Mission, Sigma Xi, Sigma Delta Epsilon, Omicron Nu and Phi Upsilon Omicron. She served as the president of the Nutrition Society of India from 1987 to 1991.[7]

Her husband was Edward Devadas.

Awards and honours

See also

References
  1. "Chancellors". Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women. 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. Rajammal Packiyanathan Devadas (1949). "Analyses of South Indian Food Preparations". Ind Jour Med Res. 37 (1): 19–28.
  4. "Rajammal P. Devadas 1919-2002". WorldCat. 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  5. "Library of Congress profile". Library of Congress. 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. Rajammal P Devadas (1993). Ayya Dr. T.S. Avinashilingam : saga of dedicated life and service. Avinashilingam Education Trust. p. 352. OCLC 35222909.
  7. "Nutrition Society of India presidents". Nutrition Society of India. 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. "Dr. Smt. Rajammal P. Devadas". Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation. 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
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