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NT Bureau
Chennai, Oct 14:

        Dr Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar Award for year 2007 was conferred on Tamil scholar and teacher K Sundaramurthy for his outstanding contribution to Tamil language and literature.

        To commemorate the 89th birth anniversary of the M A Chidambaram Chettiar, the M A C Charities Trust donated Rs 50 lakh to the Madras School of Economics at a function organised here on Friday.

        Trust's president and managing trustee A C Muthaiah donated the amount to the Madras School of Economics chairman C Rangarajan, who is also the chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council.

        Later he also presented the trust's annual awards.

        Also, the Dr M A Chidambaram Chettiar Award for excellence in fine arts was conferred on Carnatic musician and artist S Rajam.

        The Dr A C Muthiah Award for Achievement as a First Generation Entrepreneur was given to K Subburaj, chairman of Cethar Vessels, one of the country's leading boiler manufacturing firms.

        Others who spoke on the occasion included trustee of the M A Chidambaram Chettiar Trust Aswin C Muthaiah.