Coimbatore Narayana Rao Raghavendran | |
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| Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Parent | C. R. Narayana Rao |
| Awards | Padma Shri |
Coimbatore Narayana Rao Raghavendran is an Indian architect from Chennai, Tamil Nadu and the partner of C. R. Narayana Rao Architects and Engineers, a Chennai-based engineering concern. [1] [2] He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur [ citation needed ] and did higher studies at Cornell University in the United States.[ citation needed ] Working in Boston for brief period, Raghavendran returned to India to join his family business established by his father, C. R. Narayana Rao, in 1945. [3] [4] He was honored by the Government of India, in 2011, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri. [5] [3]