Founded | 1926 [1] |
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Founder | P.S. Govindasamy Naidu (1856 – 1918) |
Focus | "Let there be charity so that other people may share my family's prosperity" [2] |
Location | |
Origins | Coimbatore, India |
Area served | India |
Method | education, healthcare and service |
Key people | L. Gopalakrishnan, Managing trustee |
Website | psgsonscharities.org |
PSG and Sons is a conglomerate involved in education, healthcare and community service in Coimbatore, India. [3]
The group was established as PSG & Sons’ charities in 1926 by the four sons of P.S. Govindasamy Naidu namely Venkataswamy Naidu, Rangaswamy Naidu, Ganga Naidu and Narayanaswamy Naidu. [4] [5] The trust was established with the purpose of starting a sarvajana school when a family member was denied admission to existing schools run by British. [6] The four brothers voluntarily divided their ancestral properties into five parts, reserving the one fifth amounting to ₹ 2.01 lakhs to create a charity trust. [7] The trust later established various educational institutions, health facilities and industrial institutes. [8] [9]
The institutions run by the charity include: [10] [11] [12] [13]
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