N. Srinivasan
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Narayanaswami Srinivasan is an Indian industrialist, chemical engineer
Chemical engineer
In the field of engineering, a chemical engineer is the profession in which one works principally in the chemical industry to convert basic raw materials into a variety of products, and deals with the design and operation of plants and equipment to perform such work...

, sports administrator and socialite
Socialite
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 who is the Managing-Director of the India Cements
India Cements
India Cements Limited is a cement manufacturing company in India. It was established in 1946 and the first plant was set up at Sankarnagar in Tamil Nadu in 1949. It has about seven cement manufacturing plants spread over Southern India catering to major markets in South India and Maharashtra...

 Limited and owner of the Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings is a franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu that plays in the Indian Premier League. Founded in 2008, the team is currently captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coached by Stephen Fleming, a former New Zealand cricketer. The team's home ground is the M. A...

 Indian Premier League
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...

 (IPL) cricket team. Srinivasan, who was elected as the Secretary of BCCI under Manohar in September 2008 and earlier was the treasurer of the Board under Sharad Pawar,is the Cricket Board's incumbent and 30th President.

Early life and education

Srinivasan is the son of T. S. Narayanaswami and grandson of S. N. N. Sankaralinga Iyer
S. N. N. Sankaralinga Iyer
S.N.N.Sankaralinga Iyer was an Indian industrialist, philanthropist and business magnate. He founded India Cements in 1946 and became its first Managing-Director. The corporation later diversified its activities leading to the formation of the Sanmar group.- Life and career :Sankaralinga Iyer...

, founder of India Cements. He had his education from Loyola College,Chennai and the USA and completed his post-graduation in Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...

 from the Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly called Illinois Tech or IIT, is a private Ph.D.-granting university located in Chicago, Illinois, with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design, and law...

.

Corporate career

Srinivasan took over as Vice Chairman and Managing Director of India Cements Limited in 1989 and has served for twenty-one years. Srinivasan served as the President of the Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1996 to 1998 and is a member of the Executive Committee of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). He has also served as the honorary Sheriff
Sheriff
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 of Madras from 1989 to 1991.

Sports

Srinivasan has a keen interest in sports administration and is a good golfer. Srinivasan is the currently the President of the Tamil Nadu Golf Federation, All India Chess Federation
All India Chess Federation
The All India Chess Federation is central administrative body for the game of chess in India. Founded in 1951, the federation is affiliated to Fédération Internationale des Échecs, , the world body for chess...

 and the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. He was also the Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India
Board of Control for Cricket in India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered at Mumbai, is the national governing body for all cricket in India. It's not the apex governing body in India. The board was formed in December 1928 as BCCI replaced Calcutta Cricket Club. BCCI is a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu...

.He is the incumbent President of BCCI,taking over the reins from Mr.Shashank Manohar at the Cricket's Board 82nd Annual General Body Meeting on September 19,2011.He is the 30th President of BCCI and the second since the system of choosing the head one year in advance was introduced.

During Vishwanathan Anand's bid for the World Chess Championship 2010, he was accused of ignoring India's chess interests in view of his interests in cricket.
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