Nagasubramanian Chokkanathan, Tamil writer and Novelist. Vijay Anand (politician), Anti-Corruption activist. Satish Dharmaraj, Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures, American entrepreneur, speaker, angel investor and venture capitalist. Swami Manohar, First Recipient of Dewang Mehta Award for innovation in IT, Co-Founder Picopeta Simputers, Strand, Limberlink Tech and Escape Velocity Accelerator V. C. Kulandaiswamy Indian Academic, Author, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee. See also List of Tamil Nadu Government's Educational Institutions List of Tamil Nadu Government's Engineering Colleges References External links GCT Website Colleges affiliated to Anna University Engineering colleges in Coimbatore Academic institutions formerly affiliated with the University of Madras