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Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti
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Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti is a successful textile industrialist and philanthropist. He is a liberal donor for arts, culture and education. After the death of his grandfather, Nalli Chinnasamy Chetti, in 1958, he inherited the family business trademarked Nalli Silks. He has written three Tamil books namely, Vetrikku Moondre Padigal, Needhi Noolgalil Nirvagam and Padagacheri Mahan. He was born in Kanchipuram into a Padmashali business family. He went to Ramakrishna Mission School. He did his business management from the University of Washington. He is now President of Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Brahma Gana Sabha, Sri Bhairavi Gana Sabha, Mudhra, Mylapore Fine Arts Club and Chennai Cultural Academy. Vice President of Madras Film Society and Mylapore Academy. He is also a Patron of Tamil Chamber of Commerce, Chetti is also a member in other Chambers like Indo Australian Chamber and Indo-Japan Chamber. Now a Member of the Planning Board of the Tamil University, Thanjavur, he has been a Member of the Senate, Bharathiar University, Member, Central Silk Board and Member, South Zone Cultural Centre, Chennai and Patron of The Madras Progress Union Higher Secondary School.
| Title | Given by | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Best Employer-Employee Award | The Rotary club of Madras | 2006 |
| Padmashree | Govt. of India | 2003 |
| Kalaimamani | Govt. of Tamil Nadu | 2000 |
| Artist | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
 Trichur Ramachandran...(Title Bestow ) Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Chief Gues Cleveland V. V. Sundaram-Guests of Srimushnam V. Raja Rao-Guests of | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 12/12/2025 |
 Shubhasree Ramachandran...(Vocal - Carnatic) K. Shanmuga Sundaram-Bharathana Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Chief Gues Cleveland V. V. Sundaram-Guests of | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 18/07/2025 |
 Mannargudi Easwaran...(Title Bestow ) Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Chief Gues Dr. Sudha Seshayyan-Guests of R. Sundar-Guests of | Ragasudha Hall | 11/07/2025 |
 Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti...(Lecture) Dr. Va Ve Su-Lecture | RR Sabha-Kamakoti Triveni Sri Chand | 17/06/2025 |
 Kudanthai Mali...(Director) Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Felicitato Swami Padmanabhanandha -Felicitato | Vani Mahal - Kanchi Jagadguru Sri C | 12/05/2025 |
 Revathi Ramachandran...(Title Bestow ) Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Chief Gues Meenakshi Chitharanjan-Guests of Dr. Chitra Visweswaran-Guests of | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 31/03/2025 |
 Dharini Komal...(Writer) Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Chief Gues | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 27/03/2025 |
 Sikkil. C. Gurucharan...(Devotional Music) Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Chief Gues Dr. Priya Ramachandran-Guests of Dr. Sudha Seshayyan-Others | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 05/03/2025 |
 N. Ravikiran...(Chitra veena) Sikkil. C. Gurucharan-Vocal - Ca K. S. Vishnudev -Vocal - Ca Pathangi-Brothers-Dathre-Dhruv-Vocal - Ca L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman-Mridangam B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan-Guests of Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Guests of Nandhini Ramani-Guests of | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 01/03/2025 |
| Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti (Others) | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 31/01/2025 |
| Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti... (Chief Guest - Presiding Personality) B. Hemanathan-Guests of Pandanallur P.M. Subash-Title Best Mettupalayam MS. Ravikumar-Title Best | P.S. Dakshinamurthy Hall | 26/01/2025 |
 B. Kannan (Kannan Balakrishnan)...(Title Bestow ) Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Chief Gues | Ragasudha Hall | 20/01/2025 |
 S. Gurumurthy...(Chief Guest - Presiding Personality) Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Others Trichur Ramachandran-Title Best M. Chandrasekaran-Title Best Dr. T. V. Gopalakrishnan-Title Best Dr. Mrs. R. S. Jayalakshmi-Title Best Dr. Radha Bhaskar-Felicitato | Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Ashram | 20/12/2024 |
 Suguna Varadachari ...(Title Bestow ) Kanyakumari. A-Title Best Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala -Title Best C. V. Chandra Mohan-Title Best Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Chief Gues Dr. Radha Bhaskar-Felicitato | P.S. Dakshinamurthy Hall | 12/12/2024 |
 M. S. Martin...(Choreography) Dr. T. V. Gopalakrishnan-Chief Gues Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Guests of Smt. Dr. Rukmini Ramani-Guests of S. Saketharaman-Guests of Cleveland V. V. Sundaram-Guests of | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 27/10/2024 |
 Vsv Ramanan...(Writer) Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Chief Gues Girija Raghavan-Others | Arkay Convention Center | 24/08/2024 |
| Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti... (Chief Guest - Presiding Personality) Mahadevan Murali.-Others Isaikavi Ramanan-Lecture | Arkay Convention Center | 20/08/2024 |
 Kathadi S. Ramamurthy...(Title Bestow ) Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Chief Gues Delhi Ganesh-Guests of C. V. Chandra Mohan-Convenor | Ragasudha Hall | 10/07/2024 |
| Mannargudi Easwaran... (Title Bestow ) M. A. Sundareswaran-Title Best Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Chief Gues Cleveland V. V. Sundaram-Guests of | Sasthri Hall (Srinivasa Sastri Hall | 03/07/2024 |
 Prof. V. Kamakoti...(Felicitators) Dr. Sudha Seshayyan-Felicitato S. Gurumurthy-Felicitato Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Felicitato | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 19/04/2024 |
 Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman...(Chief Guest - Presiding Personality) Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Guests of Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan-Title Best Dr. Sriram Parasuram-Title Best P. C. Ramakrishna-Title Best Priya Murle-Title Best Dr. Sheela Unnikrishnan-Choreograp | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 30/03/2024 |
 P. C. Ramakrishna...(Director) Sikkil. C. Gurucharan-Drama Arti Sumitra Nitin-Drama Arti Anuradha Ramesh-Drama Arti Parur M. S. Ananthashree-Drama Arti Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Chief Gues | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 02/03/2024 |
| Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman... (Title Bestow ) Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam-Title Best Kathadi S. Ramamurthy-Title Best Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Chief Gues C. V. Chandra Mohan-Convenor T. V. Varadarajan-Convenor | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 28/01/2024 |
| Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti... (Others) M. Chandrasekaran-Others Nagai R. Muralidharan-Others N. Ravikiran-Others Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan-Others Mannargudi Easwaran-Others Thiruvarur Dr. Bakthavathsalam-Others Dr. Sriram Parasuram-Others Maharajapuram Ramachandran-Others Delhi P. Sunder Rajan-Others Neyveli R. Narayanan-Others S. Mahathi-Others Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli-Others Dr. Chidambaram S. Balashankar-Others A. S. Ramakrishnan (Arkay)-Others Arun O. S-Others | Arkay Convention Center | 21/01/2024 |
 Ranjani & Gayatri ...(Title Bestow ) Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh-Title Best K. V. Gopalakrishnan-Title Best Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Chief Gues Dr. Sudha Seshayyan-Guests of Dr. Radha Bhaskar-Felicitato | Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Ashram | 15/12/2023 |
 Madurai G. S. Mani...(Title Bestow ) Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Chief Gues Ramesh Vinayakam -Guests of | Sasthri Hall (Srinivasa Sastri Hall | 10/12/2023 |
| Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti... (Chief Guest - Presiding Personality) Dr. Trichy Sankaran.-Title Best Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan-Felicitato Cleveland V. V. Sundaram-Felicitato | P.S. Dakshinamurthy Hall | 09/12/2023 |
 Cleveland V. V. Sundaram...(Chief Guest - Presiding Personality) Dr. Vyjayanthi Mala Bali-Guests of Dr. K. J. Yesudas-Guests of Cleveland V. V. Sundaram-Chief Gues Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Title Best Mahadevan Murali.-Title Best Anuradha Krishnamurthy-Vocal - Ca | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 24/10/2023 |
 Nagai R. Muralidharan...(Title Bestow ) Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Chief Gues Cleveland V. V. Sundaram-Guests of | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 26/09/2023 |
 Tamilisai Soundarajan ...(Chief Guest - Presiding Personality) Dr. T. K. Murthy-Title Best N. Ravi-Others K. N. Ramaswamy-Others Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Others | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 01/09/2023 |
 Suppini (Sri.T.M.Subramanian)...(Drama Artiste) Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Others Y. Gee. Mahendra-Others Maadhu Balaji-Others | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 26/06/2023 |
 Dr. V. Rajkumar Bharathi...(Others) Dr. T. V. Gopalakrishnan-Others Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Others Vittal Ramamurthy-Others Shruthi S. Bhat-Vocal - Ca Shreya Kolathaya-Vocal - Ca Aathreyee Krishnaa K. -Vocal - Ca Adithi Prahlad Banavadi-Vocal - Ca Shreelakshmi S. Bhat-Violin Sarvesh Karthick-Mridangam Sai Bharath-Kanjira | Arkay Convention Center | 13/05/2023 |
 S. Kannan....(Others) Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Lecture Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan-Lecture Dr. Sudha Seshayyan-Lecture Dr. Chitra Madhavan-Lecture A. S. Ramakrishnan (Arkay)-Lecture R. T. Chari-Lecture Sujatha Vijayaraghavan-Lecture Dr. S. Swaminathan-Lecture | Arkay Convention Center | 08/02/2023 |
 H. H. Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji...(Others) Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam-Others Dr. Sudha Raghunathan-Others Kaaraikkudi R. Mani-Others Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Others | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 15/10/2022 |
| Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti... (Others) Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam-Others Dr. Sudha Raghunathan-Others Cleveland V. V. Sundaram-Others | Infosys Hall - RKM School | 12/01/2020 |
 Mr. Robert G. Burgess...(Others) Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti-Others | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 09/11/2019 |