Background
Balasubrahmanyam, Nagavedu Murugappa was born on October 3, 1929 in Madras, India. Son of Nagavedu Thirukamba and Krishna (Manickam) Murugappa.
Balasubrahmanyam, Nagavedu Murugappa was born on October 3, 1929 in Madras, India. Son of Nagavedu Thirukamba and Krishna (Manickam) Murugappa.
Bachelor with honors, Madras University, 1954. Master of Arts, Madras University, 1955. Master of Urban and Regional Planning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute Institute, 1980.
Divisional superintendent, Southern Railway, Trichy, India, 1974-1975; divisional superintendent, Southern Railway, Madras, 1975-1977; chief operating superintendent, N.E. Frontier Railway, Guwahati, India, 1981-1983; director efficiency bureau, Railway Board, New Delhi, 1983-1985; executive director statistics and economics, Railway Board, New Delhi, 1985-1987; executive director, Institute Rail Transport, New Delhi, since 1990. Consultant Rail-India Techno-Economical Superior vena cava syndrome, New Delhi, 1987-1989.
Fellow Institute Rail Transport, Chartered Institute Transport, Institute Marketing and Management.
Married Shyamala Balakrishnan, July 11, 1955 (deceased July 1984). Children: Nirmal Kumar, Sunil Kumar. Married Lakshmi Chaudhury, July 9, 1986.