Mr. Krishna received his Bachelor of Science degree from Madras Christian College in the year 1955. He received his Master of Arts in Literature from the University of Wisconsin in 1959 and did his post-graduate work in Literature in the University of Munich, Germany.
Mr. Krishna served as the president of Confederation of Indian Industry for the year 1987-1988. He was also the president of the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India during 1982-1984. Suresh Krishna is the chairman and managing director of Sundram Fasteners Limited, a part of the United States $5 billion TVS Group, headquartered in Chennai, India.
First Indian company to receive International Organization for Standardization 9000 certification SFL received this award for five consecutive years.
First Engineering company from India to set up a manufacturing facility in China He has been involved in several other public bodies from time to time, by the Central as well as the State Governments. He has been appointed as a director on the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India.
The Government of Tamil Nadu appointed Mr. Krishna as the Sheriff of Madras for 1992 and 1993.
He recently spoke at length about his career in an interview for the Creating Emerging Markets project at the Harvard Business School, which includes interviews with long-time leaders of firms and Non-governmental organizations in Latin America, South Asia, Turkey and Africa.
In the interview, Krishna discusses not only the drivers of success for his firm, but also his ambition to lift as many people out of poverty as possible while running a profitable company.
He was awarded the "Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Industrial Peace" by XLRI in 1991. The Business India magazine selected him as the Businessman of the Year 1995. He was awarded the “Qimpro Platinum Standard 1997” for being a role model for Quality Leadership for Corporate India, and the "Juran Quality Medal" by the Indian Merchants Chamber, Mumbai. The Asian Productivity Organisation, Japan, conferred the National Award for 2000 (for India) on Mr. Krishna, for his outstanding contribution towards productivity improvement in the country during the last five years. The All India Management Association gave the prestigious “JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award” for the year 2000 to Mr Suresh Krishna. Mr. Krishna was the recipient of the “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award for 2001, from Ernst & Young. The Government of India conferred the “Padma Shri” award on Mr. Krishna in 2006.
He was one of the members of the Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, formed to advise the Prime Minister on matters relating to trade and industry.
