Background
Sathyanathan, Valliakollery Terumangalatte Chapparatt was born on March 8, 1948 in Palloor, Pondicherry, India. Son of V.K. Gopalan and T.C. Saraswathi Gopalan.
Sathyanathan, Valliakollery Terumangalatte Chapparatt was born on March 8, 1948 in Palloor, Pondicherry, India. Son of V.K. Gopalan and T.C. Saraswathi Gopalan.
Student, Tagore Arts College, Pondicherry, India, 1966. Bachelor of Engineering, Coimbatore (India) Institute of Technology, 1971. Master of Engineering in Design and Production Thermal Power Equipment, Regional Engineering College, Trichy, India, 1985.
Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, Bharathidasan U, Trichy, India, 1998.
Junior officer trainee, Seshasayee Industries Ltd., Vadalur, India, 1972-1973;
junior engineer/engineer/senior engineer, Bharat Heavy Elecs. Ltd., Trichy, 1973-1977, 81-85;
deputy manager, Bharat Heavy Elecs. Ltd., Trichy, 1985-1988;
manager, Bharat Heavy Elecs.
Ltd., Trichy, 1988-1992;
senior manager, Bharat Heavy Elecs. Ltd., Trichy, 1992-1995;
deputy general manager field engineering services, Bharat Heavy Elecs. Ltd., Trichy, since 1995.
President Coimbatore Institute of Technology Old Students Association, Trichy, since 1995. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Institution Engineers (life), Indian Pulp and Paper Association (corporation).
Married P.K. Jayasree, June 12, 1977. 1 child, Sajiv S. Nair.